Personnel at the border. It was clear we want to fix the border. Its also clear the speaker didnt give a reason why you had to do one before you did the other. Thank you. Reporter congress, Pope Francis On Sunday called for sir so you see the two Democratic Leaders, Chuck Schumer and Hakeem Jeffries coming out of what sounds like an extraordinary and incredibly intense meeting that they had with President Biden, Vice President harris and Republican Leadership. You heard Hakeem Jeffries saying its an existential moment for the free world, talking about whats going to happen with aid to ukraine and Chuck Schumer saying, its one of the most intense meetings hes ever had. The stakes for these meetings are high. Based on what we just heard from those two Democratic Leaders they escalated the intensity. I want to bring New York Times correspondent peter baker and sarah sutt mayer. Peter, tell me what you thought about what you heard there. The messaging was very intense right now. It was int
welcome to newsday. negotiations are continuing at the united nations in new york to agree a new resolution on gaza. a vote had been expected in the last hour, but its been postponed as diplomats try to agree a form of words that the united states may sign on to. on a visit to israel, the u 5 defence secretary lloyd austin has reaffirmed support for its ally, but demanded the country do more to protect civilians. from jerusalem, lucy williamson reports. they say there s nowhere safe in gaza. the children s unit at nasser hospital hit by a shell yesterday. doctors and parents who once raced to get wounded children in here now scrambling to get them out. the epicentre of the dust and panic, a children s bedroom on the second floor. translation: we were seated on the bed when something - exploded and all the ceiling fell on us. i couldn t do anything. debris fell on us and we couldn t see anything. ijust grabbed my daughter and escaped. i don t know what happened to the others.
though there have been varying reports on the number of casualties. the us geological survey says the quake had a magnitude of 5.9. chinese state media is also reporting that some water, electricity and road networks are damaged. a second quake struck neighbouring xinjiang hours later on tuesday. the damage from that 5.5 magnitude strike was not immediately clear. in a statement, chinese president xi jinping said: he has ordered full rescue efforts to gansu, one of the country s poorest regions. we ll bring you more details as they come in. now, international pressure is growing for israel to ease its military campaign in gaza. on monday, the us defense secretary was the latest to add his voice during talks with prime minister benjamin netanyahu and israel s war cabinet. the department of defense says mr austin underscored the need for concerted efforts to protect civilians and urged israel to plan for transitioning to the next phase of operations. his israeli counterpart sai
firefighters, soldiers and police are searching for survivors as the temperature hits 13 degrees celsius that s about 9 degrees fahrenheit. those efforts carried on into daybreak as authorities warned that more aftershocks may occur. a second quake struck neighbouring xinjiang hours later. the damage from that 5.5 magnitude strike was not immediately clear. in a statement, chinese president xi jinping said: he s ordered full rescue efforts to gansu, one of the country s poorest regions. taiwan president tsai ing wen has expressed condolences to china on the gansu earthquake. the islands presidential office added that taiwan is willing to provide assistance to china. now, international pressure is growing for israel to ease its military campaign in gaza. on monday, the us defense secretary was the latest to add his voice during talks with prime minister benjamin neta nyahu and israel s war cabinet. the department of defense says mr austin underscored the need for concerted
negotiations are continuing at the united nations in new york to agree a new resolution on gaza. a vote had been expected in the last hour, but its been postponed as diplomats try to agree a form of words that the united states may sign on to. on a visit to israel, the u 5 defence secretary lloyd austin has reaffirmed support for its ally, but demanded the country do more to protect civilians. from jerusalem, lucy williamson reports. they say there s nowhere safe in gaza. the children s unit at nasser hospital hit by a shell yesterday. doctors and parents who once raced to get wounded children in here now scrambling to get them out. the epicentre of the dust and panic, a children s bedroom on the second floor. translation: we were seated - on the bed when something exploded and all the ceiling fell on us. i couldn t do anything. debris fell on us and we couldn t see anything. ijust grabbed my daughter and escaped. i don t know what happened to the others. this was 13 year old