French authorities say at least 12 people, including a pregnant woman, have died after a Boat Carrying Dozens of migrants capsized in the english channel. Around 50 people were rescued in an operation involving boats and helicopters. The french coastguard says the boat got into difficulty off Gris Nez at around 6am local time, and everyone on board ended up in the water. An emergency medical Care Centre was set up at Boulogne Sur Mer. The latest Uk Government figures show the number of people crossing the channel in small boats so far this year is 21,403. Thats more than in the same period last year, but fewer than 2022. But in the first six months of 2024, theres been an 18 rise in the number of arrivals, on 2023, and its now clear more migrants are getting onto each boat. An average of 51, with the vast majority, being young men. From Boulogne Sur Mer in northern france, heres andrew harding. French Rescue Helicopters busy once again today, bringing casualties from the sea to the sho
One of the deadliest russian Missile Strikes since the start of the war. Otherwise trapped under the rubble. Prime Minister Netanyahu asking for forgiveness after six hostages are murdered in gaza. Protesters still demanding a Cease Fire. Also ahead, the final sprint of the 2024 campaign. Vp harris on the trail, courting unions and making a rare Campaign Appearance with President Biden. Well break down the latest polling showing how this tight race that has changed. And how it could be a Dog Fight Right to the finish. Good morning, it is 10 00 Eastern, 7 00 a. M. Pacific, im Ana Cabrera reporting from New York. We begin with the Breaking News out of ukraine. President zelenskyy confirming that a russian Missile Strike killed at least 41 people and injured 180 more making it one of the deadly strikes since the war began. The ukrainian officials say the attack in the central town of poltava hitting a military Training Facility and a nearby hospital. Nbc news international correspondent K
Newly published photograph should a light on the massacre in iraq that the military tried to keep hidden. Lets do it. Today, Hundreds Of Thousands of protesters flooded the streets of Tel Aviv with the threat of shutting down the country unless they finally agree to a deal to release the hostages with hamas and they are calling for a general strike. Many inside israel have reached a Boiling Point with the Prime Minister after the israeli military recover the dead bodies of six hostages from gaza identified. One was an american citizen held under hamas activity. I spoke to his parents last Week And Spoke of the possibility of bringing them home. They joined me following their appearance at the dnc describing spending nearly 11 months in an excruciating state of limbo where every day they hope to not receive word that their son had been killed. We kind of live in this parallel universe that many People Cant begin to imagine. We ourselves cant begin to imagine it and we are in this univer
Polling that come out, both the national polls and the swing state polls. Are generally telling the same story right now, they re telling a story that vice president kamala harris is doing significantly better against donald trump than president biden had been doing in his campaign. That is comparatively good news for the democrats. They are, apparently, better off now with harris as their candidate than they were before the switch from biden to harris. That said, in absolute terms, the polls, national polls, and the swing state polls, broadly speaking, don t really give either party a reason to celebrate right now. Vice president harris may be doing better than biden was against trump, but it doesn t mean that she is clearly winning against trump. It s basically a tie between the two candidates right now. And that produces all sorts of interesting dynamics to watch for, when it is this close, little differences between the candidates and their campaigns can make a very interesting not
The sun coming up 6 00 a. M. Its wednesday, august 28th. And we have a lot to get to this morning. Including special counsel jack smith trying to salvage the federal Election Interference case against donald trump. Filing a formal indictment against the former president. Were going to bring you excellent analysis in just a moment. Meanwhile, donald trump now says that he will debate Vice President Kamala Harris in two weeks, but the Harris Campaign still needs to be resolved. And well have more details about that the operation that rescued an israeli man who was held hostage by hamas for more than 300 days. That comes as israel launches a broad operation in the west bank with raids and air strikes in that territory. Im Jonathan Lemire along with u. S. Special correspondent for bbc news katty kay in this morning for joe, mika and willie. Well be joined by Symone Sanderstownsend, and mike barnicle, and nbc news capitol hill correspondent, you just saw her on way too early, ali vitali. Lo