Live in east jerusalem. The United Nations and the us have expressed concern about israels plans for a military operation in rafah. The city, at the south western edge of gaza, has seen the arrival of hundreds of thousands of palestinians taking refuge from the fighting elsewhere in the strip. The Israeli Military had previously urged civilians to go there but now, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu says he has approved plans for an assault on hamas militants believed to be based there. The un issued this warning. I think the consequences of a Ground Operation in rafah under the current circumstances would be catastrophic for the people of gaza, for the palestinians. It would be catastrophic for the humanitarian situation. It would be catastrophic or around. The us is one of israels most important supporters but it seems that the Israeli Government has not shared details of the planned assault on rafah with officials in washington. Heres Us National Security council spokesman, john kirb
The uns Special Adviser on the prevention of genocide told the bbc that the Rapid Support forces were targeting communities based on their ethnicity. Tens of thousands of people have protested outside taiwans parliament over plans to give the assembly new powers. Opposition legislators want greater oversight of the government but the demonstrators believe the changes have not been properly debated. The American Film Maker Morgan Spurlock has died of complications from cancer, at the age of 53. He was best known for his documentary super size me where he lived on a diet of mcdonalds food for an entire month to test the Health Impact on his body. We start with the latest on the israel gaza war the Uns Highest Court has ruled that israel Must Immediately halt its Military Offensive in rafah. South africa had asked the International Court ofjustice to issue the order as an emergency measure. It argued israels actions in rafah amount to a genocidal operation and threatened the survival of t
israel s bombing began. some other news as well, us media is reporting that the gunmen in the lewiston shootings has been found dead after a three day manhunt. we will be standing by for an update this hour, we will bring it out alive, when it starts. hello, we start with the breaking news, out of the state of maine, the subject of wednesday s mass shooting has been found dead. the suspect is thought to have died from a self inflicted gunshot wound the former us army reserve is allegedly open fire at a bar and a bowling alley in the city of lewiston killing 18 people aged between 1a and 76. the killing triggered a huge manhunt over the past 48 hours, orders for people to shelter in their homes, and a possible suicide note has been left behind. the state police intend to hold a news conference very shortly, this all comes hours after police lifted a shelter in place order for the after police lifted a shelter in place orderfor the normally very quiet community there. our other
Inquiry, but ultimately, it is about the inquiry trying to learn lessons from the government handling of the pandemic. it is worth noting the inquiry hasn t even begun its public hearings yet. this is all to do with work going on behind the scenes and preparations for it. it will have many years to run before it publishes anything like a conclusion. publishes anything like a conclusion. , ., ., conclusion. there is one other developing conclusion. there is one other developing story conclusion. there is one other developing story here - conclusion. there is one other developing story here in - conclusion. there is one other developing story here in the i conclusion. there is one other. developing story here in the uk which is worth getting up to date with, because the mp geraint davies has been suspended. he told the publication he didn t recognise the allegations. in a statement. now to the south west of england and