coinciding with university president mot should fix testimony before a congressional subcommittee in washington d. c. today. house republicans, the university has faced accusations of anti semitism by some house republicans columbia, as leadership refuses to enforce their own policies and condemn jewish hatred on campus. creating a breeding ground for anti semitism and a hot bed of support for terrorism from radicalized faculty and students. the university president said the vast majority of campus protests have been peaceful. anti semitism has no place on our campus and i am personally committed to doing everything i can to confront it directly. i have the police presence here at columbia university barricades have been set up all around the campus and they won't let media or anyone without a school id beyond the gates. and you can see that some demonstrators now have actually set up outside of the gates as well as on campus, like other colleges in the united states. columbia has seen regular demonstrations, some in support of israel, but the loudest and most persistent had been protest calling for

in new york, where pro palestinian demonstrators have gotten the attention of law makers in washington, d. c. and the us re imposing sanctions on venezuelan oil in the main opposition candidate was banned from the cs elections, the beginning, gaza, where these really ministry is kind of got more strikes across the strip of civilian casualties mount for much more the, the 7th palestinians including 3 children had been killed the southern city of rough. uh, that's way more than one point. 5000000 for somebody despise people, trying to seek shelter, enjoying conditions, described by agencies as a catastrophic. meanwhile, in the north of the street, another 7 palestinians were killed in the shape run one neighborhood, 13 others died nearby off down his randy as frank on a residential building stairs are also targeted in unrest. school located in the isle, shante compton, northern gauze, at least for palestinians were killed. their children are among the dead to, i'll just here was honey. my mood has moving out from rough to the major explosions . took ways one, the or the rough idea of him borde

okay, complete many things indeed brings to view that from washington d. c. let us go over now to far as max out. he's seen a doctor of the teacher outreach and senior fellow at the least institution joins is also from the washington d. c. a. so far as the as strike in the middle of damascus on a diplomatic building. how escalate 3 is this in a regional context, the company that has mostly until now being low level that you have a lot of there are those who aren't with you that the those strikes have been taking place now. ready for quite a few months since the attacks of october 7th, israel has assassinated senior around you and commanders in damascus, including the most senior ones this past december. this is different, however, i would argue. first, this is the most senior iranian commander killed today in syria. a 2nd of these really is that pretty much. ready leveled the iranian consulate in damascus, which under international law is iranian territory. so i have no doubt in my mind that this is a very clear aspect or a signal from being, you know, not onl

he joins us from washington, d. c. lawrence at a time of such great tension in the region. how does this attack in the right off impact things going forward? so well, basically, i think it puts the ball now in a ranch cord to see if they're going to respond to the attacks that were, get against the rad yesterday and added to this. they try to downplay what happened yesterday. the real question is, will they take this and say, now we've got to do something and then you'll get into a circle of the escalation. you know, lawrence, we were talking last hour about the fact that one of the things that more and more members of that office government have been demanding of the us is a complete, drawn down of us forces in there. at off, there are around $2500.00 us service personnel in that right off to this day. i'm curious to get your thoughts about what happens on that front, especially at a time when just this past week. you had how much she asked down and he's the prime minister of right off visiting washington dc, meeting with us president joe biden. where does this place the u

university in new york where pro palestinian demonstrators have gotten the attention of lawmakers in washington d. c. and clamping down on 13 money senate goals, new government sees the rec, hold whole account of with the cash and the cocaine, or in that state of the the let's go with your weather story across the america. so one storm system moves away from patagonia and we've got another one on winding rain and wind for chile that moves over the other side of the border into argentina as well. now winds off the atlantic, also pushing in quite a bit of rain into zillow is the north coast that extends right into the amazon jungle. now for central america here. so i'll destroy it goes on thursday for the quiet picture. we've got some hitting the showers, but also spells of sunshine to be expected. and it is hot and humid for texas and louisiana with his breeze coming in off the gulf of mexico. we've got storms extending from the southern us straight through into the central plains. gotta tell you, some of these could be severe as a do creep closer into the mid west and quite a divide we've got going

now is laura bloom and felt the best selling author and middle east list lower joins us from washington. d. c. thanks for being on dw news. so is ro has said it will strike back in the event of a direct attack by a run which has now happened. so should we expect early retaliation as well? i think the single word coming out of the white house, at least in relationship to the phone call with the prime minister netanyahu was the word disproportionate of the united states, has acknowledged that he runs a response to israel's assassination of those iranian generals. back on april 1st was far beyond when anybody expected israel wheel striking back. the interesting thing about natania who is attends with him not to be an eye for an eye, but 2 eyes for an eye. so i think that one thing that united states is very careful about is unclear, is to say that is all should be proportionate and it's response. they didn't coordinate that original strength on april 1st, but the united states and if nothing else american wants to be lived in this time. all right, well the us has recently been uh, that's a more

fellow, a senior fellow at the foundation for the defense of democracies, a research institute in washington, d. c. thanks so much for joining us. he focuses on iranian political and security issues of them. are we seeing a major regional escalation here? if a ron decides to strike, this would be a serious, serious escalation. a hi greetings, melissa. good to be with you. it depends a great deal on how when and where are these monica republic choose to respond or indeed, if they choose to escalate against these really strike that killed several senior goods force. i already see extraterritorial operations, a military persons in damascus last week. in essence, one of those individuals is really, you can say the connective tissue between the i, r g, c, any ron, the syrian regime in damascus and as well, and lebanon. there's also stories circulating as of yesterday by that that individual may have had a handed, the october 7 come on, a terrorist attack against israel. and none the less than the past when these monex public has responded to perceived or real is really threats. it's done so with drones

let's get a perspective from washington d. c. d. c and speak to our reporter stuff in simon's chef and abiding, has cut short, his weekend trip to delaware to hold crisis talks with his national security team. we know his defense secretary with austin earlier spoke to his is rarely counterpart. what has the us side of publicly about this attack of the well, of course the us president as well as the entire administration, was very, very quickly to stand by israel officially and with statements this island clad, standing by israel, quote comes from national security council statement which was given on saturday. now the president has reiterated that this will be a u. s. position that when israel is attacked and has to defend itself, the us will do everything it can to support is relevant. so it did during this attack from our drone and missile attack by iran, of us saying that it's shut down itself. 70 miss ald slash drones doing this attack and helped israel by doing so defend itself. but as i said by my colleague time ya does use, l

hosting japanese prime ministers, whom york is shita, and philippine president bumble mark was in washington. d. c. for a trilateral summit following on from an official visit with casita. according to the white house president biden prime and a circus, she dot and president marcos are meeting to underscore the alliances between the 3 countries to both are economic cooperation and to foster peace and security in the in the pacific. but there's a threat to that peace and security in the region industry. lateral stomach is at least in part, a response to that. speaking after the bilateral meeting bite and encourage you to emphasize deepening defense ties between their 2 countries. obviously for modernize you command and control structures and during increasing the interoperability and planning of our military so, so you can work together in a seamless and effective way. this is the most significant upgrade in our line since the end of it says it was 1st established. i'm also pleased to announce that for the 1st time, japan in the united states and australia will create a network system of air, missi

well as people their ways we want to go now to keep count, he's out of there at nasa. watch in washington. d. c. keeps good to see you. so the lunar shadow, just about reaching the mexican west coast as we speak around the city of mazda, of blond. tell me, you just saw the crowd there. i mean, there are thousands of people standing looking up. what is so special about the total solar eclipse? as well this in the past week we had an earthquake on the east coast, which is rare here in the us. and a lot of people were astonished that so much of the ground could move an icicle live on a planet. and the things are moving around well flash toward a week totally unrelated to the earthquake. we have our planet and then our big move in the sun. and if you think about it for a moment, you're standing on this planet. another world is going to come by like this block, the local store, and it really get into, it does a moment. it was in where you really can sort of appreciate what it's like to live on a planet in the solar system of which they are going to say. and i don't know what the word is, the german,

that's now had to washington d. c. she advertised c is at george washington university in the heart of the us capitol, another encampment that called us to disrupt pressing the war on guys off. tell us about what's happening there. the things are slowly coming to life. have people having breakfast? it's really call them here. in fact a calisthenics stretching session is just become behind that tetra. unfortunately, as luck would have it, i think that during the down to the adult because right now, so you're going to see them but they were just stretching away that it's it and kind of be call them atlas for any suggestion and we do keep on getting these threatening statements from george washington university. so looking about how it would have disruptive atmosphere, this is now and save some students may feel, i mean, it's patently untrue and, and a disguise to share what we've shown so many times in the past when we cover these protests. but you really get those sorts of pictures of pills that we did see in texas or in

say this, you know, sitting in my office here in washington, d c. but if you have a student screaming anti semitic insults at jewish students that is completely unacceptable. that person ought to be grabbed that person and be thrown out that personal not be on campus at all but setting up tents, not necessarily much harm in that >liz>you're a college professor. what are your students saying about the conflict in gaza? is this going to change the way that they vote come november. >reporter>if the white house were to hear what my students tell me in class, they would be terrified because these are idealistic 2021 year olds. and they hate what's going on in gaza. they see binders, the bad guy. never mind the fact just like like in 68 with patricia nixon. donald trump is even more pro israel than biden. that's not the issue for many of them, and it doesn't matter in california. trump is going to win and trump is not going to win california but look if students at the university of michigan in ann arbor don't show up by won't win michigan if they don't s

how could she joins us now from washington? d. c. can leave us what what, what do we know about these tools? all of israel's plans on rafa still according to the national security council spokesperson, john curvy. busy what we know is that this is a meeting of us and is really officials that has been convened by the national security advisor. jake sullivan, is the 2nd of its kind to help virtually because of the attack that was a, by a ron against israel. of course, in retaliation for the attack on its consulate and damascus was something that sort of held up the plans of his really officials to travel to the united states. so initially, it had been planned for in person. now it is virtual. and what we do know is that the attempt here is to try and find common ground if you will. the united states is opposed to any sort of plan 5 is really military to root out. any sort of home us operatives that they say are hiding with in the palestinian population that is clustered in rasa. an area that is really built for about 200000 people, not

you will ever see it just took place in washington. d. c. droop um, number 3, more violence, more arrests as pro israeli forces in the united states are told to cut down all those protesters at more than 200 colleges, universities. and we, we have the pictures to prove it. i'm rick sanchez. this is direct impact the, the so the south community led by brazil and india with russia and china not too far behind our yearning for a more fair global current. so you know that right. but donald trump has just come out recently and said that if he comes president, he will punish those who even think about substituting the dollar for another currency. you know, i will, i likely the push toward the dollar ization came about because of the sanctions and other penalties that were put on russia in 2022. after the west, unplugged russia from the global financial system entirely and seized its assets, developing economy, solve that, and then they ask themselves, what will, what if we come after us? what does they do at the us? places like brazil and india a

and so on. christians are the most persecuted religious group in the world that according to washington d. c. think tank. the cato institute, citing the study conducted by open doors usa, which estimates that over 350000000 questions around the world faced some level of what they called significant persecution. some resulting in death in the 10s of thousands among those 2023 depths, whole village of christians in the central nigerian state of plateau, who had their whole town raised by a ledge, muslim extremist, for hundreds mass skirt on christmas eve churches burnt to the ground. homes sacked children, slaughtered in the arms of their mothers, and to this day nobody has been brought to justice. the new g m maybe now is the most dangerous country for christians seemed to nigeria, known as the giant of africa, is the constant biggest economy and largest democracy with a population projected to become the world's 3rd largest by 2050. it's also the world's largest mixed muslim christian nation. you know, julia, we have as a population, 20210000000 people. and i want to be precise, almost to 50

most self serving and this honest correspondence dinner you will ever see it just took place in washington. d. c. troop um, number 3, more violence, more arrests as pro israeli forces in the united states are told to cut down all those protesters more than 2.

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we have correspondence following the latest developments from washington, d. c, london, baghdad, $711.00 on and occupied these tools and we begin with dosage of barry, anyone's capital t, ron. so doors that we now have the range in response to the attack on it's constant is the matter now close as far as the launch concert. well, fully as low as 2 as we've been hearing from your rating officials, the matter is concluded. now, we heard from the head of revolutionary guard forces, as commander of jose and telling me who said that this is a new equation that's been created by the actions that was carried out by his forces at early sunday morning. and he had a warning for israel saying any kind of a retaliation will be met with a stronger response. we also been hearing from re new president abraham bracy who issued a statement saying that this was a successful mission that was carried out by the revolutionary guard members. and that this is a new reality for israel, and they need to understand that any kind of an attempt to further attack iran movie met with a harsh

what appears to be happening is it has leaks the story to one of its favor, john lists here in washington, d. c. who is attending the frame? the announcement before that happens in what seems to be a rather misleading fashion in the u. s. media telling if this the by the administration is continuing to get tough on is really violence and the westbank authority sanctioned settlers of the settlers groups. and now it's going to sanction this military units. but that's not quite accurate. last week, a us watched old group pro, public a release to report, which is based on the testimony of several us state department officials by a former current which is the extensive uni's and disgruntlement with vitamin administration policy. we say that as part of the rule, the state department impaneled a commission to investigate allegations of human rights abuses, extra traditional kenning torture rate for killing of a policy in american. they founders allegations to be credible. they presented their report to blinking. the secretary of state, and then the words and one of those officials, the documents have

george washington university in the center of washington. d. c, the professors have been here for hours. the deadline set by the authorities of the university to clear the courtyard for people to leave has come and gone. and the numbers have been fairly consistent for several hours. the people here are very clear that they want the best day to start divesting of any interest that has then these really linked companies to make sure that that investments are open and public. and those who are protesting here face new rep, akasha, the protectors have been calling for change and the incest that they will stay here . even with the threat, a police action, even with the threat of arrest until the demands are met. all and for sure, i'll just do the washington, the police and the city of atlanta or of arrested or at least 17 students at emory university. dozens of students setup tens on the campus on thursday morning in support of palestinians. a police dismantled the cam, saying the students, what trespassing, at least one faculty member was among those

how these are costs are reporting from washington d. c. we have also 0 senior political unless my want poseida joining us here in the studio model one uh, just for so many you heard what by not to say that message to iran simply don't. what do you make of that as well? i think he's buxton at this point in time. i think nothing, you know, succeeded in manipulating him and boxing him and in a situation where it's not comfortable for the united states, but it has to react in a way that is classic by then right. by it seems to live in 1973, not 2023. he's still living the time when he was a junior senate. that was the thing is read during the cold war. and he doesn't seem to have evolve ever since then. he keeps talking about the defense of his ride and is read as an american asset. while over the past 50 years, it has proved anything but. and over the past 6 months, it has implicated the united states and its genocide, the war and gaza. it has implicated the united states in the original destination, and it has really put to american credibil

but all of these things are lost on the, the politicos closing is war time leaders in washington, d. c. a who is simply aren't capable of of understanding these concepts. i think michael maloof is right, that this long range strikes is a deliberate strategy for the average him, because they can't win on the battlefield. then the west cannot provide the key munitions like artillery shells and intercept their missiles for air defense in the quantities that they need, whether the money games through or not. because their military industrial complex isn't geared up for this. but from the very beginning, the only hope of a russian defeat in this has been a collapse of political stability and russia. the intention in washington they, they fully believed that the, the sanctions would have that effect, that they would crush the russian economy. the rubel would be rubble as, as we heard the jen savvy and then others say, and the russian people would rise up in the street and overthrow their government and then that, that would be right. obviously, that didn't happen. so the only way to create t

so sure, george washington university in the center of washington. d. c, the professors have been here for hours. the deadline set by the authorities of the university to clear the courtyard for people to leave has come and gone. and the numbers have been fairly consistent for several hours. the people here are very clear that they want the best day to start divesting of any interest. it has in these really link companies to make sure that that investments are open and public, and those who are protesting here face new rep, akasha, the protectors have been calling for change and the incest that they will stay here . even with the threat, a police action, even with the threat of arrest until the demands are met. all the fisher, i'll just do the washington with students and the faculties across america, calling for divestment from the israel. but what does that mean? universities and colleges have these endowment funds to finance the research and scholarships. this money is often invested in private equity or hedge funds for test. as of the mounting univers

but all of these things are lost on the, the politicos posing as war time leaders in washington, d. c. who is simply aren't capable of, of, of understanding these concepts. i think michael maloof is right, that this long range strikes is a deliberate strategy for the average him. because they can't win on the battlefield. and the west cannot provide the key munitions like artillery shells and intercept their missiles for air defense in the quantities that they need. whether the money gave them screw or not because their military industrial complex isn't geared up for this. but from the very beginning, the only hope of a russian degree in this has been a co lapse of political stability and russia. the intention in washington. they, they fully believed that the, the sanctions would have that effect if they would crush the russian economy. the, the rubel would be rubble as, as we heard the jen sat key and then others say, and the russian people would rise up in the street and over throw there government and then that that would be right. i'll be sleeve that didn't happen. so the only way

police were called in by school administration, the university president just back from a trip to washington d. c. where she was ruled by members of congress over the university's attempts to deal with the anti semitism. the university president put out a statement saying that the students who had gathered on this lawn were violating several rules and policies of the campus. and we'll warrant that if they did not disperse, that they would be suspended from the school. while the students did not disperse, the police moved in and took them away. and there is a heavy police presence still surrounding the campus. a tense environment attend smooth with demonstrators on the outside uh, showing their support for the demonstration that was cancelled on the inside present salumi. i'll just here on new york. the bus has bring you back to that breaking news out of the wrong uranian state television reporting, explosions have been heard in the city of this for one of the flights have been suspended to and from multiple cities around the country, including tyrone. it's fun and sure, as they say that the defen

we think lots of sunshine with above average temperatures for the likes of washington d. c. we'll see that where's the weather start to creep it's way further east, across eastern parts of canada and some very nasty storms to come across. central pots of the us is quiet. so behind that still wintery mix working across the northern plains is event development of wintery weather for central parts of canada, as well as oregon. but for the south of that full california, lots of sunshine and quiet conditions. and those continue a cool central america and the caribbean, full the likes of mexico will see temperatures pick up not only in the north, but also across from the central areas as the next few days. if we have a look at the 3 day for mexico city will be above average, but the chance of showers on thursday ok, foundation is deliberate over $300000000.00. will suffice. emboldened $75.00 countries around the world, 100 percent of sec, thoughts and emergency donation spends on projects. and we ensure beneficiaries come 1st of a 300 on luis, haven't had gone through the rough, t

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statement on the death of those aid where it goes out as a result of official joins us live now from washington. d. c. island. so what more did president vitamin statements say? well, the president biden said he spoke to jose andres in the last few hours. unexpressed is condolences to his friends for the loss of his workers. there is some criticism of israel in the wider statement. let's break it down and put it into context as well. he says, i'm outraged and heart broken by the deaths of 7 humanitarian workers from world central kitchen, including one american in gaza. they were providing food to hungry civilians in the middle of the war. they were brave and selfless. the desk or tragedy is realized. pledge to conduct the southern investigation and to why the aid workers vehicles were hit by a strikes that investigation must be swift. it must bring your current ability. and this findings must be public. like to prove that in context with i'll just see it. unaware of heidi is really, scotty i did investigations. we of course saw that happen with the death of a colleague shooting aqua engine in a coup

however, go to our white house correspondent, kimberly hawkins, who's talking to his daughter from washington. d. c 9. so as i mentioned before and he blinked and making commentary about the, the aid workers who had been killed in gaza. but i understand also that the us had earlier said that it was quote, heart broken and deeply troubled by the strike. and they're all ball. um, what else have they been saying about this? us? yeah, that's right. uh, there has been a statement that has been issued by the national security council spokesperson, one of them, adrian watson. i issued a statement on ex, formerly known as twitter, and in it she does right, that the united states is heart broken and deeply troubled by the strikes that killed the the central kitchen workers in gaza. the humanitarian aid workers must be protected as they deliver eva. it's desperately needed and we urge is robust, swiftly investigate what happened. the reason that they are concerned is because not only has the central kitchen now suspended their meal delivery, and they desperately needed aid. but they were working with another

and los angeles was stopped without his arrows, an official george washington university in washington, d. c. i don't know what's been happening that well, if you take a look at the route i would side to the college job where most of the protest as what gathered on thursday evening. if you look, you can see the several 100 people here. no, i'd be moved out of the main courtyard. beer there's probably about a dozen people who are still in their tents and intending to stay another night out, making their voices have. but as you can see, the short has been closed in hundreds of people have come along here to see to add the support, to add to their voice. to tell the students that the are no to load now is looking for one of the organizers may reside, she's at the other side of the crowd. i was hoping that she would be able to join his and still might before we're done. but you can see the size of support that is coming for the students. the many of them that we've been talking about. i've been discussing her the pins and the grandparents protested years ago in the sixty's against the vietnam wa

on our vonem is the side of the middle east council on global affairs in washington, d. c. and he says there was still a number of sticking points of the negotiations as i think it boils down to a couple of things. in one sense, it's the duration of the ceasefire itself. the opposite have masses is looking for a permanent ceasefire. and these relays, or not interested in that whatsoever, is also about the place how mouse has been pushing for these really army to pull back completely, or at least into certain areas. and it may be that the word aggression is, is about that, whether it's the use of force or just the presence of these really military or inside the gaza strip in the long term. so i think we're getting down to the issue of, of, of semantics and, you know, what, those, what those words mean in the, in the context of the grant agreement, when it comes to, you know, the statements of the company mediators, and the different mediators expressing some optimism, i mean they're doing so in relative terms, relative to, you know, the past few days and weeks in which it lo

and facial bring installation as lines that from washington d. c. thanks very much. i don't. the votes of the most of atrocities committed by is where the soldiers during the siege of calls is l. she for hospital. that'd be an unconfirmed. eye witness says, accounts of palestinian civilians being shot dead of as i said to have been buried alive. he'll have had hardy and has more and a warning. the pictures and descriptions in her report on distressing there's not much left of console associates, a hospital with waistcoat destruction everywhere. and now after stations a painless war crimes are emerging. among the hundreds of reported dead decomposing bodies have been found in the compound after israel's too weak siege. witnesses say civilians were targeted indiscriminately. the cool, the most agonizing moment is when the is really soldiers showed that civilian men before our own eyes, some were shot dead, others were buried to live in ditches. most of the dead bodies were bulldozed and buried by the is really so when i saw many young men handcuffed and blindfolded thrown in th

i'll just here was all an official joins us live now from washington d. c. island. so what more abuse officials been saying that about the stripe on the consulate in damascus in the united states is deeply concerned that they have any ends up pointing the finger very clearly these relays and believe that the us also be, are some measure of responsibility. remember from the very early days of the war and gaza, the big concern of the bytes administration was that the war in the region would escalate. it would expand and become much bigger and they were fighting to contain it. they were worried when there was fighting on the northern border of israel when these really forces confronted has bola, across the border in lebanon. there's also been a tax on us interest in iraq, in syria and in jordan. and we know that these have been cutting out a campaign in the red sea as well. this will add to grape consent for joe biden, who was fully informed of what had happened at his intelligence agencies on the investigating that. it's interesting that well, many people seem to beli

john, engineer, washington, d. c. thanks so much on the european union and the united kingdom have condemned it on the attack on israel, the british prime minister of issues to night pledged his government would continue to stand up for israel security. you foreign policy chief just to throw cold, old as a grave threat to regional security. let's close eva to poll brandon, who's standing by for us from a london broad cast center schultz shop and straight to the point to pull, staffing. many of the concerns of john henry and express from the us side of the atlantic being shed by the european nations looking in at what happened during the nights with that attack. launched by around concerns about the possibility of a why the conflict in the middle east is concerns about what level israel might choose to retaliation concerns about whether there's western nations which have given different magic cover. israel up till now, whether they might actually be dragged in reluctantly to some kind of military involvements as well.