Narrow streets of the flames were spreading so fast people were suffocating. Every hour on the buses r. T. International thanks for keeping me company as we talk through the biggest stories of the day. And lets start with this one the u. N. Human Rights Office has released a report identifying 112 companies which it says all supporting illegal settlements in the west bank the findings have come in for shop criticism from israel though its called the document shameful and suspended ties with the body. Who have a boy good will be borg to the Human Rights Council is a buzz body that is devoid of influence the state of israel will not tolerate this discriminates he anti israeli policy and will take action to prevent the implementation of these kinds of decisions the United Nations was referring to the israeli settlements that are constructed in the west bank post the 19676 day war. The 121 officially recognized settlements house around half a 1000000 Israeli Settlers these places offer pla
Their veto angering the trumpet ministration it was about to come into office so that was the backdrop for this angry exchange we will not get to the bottom of whos interpretation of International Law is correct on this conflict there is no judge jury or court in the world that the parties involved have agreed to give jurisdiction in order to decide whose interpretations are correct. International law with respect to this conflict is a tricky subject that can be discussed and argued for years without ever reaching a conclusion for us International Law is not menu our court there are other instances where us representatives here insist on International Law insist on the implementation of u. N. Security Council Resolutions for instance on north korea and where we follow we absolutely support this and as the head of the sanctions committee worked very hard to implement word by word the un security Council Resolutions so for us 2334. 00 days to name the latest of u. N. Security council rea
That in the northern northwestern part of nigeria we hear of another protest there organ this time organize a counter protest organized by residents of kepe state asking the Nigerian Government not to release the leader of the mind. The chief of puerto ricos governor has resigned this follows 11 days of mass protests which began over leaked messages between the governor Ricardo Sello and his aides the online chats were widely condemned as being sexist and homophobic. On the reports from the capital san juan puerto rico is going to right now is no joke its not just a couple people out on the streets absolutely its everyone in rock hill south was at home until adelphia watching news reports of the protests in her native puerto rico it was contemplating coming back to take part but what finally pushed her over the edge was what happened to her mom pepper sprayed one of the 1st few days and i was not going to let my mother get. And. My mother being on the front line and participating in th
The us says it will take up to 2 months to build a temporary report to bring in aid. And what involved coordination with the israel Gang Violence and political instability in haiti forces tens of thousands of people to go to a neighboring Dominican Republic in search for food. And humanitarian crisis in savannah is reaching kolosso, purples. The you and Security Council passes a resolution calling for a cease fire and sudan ahead of the most on the whole the month of from, of the absurd and cynical thats how a top you, an expert has described us plans to build a temporary port for gaza and the ongoing air drops by western nations. Experts say these efforts will do nothing to slow down and looming famine, as long as israel continues to block the entry of humanitarian aid through land crossings, where the 2000000 palestinians are starving. At least 23 children have died of hunger since the war began. And is l 0 is honest to show the reports from jamalia in northern gaza. The aid thats be
Power system in the northeast and mid atlantic due to increasing Winter Weather events, including the bomb cyclone. I would like to start by calling on the Ranking Member to give her opening statement. Thank you, chair, and good morning to everyone. Im sure that senator murkowski will be here shortly. As some people may know, a 7. 9 magnitude earthquake hit off the coast of alaska, impacting co kodiak and parts of the Pacific Northwest with tsunami warnings that were issued for activities that were expected, and those warnings for tsunami waves have been recalled but no doubt im sure the senator is dealing with lots of things this morning related to that and other issues. So, impa want to thank our witnesses, chairman mcintyre and mr. Walker, for being here and many of the staffs that people have here that were glad were back in operation. So we look forward to hearing from all our witnesses on the subject of the reliability of the grid. And its performance. Last year, secretary perry