Understanding as to whats at stake if ukraine is unable to push russia out of its country. We see russia mobilising, continuously mobilising, even though its not officially declared. We see them arming, we see them entering what is called a war economy, producing weapons, getting weapons from iran and north korea. And with the momentum on the battlefield in eastern ukraine. Exactly. And us faltering, stumbling. And whenever, you know, balts speak usually or, you know, the countries from the Eastern Flank would speak, its notjust because we feel that its morally right to defend ukraine, but we also take this as an existential question. That means that if russia is not stopped in ukraine, it will continue because a machine that size, its very difficult to stop and it needs to. It cannot be stopped with just, you know, well wishing. It has to be stopped by military means. Do you think americas eventual commitment of that 60 billion worth of aid and assistance to ukraine has been a game ch
We see russia mobilising, continuously mobilising, even though its not officially declared. We see them arming, we see them entering what is called a war economy, producing weapons, getting weapons from iran and north korea. And with the momentum on the battlefield in eastern ukraine. Exactly. And us faltering, stumbling. And whenever, you know, balts speak usually or, you know, the countries from the Eastern Flank would speak, its notjust because we feel that its morally right to defend ukraine, but we also take this as an existential question. That means that if russia is not stopped in ukraine, it will continue because a machine that size, its very difficult to stop and it needs to. It cannot be stopped with just, you know, well wishing. It has to be stopped by military means. Do you think americas eventual commitment of that 60 billion worth of aid and assistance to ukraine has been a game changer . Or do you fear that, still, the biden administration, even in the speed that it is
On other people while denying the Biden Administration any of its achievements, and its clear that the stage is set for a most unusual election. During the coming months, both sides will go all out to mobilise their voters. And for biden supporters, theres the nagging worry that theyve not yet done enough to hold on to the white house. Mark there, produced by newsnight s max deveson and filmed by liam weir. So lets take a look at some of the front pages. Beginning with the daily mail. Stormy daniels, if i have made up my story about six with trump i would have written it a lot better. In the story of the worst Whooping Cough Outbreak in decades. Moving on to an exclusive, dominic cummings, boris and i saved thousands from covid but we want to talk again. His first major interview since leaving number ten. And then the guardian, fear and trepidation as hundreds of thousands of people leave rafah. And dwp have heads in their hands over carer payment crisis. Thats all from us tonight. Mar
Air dropped munitions Western Military is hard and capable of wiping out multiple buildings at the same time. Israels argument for having those as it needs to attack hamas below and above ground but they have been at the heart of complaints, of criticism and controversy raised by human Rights Groups when they have looked at the catastrophic high numbers of civilians killed by the israelis in gaza because of the Destructive Force of these weapons. The americans specifically have said that it is the past use of those munitions in gaza by israel that means they are holding back on this consignment because what The Americans are doing here is firing a warning shot across the bowels of the israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu as part of their stated position that they do not believe israel should carry out a full scale Ground Offensive into the city of rafah in gaza. The israeli Prime Minister has said that that will happen regardless of whether or not there is a Ceasefire Agreement he
Hundreds of thousands of palestinians living in the sand against the egyptian border. Or next to the sea. I dont know where to stay, ahmed says. People are fleeing from rafah and i have my children with me. Gazans have been on the move since yesterday morning, heeding israels latest warnings, not knowing if the coming days will bring relief or despair. Translation after what weve witnessed, theyve said multiple times that there will be a ceasefire. But were frustrated and we have no hope. Theres no big hope. Only a small one. For aid agencies already struggling to cope, the prospect of a full scale israeli Operation In Rafah is alarming. As the operation will progress, we will lose progressively more areas to the fighting. And im afraid that this will also affect our warehouses, health facilities, hospitals. And there are very, very few sites where we have the ability to give medical support. For the families of israeli hostages, these are also moments of acute anxiety. John and rachel