At the Cricket World Cup in india. Good evening from jerusalem, on a night where the israeli goverment has ordered a complete seige of the gaza strip and started to amass tanks on its border. It follows the attack by hamas militants, which has so far claimed more than 800 israeli lives many of them, ordinary citizens. Israel has cut electricity, food, fuel and Water Supplies to gaza, it says it has hit 2,400 hamas targets. The Palestinian Health authority says so far, 560 people have been killed and nearly 3,000 wounded. Thousands of palestinians are now fleeing for their lives, but safety is hard to find. And hamas continues to fire rockets into israel. In tonights programme, we will be reporting from jerusalem, 0n the latest military responses. We will also be in re im, the city close to the gaza border where artillery and vehicles have started to amass ahead of a potential ground operation. We will also be in ashkelon. And well look at the situation for the more than 100 israelis k
pga tour are concerned how sympathetic are they to teaming up with the saudi arabia? that is what is going to be hammered out in the days and weeks to come. the deadline of december the 31st for this framework agreement to be turned into a substantiated deal, that is racing towards us at a fair rate of knots. well staying with saudi arabia s growing influence in sport the nations sports minister says claims of sportswashing against the country are very shallow . prince abdulaziz bin turki al faisal was speaking to the bbc s sports editor dan roan injeddah as he defended its right to host the men s football world cup. the bbc were accompanied by saudi ministry of sport officials while filming at venues and events. critics say unprecedented spending on sport has been used to improve the oil producing kingdom s reputation over its human rights record and its environmental impact. our ambition is to host the best events around the world for the people of the kingdom to see b
with me now are hannah weisfeld, founder of yachad uk a britishjewish organisation which supports the palestinian state. and hamze awawde a member of the palestinian delegation for hands of peace, which empowers american, israeli and palestinian youth to become agents of change. you are both there at the vigil on sunday. as we had another week of digesting what is happening in the middle east, the incredible pain still being felt by both sides, can you tell me about what the experience was like on sunday to come together to talk about something a bit more hopeful, about a future that might be more peaceful? it a future that might be more peaceful? a future that might be more eaceful? . , ., ., , ., a future that might be more eaceful? ., ., , ., peaceful? it was a way to show hope, because one peaceful? it was a way to show hope, because one of peaceful? it was a way to show hope, because one of the peaceful? it was a way to show hope, because one of the victims
fireworks to start you off on wednesday morning, it s lee greenwood, god bless the usa, happy fourth of july to all of you. traditionally today i know and hopefully for many of you, will be filled with barbecues and fireworks. but unfortunately for a lot of people, that is not going to be the case. our starting point here this independence day, less about celebration and a lot more about patience, about 1.1 million people all across the country, they are waiting, waiting for the electricity to come back on and facing another day of intense heat. 20 people now have died since last thursday when fierce storms ripped the east in the midwest. and take a look. these are the states that are still waiting for power to return, you have west virginia, still more than 300,000 customers in the dark. ohio, virginia, similar shape. and power companies, they say they are out there, they say they are repairing the transmitters and lines faster than expected, but their estimates show custo
program which provides the majority of the aide to somalia and kenya, they say they only have three weeks left or less. three weeks of food supplies, much more on that tonight. we re going to talk to a lot of folks about the situation on the ground here in somalia. reporters who have been covering it for us for weeks. we begin with breaking news out of washington. harry reid becoming the first member named to the super committee, they are patty murray of washington state, max baucus montana and john kerry massachusetts. this comes at the end of the day that saw wall street climbing out of the smoking hole. part of the reason squabbling over the debt. the question tonight, will this super committee end the squabbling or will they create a whole new problem. john king is sticking around for us tonight. also with us, jon gergen. john what are you hearing about the names given to the super committee. we won t know the full composition, therefore the chemistry of this committee