the house has now spoken and i think pretty loudly and clearly with everything republican voting in favour of moving into this official inquiry phase to do oversight. when a majority of the house goes on record in support of an official impeachment inquiry with the power that resides solely in the house of representatives, i think that sends a message. our reporter helena humphrey is on capitol hill, and i spoke with her earlier. good to see you, tell us more about the reactions to the vote today. the vote result was along party lines. so too was the reaction as well, as you might expect. the white house rather swiftly putting out a statement saying that this was baseless and nothing more than a political stunt. president biden accusing the republican party of essentially wasting time when there is still a lot of work to be done before lawmakers can leave congress for the holidays, not least when it comes to that question of finding any kind of consensus or way forward when i
humanitarian ceasefire in gaza. american officials argued such a move would be divorced from reality . every other member of the council backed the resolution apart from the uk, which abstained. there s been a chorus of outrage from other countries, charities and human rights groups. israel has thanked the us, saying a ceasefire would give hamas which is classed as a terror group by many western governments in gaza, there s no safe place, says the un secretary general. the health care system is collapsing. hospitals have become battlegrounds, and palestinians have no shelter and everything else needed to survive, he says. this was the scene in khan younis in the south yesterday in the aftermath of an israeli airstrike as the military pushes ahead with its war against hamas. hours later, at the un in new york, the secretary general called for a ceasefire and had this warning. there is a high risk of the total collapse of the humanitarian support system in gaza, which wo
they should come to us first and not go around our back. printing articles, that is not the right thing. we have another relationship and then they can give that to us beforehand. we can have a professional discussion and debate about it. there are always players in every team who are not playing as much and who are less happy, but this is no different to normal. chris wilder s back at sheffield united and said he s more enthusiastic and determined than he s ever been in his life. the club confirmed his appointment, following the sacking of paul heckingbottom on tuesday. he s been appointed on a contract until the summer of 2025. wilder takes charge with the blades rooted bottom of the table. they lost 5 0 against fellow strugglers burnley on saturday with their next game on wednesday against liverpool. wilder, whose last spell in charge was in 2021, said in today s news conference at times you have to feel the failure and feel the pain to make you better. mikel arteta
we are live in the newsroom in washington. good evening. today donald trump and ron desantis held dwelling campaign events in iowa. the florida governor is in the hawkeye state wrapping up a campaign tour of all 99 counties in iowa but high- powered endorsements from iowa s governor has not had mucht on the poll numbers. desantis showing in the polls that he is back behind donald trump, whose lead appears to be growing at this point. the former president is pushing lies about the 2020 election, saying he hopes judges will let them prosecute that race. he is claiming his rival is handing out these signs. look at these on screen right there. these signs say biden attacks democracy. he is encouraging his supporters to enter ballot counting facilities to guard the votes. we are live in iowa. steve is in newton with the campaign and kristen holmes is in cedar rapids with team trump. pretty astonishing to hear trump s allegation that president biden is waging a war on democracy as
hello, i m tadhg enright. welcome to abc news. a temporary truce between israel and hamas in gaza, that s lasted seven days, is due to expire about now. the truce was set to expire at 07:00 local time that is five o clock here in london and it is unclear if it will be extended again. also in the latest developments, israel says a rocket fired from gaza has been intercepted, about an hour before a truce with hamas was due to expire. there was no immediate comment from hamas or claim of responsibility for the launch. on thursday, the seventh day of the ceasefire, the israeli prime minister s office said six more israeli hostages held in gaza were now back in israel. two others were released by hamas earlier the same day. also on thursday, israel said it released thirty more palestinians from israeli jails. the us secretary of state antony blinken who s on a visit to the region and had been working to extend the truce warned that israel must take effective steps to ensur