british prime minister is facing a test of his authority over sending migrants to rwanda. rishi sunak is trying to revive proposals to send asylum seekers to the east country arguing it will deter people from crossing the english channel from small boats in france. he suffered the biggest rebellion of his premiership in parliament last night. two deputy chairs of the conservative party resigned saying the bill wasn t tough enough for that. the bill wasn t tough enough for that. mps are now due to vote on the prime minister s landmark bill. here s our political editor, chris mason. this was over this morning. the rwanda bill is about putting people off attempting crossing. but no one who s made this journey has been sent there yet. what does the rwandan president make of it all? you are getting hundreds of millions of taxpayers money. it is you are getting hundreds of millions of taxpayers money. of taxpayers money. it is going to be. if of taxpayers money. it is going to be-
One day soon we will bring back the animal videos. I will see you up in new york tomorrow. See you done. Bret good evening i am bret baier. Coming to you life from inside the u. S. Capital just down the hall from the house chamber. The house essentially frozen and searching for a speaker. The process begins tonight and it has taken on new urgency following the weekend. Strikes against israel. We are waiting for a meeting of House Republicans scheduled to begin it right around now as to begin to vet the two major candidates for the top political post in the chamber. There could be surprises, including from the man who was just removed from the post. The pressure to settle on a speaker quickly has increased exponentially because without a Speaker Congress ability to help israel is greatly reduced. We will talk about all of that as this program proceeds. First, the latest from the middle east. The death toll is estimated at more than 1600 on both sides at this hour and that includes at le
Going on, replace concerns in factors might have an reflects uncertainty as to what various governments might do anything aftermath of these horrific attacks. As you mentioned, it is not because oil is produced in israel and gaza, for example, it is because in this region, about a third of the worlds oil comes from The Middle East, and the question now is what will israels responsibly to these attacks . Will it be limited, how long will it go on for . Is that the risk of this spiralling . We have keep your political players around this region and central to that is a run. We have had potential uranian involvement in the these attacks. Iran is important because they control the state of tom boyd with millions of barrels of oil is passing through it every day. Even iranians Oil Shipments have been up to a five year pipe in the past five years. Will the United States allow this to continue if uranian involvement is proved. Continue if uranian involvement is roved. , ~ continue if uranian
Territories are oil producers, but because the middle east is such a huge oil producer as a region, about a third of the worlds oil comes from this region it is what people call the wall risk premium. You have all these interconnected players, pieces of the puzzle, the question is now whether israels response of these attacks can be limited, how long will it last, is going to dragon diplomatically other regional players, so that is really what is contributing to the volatility. A lot of talk about iran, that critical to a chokepoint. Reports of uranian involvement in these attacks. Iranian. It should be pointed out Antony Blinken has said there is no evidence to suggest any iranian involvement so far but it plays into this atmosphere of uncertainty and basically not really knowing what happens next. And that really is reflected in things like the price of oil. find really is reflected in things like the price of oil. And very briefl , like the price of oil. And very briefly, were like
Has some distressing images. Israeli troops are still hunting down armed palestinians. More than 30 hours after their biggest and bloodiest breakout from gaza into israel itself. One of the worlds most advanced militaries taken by surprise. By hamas, a militant group kept behind barriers that were supposed to stop this happening. Their attack, as brutal as it was brazen. Hundreds killed. For israel, that has included scores of unarmed civilians as well as of soldiers. Already, the largest loss of life in decades. Here, the bodies of an israeli family shot dead waiting to be identified and buried. Hamas has taken dozens of hostages, too. Like this 85 year old grandmother, whisked away by militants in a golf cart. Families, too, among them this mans wife and their five year old and two year old daughters. He is left anxiously waiting for news and pleading for their safe return. I want to ask of hamas, dont hurt them. Dont hurt little children, dont hurt women. If you want me instead, i a