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as nick schifrin reports, there is new evidence of ethnic cleansing. nick: this week human rights provided evidence of ethnic cleansing and war crimes, crimes against humanity against the paramilitary rapid support forces of western sudan's dart it is there that this new war four. have produced the world's largest displacement and hunger crises. new evidence now reveals the sheer scale of atrocities faced by civilians, with hundreds of thousands still at risk. in darfur's el geneina, they lived to tell the tale of what happened here of history being , repeated. beginning last summer, local activists bore witness to what human rights watch and the u.s. government label ethnic cleansing. they recorded how their city of half a million was burned. where there used to be homes and schools that became shelters for the displaced, there is now only ash. the targets were members of the massalit tribe, many women and children who suffered looting, rape, and torture. the ethnic violence, unleashed by the paramilitary rapid support forces, or rsf, and other arab m
as nick schifrin reports, there is new evidence of ethnic cleansing. nick: this week human rights provided evidence of ethnic cleansing and war crimes, crimes against humanity against the paramilitary rapid support forces of western sudan's dart it is there that this new war four. have produced the world's largest displacement and hunger crises. new evidence now reveals the sheer scale of atrocities faced by civilians, with hundreds of thousands still at risk. in darfur's el geneina, they lived...
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for the pbs newshour, i am nick schifrin. amna: -- geoff: the continuing outbreak of bird flu in the u.s. has alarmed researchers, and prompted new efforts to track the virus that's already caused the deaths of tens of millions of birds from europe to antarctica. but as william brangham reports, as "h5-n1" continues to jump into mammals, most recently into dairy cows, many scientists are concerned that we're not watching closely enough as this virus continues to spread. a warning, this story contains scenes of animals in distress. william: evolutionary biologist michael worobey at the university of arizona is one of many scientists around the world trying to untangle bird flu's latest twist, how and when it spread to dairy cows. michael: the jump into cattle probably took place between mid-november and mid-january, and so we're months into this already. william: and since then, it's spread like wildfire, infecting dairy cows in at least 46 herds across nine states. michael: it seems to be spreading cow to cow in some fashion,
for the pbs newshour, i am nick schifrin. amna: -- geoff: the continuing outbreak of bird flu in the u.s. has alarmed researchers, and prompted new efforts to track the virus that's already caused the deaths of tens of millions of birds from europe to antarctica. but as william brangham reports, as "h5-n1" continues to jump into mammals, most recently into dairy cows, many scientists are concerned that we're not watching closely enough as this virus continues to spread. a warning,...
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nick schifrin begins our coverage. nick: in southern israel, tanks are massed and nearly ready for an assault. they fire at rafah, where ongoing airstrikes rip the roofs off homes. toppled minarets. in killed victims --. and president biden is concerned an expanded military operation, would kill more gazans like yazan hassan mohanna. >> civilians have been killed in gaza as a consequence of those bombs and other ways in which they go after population centers. i made it clear that if they go into rafah -- they haven't gone in rafah yet -- if they go into rafah, i'm not supplying the weapons that have been used historically to deal with rafah. nick: but hamas fights from rafah, including with mortars that last weekend killed four israeli soldiers and blocked humanitarian aid. israel is determined to eliminate hamas' final four battalions, no matter what the u.s. says. prime minister benjamin netanyahu said today. >> if we need to stand alone, we will stand alone. i have said that if necessary, we will fight with our fing
nick schifrin begins our coverage. nick: in southern israel, tanks are massed and nearly ready for an assault. they fire at rafah, where ongoing airstrikes rip the roofs off homes. toppled minarets. in killed victims --. and president biden is concerned an expanded military operation, would kill more gazans like yazan hassan mohanna. >> civilians have been killed in gaza as a consequence of those bombs and other ways in which they go after population centers. i made it clear that if they...
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nick schifrin is back now with the story. nick: the officials who help shape america's national security policy often disagree on key decisions, sometimes publicly. but the war in gaza has created more internal dissent and public resignations than perhaps any recent u.s. policy challenge. and today, stacy gilbert, former senior civil military advisor in the state department's bureau of population, refugees, and migration wrote, quote, i cannot continue working for a government that denies and enables israel's deliberate carnage in gaza. and stacy gilbert joins me now. thank you very much. why have you chosen to resign rather than fight for policy? stacy: this follows a lot of frustration about the policy, but especially seeing what is happening in gaza. when this national security memo directive came out in early february, which directed the state department and department of defense to write a report to congress assessing countries on two things. their ability to adhere to international humanitarian law, also known as the la
nick schifrin is back now with the story. nick: the officials who help shape america's national security policy often disagree on key decisions, sometimes publicly. but the war in gaza has created more internal dissent and public resignations than perhaps any recent u.s. policy challenge. and today, stacy gilbert, former senior civil military advisor in the state department's bureau of population, refugees, and migration wrote, quote, i cannot continue working for a government that denies and...
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but as nick schifrin reports, in north-east ukraine's kharkiv, the front is fragile. nick: along the border, ukrainian troops try to hold the line. this is the kharkiv region where ukraine long ago pushed russia out. now, it needs reinforcements to hold russia back. city is just 2.5 miles from russia and the center has been ripped apart. a ukrainian soldier fighting in the city sends us videos of russian shelling and russian troops on the city's edge. he says, with the help of drone attacks on russian tanks today, they push russian troops back but he still fears russia could take the city. >> the situation is very dire. for the sixth day in a row, the enemy has been bombarding the city with all possible weapons and munitions rockets, , artillery, and bombs. >> he is the regional administrator. he says the defensive lines built in other areas including trenches and antitank dragon's teeth aren't as robust near the city. >> after the occupation in september 2022, military and engineers built defensive lines but because we are so close to the russian border and because o
but as nick schifrin reports, in north-east ukraine's kharkiv, the front is fragile. nick: along the border, ukrainian troops try to hold the line. this is the kharkiv region where ukraine long ago pushed russia out. now, it needs reinforcements to hold russia back. city is just 2.5 miles from russia and the center has been ripped apart. a ukrainian soldier fighting in the city sends us videos of russian shelling and russian troops on the city's edge. he says, with the help of drone attacks on...
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, nick schifrin is here to break it all down. nick: the headline tonight is negotiations continue but what got us here is not a straight line. late last week mediators offered hamas with the u.s. called a quote extraordinary generous a quote extraordinary generous proposal approved by israel. that would be a period of calm for 40 days. hamas would release 43 hostages, israel would release some 700 palestinian detainees. and after those releases, gazans would have freedom of movement within gaza and the sides would discuss a permanent cease-fire and withdrawal of troops from gaza. earlier today hamas released a statement of its quote, approval of an magician and qatari proposal. israeli officials quickly told me that hamas had not approved anything, or what it had approved was not the deal on the table. the reality is somewhere in the middle. u.s. officials confirm that hamas responded to the proposal, did not accept anything. at the same time their response is being called positive by regional officials i spoke to. we don't have
, nick schifrin is here to break it all down. nick: the headline tonight is negotiations continue but what got us here is not a straight line. late last week mediators offered hamas with the u.s. called a quote extraordinary generous a quote extraordinary generous proposal approved by israel. that would be a period of calm for 40 days. hamas would release 43 hostages, israel would release some 700 palestinian detainees. and after those releases, gazans would have freedom of movement within gaza...
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here is nick schifrin. nick: gaza today is defined by destruction, death, and displacement. and gaza producer and cameraman shams odeh has documented-and -- documented and experienced all three. >> there is a lot of people killed here in this place in rafah. this is my tent, my bed, and my kitchen. nick: today, this is his canvas home, where the war forced him and his family to flee in december. they live underneath the constant sound of israeli drones, in emirati tents, part of a tent city in deir al balah. one of tens of thousands of displaced families, finding a way to live. 4 year old kareem leads a gaggle of grandchildren. the youngest, one-year-old rose, sleeps with a prized possession. their mother, diana, is shams' eldest child. >> my message to the world is we are humans. we are not numbers. we deserve to live a better life such as any person in the world. so we all here evacuated our homes. nick: in november, even after an initial displacement, they had a real roof over their heads near nuseirat. a madhouse of extended cousins lived in a house shams built himself.
here is nick schifrin. nick: gaza today is defined by destruction, death, and displacement. and gaza producer and cameraman shams odeh has documented-and -- documented and experienced all three. >> there is a lot of people killed here in this place in rafah. this is my tent, my bed, and my kitchen. nick: today, this is his canvas home, where the war forced him and his family to flee in december. they live underneath the constant sound of israeli drones, in emirati tents, part of a tent...
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for the pbs newshour, i am nick schifrin. geoff: we will get to perspectives. a professor from rutgers law school and the chair of international law at the hebrew university of jerusalem. he is also a form that he is also a former chair of the human rights committee. how significant is this move by the chief prosecutor at the international criminal court to seek arrest warrants for top leaders from both israel and hamas? and what might the practical impact of this be given israel's government does not recognize the icc? >> the significance is tremendous. we have the prosecutor of the international criminal court bringing serious charges against the leaders of hamas and the israeli military and political as tablet schmidt and their -- establishment and it is a variety of cris including murder, rape, torture for hamas and on the israeli side, the use of starvation as a method of warfare. both the leaders of hamas and israel have been charged with crimes against humanity as well as war crimes. these are incredibly serious allegations. serious crimes. and the fact
for the pbs newshour, i am nick schifrin. geoff: we will get to perspectives. a professor from rutgers law school and the chair of international law at the hebrew university of jerusalem. he is also a form that he is also a former chair of the human rights committee. how significant is this move by the chief prosecutor at the international criminal court to seek arrest warrants for top leaders from both israel and hamas? and what might the practical impact of this be given israel's government...
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as nick schifrin reports it is allowing the u.s. military to fulfill its promise to leave no one behind. >> in the town of ohio this weekend, a funeral 80 years in the weights. -- waiting. nobody here has ever met the man they call uncle jack. a staff sergeant, jack mccoy but his great grand niece clutches at his memory. >> he was a very handsome man. they have always talked about him, always. i feel i know him. though i never got to meet him. reporter: in 1941 at 18 he graduated from high school and listed in the u.s. army air forces. he wanted to become a pilot as he wrote home from boot camp. >> ps, future pilot i hope. reporter: he ended up a gunner on american bombers and on for february 24th, 1944 he was on what was supposed to be has last mission on board a liberator. >> some of the spectacular missions deep into germany. reporter: dropping thousands of bombs on germany. the plane was hit by german fire. two parachuted out and survived but coy and five others were never heard from again and there remains were not identified.
as nick schifrin reports it is allowing the u.s. military to fulfill its promise to leave no one behind. >> in the town of ohio this weekend, a funeral 80 years in the weights. -- waiting. nobody here has ever met the man they call uncle jack. a staff sergeant, jack mccoy but his great grand niece clutches at his memory. >> he was a very handsome man. they have always talked about him, always. i feel i know him. though i never got to meet him. reporter: in 1941 at 18 he graduated...
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amna: that is nick schifrin reporting tonight from jacksonville, north carolina. nick, thank you. stephanie: here are the latest headlines. tiktok sued to overturn a new law that could ban the video sharing platform inside the u.s.. the statute says tiktok has to end american operations unless its chinese parent company byte-dance sells it within 9 months. the lawsuit says that mandate is simply not possible. not commercially, not technologically, not legally, and that it violates the first amendment. in ukraine, the state security service says it foiled a russian plot to assassinate president volodymyr zelenskyy and others. investigators arrested two colonels in the guard unit that protects high-ranking ukrainian figures. investigators say they planned to kidnap and kill zelenskyy before russian president vladimir putin's inauguration. that inauguration took place today as putin was sworn in for his fifth term, after almost 25 years in office. at an elaborate kremlin ceremony, putin vowed to defend the russian constitution. he said he was open to working with the west, despite bi
amna: that is nick schifrin reporting tonight from jacksonville, north carolina. nick, thank you. stephanie: here are the latest headlines. tiktok sued to overturn a new law that could ban the video sharing platform inside the u.s.. the statute says tiktok has to end american operations unless its chinese parent company byte-dance sells it within 9 months. the lawsuit says that mandate is simply not possible. not commercially, not technologically, not legally, and that it violates the first...
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here is nick schifrin with more. >> they filled the streets of the capital i the tens of thousands. mostly young georgians who hope the west is their future and their shield against authorities pushing the new law and pushing back on demonstrators dreams. police have kicked, beaten, surrendered, and arrested dozens of testers, including two americans. these are the largest protests in georgia since independence nearly 35 years ago. >> the consequence of base law will be very practical for the civil society of georgia for the opposition of georgia -- >> a georgian parliamentarian and member of the opposition united national movement. when she protested, she ended up in the back of a nebulous beaten by police. >> i was injured when i tried to help. i was hospitalized. we were very angry. and i don't care. i'm angry. >> the ruling georgian green party has pushed through the law that designates organizations with more than 20% foreign financing as foreign influence agents. the party chairman, former prime minister argues the bill increases transparency and fights foreign meddling. >> th
here is nick schifrin with more. >> they filled the streets of the capital i the tens of thousands. mostly young georgians who hope the west is their future and their shield against authorities pushing the new law and pushing back on demonstrators dreams. police have kicked, beaten, surrendered, and arrested dozens of testers, including two americans. these are the largest protests in georgia since independence nearly 35 years ago. >> the consequence of base law will be very...
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nick schifrin starts our coverage. >> my office charges them as co-perpetrators. nick: from the hague, devastating and divisive allegations accusing israel of intentionally directing attacks against a civilian population and starvation of civilians as a method of warfare, and requesting arrest warrants for netanyahu and the defense minister you off the lot -- minister gallant. >> these individuals through a common plan have systematically deprived the civilian population of gaza of objects indispensable to human survival. nick: at the same time, the icc also seeks arrest warrants for a hamas leader and military branch leader on the right, both of whom are hiding in gaza and the political bureau head, who lives openly in qatar, for killing more than 200 and kidnapping more than 250 on october 7. >> there are reasonable grounds to believe that these three hamas leaders are criminally responsible for the killing of israeli civilians and attacks perpetrated by hamas and other armed groups on the seventh of october, 2023. nick: israeli and u.s. officials argued the icc
nick schifrin starts our coverage. >> my office charges them as co-perpetrators. nick: from the hague, devastating and divisive allegations accusing israel of intentionally directing attacks against a civilian population and starvation of civilians as a method of warfare, and requesting arrest warrants for netanyahu and the defense minister you off the lot -- minister gallant. >> these individuals through a common plan have systematically deprived the civilian population of gaza of...
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for the pbs newshour, i'm nick schifrin. geoff: europe's most important court has ruled that protection from climate change is a human right. the judgment will be put to the test in britain by a climate change refugee who lost his clifftop home to sea erosion. rising sea waters and increasingly violent storms, caused by melting ice and warmer oceans, are a special concern on britain's east coast. special correspondent malcolm brabant reports from the village of hemsby, by the north sea. malcolm: for kevin jordan, this is a painful trip down memory lane. >> it was natural for me to retire to a place like this. gin and tonic's in the afternoon, watching the ships go by. malcolm: his dreams were wrecked six months ago by the cruel north sea. >> we had quite an unexpected storm that caught us unawares. actually, my house was demolished because of erosion. i lost everything. there's no compensation for when you lose your house like that. malcolm: these pictures are all that remain. jordan now lives in a social housing complex, wh
for the pbs newshour, i'm nick schifrin. geoff: europe's most important court has ruled that protection from climate change is a human right. the judgment will be put to the test in britain by a climate change refugee who lost his clifftop home to sea erosion. rising sea waters and increasingly violent storms, caused by melting ice and warmer oceans, are a special concern on britain's east coast. special correspondent malcolm brabant reports from the village of hemsby, by the north sea....
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nick schifrin has our report. nick: a city teeming with the displaced has now been deserted. gazans are now packing everything their cars or bikes can carry and fleeing again. this woman is among the last to leave. >> i don't have a choice, like everyone else. everyone left, so i am doing the same. what should i do, stay alone? i am scared to. nick: many have been -- nick: many have been displaced at the beach. meet this family. this is their third home since the war began. their children have kept their smile, but their mother has vanished. >> i can't find a tent to set up for me and my children. they are suffering underneath the sun. the heat has burned them and they are ill. nick: israel is ordering rafah evacuated because the idf says hamas's final four battalions fight from there, including last weekend which killed four israeli soldiers and blocked humanitarian aid. >> let's make it clear, if we don't destroy the last four battalions of hamas in rafah, we will have lost the war. nick: now israel has launched new raids on what he calls hamas terrorist infrastructure in c
nick schifrin has our report. nick: a city teeming with the displaced has now been deserted. gazans are now packing everything their cars or bikes can carry and fleeing again. this woman is among the last to leave. >> i don't have a choice, like everyone else. everyone left, so i am doing the same. what should i do, stay alone? i am scared to. nick: many have been -- nick: many have been displaced at the beach. meet this family. this is their third home since the war began. their children...
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nick schifrin examines the tension and the history between beijing and taipei. nick: in downtown taipei, pomp and circumstance, dancing, and an f-16 flyby to tell beijing, back off. >> i want to call on china to cease their political and military intimidation against taiwan and ensure the world is free from the fear of war. nick: lai ching-te, known as william lai, is the 8th democratically elected president of taiwan, known formally as the republic of china. his inauguration message, taiwanese democracy is here to stay. >> i hope that china will face the reality of the republic of china's existence, and engage in cooperation with the legal government chosen by taiwan's people. nick: but beijing is in no mood to cooperate, and says the only legal government of taiwan, is the communist people's republic of china. >> taiwan independence is a dead end. condoning support for taiwan independence is doomed to failure, and no external forces can stop the historical momentum of china's unification. nick: has the people's republic of china ever controlled taiwan? >> abso
nick schifrin examines the tension and the history between beijing and taipei. nick: in downtown taipei, pomp and circumstance, dancing, and an f-16 flyby to tell beijing, back off. >> i want to call on china to cease their political and military intimidation against taiwan and ensure the world is free from the fear of war. nick: lai ching-te, known as william lai, is the 8th democratically elected president of taiwan, known formally as the republic of china. his inauguration message,...
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william: nick schifrin, thank you so much. we turn now to aaron david miller. he's a senior fellow at the carnegie endowment for international peace, and someone who's played a key role in u.s.-middle east policy for multiple american presidents. great to have you back. what do you make of what transpired? you heard what has been reported, hamas saying yes, we agreed to the deal, israel saying we are not sure what you agreed to. how do you see this? aaron: we went from the top of the mountain briefly to the valley below in about three hours. my take is very simple. neither side is in a hurry to reach an agreement, but both want to blame the other for obstructing one. i think that is what you are seeing play out right now. hamas's proposal, the one they agreed to, is at least 1 the wall street journal is reporting that had terms israel would not accept. the reality is, the prime minister is under no pressure -- and frankly, his coalition would be more stable if he did not risk hamas for prisoner exchange. and he is juggling balls, as he usually does. the rafah o
william: nick schifrin, thank you so much. we turn now to aaron david miller. he's a senior fellow at the carnegie endowment for international peace, and someone who's played a key role in u.s.-middle east policy for multiple american presidents. great to have you back. what do you make of what transpired? you heard what has been reported, hamas saying yes, we agreed to the deal, israel saying we are not sure what you agreed to. how do you see this? aaron: we went from the top of the mountain...
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amna: nick schifrin, i think u.s. always for your reporting. geoff: we are going to hear perspectives on this from two members of congress. first, a democrat from maryland, a member of the senate foreign relations committee and i spoke with him earlier today. senator van hollen, welcome to the newshour. sen. van hollen: it's good to be with you. thank you for having me. geoff: you have for months been urging president biden to do more, to use the administration's leverage to pressure israel to change the way it's prosecuting the war in gaza to limit civilian suffering. what, then, do you make of this move now to pause a shipment of some 3500 bombs to israel over concerns that those weapons might be used in rafah? sen. van hollen: i think this is exactly the right kind of move. we've had months of a pattern where president biden, asks, prime minister netanyahu to meet certain american concerns, only to be mostly ignored. and so it's very important, the united states now make clear that our support is not a blank check. it's not anything goes. an
amna: nick schifrin, i think u.s. always for your reporting. geoff: we are going to hear perspectives on this from two members of congress. first, a democrat from maryland, a member of the senate foreign relations committee and i spoke with him earlier today. senator van hollen, welcome to the newshour. sen. van hollen: it's good to be with you. thank you for having me. geoff: you have for months been urging president biden to do more, to use the administration's leverage to pressure israel to...
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here is nick schifrin. nick: the biden administration calls china the only country in the world with the will, intent and military strength to change the world order. it says china threatens u.s. and allied interest all over the world in now the u.s.'s national security strategy prioritizes confronting china. how did washington and beijing get to this point? how strong are they compared to each other? how should the u.s. approach it's relationship to china? those questions are at the heart of a new book, "world on the brink." dimitri, the author, joins me. welcome back. you start the book with a scenario. it is right after election day 2028. beijing decides to invade taiwan. is that the future we are heading toward? dimitri: i think that period of 2028 through 2032, where you would see xi jinping at the twilight of his power, he will be 79 when he's up to communist party election again and i , believe he wants to do it on his own watch. just like putin wanted to invade ukraine. both men are driven by their
here is nick schifrin. nick: the biden administration calls china the only country in the world with the will, intent and military strength to change the world order. it says china threatens u.s. and allied interest all over the world in now the u.s.'s national security strategy prioritizes confronting china. how did washington and beijing get to this point? how strong are they compared to each other? how should the u.s. approach it's relationship to china? those questions are at the heart of a...
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schifrin reports, some were allegedly tortured, some even murdered. nick: when majd kamalmaz was not hiking or fishing in the ocean, he was with his brood of grandchildren. when not with them he was helping people's children who had suffered trauma and conflict or natural disasters. he led an ngo that treated young victims of the war in bosnia, the tsunami in indonesia, and hurricane katrina. in 2017 he traveled to damascus to pay respects after his father-in-law's death. he never came home. last week the u.s. government told the kamalmaz family that he was likely killed a prisoner of syria. i'm now joined by two of majd kamalmaz's daughters, ulaa, and maryam. nick: can you tell me about your father? i ask he was a kindhearted, loving, empathetic individual who brought his attributes to various roles and was a family man and psychotherapist, devoted to his work and family. nick: what did the u.s. government tell you about what happened? maryam: there were around eight u.s. government officials that gathered for our meeting to discuss my father's fate.
schifrin reports, some were allegedly tortured, some even murdered. nick: when majd kamalmaz was not hiking or fishing in the ocean, he was with his brood of grandchildren. when not with them he was helping people's children who had suffered trauma and conflict or natural disasters. he led an ngo that treated young victims of the war in bosnia, the tsunami in indonesia, and hurricane katrina. in 2017 he traveled to damascus to pay respects after his father-in-law's death. he never came home....
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nick schifrin reports on the investigation into the incident and speaks to a senior state department advisor on the middle east as the violence continues. >> in southern gaza, another makeshift home to which gazans had led -- fled now ruined and riddled with bullets. in the shadow of a u.n. office with constant israeli drones overhead, survivors are exhausted and hopeless. little protection long ago pierced. >> i went into the tent and found the woman was bleeding and the children were bleeding. all of the children in the tent were wounded. not one came out in one piece. >> a few miles north in what israel labeled a safer zone, the living felt outnumbered by the dead. gazan officials say this violence hit israel's humanitarian area north of rafa city. an israeli official told pbs newshour there was no israeli military activity in the area at the time. the israeli military said the sunday strike that incinerated a tent city, burning and killing what humanitarian organization estimates to be 200 civilians, also targeted and killed two hamas leaders. israel says it's initial strike hit
nick schifrin reports on the investigation into the incident and speaks to a senior state department advisor on the middle east as the violence continues. >> in southern gaza, another makeshift home to which gazans had led -- fled now ruined and riddled with bullets. in the shadow of a u.n. office with constant israeli drones overhead, survivors are exhausted and hopeless. little protection long ago pierced. >> i went into the tent and found the woman was bleeding and the children...
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nick schifrin starts our coverage. nick: in the smoky aftermath of a russian missile, firefighters pick through the pieces of russia's latest battlefield of choice. books. books turned to ash, in what was one of ukraine's largest printing houses. russia has been bombarding kharkiv and trying to occupy towns further north, including vovchansk, to try and bring kharkiv city into artillery range and draw ukrainian forces away from fierce fighting in the donbas. in vovchansk, there's no cover from russian drones. the city center has been ripped apart by russian weapons parked right over the border, inside russia. newly arrived western ammunition has helped ukrainian troops hold the line. but they can't use u.s. weapons to hit the russian weapons in russia that are hitting them. this week, president volodymyr zelensky told reuters wants that restriction lifted. >> we are negotiating with partners so that we can use their weapons against buildups of russian equipment on the border and even on their territory. so far, there i
nick schifrin starts our coverage. nick: in the smoky aftermath of a russian missile, firefighters pick through the pieces of russia's latest battlefield of choice. books. books turned to ash, in what was one of ukraine's largest printing houses. russia has been bombarding kharkiv and trying to occupy towns further north, including vovchansk, to try and bring kharkiv city into artillery range and draw ukrainian forces away from fierce fighting in the donbas. in vovchansk, there's no cover from...
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following it all is our nick schifrin, reporting tonight from jacksonville, north carolina. let's begin in rafah, tell us what kind of operation israel has launched there and why. nick: as you said, israel sees the border crossing that separates gaza from egypt. as well as the hamas militants who operate there, this is the first time israeli troops have controlled that border crossing since 2005 when israel withdrew settlers and soldiers from gaza back then. in this war, israel has long argued that it needs to enter nearby rafah city. today benjamin netanyahu said that operation is next. >> seizing the passage today is an important step on the way to destroying the remaining military capabilities of hamas. an important step to damage the governmental capabilities of hamas, because denying them passage is essential for ending its reign of terror on israel. nick: rafah is also the main passage of eight and today hundreds of trucks are backed up at the border because the crossing is shut. the u.n. warned today that food and fuel to southern gaza will run out by the end of the w
following it all is our nick schifrin, reporting tonight from jacksonville, north carolina. let's begin in rafah, tell us what kind of operation israel has launched there and why. nick: as you said, israel sees the border crossing that separates gaza from egypt. as well as the hamas militants who operate there, this is the first time israeli troops have controlled that border crossing since 2005 when israel withdrew settlers and soldiers from gaza back then. in this war, israel has long argued...
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he spoke in his final interview with nick schifrin in honolulu. >> the military calls it and no pacific command. it covers half the surface area of the planet and more than 60% of the world's economy and population -- the military calls it indo pacific command. in the three years since he has been in command, the men in the positions as china has built more than 3 million aircraft, 20 million warships and doubled its military. he says the u.s. and its partners and allies must go faster. >> as i look over my past three years, the security environment has changed drastically and not in a good way. when you look at the p.r.c. as the most concerning security threat that exists, they continue to be more aggressive in a variety of areas. they are challenging the current international rules to benefit an authoritarian society that does not provide a benefit for anyone else in the region. they have expanded their military capability. their verbalization is more aggressive and their action is more aggressive, and they have no accelerated or dangerous. >> perhaps most dangerous in the philippines
he spoke in his final interview with nick schifrin in honolulu. >> the military calls it and no pacific command. it covers half the surface area of the planet and more than 60% of the world's economy and population -- the military calls it indo pacific command. in the three years since he has been in command, the men in the positions as china has built more than 3 million aircraft, 20 million warships and doubled its military. he says the u.s. and its partners and allies must go faster....
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nick schifrin speaks to the un's top humanitarian official about gaza, sudan, and what he calls one of the worst years for humanitarian crises. nick: the un's says every single one of gaza's 2.2 million or so residents need food assistance and the threat of famine is looming. one of the leading officials dealing with the crisis is the un's undersecretary general martin, who will be stepping down soon after a 50 year career on humanitarian and conflict work. welcome back. the executive director of the world food program recently said that northern gaza is in quote, full-blown famine. do you agree? martin: there is a very, very stringent process independent of the u.n. to identify when famine exists. but we know from gaza and elsewhere, don't wait for the declaration, the official declaration, to know that people are dying of hunger, kids are dying of malnutrition. nick: today the u.s. military announced that a floating pier designed to deliver humanitarian aid to gaza, has been attached to gaza. they have hundreds of tons of aid ready for delivery, thousands more towns in the pipeline.
nick schifrin speaks to the un's top humanitarian official about gaza, sudan, and what he calls one of the worst years for humanitarian crises. nick: the un's says every single one of gaza's 2.2 million or so residents need food assistance and the threat of famine is looming. one of the leading officials dealing with the crisis is the un's undersecretary general martin, who will be stepping down soon after a 50 year career on humanitarian and conflict work. welcome back. the executive director...
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nick schifrin speaks to the u.n. top humanitarian official about gaza and sudan and what he calls one of the worst years for humanitarian crises. >> the u.n. says every single one of gaza's 2.2 million residents need food assistance and the threat of famine is looming. one of the leading officials dealing with this crisis is the under secretary general for humanitarian affairs and emergency relief corner, martin griffith who will be stepping down soon after a 50 year career on humanitarian and concept work. thanks so much. welcome back to the newshour. the executive director of the world food program, cindy mccain said that northern gaza is in "full-blown famine." do you agree. >> i would agree with her in substance, in the sense that there is a very, very, as you know, stringent technical process independent of the u.n. to identify when famine exists, but we know from gaza, we know from elsewhere, that don't wait for the declaration, the official declaration to know that people are dying of hunger. kids are dying of
nick schifrin speaks to the u.n. top humanitarian official about gaza and sudan and what he calls one of the worst years for humanitarian crises. >> the u.n. says every single one of gaza's 2.2 million residents need food assistance and the threat of famine is looming. one of the leading officials dealing with this crisis is the under secretary general for humanitarian affairs and emergency relief corner, martin griffith who will be stepping down soon after a 50 year career on...