The Un Secretary general, antonio guterres, told the Security Council that hell was breaking loose following days of cross border fire. Israels ambassador to the un said israel didnt want a full Scale War but would not stand by when its Northern Region was attacked. The lebanese Health Ministry said more than 70 people were killed by israeli Air Strikes on wednesday, while hezbollah has continued to fire into israel. The Security Council meeting in New York went on late into the evening and started with this warning by the Un Secretary general. Hell is breaking loose in lebanon. As i told the general assembly yesterday, we should all be alarmed by the escalation. To all sides, let us say with one clear voice, stop the killing and destruction, tone down the rhetorical threats, step back from the brink. An all out war must be avoided at all costs. It would surely be an all out catastrophe. The Prime Minister of lebanon told the Council Israel was violating his Countrys Sovereignty and ca
So, what do we know about hezbollah s capabilities . Bbc verify s Nawal Al Maghafi has more. Wednesdays attack by hezbollah is believed to be the first time ever that a ballistic missile from the armed group has been launched towards tel aviv. Let me take you through the details of the attack and why it symbolises such a significant escalation. This video, filmed from eastern tel aviv, was posted around 6. 1i0am on Social Media and it shows the moments after the single surface to Air Missile was intercepted by israel using its Air Defence system. This white plume of smoke is where the missile had been intercepted. There were no casualties or injuries reported as a result of the attack. In a statement, hezbollah confirmed that it launched the missile. It said it was targeting the headquarters of israels intelligence agency, mossad, which it believes is in this location, north of tel aviv. Hezbollah also said that mossad was responsible for assassinating leaders and blowing up pagers and
trace: 16 elite universities, a time of increased challenges to college admission practices with the supreme court set to consider two affirmative action cases this week. alexandria hoff live in d.c. how many former students are involved in the lawsuit against the 16 schools exactly? trace, right now there are five seeking damages. lawyers told the wall street journal over 170,000 former undergrads are eligible to sign on to this. the 16 private universities include brown, columbia, georgetown and yale, are or have been called the 569 president s group, members use the consensus approach to determine how much a student can afford to pay for school. according to the class action complaint against them, defendants by their own admission have participated in a price-fixing cartel to reduce or eliminate financial aid as a locust of competition and has
it names brown, columbia, georgetown and yale part of what is called the 569 president s group. consensus approach to determine how much a student could afford to pay for school. according to the complaint the defendants by their own admission participated in a price fixing cartel designed to reduce or eliminate financial aid and that in fact is artificially inflated the net price of attendance for students receiving financial aid. through this the lawsuit accuses the university has favored wealthier student and it violates antitrust laws. damages are being sought as the supreme court prepares to consider two affirmative action complaints against the university of north carolina and harvard both accuse the schools of using race as a dominant factor for admission. in the harvard appeal asian american students accuse the school of holding them to a higher academic standard. both cases have been set for final review by the court on friday. bill: interesting to watch.