a devastating earthquake and tsunami hit indonesia sulawesi island the death toll has now risen to over fifteen hundred the search for survivors is continuing but hopes of finding any more people alive are fading tens of thousands still need help supplies are arriving now at the port in the stricken city of. question president vladimir putin and indian prime minister narendra modi have signed a defense deal during talks in delhi it will see india by ass four hundred air defense systems worth five billion dollars modi made the deal despite the threat of u.s. sanctions on countries that trade with russia as a defense sector. former south korean president lee myung bak has been sentenced to fifteen years in prison a court found the seventy six year old guilty on several charges including bribery and embezzlement he is the second former south korean president to be jailed in the past six months. leading figures in germany s jewish community are sounding the alarm after the far right altern
netanyahu in tel aviv on tuesday. it s the first time an indian prime minister has visited israel. the trip coming up after the two countries signed a defense deal in april worth almost $2 billion billion. israel calling it the largest defense contract deal in its history. the prime minister s trip does not include a stap in ram ala. the u.s. has been awash in red, white and blue to celebrate it s 241st birthday. the country kapping off independence day celebrations with, of course, traditional fireworks shows. all across the nation. like this colorful display in new jersey s liberty state park. further to the west, shimmering pie roe tech nicks lighting up the sky in pittsburgh, pennsylvania. this is what turning your eyes
he is on the first leg of that trip, where the president has departed from riyadh straight to tel aviv here. hi there, nic. we know that the optics here are really important. it was a pretty successful first leg of this trip, and now the israelis are literally rolling out the red carpet for this president. there are optics first and then there s substance. what do you think expect here? reporter: well, he seems to be coming off a successful first leg here, but of course, the difficulty of speaking to individual audiences, which is what he did here. his big speech here was absolutely tailored for the arab muslim audience. how is that going to play on the next leg? we ve heard some pushback from israeli officials that the whole defense deal between the united states and saudi arabia, $109 billion worth of it, is counterproductive in their eyes to regional security.
it s so interesting we ve known for a while, obviously that jared kushner has a lot of weight in the white house, but i think this attorney is showing for the first time in detail how much of an influence he has in the diplomatic decisions that are being made by the trump white house. we learned a fascinating details about this defense deal that trump signed earlier today in saudi arabia, a source telling that you kushner actually personally made a call to the ceo of lockheed martin to ask whether she could lower of price of a missile system. we don t know if that had the effect of lowering the price, but just goes to show he was very involved. very hands-on. right personally making that call. of course this is a deal that the administration is certainly going to want to tout as an important development and important accomplishment. you know, i m going to have to bet that kushner is probably
it s been, our 11 of a plant, 13 hour day. the day will continue as saudi arabia tomorrow but this is a time where they can relax a little bit. we saw, initially, a very ornate welcoming ceremony. we saw that king greeted him at the end of the red carpet, right there on the tarmac something that we distinguished was different from the obama administration. then we saw the presentation of what is effectively merely, a $110 billion defense deal over the course of the year and it will be $350 billion. so much business has taken place. now you can see the president here, he s walking along the corridor into the palace and will be able to enjoy, like you said, pretty unbelievable cuisine five is a show for sure. elizabeth: that will be trained, what is now, the palace and the national museum there.