The US shared “gobsmacking” evidence with Britain at the height of the Covid pandemic suggesting a “high likelihood” that the virus had leaked from a Chinese lab, The Telegraph can reveal.
US Secretary of State Antony Blinken began another round of high-stakes talks in Israel on Wednesday as the US seeks to ratchet up the pressure on Hamas to accept a ceasefire and hostage release deal, while also seeking to forestall an Israeli military offensive in Rafah and further address the humanitarian crisis in Gaza.
US Secretary of State Antony Blinken met Israeli President Isaac Herzog in Tel Aviv on Wednesday morning at the start of a fresh round of talks aimed at bringing about a ceasefire in the Gaza war. The release of the hostages held by the Palestinian Islamist Hamas movement was currently a top priority, Herzog said at the meeting, according to his office. "We’re determined to get a ceasefire that brings the hostages home, and to get it now. And the only reason that that wouldn't be achieved is bec
After applying months of pressure on Israel to do more on aid, US Secretary of State Antony Blinken had a first-hand look Wednesday at trucks on the Gaza border.Israel in April also agreed to reopen to aid the Ashdod port near Gaza, which Blinken also visited on Wednesday, as well as a second crossing from Israel to northern Gaza at Erez.