A national day of mourning is taking place in israel after a deadly crash at a jewish pilgrimage. 45 men and boys died after being trapped in a narrow walkway that was attended by 10,000 mostly 0rthodox dues. A tragedy that has shone uncomfortable light as one of israels worst Peacetime Disasters unfolded. For now, grief overtakes the demand for answers. The dead includes a rabbi, foreign nationals reportedly from america, canada and the uk. And at least 12 children and teenagers. During the stampede, many young lives were suddenly at risk. We received several dozen injured people, among them two children who died. And another 3 4 who were severely injured. The crash happened late at night in a passenger way during a religious section attended by Ultraorthodox Jewish worshippers. This man says he saw people screaming in fear on a steep ramp trying to get out, but noticed the exit seemed blocked. He says hundreds of people fell and trampled over one another. He thought about coming back
Launched to raise money to build a memorial in st pauls cathedral to those whove died as a result of coronavirus. Costing £2. 3 million, it would be the first new structure of its kind inside st pauls for 150 years. Charlotte wright reports. For centuries, st pauls cathedral has been a place to reflect on Significant International events, which is why campaigners say its a fitting site for this, a covid memorial. Designed by an architect who himself lost his mother during the pandemic. There are now over 100,000 other families who will have gone through that same sense of dislocating anguish. And, for us, i think a memorial could not be more important. The plan is to build the memorial here at the north door, the site of a porch that was bombed during world war ii. And visitors will walk through to an area of reflection, where there will be a digital book of condolence and they can call up entries, Including Photos and epitaphs. More than 7,300 names have already been uploaded to the
A national day of mourning is taking place in israel after friday s deadly crush at a jewish pilgrimage. 45 men and boys died after being trapped in a narrow walkway during the festival at mount meron, attended by up to 100,000 mostly ultra orthodoxjews. Mark lobel reports. Mourning a tragedy one that has shone uncomfortable light on Israeli Society amid the search for how one of israels worst Peacetime Disasters unfolded. For now, grief overtakes the demand for answers. The dead includes a rabbi, foreign nationals reportedly from america, canada and the uk, and at least 12 children and teenagers. During the stampede, many young lives were suddenly at risk. We received several dozen injured people, among them two children who died. And another three orfour children who were severely injured. The crush happened late at night in a passageway in the mens section during a religious festival attended by ultra orthodox jews. This man says he saw people screaming in fear on a steep ramp tryin
Dateline london. Hello. Im shaun ley. Welcome to the programme which brings together some of the uks leading commentators, uk specialists and the Foreign Correspondents filing and blogging to audiences back home from the dateline london. This week Embarassment For Borisjohnson Over who originally paid for his wallpaper, but does it really deserve the days of Headline Coverage devoted to it . And the world rallies to indias aid, but is it too late to halt the virus deadly course . Joining us to discuss those questions, ashis ray, Indian Foreign correspondent whos reported from london since the 1970s, steve richards, uk political commentator whos even turned his journalism into a successful stage performance. And with me here in the studio, lyse doucet a canadian whose passports must be thick with Immigration Stamps by now, having reported from so many parts of the world. No wonder shes our chief international correspondent. Lovely to see you again, lyse. And good to have you with us, st
As a result of coronavirus. Costing £2. 3 million, it would be the first new structure of its kind inside st pauls for 150 years. Charlotte wright reports. For centuries, st pauls cathedral has been a place to reflect on Significant International events, to reflect on Significant National events, which is why campaigners say its a fitting site for this a covid memorial, designed by an architect who himself lost his mother during the pandemic. There are now over 100,000 other families who will have gone through that same sense of dislocating anguish. And for us, i think a memorial could not be more important. The plan is to build the memorial here at the north door, the site of a porch that was bombed during world war ii, and visitors will walk through to an area of reflection where there will be a digital book of condolence and they can call up entries, Including Photos and epitaphs. More than 7,300 names have already been uploaded to the online book. Its a different way of doing memo