This situation becomes for the palestinians. The strip under constant bombardment today, a force of 300,000 israeli troops now in position for the ground offensive. We will hear tonight from an Israeli Government spokesmen on when that order might come. 0ur International Editor jeremy bowen is in southern israel, he has been in the remains of the be eri kibbutz today, where at least 100 people were killed. We will speak to the un in gaza, the hostage negotiators, and we will keep one eye on that important vote in the us congress tonight, where republicans are trying and so far failing to elect a speaker. Welcome to the programme. It should come as no surprise, after all the death and destruction inflicted by hamas, that the hearts of israelis are hardened to the fate of gaza and its people. The Prime Ministers Office released pictures today of israeli children that had been butchered and burnt. There was no mercy, it seems there will be none in return. The Gaza Blockade will be enforce
Here concerned is the question is this stabbing an isolated incident or is it part of a growing trend. But first, we will head live to china where leaders from across the globe are meeting facetoface at the apec summit. Yeah, in fact leaders from 21 asiapacific economies are talking about economic reform and growth in the region on the second day of the annual apec summit in beijing. Now chinese president xi jinping is expected to deliver the closing statements shortly and then meet with president obama oneonone. Press freedoms and cyberspying might be discussed. And our David Mckenzie joins us live from beijing with the latest developments. So david, as we said, 21 leaders, and not surprisingly a few frosty and awkward moments there. Well certainly look at that. But first, what about efforts to forge trade deals . What progress has been made on that . Well, they said theyre making progress, calling it, quote, momentum on a couple of major multilateral trade deals. One pushed through b
The captain was found not guilty of murder and was sentenced to 36 years in prison instead. Also the ships chief engineer will get 30 years in prison. The captain and his crew face charges for the capsizing of the sewol ferry, more than 300 people died, most of them school children. We want to turn to our Paula Hancocks who is following the trial and joins us now live from seoul. As we said, the verdict and sentences have been handed down for the captain and chief engineer. Theres a possibility here the prosecution may appeal, but at this juncture, what has been the reaction there, particularly for family members who were looking for the Death Penalty . Well, as you can imagine, rosemary, theres a very emotional reaction from the families. Theyre outside the court and giving a press conference. They wanted the Death Penalty for all 15 of these crew members, talking about how difficult it was for them to watch every day these defendants sitting in front of them, as many of these familie
Alarms sounding before a final dive into the sea. Im wolf blitzer. Youre in the situation room. Hundreds of american lives at risk right now as rebels seize the capital of u. S. Ally a crucial partner in the fight against al qaeda. Suddenly amid yemens chaos, a tentative deal to try to defuse the crisis but a chilling new threat may be emerging. A yemeni official tells cnn isis is now active and is recruiting in yemen in a headon rivalry with al qaedas arabian affiliate that has even led to gun battles. The spokesman for yemens embassy in washington standing by along with our correspondents and analysts and we have the only western tv reporter on the ground in yemen. Lets begin with our pentagon correspondent, barbara starr. She has the very latest. Reporter tonight yemens capital sanaa is still on edge with violence and uncertainty but for now, at least for now, the state department is holding firm no immediate plans to evacuate the embassy. Even as Houthi Rebels surround the presiden
Earlier this week, Netanyahu made it clear that he is interested in full-blown collaboration with Saudi Arabia following Israel s move to offer an olive branch. 25.12.2022, Sputnik International