The operation involved israeli forces raiding the cities ofjenin, tulkarm, nablus and tubas, on a scale that hasn t happened for decades. Lucy williamson sent this report. It was a message of force, delivered quietly at first. Israeli soldiers seeking their targets, street by palestinian street. By morning, hundreds of troops backed by armoured bulldozers had arrived in the refugee camps of tulkarem, nablus, tubas, jenin. Home to armed palestinian groups and unarmed civilians. At least ten palestinians have been killed. Hamas says six of them were its fighters. Masoud najjar said he was injured when he opened the door of his house to young men asking for water. Translation: we felt like something came down on us from the sky and there was an explosion. I was unaware of what was going on. When i put my hand on my chest, it was all shrapnel and blood. Injenin, army vehicles surrounded the city s two main hospitals. Ambulances stopped and checked by militaryjeeps. Israel s foreign ministe
White and red fireworks. The patrouille de france also painted the skies above with the french flags, 4,500 athletes made up the parade from the champs elysees to the place de la concorde. The first of 11 days of sporting action takes place on thursday as france hosts a summer paralympic games for the first time. So the opening ceremony is complete, and after tokyo had no fans due to covid and rio was dogged by financial issues, the pressure is on the french capital to rival, or even better, london 2012. Beyond the sport however, those involved say they re mindful of a secondary purpose for the games. It is always important, we are here winning at least four medals but we are part of the incredible global movement, the paralympic movement which on and off the field want disabled people to be realised in society. Those performances on the field can only help us in that cause. Now to the us open tennis where the wimbledon champion barbora krejcikova is out. She was beaten in the second r
Thank you. That is all in on this wednesday night. Alex wagner starts with ayman mohyeldin in for alex. Thanks so much for watching. I m ayman mohyeldin in for alex wagner and this is what it looks like when a candidate for president makes the most of a rainy day. Watch. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. Ladies and gentlemen, i m sorry it s raining but we ve had 12 years of trickle down. If you give me 12 minutes we can change this country. I am tired of seeing the american people kill themselves every day in the factory and the business, on the farm, and be punished for it, and if you will give us a chance, we will turn this country around. That was a soaking wet bill clinton during a drizzly campaign stop in 1992. Clinton of course was campaigning that day in the small town of albany, georgia. It was part of a multiday bus tour through southern georgia which the campaign called bubbas for bill. It was notable at the time because southern georgia was known to be more rural and conserva
Very latest. Israel is carrying out a major military operation in the occupied west bank. Reports say 11 palestinians are dead. Donald trump accuses the us department ofjustice of trying to resurrect a dead witch hunt after it filed charges hunt after it filed revised charges against him. Spacex says bad weather has postponed their mission after technical issues early in the week. In the paralympic games begin in paris today, with the opening ceremony taking place across the city later. Hello. Welcome. Sir keir starmer is visiting berlin, where he s expected to say the uk has a once in a generation opportunity to reset its relationship with europe. The british prime minister will be holding talks with the german chancellor, olaf scholz. As prime in order to really talk to the eu in a broader sense. Is we have in order to really talk to the eu in a broader sense. Is the have in order to really talk to the eu in a broader sense. Is the first meeting, but this is the first official visit
I think both sides have ruled out that this is talking about the uk rejoining the eu in any way, shape orform, or even the customs union, for that matter. But what this is about is some quite concrete bilateral talks. This is the fifth meeting, but this is the first official visit of the prime minister to berlin. And it s just two months after he was elected as prime minister. Now, for his predecessor, rishi sunak, it took 18 months. And i thinkjust that alone is a signal of what london wants to achieve. It s, on the one hand, it s a strong signal that the uk is now open for business with germany and, you know, is very serious about pushing forward some quite concrete bilateral agreements, particularly on defence, because i think that s something that the two countries are keen on working together on. What they can t really do much is when it comes to trade, because that s within the. . . That s within the responsibilities of the eu. But what. . . I think when it comes to closer cooper