Hello and welcome. Im sarah campbell. Americas top diplomat, Antony Blinken, has arrived in israel in the past hour, as the us and other nations try to prevent a wider Conflict Erupting in the middle east. Theres also growing diplomatic pressure to get Essential Supplies into gaza which has been sealed off after hamas launched attacks into israel. Here are some of the latest developments. The United Nations says more than 338,000 people have now been forced to flee their homes in gaza and food, fuel and water are urgently needed. Ahead of a possible incursion into gaza, the israeli Prime Minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, has established a National Emergency unity government with Opposition Leader, benny gantz. Israel has continued its mobilisation of troops. Hundreds of thousands are on the southern boundary with gaza. President biden says hes told mr netanyahu that israel must abide by the rules of war, in its fight against hamas. All this as israeli air strikes on gaza continue. The Pale
Way. they bid for 2024 but they got 2028. the longest preparation times the games have been given. 11 years to prepare and most of the stuff is in place. everybody happy locally. the president put out a statement as well. local leaders and athletes had this to say about the big announcement. unlike the old model where people tried to fit the olympics to the city, this is a model we re fitting the city to the olympics. for an athlete l.a. has everything you need at your best. incredible weather. great facilities and world s best fans, of course. incredible weather. it is raining in l.a. in august. interesting. the morning after the big announcement before i give it back to you the thing about l.a. that makes it different than most other cities everything will be in place. they don t have to build new stadiums. they have to increase security and the ability to move people around.
Bad as it really possibly could have. before the season the so-called experts said the lakers would easily make it to the nba finals. now, they re like the rest of us. they ll need to buy a ticket if they want to go. and what could have been dwight howard s final game in a laker uniform he was ejected from the game. temper temper. a trade brought him to l.a. in august. this summer he ll be a free agent. shortly after howard hit the showers kobe bryant made his first appearance at a laker game since undergoing achilles surgery. he was courtside as the spurs handed the lakers a beating sweeping l.a. right out of the playoffs. with what was supposed to be a magical season is now over. a year that seemed surreal. like a nightmare. just like a bad dream. and they couldn t wake up out of pit that s what it felt like. you know, just felt like nothing can do right from the start. hall of famer and arguably
Least one person missing as raging wildfires force mass evacuation out west. in colorado the worst fire in larimar county in 25 years spreading fast towards fort collins. more than 500 people are in red cross shelters now. adam housley is keeping an eye on it live from denver, where i guess you can smell the smoke. reporter: it feels like an ashtray outside. you see the ashes coming down, you can smell the smoke, it looks like l.a. in august. it s true brownout there. we are about 40 or 50 miles away from where the fire is burning. the fire is affecting a lot of the areas down here. it began saturday morning they believe by a lightning strike, it has charred more than 37,000 acres. hundreds of people have been