israel s military says it is looking into whether it was operating in the area at the time. our reporter in gaza says sunday night has brought what appears to be the most intense israeli air strikes since the war began. meanwhile, us secretary of state antony blinken made an unannounced visit to iraq on sunday. mr blinken said he d had productive talks with the iraqi prime minister mohammed al sudani on efforts to prevent the israel gaza conflict spreading and allowing more aid to reach the besieged gaza strip. it is important that the pause advance a number of things. one of them is hostages. we are intensely focused the united states, israel, every other country that has a citizen being held hostage by hamas to bring them home. it is important that as we are engaged in pursuing a humanitarian pause, this could be something that advances the prospect of getting the hostages back. it can also advance other things that we are committed to doing, as is the government of isr
a few minute left to vote for the cnn super hero. go to cnnheroes.com right now. these five former heroes of the year are amazing and this is one of them. she was the 2012 hero of the year. in nepal she saw children grow up in prisons with their incarcerated parents. push pacreated a safe place for the them and used her award money to build them a permanent home. she persevered to give the children a better future. by the spring of 2015, push pa was close to realizing her dream of building a butterfly home for her children. that april tragedy struck when a massive earthquake hit nepal. park are my dreams were
ten international stories of 2015. our top ten starts with a shocking prison escape inside the mexican jail cell of joaquin el chapo guzman. it s very difficult to breathe down here. a lot of dirt, dust, this is the bike el chapo used to run out of the prison. el chapo remains at large and the question still lingers, who helped him escape. number nine, moment for the history books. cuba and america back on speaking terms. americans boarding planes bound for havana thanks to a momentous thawing of icy diplomatic relations between the two countries. a year ago it might seem impossible that the united states would once again be raising our flag, the stars and stripes, over an embassy in havana. a powerful earthquake has hit nepal. an avalanche triggered on mt. everest. days of aftershocks follow.
appreciate both of you being with me this morning. and by the way, in the next hour we ll be speaking with the director of that. let me talk about nepal for a minute. this helicopter, the marine helicopter that vanished while on a mission in nepal there s information on that now that i want to share with you. we ll do that after the break. stay with us on the rundown. american express for travel and entertainment worldwide. just show them this - the american express card. don t leave home without it!
.this isn t that car. the first and only car with direct adaptive steering. the 328 horsepower q50 from infiniti. now continuing developments out of until. the death toll continues to rise following the second major earthquake to hit the country in three weeks. the number is now at 96. many kathmandu residents are spending the nights in tents out doors in hopes of not being buried by their homes. all this as the search continues in the eastern part of nepal for that u.s. marine huey helicopter that went missing on tuesday. u.s. military officials and a