We start this hour with the tensions in the Middle East following the escalating fighting between israel and lebanons iranian backed hezbollah group. Egypt has warned it risks igniting a regional war and damaging the chance of Ceasefire Deal In Gaza. Arriving back at the white House President biden addressed the tensions. Lets take a listen to what he told reporters. Are you worried about rising tensions in the Middle East . Yes, i am, tensions in the Middle East . Yes, iam, but we tensions in the Middle East . Yes, i am, but we are going to do everything we can to keep a wider war Breaking Out and we are still pushing hard. The united Nations Chief has said he fears the escalating Cross Border Conflict between Israel And Hezbollah could Risk Lebanon becoming another gaza. Antonio guterres also voiced his pessimism about the chances of a Ceasefire Deal in the gaza strip. His comments came as the funeral took place for a senior Hezbollah Commander killed in fridays israeli airstrike on
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Of unspun world. Willa ramadan ceasefire affect Benjamin Netanyahus push for total victory in the Southern Gaza city of rafah . Israel needs hamas to believe that a terrible fate awaits hamas in rafah unless something changes on the ground. Are Donald Trumps legal problems getting in the way of his re election . Will the independent voters in the suburbs of america want to vote for a man whos been indicted this many times . And barricades, rotting food and tear gas europes farmers are back and theyre angry. Whats different right now. Is the reaction at Leadership Level and the intensity of the anger that were seeing. Laughter and chatter do you like ice cream, too . Asjoe biden found the other day, the problem with announcing that peace talks are making progress is that the two main sides are likely to deny it as part of their ongoing negotiating tactics. Thats what happened almost immediately President Biden said the words. My hope is, by next monday, well have a ceasefire. Still, a c
Into the crowd. The israeli army, which has released this overhead Drone Footage, admits its soldiers opened fire but claims most of the deaths were caused by a crush, or aid trucks running people over. The United Nations reported on friday that a large number of people had been found with bullet wounds. Un secretary general Antonio Guterres is calling for an immediate investigation into what happened. Earlier we asked his chief of staff, stephane dujarric, how thats possible. At some point there will need to be an investigation. A credible investigation. There will need to be accountability for what happened. It is obviously challenging, to say the least, to conduct one in the midst of a conflict and this is one of the reasons that we want to see a humanitarian ceasefire as quickly as possible. At the end of the day, we had more than 100 people dying because they were dying to get food. And in the end, they were killed either by bullets from the israel army, trampled by others in a mo