health ministry says that the death toll has passed 8000 people. it follows attacks which killed moo people in israel with hundreds taken as hostages. the latest nighttime attack struck around 150 targets according to israel and killed key figures within hamas which is designated as a terror group by the uk, us and many western nations. israel prime minister benjamin netanyahu said the ground operation has entered the second phase with israeli troops and the north and south. he has want of the war with hamas will be long and difficult. speaking at a joint press conference he described the conflict as the second war of independence for israel and declared they will win the wine make every effort to bring the israeli hostages back home. also on saturday, in his first common since the war began three weeks ago, hamas s leader in the gutters strip has offered to return hostages in return for the frank of palestinian prisoners in israeli jails. in a statement yahya sinwarsaid. a m
unfounded. these attacks have not, and they will not influence our decision making. i will not be intimidated. and the justice department will not be intimidated. that s attorney general merrick garland striking a defiant tone as he defended the justice department during a contentious hearing between house republicans. we ll show you how it unfolded and what happens next as garland faces a potential contempt vote in congress. plus we ll dig into donald trump s new comments that he may jail his political opponents if he is re-elected to a second term. and also ahead president biden signed an executive order drastically tightening the border, and now he s getting backlash from some democrats. we ll break down the divide in his own party and what the issue of immigration could mean for his base in the fall. good morning and welcome to way too early on this wednesday, june 5th. i m jonathan lemire. thanks for starting your day with us. president biden issued an executive or
And london. This is bbc world news. Its newsday. Good morning. Its 7am in singapore, midnight in london and 7pm in the evening in washington, where President Donald Trump has been singing the praises of china in sharp contrast to his campaign rhetoric. In an interview with the american cbs network, the us president said he was in constant touch with president xijinping, and believed he was putting pressure on north korea to rain in its leader kim jung uns nuclear ambitions. The relationship ive had with china, its been already acclaimed as being something very special, something very different to what weve already had. On north korea, mr trump warned that a conflict with the country could kill millions of people. But he had some surprising words of praise for Supreme Leader kim kim jong un. Dealing with obviously very tough people, in particular the generals and others, and at a very young age he was able to assume power. A lot of people im sure tried to take that power away, whether i
Spotlight. And this is a rare old talent, isnt it . Our colleague Steve Rosenberg not only knows all the winners at the eurovision song contest, he can play them as well. Im katty kay in washington, Christian Fraser is in london. The Us National Security agency was watching in real time last week as the russians hacked into the servers of the french President Elect emmanuel macron. Theyve also determined that the russian president Vladimir Putin personally directed the attack last year on the us election. Today in front of the Senate Armed Services committee the director of the nsa, admiral mike rogers, was questioned by senators and this was how he described his agencies warnings to french officials. He had become aware of russian activity, we had talked to french cou nterpa rts activity, we had talked to french counterparts prior to the public announcements of the events that we re announcements of the events that were attributed last weekend, the russians were seeing them, penetrati
Will they get picked out . Today, no answers to that question. Sarah Huckabee Sanders could not or would not answer questions about whether Current Service members will be removed. The president has a lot of support for all americans and certainly wants to protect all americans at all times. The president has expressed concerns since this obama policy came into effect. But hes also voiced that this is a very expensive and disruptive policy, and based on consultation that hes had with his National Security team, came to the conclusion that it erodes Military Readiness and Unit Cohesion, and made the decision based on that. The decision is based on a Military Decision. Its not meant to be anything more than that. At a white house event an attempt to get clarity from the president later went ignored. People in the military . Shes very rude. So all we have on this Policy Change that will profoundly affect thousands of Service Members lives are the president s three tweets, which mention th