mohammad shtayyeh, welcome to hardtalk, and thank you forjoining us from ramallah. now, the terrible scenes in rafah are just the latest mass casualty event of this war. as we stand nearly eight months into this phase of the conflict, how do you envisage the current war in gaza coming to an end? well, first of all, i hope there will be an immediate ceasefire and an immediate end to these atrocities that israel is committing against our people. as you rightly said, what is happening in rafah is simply a repetition of what has been happening since october 7th, a very terrible situation, genocide, massive killing and also use of aid and food and water and electricity as a tool for killing good people. there are people who have been killed because of bombing, and there are people who have been dying because of hunger, been dying because of lack of medical treatment. so the situation, really, is very catastrophic. and there isn t anything called refuge. there isn t anything that s
our panel, but he s all of you for joining us. i m crazy. how don t go anywhere seen in central starts right now cnn breaking good morning, everyone. and we do have breaking news. president biden, just moments ago speaking as he is sitting alongside ukrainian president zelenskyy ahead they critical bilateral meeting that they are now. that s now taking place right now. they re both in france as we know, the president has been there to mark an honor the greatest generation, the 80th the anniversary of d-day. and he has been making the connections of the threats to democracy and freedom back then and the direct line to the threats to democracy and freedom today, pointing directly to russia s invasion of ukraine as the example, let s talk about what the president just said though. first, we have seen and senior white house correspondent, kayla tausche. she s the traveling with the president. stick with me, kayla. let s listen first to president biden you so much as i said ye
New reports of significant military movement near ukraines border as street battles continue in the rebel controlled city of luhansk. Welcome to the program. Aaron is here. For the french government, lets hope they had a good rest because their holiday is over. Yes, lucy. They are back to work today and by do they have a lot to do. The French Economy hasnt grown at all this year, coupled with record high unemployment. And as for this bloke, their president , hes the most unpopular in modern history. So were going to take a look at all the promises on the table to get france moving once again. It is midday here in london. 7 00 a. M. In washington and 2 00 p. M. In syria where american journalist james foley went missing almost two years ago. He has now been killed by Islamic State militants. They have posted a horrific video online. That video is yet to be authenticated but militants say it is retribution for recent u. S. Air strikes in iraq. Those air strikes in the last few days have
Rage in the heart of islamabad as tens of thousands of opposition protesters call for the resignation of the Prime Minister. Islamic state militants posted a graphic video online showing the beheading of american journalist james foley. Hes been missing since he was seized in syria back in november 2012. The militants say it is retribution for the recent u. S. Air strikes in iraq. U. S. Officials say theyre trying to establish the authenticity of the video. Andy more head has this report. Reporter he was a journalist drawn to war reporting. Previously in libya, he was captured and held by militants for 14 days. I was hit several times with an ak47, punched and dragged into a vehicle with my hands tied behind my back. Reporter on a facebook site campaigning for his freedom, james foleys mother seemed to accept her son was dead. She urged his kidnappers to spare the lives of the remaining hostages. The militants say theyre taking revenge for recent american air strikes on islamic fighter
Protest continued pretense night in ferguson over the Police Shooting of Michael Brown. We will speak to 90yearold holocaust survivor hedy epstein who was arrested monday in st. Louis. Pastor Michael Mcbride and Missouri State senator maria chappellenadal. And we will look at the crackdown on journalists. Here in the United States of america, police should not be arresting journalists who are just try to do their jobs and report to the mac and report to the market people on what they see on the ground. We will speak with the intercepts Ryan Devereaux who was one of the least 11 journalists detained so far in ferguson. He was held overnight. Also he was hit with a rubber bullet. All of that and more coming up. This is democracy now , democracynow. Org, the war and peace report. Im amy goodman. We are broadcasting from ferguson, missouri. Protests over the fatal Police Shooting of unarmed 18yearold Michael Brown have continued for a tense night here in ferguson. Speaking earlier today, c