senator chris coons, welcome to hardtalk. thanks, stephen. good to be on with you. it s great to have you on the show. senator, would you agree that, day by day, the israel hamas war is becoming more of a headache for presidentjoe biden? i think this is the most consequential period in modern israeli history, and i think president biden did exactly the right thing in engaging directly, immediately, flying over to israel, deploying two aircraft carrier groups. but it is becoming a real challenge for us domestically and internationally. his commitment to israel, their right to self defence, their ability to carry out a difficult and intense campaign against hamas is unwavering. but he is also privately engaging with israeli leaders and pressing for more humanitarian relief, for a clear plan for what comes after in gaza and the region, and for a more targeted campaign. unwavering, you say. and yet the outside world sees a biden message which is changing. in the early days it was
of conflict abroad, so our main question this morning are politicians making divisions worse at home? as dignitaries gather at the cenotaph, the defence secretary grant shapps joins us. but as a new war rages in the middle east, we ll hear from israel s president, isaac herzog. with the home secretary s job in the balance, the woman who wants herjob for labour, yvette cooper, joins us too. and what are you watching on tv, what are you seeing on your phone? we ll hear for the first time from lord grade, the boss of ofcom, who sets the rules. and we ll pay a special visit to the cenotaph on this poignant day before the clocks ring out at 11. i m at the cenotaph on remembrance sunday, almost 10,000 people are getting ready to take part in the march passed later here this morning and i ll be talking to some of them. morning, morning, on this special day. with me at the desk, former cabinet minister nadine dorries, whose book about the ousting of borisjohnson was published this
josé diaz-balart picks up our coverage right now. and good morning, it is 11:00 a.m. eastern, 8:00 a.m. pacific. i m josé diaz-balart. we re following breaking developments out of israel as it expands its ground operation and pushes its military deeper into gaza. we ll talk to a physician with doctors without borders about why she thinks going to a hospital in gaza could soon mean a death sentence for patients. back at home, new questions surrounding the deadly mass shootings in maine, how authorities issued a statewide alert just last month to be on the lookout for that gunman. and new polling numbers giving us a glimpse of the state of the 2024 race, former president trump still running strong in iowa, but now there s a tie for second place. in acapulco, mexico, chaos and desperation as residents form long lines for water and search for supplies almost a week after hurricane otis slammed into the resort town killing almost 50 people. and we remember actor matthew
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dillian whyte in just over an hour. now on bbc news. our world. myanmar is now in a state of civil war. what started in february 2021 as a mass protest movement against the military coup is now a nationwide armed uprising. a people s army made up of unlikely soldiers. they are sacrificing everything to fight for democracy in myanmar. their enemy is the general who seized power in a coup. i ll stain that top elected leaders in the country. what started as a protest movement is now an armed uprising. we follow a mother and student as they become soldiers in this new civil war. as the death toll mounts and the world looks away, can they restore democracy? deepin deep in the jungles of myanmar, hundreds of protesters are being turned into soldiers, here in this rebel army camp. among them is this 20 year old. hejust finished high school when the military seized power in february last year. he arrived here four months after the coup. he is undergoing intensive training. we have be