Hours here, into the bbc newsroom. We believe those pictures there. I want to return now to washington, dc. We have been talking about the strong relationship between the us and israel. They are long standing allies. And the us has committed new support now for israel. Talk is through what we know. Support now for israel. Talk is through what we know. Well, as you sa , these through what we know. Well, as you say. These are through what we know. Well, as you say. These are a through what we know. Well, as you say, these are a new through what we know. Well, as you say, these are a new and through what we know. Well, as you say, these are a new and very say, these are a new and very significant details that have emerged from the pentagon confirming president biden s promise, essentially, to support israel in any way it needs. There was a statement that was released by the defence secretary, lloyd austin, and i willjust read that to you. He said that he has directed the movement of sever
Been killed by israeli airstrikes in gaza, including 78 children. The israeli army also says more than 400 Palestinian Militants have been killed after infiltrating Southern Israel, with dozens more captured. Israel says it is still trying to regain full control of eight areas where hamas militants infiltrated following saturdays attack. The number of israeli civilians and soldiers taken hostage has been put at 100 by the Israeli Embassy to the us, though some have been freed. In northern israel, hezbollah rockets targeted three military positions, with israel responding with barrages of artillery into Southern Lebanon. The Un Security Council is meeting in new york to discuss the situation. President biden has vowed rock solid support for israel. And israels Prime Minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, said hes spoken again to president biden, who emphasised the uss full support. The Un Security Council is meeting in new york now. It is behind closed doors. But we are hoping to hear some state
first to gave up at 15 and i think to be the first to admit it was in his forte and that first to admit it was in his forte and that he first to admit it was in his forte and that he did struggle with some of the and that he did struggle with some of the concepts. borisjohnson. hello, i m matthew amroliwala, welcome to verified live, hopes are rising at some of the 240 people taken by hamas could soon be freed. president biden saying he believes a deal to secure the release of hostages being held by hamas in gaza is near. the latest indication we heard earlier, the optimism from the americans. but the us president nowjoining that by saying he feels that the release of some of those hostages is near. we will obviously return to the us president is saying. qatar is mediating saying only very minor operations two obstacles in the way. israel s ambassador to the us had earlier said, a significant number of hostages could be freed in the coming days, in exchange fo
on friday, so will be looking to improve in theirfinal group game against a side they beat 770 earlier this summer. although they ve already qualified and topped group c, southgate knows his team will be under the microscope. performance is priority. we have set a standard. we didn t reach that standard on friday. we have to get back to what we re good at. there is always a chance within that to have a look we the word at a couple of things we would like to see, as well, but the biggest thing is making sure we hit the level of performance we have set ourselves. meanwhile, michael o neill says it s imperative northern ireland end a hugely disappointing euro 2024 qualifying campaign on a positive note. o neill s side go into monday night s final match at home to group h winners denmark at windsor park, having lost seven of their nine outings, including a 470 defeat away to finland on friday. obviously we want to finish on a high if we can t, it s a difficult game against a
after the massacres by hamas. translation: from october 7th until now we ve had no life. - there has been a continuous curfew. it is a bad situation. we are living in a prison. a soldier forces a resident back into his home. i m telling you one last time, get inside, he says. the israeli army says the closures are due to increased security concerns amid deadly palestinian gun attacks on israelis in the west bank. but many more palestinians have been killed. hafez takes me to the spot where his friend was shot and critically wounded by an armed settler. the current war revives an old goal by the extremists, he says, to drive them off the land. tom bateman, bbc news, al tuwani in the occupied west bank. you may be surprised to learn that more than 170,000 russians are still living in ukraine, almost two years after their country launched its full scale invasion. the figures come from the state migration service. some are even fighting in ukraine s army. but their situation is