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undocumented immigrants in the u.s. asked the top court to reverse president trump's decision to kick them out. below 5 palestinians including a senior islamic jihad commander have been killed by israeli strikes on gaza triggering the worst cross border violence in months funerals have been held for baha alotta and his wife who died in a targeted strike on their home overnight israeli airstrikes have also hit apartment buildings and a hamas facility in the territory fighters in gaza have retaliated funning around $150.00 rockets towards israel one exploded on a busy highway narrowly missing cars on buses a factory in there it was also hit setting it on fire israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu said the overnight strike was. approved by his security cabinet

10 days ago more now on this report from hamad ball. in the sky above israeli cities israel's defense system attempted to intercept palestinian rockets. and damage on the ground can be seen there is a state of alert some schools have been closed and transportation services disrupted as islamic jihad fighters fired rockets in retaliation for the assassination of one of their senior leaders in gaza early on monday and israeli fighter jets targeted senior islamic jihad leader. at his home he was killed along with his wife some of his children were also injured the part of the building where he was merging has been entirely destroyed extensive damage was also caused in the immediate area he vowed a quick and unlimited event so definitely have we will make the enemy pay a heavy price and his citizen soldiers will pay a hebrew price for the crime of assessing knighting and destroying the home of

elida. and his wife and assess and i don't know what al of jury and his family at the same time after the firing of the 1st rockets from gaza the israeli military shot all the border crossings into gaza and sirens were heard in several towns in central israel israel says i will add i was the mastermind of recent attacks against its territory. the action to thwart him was recommended by the chief of staff the head of the ship back and security officials it was discussed in the cabinet in a row of in-depth discussions over the past few months the final decision was unanimously agreed on in the cabinet 10 days ago and the cabinet gave me authority to implemented at a time that would be suggested by the i.d.f. and the shabak the i.d.f. and the shabak indeed recognize a time to recognize the window of opportunity to carry out the operation under the best conditions with a maximum chance of success and minimum impact on bystanders. on tuesday to israel . jets or so launched raids on the syrian capital damascus the target was another

islamic jihad member identified as a common our duty to survive the raid but his son was killed. palestinian islamic jihad is the 2nd largest armed group in gaza it allegedly has strong ties with iran and the hardline stance against israel. the new escalation threatens to upset a fragile truce between hamas and israel are disease. or a force that joins us live now from ashkelon in southern israel so harry what's the situation there on the ground right now. well just in the last 5 or 10 minutes there have been further alerts so it does seem that rocket fire continues to emanate from inside gaza certainly islamic jihad is threatening a lot more during the course of the night it is saying it is going to turn the night into day and says that there will be a surprise in store for israel in about an hour's time so

a very clear message coming from islamic jihad that as far as it is concerned this retaliation for the loss of this very senior figure is far from over israel throughout the course of the day has also been in gauged in airstrikes it has been messaging that these airstrikes have very much been targeting islamic jihad i think there's a message coming from israel that it's trying to sort of separate out hamas and islamic jihad here israel is saying that it does not want to see an escalation benjamin netanyahu made that clear in his statement having nonetheless carried out the kind of targeted assassination which very much risks that kind of escalation towards a bigger conflict a lot rests now on what hamas does will it allow itself to be sort of separated out in this way by israel there's been some commentary it israel that perhaps hamas might be grateful to some extent for the removal of this of this figure who's been responsible for a lot of the rocket fire coming out of gaza and therefore for

a lot of the retribution that's been coming back on the israeli side or will it feel almost bound as it's shown in its rhetoric so far to stand very much with islamic jihad and join full force in a major retaliation in terms of rocket strikes during the course of the night i think a lot could be decided or at least a path step set along depending on how things go over the next few hours. harry thanks for the hairy for sit in ashkelon israel modern bashar is a senior political analyst he joins us live now from london to talk more about this so moderate on the israeli government appears to to want to make it clear that this is an isolated strike the decision was made 10 days ago they say and as we heard from harry there they're trying to make a distinction between going off the islamic jihad and how mass but the question is are ham ass going to see it that way.

well at least publicly you know they want. the various resistance group of in gaza have been highly coordinating their activities and the cease fires with israel what hamas is basically in charge in gaza it does consult with the the smaller groups notably jihad and as you know there has been cease fire since may and the ones who broke the cease fire for whatever reasons i will get to that is israel but this is not new in the sense that for the last quarter of a century one can trace back every single major escalation between palestinians and israelis including in the west bank and especially in gaza started with an israeli assassination of a political or

a resistance commander whether it is fatah hamas jihad etc etc leading to retaliation and of course leading to a major escalation this time it's more or less the same of course neither hamas nor jihad were interested in this sort of escalation it certainly did start by israel. and it's been pointed out that islamic jihad is seen as. iranian backed entity so can we see this as well as israel trying to to to get to iran in some way and send a message. i think this is what you call exporting the problem to gaza israel and its prime minister have some major issues to deal with and this is basically exporting their own problems projecting their own problems on gaza and the whole bit about iranian supported whether it's true or not and i think iran

does support have a mouse whether rhetorical or politically or militarily remains to be seen because of course as we all know gaza is under total c h but be that as a may the ones who are initiated this this is this is collations israel and it's not because if there is iranian supported that's been going on for decades it did this time around for 3 possible reasons one person oh this israeli prime minister is is charged with corruption he's under eminent indictment and people who could probably go to prison to he was unable to form a government and i think the escalation of this nature might he would reckon bring in his nemesis slash ally liberman into a coalition government and he would consider this sort of escalation is the best way to bring all the right campaign israel into a coalition government and last but not least is the so-called ticking bomb that

palestinian leaders are all or most specially in gaza are ticking bombs and there's always long lists that are generated by the israeli intelligence an army that are offered to the prime minister and the defense minister in israel in order to carry extra usual attacks assassinations or what the palestinians will call state sponsored terror meaning they will go after political leaders and others in gaza strip and other palestinian territories because they want under such terrible violence and threat of death to force the palestinians into. tickle concessions so what we have this time around is all 3 potential causes for this kind of ascriptions the personal for not tell me how the political for the israeli political establishment answer to jake in terms of israeli preemptive attacks slash state 3rd or against palestinian leaders marwan thank you senior

political analyst model and bashar in london or. hong kong police have fired tear gas to force hundreds of protesters targeting the city to force back the force but hundreds of protesters targeting the city's major universities more protests continue in the central business district the demonstrations started in june against a plan to allow extradition of suspects to mainland china that bill has been withdrawn but activists are demanding greater democracy and police accountability in hong kong and a former bolivian president evo morales will be arriving in mexico city at any moment after the government offered him asylum morales resigned on sunday after weeks of protests following his disputed reelection meanwhile the country he's left behind is bracing for more violence as thousands of his supporters march towards the capital. well in

a moment we'll speak to. in el al told bolivia 1st let's go to john homan at the international airport in mexico city so john we are expecting a vote. arrival. imminently. what are we expecting to happen once he gets there and why is he chosen why why mexico why it why is he gone there . yeah let me just show you where we are so we're in the airport now this is the sort of the federal part of the airport you can see the mets can air force planes there he's expected like they're telling us within minutes here that his plane to go down says a complete media scrum here waiting for him why he chose a mexico i think makes coming from the get go here from sunday morning when things really started to come to a head been supportive president andres manuel lopez obrador came out and said that

he respects the fact the president ever more rallies has resigned because he wants to avoid further bloodshed in the country the foreign minister of mexico has called this a coup of course it depends which side of the left right oh you're on in latin america are you calling this a coup or simply wanting a transition of power and a new elections and also because of the countries that we could have gone to for example venezuela cuba perhaps mexico is probably the least isolated of them it's still a very might mainstream country here so this is where he's chosen to go to it hasn't been easy for him to get here all through the night the mets can foreign minister was telling a press briefing a bit earlier in the day they had to negotiate with several countries in the region to let them use their airspace to get him through to mexico he said it was like a political trip around latin america so this is been a pretty difficult process but it seems that he's finally made it and fairly soon he's going to be coming in. john home for the mexico city.

less stronghold so what's the mood there. a fact that. no longer president and. mexico. coming in a moment when people here are in. a way people have been packing in different regions around in my right leg. i'm going to have a normal be able to make it all the way through the night happy to pull up our uncle grab from one loser we've been talking to people here all right sorry to interrupt you that's what he said but we're going to go straight back to mexico city live where. this plane has just landed at the international airport in mexico city the former now former bolivian president evo morales landing in mexico to seek asylum there to the disputed election.

in bolivia. that election was disputed by the opposition and he made a decision to resign and to travel to mexico to seek asylum to live in law making this tuesday from his leftist party plan to boycott alleged to have session pointing in the interim president to replace me replace him after he resigned and fled to mexico. he was headed there to as we say seek asylum a security forces attempted to quell quell the violence and the anger there over his resignation back in brazil so we expecting him to emerge from that plane at any moment and while we're waiting for that john homan is standing by force at the airport on. the staircase as you can probably see it

up pictures here is just coming down so we're expecting president worley's to come out any moment you seeing there i think the mets can foreign minister brought he's going to the steps of the plane to greet him that he comes off i think it's been quite a long night as well for muscle who are brother was just telling you about the efforts that makes can deploy to see his mate bring him here he actually said that it was a very sticky situation. when they 1st picked up ex president were ollie's he said that they learned that this plane that you can see in front of you now in a bolivian airfield that they go president rallies on board and then believing authorities didn't allow the plane to leave and that there were armed forces within the airfield there were x. present more alyssa's supporters outside of the airfield and it was a very tense atmosphere eventually the plane to get off the ground it then had to go to pilot why because prudently let it come into its airspace muscular brought

the mexican foreign minister said that there were political considerations there and they had to take it quite a tool troops route to get here to mexico that's why it's arriving quite a bit late to the what's expected there you can see in print x. president ever more rallies after a long trip through the night from bolivia just gave a quick way for now he's getting off the plane. he said that he's very grateful. to mexico for its help and for giving him this is saw him actually there was a photo that was treated of him with a mexican flag on him during the flight and now he's touching mexican soil. probably feeling safe for the 1st time in in a couple of days for him we're not sure the people coming with him. the mexican for minister of muscle or brad said he couldn't disclose who was going to be accompanying him so we don't know if these are family members or other members of

his of his stuff or visit ministration. yeah and no point it important to note john that as far as able morales is concerned it is not the end for him he has stated his intention to return to bolivia soon with strength to quote his words he certainly feels that he was forced into this situation and he's grateful. to the mexican government for granting his granting him asylum for now but he leads a country that is of course very polarized then and for the moment leaderless that's entirely correct he definitely feels that this was a military coup as i talk to you let's. take finesse. and let's go i can woman here let's go to where he'll be sort of running

a little bit the print school here to talk to different reporters. so yes he definitely feels that this was a military coup and the military public he came out and asked him to and asked him to resign you could see him now going through this this school he doesn't appear to be taking questions. he doesn't appear to be taking questions as he goes. and it seems that he's about to speak to us president moralise is about to speak. to. see what he has to say i think 1st of all the mexican foreign minister might come 1st. and then yes. yes so let's see what. they seem to be deciding who's going to

speak 1st. and what they're not. you know and as you were saying it's president moralists has said that he sees this as an opportunity to refresh he hopes to quit going back to believe as you said he sees this is a military coup his rivals would say this is. a fool general election that forced him out and. it's confirming this to now given the welcome to him while. he. was. saying it's a very happy day for mexico to give him asylum. you know. and now that he's here. in mexico yes. and to give him protection for his life. when they could have or

at least not going to speak to us. we will hold. a greeting to the. to my brother the foreign minister emits code. that he with my voice president until 2 or 3 days ago was a vice president of bolivia. that he know very well members the press off to triumph in the 1st round of the belief in the elections. the coup began.

3 weeks ago now. was. the disk. police from civil society. the results were given exactly 3 weeks ago by the electoral truck you drive you know. and it is referring to the position protests is that they burn houses they burn public buildings. they looted the house of my sister and burnt it. and they looted

my house so sorry cochabamba. we did this thanks to my neighbors. here yet. the us intimidation against me is too important city to mexico. yet they had to resign because of. the way so much intimidation kidnapping and threats to. yet 2 can probably lead is a few names now but with threats against them. yes.

i am. i decided to resign so that there would be more of a blockbuster movie violence would stir you. want to tell you that we're very thankful. that the president of mexico. save my life. the way. you did. some annoying saturday. oh. yeah. a member of the old security team for the army.

oh. well. the osteen's exchange for $50000.00. they. handed me in in exchange for $50000.00 so i think for a minister here difficile you can my life. for the different parts of the process of liberation the neighbors. farm workers. you. know. all of our supporters they gave me security until the last moment thank you to them

. and i want to say presences is that while i have life. i'll stay in politics you. know. the struggle continues. and we should that would have to be pretty world to have the freedom to liberate themselves. from discrimination. humiliation. because of the groups come up with don't respect life.

yes it's part of the struggle ideological. he. told. me. if i have one crime it's the army degenerates. been committed to social programs for the poorest. looking for equality and justice. to learn to be peace when they see. social justice. and their worst crime he's the whip and t.v. piri least. we. know for this career i'm going to change.

that a. yes i'm not going to change archaeologically for this career. or work for the poor sectors. we've reduced extreme over to. a. little less it's a less another lesson to get stronger. for the fire if the people become stronger. yes many thank you. yes. we. were very contained the most important is to be alive. thank you. going after her and let's confirm minister is now saying that there

won't be any question is what the last thing the moral is for now when these rival into mexico. is specially that spoke about some of his achievements he was speaking about reducing your stream poverty he reduced extreme poverty by almost half believe you are you speaking about standing up to the indigenous people. who is talking about that there's only peace when there's sort of justice in the country what presidents would say is that he shouldn't have been running in past election in libya they'll say that he change the constitution to be able to run in the election and he did so after a referendum that he actually lost. where the people voted not really the issue to be running in the election after that in the election the organization of american states said that there were serious irregularities so it's a complex situation here for a president who over nearly 40 years to do

a lot especially for the poor and vulnerable in bolivia. all right john we're going to let you take a well deserved greater their forests or actually no sorry we're going to stay with you for now. as you say they're able morales remaining defiant as he arrives in in mexico city saying that he will continue in politics and that this has been as far as he is he is concerned. and it remains to be seen what happens in bolivia of course with that power vacuum but the mexican government has certainly made it clear where exactly his claim of asylum that they are standing behind him but opinion on neighbor more or less throughout the region has remained divided with the u.s. of course taking the other side. definitely and it seems really to have gone into sort of right and left lots

countries like me could i were venezuela cuba have just as ever more or less they've called it a coup in bolivia that point it to the fact that the that the military publicly said that they would like him to resign on the other signed countries like brazil which is pretty far to the right right now and also colombia which is required of rights is to president brazil itself said that there was no q what there was was from food elections colombia has said that now they should be luring order in the country we should get it on with the process of new elections and a trust issue into something new so it does seem divide and regional allies of course united states in circles for a lot in latin america and the united states is very much on the side of sorts of saying we're celebrating the transition from x. president rallies and going on to cool for new elections as well now of course is another element to this not the organization of american states now they were

observing the elections they 1st said that they had doubts about the elections that there might be irregularities in the elections they cooled off that there was a 24 hour gap between the 1st results coming out of iraq the count that showed it going to the 2nd round that was then pools. and then and then when those results came back 24 i was later seen president brothers was going to win outright that was really the start of all of this and now it's noble to to what you see now the president the x. president of bolivia in excess of. all right john thanks for that all of your reporting and then for stepping in as translate to force their earlier when able morales was speaking we have lots more on this story and the others we are covering in half an hour from now in our 18 g. news out they went.

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