Thanks very much for joining us, im wolf blitzer, In Washington. We want to welcome our viewers here in the United States and around the world. This is cnn newsroom. Were following the major Breaking News out of israel this hour. Israel declaring it is at war, war with hamas. It follows an unprecedented attack on israeli soil by hamas. At least 70 israelis are now confirmed dead. More than 900 wounded. Numbers that are clearly expected to rise in the coming hours. The attack catching israel clearly by surprise. At sunrise, the Palestinian Militant Group launched their offensive by air, sea, and land. Hamas fighters infiltrating israeli towns launching more than 3,000 rockets into israel. Scenes of urban warfare, as gunfights unfolded features israeli and Palestinian Militants and just a short time ago, i spoke with the Israeli Military spokesman. When we target someone, we go for a military target. These terrorists came in this morning, they didnt go only for military targets. They wen
A referendum on independence from iraq the problem practically all the regions big players bitterly opposed the vote and have been pushing back. On the war of words between President Trump and pyongyang again ask allayed snorts korea says the u. S. Has declared war the white house calling that claim sir. And in soccer the Champions League resumes than i germicide receive dortmund play host to defending champion ryall madrid which seemed like a very tall order but is it sitting at the top of the bundesliga table dortmund scored a league high of nineteen goals they have an unbeaten run against real madrid in fact theyve never lost at home in this competition. Im brian thomas a very warm welcome to the show we began with the fallout from the german election a week and chancellor merkel has started the process of looking for partners to form a new government she is expected to talk with the probusiness free democrats and the greens parties at opposite ends of the political spectrum adding
Deportation well go live to delhi also coming up. On a macro begins her quest to form a new German Government shes ready to talk to her former partners the social democrats but they say theyre going into the opposition i could mean machall working with two parties that have little in common also coming out. Kurdish celebrations after a referendum on independence from iraq the problem practically all the regions big players bitterly opposed the vote and have been pushing back. Im brian thomas welcome to the show while its known as the alternative nobel prize each year the right livelihood award authors those who. Defends human rights and the environment and we have some breaking news here right now the names of those twenty seventeen laureates have been announced this years honorary award goes to the u. S. Law lawyer robert billet who takes on the big Chemical Companies on behalf of the victims of pollution well the prize money totalling three hundred thousand euros and all will be shar
Deportation from india also coming up. On the macro begins her quest to form a new German Government shes ready to talk to her former partners the social democrats they say theyre going on to the opposition banks that would mean machall working with two parties that have a little in common also coming up. Kurdish celebrations after a referendum on independence from iraq the problem fact that all the region the big players bitterly opposed the kurdish vote and have been pushing back. Im brian thomas a very warm welcome to the show we start this program with the winners of whats known as the alternative nobel prize each year the right livelihood of ward honors those who defend human rights and the environment prize money totalling some three hundred thousand euros will be shared by three people the journalist Khadija Ishmael of john has courageously written about elite corruption in her own country undeterred by a prison sentence and ongoing harassment if yo b. As yet no bash legacy has
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