Top american leaders often have problems with israel, which depends heavily on american support. Gunfire. But doesnt necessarily do what the us wants. Usually, though, american officials keep quiet about it. Not so the us deputy secretary of state, kurt campbell. He said publicly the other day israels leaders mostly talk about the idea of a sweeping victory on the battlefield, but the Biden Administration didnt believe such a thing was possible. Neither do many other observers. So why is israel pursuing the idea, and why is Benjamin Netanyahu so willing to ignore what the us wants . I put these questions to shaina oppenheimer, a journalist with bbc monitoring injerusalem. First and foremost, he has some very far right Coalition Partners who have been very hawkish and very clear with him that they want to see the government do certain things, for example, for it to press ahead with a full scale invasion of rafah. And they would also like to see what they would describe as a total Victor
More clout for scotland and showers, perhaps fewer showers elsewhere. Slightly less windy on sunday but temperatures a bit lower again. Autumn has arrived. And thats bbc news at six. You can keep up with all the latest developments on the bbc website. From the six team, its goodbye. The news continues here on bbc one as now its time to join our colleagues across the nations and regions for the news where you are. Goodnight. Hello and welcome to sportsday. Turning paris green in the face of an all black challenge. Ireland hope their home from home takes them to a first world cup semifinal. It was one, then the other, then to get there, but owen farrell is in, george ford is out for england against fiji. A different read will take over the velodrome before england, with wheels ready to open quarterfinal weekend. Wales. Also our new zealand team on the top four, with new zealand three from three in the Cricket World Cup. Hello again. Three home nations, three former champions and a few fa
Its newsday. Singapore, this is bbc news. Its newsda. ,. , its newsday. Hello and welcome to the programme. We begin in israel, where we begin our programme, as israel continues its mass mobilisation of troops, hundreds of thousands, on the southern border with gaza, the widespread expectation that a Ground Offensive across the frontier maybe coming. But the un is calling for Essential Supplies to be allowed into the territory, where the humanitarian situation is deteriorating rapidly, as israel enforces a complete siege. This follows the unprecedented attack, five days ago, in israel, by militants from hamas, a group committed to the destruction of israel, and designated a Terror Organisation by many western governments, including the uk. At least 1,200 people in israel are now thought to have been killed in the multiple assaults last saturday. At least a thousand palestinians have been killed in retaliatory israeli air strikes. Well be inside besieged gaza, with our correspondent, ru
the bill, hoping to secure tougher policies on the us mexico border to curb immigration in exchange for their cooperation. the us military aid package that s stalled would include $61 bllion for ukraine as part of a larger package. congress has approved more than $111 billion since the war began, but the biden administration is warning that money is running out as the war in ukraine ticks closer to its two year mark. our correspondentjess parker has the view from kyiv. he s here on a rescue mission to liberate billions of dollars in defence aid for ukraine, money that s become ensnared in arguments amongst us lawmakers. overnight, a fresh wave of russian missile strikes crushed buildings in kyiv and blew craters in the earth. ukraine s war is with russia, but officials must battle sceptics in the west who ask, what s the endgame? after ukraine s faltering counteroffensive. it is widely seen to have not delivered hoped for gains. what, in your view, went wrong? translation: