Belarus insists its action fully met International Laws. The us secretary of State Antony Blinken is on his way to the Middle East to try and consolidate a ceasefire between hamas and israel. And scientists are using dogs to detect a covid. The dogs are able to sniff the Odour Respect people with a virus with 94 accuracy. The fallout continues from belarus hijacking a Passenger Plane and forcing it to land, so they could seize an Opposition Figure on board. This is in brussels, where Eu Leaders are meeting now to decide what action to take. Well be live in brussels shortly with our correspondent nick beake, to find out what sanctions against belarus and its leaders, are being discussed there. But first lets lets recap what happened, and look at the incident, from the start. This the Aircraft Ryanair Plane fr4978. It took off from athens On Sunday to the lithuanian capital, vilnius following this route. And just as it was beginning its descent and was about to leave belarus airspace it
Israel and the palestinian militant group hamas have agreed an egyptian brokered ceasefire, which came into effect around 30 minutes ago. It brings to an end 11 days of conflict, in which 232 palestinians and i2 israelis have been killed. Israeli prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahus office says his Security Cabinet voted unanimously in favour of a Mutual And Unconditional gaza truce. But within minutes of the announcements, ahead of the ceasefire, the two sides were Trading Rockets and strikes. Paul adams has the background to the ceasefire agreement. Israels Security Cabinet met for several hours in the course of the evening. At The End of that meeting released a statement which it was said that they unanimously to an egyptian initiative to a bilateral ceasefire without preconditions. They went on to say that they had reviewed israels great achievements of the campaign, some of which it said were unprecedented. Hamas officials for their part quoted as saying they have secured guarantees
how soon? we are back on indictment watch again for donald trump. all signs pointing to a second federal indictment for the former president. we ll go through the possible timeline in a moment. also ahead, more partisan politics from the republican-controlled house, as speaker kevin mccarthy floats an impeachment inquiry for president biden. we ll get into that. plus, a live report from israel after the fallout of a monumental vote by the parliament, limiting a key power of its supreme court and sparking massive protests across the country. good morning. welcome to morning joe. it is tuesday, july 25th. with us, msnbc contributor, our good friend mike barnicle. former aide to the george w. bush white house, state departments, another good friend, elise jordan. white house bureau chief at politico, jonathan lemire. yes, a good friend. i ll say that. he was waiting for it. yup. i saw you needed it, john, so i put it in there. and pulitzer prize-winning columnist,
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