good evening. for the first time since the october 7th attack on israel and the war in hamas that s followed, hundreds of foreign nationals were finally allowed to leave gaza today. many more still remain. two allowed to leave are u.s. citizens. both were aide workers. in a moment, we ll speak to the niece of one of those aide workers, a 71-year-old seattle resident, who s been helping to make prosthetics for children in gaza when she was there on october 7th. the state department estimates there are about 1,000 americans and 5,000 other foreign nationals in gaza who want to leave. president biden today said he expects more americans to depart, quote, over the coming days. in another first since the war began, palestinians were allowed to cross gaza s southern border into egypt. this is a hospital in north sinai where some were taken for treatment. signals shift in the conflict that for a second time in as many days saw israeli strike targets north of gaza, according to the u
but the us secretary of state is en route to the middle east as the pressure mounts on the white house to limit civilian casualties. we will hear tonight from the rafah border, where another 400 foreign nationals have crossed into egypt today. and we will get the thoughts of the qataris who are playing an important role in the backchannel negotiations with hamas. later in the programme, we will assess the widespread damage caused by storm ciaran across southern england and the channel islands. and a first outing tonight for our new segment ai decoded, at the end of a two day summit at bletchley park at which 28 countries pledged to collaborate on safety. welcome to the programme. the israeli army says it has now completely encircled gaza city, as the prime minister, benjamin netanyahu, said the height of battle had been reached. the army says it is beginning the work to dismantle the series of hamas tunnels. the prime minister said he will reject all calls for a cease fire.
outside the courthouse but, yesterday, the biden campaign held the surprise event there. i don t understand that. we will tell you who was there and dig into that campaign strategy. also ahead, the latest from gaza where israeli forces are moving into the city of rafah. it comes days after an israeli air strike ignited a deadly fire at a camp for displaced palestinians. let s dive in to our top story. after 21 days of heated testimony, the defense and the prosecution delivered closing arguments yesterday in donald trump s criminal hush money trial. nbc news laura jarrett has a recap. the first trial of an american president soon in the hands of seven men and five women. prosecutors closing their case arguing former president trump orchestrated a criminal conspiracy to influence the 2016 election to pull the wool over voter s eyes, they say, by ordering the payoff of stormy daniels and covering it all up. they tried to establish a pattern of mr. trump damaging stories
Indication hoff significant the move could be and could adversely effect the move between the u. S. And the palestinians and the u. S. And the arab states. Thank you. Im brianna keilar. And i thank you very much for watching tonight. Erin Burnett Outfront starts right now. Outfront next, breaking news an International Man hunt under way. A 24yearold tunisian mandate is key suspect. And the deadly Fireworks Explosion that killed more than 40 peel. What went so horriblily wrong . Lets go outfront. Im poppy harley. A german officials identifying this man a tunisian migrate the focus of their identification. Amaris Identification Papers found inside the truck. This has President Elect donald trump makes his first Public Comments today on the attack. Listen. It is an attack an humanity, that is what it it is. It is an attackon humanity. And its got to be stopped. What more do where he know about this man . Who is the key suspect. They know dont if hes the only one. But this is who they are
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