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plus, rising tensions in the red sea. the u.s. military firing on houthi vessels targeting commercial ships. we re live in the region. also ahead, under pressure. the u.s. supreme court facing even more calls to take up the presidential immunity issue, with donald trump facing several trials this year. and later, decision 2024, the iowa caucus now just two weeks away. but is there any real competition in a gop field dominated by trump? hey, there. happy new year. i m steven romo in new york. we start with 24 with yet another escalating situation in the middle east. this time involving the u.s. navy. tehran ns agencies say an ann warship is operating in the red sea, potentially near some u.s. destroyers. this adding to tensions following u.s. military helicopters sinking three houthi boats early sunday, killing ten members of the malitia. central command said the houthis were feet away from boarding a commercial cargo ship and they shot at u.s. aircraft responding to the
hasjust begun. these are live pictures from gaza. this is the seen live. it is of course night time. the agreement brokered by egypt follows five days of violent exchanges which have killed at least 35 people all but one of them palestinians. there has been no comment from israeli prime minister, benjamin netanyahu, or other officials since reports of the truce came out. we hope to be live in gaza later in the programme. but so far it is a quite night across gaza city. the ukrainian president, volodymyr zelensky, is only one day visit to italy. he s been meeting italy s prime minister, giorgia meloni who affirmed that italy would remain a solid ally, and provide kyiv with all the assistance it needed. prime minister meloni also stressed that the conflict would only end when russia stopped its aggression and withdrew from all ukrainian territory, adding that any other outcome would jeopardise peace in all of europe. mr zelensky then had a private audience with pope fra
we also feel the pain and the expectations of the citizens of israel. i personally with the families of the kidnapped at any moment where i can. i promise you there is no means we will not use to bring them all back home. we should not forget we have it in him an enemy who uses it babies and women to save itself. they are fighting psychological warfare. they are lying to the world. they are cruel to the families and they will fail. we will see to it, sooner or later, that all pay the price for this murderers and kidnappers, dead men walking. i think the u.s. for these supports. at the same time the world should know it is important this war, there is no time limit. it is a human effort to do what we can and for as long as it takes. we will do what is right for us. and the whole world should focus on the enemies who haven t kidnapped children, the elderly, babies. who are willing to sacrifice their own citizens and residents of gaza. we should represent. the picture is clear i