Thousands of athletes from around the world set to compete across 22 sports, with the first events starting tomorrow morning. We start in the middle east, where at least nine people have been killed in the biggest israeli operation in the occupied west bank for 20 years. Last month, the international court ofjustice ruled that israel s continued occupation of the area, captured in 1967, breached international law. Violence has been increasing in the occupied west bank since hamas s deadly attack in israel on seven october, with the un saying more than 650 palestinians have been killed by israeli soldiers or settlers there. Attacks have also been launched from the occupied west bank against israelis. Since 1993, control of the west bank has been divided across three zones where there is either full control by the palestinian authority, partial control shared with israel or where israel is in full control. Unlike gaza, hamas has no control there. Overnight, israeli forces simultaneously
Veterans began . This actually started which stems from a documentary i did on the mississippi delta chinese. And i needed to find the right hook to tell the story of the Chinese Americans in the mississippi delta. Chinese American History is not sexy, so it took me almost 20 years to find the right way to tell this story, compelling enough to bring it a full audience. And i had the good fortune of meeting doctor Gwendolyn Gong who did a tremendous amount of research on the veterans, Service Personnel from mississippi delta. And from there, we discussed and talked about how to create a three part series that aired on pbs on the chinese and mississippi delta, and that got me interested in the world war ii veterans. So, honor and duty is really a compendium that all 22,000 plus Chinese Americans that served in world war ii, is that correct . Thats correct. This research was conducted over three years time. Actually, just a bit more than three years. We have been able to identify 22,827 w
Media it is said to hold a local election in ukraines rebel held east for a 5 year conflict between separatists and ukrainian troops has killed more than 13000 people so then he said any election in the dont pass region would take place in a stance with National Legislation as well as on the International Standards and he hailed the deal as a major step towards resolving the conflict. Thousands of French Police have rallied in paris to protest against poor working conditions and hostility towards offices is the 1st time the police and go on strike since 2001 they say there is no morale of a growing and to Police Sentiment to the rest protest and with a wave of recent suicide and proposed government reforms president a 1000000 michael is preparing to overhaul the Pension Scheme which police say they will lose out from. It more still ahead this hour including friends and colleagues of the journalist. The 1st anniversary of his murder in the saudi consulate h. M. O. s. And why this could
A serious effort or is is just trying to put the blame on. I think that last point was not so bad that in britain there have been suggestions johnsons plan was drafted specifically to be unacceptable to islands and hence the e. U. Paving the way for a no deal or crush outbreaks it at the end of this month it is not an outcome we seek a tall but let me tell you my friends it is not come for which we are already told some spoken on the phone with germanys chancellor Angela Merkel his irish counterpart leo veronica and the president of the european commission. Hes due to hold more talks this week. Hes also seeking to suspend the current session of parliament next tuesday before a queens speech a week later launching his new legislative agenda youre going to steal fields because opponents dont trust him some fear hell try to bypass a law passed last month a bludgeon him to seek a break that extension if he doesnt have a deal by the 19th of october thats just after the next day you summits.
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