More than i palestinian territory, where more thani Million People need food, water, as well as medicines, and a short while back, egypt did confirm that it will open what it called a sustainable aid corridor through the rafah crossing into gaza. The announcement comes after a visit to israel by the us president , and Whatjoe Biden called a very blunt negotiation, to get as many aid trucks into gaza as possible. President buys and is now on his way back to President Biden is on his way back to the us in a short while ago he spoke about his phone call with the egyptian president. He agreed that what he would do is open the gate to do two things one, let up to 20 trucks through to begin with. Satterfield, my ambassador, is down there. Not down there, in cairo now. Hes going to co ordinate this. He has my authority to do what is needed to get it done. Theyre going to patch the roads. They have to fill in potholes to get these trucks through and thats going to occur. They expect itll take
Wont get in the way of food, water and medicine getting to civilians, as long as the assistance does not reach hamas. Mr biden says they are a few more things that need to happen before the aid can come in. This has been a very blunt negotiation i have had, so we want to get as many of the trucks out as possible. There are a 150 or so there. Not all will go. The first tranche, if there is a second tranche, see how it goes. Lets look at some of the other top headlines from the war at this hour. Protests across the middle east erupted over the explosion at the Al Ahli Hospital in gaza tuesday that left at least a71 people dead. Arab states and the main palestinian militant group, hamas, have continued to blame israel for the explosion, even as mr biden backed israels claim that it had nothing to do with it. And the United States vetoed a Un Security Council vote calling for humanitarian pauses in gaza, a move that was condemned by other members including russia, china and the uae. Our In
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As soon as possible. On wednesday, us President Joe Biden and egyptian president Abdel Fattah Al sisi agreed to open up the Rafah Crossing, to allow up to 20 trucks of aid into gaza. But President Biden has warned the shipment is not likely to cross until friday, because repairs to the road are needed. Of course, our website has a live page updating all the time if you wish to give across that news. Now on to business and we start with netflix its shares have been surging, after the Streaming Giant said it signed up almost nine million new subscribers in the last three months. Thats way more than expected and the best quarterlyjump since the early days of the pandemic when we were all stuck at home. So whats going on . Its mostly down to a crackdown on people sharing their passwords and now netflix is putting up prices basic subscribers in the uk will pay an extra pound the premium plan has gone up by £2, to £17. 99. Michelle fleury has more. It has been less than six months since ne
Welcome to bbc news, broadcasting to viewers in the uk and around the world. President biden, On A High Stakes visit for talks with israels Prime Minister benjamin netanyahu, in tel aviv, has secured a deal, allowing aid into gaza, via egypt, bringing in much needed food, water and medicine to more than a million people. He said egypt has agreed to open the Rafah Crossing, into the territory, allowing in 20 trucks carrying aid. But mr biden s trip was overshadowed by tuesdays blast at a hospital in gaza, which the Gazan Health Ministry says killed a71 people. It has inflamed tensions and sparked protests across the region. Israel has maintained it was not responsible, saying the blast was caused by a rocket misfired by the Palestinian Militant Group islamichhad. On wednesday, us President Biden agreed with the israeli leader, saying it appears the blast was done by the other team. But hamas, palestinian authorities and other arab nations have blamed israel for the explosion which trigg