Welcome to all of you watching here in the United States, canada and all around the world. Im kim brunhuber. Ahead on cnn newsroom, millions of americans are bracing for a Tropical Storm this hour. A lock at what to expect from the cnn weather center. And cash and gold in exchange for police call favor, the allegations against a u. S. Senator. Whats next for the lawmaker in the u. S. Plus after a Whirlwind Visit by Volodymyr Zelenskyy to washington this week, well delve into the discan connect between lawmakers and voters on the issue of funding and more aid for the war. Tropical storm is just off the coast of North Carolina, and according to the latest advisory that came out minutes ago, is expected to make landfall any time now. Ophelia is at Hurricane Strength and is bringing storm surge, Flash Flooding and damaging winds to North Carolina and virginia. More than 40,000 customers are without power. Severe weather is also forecast in maryland and delaware. The game between the braves
today, two of those hostages have been seen in a video released from inside gaza. two humanitarian corridors will open in the territory on the salah al din road, along which hundreds of thousands of people have already fled south, as well as on the coastal al rashid road. there are growing concerns about the conflict spreading bringing in countries like yemen. 0ur international editorjeremy bowen reports from israel. more palestinians left their homes moving along salah al din street, the road to southern gaza, after israel said they would not be attacked if they left the battle zone to the north. pauses in israeli combat operations were welcomed by the americans. all this raises the ghosts of 1948 for palestinians, when more than 700,000 of them fled or were expelled byjewish troops as israel won its independence. israel never allowed them home. two of the gaza hostages were in new videos. hanna katsir blamed benjamin netanyahu, israel s prime minister, for their pligh
while right wing protesters are met with a stern response. she questioned whether the metropolitan police are playing favourites in the way they deal with protests. here s our political editor chris mason. those in charge here at the home office command one of the great offices of state home secretary. the latest tenant here, suella braverman, approaches thejob with a bluntness unlike any of her predecessors. writing in the times about the pro palestinian marches, she says. is suella braverman onto something when she claims the police might be biased? this former senior policeman who now works for a right leaning think tank says possibly yes. i think it s a really, really tough one for the police. i think the key question here is, who are they listening to, who are they talking to? and so could the police be biased almost by accident? potentially. but the key question is, who are they getting advice from and what is the nature of that advice and what is the bargain that s b
are continuing to leave the north of the territory after the israeli army gave them a six hour window to head south. families with young children and babies carried what they could some making the journey in carts pulled by donkeys. the israeli army spokesman said an estimated 50,000 gazans fled south on wednesday. heavy, close quarters fighting is continuing between israeli forces and hamas militants in the ruins of gaza city, with battles said to be nearing the al quds hospital. gunfire these are the scenes in the west bank. the palestinian authority says ten palestinians have been killed and at least 20 wounded during an israeli army raid on jenin refugee camp. israel s military said it was conducting counter terrorism raids injenin, but gave no further details. more than 170 palestinians are reported to have been killed by israeli forces in the occupied west bank since the attack by hamas on israel on october 7. in the past few minutes, the palestinian group islamic
luis rubiales is banned from all football related activities for three years after kissing a player on the lips out at the women s world cup final. good afternoon. this is the bbc news from jerusalem. israel says it s expanding its ground offensive in the gaza strip. it says it hit a further 600 hamas targets in gaza in the past 2a hours, killing dozens of fighters barricaded in buildings and tunnels. witnesses say an israeli tank and armoured vehicle briefly cut a key road from the north to the south of the gaza strip, entering close to gaza city. israel has been bombing gaza since the attacks on october 7th by hamas designated as a terror group by the uk that killed 1,400 people and saw over 200 people taken as hostages. meanwhile, the un agency for palestinian refugees says hundreds of patients are stuck in hospitals in the north of gaza. it comes after doctors say israel told staff to evacuate the hospital on sunday, but, with many patients in intensive care includi