In early september, mahsajina amini, a 22 year old woman, and her younger brother travelled from saqqez, a kurdish city in western iran, to visit the capital city, tehran, for the first time. But theirjourney takes an ominous turn. As soon as they get out of the metro station, mahsa faces two morality police, a force tasked with enforcing strict islamic dress code on women in public. Mahsas clothes are deemed revealing. Mahsa is detained and taken to a Police Station in tehran. An hour later, mahsa complains about something to a female police officer. This cctv footage shows the moment she collapses in the Police Station. By the time she is transferred to a hospital she is brain dead and falls into a coma. Roya piraei and her mother, mino majidi, in the city of kermanshah in western iran, are anxiously following mahsas news. Three days later, mahsa was pronounced dead. The news of her death outraged many across the country. Sanaz karimiazar was a preschool art teacher in saqqez, the ho
Not civilians. But air strikes have Hit Civilians , the Palestinian Health Ministry Says at least 51 people were killed on wednesday night. The World Food Programme has distributed some aid, but the un has warned that israel is in breach of International Law by denying civilians access to Essential Supplies of food, fuel and water. Ii of its own staff there have been killed since saturday. Bbc verify is continuing to monitor the impact of the strikes in gaza. One was on the Islamic University of gaza, targeted between tuesday and wednesday. Several videos, released by the Israel Defense forces have shown their attacks. Meanwhile, hamas fighters continue to fire rockets into israel. Many have been intercepted by the countrys iron dome defence system, but a few have broken through. The death toll in israel since hamas s attack on saturday has reached 1,200. More than 1,100 have died in gaza in israeli airstrikes. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has formed a unity government wit
Weve seen flashes over the skies of gaza, as israel continues to carry out airstrikes, saying it is targeting hamas fighters, not civilians. But air strikes have killed and injured civilians. The Palestinian Health Ministry Says at least 50 people were killed overnight. Doctors without borders says hospitals in gaza have only have a few days fuel left in their generators. The World Food Programme has distributed some aid, but the un has warned that israel is in breach of International Law by denying civilians access to Essential Supplies of food, fuel and water. Ii of its own staff there have been killed since saturday. Bbc verify is continuing to monitor the impact of the strikes in gaza. One was on the Islamic University of gaza, targeted between tuesday and wednesday. Several videos released by the Israel Defense forces have shown their attacks. Meanwhile, hamas fighters continue to fire rockets into israel. Many have been intercepted by the countrys iron dome defence system, but a
We will make sure they have what it needs to take care of its citizens, defend itself and respond to this attack. Theres no justification for terrorism. Theres no excuse. Hamas does not stand for the palestinian peoples right to dignity and selfdetermination. Its stated purpose is annihilation on the murder of jewish people. President biden making it clear that the United States stands with israel, promising support following the hamas Terrorist Attacks. The president also confirmed that there are americans being held hostage by the terror group. Well get an update on what is being done to try and free them. And weve seen more explosions in gaza this morning as the conflict enters its fifth day. Well get a live report from israel in just a moment. Also ahead, National Security analyst for nbc news and msnbc clint watts with an overview of the war and what could happen next. Good morning and welcome to morning joe. It is wednesday, october 11th. Lets dive right in. Israel is ramping up
Hello, im christian fraser. Youre watching the context on bbc news. Long delays at airports in the uk tonight due to an outage affecting Passport E Gates at the border. We will get to the border situation shortly, but we had a fairly robust conversation earlier. She sits on the National Security committee, so we went at length in that interview, because we dont often get that opportunity. Rachel shabi and Julio Ricardo varela were listening, apologies for not bringing you off the bat, but i thought i would get your thoughts on what you heard, ritual, what did you make of that . I think its outrageous for a member of the knesset to create massive massive humanitarian disaster in gaza and have the audacity to blame the un for not dealing with it when clearly un agencies have been screaming and pleaded and implored four months along with other aid agencies for israel to one, open the borders to facilitate the transfer of aids, Including Essentialfood and water and medical supplies, and nu