Is in israel for his two day visit to the middle east. He has just sat down with his israeli counterpart, benjamin netanyahu, who welcomed him to the country. Earlier, mr sunak met israeli president isaac herzog and expressed personal condolences over the loss of life. He told the president that the uk stands in solidarity with israel and backed its right to defend itself. Mr sunak said they agreed on the importance of getting aid to ordinary palestinians in gaza and stressed the need to avoid Futher Escalation across the region. Iam glad i am glad we have had the chance to talk. Palestinians are victims of what hamas has done, and it is important that we continue to provide humanitarian access. I welcomed the announcement yesterday. We in the uk have announced further aid that we are prepared to bring into the region, and we are keen to see that that gets to those who need it to enable, as you say, when people have been asked to leave, to protect civilian life, which is the right thin
As soon as possible. On wednesday, us President Joe Biden and egyptian president Abdel Fattah Al sisi agreed to open up the Rafah Crossing, to allow up to 20 trucks of aid into gaza. But President Biden has warned the shipment is not likely to cross until friday, because repairs to the road are needed. Of course, our website has a live page updating all the time if you wish to give across that news. Now on to business and we start with netflix its shares have been surging, after the Streaming Giant said it signed up almost nine million new subscribers in the last three months. Thats way more than expected and the best quarterlyjump since the early days of the pandemic when we were all stuck at home. So whats going on . Its mostly down to a crackdown on people sharing their passwords and now netflix is putting up prices basic subscribers in the uk will pay an extra pound the premium plan has gone up by £2, to £17. 99. Michelle fleury has more. It has been less than six months since ne
those are the faces of the immigration surge. there are more children coming across the border than we have facilities for. there is a crisis on the texas border right now. this crisis as a result of president biden s open border policy. announcer: this is new day weekend. a shot of capitol hill there and the flags flying as we begin with we have to tell you we have a crisis at the u.s./mexico border. this is an unprecedented high. homeland security secretarial happen droe secretary alejandro mallorcas is directing fema. up on capitol hill for us this morning, what do we expect to see? reporter: victor, it s going to be an incredibly busy week in congress. as you said, house minority leader kevin mccarthy leading a group of 12 republicans to el paso tomorrow where they will tour a migrant processing facility. this has been a major issue with republicans. they have been hitting the biden administration on this influx of migrants crossing the border in rec
This week on world story. A woman in india is adding spice to the election campaign. How russia is using the war in syria for propaganda purposes but we begin in mozambique the african country is reeling after being struck by two cycles in quick succession our reporter paid a visit to the island of ebola which was particularly hard hit. We onboard an aid flight headed towards the vacation island of ebor now for the first time we get an aerial view of the massive destruction up till now flights have hardly been possible due to the strong rain. Now were about to land on the island of ebook the first aid packages have arrived but this is by far not enough to help out the six thousand People Living here the island has been almost completely destroyed
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on special meaning against the backdrop of the countrys civilian rise. Thanks for sharing your time with us the Destructive Force of cycling is starting to become clear a week after it tore through was on meet the governments band that the death toll has reached forty one but that number is expected to rise many parts of. The bill with remote areas and small islands still waiting for aid supplies. Travel to evil an island in the north of the country that was especially hard hit. We are on board in eight flights headed towards the vacation island of evil now for the first time we get an aerial view of the massive destruction up till now floods have
hardly been possible due to the strong rain. Ive never seen anything like this theres entire villages that are completel