Antony blinken is heading to the region after president biden also said a ceasefire deal was closer than ever. But a senior hamas official told the bbc no progress had been made. Meanwhile, there have been more israeli air strikes in gaza and israel said it had struck targets inside neighbouring lebanon which belong to hezbollah, the group that supports hamas in gaza. Leigh milner reports. He s on his way hoping to seal a peace deal after months of negotiations. The us secretary of state, antony blinken, hopes the talks will lead to a ceasefire and the release of hostages in exchange for palestinian prisoners being held in israeli jails. Us presidentjoe biden said he was feeling optimistic. However, hamas officials have already dismissed american optimism as an illusion. In tel aviv, thousands took to the streets last night, including anti government protesters and some of the relatives of hostages still in gaza, who are calling for the current negotiations as the last chance to get
Hello, i m martine croxall. Ukraine s air force say they ve destroyed another bridge in russia s kursk region. Air force commander mykola oleshchuck released this footage, saying russia was minus one more bridge and that strikes were depriving them of logisitical capabilities. It comes almost two weeks after ukraine s surprise cross border operation into russia. These are the latest pictures from the rostov region in south west russia. The governor there says firefighters were called to put out a fire at an industrial facility struck by debris from a ukrainian drone. Both sides say air defences destroyed multiple drones and missiles fired by the other side overnight. Ukraine s offensive in the kursk region represents the first time in more than 80 years that a foreign army has seized and occupied russian territory. The attack has shocked the russian public, who d been lead to believe that their country s border was safely guarded. Our russia editor steve rosenberg sent this report from
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Nominations at this democratic convention. It was a Police Riot and i had never seen that before in my life. I have never seen groups of policeman with lead, not gold gloves and clubs going after civilians. There were pools of blood on Michigan Avenue the levels of Violence Backtoback episodes of the cnn original series 1968 airs tomorrow night, 9 00 a. M. 9 00 p. M. Eastern time and right here on cnn hello, thanks so much for joining me today. Im Jim Sciutto in for fredricka whitfield. Just 94 days left before the election. And there were major developments on both in democratic and republican campaigns today, former president Donald Trump, the republic im could nominee. Hes going to hold a rally in atlanta, georgia, joined by his running mate, the ohio senator j. D. Vance. It is the same venue where Vice President Kamala Harris held a huge rally in the Battleground State earlier this week, trump says he is prepared to debate harris for the first time, but only on his terms he agreed
Fellow officers lined the street outside the medical examiner s office to deliver her final sendoff, tradition. But the department s second in command instead demanded her body be taken inside. Go ahead and get the vehicle inside, forget to bagpipes. Go inside. Do not stop. Harris: critics say it is a sacred tradition and officers have a right to be angry over this. However, the mayor of the city, lori lightfoot, is defending it all. The reporting on that is just not true. With covid protocols, the coroner has made a lot of new restrictions on what can and cannot happen at the morgue. Eric carter is an incredible public servant. He is a dedicated veteran and takes his job very seriously. What people don t like he wasn t part of the friends and family program. He did his job. Harris: she is citing the coroner, the medical examiner. Garrett tenney live in chicago. I m not the m. E. Said the covid protocols were in place. This didn t have anything to do with that. So i guess we have to tr