Major funding of newsweekly is provided by the lily endowment, an npgs base private Family Foundation dedicated to the founders interest and religion, Community Development and education. Additional funding also provided by mutual of america, designing customized individual and Group Retirement products. Thats why were your retirement company. Welcome. Im bob abernethy. Its good to have you with us, as we begin our 17th season on the air. There was strong and widespread religious opposition this week to the obama administrations proposed military strike against the assad regime in syria. From the vatican, pope francis called military action futile. U. S. Action could save thousands of lives. Meanwhile, the refugee crisis has escalated dramatically. About a third of syrias population has been displaced. More than 2 Million People have fled the country and another 4. 5 million have left their homes, but remain in syria. The u. N. Described the situation as the great tragedy of this centu
Thanks forjoining us on newsday on the bbc. Im rico hizon in singapore. The headlines irans leaders under pressure, after more protests over the shooting down of a passenger jet. 57 canadians died prime Ministerjustin Trudeau paid his respects and promised justice. We will not rest until there are a nswe is. We will not rest until there are answers. We will not rest until there is justice and accountability. Thousands are told to leave their homes in the philippines, as a volcano spews out a massive cloud of ash. Im Lewis Vaughanjones in london. Also in the programme
what really happened when students at one of delhis top universities were attacked. We have a special report. Queen elizabeth prepares to hold talks with prince harry and meghan over the royal couples future. Live from our studios in singapore and london, this is bbc world news its newsday. Glad you could join us. Its 8 00am in singapore, midnight in london, and 3 30am in tehran, where theres a Strong Police presence on t
President trump has issued a new warning for iran. Hes said hes willing to target iranian cultural sites, in retaliation for the killing of americans. Tensions between the two countries are at boiling point following the us killing of irans general soleimani. Iran has announced a rollback of its commitments under the landmark nuclear deal. James robbins has the latest. Hundreds of thousands of iranians have been mourning general soleimani and apparently getting behind their leaders promising revenge. The chants are familiar, including death to america, but the context has radically changed. The war of words from both sides is intensifying. President trump has now tweeted a new threat of massive retaliation, perhaps disproportionate. Earlier, he wrote if iran strikes any americans or american assets, we have targeted 52 iranians sites, some at a very high level and important to iran and the iranian culture, and those targets and iran itself will be hit very fast and very hard. Is there
Hello and welcome to bbc news. President trump has issued a new warning for iran. Hes said hes willing to target iranian cultural sites in retaliation for the killing of americans. Tensions between the two countries are at boiling point following the us killing of irans general soleimani. Iran has announced a rollback of its commitments under the landmark nuclear deal. James robbins has the latest. Hundreds of thousands of iranians have been mourning general soleimani and apparently getting behind their leaders, promising revenge. The chants are familiar, including death to america, but the context has radically changed. The war of words from both sides is intensifying. President trump has now tweeted a new threat of massive retaliation, perhaps disproportionate. Earlier, he wrote if iran strikes any americans or american assets, we have targeted 52 iranians sites, some at a very high level and important to iran and the iranian culture, and those targets and iran itself will be hit ver
To create a mega blaze. We will bring you all the latest from here in australia. Im lewis vaughanjones in london. Also in the Programme Iran says its taking another step back from the constraints of the International Nuclear deal following the american assassination of general soleimani. Masked attackers roam the campus of one of indias most prestigious universities targeting students opposing the governments new citizenship law. This is bbc world news. It is newsday. Good morning. Its 1am in london and midday here in New South Wales. Im in the town of nowra, the nerve centre for the Regional Response to the bushfire crisis here. Australians are witnessing another day of devastation and loss, and emotions are really running higher right across the country. There are fires burning in many different parts of australia, but New South Wales, which is the most populous state, is the place that has been most affected. There is real devastation across the state and there is still 150 fires bu