Promises a strong response. Plus president obama who addresses from the white house. Have i unequivocally condemned hamas and the palestinian factions there were responsible for killing two Israeli Soldiers and abducting a third almost minutes after a ceasefire had been announced. Also, we know americas leaders support israel. And now the support might be stronger than ever. But what about americas youth . Were going to take a look at the generation gap when it comes to understanding what is going on in gaza. But first, i want to get to that breaking news, that massive explosion that we just saw from reuters. Theyre reporting that the Islamic University in central gaza has been hit. Here it is. Again, happening moments ago. I want to go right to cnns Senior International correspondent Matthew Chance who is live in jerusalem. Matthew, what happened . Well, details still very sketchy. But you can see from those dramatic images that were filmed by the Reuters Television news agency the de
The other, that the world needs to do more to battle the roots of extremism, starting with addressing one huge issue in the countrys officer tile for extremism, poverty. When people especially young people feel entirely trapped in impoverished communities, where there is no order and no path for advancement, where there are no educational opportunities, where there are no ways to support families and no escape from injustice and the humiliations of corruption that feeds instability and disorder. And makes those communities ripe for extremist recruitment and we have seen that across the middle east and weve seen it across north africa. So if were serious about countering violent extremism we have to get serious about confronting these economic grievances and as we go forward lets commit to expanding education including for girls. Ex paneleding opportunity including for women. Nations will not truly succeed without the contributions of their women. Trapped in impoverished communities, th
Hello, everyone thanks very much for joining me in the nudes room. We begin in ukraine, where arresttillery is raining down. Eight civilians were killed this weekend in fighting. Ukrainian fighters says they lost 12 of their own soldiers and killed dozens of rebels. But there may be a glimmer of hope for new peace. The leaders of france russia and the ukraine have all agreed to meet in bellarus on sunday. Is there any sense of optimism now that we know that these leaders are planning to meet in a few days . Reporter before this meeting was announced, certainly it appeared that a visit to moscow which Angela Merkel and the french president have said nothing apart from saying and the day after goes well those four leaders might end up in the same city and you cant imagine they would really attend a meeting like that without knowing what theyre going to sign but theres still plenty that could fall apart at this stage, particularly here, in this territory what they call their capital. Whil
For advancement, were there are no educational opportunities, were there are no ways to support families and no escape from injustice and the humiliations of corruption that feeds instability and disorder. And makes those communities ripe for extremist recruitment. We have seen that across the middle east and seen it across north africa. So if were serious about countering violent extremism, we have to get serious about confronting these economic grieve issisms and commit to expanding education including for girls, expanding opportunity including for women. Nations will not succeed without the contributions of their women. The president also spoke about ideology misconceptions about muslims and how the world perceives the United Statess stance on islam. Lets go to jim acosta. We heard now from the president two Straight Days talking about ways to combat violent extremism. Whats been the white house reaction to what the president has been saying so far . They pleased with what theyre he
their advance is still slow and meeting resistance. again. explosion they try to fire back with their finnish supplied mortar, but even western weapons can occasionally malfunction. explosion that was a russian shell landing. their positions are just about three kilometres away from here. last time i was near here, two months ago, it was the ukrainians losing ground and in danger of being surrounded. now, it s the other way round. this is the bunker from where ukraine s coordinating the offensive on bakhmut, with a constant live feed from dozens of drones.