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Just this past week the prc vessels acted dangerously and unlawfully as our philippine friends conducted a Routine Resupply Mission in that your own, their own exclusive Economic Zone in the South China Sea. I want to be clear, very clear, the United States defense commitment to the philippines is iron clad, is iron clad. Any attack on the filipino Aircraft Vessels or armed forces will invoke the Mutual Defense Treaty with the philippines. And mr. Prime minister, today we renewed our commitment ...

Into bangkok airport and rushing to meet it on the tarmac, as i mentioned, with ambulances coming around, we have lines of them treating people at a makeshift Field Hospital that was set up on the tarmac. The airline has released a statement. Thats a Brief Overview of what we know so far but there are a lot of live updates on the bbc website. We have heard from passengers and crew members who said this was the worst turbulence they have seen in their 30 year career. You can find all of that here...

A mother, 32 years old, and her son, four years old, and a little baby, nine months old, is in captivity, kidnapped by hamas terrorists. So forgive me for not being excited about the humanitarian gestures of the terrorists. Also we have more than 200 hostages, some of them are about 78 80, all of those survivors will need medical treatment. They are going to play with the hostages and we know it, and if they think that it will prevent us from going in and destroying hamas, they have a terrible m...

Inside the cabin of flight 50321 from london to singapore, after it hit extreme turbulence in the skies over myanmar. It led to the death of a british passenger in his 70s who had a suspected heart attack and more than 50 other people on the Singapore Airlines flight were injured, seven of them critically. And just look at this graph that shows the altitude of the plane over several hours you can see how the plane plummeted by around 6,000 feet in just a few minutes. Not everyone had a seat belt...

Helicopters that were in this aerial convoy and only one of them crashed. But yes, it was carrying the president. It was carrying the Foreign Minister hossein amir of the law at least three crew members, the governor of Eastern Azerbaijan province. Thats again where the ceremony had been taking place on the border with azerbaijan is separate country. Of course and then the friday prayer, imam who leads the friday prayers in the city of tabriz. Thats the Major Metropolitan Center in that part of ...

20 vehicles carrying medicine and food passed through on saturday the first since israel tightened its blockade of the territory. The Rafah Crossing is on the egyptian border and is the only route not bordering israel, which means its currently the only potential way to deliver humanitarian aid into gaza. Well have the latest on the aid trying to get into gaza in the next hour. In other developments in the conflict today, irans Foreign Minister has accused israel of committing genocide in gaza, ...

This week, we are going atomic at the European Organization for nuclear research, cern. We will look at the cutting edge Cancer Treatments that are foxing the physicists. I find it fascinating because it does not talk to my physics brain. So, i am curious to see whether it will bring something or not. How does science become fiction . We will meet an author looking for disaster. We want conflict. We want to see things falling apart. That is where the interesting thing is for a fiction writer. An...

Famous centres for science in the world. On the border of switzerland and france, this place has been expanding our horizons for decades. Its High Energy Physics research has helped reveal the secrets of our existence. And i have been allowed in it to meet some of those at the cutting edge. 2500 people work here. 12,000 more pour over the results of the experiments. Here at cern it is a really unique community. It is an International Group of people, so we are from all over the world. Cern is an...

Israel has sealed its borders with gaza imposing a total siege on the strip 12 days ago. The Rafah Crossing between egypt and gaza is the only way right now to allow vital supplies in. One big question is whether foreign Passport Holders and dual nationals at least 600 of whom are american according to the Us State Department will be allowed out. For more on this, i spoke to our reporter at the Rafah Crossing, rushdi abualouf. The palestinian employees who are supposed to coordinate, they were i...

We are moments away from a very rare primetime Oval Office Address from the president United States. It comes amid a desperate situation in the middle east as the war there between israel and hamas enters its 13th day. Nearly 200 kidnapped civilians, including american citizens, are still being held hostage, surround accounted for. Militants continue to fire rockets into israel, and israel s missile strikes Strike Targets in gaza. A worsening humanitarian crisis leaving people with limited acces...