room. hi everyone. i m jessica dean in new york and we begin this hour with israel s military ramping up operations in gaza, ordering the immediate evacuation of several more neighborhoods in the southern city of rafah. that s where more than 1 million displaced palestinians have been taking refuge it s the idf saying about 300,000 have already fled. now this is happening as a newly released state department report finds it, quote, reasonable to assess that america in weapons have been used by israeli forces in gaza in ways quote inconsistent with international humanitarian law. we have cnn s priscilla alvarez with more fallout from that poor but first let s go to cnn correspondent scott mclean in the dire situation in gaza and scott, israel s military confirming war airstrikes. today, this as hundreds of thousands of people are trying to leave rafah, what do we know? yeah. so the israeli military ordered two parts of gaza to be evacuated, several areas of northern gaza. an
ca re adviser. asians in britain used to care for their relatives at home but a new ca re care for their relatives at home but a new care centre is care for their relatives at home but a new care centre is changing that. it s 7am here in singapore, midnight in london and 7am in seoul where voting is currently under way to a late and new president. the election is months ahead of schedule after the president park geun hye was impeached over a corruption scandal. the poll comes over major rising tensions with north korea and bubbling in the electorate over corruption. it is seen as a battle between these two. moonjae in has promised to create newjobs in the public sector. to tackle corruption, he has promised to end residential pardons for executives. he said the future president should make the final decision on the us defence system deployed against north korea. as for ahn cheol soo, he thinks the corporate sector should take the lead. he now supports the us missile defence s
less than a month before he resigned. residents on a remote irish island, flock to see a sandy beach that s reappeared after being washed away by storms more than 30 years ago. it s 8am in singapore, 1 in the morning in london and 9am in seoul, where voting is underway to elect a new president. the election is months ahead of schedule, after conservative president park geun hye was impeached over a corruption scandal. the poll comes amid major tensions with north korea, rising youth unemployment and bubbling anger among the electorate over corruption. the election is widely seen as a contest between moonjae in and ahn cheol soo. frontrunner moonjae in is leader of the newly formed liberal democratic party. he s promised to create 810,000 newjobs in the public sector. to tackle corruption, he s promised to end presidential pardons for convicted executives. and he s said the future president should make the final decision on the us missile defence system deployed against north
a congressional hearing has been told president trump was warned against hiring michael flynn as his national security adviser because general flynn was open to blackmail by the russians. sally yates a former acting head of the justice department told senators general flynn had lied about his contacts with the russian ambassador. despite this, he stayed in his highly sensitivejob for more than two weeks before he was forced to resign. here s some of sally yates‘ testimony. we weren t the only ones that knew all of this. the russians also knew about what general flynn had done and the russians also knew that general flynn had misled the vice president and others because in the media accounts, it was clear from the vice president and others that they were repeating what general flynn had told them. and that this was a problem because not only did we believe that the russians knew this but they likely had proof of this information. and that created a compromise situation
a congressional hearing has been told president trump was warned against hiring michael flynn as his national security adviser, because general flynn was open to blackmail by the russians. sally yates former acting head of the justice department told senators general flynn had lied about his contacts with the russian ambassador. despite this he stayed in his highly sensitive job for more than 2 weeks before he was forced to resign. here s some of sally yates‘s testimony. we weren t the only ones that knew all of this. the russians also knew about what general flynn had done and the russians also knew that general flynn had misled the vice president and others because in the media accounts, it was clear from the vice president and others that they were repeating what general flynn had told them. and that this was a problem because not only did we believe that the russians knew this but they likely had proof of this information. and that created a compromise situation, a