rafah, as i ve said before, israel has the responsibility and the obligation to do everything possible to ensure civilians are protected and they get the assistance they need in the course of this conflict. any military campaign, military operation that israel undertakes needs to put civilians first and foremost in mind. and i suggested again some ways to do that. and that s especially true in the case of rafah, where there are somewhere between 1.2 and 1.4 million people, many of them displaced from other parts of gaza. so we want to make sure again that in anything that s done, any military operations, the situation for civilians is first and foremost in mind and that necessary steps are taken to make sure that they re protected and they have the assistance they need. you suggested some wa s assistance they need. you suggested some ways to assistance they need. you suggested some ways to do assistance they need. you suggested some ways to do that. assistance they need
republicans are expected to torpedo a bipartisan immigration and foreign aid bill. well, democrats aren t entirely on board either with that bill. fail to go pass immigration reform is especially embarrassing for republicans who have been screaming for decades that the border is in crisis, and needs to be fixed through legislation immediately. but now that a once in a multi-decade opportunity to do something about it is in front of them, they re about to decide that chaos at the border is politically better for them than an attempt to fix it. in the gob smack words of conservative republican senator james lankford who cowrote the bill, quote, are we as republicans going to have press conferences and complain the border is bad and intentionally leave it open after the worst month in american history in december. well, senator, it seems the answer is yes. so what exactly is happening in the republican party? who is in charge? and is this these failures, what they want? joining
Welcome to bbc new, three hours a fast moving news, interviews, and reaction. We start in gaza, where the first shipment of humanitarian aid to be sent into the territory via a floating pier has been brought ashore in the last few hours. The uk, which has helped the us to build and operate the pier, says this shipment is expected to provide enough provisions to feed 11,000 people for a month. The structure opens up a new route to get food, shelter and other supplies to around 2. 2 million palestinians inside gaza, but thereve been warnings that the pier is only temporary, and appeals for israel to do more to secure routes to get aid into gaza via land. Israels bombardment of gaza has continued, this the scene at Nuseirat Camp In Central Gaza after a strike earlier today. Meanwhile at the uns top court the International Court ofjustice in the hague lawyers acting for israel have been responding to south africas call for an end to Israeli Military action in rafah and across gaza. Well be
aback by the ferocity of this latest israeli offensive. meanwhile, new threats by iran backed militias. a u.s. warship forced to shoot down several drones on the red sea, including one heading in its direction. back at home, arguments now happening before the supreme court in one of the highest profile bankruptcy cases in recent history. and it all stems from the nation s opioid epidemic. federal officials are closing an arizona crossing to help border patrol deal with the rising number of migrants coming into our country. and on capitol hill, a vote to launch an impeachment inquiry into president biden could take place as soon as this week. and we begin this hour with breaking news out of israel and the israeli-hamas war. israel is expanding its ground offensive in gaza four days after the collapse of the truce. israeli forces pushing deeper into southern gaza and ordering new evacuations. residents in gaza say they have no safe place to go. in northern gaza, we re
the raid comes as a simmering conflict between israel and the lebanese armed group hezbollah risks turning into a wider regional war. the two sides have exchanged fire across the lebanon israel border in recent weeks. hezbollah says it is fighting israel to support hamas in gaza. un secretary general antonio guterres said there is real risk that the crisis on the israel lebanon border could escalate. one rash move, one miscalculation could trigger a catastrophe that goes far beyond the borders and, frankly, beyond imagination. let s be clear the people of the region and the people of the world cannot afford lebanon to become another gaza. on x, the head of the world health organization said more than 10,000 palestinians are in gaza need urgent medical attention. he added that since the closure of the rafah crossing on may 7, no patients have been evacuated from the gaza strip. the us military said on thursday that a temporary pier off the coast of gaza has been re anchored,