Hello. We begin in the us, where police have clashed with pro palestinian demonstrators as a wave of protests intensifies at University Campuses across the country. Skirmishes broke out between protestors and police at the university of Southern California in los angeles. Well hear with our reporter there in a moment. At the university of texas in austin, the governor sent in State Troopers in riot gear to confront demonstrators who waved Palestinian Flags and chanted free palestine. These demonstrations have spread since the arrest last week of more than a hundred protesters at columbia univerity in new york sparking debates about free speech and the right to protest. The us Speaker Of The House mikejohnson visited Columbia University on wednesday. He accused administrators of failing to protectjewish students from what he describes as virulent antisemitism. Much of his speech was drowned out with loud jeering from the students. To all those who gnash their teeth and demand to wipe
Tonight on the panel, former Us Ambassador to nato ivo daalder and philip rycroft, the uks former permanent secretary at the department for exiting the european union. Good evening. In the last hour, White House National security adviser Jake Sullivan says he wants a report on The Mass Graves in gaza, reports he calls disturbing. He added, we want answers from the israeli government. Thats as volker turk, the uns human rights chief, has called for an independent investigation into The Destruction at two of the main hospitals in gaza. Palestinian Officials Say they have exhumed the bodies of almost 300 people at the al shifa and nasser hospitals. Many of them buried in mass graves that were found within the medical complex. The Israel Defence forces described those reports as baseless and unfounded. The bbc s Fergal Keanes has been investigating these reports. And a warning you may find some of these scenes distressing. We are going to take you straight to Columbia University in new yor
Brzeski, global head of macro for ing research. Good to see you. Germany is in favour. Italy is saying it is too hard. Your thoughts . fix, too hard. Your thoughts . Complicated story once again. This is the third or fourth reform of european fiscal rules since the start of the monetary union. What they aim to do is make the rules a bit more flexible to give the more economic sense but in the past we saw the rules were simple but it did not leave enough room for investment in the future. If there was a problem, look back at the euro crisis, applying these rules really meant painful reforms, painful measures and they should not make peoples a bit more flexible and a bit more economic sensible. What can a country s economic sensible. What can a country s Debt Economic sensible. What can a Country S Debt be economic sensible. What can a Country S Debt be at economic sensible. What can a Country S Debt be at according i country s debt be at according to these rules . It seems to be the t
Our first report is from our North America correspondent nomia iqbal. On this vote, the yays are 311 and the nays are 112. The bill is passed. The moment has been a long time coming. After more than six months, a bill pledging further military aid for ukraine finally passed. Translation today we have got the decision we were waiting for on the american Support Package for which we fought so hard. President zelensky, how is. . President zelensky had personally met with us lawmakers to lobby for support. Many in congress waved ukrainian plans during voting, but there was still divisions, with members of the Democratic Party backing kyiv, others in the Republican Party not so much. But this is the sell out of america today. When we have members of congress in there waving the ukrainian flag on the United States house of representatives floor, while were doing nothing to secure our border . I think every american in this country should be furious. But the house speaker, republican mikejohn