good morning. i m victor blackwell. you will see amara walker later this afternoon. it is the last day of 2023 in the u.s. but look at this. it s 2024 already in new zealand. fireworks there at the sky tower lighting up auckland. let s take a break and listen to what s happening there. happy new year! woo! you hear the oh ohs and aahs. fiji is up next. then australia coming. so we will see the fireworks in sydney at 8:00 eastern. of course, we are 18 hours away on the east coast from 2024. we will be together for the next three. let s go through the news now. new court filing special counsel jack smith is laying out one of his first goals of the new year, to get donald trump s immunity claims thrown out for good. he is asking an appeals court to move quickly. he writes that the arguments the former president has been making threaten to undermine democracy. cnn s zachery cohen picks it up from here. reporter: special counsel jack smith is arguing that the former pr
injured, this is what the russians are claiming. they re saying the ukrainians used a multi-barrelled rocket launcher they intercepted some of the rockets, and they re blaming the czech republic for supplying some of the ammunition for this rocket launcher, which they say there was ukrainian ammunition. the czechs have been summoned by the russians to account for the ammunition that they re saying no dice, we re not going to play ball with russia on that one. it just points to not only the escalating military tensions, the escalating death toll, but the overspill, international diplomatic tensions that are in the background all the time, but they come to the surface at moments like this. this particular attack hit businesses, it hit apartment buildings, it hit cars, according to the russians, more than 100 cars were damaged in this particular attack. and the governor there has now said that there s an effective curfew on people gathering in the streets. president putin is con
Hello and welcome. Im sarah campbell. Americas top diplomat, Antony Blinken, has arrived in israel in the past hour, as the us and other nations try to prevent a wider Conflict Erupting in the middle east. Theres also growing diplomatic pressure to get Essential Supplies into gaza which has been sealed off after hamas launched attacks into israel. Here are some of the latest developments. The United Nations says more than 338,000 people have now been forced to flee their homes in gaza and food, fuel and water are urgently needed. Ahead of a possible incursion into gaza, the israeli Prime Minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, has established a National Emergency unity government with Opposition Leader, benny gantz. Israel has continued its mobilisation of troops. Hundreds of thousands are on the southern boundary with gaza. President biden says hes told mr netanyahu that israel must abide by the rules of war, in its fight against hamas. All this as israeli air strikes on gaza continue. The Pale
Made yet on any ground incursion. And this is the scene live for you in gaza today as the Palestinian Health Ministry Says the number of people who have been killed has hit 1200. Americas top diplomat the Secretary Of State, Antony Blinken has arrived in israel. Hell express us solidarity as he meets israeli officials but is also expected to urge restraint to protect palestinian civilians, as air strikes on gaza continue. Mr blinken is expected on friday to meet the palestinian president Mahmoud Abbas, whose Fatah Faction is a political rival to hamas. We can speak now to lord darroch, kim darroch, who served as the uks National Security adviser between 2012 and 2015 and has also served as its ambassador to both the eu and the united states. If the eu and the united states. I can ask you first of this if i can ask you first of all about this visit by Antony Blinken, what can he hope to achieve . I this visit by Antony Blinken, what can he hope to achieve . This visit by Antony Blinken,