Broadcasting to viewers in the uk and around the world. We start in the us and the white house has confirmed that President Biden has spoken to israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu about the situation in gaza. In a statement, the white house said that the president reaffirmed his ironclad commitment to israels security. It referenced what it said was a successful defence house against irans unprecedented missile and drone attack earlier this month. The two leaders reviewed ongoing talks to secure the release of hostages together with an immediate ceasefire in gaza. And they also discussed increases in the delivery of humanitarian assistance into gaza through preparations to open new northern crossings, starting this week. The statement concludes that the leaders discussed rafah and the president reiterated his clear position although it didnt give details of what that is. In the last few hours its also been announced that us Secretary Of State, Antony Blinken will visit jordan a
Preferred better science, Better Results Secretary Of State Antony Blinken headed to the middle east because everybody is interested in the region that we find a pathway to resolve this issue once and for all 2015, a Year Long Campaign made Columbia University the first to divest from private prison you just cant believe the destruction like it seems like every Business Downtown has been destroyed now, it was like a Freight Train to the noise was so loud live from london this is cnn newsroom with max foster hello, a warm welcome to our viewers joining us from around the world. I, max foster is monday, april 29th, 9 00 a. M. Here in london, 11 00 a. M. In riyadh saudi arabia. And thats where us Secretary Of State Antony Blinken is right now hoping to jumpstart Hostage Release and ceasefire talks involving israel and hamas, you met just a few minutes ago with saudi arabias foreign minister. Also meet with other arab officials later today. Theyre expected to discuss aid to gaza, how to ac
Saying that the president reaffirmed his ironclad commitment to israels security. It referenced what it said was a successful defence against irans unprecedented missile and drone attack earlier this month. The two leaders reviewed ongoing talks to secure the release of hostages. Together with an immediate ceasefire in gaza. And they also discussed increases in the delivery of humanitarian assistance into gaza through preparations to open new northern crossings, starting this week. The statement concludes that the leaders discussed rafah and the president reiterated his clear position, although it didnt give details of what that is. Hours earlier, the palestinian president said only the us could prevent an Israeli Attack on rafah, where more than a million have fled. Mahmoud abbas is at the World Economic forum summit in riyadh. He will be joined there on monday by the us secretary of state, Antony Blinken. Other Key International figures are expected in the saudi city and Sideline Mee
He will be joined there on monday by the us Secretary Of State, Antony Blinken. Other Key International figures are expected in the saudi city and Sideline Meetings are expected to discuss the war in gaza and the way forward. That could include further Ceasefire Talks a hamas delegation is reportedly in cairo for discussions there on monday. This is the appeal from palestinian president Mahmoud Abbas to the us, urging it convince israel to reconsider any offensive in rafah. Translation and i say here whats happening now in gaza, | and what will happen in the coming few days, and what israel will do by invading the city of rafah, all the palestinians from gaza are gathered in rafah and its only one small strike that would force them to flee the gaza strip. And here, the biggest catastrophe in the history of the Palestinian People would happen. We hope israel will not attack. We call on the United States of america to ask israel to not carry out the rafah attack, because america is the o
But theres no sign of that happening at this point. A video showing two hostages, including an american, was released on saturday by hamas. In other diplomatic moves, the us Secretary Of State Antony Blinken is due in saudi arabia for talks with regional leaders. He and other key players are expected to meet on the sidelines of the World Economic forum. And its reported a hamas delegation will visit cairo on monday for Gaza Ceasefire talks. This is palestinian president mahmoud abbas appealfor the us to urge israel against any offensive in rafah. Translation and | say here, | what is happening now in gaza, and what will happen in the coming few days, and what israel will do by invading the city of rafah, all the palestinians from gaza are gathered in rafah and it is only one small strike that would force them to flee the gaza strip. And here, the biggest catastrophe would happen. We hope israel will not attack. We call on the United States of america to ask israel to not carry out the