To europe to try to end the standoff. And a borderline debate. The swiss go to the polls over the future of immigration. And im anneda arar arar aa richardson with the latest sports. Highlights from sochi comes up in this hour. At least 65 people have been evacuated from homs on sunday despite mortar fire continuing in the syrian city. The u. N. Humanitarian chief says shes deeply disappointed by the attacks. Aid organizations are trying to get food and medicines into the city where up to 2,500 people are trapped. The attacks are in violation of a threeday ceasefire agreed to by rebel fighters and the government. The u. N. Says it will keep pushing to deliver assistance to the area. Translator our role in this process is to secure a safe exit for civilians, as some people have been trying to get out for seven or eight months now but gunmen wont allow them. The terrorists are using them as human shields. We know the militants will benefit from aid brought to the area, but we cant have p
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Im jim axelrod with a western edition. The lines are drawn neatly in sanford, florida, where two camps of demonstrators are waiting for a verdict in the trial of the man accused of murdering Trayvon Martin, those who think George Zimmerman was acting in self defense in the altercation with the 17yearold and those who think hes a killer. After a full day of deliberations, jurors had a question for the judge. Mark strassmann joins us now from the courthouse. Mark, what do they want to know . Ow . Reporter well, jim, the question that they sent in is by far the clearest indication yet of the debate inside the jury room. The question reads as follows, may we please have clarification on the instructions regarding manslaughter . Trayvon. Justice. Outside the courthouse in sanford today, demonstrators were divided. George, guilty. George, guilty. Like so Many Americans are about whether George Zimmerman took the law into his own hands. Inside this courtroom, zimmermans future was still uncer
Scene searching that address, but in order to execute that entry, we did have to close a Main Line Railway line for a short period, but this now has reopened as we continue those searches. So that brings the total number of people in custody currently to four. People across Greater Manchester would have seen a significant increase of armed officers on mobile patrol across the city. We have been supported from forces from across the northwest and beyond and this forms part of our well, trieded and tested plans for any major terrorist attack. Obviously, with the announcement from the Prime Minister last night of the increase in the threat level to critical, you will be aware that the military are supporting policing across the country under the code name operation temperer. This is about the military being used to guard iconic sites and other sites outside of london and across parts of the north. This frees up Armed Police Officers to then give the Police Service capacity to deploy them
On edge at this hour. More arrests overnight. The Terror Threat has been raised. There are concerns that another attack could be imminent. Shannon special assistant to President Trump Sebastian Gorka is standing by at the white house but first we begin with john roberts. Well get back to him. He is live for us in rome. Now to dr. Gorka. John has been reporting all morning. Stateside to the white house and bring in Sebastian Gorka. Thank you for your time. We have learned new details from authorities in england. What more can you add about what you are learning about that awful attack on monday night . Well, were not going to second guess our british cousins but the fact is there seems to be a broader circle of individuals of interest. If you look at serious, significant plots of this kind starting way back in december of 2001 and up to the present day when an attack is this successful it is almost always a group of individuals, a network and a person who has been trained outside of the