speak live to key players on today s big stories. plus, a first look at tomorrow s front pages. good evening. a 14 year old boy has been killed and a number of others including two police officers have been injured after a man went on a rampage with a sword in north east london early this morning. police say the attack was not believed to be targeted or terrorism related. police were called after a van was driven at speed into a house just before 7am this morning. a 36 year old man is in custody tonight but is not well enough to be questioned. from hainault, our special correspondent lucy manning reports. siren blares as he climbed over the fence, this was the dramatic and courageous moment the police finally brought the sword attacker to the ground. two officers firing tasers as he still wielded his sword. 22 minutes after they were called, the police arrested the 36 year old after chasing him around the streets here, putting their own safety to one side. earlier, the brav
heat across the country. thanks for joining us. the situation room starts now happening. now, the biden campaign slams donald trump as a convicted criminal who s only out for him self, in a staving new app. this as trump has been plotting, 20 21st strategy with house speaker mike johnson, were tracking the rising tensions and the sharpening attacks just ahead of the historic biden trump debate on cnn. also tonight, a potentially ominous meeting reveal as russia she s bladder, we re putting is set to hold talks with kim jong-un in north korea, the us, raising concerns as two of its fiercest adversaries looked to strengthen their alliance against the west i m a very fast moving california wildfire explodes in size, fueled by hot, gusty winds and forcing evacuations extremely rather endangering millions of americans including large swaths of the country at risk of record heat welcome to our viewers here in the united states and around the world i will blitzer urine the the sit
the negotiations on a ceasefire in gaza between israel, hamas and the united states have been long and complex. and while they ve been going on, the mutual anger between the americans and the israelis has been growing. so much so that antony blinken, the us secretary of state, has let it be known that if necessary, he d negotiate direct with hamas and leave israel out of the loop altogether. at the same time, the united nations has now accused both israel and hamas of committing war crimes something which has enraged the israeli government. and the former israeli prime minister benny gantz has resigned from neta nyahu s war cabinet. jeremy bowen, the bbc s international editor, has specialised in reporting the middle east for decades. i asked him for an overview of the current situation. gantz has called for new elections his party wants new elections, there are loads of people in israel who want new elections, but unless they can get a vote of confidence that neta nyahu
2a hours. and in tel aviv on saturday evening, thousands gathered demanding a deal to secure the release of the remaining hostages held by hamas since the october 7th attacks. our correspondent hugo bachega is injerusalem and gave us this update. this is one of the deadliest incidents involving the israeli military in this war. the israeli army said its armed vehicle was hit by a large explosion early saturday and it seems that it caused a detonation of explosive material that these soldiers were carrying. earlier the armed wing of hamas said it had carried out an attack on an israeli convoy in gaza with anti tank missiles after setting up an ambush. for some, this is another indication of how hamas is more reliant on insurgent tactics when fighting the israeli military. reacting to what happened on saturday the israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu described this war as difficult, but he said despite the heavy price, the country must cling to the goal of destroying hamas
countries seized from russia. the final communique says, we reaffirm our unwavering support for ukraine for as long as it takes. together with international partners, we are determined to continue to provide military, budget, humanitarian, and reconstruction support. we remain strongly committed to helping ukraine meet its urgent short term financing needs, as well as supporting its long term priorities. meanwhile, world leaders from more than 100 countries are coming together in switzerland this weekend, by invitation of president volodymyr zelensky, to discuss how to bring an end to the war in ukraine. mr zelensky hopes the gathering in switzerland will sustain the last few days momentum for ukraine. russia and china are notably absent from this weekend s summit. but some countries have reservations. saudi arabia s foreign minister said difficult compromises will be needed to reach a peace agreement to end the war in ukraine. the leaders of italy and germany stron