donald trump announced that he s now not going to testify at his new york civil trial. clearly a reversal here from donald trump. this is smart move, or the least self-destructive move. congress stalled over foreign aid to ukraine and israel. if we don t solve this, vladimir putin is going to have an opening to march through ukrainian threatening all of europe. two university of pennsylvania leaders have stepped down. an intense spotlight is on the heads of harvard and m.i.t. it made us feel like we re alone in this. good morning, everyone. we have new cnn polling this morning showing donald trump leading president biden in two crucial battleground states that biden won last election. in georgia, hypothetical rematch shows trump ahead by five points. many michigan, trump is up by ten points. a state that president biden won by nearly three points back in 2020. trump s dismissed biden s warning that he s a threat to democracy. he said it s a hoax. baker
it s newsday. hi singapore this is bbc news. it s newsday. singapore this is bbc news. it s newsday. hi there. thank ou for it s newsday. hi there. thank you for being it s newsday. hi there. thank you for being with it s newsday. hi there. thank you for being with us. - it s newsday. hi there. thank you for being with us. if- you for being with us. if you re just you for being with us. if you rejustjoining us, here s a quick update on the latest developments on the israel gaza war. forthe developments on the israel gaza war. for the first time since the conflict broke out, more than 400 foreign passport holders and injured palestinians have been allowed to leave gaza. the rafah border crossing, in the south of gaza, until today had only been opening to allow humanitarian aid for palestinians in. elsewhere, there s been another big air strike onjabalia in northern gaza, which israel has declared an evacuation zone. this, a day after an israeli attack killed dozens of peo
the international humanitarian agency, medecins sans frontieres, says 2 million palestinians are still trapped in gaza under shelling and more than 22,000 injured people remain with limited access to health care. our international editorjeremy bowen has more on the border s opening. a warning, his report contains distressing images. at last the gates of the rafah crossing were opened. some foreign citizens were allowed to leave gaza for egypt. for the first time since israel imposed its siege. convoys of aid trucks are moving into gaza, though not nearly as many as the un and aid agencies say are necessary. ambulances went in for the seriously wounded. injabalia, at the opposite end of the gaza strip, more israeli raids. this time they said the target was a command centre. the un said gaza s civilian were being starved, traumatised and bombed to death. on the other side of the border wire, israelis are still in shock over the october 7 attacks. this is nirim kibbutz directly
humanitarian agency medicine sans medecins sans frontieres say people remain in gaza, and others without health care. jeremy bowen with more on the opening of the rafah crossing, a warning his report contains distressing images. at last the gates of the rafah crossing were opened. some foreign citizens were allowed to leave gaza for egypt. for the first time, since israel imposed its siege. convoys of aid trucks are moving into gaza, though not nearly as many as the un and aid agencies say are necessary. ambulances went in for the seriously wounded. injabalia, at the opposite end of the gaza strip, more israeli raids. this time they said the target was a command centre. the un said gaza s civilian were being starved, the un said gaza s civilians were being starved, traumatised and bombed to death. 0n the other side of the border wire, israelis are still in shock over the october 7 attacks. this is kibbutz nirim directly facing gaza. for the first time, adele was back to
crisis deepens, and the world braces for what comes next. national security adviser jake sullivan is here, with the view from the white house. and he has coming up first. plus, meet your new house speaker. michael johnson goes from backbencher to the top spot in the blink of an eye. and the closer you look, the more concerning things get. and later, gag orders, and guilty pleas put more pressure on donald trump, as his adult children prepared to testify, this week in new york. andrew weissmann and neil are here to discuss what feels like an inflection point, for the four times indicted former president. it s been three weeks since hamas terrorists unleashed their devastating and deadly attack on israel. three weeks, since over 200 people were kidnapped. many of them women, and children. three weeks of a humanitarian crisis, spiraling out of control for the people of gaza. and now, the israeli defense force has confirmed that they have expanded their ground opera