Lucy williamson sent this report from the soroka medical centre in southern israel. Surrounded again by sunlight, by the sound of hebrew. Farhan alkadi, a 52 year old bedouin israeli, snatching a second chance at life. Crouched on the floor of a military helicopter, after 326 days in captivity, a smile. The start of his journey back home. At israel s soroka hospital, his last few moments in hiding. A wall of israeli soldiers shielding him from the world he left ten months ago. From a tunnel in gaza to an israeli ambulance in a couple of hours. His family racing the last few metres to greet him. Thin and pale but staff said in a good and stable condition. Translation: it is difficult to explain how it feels. It is better than having a newborn. We thank god and we thank everyone and hope to see him healthy. We re very happy, very happy. Israel s prime minister called to welcome him home, keen to be part of his release. We cannot go into many details of this special operation but i can sh
The start of his journey back home. At israel s soroka hospital, his last few moments in hiding. A wall of israeli soldiers shielding him from the world he left ten months ago. From a tunnel in gaza to an israeli ambulance in a couple of hours. His family racing the last few metres to greet him. Thin and pale but staff said in a good and stable condition. Translation: it is difficult to explain how it feels. It is better than having a newborn. We thank god and we thank everyone and hope to see him healthy. We re very happy, very happy. Israel s prime minister called to welcome him home, keen to be part of his release. We cannot go into many details of this special operation but i can share that israeli commandos rescued qaid farhan alkadi from an underground tunnel following accurate intelligence. The army has described this as a complex operation based on precise intelligence but there are persistent reports here of a more nuanced story, even that farhan alkadi may have escaped his ca
Welcome back. The relationship between the United States and china has been severely tested during president biden s term in office. But since may last year, the Us National Security adviser Jake Sullivan has developed something of a connection with wang yi, the senior Foreign Policy official in beijing who answers directly to xi jinping. They met four times in the last year, a channel of communication that has served as something of a Shock Absorber when tensions arise over taiwan, ukraine, the south china sea. Today, sullivan arrived in beijing to continue that conversation, with some suggestion that the two president s might be laying the ground for another meeting Beforejoe Biden Leaves office. Its really interesting, this, annabel, because it seems Jake Sullivan is the back channel between washington and beijing right now, and to what and . Because theres been some Sabre Rattling in respect of ukraine and the special materials ageing is applying to russia will do you think it coul
Passed a resolution that will extend the term of hong kongs parliament by another year. The head of the Un Food Agency says hes worried lebanon could run out of bread in about 2 and a half weeks David Beasleys in beirut assessing the impact of last weeks catastrophic port blast he spoke during a un briefing on the humanitarian situation 85 percent of lebanons grain came through the devastated port area the World Food Program says its sending 50000 tons of wheat flour to beirut to stabilize the supply beesley says some of beirut port could be reopened quickly to restart imports christensen him in new york explains what else was discussed during that briefing. This was a chance for the humanitarian affairs chief to brief members states on the situation on the ground in lebanon and the International Response so far secretary general antonio terrace called it a huge catastrophe coming on the heels of the socioeconomic problems the coded pandemic and now this explosion and while he was call
There and dealing with specific protests all over the city this is incredibly difficult work and there will be critiques and there will be things that need to be investigated and it will need to be things improved and we expect to do better today than we did yesterday but i want to commend the restraint that we saw all over all from the n. Y. P. D. That is crucial to keeping the peace in the city and respecting the right to peacefully protest thats what the n. Y. P. D. Has done for years thats what they did yesterday with that i turn to commissioner government shall. Thank you mr mayor so give a brief summary of yesterdays events what we saw across new york city from the Police Department perspective and. Policing some of the demonstrations was similar to the 2 nights before yesterday began which seems like a long time ago with to protest in new york city 1st was that 120th precinct in Staten Island the 2nd one was 125th street up and up in harlem. Both went overwhelmingly well what we