signal disappeared. let s get the latest from kyiv now, where our correspondent, james waterhouse, gave me details of where the air strikes had happened and what had been hit. it s the first time in more than a year, i think, since a russian missile was able to penetrate kyiv s air defences, for example, and i think that is a reflection of air defences across ukraine being overwhelmed in the way they have. you have heard what the air force is saying and i think that is really telling something. more than 18 strategic bomber aircraft were used by russia, it said, almost every type of missile was launched, the only ones that wasn t used were the ones that were launched from the sea and i think if you take all of these things together. we have seen lviv in the west, somewhere that so often feels far from the conflict it was once a city where millions of ukrainians escaped to, to go on to either the borders of poland or romania we have seen damage to a high rise building in t
from israel to gaza. as a ground defensive is expected to begin soon. more than 360,000 military services have been mobilized. just to put the size of that in perspective, the total number of u.s. forces in the reserves across the air force are marines and navy. it is just over 330,000. israeli men and women living overseas in the united states and across europe are getting notifications that they are being called to serve. they are packing their belongings up. they re returning to fight. over 100 hostages remain unaccounted for as families in israel play pray for any sign of survival. the israeli military is also preparing for a potential second front in the israeli lebanon border, with a buildup of battle tanks and armored personnel carriers a few miles from lebanon. this comes as the idf attacked several hezbollah targets today in lebanon. late today, axios reporter said that iran sent to message to israel on saturday, saying that it does not want further escalation in the
alert. it is 9 p.m. on the east coast,e 6 p.m. on the west coast. it is 4 a.m. in gaza where the lights tonight again are out. powehas beenpower has been seveu the city as israel now continueess to besiege hamas in preparation for what willultt be a full scale ground assault that could begin, frankly, at any moment. as prime minister benjamin netanyahu said, there bens some invasion will resonate with israel s enemies fos forgee generations and will change the middle eas mt. at now, more than 100,000 israeli soldiers, they are now ga at gaza s border. over 300,000 reservists have been called up in only the last 48 hours. ours.residents of gaza reportede received this text messageceiv,t telling them to flee to egypt immediately, quote, you stay, you die. now, i can tell you and i canf a promise you that a long time friend of israeleli minister nen benjamin netanyahu and i canya assure you that he means everything that he says and he will follow. unlike your president, joe bid
hello, again, everyone. thank you so much for joining me. i m fredricka whitfield. new today, israel defense forces are now responding, after questions about hamas weapons allegedly found inside gaza s largest hospital. video evidence analyzed by cnn had suggested that the idf may have rearranged weapons found at the al shifa hospital before international news crews visited the scene. the idf says the discrepancy is due to more weapons and assets being discovered throughout the day following a raid earlier this week at the facility, and it comes as israel defense forces are now vowing to advance anywhere hamas is found. there are growing signs that the idf may soon expand its operations into southern gaza. right now, families of hostages are gathered in tel aviv pleading with the israeli government to ensure their loved ones safe return. that s where we find cnn s jeremy diamond. what are you hearing from people gathered? reporter: well, fred, thousands of families of hos
however, the leaders are still at odds over taiwan. beijing considers it part of its territory while the us maintains unofficial relations with the democratically self governed island. biden updated apec leaders on the us s relationship with china on thursday. let me be clear. we re de risking and diversifying our economic relationship with the prc. not decoupling, not decoupling. we ll be firm standing up for our values and our interest. and i was very straightforward, as he was with me yesterday. at the same time, when critical global issues such as climate, ai, counter narcotics where it makes sense to work together, we ve committed to work together. we re going to continue our commitment to diplomacy to avoid surprises and prevent misunderstandings. the bbc s sumi somaskanda joins us now live from san francisco. you have been there covering this apec summit this week. what is the latest? this apec summit this week. what is the latest? there was another flurry what is t