Expand the war, but israel seems to want to take that on when it comes to hezbollah and those resistance groups, what do you think . Im im sorry, but i cant hear you well, your your voice is not loud enough, can you hear me right now . Well, i can hear, but its not, its not loud enough. Okay, uh, let me do this, uh, if you can hear me, why dont you just give us your thoughts . Well i i didnt catch the whole phrase you know so im not sure what what what what you were asking okay um lets see if we can get that audio fixed ill come back to you um ferris ali with uh the point that you made and ill ask you that question uh we do understand that bien has warned israel against opening up a front with hizbollah where the us has said its not wise to be engaged with them at the same time we know that uh the Bigger Picture is pointing to uh the hizbollah taking a an of active role at this point even though its somewhat contained but then we have mixed messages coming in from washington where it a
Is the normal midterm blues, but on steroids. What were seeing here is partly because of that mood of the nation, partly because the brand, the tory brand, the conservative party brand was damaged in September 2022 and earlier through partygate as well, and that is still feeding through into the public psyche. So, yes, to some degree, theres a pattern and its feeding through to the by elections. But patterns can also be broken by unexpected events. All change in a land normally wary of the new. Tories will be hoping there will be limits to these new habits. Thats all from us. Im back on monday. Until then, have a good weekend. Goodbye. Breaking news from Around The World 2a hours a day, this is bbc news. Rabbi meir hecht knows bothjudith and Natalie Raanan personally. He spoke to me just after the news of their release. Judith prays every week in our congregation, for every sabbath, every holiday, and we miss her and shes been a part of our congregation in such an important way, and as
Last night. Bret that was very good. Im going to have to come back on. Greg one day. Bret if you will have me. Greg of course. Bret good evening. Im bret baier. Fighting on the northern border with lebanon is increasing. Magnifying concerns a new front in the war may be opening. Israeli forces are conducting raids into gaza to look for hostages and assess the situation. Meantime President Biden will speak to the nation about the israelhamas war and the situation in ukraine. 8 00 p. M. Eastern, can you see that right here on fox. We have fox team coverage. Peter doocy is at the white house with a preview of tonights speech. Steve harrigan in beirut with a look at the worldwide demonstrations over the war. Greg palkot is watching the fighting along the israel lebanon border. We begin with Senior Correspondent mike tobin again in southern israel. Good evening, mike. Good evening, bret. While the world watches nervously for the forces to begin the ground offensive troops waiting for orders
Room. Hi everyone. Im jessica dean in new york and we begin this hour with israels military ramping up operations in gaza, ordering the immediate evacuation of several more neighborhoods in the Southern City of rafah. Thats where more than 1 million displaced palestinians have been taking refuge its the idf saying about 300,000 have already fled. Now this is happening as a newly released state Department Report finds it, quote, reasonable to assess that america in weapons have been used by Israeli Forces in gaza in ways quote inconsistent with International Humanitarian law. We have cnns Priscilla Alvarez with more fallout from that poor but first lets go to cnn correspondent scott mclean in the dire situation in gaza and scott, israels military confirming war airstrikes. Today, this as hundreds of thousands of people are trying to leave rafah, what do we know . Yeah. So the Israeli Military ordered two parts of gaza to be evacuated, several areas of Northern Gaza. And also several par
The Foreign Relations committee to order. Our hearing today is to hear from five of President Bidens nominees dealing with career positions and ambassadorships. Its wonderful to have you here. We thank you all for being here. Thank you to the senator for being here to lead of the republican side of the hearing. Its not always easy to find members that are willing to adjust their schedules to accommodate the hearings ander i think the senator for always being available to the committee to carry out our important work. Im going to have some opening comments and i want to recognize senator reid and allow him to make an introduction and thank t him for being here in the committee. Sometimes have a friendly rivalry but since i will soon may need his help thank you very much, chairman and senator. Its my pleasure to introduce kristine, assistant secretary of state for oceans and International Environmental and Scientific Affairs. Anyone whos had the pleasure of working with chris knows a a c