speaking in brussels earlier, us secretary of state antony blinken outlined what was expressed in that phone call. the president emphasised that the strikes on humanitarian workers and the overall humanitarian situation are unacceptable. he made clear the need for israel to announce a series of specific, concrete and measurable steps to address civilian harm, humanitarian suffering and the safety of aid workers. he made clear that us policy with respect to gaza will be determined by our assessment of israel s immediate action on these steps. he underscored as well that an immediate ceasefire is essential to stabilise and improve the humanitarian situation and protect innocent civilians and he urged netanyahu to empower his negotiators to conclude a deal without delay to bring the hostages home. in an effort to bring those hostages home, the director of the us central intelligence agency, bill burns, is expected to travel to cairo this weekend to meet with his egyptian and isr
the white house national security council said we welcome the steps announced by the israeli government tonight at the president s request following his call with prime minister netanyahu. these steps, the statement said must now be fully and rapidly implemented. speaking in brussels earlier, us secretary of state antony blinken outlined what was expressed in that phone call. the president emphasised that the strikes on humanitarian workers and the overall humanitarian situation are unacceptable. he made clear the need for israel to announce a series of specific, concrete and measurable steps to address civilian harm, humanitarian suffering and the safety of aid workers. he made clear that us policy in respect to gaza will be determined by our assessment of israel s immediate action on the steps. he underscored as well that an immediate ceasefire is essential to stabilise and improve the humanitarian situation and protect innocent civilians and he urged neta nyahu to em
the white house national security council said: speaking in brussels earlier, us secretary of state antony blinken outlined what was expressed in that phone call. the president emphasised that the strikes on humanitarian workers and the overall humanitarian situation are unacceptable. he made clear the need for israel to announce a series of specific, concrete and measurable steps to address civilian harm, humanitarian suffering and the safety of aid workers. he made clear that us policy with respect to gaza will be determined by our assessment of israel s immediate action on these steps. he underscored as well that an immediate ceasefire is essential to stabilise and improve the humanitarian situation and protect innocent civilians and he urged netanyahu to empower his negotiators to conclude a deal without delay to bring the hostages home. no aid trucks have entered northern gaza since the israeli strike on humanitarian aid workers on monday. un officials have accused israe
half chinese completing a marathon a day along the entire length of this phenomenal structure. we re doing this to fulfil our childhood dream of running the great wall. they ve trained for years, to traverse what are actually a series of walls and battlements. it s a gruelling undertaking. doing something like this, something very difficult, builds strength of character. oh, this is a nice bit of the wall, isn t it? check that out. so spectacular. and you ve been here a few times. forjimmy and tommy lindesay, they ve been linked to the great wall by their family. so we ve been coming to the great wall from a very early age me from the age of four and tommy from when he was zero. they say they call it the great wall, and that s an understatement. what you see at the tourist sites, it s only a tiny, tiny fraction, a fraction of it. in 1988, their father relied on the hospitality of locals
one person killed. to china now where two young men are in the middle of an epicjourney which few have ever completed running the length of the great wall of china. more than 20,000km of it that s more than 13,000 miles. 0n the quietest parts of the great wall, in all conditions, they re running. two young men half british, half chinese completing a marathon a day along the entire length of this phenomenal structure. we re doing this to fulfil our childhood dream of running the great wall. they ve trained for years, to traverse what are actually a series of walls and battlements. it s a gruelling undertaking. doing something like this, something very difficult, builds strength of character. oh, this is a nice bit of the wall, isn t it? check that out.