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our international editor, jeremy bowen has the latest. a few minutes after the attack, the building in iran s diplomatic compound in a well off central area of damascus seems to be on fire. the israeli strike destroyed the iranian consulate. it was a precision attack against a senior commander who will have worked hard to keep his movements secret. despite that, israeli intelligence must have tracked general mohamed reza zahedi to the meeting he was having in damascus. he was the senior iranian general in syria and lebanon two countries iran regards as critical parts in what it says is its system of forward defence, the so called axis of resistance. in damascus the syrian foreign minister said the general and others who died were killed by israel. translation: we strongly condemn this criminal act l carried out by the zionist enemy. these attacks can only be met by further steadfastness, further support for the palestinian people and further resistance whether in iraq ....
third world country way of campaigning. our new york correspondent nada tawfik sent this report from outside the courthouse. both sides have now rested their case the defence early tuesday, after calling two witnesses, and donald trump deciding not to take the stand. that had been the major question looming over this weeks long trial, because donald trump had said publicly that he would though legal analysts doubted throughout that he would actually take the risk, given he would be opening himself up to damaging questions by prosecutors, and ultimately it is his fifth amendment right not to be compelled to be a witness against himself, the burden of proof is on prosecutors here. and thejudge will instruct thejury not to hold it against donald trump. now donald trump said he thought his team presented a great case. he wasjoined in court by a large entourage of republican politicians and his eldest son, donjr. outside of court, donjr was asked why his father didn t te ....
is in custody. let s go live to the slovak capital, bratislava, and our correspondent, sarah rainsford. sarah, bring us up to date with the latest we know about the condition of the prime minister this morning. well, we have heard from the director of the hospital where mr fico is being treated, where he received emergency care overnight and yesterday afternoon and evening. he was in surgery for some five hours. that was emergency surgery after he received three gunshot wounds. we understand that includes wins to his stomach and to his arm. so extremely and serious injuries. long, long surgery, five hours of surgery, multiple wounds. now the defence minister has said his condition has stabilised and that he is no longer in a life threatening condition, but he is still in critical care in that hospital 100 or so miles from where we are here in bratislava. a dramatic attack, of course. you will have seen those pictures as robert fico came out of his government meeting, ....
on tuesday barring, what the government calls, foreign influence . protests around parliament continued into the early hours of wednesday. the law would see any organisation that receives more than 20% of its funding from abroad being subject to stronger government scrutiny. the white house has called on georgia s president to veto the law, saying it is similar to measures seen in russia. let s go live to our correspondent rayhan demytrie, who is in tbilisi. just take us through, there were strong scenes yesterday, violent scenes yesterday, what is it like they are today? scenes yesterday, what is it like the are toda ? , ., ., .,~ they are today? georgians are waking u . they are today? georgians are waking u- to the they are today? georgians are waking up to the first they are today? georgians are waking up to the first day they are today? georgians are waking up to the first day since they are today? georgians are waking up to the first day since their- up to the f ....
it s the second largest donor of military assistance to ukraine. just this week, chancellor olaf scholz has been in stockholm, meeting with nordic leaders to urge more support for ukraine. but tonight, we want to start by taking a closer look at germany s domestic political climate. it s been shaken in recent weeks by a string of violent attacks on german politicians and campaign workers. the country s criminal police office says there have been 22 attacks on politicians so far in 2024, compared with 27 for all of 2023. as for who is responsble fingers have been pointed in all directions. but they come amid growing support for the country s far right party the afd. polling from politico suggests it s in second spot when it comes to voter intention, moving ahead of the spd the party of 0laf scholz. sol so i ran through their the lay of the land right now but what is your assessment on what are the key issues for germans in these european elections? i5 issues for germans ....