into north west england. again falling on pretty saturated ground. the winds will pick up but it will not be as windy as it is today. on friday, a chilly start but a much more settled deal weather for most. this is bbc news, the headlines: funerals are being held for 2h soldiers killed in israel s deadliest day since the war in gaza began. there s been intense fighting around khan younis israel says it s surrounded the southern gaza city. but could a hostage deal be close? israel proposes a two month pause to negotiate prisoner exchanges with hamas. the us and uk carry outjoint strikes against houthi targets in yemen for the second time in two weeks. and oppenheimer leads the oscar nominations with 13 but barbie s margot robbie and director greta gerwig miss out. we will take you through the oscar nominations in about ten minutes time. sport and for a full round up, from the bbc sport centre, here s chetan. afternoon. afternoon, thank you. we start dennis. cash we st
Documents and videos. Next, well hear their analysis of the relationship between al qaeda and iran as well as al qaeda and isis. This runs about an hour and a half. Well, good afternoon, and welcome to fdd, the foundation for defense of democracies. Im cliff may. Im the founder and president. And im pleased to welcome you today to our conversation, understanding al qaeda through the massive trove of Osama Bin Ladens files. I think you all know the background. In may of 2011 a navy s. E. A. L. Team went to abbottabad, pakistan. They killed Osama Bin Laden. They had a Second Mission to take as much information as they could from his compound. They did so. We should have learned a huge amount of information from that treasure trove, but we didnt because it was under lock and key. Fdds tom jocelyn and bill roseio were among the most vociferous lobbyers and pressurers to release that information, most recently 470,000 documents were released and tom and bill were given an advance look by mi
Team went to abbottabad, pakistan. They killed Osama Bin Laden. They had a Second Mission to take as much information as they could from his compound. They did so. We should have learned a huge amount of information from that treasure trove, but we didnt because it was under lock and key. Fdds tom jocelyn and bill roseio were among the most vociferous lobbyers and pressurers to release that information, most recently 470,000 documents were released and tom and bill were given an advance look by mike pompeo who took the extraordinary step of saying no, this information should be available to scholars and journalists and others. So with that im pleased to hand the conversation over today to our moderator, kimberly dozier, who is executive editor of the cyber brief, with and who has had a distinguished career reporting on intelligence and National Security issues. She covered the war in iraq from 2003 until she was wounded in a car bombing in 2006. Last thing by way of housekeeping i shou
Donald trump announcing hes running for president. What does the billionaire tycoons entry mean for an already crowded gop field . And texas braces for another wallop as Tropical Storm bill aches aim at an area already reeling from rain. Its all happening now. But we begin with a tragedy in california as the death toll rises from that balcony collapse during a Birthday Party. Welcome to happening now. Im jon scott. And im Heather Childress in for jenna lee. They now say that a sixth person has died after a fourth floor balcony fell off the side of an apartment building. All of the students said to be irish students on work visas. Joining us from the berkeley pride francis vinklestill. Francis, what are they looking at as a possible cause . Well theyre looking at whether or not too many people crowded on a small balcony. The balcony was tiny can hold two chairs. It caused it to collapse on the balcony below it and then the students were tossed out on the street. But nobody puts warning
And there is no time line to make that decision, and general millie is not being put under any pressure to make a decision. I think it is extraordinarily premature for anybody to say that they know what general millie is going to decide and when hes going to decide it. Theres more. Remember back in september when president obama cited yemen as a successful partner in our fight against terrorists . Well, fast forward to two days ago. President obama admitting yemen is a dangerous country. So why is the u. S. Releasing detainees to yemens neighbors. Senator Lindsey Graham joins us. Good evening senator. Thank you. Any successes in Foreign Policy from the president . Yeah, i think the decision to go after bin laden in pakistan was a courageous decision. So many things could have gone bad. He was viewed as A Jimmy Carter type figure. I give the president high marks for the operation to go into pakistan to get bin laden. How about the swap for Sergeant Bergdahl for five taliban . A bad deci