Five contenders for the Democratic presidential nomination in the United States have been holding their first debate ahead of next year's race for the White House. The front-runner, Hillary Clinton, and the independent senator, Bernie Sanders, were involved in the heated exchanges over US policy on Syria, gun laws and economy. Also taking part in the debate were two former state governors and a former senator. Political analyst Mark Plotkin gave his impression of how the main candidates are doing. "I think Hillary Clinton is holding her own. She is the front-runner. She seemed poised, she seemed fresh. She didn't seem as old as she really is, and nobody here is really a dented in her armer. Bernie Sanders is going to do well politically, that is, in the two primaries that come first, caucus and Iowa, the two contests and New Hampshire.
The Israeli government has given police the power to seal off parts of East Jerusalem in response to a surge in attacks by Palestinians in recent days. Except the authorities could also demolished the homes of Palestinians who attacked Israelis and take away their right to live in Jerusalem. Jessica Mikalen has the details. It's also Security Cabinet proved the new measures at late night meeting after three Israelis were killed in Jerusalem on Tuesday. This was the latest and serious of attacks that of taking place in the city and elsewhere in Israel in recent weeks. The upsurge in violence follows increased tensions over vist the al-Aqsa mosque compound. The US Secretary of State John Kerry said he will travel to the region in the next few days to try to calm the situation. Israeli cabinet will meet and consider further measures on Wednesday afternoon.
The chairman of the Dutch Safety Board, Tjibbe Joustra, has told the reporters he believes the missile which brought down Malaysia Airline's flight MH17 in Eastern Ukraine was controlled by Russian-backed rebels. Mr Joustra said the borders of the area were fluctuating at the time, the Pro-Russion rebels were in charge.
The German Challcelor Angela Merkel has come under a new fire from her own party for her welcoming policy towards migrants and refugees, the party has proposed setting up transit camps of the border to hold migrants while asylum applications were processed. From Berlin, Jenny Hill. Already this year, more than half a million people have sought asylum in Germany. It's estimated that nearly 40% of the migrants come from the Balkans and have little prospect of being grounded asylum here. Mrs Merkel's Conservative Party plans to create transit camps where asylum-seekers could be help for a few days and then deported. Those behind the proposal insist that they're permissible on the EU law, but Mrs Merkel faces strong resistence from her coalition partners. Social Democratic MPs described the plans as impractical and inhuman. BBC news.
The Pentagon has said it's time for American-trained forces in Iraq to retake the city of Ramadi from Islamic State militants. A spokesman said 52 airstrikes against IS positions in the past ten days had prepared the troops for a final push.
A shop once stopped the number one crime gun dealer in America has been ordered to pay nearly six million dollars in compensation to two police officers severely wounded by a weapon illegally bought at the store. A jury in Milwaukee decided that the Badge Guns should have realized that a man buying a firearm from them in 2009 intended to pass it on to the teenager at his side. The teenager went on to shoot the two officers when they stopped him riding his bike on the pavement.
Three explosions have hit the northern Nigerian city of Maiduguri, killing a number of people. Unconfirmed reports blamed suicide bombers. The city is frequently attacked by the Islamic consertion group Boko Haram.
The British Literature Award, the "Man Booker Prize", has been won by the Jamaican author Marlon James for his novel of A Brief History of Seven Killings . The book, which centers at a real life attempt to kill the reggae singer Bob Marley, explores Jamaican politics and gun culture in the nineteen seventies and eighties. Speaking after the announcement, Marlon James explained why he draw inspiration from reggae music. The reggae singers Bob Marley and Peter Tosh were the first to recognize that the voice coming out of our mouths was a legitimate voice of fiction and a legitimate voice of poetry. That the sound of market women can speak poetry.
The acclaimed BBC journalist Sue Lloyd-Roberts has died of cancer. She was 64. She reported on events around the world, including Myanmar, North Korea, and Syria, and won an award for her work on covering human rights abuses and political corruption.BBC news.