a crowd some waving palestinian flags forced their way into an airport after a flight from tel aviv landed earlier today. russian state media says the crowd was protesting the israel-hamas war. in gaza city right now, an aid organization says nearby israeli air strikes have caused extensive damage to the second largest hospital there. the palestinian red crescent society says that s endangering the lives of patients. 12,000 displaced citizens are also sheltering there. gun fire and explosions echo around much of gaza as israel s ground offensive expands according to cnn analysis published by an israeli media outlet meanwhile they fire into gaza from israel. amid all of this, iran s president said today that israel s offensive on gaza has, quote, crossed the red line. his words, crossed the red line. this is not the first warning from an iranian official for the potential for a much broader conflict. earlier today, an israeli benjamin netanyahu. jake sullivan, he says ther
Cities may follow. In the studio, a former Top Gear Presenter says its all nonsense. Friends of the earth says its about time. Good evening. He was Barack Obamas head of the cia and he departed office the day donald trump became president. John brennan will deliver the Dimbleby Lecture On Bbc One tomorrow night, but tonight he talks to newsnight about the threat from north korea, and whether Donald Trumps promise of us unilateral action is wise if china will not help. He is scathing about the president s proposed ban on travellers from certain muslim countries, and he told us the Trump White House notion of a deep state including the Intelligence Agencies working against him is delusional. I began by asking him if President Trump was right to say that if china wont solve the issue of north korea, america will do. North korea does pose a very serious challenge for the asian region and for the world because of its continued march on a Nuclear Weapons programme. China certainly holds a lo
Very latest. Welcome to this special coverage of a major Anti Terrorist operation which is taking place in paris, after gunmen opened fire on a police van in the heart of the french capital, killing one officer and wounding two others. The incident took place in one of the citys most Famous Boulevard is, the Champs Elysees, which leads from the arctic tree on the to the Place De La Concorde. The gunmen got out of a carand la concorde. The gunmen got out of a car and began firing an automatic weapon before being shot dead by police. Media reports say he was known to the Intelligence Services and Police Search was under way at his home in paris the Islamic State group said it carried out the shooting, naming the attacker as a belgian. The incident comes days before the first round of the french president ial election. We will be live in paris in a moment. First europe editor reports from paris. Mesdames et monsieurs, you have to stay back, please. The area is dangerous because of shotgun
Thought the most important story was the reaction of the death of a Petty Street Criminal and it was most reported but not close to a story that is rocking your world and you probably didnt feel the tremor. The International Monetary fund revealed that chinas economy surpassed that of the United States and now china is now the Worlds Largest economy. They reported on this story and it could should have caused demonstrations in our streets. We are losing our country and no one seems to notice. Less than 15 years ago, the u. S. Economy was three types the size of china. And americans since 1945 have grown used to having the number one economy and must have taken it for granted. Get ready to the new ranking or get angry and well do something
about it. Our current president said running up the huge debt on children and dprand children was irresponsible and unpatriotic. If so, he is the least patriotic president in history. Our debt topped the 18 trillion mark. That is more than double than
We will not talk about numbers of troops. That is new for the american presidency. At no point tonight did the president clarify anything about what would actually change militarily for the United States in afghanistan. If this speech is meant to be interpreted as an increase in Troop Strength in afghanistan, its the first time a president has announced an increase in Troop Strength without actually announcing an increase in Troop Strength. As commander in chief, i have determined that it is in our Vital National interest to send an additional 30,000 u. S. Troops to afghanistan. After 18 months, our troops will begin to come home. These are the resources that we need to seize the initiative while building the afghan capacity that can allow for a responsible transition of our forces out of afghanistan. And here is how president george w. Bush described the Military Surge that he ordered in iraq. So uch committed more than 20,000 additional american troops to iraq. The vast majority of t