Hed been under growing pressure after he ripped up a Power Sharing Deal with the Scottish Green Party and faced two separate votes of no confidence. There are renewed hopes tonight of a breakthrough in the ceasefire negotiations between israel and hamas after weeks of stalemate between the two sides. The us secretary of state, antony blinken, who is in saudi arabia, said he is hopeful hamas will accept what he described as a very generous proposal. At least 45 people have been killed in kenya after a dam collapsed during the night following torrential rainfall according to local officials there. Video footage from near the Rift Valley Town of mai mahiu shows a vast area covered in mud, flattened houses and uprooted trees. A trial has got under way in the city of stuttgart over an alleged far right coup plot to overthrow the german government. Nine men appeared in court, accused of Planning A Coup with the aim of installing an aristocrat as head of state. It is the first of three trials place over the coming months. Good evening. The us secretary of state, antony blinken, says the terms of a ceasefire conveyed to hamas in cairo today are extraordinarily generous on the part of israel. The secretary of state, in riyadh speaking to foreign ministers, said there had been measurable progress on humanitarian aid going to gaza, which included the opening of new crossings, but still he said it was not enough. Hamas has before it a proposal that is extraordinarily, extraordinarily generous on the part of israel and in this moment, the only thing standing between the people of gaza and a ceasefire is hamas. They have to decide, and they have to decide quickly. A source briefed on those talks said israel has asked for fewer than a0 of the 130 or so captives still thought to be held by hamas. And in return, israel would release a yet undefined number of prisoners. The second phase of the truce offers a period of sustained calm. But the question is whether six weeks of calm would be enough for hamas, who have been asking in previous rounds for a full withdrawal and a permanent ceasefire. Bbc arabic� s Abdelbassir Hassan is in cairo. A source with hamas have told media today they are coming to cairo just to see whats going on. They will take notes, ask questions, get answers, then get back for further consultations with other parties, most probably would be other palestinian factions, before they give their final say. The israel gaza war has deeply fractured the Democratic Party, as have the protests at universites across the country. At least 900 protesters have been arrested in the past 11 days as demonstrations spread this weekend to indiana, ucla, virginia tech, and arizona state. The calls for College President s to get a grip have largely come from republicans. But today house democrats, 21 of them, wrote to the board of Columbia University expressing their disappointment in the failed attempts to disband them. The letter is mostly signed by moderate members of the party including the former majority leader steny hoyer. But there are those on the left of the party who see it differently. They have killed, in the last six and a half months, 33,000 palestinians, wounded 77,000, two thirds of whom are women and children. They have destroyed over 60 of the housing. They have destroyed the health care system. The infrastructure. No electricity, very little water. And right now we are looking at the possibility of Mass Starvation and famine in gaza. When you make those charges, that is not anti semitic, that is a reality. So ourjob is to condemn hamas, a Terrorist Organisation that started this war, condemn in every form Anti Semitism, islamophobia and other forms of bigotry. But we do have to Pay Attention to the disastrous and unprecedented humanitarian disaster taking place in gaza right now. Former president ial candidate senator bernie sanders. That really does highlight the fine line that President Biden is having to walk here between those progressives on the left of his party and those at the centre like steny hoyer who are calling on countries president s to get a grip. Absolutely, it is a Balancing Act for the president. He continues to maintain his commitment to israel. The Congress Just passed 16 billion of aid, a lot of it is military aid, for israel, a lot of it is also defensive weapons as well, but President Biden is facing one of the biggest dilemmas of his presidency and there have been a lot of dilemmas, and that is the challenge. You have young people, progressives, who are absolutely furious with the fact that the United States is continuing to fund and provide weapons to israel to engage in this war and then on the other hand then you have very strong advocates of israel in the Democratic Party who believe that israel has a right to defend itself, at whatever cost. So this is very difficult for President Biden will stop the white house and the Campaign Team hope The War Is Over by the election, but this war is not coming to a close any time soon. Time is not on the president pass side. We soon. Time is not on the president ass side. ~. Pass side. We will look at the ollin pass side. We will look at the Polling Numbers pass side. We will look at the Polling Numbers and pass side. We will look at the Polling Numbers and a pass side. We will look at the l Polling Numbers and a second. Pass side. We will look at the i Polling Numbers and a second. If pass side. We will look at the Polling Numbers and a second. If i just say you a clip ofjohn kirby, the National Security spokesperson on abc on sunday, it does sum up the difficulty politicians have had in dealing with these protests, not just in the United States. Have a listen. Now the president knows that there are very strong feelings, george, about the war in gaza. He understands that, he respects that. And as he has said many times, we certainly respect the right of peaceful protest. People should have the ability to air their views and to share their perspectives publicly, but it has to be peaceful. Now, well leave it to local authorities to determine how these protests are managed, but we want them to be peaceful protests. And obviously, we dont want to see anybody hurt in the process of peacefully protesting. But again, the president understands that. We absolutely condemn the Anti Semitism language that weve heard of late, and we certainly condemn all the hate speech and the threats of violence out there. 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Alongside the very real agonies over the gaza alongside the very real agonies over the gaza issue, there is a domestic battle the gaza issue, there is a domestic battle being played out on many fronts battle being played out on many fronts in battle being played out on many fronts in the United States and it ust fronts in the United States and it just doesnt help that there is an election just doesnt help that there is an election relatively close, which makes election relatively close, which makes it election relatively close, which makes it all the more difficult to sort this makes it all the more difficult to sort this out. Makes it all the more difficult to sort this out. Can you set this for us in the historical sort this out. Can you set this for us in the historical context, sort this out. Can you set this for| us in the historical context, leigh ann . How have colleges featured in previous wars the United States have been involved in . 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And the question you asked before, the thing that becomes a challenging, is when sometimes the Anti Semitism gets caught up, especially in this, and sometimes by outside agitators as well where these College Students are being blamed for this, so there is a nuanced debate that is having deeper political ramifications. Lets nuanced debate that is having deeper political ramifications. Political ramifications. Lets ust have a quick � political ramifications. Lets ust have a quick look i political ramifications. Lets ust have a quick look at i political ramifications. Lets ust have a quick look at the i political ramifications. Letsjust have a quick look at the polling | have a quick look at the polling that was out this week. This is cnn and ssrs, and you will see why this is a problem forjoe biden. Currently, 40 approve of thejob he is doing as president. 60 disapprove. But the issue weighing on those numbers is the israel and hamas war. Seven in ten disapprove of the way he has handled it. And it is that Younger Age Group where that is most refelected, only a 19 approval rating. That is among the 18 to 34 year olds. Lets speak to robert moran, partner at the brunswick group. Hes in washington, dc. The critical thing here is students on campuses are politically engaged, they tend to vote, but if you look at some of the key swing states where it is tight, a few thousand votes could really make the difference, can they . Votes could really make the difference, can they . Yes, in a tiuht difference, can they . Yes, in a tight race. Difference, can they . Yes, in a tight race, every difference, can they . Yes, in a tight race, every vote difference, can they . Yes, in a tight race, every vote counts. Difference, can they . Yes, in a l tight race, every vote counts and small marginal differences in turnout counts, but i would caution it. Ithink turnout counts, but i would caution it. I think the challenge for the president here is not so much perceptions of his handling of the situation, i think it is the extent to which it distracts him from Persuading Americans that the economy is improving. I think this race, i think he wins or loses based on perceptions of the economy. This distracts him from communicating on the economy and i think that is really what is the big challenge for his campaign. Really what is the big challenge for his campaign really what is the big challenge for his campaign. Does it do more than that though . His campaign. Does it do more than that though . Im his campaign. Does it do more than that though . Im talking his campaign. Does it do more than that though . Im talking about his campaign. Does it do more than that though . Im talking about the | that though . Im talking about the protests on campus. You are right, economy top of the pile, abortion is a big issue as well, but does it crystallise, does the daily coverage of protests now, does that crystallise the people that america is again involved in a foreign war and may be the president isnt handling it as best he could . I handling it as best he could . I think the issue is it knocks it off his message which has to be about the economy. Just 64 of the voters say the economy is extreme important to their vote and his racing on the economy is only 34 , those are the two big numbers, so i agree this could be a problem for the Biden Campaign in terms of Youth Turnout on College Campuses, but this thing is going to be won or lost on the economy and bear in mind that over half of americans have not gone to college, so the College Experience is somewhat alien to them and they are worried about inflation and the cost of eggs, as opposed to this. Just in terms of that polling, it might surprise people outside the United States that with everything thatis United States that with everything that is going on at the moment, particularly the court cases that donald trump is involved with, some of the headlines around him, that still he is holding President Biden off in those critical swing states. In fact, he has more than holding him. Of the last ten national surveys, the average is that trump is ahead 1. 3 and trump is ahead in all of the battleground states, wisconsin, arizona, georgia, North Carolina and very narrowly pennsylvania and michigan, i think biden probably wins those anyway but right now at least try is narrowly ahead in those and that is the problem, that you have the Biden Campaign with a six months, time is the most important resource. They will have more money than tronc, they have six months and the key thing they need to do is fix perceptions of the economy. At their headquarters, they are thinking it is i that 1996 or democratic incumbent wins based on an improving economy, that was clinton, or it is 1992 where george bush couldnt convince americans the economy had turned and he loses. That is what they are thinking, it is either 96 or 92 and they wanted to be 96. So therein is the problem, leigh ann, it is not so much the israel gaza war per se but getting out on the Campaign Trailand if war per se but getting out on the Campaign Trail and if you look at the white house Correspondence Dinner at the weekend, protests outside, protest at the rally he goes to N Pennsylvania and out on the road on the campaign, he needs to be out there talking about something other than this war and he needs to be doing it quickly and i just wonder at what point that starts to tell physically when he starts to tell physically when he starts to tell physically when he starts to deal with Benjamin Netanyahu . 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