We begin in nagorno karabakh, where fears are growing of a potential humanitarian catastrophe after Military Action by azerbaijan. Thats the region that is internationally recognized as part of azerbaijan but large parts of it have been controlled by Ethnic Armenians for three decades. Tens of thousands of armenians have sought refuge in the main city, stepanakert, many of them gathering at the airport. They are coping with dwindling food, medicine and fuel supplies. In new york, azerbaijans foreign minister, jeyhun bayramov, told the Un General Assembly that baku was determined to reintegrate Karabakh Armenians as equal citizens but his armenian counterpart demanded the un establish a mission in the region to prevent further killings of Ethnic Armenians. The bbc s olga ivshina is one of the first journalists to have reached the region since this weeks hostilities began. She filed this report. This is the first time journalists have been allowed into karabakh since the start of recent
right as we speak, ukraine president volodymyr zelenskyy is on capitol hill with an urgent funding play. will his presence push skeptmall lawmakers to pony up for ukraine. house republicans are trying to make a step forward toward formalizing the impeachment inquiry into president joe biden. the white house responds to this effort baseless and a sham investigation. a miletown ruling, a woman who sought an emergency abortion for her high-risk pregnancy. we are all here. this is cnn news central. these are pictures from just seconds ago. ukrainian president volodymyr zelenskyy arrived on capitol hill for a closed door meeting with senators. this is a last-ditch effort for the ukrainian president to try and secure more funding from congress. the biden administration has requested $60 billion in new aid for ukraine, warning if it is not approved funding could dry up by the end of this year. that is in the next three weeks. it s going to be a tough pitch for zelenskyy be
individual neutral athletes, no flags, no anthems to connect them to those countries of the olympics. they have the support of the sports federations and the athletes but this would be a huge controversial decision in ukraine has been adamant that no russian or belarusian to compete in along with those countries that support ukraine against russian and belarusian participants in the olympics and includes the usa and great britain. they re very unhappy with the conditions with which left to compete and they said the restrictions were humiliating and as for those sports, some who have not supported the ioc, the biggest sport in the athletics has been absolutely firm that they will not move or allow any russians belarusians to compete while the war in ukraine continues. the women s super league returns to england this weekend after the international break and ahead of their match against arsenal on sunday, the chelsea manager, emma hayes, has said women in football are routine
generational divide. i m michael smerconish in philadelphia. when it comes to supporting israel, america is seeing a significant split. thousands protesting in d.c. today to demand both a cease-fire in the israel-gaza war and an end to u.s. aid to israel. in many cities and on many campuses, missing persons-style posters created by israeli artists to support the hostages being torn down. the president of israel, isaac herzog, wrote this in the new york times, professors and students at american colleges make speeches and sign statements justifying terrorism, even glorifying it, and then it would have been unthinkable to hear such moral confusion uttered after the september 11th attacks or after bombings in london, barcelona, and baghdad. so what s different this time? why the troubling rise in anti-semitism? data suggests it s generational. by way of example, according to new polling by quinnipiac, half of registered voters in the u.s. approve of israel s response to the
we will get reaction tonight to that and to the calls for a ceasefire. now is not the time, says labour leader sir keir starmer, who in spite of the loud protests within his party is backing israel s response. not an easy time though for america sjewish community, with antisemistism on the rise at colleges and universities. with us tonight to discuss the fallout from the war. the former adviser to president obama s state department, joel rubin and the deputy comment editor at the telegraph, annabelle denham. maybe get her thoughts as well, on dominic cummings evidence to the covid inquiry today it was pretty insane he said that the then pm and other officials took february half term off in 2020 as the virus went rampant. good evening. jabalia is the largest of the gaza strip s eight refugee camps, and the most densely populated. before the war, there were 116,000 people living in just 1.5 square kilometeres. it s no longer populated with tents, it is full of high tena