Hello. Welcome to todays verified live. President biden has said that a final deal for a ceasefire and the release of hostages held in gaza is very close to being presented to israel and hamas by mediators. But he told reporters he did not think that the israeli Prime Minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, was doing enough to secure an agreement. In israel itself, theres been a general strike to demand the government do more to free the hostages. Protesters say Mr Neta Nyahu must take responsibility for the deaths of six hostages whose bodies were recovered in gaza on saturday, israel says they were murdered by their captors and Mr Netanyahu said this showed hamas did not want a deal. Mr biden spoke to reporters as he arrived at the White House to meet us negotiators. Lets have a listen. I was following up on whats happening in israel, and then ill be off to pittsburgh. Are you planning to present a final Hostage Deal to both sides this week . Were very close to that. What makes you think that
The cost of Oasis Tickets. In the last hour, the uk foreign Secretary David Lammy has announced a partial ban on Arms Exports to israel, saying theres a clear risk the equipment might be used in serious violations of international humanitarian law. It comes shortly after President Biden has warned the israeli prime Minister Isnt doing enough to reach a Hostage Release Deal with hamas, but that he is close to presenting a final proposal to both sides. He was speaking after a court in israel ordered people to end a general Strike And Return to work. Hundreds of thousands of israelis took part in industrial action to demand a deal. Lets speak to our diplomatic correspondent in jerusalem james landale. James, from many sources the turning of the screw, the huge pressure now on Benjamin Netanyahu. Pressure now on Benamin Netanyahmfi Pressure now on benamin netan ahu. ,. , netanyahu. Thats right. What as ever it netanyahu. Thats right. What as ever it remains netanyahu. Thats right. What a
News you were in the cnn newsroom. Im wolf blitzer in washington at this hour, were following major Breaking News out of gaza. Hundreds of civilians caught in the chaos of the israelhamas war morning to our viewers, the videos youre about to see are graphic and very disturbing. The palestinian red crescent, as well as several eyewitnesses now say hungry civilians were simply waiting in line for food in Western Gaza City when israeli tanks and drones open fire on the crowd Gazas Health Ministry says more than 100 people were killed in nearly 800 injured. Cnn is unable to independently confirm these numbers. A local journalists on the scene says most of the deaths came from the chaos that erupted when aid trucks try to escape the gunfire, the idf says the incident is under have the un a chief saying moments ago, and im quoting now, life is draining out of gaza at terrifying speed. Last hour, President Biden told reporters that he knows this violence will complicate any negotiations for a
donald trump is claiming authorities will arrest him tomorrow relating to alleged hush money payments made to an adult film start stormy daniels. while a decision from a grand jury not far from right here where i m sitting could still be days away it. would make him the first former president indicted in our nation s history. what we know, what we don t, and the potential political impact here is our lead story. correspondent david spunt joins us now from the justice department. good evening, david. bret, good evening to you. late this afternoon, perhaps the final grand jury witness in a year s long investigation involving alleged hush money payments between the former president and an adult film address. two heavy hitters in manhattan court this afternoon, former trump fixer michael cohen and robert costello, cohen s one time confidante who rebuffed cohen. now is he on the revenge tour. i tonight condone it. i went in there to tell these people the truth about hot real
out of texas to halt the approval of the abortion pill mifepristone. in a statement, he said:. the justice department strongly disagrees with the decision of the district court and will be appealing the court s decision and seeking a stay pending appeal. adding separately, the justice department is reviewing the decision of the district court for the eastern district of washington. well that ruling out of washington state is seperate and contradictory to the one in texas, but was handed down at the same time. and in a partialand preliminary injunction, the washingtonjudge has prohibited the fda from immediately pulling the drug off shelves. let s take a closer look at the medication. the district court in the abortion medication decision came down today. i have not read it yet, so i m going to do an analysis of it, but as a general matter, i will say that there is no question that the president and i will stand with the women of america and do everything we can to ensure tha