As they gathered near the guarded gates of Columbia University in upper Manhattan on Tuesday, a hundred or so protesters began to chant: “Disclose, divest, we will not stop, we will not rest.” “Divest” is a demand that has been repeated, on banners, in editorials in student newspapers and during rallies that are sweeping across campuses now gripped by a wave of pro-Palestinian activism. What it actually means has varied in scope, and level of detail. At Yale and Cornell, students have called on
At least 45 people, including students, have been arrested on Yale University's campus during pro-Palestine protests on Monday. The arrests came after nearly 200 protesters camped out on Beinecke Plaza for three days, urging the university to divest from military weapons manufacturers. The student newspaper, Yale Daily News, reported that police officers warned of arrests if the encampment did not clear out before handcuffing and arresting people.
look at the lessons of history, look at the lessons of history, look at the lessons of history, look at world war ii., you know, we should have stopped adolf hitler in his tracks early on and when we didn t, it got worse. so this is also more thanjust about got worse. so this is also more than just about defeating putin in ukraine. our adversaries in asia are also watching this package as necessary aid and security on asian allies, taiwan, and then it also is trying to contain a conflict in the middle east and looking for a way to bring that to an end and then also that includes absolutely necessary humanitarian aid. the united states and britain have imposed new sanctions on iran and its weapons manufacturers to punish tehran for its missile and drone attack on israel last weekend. white house officials said the sanctions were aimed at disrupting iran s ability to produce the drones that its military used to attack israel. our diplomatic correspondent james landale has more. israel is
for ukraine and one idea that s been kicking about for quite some time now, seen as potentially legally quite tricky, is using frozen russian assets specifically, according to people i ve been speaking to, whether they could use the interest from those assets to effectively channel money to ukraine. but we don t expect any final decisions on that here, it s something that s been indicated that you could see maybe being proposed at the g7 leaders meeting later this year. the united states and britain have imposed new sanctions on iran and its weapons manufacturers to punish tehran for its missile and drone attack on israel last weekend. white house officials said the sanctions were aimed at disrupting iran s ability to produce the drones that its military used to attack israel. our diplomatic correspondent, james landale, has more. israel is cunning number substantial pressure to reduce and minimise any response that
from the white house. president biden and other world leaders had pressed israel to avoid a retaliation over concerns about escalating and already violent situation in the middle east. yesterday the administration annoannounce new sanctions on is military leaders and weapons manufacturers targeting the drones that iran used to strike israel last weekend. the wall street journal just this morning is reporting that the administration is considering more munitions and weapons for israel about a billion dollars worth of tank ammunition. vehicles and mortar rounds that reportedly would be separate drg its aid to israel. back to you. haven t heard from the white house, but we are expecting comments from the secretary of state very shortly. can you see them down in the little box, that is a live shot from italy, as soon as mr. blinken gets in the box. we re going to take it full. the president is going to speak noon today to a union. maybe at one point he can tell the american people wh