the us secretary of state, antony blinken, is on another diplomatic tour of the middle east his fifth visit to the region since the conflict erupted between israel and hamas. he will be visiting saudi arabia, israel, egypt, qatar and the occupied west bank. mr blinken s trip follows days of air strikes by the united states against iranian linked targets in iraq, syria and yemen. ahead of his arrival, a drone attack killed six us backed kurdish fighters at an american base in eastern syria. mr blinken is also expected to discuss boosting aid to gaza, as well as a possible ceasefire and hostage deal between israel and hamas. the israeli prime minister has warned he will not accept the demands of hamas over hostages still held. the un has warned of an impending famine in gaza affecting more than 2 million people. our correspondent, barbara plett usher, explained the main aim of mr blinken s visit. that possible ceasefire deal, which would involve the release of some of the isr
is now levelled at 1 1. despite a commendable batting performance from england, they were bowled out for 292, zak crawley top scoring with 73. india were impressive in their bowling, particularlyjasprit bumrah who took nine wickets. ravi ashwin also took 3 72 and is now on 499 test wickets. the series is poised at 1 1. stokes says he was encouraged by england s performance. i m happy with the way we went after that chase. that is exactly how we play cricket. when an opportunity presents itself and it s a pressure situation, i think that generally brings the best out of people. it doesn t always work, but there were a lot of times when we were on top of india and then india were able to produce something that then put them back on top. well, england won the opening test, before india took the second to level the series. it s well known that it s difficult to get a win in india, so india head coach rahul dravid has been complimentary of england s bazball approach. it is not wil
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newsroom. i m jim acosta in ft. myers, florida. first thing, we have some updated figures from here in the hurricane zone. sit the most current death toll of people who sadly did not survive hurricane ian here in florida. that new official death toll is now 74. 74 people here in florida have died now as a result of hurricane ian. of course, those figures are coming in. as they develop, we ll bring them to you. residents say there is a growing sense of fear that more bodies could be discovered. some areas remain fairly inaccessible to first responders. we ll show you what i saw on the ground. in the meantime, cnn has learned that a team that responds to mass fatality incidents has deployed equipment and personnel to assist medical examiners in boast counties here in southwest florida. officials in lee county where the majority of the deaths have concerned are facing a major concern. why were the first evacuation orders issued less than 24 hours before landfall? the county s ow