The office of israeli Prime Minister netanyahu confirmed the release of two hostages from hamas captivity. These are two us citizens, and as israeli media report, 10 more members of this family still remain in captivity. Meanwhile, the american women were handed over to representatives of the red cross. And now they are on israeli territory. As the American Media note, it was for the sake of the release of the hostages, through the mediation of qatar, that the United States convinced israel to postpone the ground operation in the sector. Gas and joe biden, confirming this version , said that the United States will seek the release all hostages, and according to various sources there are from 200 to 250 people. Mid qatra also confirmed that they will continue mediation efforts in negotiations with hamas. The us president , in another telephone conversation with benjamin netanyahu, confirmed israels right to selfdefense, but recalled how important the safety of civilians in gaza is. Mean
Natalie elphicke, the mp for dover, said the conservatives under rishi sunak have become a byword for incompetence and division. She made the movejust minutes before the Prime Minister faced mps in the commons at Prime Ministers questions for the First Time Since suffering heavy defeats in local elections in england. Heres our Political Editor chris mason. Natalie elphicke, shoulder to shoulder with the Prime Minister when rishi sunak invited reporters to dover last summer to talk about stopping the boats. Less than a year later, she has stopped being a Conservative Mp. Look at the leader shes appearing with now. I must when admit, i got up this morning i didnt expect to hear this today. Natalie elphicke, the labour member of parliament for dover and deal. I think she speaks for many tory voters in saying the tory party has changed, it has left the centre ground. But equally, the labour party has changed and we are very clearly the party of the national interest, of the country first,
This is another morale boost for labour, more woe for the conservatives. Chris mason has our top story. Natalie elphicke, shoulder to shoulder with the Prime Minister when rishi sunak invited reporters to dover last summer to talk about stopping the boats. Less than a year later, she has stopped being a Conservative Mp. Look at the leader shes appearing with now. I must admit, when i got up this morning i didnt expect to hear this today. Natalie elphicke, the labour member of parliament for dover and deal. I think she speaks for very many tory voters in saying that the tory party has changed, it has left the centre ground. But equally the labour party has changed and we are very clearly the party of the national interest. Really good day. It has been a great day. Cue the mildly awkward first date with the cameras in tow vibes ahead of her criticism of their Prime Minister. He is not stopping the boats and he is letting the country down. Meanwhile, under labour, they are clear that it i
An hour and 50 minutes. The hearing will come to order. Welcome. Im very i think the committee is privileged to see our distinguished careful joining us. Ed rice. Thank you for your ongoing leadership and for yesterdays important briefing with nikki haley, our ambassador to the United Nations, and important briefing in the afternoon was on the congo. Thank you chairman royce. The democratic republic of congo was supposed to conduct elections one year ago this month. In order to achieve the required transition by december 19th, after years of stalling on making preparations for elections, the government of the drc failed to hold elections last year. And relied on a constitutional provision that Joseph Kabilla could not step down until an election was held to select a replace. Both the chairman and i and others have had ongoing meetings with the officials, including high level people who have flown here to washington. Time and time again we have admonished them stick to the schedule and
A live look at storm scan three shows us the Holiday Weekend off to a rainy start, wet weather moves in the region and Chelsea Ingrams tracking possibility of snowflakes by christmas. On the shopping calendar today is known as Super Saturday, and malls in our area will be overflowing. We are live, with why some people say they wait until the last minute, to buy their holiday presents. I did that within year it was too stressful for me. It is saturday december 23rd, good morning, im jan carabao. Lets get over to meteorologist Chelsea Ingram with the eyewitness Weather Forecast g saturday morning. I was out there running yesterday and running my typical errand and it was pack my husband went out to the Grocery Store yesterday and said it was husband. I said why did you go to the Grocery Store a couple days before christmas. If you are doing that last minute shopping you need to make sure you bring rain gear because it is a soggy, saturday, out there let me show you a live look here at th