May 2003 News Today

Investigation is continuing just now, that has been difficult for the snp, hard for people to move past that. There was a lack of progress, of course, on independence. A number of people who have criticised a strategy that Nicola Sturgeon pursued, that Hamza Yusuf pursued as well, her successor, and of course Nicola Sturgeon was such a successful politician. She resigned quite suddenly and was replaced by Hamza Yusuf as her predecessor, who had a short time as First Minister and of course, he di...

by the israeli government show him on a rare visit to israeli troops in gaza. he later told members of his party that his countrys military campaign was "not close to being over". his comments come days after the us secretary of state said israel should lower the intensity of its strikes. he later appeared in the israeli parliament — take a listen. chanting his speech was heckled by the families of hostages who were watching. they shouted "now" from the gallery as they demanded the i...

in comparison, paramount plus total subscribers stand at 63 million and warner bros discovery at 95 million. could it take on those giants? joining me now is alice enders, head of research at enders analysis. good to have you with us. talk to me about what you make a first of all about what you make a first of all about these early stage talks. we always talk and expected it would be consolidation, is that what this looks like? it consolidation, is that what this looks like?— looks l...

20 years ago tonight, baghdad was under attack, as the american—led invasion got under way. well be looking at the tragic legacy. iraq sank into a nightmare. no—one knows exactly how many iraqis were killed, its in the hundreds of thousands. and workers have agreed a deal with network rail, but pay disputes with the train companies are still not resolved. and coming up on the bbc news channel... fulhams aleksandar mitrovic is charged with violent and improper conduct following his ...

And declaring that the iraqi leader saddam hussein posed a threat to international peace. the invasion took place. just six weeks after the invasion, in may 2003, president bush declared mission accomplished, with an end to major combat operations. what followed, however, was a long period of chaos and violence, as the iraqi insurgency gathered force, becoming a full—blown sectarian war. us and british troops spent another eight years in iraq. there were 179 losses among british service person...

The biggest hit since the sars virus plagued the city in may 2003. >> all right. nbcs molly hunter live in london for us, thanks. coming up, president trump is on a holiday tweet storm blasting nancy pelosi, all of this as a prominent gop senator says she is disturbed by mitch mcconnells comments about working with the white house closely on impeachment. here is the pews of notre dame cathedral, remained empty on christmas day. the rector for the cathedral says the church is so fragile there i...

One in a million experience that doesnt mean we cant learn from it and ensure this type of tragedy doesnt happen again. >> reporter: but its not unprecedented. there are a handful of cases where ground crews have stolen planes. most recently, in may 2003, an aircraft mechanic stole a 727 airliner from angola. he and the plane were never seen again. as far as suicide by pilot, the most recent was german wings flight 9525. the captain was locked out of the cockpit. the copilot crashed into a hills...

Own son to warfare said theres no perfect way to make that phone call. stand that he had advised president trump against making them at all. well, on that issue, kelly was right. presidents should not, as a matter of course, always make such calls. its impractical to think that they can think all of the families of those who make the ultimate sacrifice. take a look at this grid. its one of the many that were periodically produced by the bookings institution during the iraq and afghanistan wars. ...

The mood turns ugly. >> it was supposed to be a fun thing. this was supposed to be our initiation into our senior year. >> seniors, seniors. >> for years, the tradition was a powderpuff game followed by some egg throwing and shaving cream. but the initiation of a group of juniors at glenbrook north high in may 2003 turned stunningly violent. >> stop! stop! >> becoming a brutal, alcohol-fueled hazing. every bit of it caught on tape. >> one of the girls ripped out a piercing from my head. i had co...

[ bleep ] >> who are you, son? >> out a all of a sudden out of nowhere, wham! hes like jake, the raging bull. one shot, pow. right across the chops. down he goes. >> but the clerk isnt done with the suspect yet. this punch has a punchline. >> he made the robbery suspect clean up his own blood. i thought that was great. >> clean that [ bleep ] up, man. >> you cant beat that. >> soon after police arrive and remove the suspect on a stretcher. >> we got satisfaction watching this guy be humiliated f...