Of hope yesterday. These were the scenes outside the al aqsa hospital as palestinians celebrated news that hamas had accepted a Ceasefire Deal. But this was rejected by israel as far from meeting its core demands. Instead, the countrys war cabinet voted to continue operations in rafah. Talks are resuming in cairo and israel is sending a delegation to the talks. Live injerusalem is our middle east bureau chief, jo floto. In cairo, bbc arabic reporter, abdelbassir hassan. Lets speak to our middle east correspondent, jo floto. What we know is happening on the ground in the moment . We understand that the Israeli Ground in the moment . We understand that the Israeli Military ground in the moment . We understand that the Israeli Military are ground in the moment . We understand that the Israeli Military are still that the Israeli Military are still in control of that area of rafah. They took tanks in to take control of the Border Crossing and areas around it, and we are told Special Forces
In california have been told to disperse by police or face arrest. These are live pictures outside the camp, where its nowjust after 1am local time. More and more students are gathering to show their support, as demonstrations against the war in Gaza Continue at universities across the United States. Earlier, californias governor, gavin newsom, accused the police of being too slow to respond after Counter Demonstrators attacked the camp on tuesday night. In texas, riot police broke up a similar encampment, accusing the demonstrators of breaching trespass laws. Lets hear from our correspondent Helena Humphrey who is at the ucla campus live for us. Welcome and take us through what is happening right now. You welcome and take us through what is happening right now. Happening right now. You can hear the chanting happening right now. You can hear the chanting behind happening right now. You can hear the chanting behind me, happening right now. You can hear the chanting behind me, chantingl
And with that, Kevin Mccarthys nine month term as speaker was over. The final straw his decision to do a deal with democrats to keep the government open. He didnt hesitate to point the finger of blame at the eight republicans who ousted him, led by matt gaetz, his nemesis. Look, you all know matt gaetz. You know, it was personal. It had nothing to do about spending. The unprecedented removal of the speaker has Left Congress in chaos. So much so, theyve decided to take a week off while they work out what to do next. One rebel, though, was unrepentant. This was the right call. The American People deserve a leader and a speaker who will tell the truth, and so too does the international community. They need to know that the next speaker is going to be honest and wont go back on their word. With republicans focusing firmly on themselves, the question of funding for ukraine, which congress controls, remains undecided. It does worry me. But i know there are a majority of members of the house