about moving to what it describes as a more precise phase of military operations have been constructive, with further diplomatic efforts due to take place today. president biden spoke by phone to israel s prime minister benjamin netanyahu and his national security advisorjake sullivan held face to face talks with him. it s understood the american leadership discussed a scaling back of israel s high intensity military operations in gaza but with no specific timetable. mr biden said he didn t want israel to stop going after hamas, but he also wanted it to be focused on how to save civilian lives. mr sullivan is due to meet officials from the palestinian authority in the west bank in the coming hours. meanwhile, israel has continued its heavy bombardment of gaza overnight. this was the scene in northern gaza, as seen from southern israel on friday morning. palestinian sources are reporting air strikes on khan younis and rafah in the south of gaza, with children reported to be am
shortly, alongside british police. at the moment, we know that alex has spoken to the authorities and has spoken to the authorities and has spoken to the authorities and has spoken to his grandmother back in the uk. he hasn t told the authorities where his mother and grandfather are. they are believed to be somewhere in europe but we don t know exactly where. they are considered to people of interest with regards to this. like i say, alex batty, the 17 year old found after being missing for six years. we will follow the developments closely. hungary has blocked more than 50 billion dollars in eu aid for ukraine, hours after agreement was reached on starting membership talks with kyiv. after late night negotiations, the hungarian president, victor orban, posted on social media, summary of the nightshift: veto for the extra money to ukraine. he then left for the night. speaking to reporters, charles michel 7 the president he saw as a positive the opening of membership talks