so that allegations of genocide can be investigated. israel must also, according to this provisional measures, order ensure that the rafah border crossing stays open to allow urgently needed humanitarian aid to be delivered at scale and must report back to this court, the international court ofjustice here in the hague within one month on how these orders are being implemented. israel s prime minister has rejected allegations of genocide. we have more reaction from jerusalem. even as the judge was reading up the latest ruling there were plumes of black smoke over rafah, suggesting the military campaign continues for the israeli troops are deployed very close to the city of rafah, we don t exactly know how far they intend to put into the city and when that will happen but the israeli government indicated it is still determined to finish the job and what it regards as one of the last hamas strongholds in the gaza strip. the israelis are saying they are doing this according to i
this week, house democrats, with the support of floyd s family, reintroduced that act to create federal police reform. this is something that is a priority, this is demanded, and if you want to wait for someone like this to hit your front door and then you will be proactive, you have a problem. as democrats reintroduce that bill, presidentjoe biden issued a statement saying: president biden also said he signed an executive order to implement aspects of the george floyd justice in policing act. if that legislation makes it through congress this time, it would address issues ranging from policing practices to accountability of law enforcement. if passed, it would lower the criminal intent standards to convict a police officer for misconduct, limit qualified immunity as a defence to liability in a private civil action against a law enforcement officer and limit the unnecessary use of force and restricts the use of no knock warrants and chokeholds. earlier, i spoke with represent
week once things may turn more unsettled next week once again. joined me later for the details it s sunday 22nd october. our main story: israel says it s intensify airstrikes against hamas in gaza, as it prepares its troops for a ground assault. hamas is regarded as a terrorist organisation by the uk and this latest escalation in tensions in the language follows its attack on israel two weeks ago. twenty lorries carrying humanitarian aid have been allowed through the rafah crossing, on the border with egypt, and a second convoy could enter gaza today, but un agencies say this represents a drop in the ocean of what is needed. greg mckenzie reports. yesterday, the rafah crossing that connects egypt to the southern gaza strip opened for the first time since hamas launched its assault on israel to allow 20 trucks to carry aid in. today, the humanitarian chief of the un for the second convoy of 20 30 trucks could enter the region, delivering much needed aid but admits the un
we have a lot to get to tonight after another day of major testimony in donald trump s first criminal trial. michael cohen, trump s former lawyer and fixer was back on the stand today, facing crosses emanation from donald trump s current lawyer, blanche. for anyone coming, mr. cohen has been on the stand for more than 14 hours, with more to come on monday. and nearly all day today, todd blanche tried to undermine mr. cohen s credibility as a witness. blanche spent half the morning recalling different episodes when michael cohen lied publicly . lying to congress, lying in court, lying about whether or not he sought a part in. essentially forcing cohen to admit repeatedly that he has been untruthful. blanche also tried to paint cohen as something of a renegade, a man who spent the 2016 election cycle casting out on his own, speaking to the press both publicly and privately without donald trump s consent or his supervision. blanche tried to call into question michael collins mem
safe passage or protection and were fleeing to areas with little water or sanitation. more than a million palestinians had taken refuge there after it was designated a safe zone early on in the conflict. the us has warned israel not to launch an all out offensive there for fear of huge civilian casualties, but israel insists it s necessary to route out hamas. this development comes as israel s military says it s recovered the body of another hostage inside gaza. the body is of ron binyamin who the military says was killed in the october the 7th attack on israel by hamas. his body has now been returned to israel to be buried. this is the fourth body found in 2a hours. this is the scene live in tel aviv, where the relatieves where the relatives of the hostages are among those protesting against benjamin netanyahu s government and demanding new elections. they are asking for more government action to release their loved ones. and in a further development israeli war cabinet mi