Three weeks it was bought by a sensor from republican cassy opposed big budget deficit. The i think ceremony for the Winter Olympics in pyongyang is now underway showpiece event comes on the back of a togetherness between north and south korea the sister of north koreas leader has become the first member of her family to step foot in south korea since the two countries went to war in one nine hundred fifty jong is part of the north korean delegation thats arrived for the games. Egyptian army has launched what its called a comprehensive operation against terrorists and criminal groups in the Sinai Peninsula website announced the start of the offensive local media is reporting what it calls an unusual increase in the number of military vehicles in north sinai hospitals have been put on higher in order to provide extra beds and nursing staff to deal with emergencies and medical evacuation. By the. Call what the impreza call the smore ning Law Enforcement forces began implementing the plan
The pentagon has been giving a briefing on what happened there is patty call hang was there and has the latest. Here at the pentagon they say what happened was that theres this kind of de confliction line were both russian backed Syrian Forces and u. S. Backed fighters just agree not to cross well they say over the last week they saw forces starting to amass by that unofficial border and then they say they sent in heavy artillery tank fire and the americans say that is when their forces fought back using heavy artillery and also setting up aircraft unmanned Unmanned Aircraft to drop bombs now they wont say exactly who they are fighting or how many casualties they think they inflicted but at the same time theyre trying to paint this as a kind of Success Story coalition officials alerted russian officials of the s. T. s presence of the de confliction mine in advance of the attack the confliction line the de confliction process served its Purpose Coalition officials were in regular commun
A number of allegations of corruption but has refused to stand down before his term ends next year minimal has more from johannesburg. The agencys National Executive committee the top Decision Making body has been meeting for hours its expected to recall president jacob zuma from his position the president would then need to resign but all indications are the smain not happen zuma has existed calls to step down for months including the last few days where we understand that the president of the a. N. C. Been in talks with zuma to agree on some sort of exit but those talks reportedly failed and now its up to the ne seed to decide what next for president zuma even if the any c. Decides to recall zuma it doesnt have the power to remove a sitting head of state so zuma would have to resign if he doesnt the a. N. C. Is likely to move for a motion of no confidence in parliament now opposition parties already have a motion of no confidence debate scheduled for later this month but wanted will
Saturday morning syrias war escalated to a new level for the first time in thirty years israel lost a fighter jet to enemy fire as israel confirmed Syrian Air Defense shot at one of its f. Sixteen fighter jets the israeli Prime Minister was blunt israel iran and its syrian coast responsible for todays aggression we will continue to do whatever is necessary to protect our sovereignty and our security the crash followed the shooting down of a drone israeli army video shows what they say is the iranian drone flying towards the norden Golan Heights before it was downed in retaliation Israeli Air Force at targets in syria including the suspected Drone Command Center iranian targets and Syrian Air Defense syria launch surface to air missiles during the israeli raid and says it shot down the f. Sixteen which crashed in northern israel at the hands of. The syrian Political Leadership took a decision at the highest level to face to thaw simply any Israeli Military aircraft of a syrian in space
Harry fawcett reports a lustrous on the Corruption Scandal has swirled around him for months but never at this intensity addressing the nation Benjamin Netanyahu was determined to project resilience and confidence im sure will be with you know obviously i will continue to lead israel responsibly and by the way as long as the citizens of israel choose me to lead you i am certain i am certain that the truth will be revealed and im certain that at the next elections which will be held on schedule i will earn your trust again. Israeli police are recommending that he be charged in two cases the first case one thousand involves gifts of cigars and champagne made to the Prime Minister and his wife sarra the gift givers israeli born hollywood mogul shan and a stray and billionaire james packer the police are reportedly recommending milchan also be charged with bribery they say in total the netanyahu has received a quarter of a Million Dollars the accusation that netanyahu back to bill that wou