why some germans are getting competitive about communing with nature. hello and welcome. the us secretary of state, antony blinken, will be injerusalem later today, to discuss how to de escalate tensions between israelis and palestinians. on thursday, nine palestinians were killed during an israeli military raid in the west bank, followed on friday, by the killing of seven jewish settlers outside a synagogue in occupied eastjerusalem. israeli forces have now moved in to evict the family of the palestinian gunman who carried out friday s attack. nader hashemi is director of the center for middle east studies at the university of denver in colorado. thank you for being on the programme. thank you for being on the programme- thank you for being on the programme. first of all, give us our programme. first of all, give us your reaction programme. first of all, give us your reaction to programme. first of all, give us your reaction to these - us your reaction to these leaders
attacks between israeli and palestinan forces escalate as the un s middle east envoy meets hamas leaders in gaza to try and defuse the current tensions. winter bites in southern california as los angeles braces itself for a rare blizzard. it s exactly one year since russia began its full scale invasion of ukraine and the un general assembly has voted to demand that moscow immediately and unconditionally withdraw its troops from ukraine. 1m countries backed the motion which has no legal weight while seven opposed it and 32 abstained, including one of moscow s staunchest allies china. this is how ukraine s foreign minister reacted to the vote. 1m countries, member states of the united nations, reiterated their unequivocal support to ukraine s territorial integrity and sovereignty, and they reiterated their demands to the russian federation to withdraw its armed forces from ukraine within its internationally recognised borders. the us ambassador to the united nations a
The year end is a convention in the News Business but it is an useful one. It gives audience and reporters a chance to look at how eventful a year has been before we talk about the new day. 7billion human beings have a remarkable capacity for making news. 2014 was striking. The eyes of the Islamic State in the iraq and levant. Something close to civil war in ukraines east. Indias Narendra Modi in nigeria, boko haram moves to attack and pitch battle all as oil plummets in price causing serious headaches. Like every year you can look back and say that was a time. One of the biggest moments for u. S. Foreign policy in 2014 august 7th, president barack obama announcing the u. S. mission to degrade and destroy the Islamic State in iraq and the levant or isil. With the help of international coalition. The strength of the relatively new force took iraq and the region by spruce. Iraqs Prime Minister Nouri Almaliki stepped down. Syria began to deteriorate into one of the worse civil wars and hu
Some time. And it took me a lot of research with navy records of the black cats to kind of jive what he had written and what the real war diary was and finally managed to put the tombline together through the use of timeline together through the use of all these various pieces. I was surprised. I had no idea hed been through so much, and i was also surprised to find out as much as i have about the black cats in general. It was a Remarkable Group and really one of the leasttold stories of world war ii, just their significance to the whole thing. Everything from rescues to just becoming this stealth aircraft that nobody had seen the likes of before. One of the first to use radar, or for instance. One of the first to have an altimeter so they could fly low over the water and be virtually invisible. Fascinating stuff, and i didnt know any of that. I feel like its a tribute to the black cats and to dad, first of all. They both deserve it. And any opportunity you have to tell, tell a story l
EXCLUSIVE: Iran s Supreme Leader will be very fearful of further uprisings ahead of the country s Presidential elections amid a widespread crisis of legitimacy.