Libya appeals for help with oil fires plus. In Northern Sudan where a rush for gold is threatening the countrys ancient heritage. We begin in gaza where fighting and air strikes continue despite a plea by the u. N. Security council for a cease fire. These are the latest pictures of an air strike inside gaza a short while ago, according to medical sources shelling has killed another palestinian child in east jabalia and two others killed with houses hit. Immediate cease fire and held an emergency meeting in new york and issued a statement calling for a truce to allow aid to be delivered. Israel and hamas cannot agree on terms of a cease fire and people in gaza city are praying after the end of ramadan and the start of the eat festival and we will be speaking to an editor in jerusalem but we will go to nicole and it had been fairly quiet until a short time ago and now it sounds like its resuming. Reporter the reports are there are three separate air strikes in gaza, one in the camp area,
About keeping up diplomatic pressure on the situation there in ukraine, talking specifically about the russians of course. Yes, and he said the uk is not considering a military option. I think that was pretty self evident but now its from the lips of the foreign minister. The diplomatic route is that everyone i think more or less wants to go down. Fascinating but as the British Foreign secretary was talking in geneva the Russian Foreign minist minister laverof was saying we need to be calm and we need to pursue political, diplomatic channels. But of course the gulf between them in ideology is huge, remains so. The russians see what happened here in kiev as an illegitimate over throwing of an elected president yanukovych who of course fled the country as a result of demonstrations here and the culminations and the killings in the square. Russians say they have gone to crime yeah and said this repeatedly to protect their ethnic, russianspeaking ukrainians. Its an atonomous and john kerry
next on this week in defense news, a conversation with virginia welcome to this week in defense news. i m vago muradian. what is next for the air force s $35 billion tanker contract now that it sent the wrong information to each of the competitors. we ll have expert insight coming up. but first a conversation with a virginia republican representative randy forbes who is expected to become the next chairman of the house armed services readiness subcommittee. the virginia congressional allegations have been up in arms since robert gates proposed closing the four star command in norfolk, virginia. with 6,000 employee personnel has increased cooperation since founding in 1999. gates wants it closed to save more than $100 billion over the coming five years. arguing the command is a luxury at a time when belt tightening is necessary. but the pentagon hasn t disclosed to congress enough of the analysis that drove the decision. prompting a furious response from critics who fear
transfering to bart or muni and the congestion that might add to the bart embarcadero station. we re also discussing some ways we might address that, whether it is the use of a car and the person did in fact transfer or some other means but we were having ongoing conversations about that. take a trip to new york. they got a number of those connections underground. i know you re not there may be ways to monitor that but i m sure there will be to make sure that most of your people using it are actually utilizing bart but there is a couple of major ones between grand central and i think where the other is, probably about a quarter of a mile and you need to have the moving stairways and stuff for people too along there. let s hope that that can get done because i think it would be a big oversight if it isn t there. certainly when you think trying to transfer, with baggage and things, it would be a much more convenient connection. i would hope there would also be a view
continue to operate. let them have their karaoke music. it is a small sized musical instrument and the tourists and the neighbors really enjoy, you know, eating and single among themselves single among themselves. i m also a member of the community advisors and every month we have a meeting and captain you know, tells us what s been going on. the activities troubled spots but they never mentioned this thai restaurant so i can assure you that for the last six-eight months they did not make any wave. i urge you to approve of their conditional use. thank you. thank you. commissioners. good evening. tony gantner. i have eaten at the restaurant. they have a fine menu, courteous staff. across the street i bought thousands of coffees and several doors down the saloon where i have gone for several decades to listen to the blues. they are rougher than anything the king of thai could possibly dream up. i m working to transform the street between grant and columbus a poet s plaz