foreign correspondent kylie kobe reporting on the ground in jerusalem. kylie, you are on the ground in jerusalem, as i just said. the deadline to evacuate gaza ends in less than an hour. what are you hearing from israeli officials? well, they are not saying that there is any sort of imminent ground offensive but then you wouldn t expect them to announce it. they have made it very clear that that will be the next step. this is going to intensify. they have not said whether political leaders have made it official have actually ordered it but that is the direction we are heading can you hear me okay? so, the first 24-hour deadline did approach and then pass. people are still being allowed to leave. in fact, the idf opened those o corridors from the north of gaza down to the south. seeing evacuees would be allowed to pass safely along those two corridors. that came after an israeli airstrike hit a convoy of palestinian evacuees on friday. 70 people were killed, many of them w
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we ll have more on this developing story right here on bbc news. images show police entering the building, as you see on screen, making their way through a window, by the looks of things, trying to make their way into the hall to get to the students that have camped out inside. the campus is in upper manhattan which has been a focal point of student protests that have spread to dozens of universities and schools across the us, expressing opposition to israel s war in gaza. police are, quote, clearing it out, as they marched to the barricaded entrance to the building and police action comes hours after new york mayor eric adams and the nypd held a joint press conference where they blamed professional outside agitators escalating the situation and said that it was in public safety issue, that was what they said. let s move on and will bring the story later on our programmes here on bbc news. back to business news. binance founder changpeng zhao was sentenced to four months in p
that authorities might be about to clear these demonstrators from their place, especially those who have been occupying a campus building. ito local radio reports, students have been told to shelter in place and according to a university e mail, they could be non disciplinary action. this happens after administrators threatened to expel students who occupied a building. dozens of demonstrators seized hamilton hole, defying a deadline to dispose. they say they plan to remain at their until the us cut financial ties to israel s. protists must be peaceful and lawful according to a statement. taking over buildings is not peaceful but wrong. demonstrations have erupted from coast to coast, many resulting in arrests including at the university of excess in austin. police clash with protesters. the deal has been made with protesters if they pack up. a governing body holding a vote. let s go right to our correspondent who is just outside the campus at columbia university where we
place in cairo. still no word from hamas, who said they would give a response on the terms of israel s revised proposal by wednesday. mr blinken was in jordan earlier, where he met king abdullah. they talked about the aid deliveries which are still well below the level required in gaza. he has also been in riyadh on this trip where they have been talking about a security guarantee for saudi arabia in return for normalisation of relations with israel. the ceasefire is the first crucial step. here s what he had to say as he left amman. our focus right now, is on getting a cease fire and hostages home. that is the most urgent thing, and it s also, i think, what is achievable because the israelis have put a strong proposal on the table. they ve demonstrated that they re willing to compromise and now it s on hamas. with regards to those ceasefire negotiations, israel says it will wait until wednesday for a response from hamas. the deal on the table includes a 40 day truce, in retu