an adviser to prime minister benjamin netanyahu told the bbc that israel was making the maximum effort to avoid killing civilians. israel has been dropping leaflets with maps, showing gazans the areas it plans to strike. our diplomatic correspondent paul adams explains why that often isn t protecting civilians. this has been a problem throughout the past two months. israel believes and says it is giving as much notice as it possibly can to the civilian population to leave certain areas where the fighting is most concentrated. they believe these new maps, with this detailed grid, numbered grid, should help that process because they are saying to people in certain numbered areas, these are the areas you have to leave. the trouble is people don t know where they should leave to. israel is also hitting targets outside of those demarcated areas. anything that the israelis regard as a high value target where hamas might have some of its infrastructure or where acre hamas commande
Well catch up with the group and filipinoamerican history month, with a Live Performance in our studio today. Well, the lack of opportunities for asianamericans and Pacific Islanders in the world of standup comedy is nothing to laugh at. I happen to believe standup comics are important to the way society looks at events and ourselves. Maybe were starting to see some progress, and an upcoming comedy show in San Francisco on november 2 is an important showcase, and just as important, an event to have a good time and laugh about stuff. With me right now are the two cofounders of desi comedy festival. Samson koletkar was born in mumbai and raised jewish, comedy roots if ive ever heard one. And heres more, he earned a masters in computer software, fulfilling his parents dream, then came to San Francisco, is now chasing his own dream. He is also the founder of comedy oakland. Also here with us, and with just as good a story, is abhay nadkarni, a comedianwriterproducer from southcentral los a
And 10 minutes. The timing of this symposium is intentional. 75 years ago next week, General Macarthur was recalled from retirement to u. S. Service, starting a road that defined him and asia are many years. World,rstand the modern you have to understand to understand much of the modern world, you have to understand the stories we are exploring today. In the Memorial Building next to us, the general is buried with his wife. We also have a temporary exhibit new the theater to your left on the liberation of the philippines, which i incurred you to explore. Take times during the breaks. The museum and this building will be open until 5 00 today. This symposium is another Great Partnership between the city of norfolk and that General Macarthur foundation to provide key support for the memorial and its programs. I would like to recognize them for their support. We have several Board Members here. I would like to recognize them for their support. Also might staff who are here today my staff
Undercover police admit to calling socalled radical muslims without trial, an al jazeera exclusive. And the simple technique saving the line lives of premate babies in india. We begin with breaking news from the past hour, that palestine status has been upgraded at the criminal court. It effectively opposit opens thr war crimes to be investigated in the territory. This comes on the same day that israel launched its own investigations into eight more alleged crimes by its forces in gaza this summer. We can speak to imtiaz tyab, but james bays is joining us from new york to tell us more about this decision, james. What is going on in new york is a meeting of the all the signatories, what is made up as the assembly of States Parties is all the countries that signed this treaty which sets up the court, doesnt sit here in new york, but in the hague. They also let other countries, other nations from around the world who have not signed the icc treaty, they let them attend the meeting. Now fo
Fire. He slept in the back of ac transit bus. Court documents stated that he admitted that he said the man on fire. He was apparently wearing a kilt like skirts at the time and he does not identified as male or female. Outside of the arraignment the suspects family apologized and stated that he is a remorseful and is writing a letter of apology. They denied that he was a hateful person. What kind of boy is he . He despite the protest thomas, has been charged with a hate crime. He has also been charged with felony assault in bodily injury. Thomas, and did not enter a plea and that will likely come on tuesday. The family has been given the extra time to hire an attorney. Happening now. At least three people are dead, as what could be the strongest storm ever recorded moves across the philippines. Some 25Million People are in the path of the storm, and Andrew Spencer reports the level of devastation is expected to be immense. The closest comparison the west can make to super typhoon haiya