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Has some distressing images. Israeli troops are still hunting down armed palestinians. More than 30 hours after their biggest and bloodiest breakout from gaza into israel itself. One of the worlds most advanced militaries taken by surprise. By hamas, a militant group kept behind barriers that were supposed to stop this happening. Their attack, as brutal as it was brazen. Hundreds killed. For israel, that has included scores of unarmed civilians as well as of soldiers. Already, the largest loss of life in decades. Here, the bodies of an israeli family shot dead waiting to be identified and buri...

President obama will announce so strategy against fighters from the Islamic State group on wednesday. Meantime there has been a new round of u. S. Air strikes against is. Officials say they launched four air strikes against is in anbar province, one air strike in mosul dam. They were made at the request of the Iraqi Government. First, the Iraqi Government ask us for their support in the strike. Second, it was the Iraqi Security forces on the ground who conceived of the operation. They, too, the Iraqi Security force, air force, is conducting strikes. Haditha dam is important for iran. U. S. Off...

Stop the russian trert terrorists, stop the propaganda, and therell be no need for any humanitarian aid. Rory challands has more were moscow. The ukrainians appear to be getting cold feet. They feel it may be a trojans horse and there are doubts theyll let it across the border into the ukranian territory. The russians are sending in 2,000 tonnes of humanitarian aid, including grain, sugar, first aid, power, generators, that sort of thing. N. A. T. O. Has been saying that the chances of a Russian Military invasion of Eastern Ukraine are getting higher and higher, and nato has been saying that r...

A dependence on ‘high-tech’ tools resulted in complacency that allowed Hamas fighters to enter Israel, say analysts.

China's Xi Jinping has fired his military defence minister, General Li Shangfu, just two months after he vanished from public view.