The us and russia have raised concerns over a series of air strikes carried by Israeli Forces in syria. The strikes, described by israel as some of the biggest in three decades, took place after an Israeli Military aircraft was shot down. The United Nations secretary general, antonio guterres, has called for an immediate de escalation in syria. Our middle east correspondent tom bateman has been following developments from jerusalem. What was left on israeli soil of one of the countrys most advanced fighter jets. It crashed after its two pilots ejected, said israel, amid syrian anti aircraft fire. One pilot was left severely injured. Siren wails. Israel said it scrambled the planes in response to this, a drone allegedly sent by Iranian Forces in syria into israeli airspace. It was destroyed. Israel then hit the site it said the drone had come from before further strikes against what it called iranian targets in syria. Ive been warning for some time about the dangers of irans military en
Israeli fighter planes launched bombing raids across the border, following the shooting down of one of its jets. Israel says its been targetting iranian positions on syrian territory used to fly drones over israeli airspace. Tom bateman reports from jerusalem. What was left on israeli soil of one of the countrys most advanced fighter jets. It crashed after its two pilots ejected, said israel, amid syrian anti aircraft fire. One pilot was left severely injured. Israel said it scrambled the planes in response to this, a drone allegedly sent by Iranian Forces in syria into israeli airspace. It was destroyed. Israel then hit the site it said the drone had come from, before further strikes against what it called iranian targets in syria. Ive been warning for some time about the dangers of irans military entrenchment in syria. Iran seeks to use syrian territory to attack israel for its professed goal of destroying israel. Israel is wary about the threat across its northern border, with the s
This time in chad. It follows allegations against some of oxfams workers in haiti in 2011. More allegations have emerged from chad and the charity says it is shocked and dismayed. After haiti, now new allegations about the behaviour of some oxfam workers in chad in central africa. They date back to 2006 and also involved prostitutes. The head of mission in chad at the time was the same man who resigned from 0xfam five years later because of the scandal in haiti. 0xfam said it was shocked and dismayed about the latest revelations from chad. It said it can corroborate the information but highlighted Unacceptable Behaviour by a small number of people. The British International those funds will be withdrawn unless they can prove they are cooperating fully on safeguarding issues. She called the behaviour by some 0xfa m she called the behaviour by some 0xfam workers in haiti horrific and said it wasjust 0xfam workers in haiti horrific and said it was just one example of a wider issue on whic
Almost impossible to land. The defending champion Jamie Anderson played it as safe as she could and won with a score that would have only been good enough for bronze in sochi. I tried to kind of weight and take a moment before i dropped in and it seemed like the flags werent moving too much but as soon as i dropped in i was like, oh, no, too much but as soon as i dropped in iwas like, oh, no, there too much but as soon as i dropped in i was like, oh, no, there is some wind. When we all signed up for snowboarding, it wasnt always bluebird perfect sunny days like we get in california so my attitude with contests and even with training oi with contests and even with training or shredding on any given day is like, learning to adapt with the weather and just doing your best in any given conditions. The womens giant slalom was postponed and will now take place on thursday. None of the snowboarders suffered major injury, but the International Olympic committee and International Ski federation
The Israeli Military has described the air strikes it carried out in syria on saturday as probably the biggest of their kind in the last 30 years. A spokesman said 12 sites were hit, including four iranian targets in syria. The attacks took place after an Israeli Military aircraft was brought down. The us and russia have raised concerns, and the un secretary general has called for an immediate de escalation in syria. Our middle east correspondent tom bateman has more. What was left on israeli soil of one of the countrys most advanced fighter jets. It crashed after its two pilots ejected, said israel, amid syrian anti aircraft fire. One pilot was left severely injured. Siren wails. Israel said it scrambled the planes in response to this a drone allegedly sent by Iranian Forces in syria into israeli airspace. It was destroyed. Israel then hit the site it said the drone had come from before further strikes against what it called iranian targets in syria. Ive been warning for some time abo