tomorrow. the house voting to adjourn until noon. apparently that is congressional time as opposed to 9: 00am. and it just barely got the votes to even do that tomorrow, giving kevin mccarthy a few hours to try to make a last ditch deal that would give him the speakership. i think it is probably best that people work through somemo. i don t think voting for it tonight i think voting in the future will. do you have a deal with those guys right now? we made a lot of progress. he says he is making a lot of progress. our reporting indicates that some members may actually be moving in mccarthy s direction, which may be a bit of a break in the clouds for him. but there is no doubt the horse trading will go well into the night. it has been a long and chaotic, and frankly embarrassing display so far. there were three votes yesterday, three more votes earlier today. no member elect, having received a majority of the whole number of votes cast a speaker has not been elected
The appalling destruction at the Al Ahli Al Arabi Baptist Hospital in gaza, whoever may have been responsible for it, has overshadowed the hastily arranged visit to israel by president biden. Yes, he was there to offer americas total, wholehearted sympathy and support to israel in the wake of the october 7th raids, but he was also there to urge israel in the strongest way to use discretion and moderation if and when it invades gaza, and very likely also to attempt to persuade israel of the need for a humanitarian corridor to allow water, food and medicines into a waterless, poor and hugely overcrowded enclave. But what about the wider picture . Lyse doucet, the bbc s chief international correspondent, is in Southern Israel and we caught up with her in between showers of rain. In previous Military Operations and i was there in gaza for the one in 2014 the Israeli Military described its objectives and, indeed, the political leadership, described their objectives as hitting hamas hard, de
Week once things may turn more unsettled next week once again. Joined me later for the details its sunday 22nd october. Our main story israel says its intensify airstrikes against hamas in gaza, as it prepares its troops for a Ground Assault. Hamas is regarded as a Terrorist Organisation by the uk and this latest escalation in tensions in the language follows its attack on israel two weeks ago. Twenty lorries carrying humanitarian aid have been allowed through the Rafah Crossing, on the border with egypt, and a second convoy could enter gaza today, but un agencies say this represents a drop in the ocean of what is needed. Greg mckenzie reports. Yesterday, the Rafah Crossing that connects egypt to the Southern Gaza strip opened for the First Time Since hamas launched its assault on israel to allow 20 trucks to carry aid in. Today, the humanitarian chief of the un for the second convoy of 20 30 trucks could enter the region, delivering much needed aid but admits the un and israel are hav
As King Abdullah ofjordan put it even more starkly, the whole region is on the brink of falling into the abyss, how worried should we be . If there are shocking scenes, heartbreaking even more heartbreaking than now coming out of gaza, they will feel honour bound to do something. To what extent is iran pulling the strings in gaza and lebanon . Hezbollah is a militant group. They have their own weapon, they have their own armies and they have their sole decision that is basically coming from iran, and theyre acting upon that. And china. Ten years after the belt and Road Initiative, is the worlds most impressive economy in danger of hitting the buffers . I think chinas got a big struggle to come, and the big struggle is going to come with its shrinking population. The appalling destruction at the Al Ahli Al Arabi Baptist Hospital in gaza, whoever may have been responsible for it, has overshadowed the hastily arranged visit to israel by President Biden. Yes, he was there to offer americas
Struggle to come, and the big struggle is going to come with its shrinking population. The appalling destruction at the Al Ahli Al Arabi Baptist Hospital in gaza, whoever may have been responsible for it, has overshadowed the hastily arranged visit to israel by president biden. Yes, he was there to offer americas total, wholehearted sympathy and support to israel in the wake of the october 7th raids, but he was also there to urge israel in the strongest way to use discretion and moderation if and when it invades gaza, and very likely also to attempt to persuade israel of the need for a humanitarian corridor to allow water, food and medicines into a waterless, poor and hugely overcrowded enclave. But what about the wider picture . Lyse doucet, the bbc s chief international correspondent, is in Southern Israel and we caught up with her in between showers of rain. In previous Military Operations and i was there in gaza for the one in 2014 the Israeli Military described its objectives and,