Smart and criticising benjamin netanyahu. Both of which it the moment dont wend him any support dont win. Hes probably trying to calibrate his words a little bit. Katty kay, thanks very much for that analysis. As we continue to watch the concluded, that trip from joe biden. He spent eight hours on the ground. Hes now in the air on Air Force One heading back to washington. Katie kicked katty kay without assessment. Youre watching bbc news. Lets tune. President biden warns israel not to act on raids. Israel and hamas blame each Otherfor The To Act on raids. Israel and hamas blame each other for the blast that killed hundreds. The white house says israel was not responsible. On fire the massive loss of life triggers protests about the embassy in beirut gunfire. We will have more on all of those mean stories. Why dont we pause for a few minutes and catch up with a busy sportsday. Mimi is there for us. Good evening. Thank you very much, matthew. New zealand continued their winning run at th
By an explosion last night at a hospital in gaza city. The Health Ministry says a71 people were killed. Israel and hamas are blaming each other for the blast, which has inflamed tensions and sparked protests across the region. Israel says the blast was caused by a rocket misfired by the Palestinian Militant Group islamichhad. A senior us official says its high confidence that israel did not do it. But hamas, palestinian authorities and other countries blame israel for the explosion. The bbc is trying verify the claims from both sides. After talks with benjamin netanyahu, President Biden warned israel not be consumed by rage and to learn from mistakes the us made after 9 11. Israels Prime Minister called biden a true friend and commended his Deeply Moving decision to visit israel during a time of active war. He also said he would not block Aid Deliveries from egypt to gaza where food, water and fuel are running out after nine days of total siege. Well have the very latest on a day of di
In washington, welcome to hardtalk. And let me begin with a very simple question what do you believe President Biden hoped to achieve by flying out to the middle east . Well, i think the number one biggest goal is to contain the conflict. Thats number one. Number two, to work with israel to try to figure out some way to minimise the impact on civilians within gaza, and also within israel, to try to chart a path forward. And i am seeing reporting its this morning, my time, where were at, recording here im seeing reporting this morning that a humanitarian corridor has been opened up out of gaza, and thats one of the biggest goals. The second is to work with partners in the region to try to make sure that this conflict doesnt spread, that hezbollah and iran dont get more involved. Thats the goal and thats the objective. And i guess also to have the conversations with israel about how best we can help them defend themselves against the threat from hamas. Lets just start with that idea of w
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