It could come as soon as may as the war continues. The un is warning that 1 million people, thats half of the territorys population, are now facing starvation. The European Unions Foreign Policy chief, josep borrell, Accused Israel of using starvation as a weapon of war, a claim israel rejects. Heres what us Secretary Of State Antony Blinken said a short time ago. According to the most respected measure of these things, 100 of the population in gaza is at severe levels of acute food insecurity. Thats the first time an entire population has been so classified. We also see again, according to, in this case, the united nations, 100 the totality of the population is in need of humanitarian assistance. Blinken s comments follow us president joe biden s first call with israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in over a month on monday. Mr biden told mr netanyahu that a major Ground Operation in the city of rafah would be a mistake. Mr netanyahu defended the possibility saying opposing the o
And zambia has been seen by many as a test case for how well the common framework works. But despite protracted negotiations, the zambia Debt Relief Deal has collapsed, raising doubts about the workability of the common framework. Zambias president hakainde hichilema, who inherited a huge Debt Overhang when he was elected in 2021 has been spearheading efforts to get the countrys economy back on track. I spoke to the zambian president in an exclusive interview and began by asking him about the economy. I think we did our part as a country in terms of meeting our obligations. We did that well ahead of time. Now it is for the other part of the stick to come on board. The bilateral creditors, i think we are doing reasonably well. Delayed . Yes, it was delayed. But the private creditors, we now need to close and put this to bed so that it can create the headroom we needed, we anticipated long before. But these delays are beginning to negate the gains that we already made as a country in our
Ill get reaction from the Ukrainian Ambassador to the United States. She joins us live this hour. Welcome to our viewers here in the United States and all around the world. Wolf blitzer is off today. Im Alex Marquardt, and youre in the situation room. We begin with a historic show of unity from the United States, japan, and south korea. President biden hosting his asian allies at camp david with an eye towards the military and economic threats that theyre all facing in the Pacific Region right now. Cnns Paula Hancocks is standing by in seoul. First lets get straight to cnns Arlette Saenz at camp david. What came out of this summit . Reporter President Biden hosted his first leaders as president here at camp david, and the president is hoping that the symbolism of this location of the pezs retreat will lend itself to this moment as two u. S. Allies with decades of fraught history have come together with the u. S. To enter this new trilateral agreement in part as they are dealing with gr
Were breaking down the historic summit that just wrapped up at camp david a short time ago. Also tonight, were learning more about Donald Trumps plans to skip next weeks republican president ial debate. Sources saying an interview with former fox news host Tucker Carlson is now in the works as trump aims to steal the spotlight from his rivals. And a categoryfour Hurricane Lashing Mexico and is posing an unprecedented threat now to Southern California. The region is under its first Tropical Storm watch ever, and potentially facing a years worth of rain in a matter of hours. Welcome to our viewers here in the United States and all around the world. Wolf blitzers off today. Im alex marquardt, and youre in the situation room. The Camp David Summit is our top story this hour. President joe biden working to strengthen ties with japan and south korea as the three countries face urgent threats from china and north korea. Cnns Arlette Saenz is at camp da david. And will ripley is standing by. H
Thets big barr laying out a flaw in the main defense that Donald Trumps lawyers using in the federal election case. Well have much more from the former Attorney General on trumps many, many legal issues in just a moment. Meanwhile a key conspirator in the riot at the capitol could receive the longest sentence yet for the january 6th attack. And a very significant summit at camp david for President Biden. Well explain the stakes at todays meeting. Good morning and welcome to Way Too Early on this friday, august 18th. We made it to friday, folks. Im jonathan lemire. Thanks for starting your day with us. And well begin this morning with the trial date proposed by Donald Trumps legal team that is way, way, way in the future. In a court filing late yesterday the attorneys representing the former president in the federal election interference case against him thats the one out of washington requested that that trial begin in april of 2026. That is 2 1 2 years later than the january 2024 star