Lives health system, and the death toll in uganda rises to 16 up to protest against the arrest of Opposition Leader bobby wind and palestinian leaders condemn the us. Secretary of state, unprecedented visit to an illegal israeli settlement on the occupied Golan Heights. And he just came in to go to a sports returns to spain and says hes tired of always going to blame for problems at barcelona. Good to have you company. Welcome to the news. We start with the corona virus pandemic and the race to find a vaccine for tisha pharmaceutical giant astra. Zeneca said its phase 2 trials show promise in protecting the most at risk groups. A strong immune response was shown in those aged over 70. Now the vaccine is being developed in partnership with oxford university. And its now in the final stage of human testing to confirm those findings. The good news on the vaccine front comes as cases continue to rise. More than 2000000. 00 have been reported in africa, but low testing rates mean the actual
[applause] good evening everybody, i am bradley graham, coowner of politics and prose along with my wife and on behalf of everybody here, welcome and thank you for coming. Its really great to welcome back to the store Rashid Khalidi who is among the worlds foremost scholars on palestinian identity and nationalism. Hes been a professor of arab studies at Columbia University now for 17 years and before that taught at the university of chicago for a decade and ahalf. He is also editor of the journal of palestine studies, the author of sevenprevious books on the middle east. His newest work , the hundred years war on palestine covers some aspects of palestinian history that he has written about before butthis is a more personal book and a more provocative one. Personal because rashid merges scholarship with personal stories drawn from generations of his own family members who were present at some key events and provocative because he offers a very different take on the Israeli Palestinian
The palestinian president Mahmoud Abbas said that if israel moves forward with its plans to annex parts of the occupied west bank then he will end all agreements signed with israel and cations this is not the 1st time for him to wage such threats however the feeling here among palestinian officials is that this is not in the Elections Campaign and they believe that this has been a coordinated step with the u. S. Administration p. L. O. Executive Committee Member at hand and i should always said that this is a game changer this is a serious threat to peace and security and she said it shows their intention the long term intention by the israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu for ethnic cleansing other palestinian officials have called in the International Community to intervene saying its up to the world to defend its rules. With us now mostafa barghouti who is the secretary general of the Palestinian National initiative he is in ramallah nice to see you. Not to downplay at all the s
On their way to texas right now. Were following both visits and the fact about what is actually going on incident on the ground in gaza, more than 100 people were killed, nearly 800 injured, while they were desperately trying to get aid. Were breaking down what happened and how this could either propel or derail talks that are ongoing right now to release hostages implemented temporary ceasefire, and a medical marvel, an als patient has a Brain Implant that translates his thoughts to computer commands dr. Sanjay gupta has more on the technology thats giving hope to people with Neurodegenerativ E diseases. Were following these major developing stories and many more all coming in, right . Here to Cnn News Central today one of the most Hot Button Issues in American Politics could become even more highly charged. Were talking about immigration. This afternoon. President biden and former President Trump are both visiting the border, delivering their contrasting messages in the face of a mig
Cabrera. The historic mobilization of israel continues. These are live pictures youre seeing of gaza and there are again plumes of smoke emanating from different parts of that tightly lived city, where these attacks have been pretty consistent throughout the past 24 hours. Hundreds of thousands of reservists are preparing to join the war. The possibility of a Ground Invasion is still growing. And then inside gaza, entire neighborhoods were seeing images that are just really breathtaking here from bombings where you can see neighborhoods destroyed, and this is all happening right now in retaliation for the Terror Attack by hamas. Right now were told electricity in gaza is out as night is set to fall. Just as the last power plant there in gaza runs out of fuel. Plus, the devastation in israel from saturdays Surprise Attack coming into greater focus. One woman who escaped the terrorists describing it as a second holocaust. We have complete coverage with reporters on the ground in israel.