He was once the former president s lawyer and fixer but he spent the day on the Stand Outlining how he made a payment to the adult film actress, Stormy Daniels, to stop her talking about a relationship she claimed she had with mr trump. The defence is expected to stress mr cohens criminal record and openly stated dislike of his ex boss. Nada tawfik was at the trial in new york and gave us this update. Michael cohen and his testimony is crucial to this case, prosecutors hope that the conversation that Michael Cohen are shared between him and donald trump directly tie his former boss to the Hush Money Payments and to the allegations that trump falsified business records. Michael cohen testified that everything was done with mr trumps sign off, he said the donald trump even ran for president , he warned Michael Cohen to be prepared for negative stories that a lot of women would come forward. When they eventually did, Michael Cohen says the Stormy Daniels story was one he feared could be c
If the Rafah Crossing were reopened, that would allow desperately needed aid into the territory, and some foreigners including us citizens to leave. But, despite the reports, the crossing remains closed. Alos, hamas and israel have denied reports theyve agreed a truce in southern gaza. The us Secretary Of State who this morning returned to israel was In Cairo On Sunday to persuade egyptian officials to reopen the border point. But egypts Foreign Minister is reported as saying the Israeli Government was yet to take a stance that allowed the opening of the crossing. These are the latest pictures from the Rafah Crossing, showing the build up of crowds there. They are waiting for any news. I want to show you live pictures of garzo with smoke rising into the air as missile strikes into Gaza Continue from israel as they seek to destroy hamas, as is their committed aim i want to show you live pictures of gaza. They say they are targeting where hamas fighters are hiding all from where drone or
Hello and welcome to our viewers, joining us here in the United States and All Around The World as we continue our breaking News Coverage of israel at war. Im Rosemary Church and we begin with new remarks from u. S. President joe biden who is warning that israel should not try to occupy gaza as an Israeli Ground occupation seems all invasion all scenes inevitable. Respond to the hamas attacks that killed 1400 feex but issued this call for restraint. I think it would be a big mistake. What happened in gaza in my view is hamas and the extreme elements of hamas dont represent all the Palestinian People. And i think that it would be a mistake to put israel to occupy gaza again. But to going in and taking out the extremist, the hezbollah, is up north but hamas down south is a necessary requirement. Do you believe that hamas must be eliminated entirely . Yes i do. But there needs to be a Palestinian Authority. There needs to be a path to a palestinian state. Those comments as Tens Of Thousan
Welcome to the lead. Im jake tapper. This hour israels leaders are preparing for the next stage of their war against hamas. They say its a likely Ground Invasion of gaza. While israels military hasnt officially announced, three officials have told the New York Times will be to wipe out hamas top political and Military Hierarchy and capture gaza city. An incredibly risky Ground Invasion will likely feature bloody streetbystreet combat made more impossible by the miles long network of deep tunnels. Once and if the Israeli Military moves in, the United Nations warns further conflict would spiral into a, quote, abyss in the middle east as the conflict spills over borders, a fear echoed by irans Foreign Minister who says regional war could be unavoidable. To gazas north, israels military is exchanging fire with the Lebanese Group hezbollah which the u. S. Considers a terrorist group. There israel ordered the ak asian of 28 villages, and hezbollah, like hamas, is backed by the iranian govern
Including us citizens to leave. Despite the reports, the Rafah Crossing remains closed. Hamas and israel have denied reports theyve agreed a truce in southern gaza. The us secretary of state, who this morning returned to israel was In Cairo On Sunday to persuade egyptian officials to reopen the border point. These are the latest pictures from the Rafah Crossing. Showing the crowds there. We understand that Un Fuel Trucks crossed the border this morning. But as we said, it remains closed for the moment. This is a fast moving story, but here are some of the other main points. The United Nations is warning that Hospital Fuel Reserves in gaza are likely to run out in the next 2a hours potentially Endangering Thousands of patients. Conditions in gaza are worsening with shortages of food, water and aid. At least 2,750 people have been killed. Palestinian sources say israels airforce struck 20 targets in gaza overnight, with the detonations among the heaviest seen in the past nine days. The u