We begin in the middle east. Israel and hamas have accused Each Other of blocking a Ceasefire And Hostage Release Deal for gaza as the us Secretary Of State starts his visit to the region. Antony blinken will hold talks with the israeli Prime Minister today, which correspondents say could be difficult. In his latest comments, President Biden said a deal was still possible, a notable change from his more optimistic tone of recent days. More now on the diplomatic effort to try and arrange a Ceasefire Deal in gaza. Our State Department Correspondent Tom Bateman is travelling with the us Secretary Of State Antony Blinken and has this update from tel aviv. Well, the air is thick with a bit of optimism and a lot of expectation when it comes to Antony Blinken. One senior official i was talking to on the way here used phrases like this being an inflection point, a critical moment in terms of what they want to get from this Ceasefire Deal. Some are talking in terms of their hopes that they can
you that. temperatures, 17 is possible, 11 degrees in glasgow, in the mild south westerly wind, and then towards the end of the week we will see something a little bit less mild, but for the increases, as the un warns it could lead to a slaughter. joe biden is pushing for congress to pass a bill to give israel military assistance running to $14 billion, but where are the signs that that amount of money gives the us president any leverage? what chance for the peace talks? you will bejoined you will be joined by the west indies. we ll be talking to the senior middle east advisor to both barak obama and donald trump, and the middle east expert nomi bar yaacov. also tonight, labour suspends a second parliamentary candidate, the former labour mp grahamjones, after offensive comments he is alleged to have made about israel. will this be the week the uk goes into a recession.or not? we ll take a look at what the data means, and what it doesn t mean. right now, just after two o clock
reach a deal on the country s debt ceiling, with the us house speaker kevin mccarthy saying on wednesday that negotiators remain far apart. our north america business correspondent michelle fleury has the latest from new york. there is a roughly one in clutch make chance that the us will hit the so called x date, when the us government runs out of money to pay its bills, before the dental ministries. that is according toj.p. morgan chase. they say the other any worse. debt limit raises. kevin mccarthy said he thought progress could be made but warned the two sides remain far apart. but warned the two sides remain farapart. her pub but warned the two sides remain far apart. her pub concert amending that any deal must cut future federal spending in exchange for raising the debt ceiling, a redline for the white house. on wall street, us stocks fell as investors have been watching these talks closely for any sign of agreement. and even if a deal is done in time, economists say
currently sheltering in an underground bunker, said the air raid alert in the capital went off at around 02:20 local time. the bbc team heard at least one loud explosion, and the city s air defence has been activated. earlier today, ukraine says at least 21 were killed in an attack on kherson. missile strikes hit a market, a railway station, a petrol station and residential builings. it comes as ukraine s president zelensky denied that his country carried out an alleged drone attack on the kremlin. russia says it was an attempt on vladimir putin s life. our russia editor steve rosenberg sent this report from moscow. flying in from the left, what appears to be a drone. then an explosion over the kremlin. this footage is unverified, but the kremlin says that overnight, two drones targeted the residence of the president. moscow blames ukraine, but says that no one was injured. on russian state tv, a dramatic start to this talk show. the presenter announces breaking news. there