That his forces were creating a buffer zone to protect russian border regions. The area around kharkiv, in ukraines north east, has been the target of frequent attacks by russia since its incursion across the border last week. The man who attacked the husband of former us House Of Representatives Speaker Nancy Pelosi has been sentenced to 30 years in prison. David depape was convicted of assault and attempted kidnapping of a federal official in november after a week long trial in san francisco. The attack left paul pelosi, now 84, in hospital for six days with a fractured skull and other injuries. Here, an Asylum Seekerfrom Morocco who was found guilty of murdering a 70 year old stranger and trying to kill a housemate has been jailed for life. Ahmed alid, whos a5, had told police the attacks in hartlepool, last october, were in revenge for the war between israel and hamas. Hell spend a minimum of 45 years in prison. World number one golfer Scottie Scheffler has been charged by police i
Ofjustice is being exploited by south africa. It says biased and false claims that relied on hamas sources had been presented to the court. It insisted that israel acted in accordance with International Law and its humanitarian obligations. South african lawyers told the court in the hague that israel had intended from the beginning to destroy palestinian life. They said palestinians needed protection from genocide. Meanwhile, us concern over the amount of aid getting into rafah has been echoed by the un. Their aid chief warned that famine is now an immediate threat and that un staff were struggling to help people displaced by the Israeli Offensive on rafah. The Facts On The Ground tell us, we dont need to be scientists to see the consequence of the removal of food. Also, forfamine, particularly the removal of medical care and nutritional care, which is the precursor to. Famine kills through disease, as well as hunger. The israeli Prime Minister has doubled down on the importance of a
The Scottish First minister speaks to the bbc about fears for his Mother In Law and family in gaza. Nobody has said that israel doesnt have the right to protect itself. But collective punishment cannot be justified. Yes, they are going too far. Sport now and a full round up from the bbc sport centre. We will start with football and a busy friday of action in europe. France can their plate at the European Championship if they maintain their 100 record and beat the netherlands in amsterdam later on. That is the pick of the dyes. Belgium, portugaland on. That is the pick of the dyes. Belgium, portugal and the Republic Of Ireland are all in action. England will face australia in a friendly later. It is the first time in seven years the g teams have met and england have won their last six of the last seven encounters. Gareth southgate has warned against any complacency. Southgate has warned against any complacency complacency. Firstly, it is one of the ureat complacency. Firstly, it is one
they do? they are ranting about free freedom of speech. every business can set standards for their customers. social media companies are clearly under pressure to flag or suppress falsehoods about covid and vaccines to protect public health. but long-time accusations that facebook and twitter target conservatives of undermined their credibility on this sensitive subject. bret? bret: howie, thanks. news overseas now. pentagon press secretary john kirby says the u.s. led coalition carried out strikes against rocket sites in syria that posed a threat. my understanding is that these strikes were not airstrikes. they clearly are at risk in the region. i mean, one of the reasons why these sites were hit was we had reason to believe that they were going to be used as launch sites for attacks on greenville lage. clearly our men and women remain in harm s way and we have to take that threat very seriously. we always have the right of
small arms ammunition. shotguns and machine guns. that s the kind of equipment you use in urban conflict, not in open warfare. . you re much farther away if you re out in a field shooting a stinger or javelin. . the stinger going against the aircraft, the javelins going against the tanks at one mile to a mile and a half. a good javelin to an at-4, 300 yards. . yeah. it does put it into perspective. i wonder, as you looked at what s being provided, what was missing to you? . yeah. that s an interesting point. i was concerned over two issues. yes, we have provided some counter-fire radars. these are the type of radars that will detect missile sites, artillery sites, rocket sites. when those artillery rounds and rockets take off, they leave a very, very distinct signature