The white house has reiterated its opposition to a unilateral recognition of a palestinian state, after three European Countries announced they would do so. Palestinians have hailed the move by norway, ireland and spain as historic. More than a0 high ranking foreign delegations have been taking part in a ceremony in tehran to commemorate president ebrahim raisi, who died in a helicopter crash. Prayers were led by the nations supreme leader. The former boss of the post office has admitted that evidence she gave to mps in 2012, looking into problems with the horizon it system, was not true. Paula vennells broke down as she was questioned over the scandal. So we begin with The Big Story of the day here in the uk news that the Prime Minister rishi sunak has announced a General Election will be held onjuly fourth. Speaking in a rainy Downing Street, battling against baring music from a nearby street, its probably not the image the Prime Minister would have wanted to kick start his Election
This is cnn Breaking News. Welcome to the lead. Im jake tapper. We start in the middle east with new stories of the horror, the terror that hamas inflicted on israel. Some of what i am about to describe to you will assuredly be disturbing. A spokesman for the israeli Prime Minister said today that hamas decapitated babies and toddlers. This was part of a brutal massacre that hamas carried out over the weekend. I should note that as of now, cnn has not been able to independently verify the claims. The Israeli Defense forces said hamas brutally butchered, in an isis way of action, women, children, toddlers, and the elderly. This comes as some israelis are also expressing a sense of frustration that their government is not doing enough. Here you can see individuals at hospitals yelling at israels environment minister, telling her that she is responsible, she should go home. Eventually, the crowd forced her to leave the building. As israel and the military continue to pound gaza with rocke
For Palestinian Prisoners. Unconfirmed reports in us media say israel has given hamas a week to agree to the current proposal or it will begin its long threatened offensive in rafah. But there has been Widespread International concern over the fate of the more than one million palestinians sheltering there. Our correspondent, anna foster is injerusalem. I asked her about the increasing pressure on hamas to reach a deal. Yeah. Were at the same stage samantha where an israeli deal has been put on the table. It was described at the start of the week by the us secretary of state, antony blinken, as extraordinarily generous. And it seems to be that in this latest iteration of the deal, there had been some movement in terms of potentially agreeing to talk about a permanent ceasefire. Now, from israels point of view, of course, its priority at the moment is trying to ensure the release of all the remaining hostages that are being held in gaza. One of hamas s key priorities is to try and get s
She will side often. Any candidate doesnt like a poll then the only poll that matters is the election. A poll is like a photograph and a life full of videos, just a snapshot but its all we have between now and november. A new Wall Street Journal poll sent a shiver down the spying of the Biden Campaign despite losing to donald trump and crucial Battleground States of pennsylvania, michigan and North Carolina but not everyone believes this poll. These polls like the Wall Street Journal in the white house losing all the bodyguard states. Is not losing it all the Battleground States he is coming up and hes even redoing better. Once people start to focus and in they see their two choices it is obvious that joe will win the selection. Trey for the slightly more objective there are other Warning Signs provided as well. Young people and other reliable constituencies Simon Enthused about biden. But its worth pointing out that the polling looked good for republicans heading into the November 202