In the u. S. Midterm elections, taking control of both houses in congress. And the sirps side of social sirnster side of social media. Tech giants are ignoring the widespread use of the web by extremists. Our top story there has been heightened tension in jerusalem, where israeli activists threatened to storm the alaqsa compound. Palestinians turned up at the site and fought with Israeli Police after being denied entry to the mosque. The mosque is sacred to jews and muslim. It is located in occupied East Jerusalem. Israel supplied access to the site called temple mount. Muslims referred to it as the nobel sanctuary. Its home to the dome of the rock and alaqsa mosque. Its managed as part of a 20 year piece deal. Nonmuslims are allowed to visit the site. Jews are not allowed to pray there. Well go to imtiaz tyab. Live from jerusalem. We know this has long been a flashpoint between muslims and jews. What sparked the recent tension . Thats right. It really has in the past several months be
Real change in washington, real change. [ cheers ] [ applause ] republicans sweep to victory in the u. S. Midterm elections, taking control of both houses of congress. A palestinian man has been killed by Israeli Police after he drove his car into people at a train station in west jerusalem. The incident happened after an earlier confrontation between Palestinian Protesters and Israeli Police at the alaqsa compound in occupied East Jerusalem. Reporter after a day of tensions, a night of protests. This palestinian neighborhood in occupied East Jerusalem. The protests follow what the Israeli Police are calling a hit and run terror attack. A man drive his car into a platform of waiting people at a train platform. The man was shot dead. He is widely reported as having connections to hamas. Police say they shot him because he was trying to attack bystanders with a metal rod. Translator in recent days we have witnessed growing incitement by the head of the palestinian authority, including th
Social media. A british spy boss says extremism is ripe online, and tech giantsar ignoring it we begin in jerusalem, where a driver hit beddestryions inway beddestryians in what place say may have been a deliberate attack. Following a morning of violence at the alaqsa compound. Israeli activists attempted to storm the site. Details are sketchy. Hopefullys imtiaz tyab will be able to shed more light on what happened for us. He is live in jerusalem. Not one, but possibility two incidents unfolding as we speak. Thats right. Very confusing situation on the ground here in jerusalem. What i can tell you is what we have been told by the police. They told us that a man driving a struck drove into a crowd of people waiting at a light rail station. A number of police were injured. After the driver of the car drove into the pedestrian waiting at the light rail station, we understand he tried to flee the scene. Got involved in the altercation with the police. What we dont know who this man was, or
Holy site. New allegations are human rights abuses by isil. The unlikely source coming to the groups aid as it tries to take control of kobane. Good morning, welcome to Al Jazeera America. Im del walters. Im stephanie sy. This morning, republicans are making plans for the next few years while the white house is pledging to compromise after a night that can only be called a rout, the gop picking up enough seats to seize control of the senate. Now theyll set the washington agenda for the final two years of the obama presidency. Those results mean harry reid is out as Senate Majority reared, Mitch Mcconnell now poised to replace him. Republicans expanding their hold on the house now enjoying their largest majority there since the great depression. We have Team Coverage with reporters around the country and arched the world. Lets begin in washington. Lisa, good morning. This was a huge night for the republicans. Absolutely. The democrats took a drubbing and woke up to a very different Poli
But no election until next year. Tonight they said we can have real change in washington. And republicans sweep to victy in the United States. Taking control of both houses of congress. A palestinian man has been shot dead by Israeli Police after he deliberately drove his vehicle into a crowd of pedestrians in occupied East Jerusalem. At least one Israeli Police officer was killed. This is the scene right now. The incident came after a morning of violent confrontation with Security Forces when palestinians were denied access to one of islams most holy sites. These are the latest pictures to come out of parts of East Jerusalem. As you can see there, a bit of smoke. Fires burning. As far as the tensions which have boiled over on this day. Lets go straight to our correspondent live for us in west jerusalem. What is going on right now. Take us through the events. Reporter well, a very tense day in jerusalem, starting in the morning at the compound when a number of farright jewish activists