of bakhmut, the east ukrainian city which has been the focus of extensive fighting in recent weeks. the former uk prime minister boris johnson will give evidence to a parliamentary committee later this month, who are looking into whether he lied to parliament. it relates to the parties which he participated in during the covid lockdown, and the statements which he subsequently made to parliament about them. it comes as conservative mps express anger that the partygate investigator, sue gray, has been offered a job with the opposition labour party, as sir keir starmer s chief of staff. a short while ago, we heard from mrjohnson. when i knew they could probably be contradicted by dozens and dozens of officials. but why on earth would i have done that? it simply doesn t make sense. i believed that what we were doing was within the rules. that s why i said what i said in the chamber. it was my honest belief at the time and that s why i thank the committee, but i don t think the
headquarters in atlanta, welcome to all of you watching here, in the united states, canada and around the world. i m kim brunhuber about pep ahead, south korea is mourning, more than 150 people in seoul killed in a crowd surge celebrating halloween. we re live with details. and nine days to the u.s. midterms and 19 million people have already voted. we ll take you to one battleground state just ahead. the white house accuses russia of weaponizing food, the grain deal to feed much of africa and the middle east now in jeopardy. we re live with the fallout. live from cnn center, this is cnn newsroom with kim brunhuber. we begin with shock and grief in south korea where at least 150 people have died in a crowd surge. officials say thousands of partygoers gathered for a halloween celebration, but many crashed when the large crowd moved through a narrow alley. one witness says authority shoes have been better prepared. listen to this. translator: seeing this incident, i t
Hello and welcome to all of you watching us here in the United States, canada, and All Around The World as we continue our breaking News Coverage of israel war. Im kim brunhuber. We begin with a major development, israel is calling for all civilians in gaza city to commit day ahead. The u. N. Spokesperson calls the request impossible, saying he could turn an already tragic situation into a calamity. Now it is likely the clearest sign yet of his really plans to intensify its military operations in gaza following hamass attack on israel which killed at least 1300 people. Tens of thousands of his early troops, tanks, and other Military Vehicles meanwhile there is enormous and worsening suffering for the civilians in gaza. Palestinian Health Ministry says there are more than 1500 people who have been killed by israeli airstrikes and shelling. Without power and water, the Health System is on the brink of collapse. Your Secretary Of State Anthony Blinken is in georgia right now, with meeting
Launch the lead with me back in 2013. Alexis, were so sorry. We love you and Thinking Of You and your family. Our coverage continues now with wolf blitzer in the situation room. Happening now, Breaking News. Israel says its now unleashing a large scale strike on hamas. Hamas targets in gaza, intensifying its air war while it builds up its Ground Forces while on the border in gaza. The crisis in gaza is deepening tonight amid daetz and deepening destruction. Israel threatening to cut them off with hostages underground. Secretary of state Antony Blinken is showing solidarity with israel and liking the terror to the worst of isis. Welcome to our viewers in the United States and Around The World. Im wolf blitzer. Youre in the situation room. This is cnn Breaking News. Our breaking News Coverage begins this hour in the war zone as the israel Hamas Conflict grows increasingly deadly. And theyre holding very critical talks. Cnn at the front lines and other key locations getting new informatio
of what lee kane said earlier, through the problem. 13:1 in light of what lee kane said earlier, can you make plain that it doesn t appearas you make plain that it doesn t appear as if any decision was made during the course of the weekend for a long time, there was a change in the strategic approach of the government, there was a realisation that they had to be a change of approach and much more stringent measures were likely to be required, but no actual decision was made to impose a lockdown? but no actual decision was made to impose a lockdown? correct. the way i would describe impose a lockdown? correct. the way i would describe it impose a lockdown? correct. the way i would describe it was impose a lockdown? correct. the way i would describe it was we impose a lockdown? correct. the way i would describe it was we had - impose a lockdown? correct. the way i would describe it was we had a - i would describe it was we had a conversation with the pm on the saturday