Hello, everyone. Thank you for joining us. Wolf blitzer is in washington. Ill talk with you in moment. We begin with our Special Coverage of the rapidly changing events in israel and gaza after days of waiting, the rafah Border Crossing between gaza and egypt was opened briefly this morning allowing 20 trucks carrying humanitarian aid to cross into gaza. The United Nations says it included Drinking Water for more than 22,000 people. But thats just for a single day. International groups are warning 20 trucks isnt nearly enough aid. Water, fuel, and food are all Running Decesperately Low in ga and the United Nations is warning that gazas hospitals are on the brink of collapse. One american trapped in gaza described his situation to cnn this morning. We thought that we could stay close to the border because we have the State Department on extracting us or getting us out of gaza. We have been here for a week. Were staying in a singlefamily home, two floors with about 40 people. Share ing e
Is the normal midterm blues, but on steroids. What were seeing here is partly because of that mood of the nation, partly because the brand, the tory brand, the conservative party brand was damaged in September 2022 and earlier through partygate as well, and that is still feeding through into the public psyche. So, yes, to some degree, theres a pattern and its feeding through to the by elections. But patterns can also be broken by unexpected events. All change in a land normally wary of the new. Tories will be hoping there will be limits to these new habits. Thats all from us. Im back on monday. Until then, have a good weekend. Goodbye. Breaking news from Around The World 2a hours a day, this is bbc news. Rabbi meir hecht knows bothjudith and Natalie Raanan personally. He spoke to me just after the news of their release. Judith prays every week in our congregation, for every sabbath, every holiday, and we miss her and shes been a part of our congregation in such an important way, and as
Southwards. Why is all this happening . As you mentioned, samantha, it is all down to storm babet, and essentially, this area of low pressure brings mild air that mixes with the cold air we have in scandinavia, gritting this weather front and some very strong winds that have been pummelling eastern scotland, and that is that runs that cant move because of this blocking area of High Pressure so get stuck in the same area with that torrential rain falling hour after hour after hour. Flooding is the main concern, particularly across northern and eastern scotland, parts of eastern england, but were also seeing some gusts of wind today switching 70 miles an hour, which in itself is Strong Enough to blow down some trees. It is likely to lead to some trees. It is likely to lead to some disruption this afternoon as well, it is a member. Some disruption this afternoon as well, it is a member. Chris, thank ou ve well, it is a member. Chris, thank you very much well, it is a member. Chris, thank
Lib, yemen, turkey and iran, warning this war will plunge the region into an unspeakable disaster. What does that mean . And did President Bidens meeting with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu help the situation or hurt it . Hes on his way back to the United States right now, and though his inperson meeting with the leaders of egypt, jordan and the west bank was cancelled after that Hospital Explosion, the white house says hes still going to be talking to those leaders. What u. S. Intelligence will he show them to try and prove the Hospital Explosion was not an israeli rocket. But a misfire from gazas Islamic Jihad as our intelligence in the u. S. Suggests it is. And will those leaders even believe it, and even if they do, is it going to matter to the arab street . Joining us now from israel is nbc news Foreign Correspondent, raf sanchez. I know there are Big Questions surrounding all of this. Let us start with what we know right now, what we can say right now. Reporter katy, its been