The emotional statement came after four people in a Police Officer yards from parliament. 40 people were hurt when a car plowed through pedestrians on Westminster Bridge. Benjamin hall is in montana. They say extra officers will be on the street for the next few days. Reporter on the streets of our capital this afternoon. Reporter a deadly wednesday afternoon attack unfolding outside of the Parliament Building. We have to clear this is a terrorist incident. Reporter he was driven the whole way from south to north, knocking people over. Reporter one man armed with a knife continue the attack. Reporter investigators say the attacker fatally stabbed the Police Officer. And he was shot to death before he could enter parliament. An investigation is underway to make sure no one else was involved. We currently believe there was one attacker. But the public will understand we are taking every precaution and lock it down and searching the area. The victims are in our thoughts and prayers. Repor
Where you buy books in person. Well have all the days sports including, turning america on to cricket. Well hear from the master later in the program. Hello there, a warm welcome to the news hour. The United Nations is warning of a crisis of statelessness for Syrian Refugees in neighboring states. Its refugee evaluation, the unhcr, said that around the world a child is born stateless every ten minutes. The researchers talk to children in seven countries about the experience of growing up without the rights that go with nationality. Most statelessness goes with minority groups, discrimination on race, religion or gender is the major cause of statelessness. Theyre also warning that a growing number of syrian children are at risk of statelessness because syrias nationality goes through the father, and many refugee children have no father and no birth certificate. We have reports from beirut on the problems fating syrian refugee children from lebanon. These children are among the new gener
The president said of taiwan and china will meet for the first time ever, the meeting will take place in singapore. Divisions between the two nations go back to 1949, when chinas nationalist fled to taiwan after being tweeted by the communists in the still war. China considers taiwan as parts of its territory, aiming to unit the two nations. This will be hugely historic phone mainland taiwan, and the coull mination of a progress going on for several years. Especially under the stewardship, who has been pushing for closer tieses. We have seen the closer links in business, communication and transport. Millions of tourists travelling back and forth between thailand and mainland china. We have not seen a corresponding closeness in diplomatic terms, that is more fraught. This is hugely significant and adds an interesting dimension to president ial elections in taiwan in january, the Main Opposition Party is expected to win. This is the last best chance of an historic meeting taking place wh
Trying to turn america on to cricket we will hear from the lone master and later in the program. Tough new measures raising the minimum sentence to three years. Lawmakers voted 51 to 17, in favor of the move, weeks after Prime Minister declared war on anyone who throws stones at the security forces. Parents of underage offenders also face new sanctions it will be denied safe benefits while their child serves jail time. The israeli arm has also imposed a closed military zone in the occupied west bank. The implications of the move are unclear. It comes afters forces raided the Radio Station, and took it off air. The israeli army has accused the station of inciting violence, but the director says the shut down is a violent aggression against palestinian media. More for us from west jerusalem. While groups have described the passage of this law which has been fast tracked through the parliament, as harsh and extremely punitive, those convicted of throwing stones will now face a minimum of
Hello there, a warm welcome. The United Nations is warning of a crisis of statelessness. For Syrian Refugees in neighboring states. The u. N. H. C. R. Says that around the world a child is born stateless at least every ten minutes. Now u. N. H. C. R. Researchers talk to children in seven countries about the experience of growing up without the rights that go with nationality. Most stateless people belong to minority groups discrimination on the basis of ethnicity, race, religion, or gender, is the major cause of statelessness. U. N. H. C. R. Is also warning that a growing number of syrian children are at risk of statelessness, because the nationality goes through the father, and many refugee children have no father, and no birth certificate. Dana reports from beirut on the problem facing syrian refugee children in lebanon. These children are among a new generation of stateless people, twoyearold mohammad, oneyearold ahelp, her cousin malick, they were all born in lebanon. Syrians who e