correspondent, tom bateman. what more at this point to be know about these tricks? we what more at this point to be know about these tricks? about these tricks? we know over the last hour there about these tricks? we know over the last hour there were about these tricks? we know over the last hour there were a about these tricks? we know over the last hour there were a lot of- about these tricks? we know over the last hour there were a lot of local - last hour there were a lot of local reports, this is the desert area on the iraq syria border. there is a quarter of towns that were in parallel with the euphrates river. a collection of towns on the border there. this appears to be around the area of activity. people are hearing loud explosions being reported there. a lot of drone activity over there. a lot of drone activity over the last hour or two. what central command, the us military force in that part of the world have said in the last 15 minutes or so as they have
american to visit the island in 25 years, this is a significant moment in the battle with china that exists on so many economic and military fronts. the communist nation has been caught buying up farmland for unknown reasons in the united states. also expanding their military bases with a stated goal of dominating the united states and making themselves the number 1 super power in the world. now they re choosing the united states of behaving like gangsters after the secretary state antony blinken said any crisis that follows this visit would be entirely on beijing. here s their response. the united states should and must be full responsibility for this. the remarks but secretary of state blinken confounded right and wrong and showed the mentality and gangster logic of some american people that i can provoke you wantonly but you can t oppose me or defend yourselves. martha: she claims she s just visiting taiwan and that that is allowed under the agreements that exist betwe
mohammad shtayyeh, welcome to hardtalk, and thank you forjoining us from ramallah. now, the terrible scenes in rafah are just the latest mass casualty event of this war. as we stand nearly eight months into this phase of the conflict, how do you envisage the current war in gaza coming to an end? well, first of all, i hope there will be an immediate ceasefire and an immediate end to these atrocities that israel is committing against our people. as you rightly said, what is happening in rafah is simply a repetition of what has been happening since october 7th, a very terrible situation, genocide, massive killing and also use of aid and food and water and electricity as a tool for killing good people. there are people who have been killed because of bombing, and there are people who have been dying because of hunger, been dying because of lack of medical treatment. so the situation, really, is very catastrophic. and there isn t anything called refuge. there isn t anything that s
mohammad shtayyeh, welcome to hardtalk, and thank you forjoining us from ramallah. now, the terrible scenes in rafah are just the latest mass casualty event of this war. as we stand nearly eight months into this phase of the conflict, how do you envisage the current war in gaza coming to an end? well, first of all, i hope there will be an immediate ceasefire and an immediate end to these atrocities that israel is committing against our people. as you rightly said, what is happening in rafah is simply a repetition of what has been happening since october 7th, a very terrible situation, genocide, massive killing and also use of aid and food and water and electricity as a tool for killing good people. there are people who have been killed because of bombing, and there are people who have been dying because of hunger, been dying because of lack of medical treatment. so the situation, really, is very catastrophic. and there isn t anything called refuge. there isn t anything that s
it is an expensive thing to do. a lot of people when they lost their jobs, theirjob would be quite the same as it was, and there is an opportunity to really think about jobs for tomorrow. opportunity to really think about jobs for tomorrow. overall, covid disru tion jobs for tomorrow. overall, covid disruption resulted jobs for tomorrow. overall, covid disruption resulted in jobs for tomorrow. overall, covid disruption resulted in a jobs for tomorrow. overall, covid disruption resulted in a decrease | jobs for tomorrow. overall, covid l disruption resulted in a decrease of less than 10% of carbon emissions, and it isn t yet known how much of thatis and it isn t yet known how much of that is due to an increase in working from home. but scientists are continuing to work to establish what role it could play going forward. emma calder, bbc news. coming up in the next hour with joanna gosling, she will be talking to our