welcome to bbc news, broadcasting to viewers in the uk and around the world. we start with the us secretary of state, antony blinken, who is headed to the middle east to visit israel, the west bank, and seven countries over the next week. the us state department says during mr blinken s trip, he will seek immediate increase in aid to gaza as the strip continues to deal with a humaniatarian crisis. the trip comes as the uk foreign secretary, david cameron, warns israel must allow more aid into gaza in order to avoid starvation and large outbreaks of disease. and there are reports of dozens more deaths from air strikes in southern gaza, as israel continues its military operation there. and in lebanon, people gathered for the funeral of deputy hamas leader saleh al arouri. he was killed earlier this week in an explosion. hezbollah a powerful iranian backed group in lebanon has blamed that attack on what it says was flagrant israeli aggression . israel has not commented, but
on social media and exactly the way you might expect. i warn you, some of this stuff would make even the grinch blush. hello little girl. on christmas day, the former president posting a message that was just a big old lump of coal and americas stalking, writing, merry christmas to all. but going on to call special counsel jack smith and out of control lunatic, calling his opponents dogs, and wrapping it all up but wish, and i m quoting here, might they brought in merry christmas. unquote. there are lots of ways to wish america merry christmas. phillies nevada, seasons greetings, happy holidays, merry christmas. but might they brought in is not exactly a phrase you want to see on a card, not that i ve got my cards out yet, but here is to february. it s obvious what s gotten thought former president so worked up. he s got 91 felony counts and any one of them could potentially lend him behind bars. at this point, it s anybody s guess which of all those legal cases will
Politicsnation. Tonights lead, law and order. But for who . Right now, President Biden is flexing the legal powers of his office to address the countrys deepening problems. And an exclusive interview with nbc news, the president talked about the difficult decision to send 1500 troops to the border to help is a refugee crisis. He also spoke about the possibility that he might invoke his 14th Amendment Authority to raise the debt limit. If he cannot convince some of the gop to back off threats to push the country, and to an economic crisis. Heres the deal. I think that first of all, this is not your fathers republican party. This is a different group. And i think that we have to make it clear to the American People that i am prepared to negotiate in detail with her budget. In the meantime, here in New York City, there is outrage after an alleged act of vigilante justice. A Young Black Mans life is snuffed out on the subway. Prompting tough questions about who has the right to take the la
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