Im extremely proud of him and im very happy that the world now knows what a wonderful man he was. As persecution of Rohingya Muslims intensifies, we ask the leader of myanmar if shes failing to stop a process of Ethnic Cleansing. I dont think theres Ethnic Cleansing going on. I think Ethnic Cleansing is too strong an expression to use for what is happening. At the European Parliament, nigel farage laughs at suggestions that the uk should pay for an exit fee for leaving the eu. And why did pepsi cancel this advert less than 2a hours after its release . Coming up in the sport can chelsea extend their lead in the Premier League or will they open up the door in the title race against Manchester City at Stamford Bridge . Good evening. Syria and russia have both come under intense criticism at an Emergency Session of the un security council. Syria stands accused of mounting a gas attack in Idlib Province which killed at least 70 people and injured hundreds of others. President trump called i
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In the u. S. Midterm elections, taking control of both houses in congress. And the sirps side of social sirnster side of social media. Tech giants are ignoring the widespread use of the web by extremists. Our top story there has been heightened tension in jerusalem, where israeli activists threatened to storm the alaqsa compound. Palestinians turned up at the site and fought with Israeli Police after being denied entry to the mosque. The mosque is sacred to jews and muslim. It is located in occupied East Jerusalem. Israel supplied access to the site called temple mount. Muslims referred to it as the nobel sanctuary. Its home to the dome of the rock and alaqsa mosque. Its managed as part of a 20 year piece deal. Nonmuslims are allowed to visit the site. Jews are not allowed to pray there. Well go to imtiaz tyab. Live from jerusalem. We know this has long been a flashpoint between muslims and jews. What sparked the recent tension . Thats right. It really has in the past several months be
Social media. A british spy boss says extremism is ripe online, and tech giantsar ignoring it we begin in jerusalem, where a driver hit beddestryions inway beddestryians in what place say may have been a deliberate attack. Following a morning of violence at the alaqsa compound. Israeli activists attempted to storm the site. Details are sketchy. Hopefullys imtiaz tyab will be able to shed more light on what happened for us. He is live in jerusalem. Not one, but possibility two incidents unfolding as we speak. Thats right. Very confusing situation on the ground here in jerusalem. What i can tell you is what we have been told by the police. They told us that a man driving a struck drove into a crowd of people waiting at a light rail station. A number of police were injured. After the driver of the car drove into the pedestrian waiting at the light rail station, we understand he tried to flee the scene. Got involved in the altercation with the police. What we dont know who this man was, or
Devastating result of ebola on children. Could you ask the children to raise their hands if theyve been orphaned . After elections in rebelheld areas of ukraine, a new leader is sworn in, but ukraines president says the Peace Agreement has been violated what does that mean . Also, alice is here taking a look at whats happening in business. Youre also focusing on those u. S. Midterms. Absolutely right, because as america stands poised for change at the top, were assessing the current state of the economy and asking what a potential win for the republicans could mean for future fiscal policy. Hello. Midday here in london. Also 12 00 noon in sierra leone and 7 00 a. M. In washington, where the polls for the u. S. Midterms have opened in the last hour. The big question, can the republicans win the six senate seats they need to take control of both houses of congress. If they do, it will mean president obama will find it even harder to push through legislation during his final two years in