to the democratic republic of congo, king philippe of belgium returns a priceless kakungu mask, taken out of the country before independence in 1960. hello. the issue of gun control in the us and what to do about it has challenged us lawmakers for years. today as they heard searing testimony from victims and their families of the recent mass shooting in texas, the house of representatives approved a series of measures aimed at regulating the sale of guns. but the proposals do not have the 60 votes they would need for approval in the senate, and hence are likely to go nowhere underlining the challenge politicians face. our north america editor sarah smith was watching the testimony. we should warn you, her report contains some graphic content which some may find distressing. this is the last photograph of lexi rubio, getting a school prize just hours before she was shot dead, the last time her parents saw her. we don t want you to think of lexi as just a number. she was inte
the us secretary of state, antony blinken, has been back in tel aviv with washington increasing the pressure for a humanitarian pause. we ll tell you what has come out of those meetings. this, as the leader of hezbollah hassan nasrallah gives a speech praising the hamas attacks, saying the possibility of total war is realistic . joining me to discuss all that is my panel ayesha hazarika and former us federal prosecutor, joe moreno. israel says its troops in gaza, are engaged in face to face combat, with fighters from hamas. the israeli military says its troops have now completely encircled gaza city, in the north of the territory almost four weeks since the start of this war. the us secretary of state, antony blinken, has been back in tel aviv as washington increases the pressure for a humanitarian pause. meanwhile, the leader of hezbollah like hamas a proscribed terrorist organisation has spoken from a secret location. hassan nasrallah praised the hamas at
about what their plans are. he even posed with them in a petrol station having a coffee, which is a ukrainian pastime. you often see soldiers in petrol stations making long journeys from the back and the front. ukraine is attempting its counteroffensive, there are small hard fought gains taking place, and this is the political effort alongside that where he wants to be seen near the front to preserve that morale. we seen near the front to preserve that morale. ~ , , , . , morale. we were ust seeing pictures now of president morale. we were just seeing pictures now of president zelensky morale. we were just seeing pictures now of president zelensky meeting . now of president zelensky meeting those soldiers. in terms of where the ukrainians are in bakhmut, you have been there, what is the position at the moment? if have been there, what is the position at the moment? if you can imauine, position at the moment? if you can imagine. it s position at the moment? if you can imagine, it
control, but for all their attempts to dismiss the absences here, this is a real blow because this was hailed as an opportunity for the united states to rekindle its ties with countries in the region, countries that have grown closer in many cases to china in the absence of strong leadership from the united states and as the mexican president put it, you can t have a summit of the americas if you don t have all the countries of the americas in attendance. countries of the americas in attendance. ~ ., , , attendance. we are ust seeing president attendance. we are ust seeing presidenuoeh attendance. we are ust seeing president joe biden attendance. we are just seeing president joe biden addressingj presidentjoe biden addressing the conference there, lots of pressing issues of course but what are the main things on the agenda? what are the main things on the aaenda? , agenda? president biden is ex - ected agenda? president biden is exnected to agenda? president biden is expected
appointments announced by the government in the last few days, in terms of the government shake up at downing street, does that help the prime minister move on, do you think? i prime minister move on, do you think? ~ prime minister move on, do you think? ~ , .., ., think? i think it is encouraging ro . ress think? i think it is encouraging progress is think? i think it is encouraging progress is being made - think? i think it is encouraging progress is being made in - think? i think it is encouraging i progress is being made in terms think? i think it is encouraging - progress is being made in terms of sorting things out in downing street, that was one of the clear recommendations from the grey report so i am encouraged that is happening but unfortunately there are parallel events going on through this, that the democratic process and democracy in general still being paralysed well the whole downing street party issueis well the whole downing street party issue is being investigated