Crude is now below 30 a barrel. President obama prepares for his last state of the union address. But first, the turkish government says a young saudiborn suicide bomber was behind an attack in the Historic District of istanbul. At least ten people are dead, among them german tourists. The turkish government says it will share the details of the investigation with berlin. Our correspondent reports. Reporter its the heart of istanbul, and one of its most popular tourist spots. This is the square less than an hour after an explosion. The site cordoned off and security tight. Translator it was a suicide bomb, yes. I went there and saw it and came back to the hotel. It was chaos. Police didnt see this coming. They were upset but trying to evacuate the area, because they say a second bomb could go off. Istanbul is turkeys biggest city, where this square is a major attraction for tourists. Some in turkey had been expecting attacks since Turkish Forces launched an offensive against isil, as w
Worlds bestselling author. Hello, ten people are now known to have died in a bomb blast in turkeys largest city, istanbul. The attack happened in the sultanahmet district. It is popular with tourists and Officials Say nine of the dead are german. Shortly after the Prime Minister convened an Emergency Security meeting. He says the suspected bomber was a foreign member of the Islamic State of iraq and the levant. The city was already on high alert after a series of attacks blamed on isil including a bombing in october that left more than a hundred people dead. Reporter its the heart of istanbul, and one of its most popular tourist spots. This is the square less than an hour after the explosion. The site cordoned off. Translator it was a suicide bomb, yes. I went there and saw it and came back to the hotel. It was chaos. Everyone was running around. Police didnt see this coming up in they were upset, but trying to evacuate the area, because they said a second bomb could go off. Reporter i
But no election until next year. Tonight they said we can have real change in washington. And republicans sweep to victy in the United States. Taking control of both houses of congress. A palestinian man has been shot dead by Israeli Police after he deliberately drove his vehicle into a crowd of pedestrians in occupied East Jerusalem. At least one Israeli Police officer was killed. This is the scene right now. The incident came after a morning of violent confrontation with Security Forces when palestinians were denied access to one of islams most holy sites. These are the latest pictures to come out of parts of East Jerusalem. As you can see there, a bit of smoke. Fires burning. As far as the tensions which have boiled over on this day. Lets go straight to our correspondent live for us in west jerusalem. What is going on right now. Take us through the events. Reporter well, a very tense day in jerusalem, starting in the morning at the compound when a number of farright jewish activists
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Ignorant, i think. And i want to add to that. My colleague had said change is no the a valid Foreign Policy doctrine. Hope and policy is not going to guide us to anywhere positive or successful. Thank you. First of all, i think the panel is excellent. Thank you very much. Its a reflection, i think, certainly of my views and i think the assessment of many here the policy and why its misguided and illadvised. My question is a practical one. Considering it is the policy now and i think the ambassador talked about what the president should do with respect to foreign leaders. Im not holding my breath. I dont think he will do that because the policy already reflects i think a fundamental misunderstanding of the realities of cuba. So from a practical stand poicht and ill count myself as not in the obama camp. We have a republican majority. Im a republican, for the record in congress. What he can what can we do for the next two years knowing the reality is around the edges we can do certain th