a magnitude of 5.9. chinese state media also reports that some water, electricity and road networks are damaged. the chinese government has dispatched teams of rescue workers to assist local emergency personnel. we ll bring you more details as they come in. now, international pressure is growing for israel to ease its military campaign in gaza. on monday, the us defense secretary was the latest to add his voice during talks with prime minister benjamin neta nyahu and israel s war cabinet. the department of defense says mr austin underscored the need for concerted efforts to protect civilians and urged israel to plan for transitioning to the next phase of operations. his israeli counterpart said israel would not control gaza in any civilian way after the war. here s the defense secretary earlier. protecting palestinian civilians in gaza is both a moral duty and a strategic imperative. so we will continue to stand up for israel s bedrock right to defend itself. and we will al
carroll had accused trump of raping her in the changing room of a luxury department store in 1996. she also claimed that trump defamed her when he called her a complete con job after she went public with the allegation in 2019. after three hours of deliberation, the jurors said trump did not rape carroll, though they did uphold her other complaints. the ex president has been ordered to pay carroll $5 million in damages. his legal team has already said they will appeal the ruling. carroll released a statement following the verdict, saying. we also heard from the former us president. he continued to deny the accusations. he shared this post on his social media platform truth social, saying. trump s lawyerjoe tacopina spoke to press outside of court. he s a strong, he s ready to move forward. he wants to fight this on appeal. he was successful with one appeal before, and he thinks he will before, and he thinks he will be successful in the second one. but he s planning, you kno
Could save some sort of real catastrophe here. Could save some sort of real catastrophe here. Thats what i ho ed catastrophe here. Thats what i heped for catastrophe here. Thats what i hoped for. Definitely catastrophe here. Thats what i hoped for. Definitely the catastrophe here. Thats what i hoped for. Definitely the sensej hoped for. Definitely the sense that this is a huge moment. I want to ask, with all of this in mind, you and i have spoken in mind, you and i have spoken in the past about the prospects for a longer ceasefire for a hostage deal, you are mentioning qatar. What do you think that all of this means for any prospects of either of those two options . I for any prospects of either of those two options . For any prospects of either of those two options . I think you have to compartmentalise those two options . I think you have to compartmentalise this which is what the saudis and qatari is angela aliens are doing now, lets compartmentalise this. You have this thing with h
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