Hello, im samantha simmonds. Welcome to the daily global, where well bring you the top stories from around the world. We start with the war between israel and hamas which is centre stage at an Emergency Session of the United Nations General Assembly in new york. The aim to agree on a resolution to secure a pause in the fighting to get meaningful aid into gaza. The palestinian ambassador, riyad mansour, called on members of the un to in his words choosejustice, not vengeance and vote to stop the killing in gaza. The israeli un ambassador, gilad erdan, spoke of what he called barbaric Hamas Terrorists launching an invasion on israel. He said the Special Un Session had nothing to do with peace. Hamas is a proscribed Terror Organisation by both the uk and the usa. Well hear from both later israel has continued its air strikes have today, this the scene in khan younis. Gazas hamas . Controlled Health Ministry says more than 7,000 people have been killed since the bombardment began an increa
Missiles are not used to bomb runways. Officials say the strike seen here from the two u. S. Navy destroyers was meant to sent a message to the assad regime and its allies. A russian drone was seen over the hospital where victims of the chemical attack were taken. On a lighter note, the fox news learned the skipper of one of the warships that launched missiles at that syrian airfield is a graduate of the u. S. Naval academy. The u. S. Ambassador to the United Nations would not rule out more strikes from the commanders ship. We are prepared to do more. But we hope that will not be necessary. Reporter im told one of those warships in the Eastern Mediterranean is steaming toward an undisclosed location where the ship will rearm. Kelly the u. S. Taking a closer look at the relationship between syria and russia. Nikki haley telling a special u. N. Session that syria was able to carry out the brutal chemical attack because of russias support. Assad did this because he those could get away wi
but we hope that will not be necessary. reporter: i m told one of those warships in the eastern mediterranean is steaming toward an undisclosed location where the ship will rearm. kelly: the u.s. taking a closer look at the relationship between syria and russia. nikki haley telling a special u.n. session that syria was able to carry out the brutal chemical attack because of russia s support. assad did this because he those could get away with it. he thought he could get away with it because he knew russia would have his back. that changed last night. as i warned on wednesday, when the international community consistently fails in its duty to act collectively, there are times when states are compelled to take their own actions.