response to a rocket attack from gaza 2 rockets were fired towards the southern israeli city of beersheba overnight. now a gunman and sri lanka have attacked buses carrying muslim voters but no casualties have been reported it happened shortly after polls opened in the country's presidential election ethnic tensions have been high since the easter bombings of this year that killed hundreds former defense minister got in by rajapaksa premadasa who is also a minister. the 2 main candidates enough and as has more from colombia there are almost 13000 polling stations like the one you see behind me where sri lankans are casting their vote to choose their next president here a blown up version of the ballot paper as you can see a record 35 names that basically they've got to sort through and choose their particular candidate now we're hearing that there was a brisk amount of activity as polls opened at 7 o'clock this morning but the lection authorities have extended by an hour the period that voters have to cast their ballot because obviously with such a long list of names that the logical issu

were farts towards beersheba. more don't suppose a cease fire with. islamic. truce. before. the story comes in. let's head to asia now and gunmen in sri lanka have fired on buses carrying muslim voters but no casualties have been reported it happened shortly after polls opens in the presidential election there ethnic tensions have been high since the easter sunday bombings former strong can defense minister go to buy rajapaksa is being challenged by a minister in the current government so this. one has got more on this now from bernard smith he's live for us in colombo a burner at the polls are now open of course but the voting spin that somewhat overshadowed by these a gun attacks what morkie tell us. all of this was an attack overnight on a convoy all around 100 buses carrying muslim and tunnel voters who've been displaced by the civil war from where they live now to where they were originally registered to vote we understand shots were fired stones were thrown at this convoy an attempt to make some sort of roadblock was made but nobody was injured in the convoy carried al

airstrikes targeting hamas in response to rockets fired from gaza 2 rockets struck the israeli city of beersheba in israel south overnight amass has kept some distance from recent deadly exchanges of fire between israel and the palestinian group islamic jihad 34 palestinians were killed in those exchanges the recent west cross border fighting in months from now let's speak to her before such who's in gaza for us how to tell us a little more about who is being targeted in these latest round of attacks. well what's interesting is that israel has after days of explicitly targeting only islamic jihad in its strikes this time it says it was striking targets a mosque training bases and a mouse sort of police naval base in northern gaza now these rockets that were fired in the early hours of this morning from gaza toward specially when they were intercepted by the israeli anti missile iron dome system it seems pretty clear from israel's actions that they blame that rocket fire on hamas although hamas has not claimed responsibility in fact no one has said anything inside gaza about who fired these rocke

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more rockets have been fired from gaza and the early hours of saturday 2 rockets for far towards beersheba it raises more doubts about a cease fire with the palestinian armed group islamic jihad. well those are the headlines the news continues here and i'll just syria after want to one day stay with us. on culture of the cost with breaks it make america great again to make it india are we seeing a backlash against globalization or is it just about the economic. francis richest man is worth mobil $100000000000.00 we found out of france is an unequal society counting the cost. with its beautiful sandy beaches clear blue waters and lush green surrounds fiji is a tropical paradise. hot and humid either that he was not so sure. but for some it quickly became a kind of hell. i knew as soon as i like step foot it was just not normal she feels president who is in the country he's one no one east investigates a secretive cult and joins a father on his desperate bid to rescue his son. that he will night out with friends in downtown soon or something see sumeet no longer takes for granted. it's a rem

israeli city of beersheba overnight gunman and sri lanka have attacked buses carrying muslim voices but no casualties have been reported it happened shortly after polls opened in the country's presidential election former defense minister got to buy rajapaksa and subject premadasa who's a current minister the 2 main candidates security forces and bolivia have shot and killed 5 protesters and the town of secada. it's the single most violent incident since president evo morales resigned earlier this week and interim government has taken charge but rallies calling for a democratic transition of power have continued friday's killings bring the death toll from bolivia's protests now to 15 well those are the headlines do join me for more news here on al-jazeera after the listening post stay with us. talk to no jews there and. they don't believe in the 2 state solution the do you still believe in the 2 state solution we listen to what i just said it bores the pakistan would never start i'm anti war we meet with global news makers and talk about the stories that will go to 0. the 1st time forty

strikes targeting hamas and response to rockets fired from gaza 2 rockets struck the israeli city of beersheba in the south overnight hamas has kept some distance from the recent exchanges of fire between israel and the palestinian group islamic jihad 34 palestinians have been killed in that file and the worst cross border fighting in months how the forces has moved from gaza. well so far no claim of responsibility for this latest round of rocket fire coming out of gaza 2 rockets fired in the early hours of this morning towards the israeli town of besharam and they were intercepted by the israeli anti missile iron dome system but seems little doubt that israel blames those rockets on hamas because in the israeli airstrikes that followed a few hours later israel says it was targeting hamas sites here inside gaza now that is a shift from what's been taking place up until now in this latest escalation israel has been characterizing this as a fight against islamic jihad since of course it began this round with the assassination of a senior islamic jihad commander in the early hours of tuesday morn

targeting hamas the response to rockets fired from gaza with 2 rockets struck the israeli city of beersheba in the self overnight hamas has kept some distance from the recent exchanges of fire between israel and the palestinian group islamic jihad at least 14 civilians have been killed in attacks in eastern democratic republic of congo police say it's revenge for the army's offensive against rebel strongholds the attacks happened in 2 locations in the beni region of north kivu province benny's administrator's has armed rebels used machetes on civilians and looted shops and homes last month the congolese army announced an offensive to get rid of the rebels affiliated to the allied democratic forces the a.d.f. has been operating along the d.-r. c uganda border for more than 20 years. the iraqi high commission for human rights so that least 7 people have been killed and more than 170 injured over the past 2 days security forces fired live rounds during anti-government demonstrations on friday iraq's top religious leader grand ayatollah ali al sistani has called for calm and his weekly sermon p

targeting have mass and response of rockets fired from gaza where 2 rockets struck the israeli city of beersheba and the cell phone tonight hamas has kept some distance from the recent exchanges of fire between israel and the palestinian group islamic jihad $34.00 palestinians were killed in that violence the worst cross border fighting in mom's herefore such as more from gaza where so far no claim of responsibility here in gaza for this latest round of rocket fire 2 rockets fired in the early hours of saturday morning towards the israeli town of beit shaver they were intercepted by the israeli anti-missile iron dome system no question know who israel appears to blame for those rockets it is targeted in air strikes that followed a few hours later exclusively hamas targets here inside gaza dance after they had in recent days been targeting islamic jihad explicitly so since beginning this round of escalation the assassination of a senior islamic jihad commander how mass while supporting is damaging rhetorical hadn't itself been firing rockets up until this point that something that attracted some