and these local gangs have become increasingly brazen and bold. they also have their headquarters. they operate from the country s jails and it is these outbreaks of violence in the jails which has rooted back if you like, the wider outbreaks of violence. these are posing a direct challenge to the authority of what is a very new president. ecuador s youngest president, daniel noboa, who has been in the role barely one and a half months. it is a direct challenge to the authority and state. he has responded quite strongly with the state of emergency and declaring an internal armed conflict and basically bringing the police and military out onto the street. the obvious question would be, how much confidence to citizens live now to journalist, carolina loza leon, who s in ecuador and has been following the developments. thank you forjoining us. as we heard, the president declared an internal armed conflict and he has only been in the role for a short space of time. it
critical authority once the war in gaza ands. with me is mohamed taha from bbc arabic. just to go into some more detail, thank you forjoining us. military operations and fighting has intensified in the last 2a hours. israeli strikes in north, middle and southern gaza in the late 48 hours, more than 300 people died in one incident and than 60 people died and 70 injured as reported in another hospital and on the other side the israelis announced on the last 48 hours that more than 20 personnel died. they also took from hamas that they destroyed more than ten armoured tanks. we cannot verify this report as we are
neighbourhoods who are targeted by a different group but it is different groups fighting for territory who control the area so there is a lot of uncertainty on the streets as to who is behind, who is the government targeting. thank you so much for your time. so much for your time. karolina is a journalist joining us live from ecuador for an update on the situation. the us secretary of state continues his visit in the middle east. on tuesday evening, antony blinken told a news conference in tel aviv that the death toll on civilians in gaza, especially children, is too high. he said gazans must be allowed to return to their homes, while also reasserting us support for israel. mr blinken met leaders including israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu. the pair discussed efforts to secure the release of all remaining hostages and get humanitarian aid into gaza. it comes as the hamas run health ministry says 57 deaths
An eerily familiar situation will play out later this week as a new powerful storm mirrors the path and hazards of a massive storm that slammed much of the country earlier this week.
A wide-reaching winter storm pummeled much of the eastern half of the country Tuesday, knocking out power in several states and prompting the closure of highways, schools and government offices.