The most wellknown captives having been featured in multiple Hostage Videos put out by hamas. In the wake of his capture his parents were outspoken in their efforts to bring home their son and the other hostages, even taking the stage at the Democratic National Convention roughly 2 weeks ago urging for the immediate release of the hostages were pleading for The End of the bloodshed in gaza. Protesting unfolding across israel. Thousands of people out as temperatures try to pressure the government to close a Cease Fire Deal that would likely see the return of the reading hostages. Also the largest Trade Union in israel has called for a general strike to take Place Tomorrow which so far we have learned will close the airport in tel aviv. Joining me now is an independent journalist with over 20 years of experience covering the israeli palestinian conflict. Tell me about what is happening today in israel as a result of this. Reporter there is a lot of term old tumbled israeli society all th
Vaccinating some babies against polio, a day before a mass immunisation programme is due to begin. Palestinian health workers carried out the vaccinations in nasser hospital in khan younis. Unicef says the vaccinations will take place for six and a half hours every day until wednesday. Israel and hamas have agreed to three localised pauses in fighting to enable the vaccination of more than 600,000 palestinian children. With more from jerusalem here s our correspondent, jon donnison. The official polio vaccination campaign doesn t start until sunday morning. It is being coordinated by the united nations but we do understand that the first babies have been vaccinated today in khan younis in the south of gaza. What it s going to involve and get under way as a series of threeday, area specific pauses in fighting that both israel and hamas have agreed to. The key words there are area specific, so we re not talking about the formal ceasefire that diplomats have been pushing for weeks and mo
Week when i had a little bit of a bug. I really appreciate it. You are welcome and the best news, you ve gotten better, so you have a great labor day weekend. Thanks, chris. You know, labor day weekend, it s finally here. The next three days are the time when americans everywhere try to get the most out of their summer. Maybe squeeze in one last cookout for beach trip before the weather gets colder and everything starts to taste like pumpkin spice. But in an election year like this one, labor day weekend also marks the moment when most americans really start to pay attention to the presidential race and for the campaigns this is a moment when every detail starts to matter. Vice president kamala harris and her running mate tim walz are coming off a two day bus tour through southern georgia. The first democratic campaign in that part of the state since 1992. Last night the vice president sat down for her first major interview since becoming her party s nominee. She defended the record of
Translation: as soon as i heard about the start of the polio vaccination campaign, i came. My son was the first child to get the vaccine. Today, there was one shot and another in four weeks. By that time, he will have another full dosage which will prevent him from getting the infection and any disease in the coming years. This is how the polio vaccine will be distributed throughout gaza: the world health organization campaign will be split across the territory s five governates, from north gaza through to rafah in the south. Deir al balah and khan younis have the greatest number of children under 10 more than 200,000 in each region. The who plans on having more than 200 vaccination sites in each of those regions. With more from jerusalem here s our correspondent, jon donnison. The official polio vaccination campaign doesn t start until sunday morning. It is being coordinated by the united nations but we do understand that the first babies have been vaccinated today in khan younis in
Earlier this week, shakiel thibou, from west london, was charged with attempted murder. Westminster magistrates court heard that ms maximen had tried to intervene in a fight when she was stabbed. In a separate incident, mussie imnetu, a chef who was visiting london from dubai, was found unconscious with a head injury on monday night near notting hill. These cctv images show him earlier that afternoon before the attack. He has also since died. Omar wilson, from east london, has been charged with grievous bodily harm with intent. The metropolitan police said both deaths were now being treated as murder. News of both cher s and mussie s tragic deaths is devastating for both families. My thoughts are with them. They will continue to be supported by specialist police officers and we ask that their privacy is respected at this time. Police are extremely keen to speak to anyone who might have been at this restaurant late on monday night, and who intervened during the attack on mussie imnetu.