israeli tanks are reported to be advancing slowly towards the centre of khan younis, as intense battles continue in southern gaza. there are reports of house to house fighting in the city. it comes amid fierce criticism of the us, for vetoing a united nations security council draft resolution calling for an immediate humanitarian ceasefire in the israel gaza war. the palestinian president mahmoud abbas says the veto makes the us complicit in what he describes as war crimes against palestinians. in a a statement, he condemns the american position as a flagrant violation of all humanitarian principles and values . and he holds the us responsible for the bloodshed of palestinian children, women and elderly people in the gaza strip . the us envoy to the un said such a ceasefire would be dangerous and unrealistic. every other member of the council backed the resolution apart from the uk, which abstained. from jerusalem, hugo bachega sent this report and a warning it does conta
And we have all your sport including the latest from the indian grand prix where rebel drivers are closing in on the fourth straight championship. The iranian government reportedly hanged 16 members of the separatist group. According to irans official news agency that attack placed on friday night in the baluchestan province. It is on the border of pakistan. It appears it has been skirmishes fighting between the Border Guard Police and the smugglers, that they made ambush last night in the early hours of this morning. And its very frequent this kind of skirmish between traffickers from afghanistan and pakistan, using iran as the root, as the root from that part of pakistan to europe. So we have frequent this kind of skirmishes between Iranian Forces and the smugglers. Its difficult to say better or not people who were hanged this morning. But it appears that the iranian authorities have made a point to try to demonstration their resolve and the fact that they will not back down from th
Debate about their programs president obama orders some n. S. A. Reforms. Making friends. We take a look at chinas practice of panda dip loam assy diplomacy syrias main Opposition Group is deciding whether to attend peace talks in switzerland, which are due to take place in a few days. The Syrian National coalition is meeting for a second day in turkey to decide if theyll attend the geneva ii talks. The former Prime Minister met his counterpart Sergei Lavrov in moscow, and said they were worried that the opposition hadnt committed to the talks. Each of us is at the meeting in istanbul. The Syrian Coalition has to do today what it failed to yesterday. Thats a raft of important things. It has to hold an official meeting. It didnt convene. It met unofficially, it didnt formally start the meeting. That was because it doesnt believe or it didnt yesterday believe it had the numbers to hold a credible vote. A vote representative that stood up in the international arena, about whether to go to
Honoring the did, france holds a service for the number of People Killed in the Central African republic. And a spectacular show from italys mount etna. Concerns its happening too frequently. Welcome to al jazeera. The United Nations has launched its largest ever appeal for aid. It wants to raise 6. 5 billion to help syrians. The u. N. Says that number may rise to 4. 1 million who have emigrated. The price of bread has gone up you 500 sings the coul conflict began. And the food that can be bought is scarce. 80 of people say theyre worried about food running out and access to fresh water is also a developing problem. James bays is reporting. The u. N. Hasnt been that successful in the past of getting aid money for syria. Will this appeal be any different do you think . I think it is going to be difficult given the numbers involved. But its worth remembering how bad the situation is. We have been talking for months and months and months about the humanitarian crisis in syria, taking stoc
Dissimilar to last night. That will produce some rain here and there in the west. Temperatures might drop but for most reasonably mild night and start to monday but by the end of the night, strengthening southerly winds the west, temperatures of eight to 10 celsius but the arrival of some heavy rain through the morning rush hour in Northern Ireland spreads during the morning into scotland, takes a good pa rt morning into scotland, takes a good part of the day to clear eastwards, sunshine will fall in its wake but during the afternoon, wales and western england turns increasingly wet and windy, the far southeast and east anglia should stay dry until the evening rush hour. Winds later but expect gales of 50 to 60 miles an hour, temperatures holding at levels similar to today at around eight to 10 celsius. A fine end to the day here, rain spread through the day here, rain spread through the evening rush hour. Clear skies through monday night but some windy and disturbing weather into tues