Was struck near the city of tulkarm. It comes as the us says its stepping up americas military presence in the Middle East, deploying additional warships and fighterjets as regional tension grows. The Department Of Defence says it aims to strengthen protection for us troops in the region and israel, in response to growing threats from iran and iranian backed fighters. Iran and its allies have promised imminent retaliation against israel. An announcer on iran State Tv said on Friday Night that in the coming hours, the world would witness extraordinary scenes and very important developments. The announcement came after a Funeral Ceremony in qatarfor the hamas political leader, Ismail Haniyeh, who was killed in iran on wednesday. Hamas and iran have vowed revenge for the strike that targeted mr haniyeh. Although iran and its allies have blamed israel, prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has not claimed responsibility for his death. Our international Editorjeremy Bowen is in washington and g
Sort out and still is not entirely sorted out. It was a city that was a long ways from anything, not served by railroads. Not until 1875 or so where we get regular train service. So, the city of seattle, Civic Leaders are very focused on economic development and on developing the waterfront facilities and sort of that subsistence mindset. Where we need to survive and get the city off the ground. There were a few attempts to add some refinements. There were a couple of parks added early on in the 1880s. But, in one attempt in 1892, to actually do a Parks System, you see the influence of the olmsted principles that early in seattle. The superintendent of parks at the time came up with a Parks System plan. It did not have the elegance of an olmsted plan. It was quite broad strokes. Perhaps, luckily, it did not get developed because the panic of 1893 hit. Of course, that hit the entire Country And Seattle was brought to a standstill by it. Certainly, no one was investing in Park Landscapes
Jennifer ott is the author of olmstead in seattle creating a Park System for a modern city. She discusses the work of the olmstead brothers in seattle around the turn of the 20th century. The brothers were the sons of Frederick Law Olmstead noted Landscape Architect who designed, new york central park the national association for olmsted parks hosted the event and provided the video. All of the things just fell into place there was finally funding and so i am going to tell you the story of how we took that luck and turned it into a Park System. So the first is this very it looks so dainty because they they colorize the picture but this was the Rough And Tumble seattle if its first few decades lots of dirt streets. I did you notice the angled streets. There was lots of confusion about how to do the Street System around the bay that took quite some time to sort out and still is not entirely sorted out and it was a city that was a long ways from anything not served by railroads in the ear
translation: if we are plunged in a conflict? i but we don t want that. it is not our choice. this is why i responded to president biden s proposal. and move over clint there s an explosion of british talent starring in american western films. but how do they prepare for the role and the accent? we speak to a dialect coach. hello and welcome. tighter restrictions against coronavirus have come into effect in some european countries amid concerns over the highly infectious omicron variant that continues to spread rapidly. there is a fear that a wave of omicron infections could overwhelm health services, despite preliminary studies suggesting that omicron is milder and that the risk of being hospitalised is up to 75% lower. we ll look at mainland europe in a moment, but let s start here in the uk. according the latest official statistics, over 1.3 million british people were infected with covid in the week ending the 16th of december the highest level of infections recorded