their cause. he then headed to meet with presidentjoe biden, who announced an additional $200 million in weapons and equipment for ukraine, but the wartime president is still hoping for more. today s discussion across both parties in both chambers were very productive. i thank you for the bipartisan support. as we approach christmas on behalf of all our ukraine families separated by war and our sons and daughters on the front, ukraine s greatest wish is to reach a victorious and. it s mr zelenskyy s third visit since the war began and second in just the last few months. the funding he wants could mean the difference on the battlefield as the war ticks closer to its second year. congress has approved more than $111 billion in total since the war began. but the biden administration says that money is running out. mr biden told mr zelenskyy that it would be a christmas gift to russia s vladimir putin if congress fails to pass fresh aid. putin is begging on the united states to d
now looking at the skyline over gaza. the sun will set in an hour. the truce is over. the fighting has resumed between israel and hamas. we ll watch that story throughout the morning and we ll try to learn more as we go forward on the fate of the hostages who are still there. so stand by for more on that. meanwhile from last night, did you see this? yes it s a danger to the country. he has no business running for president. gavin newsom agrees with that. that s why he is running his shadow campaign. he should not be running, he is not up to the job. and it is dangerous for this country. i tell you why i m here. i m here to tell the truth about the biden/harris record and compare and contrast ron desantis s record and the public party s record as a point of contrast that s as different as daylight and darkness. you want to bring us back to a pre-1960s world. america in reverse. bill: it was blue state and red state. it was punch, counter punch last night. really somethin
heading south, away from israeli air strikes. israel says it s targeting hamas, a group designated as a terror organisation by the uk government, and responsible for killing 1,400 people on the 7th of october and seizing more than 200 hostages. jeremy bowen has been embedded with the israel defense forces, inside the territory. while the bbc retained editorial control of the report, the sections featuring the israeli military have been cleared by the idf. like young soldiers in many wars, israeli troops looked excited, not apprehensive, as they made their final preparations to join israel s invasion of the gaza strip. they re moving in as the war approaches a critical point. their colleagues already inside the strip have surrounded gaza city. these men might be part of the next stage, locating hamas tunnels and fighting street by street. israel s prime minister promised his country a mighty vengeance against hamas. but with so much firepower, one question is israel followin
hamas health officials say more than 10,500 people have been killed since the conflict began in gaza nearly half of them children. israel has repeatedly warned palestinians to head south to greater safety, despite also bombarding that region. israel says 50,000 people left gaza city today as israeli troops tighten their grip on the area. the israeli army released video showing a long line of people on foot, many of them waving white flags, some holding their hands in the air. the us secretary of state has outlined what should happen when the fighting stops. antony blinken said gaza and the west bank should both be governed by the palestinian authority. he told a meeting of g 7 foreign ministers that there should be no israeli occupation of gaza. the deputy leader of lebanon s hezbollah group, which is backed by iran, has praised last month s attack by hamas which sparked the fighting. hezbollah s deputy chief told the bbc the killings were an act of resistance. more on that
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