to the top of the hill. then, he marched them down again. political persecution like something straight out of a fascist or communist nation. this is southern israel and that is gaza, and the war here has dominated the news agenda since early october. tragic and polarising, it s one of the biggest stories of 2023 and one that i have followed here and reported on throughout, speaking to people in israel and in gaza about how they re living through it. the year has seen many important and profound stories, from the war in ukraine to donald trump s legal affairs in the us and for india, a successful moon landing. i m going to bring you just some of those moments. we begin in turkey and syria and the devastating earthquake that struck early on the sixth of february. these images show the moment the first quake hit. with a magnitude of 7.8, it destroyed hundreds of buildings and killed thousands of people. a second powerful tremor hours later increased the death toll even further.
ukraine has come back to normal life quite fast after the deadliest air attack on its territory on the 29th of december. ukrainian has confirmed that altogether 120 ukrainian towns were damaged by russian missiles and drones. ukraine is counting its dead. at least 39 people were killed during this assault on all main ukrainian cities. and many other locations across the country. ukrainian military intelligence said very clearly if russia tries to attack ukraine during the wintertime, when the weather is the coldest in this country, and to disrupt their power supply, water supply, disrupt their power supply, water supply, to the main cities, if it attacks the civilian population, there will be a response. there will be retaliation. the ukrainian media reported sighting military intelligence, but drones were launched targeted near locations in russia. ukrainians are preparing to meet more war, which can be more difficult and challenging than the previous two years of their figh
shelter in place, students on the campus of california s uc davis are told to stay indoors until further notice following a third stabbing incident near campus. the latest on the search for a suspect. on strike. more than 11,000 hollywood writers are taking to the picket line today. how long this could last and what it all means for the shows that you watch. debt limit showdown. house speaker kevin mccarthy will meet with president biden next week as the treasury secretary warns the u.s. could default on its debt as soon as june 1st. these stories right here on cnn news central. this morning students and staff at the uc davis community are being asked to shelter in place because of a string of stabbings near campus. the latest one happened overnight just days after two other deadly stabbings. on thursday a 50-year-old man you see where that happened, the stabbing of david brow was found, he was found dead in central park about a half mile from campus. two days l
welcome to today s verified live. this will be one of the central dividing lines at the next general election. labour s sir keir starmer has pledged to scrap the government s rwanda scheme straight away if his party wins the general poll. the labour leader says he would use money saved to hire specialist investigators to tackle small boats crossing the channel. we ll have more on that in a moment. but this is happened as the bbc has tracks down one of europe s most wanted people smugglers barzan majeed nicknamed the scorpion. speaking from northern iraq, he defended arranging for thousands of people, to travel to the uk, in small boats and lorries, arguing migrants are begging him for help. our reporter sue mitchell is part of the team that tracked him down. she says barzan majeed s phone number was found on the phones of migrants coming to britain in small boats. my partner in this investigation is rob lawrie. he s former british army and he has a lot of contacts in
greg: so thank you, jean. i m afraid to ask but what did you get me for my birthday? you are looking at it. i m just kidding. it is back stage and i hope you like big packages. [cheers and applause] [applause] greg: to the monologue and it is also a that day of the week. announcer: assembled together in one place. the greatest segment in cable television. trans today. wait a minute. i m not tuesday. arm greg: it is trans today where each topic has a little extra junk in the trunk. first, fencing. in a sport where two people jabbed at each other, you might assume biological males have a competitive advantage. at least that is what i observed in the fox news men s room. talk about swordfights. [laughs] i m undefeated mainly because lou dobbs retired. [laughter] an anonymous female fencing competitor is speaking out against a trans fence are calling for bio males unfair and shortsighted. it is pretty much the same thing all of us said when fox fired jesse w