And sent his condolences to the victims families. The attacker reported to be a jordanian Truck Driver was shot dead by israeli security forces. The incident happened at the King Hussein Allenby bridge crossing. The victims are thought to have been private security personnel. Jordan has launched an investigation into the shootings. Jordan and israel signed a Peace Treaty in 1994 and have close security and economic ties, but diplomatic relations have been strained. Lets hear from an eyewitness who was at the crossing at the time of the attack. Translation we were sitting and standing at the checkpoint| waiting for our turn after the bus in front of us was searched. There was a bus and a truck in front of us. A man got out and he carried out the shooting. Thank God Nothing happened to us, or nothing happened to us or the passengers, but the Truck Drivers were put on the ground. We bus passengers didnt know what to do. We were panicking. Mike thomson is our our correpondent injerusalem.
45 people, including three children, had been on the vessel, which set off from the tunisian city of sfax last thursday. Four survivors originally from the ivory coast and guinea gave their accounts to coastguards after being brought ashore. The three men and a woman had initially been rescued by a cargo ship. These pictures show Rescue Workers helping migrants in trouble around the lampedusa coast at the weekend, one of several rescues in recent days. 0ur rome correspondent, sofia bettiza, has been following the story. This is another tragedy in the mediterranean sea. Only four people survived, the three men and a woman from guinea and the ivory coast. They said they were on board a ship with 45 people in total, including three children. They described it as a very small metal boat about seven metres long. They said that after a few hours at sea, the boat capsized and sank, apparently because of a big wave. It threw everybody into the water and they said that only 15 people were weari
million in new rebuilding money. plus a very donald trump weekend. election lies about mitch mcconnell and a racist smear of mitch mcconnell s life. a look of condemnation, and you ll find almost none. the oath keepers four lieutenants charged with conspiracy. we begin though with president biden and his important promises to rebuild after two punishing hurricanes. air force one is on its way to puerto rico this hour for some 100,000 customers are still without power two weeks after hurricane fiona. the president will get a briefing on the recovery effort, visit a local school, and he ll offer up $60 million in funding. the president saying this before leaving the white house this morning. i m headed to puerto rico because they haven t been taken care of. they re trying like hell to catch up after the last hurricane. on wednesday the president visits florida for a first look at ian s racket, the death toll climbs to 76 over the weekend. there s a debate about the coun
Sportsday with hugh ferris. Hello and welcome to sportsday im hugh ferris. The headlines this evening. Arsenal and Manchester City succeed where liverpool failed as both win at the top of the Premier League. Celtic and rangers match each other goal for goal. Both win 2 1, but celtic keep their lead in the Scottish Premiership. And a late header proves a sting in the tailfor arsenal, who drop more points in the Wsl Title Race. Also coming up on sportsday. Ronnie 0sullivan makes a solid start to his second round match at the World Snooker championship as he continues his quest for a record eighth world title. And ukraine pip Great Britain to the final gold of the mens European Gymnstics Chamnpionships in italy. Hello again. After liverpool dropped points yesterday, both arsenal and Manchester City spent today trying to make sure they didnt do the same on what promised to be another pivotal day in the Premier League title race. Still a point separates the two after city won at notts. Whil