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declared a state of war alert and is mobilizing its forces in response to an unprecedented attack today against israel. it began unfolding about 6:30 this morning with wave after wave of rockets from gaza. hamas claims it fired 5,000 rockets as israeli officials say there were multiple injuries, some of them serious, and at least one fatality. some airports have temporarily closed although the international airport remains open for now. the israeli military also says a number of militants have infiltrated israel from gaza. the hamas military commander calling in a recorded message for a general uprising against israel and saying, quote, if you have a gun, get it out. israelis living near gaza are being warned to stay close to their shelters. cnn s hadas gold joins us now from jerusalem. i see you are back in the staircase, so i m gathering the alarms have gone off again. reporter: yeah. i m not sure if you can hear them in the background. we can hear them now. the sir ....
united nations investigators are on their way to the ukrainian village where a missile strike killed more than 50 people on thursday, in one of the deadliest single attacks on civilians since russia s invasion began. they will gather evidence and testimony, which could be used in any future war crimes trial. ukraine has accused russia of deliberately targeting a funeral wake in hroza in the north eastern kharkiv region. every family there was affected when a missile hit a cafe where mourners had gathered after a funeral. footage released by kharkiv officials reveals extensive damage after a missile attack. the local prosecutor insists the attack was deliberate. the kremlin says it doesn t target civilians. what is certain is the level of human suffering involved. listen to this witness. a warning, you might find his testimony distressing. translation: i wish i were dead. all my dearest people will be laid here. our village was very united. what am i going to do now? clo ....
kevin mccarthy says bring it on. and by it i mean a fox news on contributor ship. sources telling cnn that just ousted speaker will leave congress before the end of his term, perhaps as soon as a new speaker is elected. this as donald trump endorses a man once called a legislative terrorist by a past republican speaker to be the next speaker. also ahead, eight years after donald trump came down the escalator and said mexico is sending rapists to the u.s., in a new interview, trump says undocumented immigrants are, quote, poisoning the blood of our country. we ll get reaction from one of his republican presidential rivals. plus a bold message exclusively to cnn from a female activist behind bars in iran who was just awarded the nobel peace prize. welcome to the lead. why bother to continue to represent the good people of barks bakersfield, california when there is money to be made? we start today on capitol hill. moments ago sources told cnn that ousted house speaker ....
spoke about the issues at stake with the president of the un generalassembly, dennis francis. thank you very much forjoining us on bbc news, president. this is obviously a very busy week at the general assembly, but also special summits on the sdgs, global finance, un security council is meeting as well, high level health meetings, but leaders of some of the most powerful countries have chosen not to attend france, the uk, india, china, russia. do you consider that a snob? no, i don t. i don t at all. of course, we hoped that the house would be full, but we appreciate that leaders may have other pressing matters that require their attention, and i am sure the views and perspectives of those countries not led by heads of state and/or government will be expressed and represented by their heads of delegation. but if you have only one of the five permanent members sending their leader here, does that raise legitimacy issues about the un? no, it doesn t, because the perman ....
on the transfer of $6 billion of iranian funds, money that iran earned from selling oil to south korea. our chief international correspondent lyse doucet reports. the first steps to freedom. finally, leaving iran. two hours later, touching down in doha, imagine the emotion inside this plane, and opening the door on a new life, five former prisoners. relief and joy palpable as they embraced american and qatari officials. the success of months of indirect talks here between arch enemies, iran and america. these are three of the freed prisoners. two others did not want their identity revealed. 67 year old, morad tahbaz, arrested five years ago, in a crackdown on environmental activists. emad shargi, 58 year old, a businessman arrested in 2020, also on charges of spying. and 51 year old siamak namazi, who spent the longest in the notorious evin prison. and oil executive. he issued this statement today. we spoke to one of his relatives who also spent time in evin prison. it ....