Thousands of athletes from Around The World set to compete across 22 sports, with the first events starting tomorrow morning. We start in the middle east, where at least nine people have been killed in the biggest israeli operation in the occupied West Bank for 20 years. Last month, the international Court Ofjustice ruled that israels continued occupation of the area, captured in 1967, breached international law. Violence has been increasing in the occupied West Bank since hamas s deadly attack in israel on seven october, with the un saying more than 650 palestinians have been killed by israeli soldiers or settlers there. Attacks have also been launched from the occupied West Bank against israelis. Since 1993, control of the West Bank has been divided across three zones where there is either full control by the Palestinian Authority, partial control shared with israel or where israel is in full control. Unlike gaza, hamas has no control there. Overnight, israeli forces simultaneously w
They were striking at the heart of the suburbs. The guy is dead, and theres a white man just went by. Tomorrow im going to my fourth funeral in four days. People were dying. They were dying right in front of us. We cant be everywhere all the time. This, without a doubt, was the most intense three weeks of my career. It was one of the biggest manhunts in american history. The hunt for the d. C. Snipers, next. Its known as the beltway, the growing metropolis that surrounds our Nations Capital. Encompassing portions of maryland and virginia, the beltway is a sprawl of medium and smallsized towns, the kind of places where indiscriminate violence is rare. For area residents, october 2nd, 2002, began quietly enough. Nationally, the big news was a hurricane in the gulf of mexico. Category 4 hurricane and the buildup to the invasion of iraq. We know the awful nature of war. But a very different war was about to erupt. I got a call from my deputy, lieutenant phil long. A 55yearold man was kille
They were striking at the heart of the suburbs. The guy is dead, and theres a white man just went by. Tomorrow im going to my fourth funeral in four days. People were dying. They were dying right in front of us. We cant be everywhere all the time. This, without a doubt, was the most intense three weeks of my career. It was one of the biggest manhunts in american history. The hunt for the d. C. Snipers, next. Its known as the beltway, the growing metropolis that surrounds our Nations Capital. Encompassing portions of maryland and virginia, the beltway is a sprawl of medium and smallsized towns, the kind of places where indiscriminate violence is rare. For area residents, october 2nd, 2002, began quietly enough. Nationally, the big news was a hurricane in the gulf of mexico. Category 4 hurricane and the buildup to the invasion of iraq. We know the awful nature of war. But a very different war was about to erupt. I got a call from my deputy, lieutenant phil long. A 55yearold man was kille
They were striking at the heart of the suburbs. The guy is dead, and theres a white man just went by. Tomorrow im going to my fourth funeral in four days. People were dying. They were dying right in front of us. We cant be everywhere all the time. This, without a doubt, was the most intense three weeks of my career. It was one of the biggest manhunts in american history. The hunt for the d. C. Snipers, next. Its known as the beltway, the growing metropolis that surrounds our Nations Capital. Encompassing portions of maryland and virginia, the beltway is a sprawl of medium and smallsized towns, the kind of places where indiscriminate violence is rare. For area residents, october 2nd, 2002, began quietly enough. Nationally, the big news was a hurricane in the gulf of mexico. Category 4 hurricane and the buildup to the invasion of iraq. We know the awful nature of war. But a very different war was about to erupt. I got a call from my deputy, lieutenant phil long. A 55yearold man was kille
They were striking at the heart of the suburbs. The guy is dead, and theres a white man just went by. Tomorrow im going to my fourth funeral in four days. People were dying. They were dying right in front of us. We cant be everywhere all the time. This, without a doubt, was the most intense three weeks of my career. It was one of the biggest manhunts in american history. The hunt for the d. C. Snipers, next. Its known as the beltway, the growing metropolis that surrounds our Nations Capital. Encompassing portions of maryland and virginia, the beltway is a sprawl of medium and smallsized towns, the kind of places where indiscriminate violence is rare. For area residents, october 2nd, 2002, began quietly enough. Nationally, the big news was a hurricane in the gulf of mexico. Category 4 hurricane and the buildup to the invasion of iraq. We know the awful nature of war. But a very different war was about to erupt. I got a call from my deputy, lieutenant phil long. A 55yearold man was kille