Antony blinken is heading to the region after president biden also said a ceasefire deal was closer than ever. But a senior hamas official told the bbc no progress had been made. Meanwhile, there have been more israeli air strikes in gaza and israel said it had struck targets inside neighbouring lebanon which belong to hezbollah, the group that supports hamas in gaza. Leigh milner reports. He s on his way hoping to seal a peace deal after months of negotiations. The us secretary of state, antony blinken, hopes the talks will lead to a ceasefire and the release of hostages in exchange for palestinian prisoners being held in israeli jails. Us presidentjoe biden said he was feeling optimistic. However, hamas officials have already dismissed american optimism as an illusion. In tel aviv, thousands took to the streets last night, including anti government protesters and some of the relatives of hostages still in gaza, who are calling for the current negotiations as the last chance to get
Am fully responsible for this strike and this outcome. The u. S. Admitting that it killed 10 civilians in a drone strike in kabul last month. How the deadly mistake that happened and the over the horizon strikes. Plus, a tragic saga. The strange case of a prominent attorney that allegedly hired a hit man to murder him all for insurance money. Why that case is raising guess links for that family and other mysterious deaths. We re so glad that you re waking up with us this saturday, september 18th. How are you? i ve got my apple juice. 6 a. M. On a sunday morning. We already have makeup on. Hey, what the heck. We start this morning with some news out of southern california. They ve got a bit of a scare last night. A 4. 4 magnitude earthquake striking the area according to the u. Smpt gs. Geological area. Zpl some people were reporting feeling a jolt ranging from a moment to as much as 10 seconds. So far no immediate injuries are being reported there. The los angeles fire department said
Temporarily players playing for them and two of them have champions league winners metals and they are here to compete and they feel they have a serious chance of getting out of the group for these european championships and if they were to do that, they ll be the first time they would ve ever gotten out of the group at a major tournament and i spoke to kevin a little earlier today and if you remember, he scored his debut goalfor today and if you remember, he scored his debut goal for scotland in the first woman match against the netherlands. Incidentally, he was one years old when they were against france in 1998. But he said there was a lot of positivity and the team but it had been bolstered byjohn because john fleck but it had been bolstered byjohn becausejohn fleck had tested positive for covid 19 and he along with the six other squad members had to self isolate while in portugal. So, he was back in training today and he said he got a great reception. And he said he got a great re
Senate should simply debate the issue about voting rights. The crucial issue of voting rights in this country. We shouldn t have to debate the voting rights. We shouldn t have to debate voting rights on the floor of the united states senate. These rights should be sacrosanct, but the events of the last few months compel us to have this debate now. I challenge you, republican senators, come to the floor, defend these policies. Tell us hoi they secure the vote. Tell us how they prevent nearly nonexistent voter fraud. Mitch mcconnell has all but promised no republicans will vote to advance the bill. That means it will likely fall short of the threefifths of senators needed to overcome a filibuster. For senator democrats to enter june with an agenda that was designed to fail. The democratic leader planned votes on a host of the left s most radical priorities. In the end, one particular radical proposal took priority. S1 is the same bad bill its been since the house introduced its version b
the tampa bay buccaneers dominate over the chiefs in super bowl. and later, russia s opposition leader is in prison. so has his sentencing silenced putin s critics? it will be an unprecedented moment in american history when former u.s. president donald trump s second impeachment trial begins tuesday. but senators on both sides are hoping for a speedy trial, and many democrats say they want to get back to focusing on the covid relief bill. trump is accused of inciting a mob of his own supporters, resulting in the deadly riot at the u.s. capitol last month. democrats are planning to show a lot of video evidence to build their case. however, there appears to be no doubt about the ultimate outcome of the trial, that trump will be acquitted once again by the senate as it will likely be impossible to get 17 republicans to cross party lines to vote to convict. we also still don t know how long the trial will last or if any witnesses will be called. here s what some republican s