[background sounds] rachel Air Raid Sirens ringing out over tel aviv earlier as the war in israel enters its eighth day. This as Tens Of Thousands of Israeli Soldiers are getting ready for a full scale invasion of gaza. Pete the idf issuing a statement saying forces are currently preparing to implement a wide range of operational offensive plans. Which include combined and coordinated strikes from the air, sea and land. Will hamas is responsible for killing at least 1300 now israelis, 29 of which, u. S. Citizens. Israeli Prime Minister benjamin net an a ya a hue assuring his troops that more fighting is on the way. You ready for the next stage . The next stage is coming. [inaudible conversations] rachel the New York Times reports that Israeli Forces have is delayed their initial plans as Weather Conditions in the area could worsen. Pete meanwhile, a second u. S. Aircraft carrier is on the way to the Mediterranean Sea in what defense secretary lloyd austin calls a show of force as the u
Now on bbc news, john simpson presents his program unspun world. Hello, and welcome to unspun world. Im john simpson. Not much doubt about our main story this week, naturally, and in a moment, ill be analysing the latest situation in israel and gaza. But also on this programme, immigration, probably the dominant topic in europe at present. Is there any foolproof way of stopping the Illegal Movement of people . Shouldnt we start thinking further upstream . Are we dealing with Development Issues so that people are less desirous of leaving their home countries in the first place . The Us Government has serious political problems in paying its way, but do ordinary Americans Care if their politicians jam up the works deliberately . A lot of republican voters, a lot of republican Rank And File members, think the country is heading in a terribly wrong direction. A government has gotten too big that if something isnt done very, very soon, that itll be too late to save the country. And in india
Manhattan. He is about to enter new yorks courthouse in Lower Manhattan, day 12 of Criminal Trial Proceedings about to get underway. We dont know the witness. The judge agreed with prosecutors not to give the names to the defense. Trump will speak any moment and well carry it for you live when it happens. Meanwhile, Breaking News from overnight. Israels war against hamas could escalate with the idf telling palestinians to leave rafah. Well show it to you in a map coming up. Hope you had a joyous weekend. We go on monday. Im bill hemmer dana . Im dana perino and this is americas newsroom. So were also getting word that just moments ago, Columbia University announced it will cancel its universitywide Graduation Ceremony after weeks of protests. Activists causing chaos on campuses over israels war on hamas that may escalate to another level. Bill ceasefire talks with hamas stalled over the weekend. Israel launches retaliatory strikes against rafah after a hamas Rocket Attack from there ye
It is a busy news day today, moments ago we saw the former President Trump walking back into his new york Criminal Trial and they are resuming at this time after a very short break. It is the former lawyer now, who will get a Cross Examination by defense attorneys, that lawyer represents the former porn star worker Stormy Daniels, and that former lawyer is can it take the stand for crossexamination as i mentioned by the defense and earlier today, both sides the defense and prosecution were arguing if trump committed more gag order violations. Prosecution said they were for additional ones and they are not asking for jail time this time but how generous are they, because that would be just a gift to a republican Candidate Running for the white house, trump. Right . It will put him right in the spots where the optics of that would be horrible if it ever happened. So we are all over it, we are getting moment by moment updates that we will share with you in real time from our producers and
E mail, administrators have told students that Non Compliance may result in disciplinary action. the protest group, columbia Students Forjustice in palestine, posted a message on x warning that mass arrests are expected. We can show you the moment when Police Officers begin to enter Hamilton Hall on the campus of Columbia University. This was just moments ago nypd officers in riot gear entering the building through a window. Several officers using a ladder to reach an upper floor of the building, crawling through the opening to enter the hall. That is where a group of anti war protesters has been since early this morning. We have not yet seen the officers leave the building. We will keep you up to date on the Situation Thre as more we can confirm that some arrests have been made but we will keep you up to date on the details there as they come in. This is all happening at Columbia University, after administrators have threatened to expel students who occupied an Academic Building ove