republicans expel a democrat from the house legislature for protesting gun violence on the house floor right now to more democratic lawmakers are also staring down. expulsion votes, also breaking escalating violence in the middle east. israel striking gaza tonight after facing a barrage of rocket attacks, the israeli ambassador to the united states is standing by to join me this hour. welcome to our viewers here in the united states and all around the world. wolf blitzer is off today. i m alex marquardt, and you re in the situation room. this is cnn breaking news. we begin our coverage tonight in nashville, tennessee, where a democratic lower democratic lawmaker, a democratic lawmaker was just expelled from the state legislature after protesting gun violence on the house floor. cnn s ryan young has been on the scene all day. for us, ryan. there are two more democrats who are also in jeopardy of being ousted tonight. what is the latest in nashville? alex. people are exasperate
should not continue. british airways halts sales of tickets on short haul flights from heathrow for a week as disruption for travellers continues. mps are calling for non surgical cosmetic procedures like botox and fillers to be better regulated. welcome to bbc news. the leader of al-qaeda, ayman al zawahiri, has been killed in an american drone strike in afghanistan. al zawahiri was one of the masterminds behind the september 11th attacks against the united states in 2001. after years of tracking him, the cia targeted him with two missiles from a drone flying above the afghan capital kabul, killing him instantly. announcing the strike, president biden said the killing would bring closure to families of the nearly 3,000 victims of the 9/11 attacks. it comes nearly a year after the us s chaotic withdrawal from afghanistan, as our washington correspondent nomia iqbal reports. after decades, america has killed one of its most wanted terrorists. my fellow americans, on saturday,
Soldier television. British press. Journalists. Step outside, please. 0k. Come. Stand over here. Thank you. Reporters israelis woke up today to find their worst nightmares had come true. Qui sinfiltrait en plusieurs endroits du territoire israelien. This marks the most significant hit in israel in decades. Families were killed, revellers at a Music Festival were shot and civilians were terrorised. An unprecedented attack by Palestinian Militants on israeli territory. President biden In This Moment of tragedy, i want to say to them and to the world and to terrorists everywhere that the United States stands with israel. October 7th, 2023, was the Bloodiest Day in israels history. Armed palestinian gunmen launched a brutal attack, killing around 1,200 men, women and children. Over 250 more were taken hostage. Prime minister Netanyahu Israel is at war. We didnt want this war. It was forced upon us in the most brutal and savage way. We will exact a price that will be remembered by them and