with breaking news tonight. the u.s. has conducted a air strike against an eye sis planning. the spokesman saying initial indications are the target was killed. this coming just moments after the u.s. embassy in kabul warned u.s. citizens at a number of gates at the kabul airport to leave immediately. and earlier today, president biden s security team alerting the president of a specific and eminent threat in cab bell jaus day of an attack killed 13 servicemens, and over afghans. i want to bring in our guests. gent themen, thank you all for joining us on this friday evening. alex, i will start with you. what are you learning about the strike? don, we heard the vows of revenge of yesterday s attack,
possibility, this very increasing possibility, likelihood of a terrorist attack and those fears were realized with the death of these 13 servicemens and scores of afghans who died at the terrorist attack at the gates of the airport. today, if anything, this has strengthened president biden s resolve to get those u.s. service members remaining at the airport out by this august 31st deadline. it has been the driving factor all along and it remains so. yesterday in remarks at the white house, the president offering some pretty somber remarks, filled with emotion as he talked about the deaths of these service members and making clear this has weighed on him but he did take responsibility for all that has happened over the last couple of weeks. those were the president s words. the president did also vow to strike back at isis-k if indeed that is who is responsible for this attack, making clear that the u.s. will strike with force and precision at a time of their
Marching to remember
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Veterans who marched from Ōrākau to Te Awamutu to after laying poppies at the Te Awamutu and District War Memorial Park Sunken Cross. Photo / Dean Taylor
Veterans who marched from Ōrākau to Te Awamutu to after laying poppies at the Te Awamutu and District War Memorial Park Sunken Cross. Photo / Dean Taylor
Te Awamutu Courier
Last Saturday 12 veterans marched from Ōrākau Memorial near Kihikihi to the Returned Servicemen s Association in Te Awamutu to raise money for the Te Awamutu Poppy Appeal Trust.
The walk totaled approximately 10 kilometers and took them two and a half hours to complete.
Anzac Day preparations in full swing in Tararua
13 Apr, 2021 01:19 AM
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Members of the Women s Section of Dannevirke RSA Ann Berry (left), president Verna Hutching, vice-president Jill Ross and Christine Littlejohn. Photo / Sue Emeny
Members of the Women s Section of Dannevirke RSA Ann Berry (left), president Verna Hutching, vice-president Jill Ross and Christine Littlejohn. Photo / Sue Emeny
Hawkes Bay Today
By: Sue Emeny
Volunteers will be hitting the streets of Tararua on Friday for Poppy Day, which provides vital funding for the Returned Servicemen s Association.
Members of the Women s Section of RSA, along with some of their male counterparts, will be selling poppies from five locations around Dannevirke from 8.30am until 3pm.
you can find us on twitter and we will tally them up. alisyn: and now the headlines. this is another deadly attack in kabul, afghanistan, a man wearing an afghanistan military uniform turned his gun on nato and afghanistan troops killing at least two servicemens. and new video of a nato convoy that came under attack, also, in kabul, and officials confirm three civilians and one police officer dead in that bombing. also we hear reports that u.s. troops could be among the casualties, and the taliban claiming responsibility for that attack. more as we have it. a bizarre turn events in the case of missing baby lisa. new video she the family is whisked away to a secret location last night. just moments after they called police on a woman named to tina