This is cnn breaking news. Welcome to the lead. Im jake tapper. The hour, the chaos on capitol hill. The Republican House dysfunction continues as the fight for a new speaker of the house continues to sputter after republican representative jim jordan failed to get enough votes. The house has recessed, at least for the time being. Leading right now, another tragic turn in the war in israel and gaza. Hundreds of people have been killed by an explosion at a hospital in gaza, according to the Palestinian Health ministry, these images youre seeing show fires raging with an Ambulance Feed away inside the hospital we see images of devastation with this blurred image of a dead body in a hallway. Its the Al Ahli Baptist hospital in the center of gaza city which reportedly was Housing Hundreds of those already injured by airstrikes. Perhaps many more seeking shelter from the strikes. Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas in the west bank declared three days of mourning for the victims.
ports of mariupol, where the situation is described by aid agencies as apocalyptic. people are without food, water, heating or medicine. satellite images of mariupol taken on saturday by a private us firm, show fires burning in the industrial district to the west of the city and neighbourhood is badly damaged. butjust nine months ago, the satellite images over mariupol and you could see here it was once a neighbourhood with a nearby football pitch which might have been the scene of fun and games, now it is obscured by smoke and rubble. we can see high rise apartment blocks set amongst the trees and homes just across the street. now it is a blackened, smoking wasteland. this is a hospital in mariupol lastjune. now, clearly damaged. more than 2.5 million people have fled ukraine and