Years as a young adult in california, there were two female senators, senators Dianne Feinstein and Barbara Boxer, both elected in 1992 during the socalled year of the woman. I was 9 years old when that happened, too young to grasp what was going on, and not entirely aware of Anita Hill Saga that prompted it so to me it was norm toll look to have washington and see two women representing my state. Completely normal to see one of those women led by bipartisan or to see her lead the Intelligence Committee or see her held to account for egregious wrong doing after 9 11 or see her stand up to the chief to get an apology out of it. It was norm toll watch Dianne Feinstein work in washington, and i know you see this coming, but looking back at the unremarkability is precisely what makes it so remarkable. Wasnt until i came an adult covering politics that i understood how hard she had to fight, sometimes against wings of her own party. Today the flags around the capitol are flying at half staf
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we start in the middle east. palestinian officials have accused the israeli military of carrying out a deadly air strike on an area for displaced people near rafah in southern gaza. dozens of people have reportedly been killed, including children. a spokesperson with the palestinian red crescent society said the death toll was likely to increase as search and rescue efforts continued in rafah s tal al sultan neighbourhood west of the city centre. in a statement, israel s military said an idf aircraft struck a hamas compound in rafah, adding: the idf earlier on sunday, hamas launched rocket attacks towards tel aviv for the first time in months. the israeli military said at least eight rockets were launched from the rafah area of southern gaza. all the projectiles were either intercepted by air defence systems or fell in fields. so very early early days the the gaza authorities are accusing israel of carrying out a strike on what that say was an area where internally displaced
we start in the middle east. palestinian officials have accused the israeli military of carrying out a deadly air strike on an area for displaced people near rafah in southern gaza. dozens of people have reportedly been killed, including children. a spokesperson with the palestinian red crescent society said the death toll was likely to increase as search and rescue efforts continued. about 1.5 million had been sheltering in rafah from the fighting elsewhere in gaza. israel s military began its offensive in the city about three weeks ago. in a statement, israel said the attack targeted a compound where senior hamas officials had gathered. it added. earlier on sunday, hamas launched rocket attacks towards tel aviv for the first time in months. the israeli military said at least eight rockets were launched from the rafah area of southern gaza. all the projectiles were either intercepted by air defence systems or fell in fields. 0ur middle east correspondent lucy williamson has