From the uk john chapman, james henderson, and james kirby. The Israel Defense forces chief of staff, herzi halevi, released this video calling the attack a mistake. I want to be very clear. The strike was not carried out with the intention of harming wck aid workers. It was a mistake that followed a misidentification at night during a war in a very complex conditions. That should not have happened. In response to the aid convoy attack, President Biden released a Statement Saying i am outraged and heartbroken by the deaths of seven humanitarian workers from World Central Kitchen, including one american in gaza yesterday. They were providing food to hungry civilians inthe middle of a war. They were brave and selfless. Their deaths are a tragedy. This conflict has been one of the worstin recent memory in terms terms of how many worked have been killed. Meanwhile, Prime Minister rishi sunak posted on x that israel must explain how this tragic incident happened and take immediate steps to
To protect those providing support for palestinians in gaza, who are at risk of famine. London summoned the israeli ambassador to express its condemnation. Earlier, isreali Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said the killings were unintended and tragic, but that such things happen in war. From jerusalem, our correspondent Lucy Williamson reports. Hey, this is zomi. Were at the Deir Al Balah kitchen. They came from australia, poland, the us and the uk. Their mission to feed people, one of the simplest. In gaza, one of the hardest. And most dangerous. Last night, israeli airstrikes hit their convoy, clearly marked with the charity logo of the world Central Kitchen. Seven people killed, including three british nationals. Colleagues, distraught, identified their bodies. These are the people who brought the aid from the sea, he says. Theyre all dead, all of them. Translation it was a direct hit. Their it was a direct hit. Vehicles more than a mile apart. Translation it was a direct hit. They
Israel has admitted that it carried out the airstrike in Gaza Last Night that killed seven people working for the food aid Charity World central kitchen, including three british nationals. The bbc has learned their names arejohn chapman, James Henderson and james kirby. The Prime Minister, benjamin netanyahu, said Israeli Forces had caused Unintentional Harm to innocent people and called it a tragic incident this despite the charity having coordinated its movements with the israeli military. The strike has been condemned by governments around the world and raised fears that the already fragile system of delivering aid to starving palestinians could collapse completely. The Hamas Run Health Ministry in gaza claims nearly 33,000 people have been killed there since the war began in october. From jerusalem, our correspondent Lucy Williamson reports. Hey, this is zomi. Were at the Deir Al Balah kitchen. They came from australia, poland, the us and the uk. Their mission to feed people, one o
We will hear argument this morning in case 23939. Trump versus the United States. Reporter tonight, new testimony of the alleged criminal conspiracy to help elect donald trump. Trump turned to the business at hand and asked david pecker how is our girl. As his argument for absolute immunity finally goes before the Supreme Court. This court has never recognized absolute criminal immunity for any public official. A private attorney to spearhead his challenges to the election results. What was up with the pardon for president nixon . If everybody thought that president s couldnt be prosecuted what was that about . If it fails completely it is because we have destroyed our democracy on our own, isnt it . Tonight, Rachel Maddow, nicole wallace, joy reed, chris liz. Lawrence odonnell, lisa ruben all here as msnbcs special Coverage Of Trump On Trial begins now. Who has the time . Who has the time . You are telling me that simultaneously, we have nearly three hours of Oral Argument at the Unit
there have been reports of multiple powerful aftershocks in the region. let s speak to rupert wingfield hayes, our correspondent in taipei. tell us more. i can tell you even here in taipei this morning when the quake struck i was here in my home and it was very, very violent. the whole building suede and things were knocked off shelves. furniture knocked off shelves. furniture knocked over full i knocked off shelves. furniture knocked overfull i had knocked off shelves. furniture knocked over full i had to hang onto my countertop for stability, that is how much it was shaking. here in taipei which is over 150 kilometres from the epicentre. you can imagine closer in the city of hualien the shaking was much more violent than that and has done more damage there than it has here. we have seen pictures of at least two larger buildings partially collapsed, leaning over a precarious angles but i have to say that given the strength of the shaking and intensity of the shaking and inte