Agreed to a ceasefire proposal, put forward by egypt and qatar. The news sparked celebration in gaza, but it may be premature. The israelis are saying tonight the deal is not acceptable because they had agreed with The Americans as far back as february a deal that has now been softened. What we know about this proposal is that it sets out a three stage process each lasting 42 days. The first would lead to the release of 33 hostages, in return for Palestinian Prisoners, and a partial israeli withdrawal. The second would lead to the release of all other living hostages, there are thought to be 128 still alive. And the third phase would see a return of the bodies. The Israeli Defence minister said this morning that the decision to expand the assault on rafah had been taken because hamas had rejected their ceasefire terms. So this has come as a surprise to the government injerusalem. Lets cross straight to our security correspondent Frank Gardner whos injerusalem. Frank, bring us up to spe
Artillery, rocket systems, armoured vehicles. This package is investment not only in Ukrainian Security but in european security. And our own security. We are sending ukraine equipment from our own stockpiles and we will replenish those products with new product made by American Companies in america, Patriot Missiles made in arizona, javelins made in alabama, Artillery Shells made in alabama, Artillery Shells made in alabama, Artillery Shells made in ohio, pennsylvania and texas. We are helping ukraine were at the same time investing in our own Industrial Base and boosting our own Industrial Base and boosting our own National Security, supporting jobs in nearly a0 states across america. The United States is not acting alone, to state the obvious. Allies in europe and Around The World have constantly been asking me if we will be stepping up, we will not be walking away, are we . A lot of people are very concerned, if we had not stepped up, who knows what would happen . They are also sen
In 2016 donald trump carried michigan with the support of the car workers. Today it wasjoe biden who stood alongside them, the most pro Union President , he said, in american history. But does he support their calls for a four day week, and how will he resolve a strike in its 11th day, that costing the us economy billions of dollars . We will get the thoughts on that and the impending Government Shutdown from our panel this evening in Washingtonjoel Rubin former advisor to the Us State Department and on this side, the conservative commentator and columnist tim montgomerie. Its hsz, the High Speed Rail Linke that weighs on rishi sunak. But if he scraps it where does that leave the plan for levelling up. Leave the plan for levelling up . Well hearfrom one engineer tonight who worked on the project who thinks phase 2 should be dropped. Good evening. It is without precedent. A sitting us president joining a picket line. Joe biden was in michigan today to visit the workers striking against
Us Officials Say President Joe Biden told israels Prime Minister, benjamin netanyahu, to think very carefully about his response after israel vowed to exact a price from iran, at a time of its choosing. The Un Security Council convened an Emergency Session on sunday to discuss the crisis. Opening the meeting, the uns secretary general, antonio guterres, told diplomats, its vital to avoid any action that could lead to Major Military confrontations on multiple fronts in the middle east. Adding, civilians are already bearing the brunt and paying the highest price. But israels ambassador rejected the call for the violence to stop saying, this attack crossed every red line and israel reserves the legal right to retaliate. He said it was vital to israels future to respond to the attack. We are not a frog in boiling water, he said, we are a nation of lions. But irans ambassador defended his nations actions have a listen. This concluded action was necessary and proportionate. It was precise a
Of them were shot down. The attack marks the first time iran had ever launched a direct Military Assault on israel. We will be live injerusalem shortly. But first, lets bring you up to speed. Take a look at this video. Sirens what you can hear is the air raid sirens injerusalem. What you can see is israels air defence system, the iron dome, in Operation Flashes in thejerusalem sky as drones and missiles are shot down. A coalition of israels allies, including the us and uk has helped shoot down some iranian drones and misiles before they reached israeli territory. This is footage of that happening overjordan. Similarly, this video is from the Skies Over Damascus in syria. You can see objects being hit in the sky. And again, in the skies over iraq. More drones and missiles being intercepted as they travelled towards israel. You can see the wide front of attack or being pushed back against by israel and its allies. So heres what we know so far. Iran has attacked israel with around 200 dro