bowel cancer campaigner dame deborah james, host of the bbc podcast you, me and the big c, has died at the age of a0. and a shock first round defeat for the seven time wimbledon champion serena williams in herfirst singles match ina year. hello and welcome to the programme. world leaders are to hold talks on the future direction of nato in the wake of russia s invasion of ukraine. the british prime minister, borisjohnson, will call on member states to increase their military spending because he believes threats will only continue to grow. the leaders received an early boost after turkey dropped its opposition to finland and sweden joining the alliance. our europe editor katya adler reports from madrid. it s taken weeks of negotiations, but sweden and finland are now well on their way to becoming nato members after they signed an agreement with turkey to counter threats to each other s security. applause ukraine of courses on everyone s minds here. but so is the wider security
Welcome to the lead. Im jake tapper. We start with Breaking News. The Israel Defense forces announced this evening it is expanding its Ground Operations against hamas in gaza. This was the scene just moments ago. It has been nearly constant rocket fire and explosions. Gaza residents tell cnn that these are the most intense air strikes that they have experienced since the war began 20 days ago. And there are reports of widespread power and cellular and internet outages across the gaza strip. It is unclear what these ramped up attacks will mean for Hostage Negotiations. Today israel said it believes hamas is Still Holding 229 innocent people that they kidnapped october 7th. In the United States, the white house says it is in, quote, active conversations with israel about a humanitarian pause to work on the release of the hostages. Diplomatic sources told cnn earlier today that significant progress had been made. U. S. Officials are insistsing those talks are going to continue, although t
first this evening, the images coming in. those retaliatory air strikes from the u.s. after multiple attacks targeting u.s. troops in iraq and syria. also tonight sources now telling abc news american and israeli spy chiefs are now conducting high-level negotiations in qatar, hoping to free hostages including americans held by hamas. ian pannell in israel. tonight, those envelopes, some with fentanyl in them, sent to elections offices across this country. investigative reporter aaron katersky on what we know. tonight, the passenger jet taking off from london, bound for the u.s., taking off in flight before they realized parts of some windows, the panes, were missing. the disturbing surveillance tonight. two deputies ambushed while responding to a 911 call. a suspect allegedly targeting the deputies, intentionally running them down with his car, according to authorities tonight. the centrist democrat senator joe manchin saying he will not run for re-election. so, will
ambushed. both in the hospital tonight. first this evening, the images coming in.retaliatory a the u.s. also tonight, sources telling abc news american and israeli spy chiefs are now conducting high level negotiations in qatar, hoping to free hostages, including americans held by hamas. ian panel in israel. tonight, those envelopes, some with fentanyl in them, sent to elections offices across this country. investigative reporter aaron katersky on what we know. tonight, the passenger jet taking off from london, bound for the u.s., taking off in flight before they realized parts of some windows were missing. the disturbing surveillance tonight. two deputies ambushed while responding to a 911 call. a suspect allegedly targeting the deputies, intentionally running them down with his car, according to authorities tonight. the centrist democrat senator joe manchin says he will not run for re-election. so, will he run for president as a third party candidate? mary bruce re
a weapons storage depot in the area. president lopez obrador of mexico has blamed trafficking and what he called a lack of control at the us border for the deaths of at least 50 migrants who were abandoned in a truck in texas. it s the worst case of migrant deaths due to people smuggling in the us. a court in new york has jailed the british socialite ghislaine maxwell for 20 years for helping her former partner, jeffrey epstein, abuse underage girls. maxwell was found guilty in december of sex trafficking. her family says she will appeal against the sentence. police in canada say they ve killed two armed men during a shoot out at a bank. six officers were wounded during the exchange of gunfire in the province of british colombia. the authorities say a third suspect is potentially still at large. the centers for disease control in the united states has launched an emergency response to help contain an outbreak of monkeypox. the us has recorded more