also declared that any armed resistance against the militants would be considered a rebellion. now on bbc news, unspun world. hello and welcome to the newsroom here at new broadcasting house, the bbc s international headquarters in central london for unspun world the programme where we get the unadorned facts about the world s news from the bbc s global experts. this week, i ll be asking as the fighting in ukraine gets worse and more threatening, what do ordinary russians think about the dangers of a wider war with the west? support is already quite high and, of course, if the war comes to russian towns and cities, then russia ordinary russians definitely will feel that this war is even more justified for moscow. what s life like in syria nowadays the country where russia developed its tactics for bombarding civilians? you can see in the streets that people are digging in the garbage to get some food. that s something unheard of in syria before. and is international
degrees. goodbye for now. now on bbc news, unspun world provides an unvarnished version of the week s major global news stories reliable, honest and essential viewing with the bbc s world affairs editor, john simpson. hello, and welcome to the newsroom here at new broadcasting house, the bbc s international headquarters in central london, for unspun world the programme where we get the unadorned facts about the world s news from the bbc s global experts. this week, i ll be asking as the fighting in ukraine gets worse and more threatening, what do ordinary russians think about the dangers of a wider war with the west? support is already quite high and, of course, if the war comes to russian towns and cities, then russia ordinary russians definitely will feel that this war is even more justified for moscow. what s life like in syria nowadays the country where russia developed its tactics for bombarding civilians? you can see in the streets that people are digging in
fbi search of former president donald trump s home. now we are learning more about the events leading up to that search. two sources telling cnn, in june a trump lawyer signed a letter saying all documents marked as classified had been given back. that s what they re saying. but monday s search revealed mar-a-lago was still harboring top secrets, removing 11 sets of top secret gdocuments. we now know the justice department has probable cause to investigate three possible federal crimes, violations of the espionage act, obstruction of justice and criminal handling of government records. as of now no one has been charged with a crime. trump s first line of defense was to suggest that the fbi may have planted evidence while in his home. nobody has presented any evidence of that. plan b involved claiming that trump had declassified documents before the fbi seized them that the espionage act does not hinge on whether documents are classified. so the latest move is to blame the gov
just in, new details on the united states killing one of the world s most wanted terrorist, al-qaeda leader ayman al-zawahiri, with a 25 million dollar reward on his head. osama bin laden s right-hand man. president joe biden addressing the nation from the blue room on the white house declaring justice has been delivered. warning that the united states will defend the american people. no matter how long it takes, no matter where you hide, if you are a threat to our people, the united states will find you and take you out. we re also learning more tonight about how it all went down. ayman al-zawahiri killed, in what has been called a precise, tailored air strike using two missiles fired at the balcony of a safe house in kabul, 9:48 pm eastern time. happened on saturday. president biden gave final approval for a mission a month ago after months of highly secret planning. one members of the zawahiri who were in other areas of the house were not harmed. al-zawahiri help
The appalling destruction at the Al Ahli Al Arabi Baptist Hospital in gaza, whoever may have been responsible for it, has overshadowed the hastily arranged visit to israel by president biden. Yes, he was there to offer americas total, wholehearted sympathy and support to israel in the wake of the october 7th raids, but he was also there to urge israel in the strongest way to use discretion and moderation if and when it invades gaza, and very likely also to attempt to persuade israel of the need for a humanitarian corridor to allow water, food and medicines into a waterless, poor and hugely overcrowded enclave. But what about the wider picture . Lyse doucet, the bbc s chief international correspondent, is in Southern Israel and we caught up with her in between showers of rain. In previous Military Operations and i was there in gaza for the one in 2014 the Israeli Military described its objectives and, indeed, the political leadership, described their objectives as hitting hamas hard, de