Israel awake and on edge. Overnight. As iran unleashed hundreds of missiles and drones in retaliation for the april 1st attack on the iranian consulate in syria. Im jonathan hunt, live in los angeles. Its daylight now in israel, where they are now looking to assess the damage following irans first ever direct Military Assault on israeli territory. Now that damage is believed to be minimal, with israels air Defense Systems, along with us Military Action taking out most, if not all, of the iranian drones and missiles. But the message iran wanted to send is very clear. And now the unprecedented Revenge Mission is pushing an already tense region even closer to a wider war. Multiple thresholds have been crossed here that have not been crossed before for. And i think it is correct to say that, were going to be looking at a new middle east in the future. The white house is monitoring the situation closely, and President Biden has, as you would expect, been in contact with israeli Prime Minist
A surge in the cost of fuel pushed up us Consumer Prices by 0. 6 , but if you strip out the volatile cost of food and fuel, the underlying rate was half that, coming in at 0. 3 . It could give Americas Central Bank some breathing room, encouraging the Federal Reserve to keep Interest Rates on hold next wednesday. Lets speak live to our north America Business correspondent, erin delmore. What do these figures tell us about the state of the us economy . Weill. The state of the us economy . Well, we are seeing the state of the us economy . Well, we are seeing the the state of the us economy . Well, we are seeing the second the state of the us economy . Vii we are seeing the second straight monthly rise in the Consumer Price index here, and that matters because the fed is meeting next week. This is in fact the last day dump they are going to get before they get together and everybody is holding their breath to see whether the fed will continue its campaign of Interest Rate rises or whether
Situation in libya. More than Five Thousand people are now known to have died, in devastating floods in the east of the country. These are the pictures from derna with people describing a tsunami of water hitting the city, after two dams collapsed. More than ten thousand people are still missing the authorities fear the death toll will double. All the details are disturbing more than 3a thousand people are now homeless witnesses talk of the sea constantly Depositing Bodies on the shoreline. Before i show you more of the aftermath have a look at the moments the floodwater actually hit this city, the power, the speed, the force, sweeping everything away. People describe the land, just disappearing in an instant. Aid agencies on the ground talk of an overwhelming need for everything from water, shelter, medicine, rescue teams with clinic and hospitals in the east of the country overwhelmed by the injured. The Rescue Operation has been made more difficult by the complicated political situa
falling out of step with so many public. we have covered this before. it s a huge deal as the republicans face the midterm defeats in ohio, kentucky and virginia. the party is still reeling from that, celebrations where republicans are usually supposed to win. democrats feel emboldened. so, abortion rights groups working in tandem want to seize on the momentum, and make new pushes to protect abortion access and freedom, in states as red as even nebraska. protect our rights is an effort to put abortion rights to a vote in nebraska. you know, we have seen time and teen again, especially with how just last week, you put abortion on the ballot, and voters will protect their rights. nebraska is no different. that was just last night. you see the echo of ohio going into this week, and potentially future elections. it s just a fact if we re following what voters and different people have said in different places, in every election since the supreme court overturned roe when