by phone on saturday. the white house said mr biden stressed the importance of allowing civilians to move safely away from areas where there is fighting. he also told reporters he did not demand a ceasefire. mr netanyahu said he reiterated that the war will continue until all the objectives are met. from jerusalem, our correspondent, lucy williamson, has more. explosions in gaza, this is the new normal drone strikes in the border town of rafah, emptying the local market. 17 year old joe, filming on his phone, still clutching his bag of shopping and calling on god for protection. america has blocked un calls for a ceasefire. israel says it needs to keep fighting to keep up the pressure on hamas. if you want a ceasefire, that, from israel s perspective, can only happen with the release of hostages. as you know, hamas continues to hold over 100 hostages. there s a chance, because they want that ceasefire, they need that ceasefire, they will agree to the hostages but had we t
Stating that the police would tackle the drug menace with an iron hand to achieve the goal of Chief Minister A. Revanth Reddy to make Telangana and Hyderabad free from drugs, he said the focus will be on places where there is incidence of drug abuse Sreenivasa Reddy warned pubs, high-end bars and restaurants and farm houses that if they indulge in illicit activity, strong
emergency evacuation stations as crews quickly put out the fire. royal caribbean tweeting all guests and crew members are safe and accounted for and one member was created for a first-degree burn. the cause of that fire is still under investigation, but royal caribbean says the ship is still safe to continue its week-long caribbean cruise and will be back here in florida sunday. kendis gibson, abc news, miami. there s word of a huge drug bust in colombia. police say they seized more than 1,700 pounds of cocaine. that s worth $240 million, roughly. the stash hidden in a tanker truck on the outskirts of the capital of bogota and most likely belonged to the most feared, most notorious drug trafficking gang in the country. the washington post is asking the united nations to intervene on behalf of its reporter being held prisoner in iran. it was a year ago that that reporter and his wife were arrested. she was eventually released on bail. he is still being held in solitary confineme