hello, i m catherine byaruhanga. we start with the latest on the israel gaza war. the israeli prime minister, benjamin netanyahu, says israel is working with egypt and qatar to try and secure the release of hostages held by hamas. relatives of the hostages staged a big rally in tel aviv on saturday night. many carried placards bearing large pictures of their loved ones. they said the current policy of using military force wasn t working. mr netanyahu insisted that the military campaign would continue, but said israel is working for a possible deal. hamas, which is deemed a terrorist organisation by the us, uk and other western governments, says it will not agree to another deal for the release of hostages, unless what it calls the aggression against palestinian people stops once and for all . meanwhile, the world health organisation says it has delivered crucial medical supplies to gaza s al shifa hospital which has been working under much reduced capacity following israel s
following questions yesterday. what is the white house reaction to special counsel durham s report on how the fbi handled the trump-russia probe. i would leave it to the department of justice to speak to. does he agree with special counsel durham that there needs to be wholesale changes at the fbi. again that s with the department of justice and not something i am going to speak from the podium. as you just stated we believe in an independent department of justice that s what the president said when he was running and what the president said last year. thank you very much see new japan. not exactly shooting down the quote. aid to adam schiff. one of the house permanent select committee on intelligence staffers d.c. speak for the intel committee. their boss adam would soon take over leadership to of the committee. the researcher took the comment as a mild threat. kevin mccarthy questioned schiff s suitability for public office. it really raises the question about a
just ahead, powerful storms sweeping across parts of the u.s. with reports of multiple tornadoes, large hail and damaging wind and we will speak to a meteorologist on the ground. the u.s. is warning china it could face cost if it provides aid to russia for the war on ukraine and in-laws charged in murder with the gruesome chilling of model abby choi. thanks for being with us and we begin this hour with a crust storm system damaging oklahoma kansas and texas. at least nine tornadoes have been reported so far, 7 in oklahoma and two in kansas. there are reports of widespread damage down power lines and did i bree blocking roads in norman, home to oklahoma s largest university. 10s of thousands of people statewide are without power. and wind gust of 114 miles per hour was reported in northern texas in the town of memphis. more than 115 storms have been reported across the southern plains and more than 65 million people are under high wind alerts. on the phone is max unger meteo
cia, the new warnings to china not to help russia in ukraine. and people are getting a first look at how bad the storms were. and a new decision of abortions today, and the impact could be immediate and nationwide. this is what we are watching this hour. thank you for being here. i m kate bolduan. the concern over china and ukraine tensions are growing every hour. first there was concern that china was going to provide russia with weapons to help with the war in ukraine. but the biden administrator told that they are strongly considering sending drones and ammunitions to russia to defeat ukraine. and so we will start with m.j. lee who is live at the white house. m.j., what is and isn t the white house saying about the latest assessment? well, kate, the administration is openly warning that china is considering providing lethal aid to russia in the war against ukraine, and talking about drones and while china has not made a final decision of whether to go down this path,
the boundary with israel. hello and welcome to bbc news. at least 60 people have been killed in winter storms across the united states. president biden has approved an emergency declaration allowing federal support for new york state, where the city of buffalo has borne the brunt of the arctic conditions. 27 bodies have been recovered there; and more are expected to be found in cars buried in the snow. blizzards have blocked roads and brought down power lines making it hard to get food and medicine. sean dilley reports. forfive days, blizzard conditions have disrupted life and travel across america. dozens of deaths have been reported, more are expected in the coming days. emergency services are among those struggling with the weather. a quarter of a million homes and businesses are estimated to have been hit by power cuts on christmas eve and christmas day. the impact of the storm has stretched from canada to the mexican border. montana has experienced the coldest weather, w