Good evening. Donald trump has become the first us president , former or current, to stand trial in a criminal case after appearing in court in new york. Hes accused of falsifying his Business Records to disguise a Hush Money Payment made to the former adult film star, Stormy Daniels, shortly before the 2016 election. Mr trump has pleaded not guilty and was his usual defiant self outside court, claiming the attack was an assault on america, and repeating unsubstantiated claims that the trial is a witch hunt against him. Our north america editor sarah smith reports. Its become a well rehearsed ritual Donald Trumps performance on his way to court. But this time its very different. The first criminal trial of a former president , and it comes with a possible prison sentence. Just look at his face. He seems drained of all his usual bombast, while insisting he is the victim of a conspiracy to derail his president ial campaign. This is political persecution. This is a persecution like never
Girl has been injured so far and that light damage was caused to a Military Base but we do not have details of which base. The idf s Spokesman Says the 10 Year Old Girl who was injured by schrapnel from Falling Debris is being treated by paramedics. Lets take a look at the worlds response to the attack the United Nations secretary general Antonio Guterres released a Statement Saying i strongly condemn the serious escalation represented by the large scale attack launched on israel by the Islamic Republic of iran this evening. I call for an immediate cessation of these hostilities. I am deeply alarmed about the very real danger of a devastating region wide escalation. I urge all parties to exercise maximum restraint to avoid action that could lead to Major Military confrontations on multiple fronts in the middle east. That from the chief of United Nations. In the us, President Biden posted this picture on x, formerly twitter, saying that he just met with his National Security team for an
interviews and reaction. war has returned to gaza. a ceasefire expired this morning. israel s military says it has hit more than 200 targets today. each side is blaming the other were pitching that terms the trees. the israeli military is accusing hamas, which the uk, us and lay the governance considered a terrorist group, is not releasing the full number of women and children hostages and filing into israel. israel has resumed its military strikes on gaza after a temporary ceasefire came to an end this morning. the israeli military accused hamas which governs gaza and is designated a terrorist organisation by the uk government of breaching the terms of a truce which saw the release of 110 hostages held by hamas and 240 palestinian prisoners held by israel in recent days. the hamas run health ministry said around 30 people had been killed since hostilities began again this morning. there has also been rocket fire from gaza aimed at southern israel. 0ur middle east corresp
people certainly being handed over. you can see a bank of ambulances. an elderly womanjust being you can see a bank of ambulances. an elderly woman just being delicately walked out as some of these transfers continue thereat rafah. so many different points in this choreography before they ultimately get back to israel and the israeli authorities have that news conference they were talking about to confirm the various transfers, but a little glimpse perhaps of one of the people that were contained in those red cross convoy in ambulances earlier as we see shots both from the air and ground. we will continue with these pictures, but as we continue to watch them, let s bring in gideon leavey, an israeli author and journalist. thank you very much for being here and being on the programme. your headline thoughts as we hear some of the thoughts and details of this hostage release. very mixed feelings, all kind of thoughts. fin feelings, all kind of thoughts. on one hand, one cannot
been mediated by qatar, 13 israeli hostages are due to be released later today, with 50 being released over the four days. as part of the agreement, israel will release 150 palestinian prisoners. sir stephen o brien is a former un under secretary general for humanitarian affairs and emergency relief coordinator. hejoins me now. tell us what has been happening at the border and how difficult it is been for some of these eight trucks to get through. how long they have been there, how long the jets were. you are in a hot part of the world so it has been a long, arduous time for people to be waiting but there has been plenty of time for assessments by the professionals, not least for the unh wr, to which i used to run, which has been really active in making sure there is a real assessment for the people, particularly in south casa, where they have been gathering to have the humanitarian supplies distributed to them to help them survive and maintain some kind of ability to give th