From the ground at some point. In the literal sense of the word, they were surprised, didnt understand, they shot away , only then they discovered that there was an extensive system of tunnels, and the same thing was used by hamas, thats why, firstly, on the other hand, they dont want it for a long time, because that the portfolio is still being distributed, a colleague said that such a coalitionmilitary government is being created, the problem is that no one is ready to take over responsibility for what will happen, because as you correctly noted, even the americans and the United States, they are already slightly disavowing the fact that yes, in general, you have the right to defend yourself, but at the same time. You cannot violate international law, although double standards are still visible, from this point of view, of course, from the iranian side, they also very actively want to drag him into all this, because on the one hand, to distract a little from some issues of normalizat
In the march vote also coming up. Liberia prepares for its first democratic transition of power in more than seven decades the president ial runoff pits a former soccer star against the countrys current Vice President plus dozens of villagers in the remote valley of to role remain cut off from the outside world for a second day after a Christmas Eve rockslide dumped tons of rubble and rock on to the only access road. And several farming welcome to the show its good to have you with us russian president Vladimir Putin is on another six year term in office and now hes been formally endorsed to participate in next years vote more than six hundred supporters including prominent lawmakers and actors have gathered. For the endorsement their support allows putin to submit documents to take part in the march election as an independent candidate this follows the Russian Election commissions decision to reject Opposition Leader alexina vollies bid to participate in that race for more d. W. Emily
March vote also coming up in liberia prepares for its first democratic transition of power in more than seven tactics the president ial runoff pits a former soccer strong against the countrys current Vice President. Welcome to the show my name sara harmon thanks for joining us russian president Vladimir Putin is on another six year term in office and now he has been formally endorsed to participate in next years vote for his fourth term for in society to run as an independent to make the most of his personal popularity amongst russians one of the six hundred supporters including prominent lawmakers and actors gathered in moscow for the endorsement their support allows putin to take part in the march election as an independent candidate. These Young Russians came to see the kremlin new years tree but were treated to a surprise appearance by Vladimir Putin. One of the children had the courage to ask the president how he feels about the opposition. I got that as you know which is. Positiv
Rth and south korea are trying to ease rising tensions on the peninsula. They have been negotiating since saturday. Stockmarkets in asia took a beating on monday. We have more on that and a roundup of todays beings headlines. Thank you, james. I see its been no end if sight for the stocks across asia pacific. Most regions plunged. The slowing chinese economy puts pressure on the mark. Tokyo dropped sharply lower him the nikkei fell by 900 points and closed at its lowest level since february. They ended down 4. 6 . The First Time Since april the index has fallen below the 5,000 mark. Investor concerns about the chinese economy are growing deeper. Many sold a wide range of shares to avoid risk. Now for details on the tokyo mark our Business Reporter reports from the tokyo stock exchan exchange. Ggiang. Reporter no stocks pulled down the japanese benchmark to a level not seen in 12s. Months. We saw it across the board. Sony nearly down 8 . The Financial Sector is prepared to work today. M
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