Good evening. Its 5 a. M. Jerusalem. This is Fox News At Night. There is word coming into Fox News At Night that the United States has conducted airstrikes in syria. Lets get to our chief National Security correspondent jennifer. We broke the news moments ago that u. S. Warplanes made airstrikes in syria against Iranian Proxy Forces that had been firing on u. S. Bases more than a dozen times in the past week. We now have a statement from the defense secretary, lloyd austin those strikes what are being described as irans Islamic Revolutionary guard and affiliated groups inside syria. These were precision selfdefense strikes theyre being described as on two locations in Eastern Syria. Way told by senior military sources this is very similar to the kind of strike that we saw in the march 23rd time frame when the u. S. Had to respond to multiple strikes by Iranian Forces so we know f15 and 16s were involved. The statement from the Department Of Defense reads that the United States does not
hello, i m christian fraser. you re watching the context on bbc news. global leaders pay tribute to the veteran us diplomat, henry kissinger, who s died at the age of 100. the united states has long been a welcoming country we have life pictures tonight of the rafer crossing, where people are being released rafah. you can see the ambulances. we just lost those pictures, but standing by. i can t give you the names until we ensure they are back in israeli hands. six women, two of them from the same family, sisters, whose father and older brother are still held in hamas. this is them crossing the border a few minutes ago into egyptian territory. then they are transferred to israel, and you can see they re in the hands of the international committee of the red cross. the important thing is one or two of these women in fact, three of them, still have relatives inside gaza still. they will be released. bittersweet for many of them tonight. will not be told who is alive we
14 time champions real madrid. hello and welcome to bbc news. i m lukwesa burak. with almost all the results from this week s south africa election now in, the anc has lost its outright majority for the first time in 30 years since the end of apartheid. many voters blame the party for high levels of crime and corruption, and failures in the supply of basic necessities such as water and electricity. the anc will now have to search for coalition partners, as our africa correspondent barbara plett usher reports. the verdict is almost in still not official results, but they re clear. the anc has lost its unrivalled political power. it s done even worse than expected, punished by voters, angry about economic mismanagement and corruption scandals. this is a shock to the system for the anc, the celebrated liberation movement humbled by this verdict on its governance. it s the most dramatic political shift in south africa since the end of apartheid, and no one knows exactly what wi
african national congress the oldest liberation movement on the african continent has lost its outright majority for the first time in 30 years, since the end of apartheid. many voters blame the anc for high levels of crime and corruption and failures in the supply of basic necessities, such as water and electricity. the bbc s africa correspondent, barbara plett usher, reports. had been a slow steady day, and then this. jacob zuma has created quite a stir here, he has made a rock star entrance. his party came third with an unexpectedly strong showing, taking a lot of the doubts away from the anc. and still trying to take more. he announced he had evidence of election rigging, and said he was demanding a full revote. the results are not official yet, but they are clear the anc has lost the majority it has held for 30 years. this is uncharted territory. we it has held for 30 years. this is uncharted territory. it has held for 30 years. this is uncharted territory. we as
indicated it is willing to discuss a new plan to end the war in gaza unveiled by us presidentjoe biden. the israeli prime minister, benjamin netanyahu, has again insisted that the war will end only once hamas is destroyed. the opposition leader, yair lapid, has urged the prime minister to accept the proposal. speaking earlier, mr lapid suggested that if right wing members of benjamin netanyahu s coalition resigned in protest, his party would continue to support the government in its efforts to secure a hostage deal. it comes as mr netanyahu repeated that israel will continue to focus on the destruction of hamas and the freeing of all hostages. he was responding to a three phase proposal presented by us president, joe biden, who says hamas is no longer capable of launching another october 7 style attack on israel. meanwhile, egyptian state linked tv is reporting a meeting between egyptian, us and israeli officials will take place sunday to discuss the reopening of the rafah cr