he is under strong pressure from far right members of his coalition government to reject any pauses in the conflict until hamas is totally defeated. in a sign of further tension between the israeli army and those far right parties, the army s chief of staff said sunday there is a clear need to conscript ultra orthodox jewish israelis, who are currently exempt from military service. that s a change mr netanyahu s coalition partners firmly oppose. sunday marks the festival of eid al adha, one of islam s holiest days. there was a notable lull in fighting with gaza s hamas run civil defence agency telling the afp news agency that quote calm has prevailed across all of gaza . lucy williamson reports from jerusalem. allahu akbar. in gaza, they stood to pray in places with little else left standing. allahu akbar. the festival after eid al adha marking another milestone in this war, those for whom conflict and celebration are new, those who have lived through them many times befor
ukraine receive compensation for damage caused by russia. here s what presidents biden and zelensky had to say after signing. and we have signed the strongest agreement between ukraine and us since our independence. and this is an agreement on security and thus, on the protection of human life. our goal is to strengthen ukraine s credible defence and deterrence capabilities for the long term. a lasting peace for ukraine must be underwritten by ukraine s own ability to defend itself now and to deter future aggression any time in the future. for reaction here in washington to the us ukraine agreement, i spoke to congressman gabe amo, a democrat from rhode island who serves on the house committee on foreign affairs. congressman, i want to start with the new security pact announced by the us and ukraine that s supposed to show the us s long term influence and also interest in ukraine. what do you make of this agreement? well, look, i think this is exactly the type of commitment t
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zircon missiles. they conducted drills earlier in the atlantic. but cuba s foreign ministry says none of those ships are carrying nuclear arms, and that russia s five day visit does not pose a threat to region. this all comes as cuba s foreign minister bruno rodriguez and his russian counterpart sergei lavrov, met in moscow. earlier i spoke with our cuba and america correspondent for more. you have heard there that they are at pains to stress that there is no threat to the region by these naval exercises. that this is simply and they have been underlining this a friendship between the communist run island and russia. that it underscores that friendship, that between of coorporation between long standing allies, notjust as russia, but previously of course with the soviet union. they want to remove any senses of echoes of the cold war at such a time of heightened tensions, and focus, if you like, on the fact that there is a bilateral relationship here between russia and cub
of the alleged proposed changes were workable, but some went beyond what the group had previously agreed to in talks for a ceasefire. speaking in qatar wednesday, secretary blinken reiterated that hamas was the party holding back an agreement. a deal was on the table that was virtually identical to the proposal that hamas put forward on may 6th. a deal that the entire world was behind, a deal israel has accepted, and hamas could have answered with a single word, yesi. instead, hamas waited nearly two weeks, and then proposed more changes, a number of which go beyond positions it had previously taken and accepted. the senior hamas official mentioned earlier responded to secretary blinken. osama hamdan told the bbc that mr blinken is part of the problem, not the solution. he said hamas designated a terrorist organization by the us maintains its demands for a permanent ceasefire and a complete withdrawal of israeli forces from gaza. that s a slight variation from the three pha