Breaking news out of slovakia. An assaniation attempt on the Prime Minister of slovakia. Robert fitzo has been shot and injured an incident which happened earlier this afternoon. Theses pictures show the immidiate aftermath of the attack, with the Prime Minister being dragged into a car. His official Facebook Page says he was shot several times. From a different angle at the scene, we can see a man being arrested by people who appear to be police officers. We still dont know anything about the man being restrained. It is reported he is 71 years old. Does the pictures from his arrest. The government says Prime Minister fico is in a life threatening condition. These are pictures of him being rushed from a helipcopter to a nearby hospital for treatment. Being rushed from a helipcopter those being rushed from a helipcopter are the key eleme pictures those are the key elements, the key pictures in terms of what has happened through the past few hours. We saw in some of those pictures in ope
After 2am local time. Lets hear from our correspondent Helena Humphrey who is at the ucla campus live for us. Police have breached the perimeter of the encampment. More police potentially waiting to go in but this is what they will have to get through, you can see the reinforcements from the barricades as protesters anxiously survey the scene and on the other side we have seen images of protesters with Makeshift Riot Shields, essentially, which police are coming up against. From the images we have seen so far police getting into the perimeter and we do not know if arrests are taking place but clearly that is what the authorities have been telling people, leave Orface Arrest. There has been a trickle of students or demonstrators, people inside the encampment leaving and ten or 15 minutes ago we heard what was either a firework or a flash bang, something lighting up the sky momentarily stunning the crowd and there is the sense this operation is under way. And we will continue to monitor
Us were campuses are bracing for another night of violence. This hour. It comes after tensions at ucla when Counter Protesters attacked a camp set up by pro palestinian demonstrators. The governor of california has condemned the Police Response to clashes at ucla on tuesday, calling it delayed and unacceptable. Emma vardy reports from los angeles. This was the moment tensions between rival protesters boiled over. Pro palestinian activists and a counterdemonstration by pro israel supporters became violent. Fireworks were thrown over a screaming crowd, and wood used as weapons. We had people beating us with sticks, throwing whatever they could to us. Im kind of annoyed at myself for not seeing it coming, but i didnt think it would ever get to this, escalate to this level. The Los Angeles Police were called by The University. The Vice Chancellor has condemned last nights events as a horrific act of violence. Eventually, officers separated the rival groups. Im a ucla student. We pay tuitio
And americas top diplomat meets israels Prime Minister, after accusing hamas of being the last obstacle to a ceasefire in gaza. And the greatest thing since sliced bread. Scientists are developing a new white loaf thats just as healthy as wholegrain. Hello. We begin in the us and the Student Protests sweeping the country against the war in gaza. Overnight these were the scenes on campuses on the west coast and east coast. Clashes between rival student groups, and clashes with police who were called to both the University Of California in los angeles and Columbia University in new york. At ucla, there were skirmishes between pro israeli and pro Palestinian Protesters, with the Vice Chancellor Calling in police after what she described as horrific acts of violence. Scenes like this went on for hours, with pepper spray being used. At Columbia University, where the protests started, officers dressed in riot gear cleared students from Hamilton Hall which had been taken over yesterday. Poli
Yesterdays sword attack that killed 14 year old Daniel Anjorin and injured others. Good evening. The father of a seven Year Old Girl who was crushed to death last week on an inflatable boat trying to cross the channel has been describing what happened and his desperation when he couldnt save her. Sara was one of five people who died as the boat, overcrowded with migrants trying to reach the uk, Set Off From A Beach South of calais. Saras mother and two older siblings were on board but they all survived. It was the fourth time the family had attempted the crossing. Andrew harding is in calais for us this evening. Yes, good evening, sophie. We have spent the past week investigating what happened on that beach. We finally tracked down and spoke to saras father, the father of the seven Year Old Girl who died. He blames the smugglers for the overcrowding that he said caused his daughters death, but as you can imagine, he is also wrestling with the decisions he took, the risks he took and pu