and in gaza about how they re living through it. the year has seen many important and profound stories, from the war in ukraine to donald trump s legal affairs in the us and for india, a successful moon landing. i m going to bring you just some of those moments. we begin in turkey and syria and the devastating earthquake that struck early on the sixth of february. these images show the moment the first quake hit. with a magnitude of 7.8, it destroyed hundreds of buildings and killed thousands of people. a second powerful tremor hours later increased the death toll even further. i was one of the firstjournalists to reach the epicentre, travelling through the devastation towards the city of kahramanmaras and broadcasting from my phone. this was one of my first live reports. what we re talking about here in maras, right at the epicentre of the quake, is notjust single individual collapsed buildings, we re talking about whole city blocks. when i arrived here, we drove down a stre
at the united nations security council, wording of a truce is still being discussed, but timelines have come and gone. the hamas run health ministry says 20,000 people have now died since the start of the conflict in gaza. 1,200 israelis died, and 240 hostages were taken, when hamas invaded israel on october 7th. here s our middle east correspondent, yolande knell. in khan younis, drones and shelling are the soundtrack of this war. a new day in gaza brings no escape from the relentless bombardment. for little riyan, the attacks have taken a cruel toll. her uncle now cares for her in a local hospital. when herfamily s home was hit by an israeli strike last month, she lost her parents and her brother and sister. she was crushed and has had a brain haemorrhage. her situation s very difficult, he says. she really needs to be taken abroad for treatment, but so far, we ve not managed to send her out. deep in gaza, israeli troops take on hamas fighters in fierce urban battles. i
the release includes infamous former defence contractor leonard glenn francis known as fat leonard. he s at the center of one of the us navy s largest corruption cases. in exchange the us has freed alex saab, an aide and top ally to venezuela s president nicolas maduro, accused of laundering money on behalf of the maduro government, which he denies. mr maduro is also releasing 20 venezuelan political prisoners. it s all part of the biden administration s efforts to improve relations with venezuela, and push mr maduro to hold fair elections next year. earlier, i spoke with our reporter mimi swaby about the deal. president byers was emphasising that this was all about encouraging venezuela to hold free and fair elections. how much leveraged you think the biden administration has in that regard? this is yet another sign of significant flowing between relations between the us and venezuela after months of really high level negotiations. this comes as biden is grappling with a
there s a huge barrage going on overhead just at the moment. yevgeny prigozhin seemed determined to march his men to the top of the hill. then, he marched them down again. political persecution like something straight out of a fascist or communist nation. this is southern israel and that is gaza, and the war here has dominated the news agenda since early october. tragic and polarising, it s one of the biggest stories of 2023 and one that i have followed here and reported on throughout, speaking to people in israel and in gaza about how they re living through it. the year has seen many important and profound stories, from the war in ukraine to donald trump s legal affairs in the us and for india, a successful moon landing. i m going to bring you just some of those moments. we begin in turkey and syria and the devastating earthquake that struck early on the sixth of february. these images show the moment the first quake hit. with a magnitude of 7.8, it destroyed hundreds of bui
tell those 25 new citizens about the importance of guarding our freedom and the responsibility of u.s. citizenship. melania trump, and emigrant herself, naturalized in 2006. we will bring you her remarks as they get underway in washington, d.c. meanwhile not just migrants but drugs and guns at the border and bombs could be in the mix. the feds are warning the agents to be on heightened alert for explosive devices. that begins a brand-new hour. i hope you are at home today, i am bill hemmer but dana has the day off today. well deserved, i would add from a well earned. shannon: she has a hardworking woman. we miss her, but i am shannon bream and i will try to help out. not that you need my help come up that vigilance is the key word after mexican military seized ten ieds at the border. u.s. authorities not letting down their guard on antismuggling unit in el paso, texas. they found thousands of dollars in cash and a rifle. fox business is live on capitol hill. hi, good morn