latest on all of it. hey, alex. reporter: hey, griff, good to be with you. yeah, this debut re-election rally, this is an appeal to american workers, to union workers in particular. in about an hour, the president will crease this room. this event is hosted by the afl-cio, a powerful collective of about 16 unions, they represent about 12.5 pearl million americans. no surprise that the endorsement went the a democrat as it always has. and while the stage was being set earlier, president biden was actually in the sky surveying the damage of last sunday s deadly tanker crash that led to the closure of i-9 a 5 in northeast philadelphia. the president did provide an update on how his administration will be aiding in that reconstruction effort that has paralyzed one of the most critical roadways. listen. there s no more important project right now in the country as far as i m concerned. i m directing my team, not figuratively but literally, to move heaven and earth to get it do
we start with the war in gaza and the reaction in israel to the news that the country s military mistakenly killed three of the hostages who were taken by hamas, during its operations there. alon shamriz, yotam haim and samer al talalka seen here left to right were shot by israeli troops in shijaiyah, in the north of gaza. a spokesperson said they were misidentified as a threat. on friday night, in tel aviv, hundreds of people gatherhed to call on the israeli government to do more to secure the release of the remaining hostages. they were captured by hamas, which many countries consider to be a terrorist organisation, during the attack in israel on the 7th of october. the tv news network aljazeera says one of its camera operators has been killed in the south of gaza after an israeli strike. aljazeera say samer abudaqa was wounded either by shrapnel or in a drone strike on a school in khan younis. here s our correspondent injerusalem, lucy williamson. israel s army is in g
Thursday, they may drift steadily north wards on thursday, very hit and miss, you will feed to keep abreast of the forecast buzz the position of the showers and the frequency mayjust change a bit but as we go through thursday, dry, settled sunny, very warm if not hot and that story is set to continue as we head into the weekend as well. Thanks, louise. And thats bbc news at six. Hello, and welcome to sportsday this monday night. Im chetan pathak. Coming up on the programme. The newly turned pro wholl be playing for europe at the ryder cup. Well talk your through todays wild card picks. The biggest match of his Life Canjack Draper Reach his first grand slam quarter final . Well bring you the latest from new york where the womens world number one has already been knocked out, who can replace iga swiatek at the top of the sport . Also coming up on sportsday. 500 up for the 90 year old whos Setting Records at parkrun. If whos Setting Records at parkrun. I cant do it today well if i cant do
Business news live from singapore. Investors cheered the results of the first round of voting in the french elections. And singapore is aiming to be the first smart nation ever. But is it learning fast enough to keep up with the competition . Good morning, asia and hello, world. This is monday and thank you for joining us. We start off with the french elections and voters have indeed spoken. From 11 president ial candidates, the pro european candidates, the pro european candidate emmanual macron will be facing far right Marine Le Pen in a run off election on may seven. The winner will lead the second largest economy in europe and one of the seven largest in the world. Lets have a look at the Currency Board and the eurojumps to a have a look at the Currency Board and the euro jumps to a five month high against the us dollar following the election result. A relief rally for the euro. There were worries that if Marine Le Pen won the presidency outright that would spur funds to leave the e
With 13 minutes remaining. Earlier, Real Sociedad moved up to sixth after a 1 0 win over deportivo la coru na. Real betis also won 1 0 at celta vigo while las palmas and alaves played out a 1 1 draw. Arsenal are through to the English Fa Cup final after a thrilling 2 1 extra time victory over Manchester City at wembley. The teams were locked at 1 1 before the gunners scored in extra time through Alexis Sanchez to set up an all london final against chelsea next month, as adam wild reports. For both sides, wembley way is a path well trodden. No team has won this competition more than arsenal. Few fa ns this competition more than arsenal. Few fans demand more success than theirs. This is the last chance for silverware. That is true for Manchester City as well. Pep guardiolas side found the best first chance. David silva going first. City got the ball across the line not once but twice here to be crucially, it did not cross the line here as well. The goal was ruled out. City were rightfull