Elsewhere in the territory. The Israeli Military had previously urged civilians to go there but now, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu says he has approved plans for an assault on hamas militants believed to be based there. The un issued this warning. The consequences of a Ground Operation in the current circumstances would be catastrophic for the people of gaza, for the palestinians. Catastrophic for the humanitarian situation. It would be catastrophic all round. The us is one of israels most important supporters but it seems that the Israeli Government has not shared details of the planned assault on gaza with officials in washington. Heres Us National Security council spokesman, john kirby. We have not seen it. We certainly welcome the opportunity to see it. As i said, we cannot support a major offence in rafah the doesnt also include a credible, achievable an executable plan to take care of the safety and security of malt in a million gazans. To move on right now in a major way wit
Hywel griffith was watching the announcement. A two horse race where both men stuck rigidly to the centre but in the end of the new leader of the welsh labour was elected byjust under two 52 of the vote. Vaughan gething, congratulations. After being responsible for health and the economy, Vaughan Gething will now take a big step up to become the first black First Minister of wales. Today we turn a new page in our welsh history. A history that we write together. Notjust because im the first black leader of any european country, but a generational dial hasjumped, too. I want us to use this moment as a Starting Point for a more confident march into the future. A march into the future in behalf of a generation that too often is being asked to Pick Up The Pieces and the bill for those who came before them. In pieces and the bill for those who came before them. Pieces and the bill for those who came before them. In his campaign video, he tackled came before them. In his campaign video, he ta
This is cnn Breaking News good morning made, this sunday and have recovered and we begin with this Breaking News moments ago in russia, the last polls closed following a threeday president ial election. With no genuine opposition candidates appearing on the ballot. The outcome was never in doubt. Vladimir putin is expected to win the vote that will keep his grip on power through 2030. He has already, as russias longestserving ruler since soviet dictator joseph stalin, weve got full coverage for you. Cnns Matthew Chance is in moscow and Fred Pleitgen is in berlin. Matthew, you first despite the lack of opposition, there were there any acts of defiance today were yet to happen. In fact, of the course of the past three days when voting has been taking place has been a surprisingly high level of acts of defiance, disruption at Polling Stations, and things like that. Youve got to remember, russia is a country where public displays of dissent and criticism of the kremlin cant have extremely
Its ahead of a planned Ground Offensive in the Southern City of rafah, where about 1. 5 Million People are sheltering. It is being reported this morning, not a huge amount of detail what those humanitarian islands would look like. It is right at the very southern end of the gaza strip, where more than half of the population is now sheltering and is a place where israel has said it needs to carry out a military Ground Offensive because it says in order to achieve its aim of fully removing hamas run gaza, the only way to do thatis hamas run gaza, the only way to do that is target hamas s remaining leadership when they are believed to be in and among civilians sheltering in rafa. Of course this remains an operation which has questions attached, certainly the word ireland is interesting because a central part of the gaza strip has been left severely damaged by months of Israeli Ground and air attacks. People who live there have left their homes, been going back to those areas but of course
Manchester city could meet arsenal in the semifinals of the champions league. First, city will need to beat real madrid and arsenal, bayern munich. Good afternoon. The Chancellorjeremy Hunt says the Conservative Party good afternoon. The Chancellorjeremy Hunt says the Conservative Party is absolutely transparent about the donations it receives. But so far the party has neither confirmed nor denied reports its been given another £5 million by the businessman frank hester, on top of the ten million hes already donated. Mr hester has been widely accused of racism after allegedly saying the mp diane abbott makes him want to hate All Black Women. The tech boss apologised for making what he said rude comments about her. Heres our Political Correspondent hannah miller. Learning to use a camera on a visit to the university of sunderland, the chancellor and Prime Minister cant escape the glare of scrutiny over donations to the party. This week, they said that comments made by one of the conser