urged the israeli prime minister to halt a pre emptive strike against his brother forces in lebanon, days after hamas militants, launched the october seven assault on southern israel, warning that such an attack could spark a wider regional war. this was the view across the israel lebanon border earlier today, where we ve seen a thick plume of black smoke in the sky as hostilities continue in that border area. let s start this hour by hearing from israel s prime minister. translation: last night, - i talked again with president biden. i do appreciate us steadfast position at the security council a position which backs our war effort. yesterday, i told president biden that we will fight until total victory, as long as it takes. the us understands this. i saw false reports that claimed the united states has prevented us from operational activities in the region. this is not true. israel is a sovereign country. our war decisions are based on our operational considerations
both men said talks were productive and repeated their stance that a default is off the table. to avoid that, though, they ll have to work out an agreement within the next ten days. my college michelle fleury explains. even before president biden met with house speaker kevin mccarthy, negotiators were once again around the table, trying to strike a deal to avoid a default. now, sources say the white house is now offering to keep spending flat from this year to next, while republicans they say they want to increase defence spending while cutting everything else by up to 22%. treasury secretary janet yellen confirmed over the weekend that june 1st is the hard deadline, when the government can no longer pay its bills. and the deadline for a deal may actually be sooner in order for it to pass the house and senate in time. and there s another worry even if they do get a deal done in time, will rank and file members of both parties go for it? the impact of defaulting would
translation: regarding the reduction in aid, and if that translation: regarding the reduction in aid, and if that has translation: regarding the reduction in aid, and if that has an translation: regarding the reduction in aid, and if that has an impact, - in aid, and if that has an impact, the fact in aid, and if that has an impact, the fact that ukraine didn t have air the the fact that ukraine didn t have air the premises had an impact on the operation in 2023. we don t control the operation in 2023. we don t control the skies, we don t have enough control the skies, we don t have enough ammunition, but that doesn t mean enough ammunition, but that doesn t mean that enough ammunition, but that doesn t mean that we will not find a solution mean that we will not find a solution. but for this, we really need solution. but for this, we really need support, because we simply lack some need support, because we simply lack some weaponry. our correspondentjess
hello, welcome to verified live three hours of breaking stories, and checking out the truth behind them. the us defence secretary, lloyd austin, made a statement at a joint press conference with his israeli counterpart in tel aviv. he met that is really prime minister, lloyd austin said the us commitment to israel was unquestionable. he also met his counterpart in the past hour the pair held a news conference in which amongst other matters he confirmed they discussed the past or future for gaza. israelis and palestinians both deserve a horizon of hope. so the united states continues to believe, as we have under administrations of both parties, that it is in the interest of both israelis and palestinians to move forward toward two states, living side by side in mutual security. here s the israeli defence minister, yoav gallant, who also made a statement following talks with his us counterpart. in northern gaza, our troops have eliminated thousands of terrorist, destroyed mil
glad you could join us. leaders of the g7 group have advanced economies are gathering injapan in the city of hiroshima. concerned about global security are high on the agenda. japan s prime minister fumio kishida has one of the world is at a crossroads because of russia s attack on ukraine has warned the world is at a crossroads. they also need to tackle the increasing instability of the inca, indo pacific region. there are rising over nuclear capabilities and threat of action by china via taiwan. our correspondent shaimaa khalil is in hiroshima with this update. he then hiroshima one of the first things g7 leaders and their partners are going to do is be invited by the prime minister he may consider and his wife to the memorial, peace memorial cart where the atomic bomb dome sounds. it isa it is a reminder of the devastation nuclear letters are capable of doing and this is a city that is lippy that devastation no one wants to see it happening again. earlier prime minister