turning back. a heavily armed mercenary leader calls off his assault on moscow. what does this attempted rebellion mean for russian stablity? this is a blow to russia, to our people. u.s. secretary of state antony blinken and retired u.s. general david petraeus will be here. and russia s weakness, after a blow to vladimir putin s authority, ukraine sees potential opportunity. the man from the kremlin is obviously very afraid and probably hiding somewhere. as debate over aid to ukraine splits the gop, republican presidential candidate doug bergum is ahead. since the supreme court overturned roe versus wade, for women, a year of change and a brewing political fight. no president has ever fought for christians as hard as i have. how dare they attack our fundamental rights? what is the future of abortion rights? senator amy klobuchar will join me. hello. i m dana bash in washington where the state of our union is wondering what s next? the city of mosc
welcome to bbc news. i am in jerusalem. 0urtop welcome to bbc news. i am in jerusalem. our top story this hour is the intense diplomatic shuffling of the top us diplomat. the us secretary of state, antony blinken has met the palestinian authority president mahmoud abbas in the occupied west bank city of ramallah for talks on the gaza conflict. mr abbas told mr blinken there must be an immediate ceasefire and an allowing of humanitarian aid to the gaza strip. according to us spokesperson matthew miller, the secretary reaffirmed the united states commitment to the delivery of life saving humanitarian assistance and resumption of essential services in gaza and made clear that palestinians must not be forcibly displaced. secretary blinken and president abbas discussed efforts to restore calm and stability in the west bank, including the need to stop extremist violence against palestinians and hold those accountable responsible. secretary blinken reiterated that the united states
hold an emergency meeting tomorrow about israel s ongoing ground invasion. troops continue to advance in what officials call the second stage of the war. the idf said it s air strikes hit more than 450 hamas targets in the last day including command centers, observation posts and missile launch sites. and today dramatic scenes from gaza s second largest hospital. the palestinian red crescent said nearby israeli shelling has caused damage even as 12,000 gaza civilians are currently sheltering there. desperation is sinking in for many civilians still trapped across gaza. the main u.n. agency said thousands of people broke into the warehouses stealing critical supplies as the israeli bombardment continues. apt the same time, more humanitarian aid is slowly trickling into gaza. today ten aid trucks were able to pass through the rafah border crossing and communications in gaza, rather, have been partially restored. let s go to jim sciutto on the ground there in northern israel. ji
crisis was averted. a deal was done and there s a huge outpouring of relief, i think, within people inside moscow that this didn t go further. i think what s interesting, though, is what comes next and the images we re seeing on the screen now are from the southern russian city of rostov. we have a population of more than a million people and basically wagner took over that city virtually unopposed and these are images of them leaving, but a lot of people from rostov have come out and they re applauding wagner. they re chanting wagner, wagner, wagner. they re showing their support and these will be very disturbing scenes for the kremlin to see how actually popular this incursion, this rebellion, this attempted coup as has been described by some russian officials by wagner and its leader yevgeny prigozhin was amongst many parts of the