Most of the islands 3. 5 million residents still lack electricity. Food and water remain in short supply. Well get an update from independent journalist Rosa Clemente, just back from the island last night. And as puerto rico faces an estimated 95 million in cleanup costs, well look at a major new investigation into exactly who owns its 74 million debt. Then in california, as wildfires scorch more than 200,000 acres, roughly the size of new york city, more than 11,000 firefighters are rattling the blaze a number of them are prisoners. A the only way you would tell was a prisoner firefighter is if i told you. On the line, you would not know at all. Amy the incarcerated women who fight california wildfires. All that and more, coming up. Welcome to democracy now , democracynow. Org, the war and peace report. Im amy goodman. A federal judge in hawaii blocked most of President Trumps latest version of a travel ban tuesday, just hours before it was set to take effect. U. S. District judge der
Israel plans to build more than 3,300 new homes in settlements in the Israeli-occupied West Bank in response to a fatal Palestinian shooting attack, a senior Cabinet minister said. The decision drew an angry response from the U.S. at a time of growing tensions over the course of Israel's war on Hamas in the Gaza Strip.
JERUSALEM Israel plans to build more than 3,300 new homes in settlements in the Israeli-occupied West Bank in response to a fatal Palestinian shooting attack, a senior Cabinet minister said. The decision drew an angry response from the United States at a time of growing tensions over the course of Israel s war on Hamas in the Gaza Strip.
A senior Cabinet minister says Israel plans to build more than 3,300 new homes in settlements in the Israeli-occupied West Bank in response to a fatal Palestinian shooting attack
Israel plans to build more than 3,300 new homes in settlements in the Israeli-occupied West Bank in response to a fatal Palestinian shooting attack, a senior Cabinet minister said. The decision is bound to frustrate Washington at a time of growing tensions over the course of Israel's war on Hamas in the Gaza Strip. Israel's finance minister, far-right firebrand Bezalel Smotrich, announced the new settlement plans late Thursday, after three Palestinian gunmen opened fire on cars near the Maale Adumim settlement, killing one Israeli and wounding five.