Hello, im lauren taylor. Lets go back to our main story this morning, the us Secretary Of State antony blinken, whos on a visit to israel and is currently meeting prime minister, benjamin netanyahu, has said that now is the decisive moment to achieve a ceasefire in gaza. Hes also warning all parties against de railing progress towards a potential agreement. And it is notjust the us who Are stressing the importance of reaching a deal. Speaking earlier on radio four s today programme, jordans Deputy Prime Minister and foreign minister, Ayman Safadi said that a ceasefire is key to preventing wider escalation in the region. The last chance has been months in the making. Every day that passes by without an end to this aggression means more people Are being killed and the threat of regional Al Al Escalation becoming more real. Failure will mean more death, more killing, and more possibilities for the all out regional escalation. We Are trying to figure out a way in Co Operation with our part
Towards space after russia shot it with a missile. Walk us through this resolution and what it means for paul gosar, please. Lets lay it out for everybody. This is the most serious thing that can be bestowed upon a member of the house of representatives. It is symbolic, but it hasnt been done since 2010. The last time we Saw A Censure Vote was for Charlie Rangel for an ethics violation. This hasnt happened for a while. As you mentioned, it is a resolution to both censure paul gosar and strip him of the two committees he serves on. Its worth noting that congresswoman ocasiocortez serves with him on one of those committees, so we expect for that vote to happen kind of mid tomorrow afternoon, after they walk through one hour of debate evenly divided on both sides. But this also comes, don, importantly after no, really, action from House Minority leader Kevin Mccarthy who said that there was a closed door meeting earlier today where gosar and mccarthys words explained his actions, but mcca
Washington now and the breaking news there. Our congressional correspondent, cnns jessica dean. Thanks for joining us this evening. Walk us through this resolution and what it means for paul gosar, please. Reporter right. So lets just lay it out for everybody. First and foremost, this is the most serious form of punishment that can be bestowed on a member of the house of representatives. Now, it is symbolic, but it hasnt been done since 2010, the last time we Saw A Censure Vote was for Charlie Rangel, who was a new york democrat, for multiple ethics violations. This hasnt happened in a while. It is vecerery serious. Is a motion to censure paul gosar and strip him from the two committees he serves on. Its Worth Fwnoting that congresswoman alexandria ocasiocortez serves with him on one of those committees. So we expect for that vote to happen kind of mid tomorrow afternoon after they walk through one hour of debate evenly divided on both sides. But this also comes, don, importantly after
and if you are south korean, you are now officially a year younger than you were yesterday. we ll tell you how a new law has changed the way koreans think about age. but we start with the situation in ukraine and the horrifying details of a russian missile attack on a restaurant in kramatorsk. 11 people were killed and rescue workers have spent most of the day going through the rubble, looking for any survivors. kramatorsk is in ukraine s eastern donetsk region. it s under ukrainian control but close to parts of the country occupied by russia. this was the scene after the attack. it was a popular, busy restaurant, with many families eating out before the nightly curfew. dozens of people were injured, the missile also damaged nearby apartment buildings and shops. among the dead were two 14 year old twins, yulia and anna aksenchenko. president zelensky said the attack showed russia deserved defeat. our correspondent andrew harding has the latest from the scene in kramatorsk. i