Gaza School Bombing, Ukraine Aid and US Election Update | W News 12/09/24

[Music] hello and welcome I'm Rosanna Lockwood and you are watching W News live from the AL Arabia headquarters these are our top stories at least 18 people killed in an Israeli air strike on a school in a refugee camp in Gaza the US and UK pledged nearly 1 5 billion in additional funding to Ukraine during a rare joint visit to Kiev and Capitol Hill will get increased Security on January 6 when members of US Congress certify electoral votes for the 2024 presidential [Music] election at least 18 people have been killed by an Israeli strike on a school in the nerat refugee camp in Gaza the UN a Agency for Palestinian refugees unua says six of its employees were among those killed in the attack Israel's military says it took precautions and claims the quote precise strike was targeting terrorists un Secretary General Antonio gueras has condemned The Killing saying Israel's military interventions in Gaza have been unprecedented in his time in the role well for more on this now joined let's be clear we must condemn firmly what was the horrible Terror attacks that Hamas has produced but then afterwards we have witnessed uh a series of military interventions by Israel in Gaza uh with a level of death and destruction that has no parallel in my times as Secretary General and with uh very dramatic violations of international militarian law and total absence of an effective protection of civilians the Hamas also committed several viol of international of Law and there is the absolutely horrendous question of the hostages but um it is clear that what's happening in Gaza is totally unacceptable un Secretary General Antonio guz there well for more on this story I'm joined from Cairo by unoa spokesperson Adnan Abu hasner sir thank you for making time look we've heard the official lines about the strike on the school but tell us in your own words what happened yeah it is a school that sheltered nearly 12,000 you know people of displaced people from all over the Gaz St it's stand by onra we have our team there administrating the shelter all the coordinates are being sent twice per day to the Israeli Army what happened that you know many Rockets you know had you know this school and tens of people were killed and injured unfortunately you know six of them they were unra staff member among them a he teacher that he used to work as a teacher you know uh before this war and now he was administrating the shelter itself unfortunately it's not the first time it is the fifth time that this school had been targeted and all the time we are protesting sending you know to the Israelis asking not to do it uh not to not to Target our installations but uh you know it's about 190 installation that had been hit and destroyed either completely or partly right now and I want to come back to uh to those repeat strikes but first let's start with those who lost their lives among the 18 several were colleagues of yours so sending condolences tell us about who they were there are three of them they were actually you know working uh assisting the head of or the manager of the shelter who used to work as a head teacher and others the shelter it refuge in this uh uh in this shelter and they are our staff actually you know and some others also were injured but I don't know the names or you know but I I I'm sure that some uh other stuff they were injured you know during the the strike and it's unbelievable actually we we we are panicking there we don't know there is no place no place is taped in in Gaza actually if it is if you are un stop or you are you are not a un stop or Sheltering under the UN flag or not actually it's the same now and everyone exposed severe danger yeah your agency head actually saying um that this latest strike and and the those kill brings the total number of un staff killed in Gaza to 220 how do you keep operating in those conditions it's very difficult for us you know we are nearly the only organization we are the lifeline of Palestinians in the G we have 15,000 staff you know fixter stuff still working there and we have nearly 10,000 of uh shortterm or part-time you know stuff working assisting us all of them they are panicking they feel that they could be targeted any time it's so difficult to move through the roads and you know the roads of Gaza you of Gaza you need you know a heavy and intensive coordination with the Israeli Army but at the end you might be targeted you know any time and uh we never felt like what we feeling now actually what we feel now because it's uh the target the the targets and the Shilling and the shooting it's everywhere and you could be killed in any moment yeah we talked about the repeat targeting of this particular site this school the Israeli Army you say that you've been trying to coordinate with them well they they say this is their words that this was a strike targeted at a h Mass quote command and control center inside the school what do you say to that well it's a school you know it's Sheltering it's Sheltering 12,000 people you know actually we we don't have an intelligence capacity to check you know people but Mo but we see them as you know civilians and this is the consequences and the result of the teack that you know at least six of our stuff had been killed so what about you know what about others and this is the fif time actually that you know the idea of you know targeting this school without any warnings so they can say what they want but we what what what is the result what is the result and the big question now is being asked it to be like that if really there is suppose that there is someone that who is you know wanted by by the Israelis are they are going after someone it is is that justified justifying the killing of tens of civilians of sex honorous staff as example we think that it is they are violating the international law they are violating you know Geneva Convention that you know it gives immunity for un installation and un staff also or for civilians let's just finally speak a little bit about the politics that's happening you know about Gaza but elsewhere where there's been efforts renewed efforts and continued efforts to try to Braker some sort of ceasefire but this all seems to be stalling do you have any hopes at this point we must have a hope we hope that there's a SE fire you know what's going on it's unbelievable it's really a hell you know there is no place there is no place in Gaza to escape now they are accusing you know 1.8 million people in 30 square kilometers only there's no prison and all over the world that you know the space of a prison 1 kilometer and you have 60,000 people in that prison 60,000 people now in every kilometer in the southern part of G if you throw a stone not a rocket you will kill and injure people beside you know that the whole humanitarian efforts is nearly collapsing because of the lack of food the lack of medicine the in security of of the staff so it's no one knows what no one knows what to do it's unbelievable what's going on you know you cannot predict that you will be the next Target that you will be killed after you know five minutes from now un uh spokesperson Adnan Abu hasner we really appreciate your time on a difficult day thank [Music] you well to some other news now on a trip to Beirut Europe's top Diplomat has called for a deescalation of tensions along the Lebanon Israel border meeting government officials and visiting the Border Town of nakara ysep borl reiterated the eu's strong support for the Lebanese people and staying with this Israeli media reporting y borl cancelled his visit to the country as part of his current Regional tour Apparently after Israel's foreign minister Yisrael Catz refused to permit boral's trip and asked him to postpone until October once Boral finished his term in Brussels Bor openly criticized the Israeli government and proposed sanctions against two ministers during EU meetings South Korea saying North Korea has fired several short-range ballistic missiles off its East Coast in its first launch in more than two months Saul's Joint Chiefs of Staff saying its military's analyzing the missile data and closely exchanging information with us and Japanese authorities while increasing surveillance and vigilance an in preparation for possible further tests in the US southern states are under wind and flood alerts after Hurricane FR scene made landfall in Louisiana hitting New Orleans with heavy rain and strong gusts the arrival of the storm had prompted authorities to issue evacuation orders for thousands of people the National Hurricane Center saying France is accompanied by maximum Winds of 120 km per hour and issuing a warning for the entire Gulf Coast look at this historic moment as two of four SpaceX crew members completed the first ever Space Walk by private astronauts a live webcast broadcasting the moment billionaire jerck isman exited the vehicle followed soon after by SpaceX engineer Sarah Gillis once he returned the four civilian astronauts are part of the Polaris Dawn Mission which is seeing them travel through Earth's orbit on a 5ay mission and in another feat of human achievement an American Ultra endurance cyclist has beaten all records to become the fastest woman to cycle around the world Alaskan L Wilcox began her journey in Chicago and spent more than 108 days in the saddle Crossing four continents and covering a distance of just north of 29,000 km hot in her heels though is an Indian endurance cyclist who's currently 65 days into her own attempt to beat the record so that Victory might hang in the balance [Music] well still to come here on W news we get the latest from my London correspondent on a joint and high value show of UK US support in [Music] Kev from the White House to Gaza ke to Beijing elections economics and the environment compete with conflicts and other complex issues for our attention in an age of fake news fake and artificial intelligence they've got to have a vote in a say it's important to look beyond the loudest voice to understand the truth from newsmakers to groundbreakers my campaign is going very well presidents Prime Ministers princes and peacemakers and cultural taste makers as Arabs as middle Easter were too emotional join me on the risan show for empowering conversation [Music] welcome back now an extra one and a half billion dollars has been pledged to Ukraine by the US and UK in a rare joint visit to Kiev by both countries top diplomats this comes as Ukraine's leadership is renewing their calls to be allowed to use longer range missiles against targets further inside Russia for more on this I'm now joined from London by our correspondent there olle Barrett olle good to see you look this is is being described as a sort of rare joint visit by the US and the UK is that the case yeah I think that's fair to say Rosanna that that is the case and a large support package being announced by both the Americans and the British as part of this trip to see Vladimir zalinski in Ukraine a package that's going to be spent according to the British on things like humanitarian energy and what they call stabilization needs um the American assistance will also go to the energy sector and uh things like Dem mining as well and what the British and the Americans are trying to do here is show that they are still on the same page about supporting Ukraine in the short term but also over the longer term as well and you mentioned those calls from the ukrainians while uh David Lamy the UK foreign secretary and Anthony blinkin the Secretary of State for the United States were in Ukraine those calls for the ability to use long range missile to strike targets inside Russia that was something that both men were asked about as well and the ukrainians Keen to keep the pressure on in that regard and both men hinting that those discussions are certainly underway all of this comes ahead of a visit by K starma the UK prime minister to Washington on Friday and Anthony blinkin was making it clear that he thought that that issue of long-range missiles and their use by the ukrainians would be discussed between K dmer and Joe bid in Washington indeed it seems like the UK is really getting out there on a foreign policy front right now with all these overseas visits um I'm interested in that one and a half billion figure that's been well just about up to that amount that's been committed to Ukraine because it was almost split down the middle between the US and the UK and they're not the same size economy so that's a very big commitment from the UK well the UK and the us as you say announcing this package I think because they wanted to show that they were again there together announcing large support packages but as you say proportionately they are rather different and that that does illustrate to a certain extent some of the concern among European allies of Ukraine that America has perhaps been a little bit slow recently in some of its support for the ukrainians they also have that concern about what happens at the upcoming presidential election in November and what that might mean for further Ukrainian support particularly if Donald Trump were to win the White House back and so there have been a lot of efforts by the UK and other European countries recently to try and find ways of making sure not just that the American support for the ukrainians continues now but that they can lock in some of it for the future as well and um this package I think illustrates part of that but also as you say um the fact that the UK support for the ukrainians has been in financial terms the British would say very significant indeed the British have long uh tried to portray themselves as Ukraine's strongest Ally really uh before the invasion by Russia and also after it and perhaps this financial support package in terms of the scale of it um privately British diplomats might suggest uh goes uh some further way to illustrating that support from the British compared to some other countries now with British prime minister k d as you said they're heading to Washington DC you think the Ukrainian wish to use long-range missiles into Russia might be on the agenda what else might he be seeking to achieve in DC yeah that that is going to be on the agenda we think we don't necessarily think there's going to be any great announcement that comes out of it uh on Friday after they've held talks but we do think that the British have effectively already decided that this is what they want to do uh and if there is Broad agreement on that topic between Joe Biden and kiss we' then expect some further diplomacy behind the scenes K dama heads to Italy for example uh later over the weekend and into Monday for talks with the Italian uh prime minister on that issue there would be further diplomacy with European allies on that issue of uh the use of longer range missiles by Ukraine inside Russia but lots more on the agenda besides that as well particularly the Middle East and both uh the British and the Americans calling for further progress towards some kind of sustainable ceasefire uh between Israel and Hamas that will be key among the topics that are going to be discussed as well lots more to the bilateral relationship between the Americans and the UK at the moment um K starm also wanting to show that as a new UK prime minister he is um held in high esteem in Washington but Ukraine those longrange missiles and the Middle East I think will certainly top the agenda we'll have to wait and see OE Barrett for us in London there thank you [Music] we will be right back after this short [Music] break from the White House to Gaza ke to Beijing elections economics and the environment compete with conflicts and other complex issues for our attention in an age of fake news deep fake and artificial intelligence they've got to have a vote to say it's important to look beyond the loudest voice to understand the truth from newsmakers to groundbreakers my campaign is going very well presidents Prime Ministers princes and peacemakers and cultural tast makers as Arabs as middle Easter were're too emotional join me on the risan show for empowering conversation [Music] welcome back now as the dust settles from Tuesday night's presidential debate State Side kamla Harris and Donald Trump are back out on the campaign trail with less than eight weeks to go until polling day for more on this I'm Jo from Washington DC by our correspondent there Caroline Malone Caroline we've now got the figures in some 67 million people watched that Harris Trump debate that blows the previous Biden match up out the water now that the dust settles what sort of conclusions have been drawn in general from the public from media pundits who came out stronger well a lot of pundits a lot of politicians and a lot of people who've been pulled seemed to think that it was Harris it was camela Harris that seemed to do the best in that debate on Tuesday night but actually when you drill down to some of the detail of the debate a lot of viewers also saying that Trump did better on some subjects one of which is the economy which is vitally important and really resonates with voters you know Trump himself came out after the debate and declared himself the winner he said that you know he did well despite the fact he felt he was having to debate against three people he was referencing there um how the ABC moderators actually challenged him quite a lot on the facts that he brought to the stage some could argue that he needed to be challenged on those facts more than Harris but it did seem that they potentially gave him a harder time than Harris you know in this debate um we had those large viewing numbers as you've described there 10 million more than the Biden Trump debate and we know of course how pivotal that was with this election campaign with Biden now not running to be president again however if we look back in history to let's say 2016 there were more than 80 million people watching the debate between Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump that was of course an election debate that was won by Clinton but then Donald Trump went on to win the actual election itself so certainly the debates are important the viewer shows engagement on a voter level to people watching and looking to see which candidate they'll vote for but it certainly not decisive when it comes to deciding who will eventually win the White House again so what are the polls saying Caroline you know with less than two months to go are they changing at all we are seeing some Trends in the polls particularly um from Harris supporters who've now brought her up to be neck and neck to Trump both on a nationwide level where we're seeing them almost at equal percentage points but also more critically in swing States swing states are so vital because ultimately voters decide on a state level who they're going to vote for which candidate they choose and then that state gets the Electoral um votes that then go towards the eventual candidate becoming president the swing states that are really critical according to a lot of political strategist for Harris include Wisconsin they include Pennsylvania they include Michigan um she's also now campaigning in North Carolina on Thursday that's another swing state that's vitally important and Trump is also campaigning in states such as Nevada all of those states are within 1 to three percentage points Harris is definitely gaining maybe ahead a little bit in some of the central states in the US but all within a margin of error so really at this point it could go either way for any of those swing States what is also very important when it comes to the data and the numbers is the amount of funding that these campaigns are gaining Harris thus far has got about $500 million that's a huge much more than the Trump campaign that is vitally important to help her reach voters to work on a Grassroots level to convince voters not just to vote for her but to make sure they actually come out on voting day and put their ballot towards Harris so that is a huge Advantage for Democrats and something that could potentially make a difference when it comes to these vital swing States there's a lot of discussion as well about whether we might see another debate in the few weeks that we've got left uh in whose interests would that be well right off the back of the debate it was the Harris campaign that came out and said they were ready for a second debate they wanted to move forward with this idea that there should be a second debate before the election there's only now what eight weeks to go though till the election so it's really getting to the final stages of the election and the campaigning in fact a number of states um already have mail in ballots going out to their voters so people are actually already potentially deciding who they're going to vote for in a matter of days or weeks Trump seems to be a little bit more back and forth on whether he would agree to a second debate it took the two a long time the two different campaigns a long time to get to the point where they even decided on the first debate they were arguing mainly over the detail of whether microphone should be muted or not the agreement ended up in Trump's favor his AIDS wanted to make sure the microph pH stayed muted interestingly though on Tuesday night we did hear a bit of back and forth among those candidates but it sounded like it was more in the background of the microphones but that potentially you know could have helped Trump in his favor and may be one of the sticking points if they decide on a second debate I mean casting our minds forward a little now post election January 6th always a key date and now particularly so because of what happened January 6th previously and it's the first change of administration since 2021 so are there going to be changes what steps are being spoken about there absolutely are changes and in fact um that date has just been uh designated as a national special security event and what that means is that federal agencies and security agencies are able to put forward a really strong security plan and funding to make sure that essentially everyone stays safe on that event given you know the anniversary of what's happened in the United States in Washington DC with the capital riots in 2021 now when it comes to funding that's uh decided on a federal level and also through different agencies and security agencies one of which is the capital police here in Washington DC since 2021 they've greatly increased um their hiring so they now have more offices available so potentially more boots on the ground as it were to help protect especially around Congress especially around Capitol Hill where a lot of the action will be happening that day and when you look at recent events in Washington DC you can see a level of security here that we haven't seen potentially in previous years one example is when prime minister Netanyahu of Israel was here speaking to Congress um out on the streets there were large protests but at those protests there was a very strong fencing that was put around put around Capitol Hill there was Capitol Police very visible at every corner on every street to really control the crowds and I think we can expect that level of security again when it comes to the events of January of next year when they're going to be carrying out some you know vital events inside Congress essentially officiating what ends up being the election results Carolyn Malone in Washington DC thank [Music] you some business news now Boeing is under new pressure with voting underway by around 30,000 West Coast Factory workers on a possible strike that could start Friday this just the latest in mounting pressures facing the US playmaker grappling with a $60 billion debt burden and production delays in addition to safety concerns about the 737 Max model shares down 36% this year and a major strike would pose a big challenge for new CEO Kelly alberg just a month into the role US inflation falls to the lowest in three years raising hopes the country's Central Bank will cut interest rates next week given the state of Voters finances this will likely form a key pillar of debate in the runup to the presidential election inflation peaked in 2022 but has been cooling for the past few months providing relief to American consumers some developments in the ongoing Central Bank crisis in Libya where a factional struggle for control over the bank has meant Financial chaos for many according to an Al Arabia correspondent talks between the UN and various rival political leaders and representatives have resumed after a week of stalling the goal is to agree principles that will eventually lead to the appointment of the Central Bank governor and a board of [Music] directors let's get a reminder of our top stories at least 18 people have been killed following an Israeli strike on a school in a Gaza refugee camp the US and UK have pledged nearly $1.5 billion in additional funding to Ukraine in a joint visit to Kev and Capitol Hill is to receive increased Security on January 6th when members of US Congress certify electoral votes for the 2024 presidential election well that is all we have time for up next is Hadley gamble interviewing Tim Linder King the US Envoy to Yemen and at 1:30 p.m. eastern time join Tom burges Watson for Global News Today a deep dive into what US foreign policy could look like postelection and what this means for Gaza [Music]