live from atlanta, this is cnn newsroom with kim brunhuber. u.s. president joe biden is expected to land in south korea next hour to begin his very first asia trip as president. he ll spen most of the weekend in the country holding talks with the new south korean president before heading to japan, where he ll be meeting with japan s prime minister as well as indian and australian leaders. officials say the trip to asia comes later in his presidency than he might have liked, but biden plans to, in his words, quote, affirm the importance of our indo-pacific alliances. cnn s kivevin liptak is live fr seoul. it s taken a while for him to make his first trip in his presidency. he is certainly coming over later than his recent predecessor, and probably a little later than he would have liked to. president biden has tried to make asia a center of his foreign policy, just like president obama did. just like president trump did. but he has been stymied somewhat by these other
war on ukraine. but other tensions are ratcheting higher, and closer across the border north korea may be preparing to fuel an intercontinental ballistic missile that would mean kim jong-un s regime could conduct a test launch while president biden is in south korea. meantime in ukraine, russia has replaced senior military commanders who are blamed for bungling the early stages of the invasion. that s according to british intelligence. and ukrainian president zelenskyy says russia s relentless shelling of the donbas region has left it destroyed. his words, it is hell there. cnn s melissa bell is in kyiv. first to journey diamond in seoul. what s the message president biden is delivering to that region? well, listen, president biden has arrived in the region with the goal of shoring up the u.s. s key alliances in the region, not only on a national security front, but also in terms of increasing economic cooperation in this region. but we begin with this increased threat in n
New central starts right now smoke rising over gaza as these really military says, its taking control the gaza side of the main entry point with egypt and cease fire talks continue after israel because the deal hamas agreed to was far from what they put on the table, breaking overnight a powerful tornado makes a direct hit on barnes. Do oklahoma killing at least one person there this morning . The storm threat, not over nearly 100 Million People across the United States are at risk when will we see testimony from the former porn star about the former president . Could a Courtroom Standoff between Stormy Daniels and donald trump be imminent . Im john berman with kate bolduan, sarah signer. This is Cnn News Central the breaking overnight, israel takes control of the Raffa Crossing in gaza. Ivf tanks are seeing moving in to that critical entry point as the idf also conducted new airstrikes in an effort for israel, as israel says, to keep pressure on hamas to agree to a Ceasefire Deal, is
Watching hello and welcome to have joining us here in the United States around the world am streaming else on cnn max, im rosemarie church, just ahead. Donald trumps Hush Money Drug continues today with several key witnesses yet to testify negotiations would between hamas and israel have stalled. We will speak to a relative of an israeli hostage about what this might mean for their loved one and mexican and idea and to fight three dead bodies found in a well while investigators search for emotive live from atlanta this is cnn newsroom with rosemarie thanks for joining us. Israel has issued a statement urging people in Eastern Raffa to evacuate, amid fears of an imminent idf Ground Invasion of the Southern Gaza city. The statement says, those people we should evacuate immediately to the expanded humanitarian area at the checkpoints, that area is in almawasi, as you can see on this map, there are well over 1 million palestinians taking refuge in rafah from the fighting. That is five time
Hamas have accepted the terms of a possible ceasefire deal that could pause the war in gaza. Palestinians are jubilant after months of fighting, but will israel sign up to the plans . Here to the plans . In israel, everyone is waiting to here in israel, everyone is waiting to see exactly what the terms of that proposal are, and will they be acceptable to the Israeli Government . Also this evening, john swinney is the new leader of the snp and set to become scotlands first minister. But he takes over at time of crisis and vows to seek Common Ground with other parties. After yea rs of after years of closures, could the british blues finally be getting a boost . We are in durham to find out. British boozer. And boeing boldy prepares to go into space for its first crewed mission. Good evening. In the last hour, hamas leaders have said theyll agree to a ceasefire proposal, put forward by egypt and qatar, in the seven month old war with israel. Its understood the terms could include the rele