In a phone call, President Biden told the israeli Prime Minister of his deep concerns over a planned assault on rafah in southern gaza. In the last hour, the white house has said that a meeting between the us and israel to discuss rafah will likely take place next week. But Benjamin Netyanyahu has just said theres no way to destroy hamas in rafah other than by a ground incursion. All this as talks continue in qatar in a bid to secure a ceasefire deal. Lets get this report from anna foster, injerusalem. At gazas southern tip, the aftermath of another israeli air strike. 1. 4 million displaced people are now sheltering in rafah, and israel has made it clear it wants to go further. A ground offensive, it says, would remove hamas from gaza entirely. But theres International Pressure to avoid even more deaths. The message from israels allies to its leaders is getting stronger. Our position is that hamas should not be allowed a Safe Haven In Rafah or anywhere else, but a major Ground Operati
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Aggravating the injury by playing in the tournament in the united states. It is a blow to raducanus comeback following an injury disrupted 2023 season. The 2021 us open champion was beaten in straight sets by world number two Aryna Sabalenka in the third round at indian wells last week. Cobain new has received his first call up to the england senior squad. Kobe mainoo. All other 25 players arrived at the squad ahead of the friendlies against brazil and belgium. Fans of lionel messi who bought tickets to a friendly in hong kong that he didnt play in will be given a 50 refund. Some 38,000 spectators at the sold out Hong Kong Stadium booed and demanded their money back at the end of the game after messi stayed on the bench throughout the match due to an inury. Fans had paid up to £530 each to watch the 36 year old. Match organisers have confirmed they will pay out, which is expected to cost them £5. 6 million. Messi will also miss argentinas upcoming friendlies against el salvador and c
Gps, the Global Public square. Welcome to all of you in the United States and Around The World. Im Fareed Zakaria coming to you from new york on todays program, Bibi Netanyahu approves plans for an assault on rafah at one of the most powerful democrats in washington says israels Prime Minister must go ill ask The Middle East scholars should be to homie, to make sense of these developments also, the clock may be ticking on the future of tiktok in the United States the house has voted for legislation that could ban. Now it is up to the center to ban or not to ban. We will have that debate then. The ai nightmare, Silicon Chips deciding whom to kill and whom say if this isnt happening right now on the battlefield, it is likely to happen soon enough. I will ask an expert what we can expect and what we can do about the Ai Warfare Revolution but first, heres my take. In a recent interview with Russian State Tv, Vladimir Putins had something that was in his words important for us ourselves and