That they hope to spook kim jong un by making this meeting so public and putting the eyes of the world on him and on this travel, that he will decide it is just too dangerous to go, and by thwarting the meeting they probably hope they can thwart the arms deal. The us priority in this right now seems to be to stop these weapons getting to the front line of ukraine. But here in south korea the concerns run much deeper. It is, what does this mean for the future of russian and korean cooperation . Russia is desperate and it is expected that kim jong un would put a high price on any weapons he would sell the russian leader. The things he will broadly worry about are, could this increase Military Cooperation in this region between north korea and russia . Could we see Military Drills between the two sides . Another fear is that kim jong un might ask for russian weapons at some point far in the future when north korea needs them most. So by far the biggest worry is if he could demand from Vla
Hello and welcome to our viewers joining us here in the United States and All Around The World as we continue our coverage of israel at war. Im rosemary church. The gazabased Militant Group Hamas has released two more people who had been abducted from Southern Israel earlier this month. The hostages identified as israeli citizens, nurit cooper and Yocheved Lifshitz were among the more than 200 people captured by hamas in a deadly rampage on october 7th. Israel has been responding to that attack by Bombarding Gaza almost nonstop. The Palestinian Interior Ministry in gaza says at least 28 people were killed in Southern Gaza in overnight strikes. In the northern part of the enclave, hamas says a hospital has lost Electricity Due to fuel shortages. The group is Holding Israel responsible, calling it a crime against humanity. Journalist Elliott Gotkine joins us live from london. Good morning to you, elliot. Two more hostages greed monday. Can we expect to see more hostages released while th
Hello and welcome to our viewers joining us here in the United States and all around the world, as we continue our coverage of israel at war. I am Rosemary Church. 16 days after hamas abducted more than 200 people from israel in a deadly attack the gaza based Militant Group has released two more women from captivity. The hostages identified as Israeli Citizens nurit cooper and yochi lifshitz, were handed over to the red cross at the rafah Border Crossing into egypt. They were carried away into ambulances and taken to a Medical Center in israel to be reunited with their families. Earlier, the daughter of lifshitz told cnn she was relieved her mother has been released, but noted that her father is still being held by hamas along with many other people. This is not a political issue, this is a humane issue. We have lost so many people are going to funerals every day. This is a ray of light, when there is so much darkness. I cannot wait to hug my mom and see other members of my community a
. well, hello welcome to our viewers in the united states and around the worm. i m live from a doha. a four-day truce between israel and hamas seems to be taking place with plans for the hostages to be released later on today. a cnn crew near the border with gaza reports what sounded like israeli artillery fire in the early minutes of the truce but that subsided quickly. the first 13 hostages from israel are expected to be released at or around 4 p.m. israel has agreed to free palestinians over the coming days if hamas keeps freeing the hostages it holds. well, the first aid shipments under this agreement hundreds of trucks with food medical supplies and fuel are scheduled to begin crossing into gaza as part of that deal. let s bring in our correspondent in cairo. we knew there was an enormous convoy including fuel trucks on the egypt side. do we know whether that convoy has begun crossing into gaza at this point? this is what we have. seven fuel trucks have crossed into
this royals military operation of course prompted by the hamas terror attacks back in october, that killed around 1200 israelis in foreign nationals. it could take some time before we know how successful this pause in fighting will be. qatar s foreign ministry spokesperson says that the aim is for a lasting truce that would extend beyond four days, and lead to negotiations to end the violence. the israeli government said earlier this week, an extra day could be added to the pause in fighting for every ten additional hostages released. meanwhile, the israeli military kept up the bombardment of gaza in the hours leading up to the truce. cnn crews witnessed explosions across the border, from their vantage point in southern israel. and israeli defense minister said the military campaign could go forcefully for at least two months more after this pause. i asked qatar s foreign ministry spokesperson of course qatar has mediated these talks, at this negotiation. i asked what