Coming down the steps as he arrives here in israel. What must be going on in his mind . Greeting Benjamin Netanyahu, israels Prime Minister. They have known each other for decades and President Biden has been coming to this region for 50 years now. The us says over and over again what a close ally israel is and that it will unwaveringly stand by the side of israel, but it has also expressed deep concern about the unfolding and increasing humanitarian crisis in ghana so at the moment. Israel has tightened its siege on the gaza strip, no food, water, fuel medicine coming into the strip. And relentless Aerial Bombardment, following that massive loss of life, the murder of moo israelis inside israel ten days ago by militants who were coming out of gaza. So, we see the two men there, joe biden, with israels Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. They will be going on to hold behind the scenes talks, Closed Door Talks where you can expect a very frank conversation about the ongoing situation. Hu
Summit injordan with arab leaders has been cancelled. We can bring you live pictures of gaza, where it is just after seven in the morning with more on tuesdays Hospital Explosion, heres our international editorjeremy bowen. Loud blast. The missile hit the hospital not long after dark. Man shouts. You can hear the impact. The explosion destroyed al ahli hospital. It was already damaged from a smaller attack at the weekend. The building was flattened. Very soon video was posted from gaza of bodies laid out near the ruins of the hospital. So many dead and the size of the explosion, together looked to be having a profound impact on what was already the most dangerous crisis in the middle east in a generation. The wounded were taken across gaza city to Shifa Hospital. The israeli armys First Response said hospitals were highly sensitive and not targets of its military and urged caution about what it called the unverified claims of a terrorist organization. That statement will not be believe
Southern israel. Celebrations broke out in gaza as news of a potential breakthrough reached palestinians. But early in the day civilians in Eastern Rafah had begun to flee after the Israeli Military dropped leaflets warning them to evacuate ahead what was caught aim limited ground operation against hamas. 100,000 refugees have been told to move to what israel is calling an expanded humanitarian zone near khan younis but gazans say the area is already overcrowded. Jordan pozner King Abdullah ii is in the us on a state visit in a meeting at the white house On Mondayjordanian Official said the king told President Joe Biden that a Ground Invasion into rafah would lead to what he called a new massacre and risk spilling over into the wider region. In new york are you on general Antonio Guterres told reporters that Israel Invading Rafah would be intolerable. Our security corresponded Frank Gardner has more from jerusalem. Things have moved with extraordinary speed here in this part of the mid
Disagree. The two candidates are neck and neck in the national polls. The other seven republican running appear to be running into one another. Should europe be planning for the possibility of a second trump term. From washington, former adviser to george w. Bush ron christie, and the former leader of Scottish Labour kezia dugdale. They are you turning on plans to script schools of the charitable status. Well have a tribute to one of the worlds most iconic actors, sir michael gambon, who has died at the age of 82. President biden tries to avoid engaging publicly in the chaos that surrounds donald trump. One issue that he has spoken of as the threat he believes the former president still poses. On the anniversary of the January The 6th riot last year, he excuse donald trump of holding up dagger to the throat of the countrys institutions. He returned to that team at the mccain institute, leaned after the late senatorjohn mccain, who spent his Life Denouncing Autocrats around the globe. L
Thanking the us on social media. Lets hearfrom residents in the capital, kyiv. Translation it will help a lot. I think that our guys will be alive. That is the most important thing, the most important, so that we have something to defend ourselves with, both peaceful people and our boys. They are our guardians, they are protecting us. This will save our lives. Of course it is not too late. In any case, aid is needed. And whether it would be later or earlier, in any case it will help. The focus is now on when that aid will arrive. Washington says the first deliveries of American Military hardware and supplies could be in ukraine within a week. Our ukraine correspondentJames Waterhouse has told me earlier about the reaction from ukrainians and from russian officials. Well, dmitry peskov, who is Vladimir Putins official spokesman, said that the passing of this bill would cost more lives, more ukrainian lives. That was his claim, and that it would damage americas image in the world. I thin