There are americans who remain unaccounted for. I do expect, unfortunately, that the list of americans confirmed dead will rise today. Miller went on to say that the u. S. Is reaching out to any country it can with ties to hamas to get them to release those hostages. We have reported, kate, that one of those countries is qatar. There are also discussions, we are told, with the israelis, with the eej gyptians with the humanitarian corridor so theyre able to get out of the gaza strip if israel decides to go in. Weve heard from israeli officials that they plan to exact a harsh response to hamas for these attacks. Alex, we will bring those remarks from the Secretary Of State if and when he does come to the cameras to speak and our alex is there. Thank you very much, alex. Top of the hour. Im john berman with kate bolduan and sara sidner. We just learned israel has a government in the war cabinet, this is Benjamin Netanyahu who made the announcement moments ago all of this as hundreds of th
Israel fighting back against evil. For a fourth day Hamas Terrorists have brought a barbarism unseen since attacks on jews last mid century. Will the world and especially the United States do more than watch . And we had all better pay attention. Our mutual enemies are thirsty for a broader conflict. Families of americans being held hostage are pleading for help. President biden has been silent for two days. Finally set to address the nation again today. Im Harris Faulkner and you are in the faulkner focus. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu says his forces are, quote, just beginning their counter. Israel has been pounding hamas with air strikes and their forces are also amassing at the Gaza Border Signaling a Ground Assault could be imminent. Were now seeing the faces of some of those americans held hostage or missing in the conflict. This man was at a Music Festival. There is an american serving in the Israeli Defense force and another woman, a 66yearold mom of four and grandm
Hello, im matthew amroliwala, welcome to verified live, three hours of breaking stories, and checking out the truth behind them. The british army has been stood down from supporting the metropolitan police after hundreds of officers stepped back from firearms duties. The Prime Minister has said armed officers need clarity about their legal powers. Rishi sunak was backing a home office review, after a metropolitan Police Officer was charged with murdering a 24 year old man, chris kaba, in south london last year. Earlier, the bbc was told up to 300 officers had turned in permits allowing them to Carry Weapons over the weekend. Heres our home affairs correspondent, tom symonds. This morning, routine Police Patrols around westminster remained noticeably armed. The metropolitan police says it has enough officers willing to carry out routine firearms duties. But carrying a gun for the police is a voluntaryjob and sources say up to 300 met officers have handed in their ticket. Scotland yard w
hello, i m victoria valentine. we start in india where world leaders are expective to arrive in new delhi in the coming hours, ahead of this weekend s 620 summit. this was earlier us presidentjoe biden departing washington for the summit. uk prime minister rishi sunak is also expected to attend. the 620 group consists of 19 of the world s wealthiest economies and the european union. it accounts for 85% of global economic output and two thirds of its population. it s a key forum for international issues but there are deep divisions over some of these, like the war in ukraine. live now to siddarth varadarajan, the founding editor of the independent indian news website the wire. thank you very much forjoining us here on bbc news. what hope is there that india is able to push to the fore the agenda of the global south? i think for india, the 620 has always been about, in a sense, pushing the ideas, views and interests of the global south. we ve been doing this since 2008,
fallout from the israeli airstrike that killed of afghanistan amid the us withdrawal? no time to prepare, no emergency plan in place and no safe place to go and a judge rejecting donald trump s last-ditch effort to delay his hush money trial an unprecedented moment, lins looms over the campaign trail all right, 6:00 a.m. here in washington and also in new york, the statue of liberty shining, bright this morning. good morning, everyone. i m kasie hunt. it s wonderful to have you with us. and just hours because the white house says president biden will quote, express his frustrations to israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu. the phone call will mark the first time that two liters have spoken since these seven world central kitchen aid workers were killed by an israeli airstrike in gaza a senior administration official says, biden is increasingly frustrated and angry, but the white house also emphasizing that there s been no shift in us policy supporting israel s military