health leaders in the uk are warning that there will be a struggle to clear backlogs and improve emergency care unless industrial action by thousands of staff is brought to an end. hello and welcome. china has tried to calm tensions after two chinese spy balloons were spotted over the united states and latin america. the chinese foreign ministry has spoken to the us secretary of state, antony blinken, after he cancelled his trip to china this weekend. beijing says the matter must be dealt with in a cool headed and prudent manner. our north america correspondent barbara plett usher reports from beijing. americans are looking up to spot the spy balloon in the sky. it s actually a weather balloon that blew off course, the chinese said. but the pentagon s convinced it s more than that and that it s not the only one. we re seeing reports of a balloon transiting latin america. we now assess it is another chinese surveillance balloon. the ballon burst plans for america s top d
biden really needs the cooperation of partners like mexico as he tries to get a handle on the situation of migrants at the u.s. southern border. when the administration announced the expansion of title 42 last week, it included an agreement from mexico to accept tens of thousands of migrants who are being turned away at the u.s. border back into mexico. so that is going to be, again, a very important topic of discussion. jake sullivan reported by told reporters this morning, don t expect new plans or announcements from this bilateral meeting. the two countries are really just going to need to take some time to figure out whether the initial agreement is working. m.j., there are a lot of critics of president biden s trip to the border sunday, including the union, many officials, the governor of texas. have white house officials responded to any of the criticisms, including that he didn t meet with my migrants while there? reporter: yeah, you know, it was really notable tha
newsroom. i m jim acosta in washington. we re following breaking news out of south korea. a horrific chain of event and a fast rising death toll in seoul. 146 people are confirmed dead. this happened a t a halloween festival. the video is graphic. it s a chaotic scene on the streets of seoul as people perform cpr. the fire department chief says the cause is presumed to be a huge controllable crush of people. we do not know what led to that crush of people. the white house, at this hour, is weighing in. jake sullivan wrote the reports out of seoul are heartbreaking. we are thinking thof those who lost loved one. the united states stands ready to provide the republic of career with any support it needs. let s get to will ripley who has been covered this. what more are you learning about what happened? reporter: the number of people and families affected by this continues to grow. you re talk about 146 people, at least killed. that s a death toll that has almost tripled since
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People have been confirmed killed in israel. Gazas Health Ministry says at least 232 palestinians have been killed in the conflict since hamas watched a deadly Surprise Attack on southern israel yesterday, breaking through the gaza border fence, and firing thousand, thousands of rockets at israeli cities. Israeli militants said that hamas fighters took civilians, israeli civilians, men, women, and children, and theyve taken them hostage. Transported them to gaza where israeli airstrikes continue as dawn breaks out over the region. Sunrise in the region is about 39 minutes from now. The israeli ambassador to the United Nations calls it israels 9 11. The countrys Security Cabinet was halted the supply of fuel, electricity, and other goods into gaza. Congressman adam smith whos the Ranking Member of the Armed Services committee will be with us later in the hour with reaction from inside congress. We begin this hour with nbcs Foreign Correspondent josh lippman. Josh, whats the very latest