probably what was a tense and forthright meeting between mr. netanyahu and mr. blinken.e question of allowing palestinian civilians to return to their homes i northern gazan, that is something the americans and others would like to see happen as soon as is possible. there is no question, said mr. blinken, that palestinian citizens in gaza should be encouraged or persuaded to leave. they must remain and gaza must be ruled eventually when this war ends by some form of palestinian entity. caitriona: former president donald trump was in court again, this time in d.c. the issue was whether the federal government can proceed with its case against him for falsely claiming he won the 2020 election. he's disputing the charges against him. former president donald trump is claiming presidential immunity, a widely accepted concept that says the u.s. president is immune from prosecution for most actions taken while in office. but it is debated how far that immunity extends. his lawyers said the court granted him presidential immunity in this case because prosecuting him would cast a

here's mr blinken speaking as he met the president of israel, isaac herzog.e just come from a number of countries in the region — turkey, greece, jordan, qatar, united arab emirates, saudi arabia — and i want to be able to share some of what i've heard from those leaders with the president, as well as with the prime minister and the cabinet later today. and, of course, we'll have an opportunity to sit with the families of some of the hostages and discuss our relentless efforts to bring everyone home, and back with their families. and there's a lot to talk about in particular about the way forward, so i look forward to these conversations. as always, it's very good to be with you. president herzog thanked washington for its support of israel. he also condemned south africa for filing a case against israel at the international court ofjustice — accusing it of crimes of genocide against palestinians in gaza. and here, with the hypocrisy of south africa, we will be at the international court ofjustice and we will present proudly our case of using self—defence und

and mr blinken calling the taiwanese _ so calm.result _ so calm. and mr blinken calling the taiwanese result of- so calm. and mr blinken calling the taiwanese result of a - the taiwanese result of a powerful affirmation of democracy but beijing is not happy about that. find democracy but bei'ing is not happy about that._ happy about that. and that trajectory _ happy about that. and that trajectory will _ happy about that. and that trajectory will continue. . happy about that. and that trajectory will continue. i l trajectory will continue. i think china will respond to the us his position on taiwan by trying to continue to forge relationships, maybe even go around washington and try and approach europe and try to entice multinationals to come back to china. that would be a measure of success for beijing. are there any business impacted, especially here in asia because of what happen? i don't think so. i think it's pretty clear to international businesses that supply chains must be risk from china and they are doing bad. i think ther

and mr blinken calling the taiwanese _ so come.me. and mr blinken calling the taiwanese election result i so come. and mr blinken calling the taiwanese election result a l the taiwanese election result a powerful affirmation of democracy but beijing is not happy about that. ida. democracy but bei'ing is not happy about thati democracy but bei'ing is not happy about that. no, i think that trajectory _ happy about that. no, i think that trajectory will _ happy about that. no, i think that trajectory will continue. | that trajectory will continue. i think china will respond to the us's position on taiwan by trying to sort of continue to forge relationships, maybe even go around washington, try and approach europe and try and entice multinationals to come back to china. that would be a measure of success for beijing. are there any business impact, especially here in asia, because of what is happening? i don't think so. i think it's pretty clear to international businesses that supply chains must derisk from china and they're doing that

here's mr blinken speaking as he met the president of israel, isaac herzog. come from a number of countries in the region — turkey, greece, jordan, qatar, united arab emirates, saudi arabia — and i want to be able to share some of what i've heard from those leaders with the president, as well as with the prime minister and the cabinet later today. and, of course, we'll have an opportunity to sit with the families of some of the hostages and discuss our relentless efforts to bring everyone home, and back with their families. and there's a lot to talk about in particular about the way forward, so i look forward to these conversations. as always, it's very good to be with you. president herzog thanked washington for its support of israel. he also condemned south africa for filing a case against israel at the international court ofjustice — accusing it of crimes of genocide against palestinians in gaza. and here, with the hypocrisy of south africa, we will be at the international court ofjustice and we will present proudly our case of using self—defence under our

to what extent do you think blinken's trip to the region can calm the situation? you who travel mr. anthony blinken was supposed to visit the region at the beginning of the week, later and in the middle of the week, actually before , but it was postponed for some reasons . beirut was in the south of beirut, in fact the city of beirut and other issues that the event that caused this issue , mr. blinken's trip to the region , is one of the most important issues related to the internal developments of the zionist regime. and the americans are trying to get the zionist regime out of the situation it is stuck in they have to rescue him, that's why mr. blinken is traveling to the region for the fourth time since october 7th, and the fifth time to the occupied territories is actually considered his trip. from turkey and the greeks, and it is supposed to be carried out to the 5 arab countries of the united arab emirates, jordan and egypt, and then to the occupied lands and the west bank. at the same time, mr. ames hochstein, the representative of the united states in the affairs of drawing

rahim, in my opinion, mr. blinken's trip is important. the first reason is the domestic audience in america. you know , based on numerous polls, young people in america are strongly against the genocide that we are witnessing in gaza, and everyone knows that this is american money , american bombs, and support . american politics and american crimes and american crimes are known to both people outside the united states and inside the united states. now , some strata in the united states do not have much problem under the propaganda of the zionist media, but one percent can it is important to note that there is a majority among young people , these are the ones who are going to vote for mr. biden in a few months . he wants to make a gesture that we are looking for a political solution, or we are looking for diplomacy, or we are looking for a reduction, for example, in the killing of human beings, it is a sin . this is what they are saying, and no one outside america believes it, and many people inside america don't believe it either. this

okay, there are often people who are puppets in america and europe, but what can mr. blinken say? for example, i am justifying the killing of 100, 150 children on a daily basis, when he travels to the region , he has a news conference, he has to say something . whenever he criticizes the zionist regime, he criticizes the self-governing government , which is his puppet, so don't take his words too seriously. fouad eizdi , an expert on american issues, but the scope of the protests in america is supporting the joe biden government in the war against gaza, which is expanding . according to al-mayadeen network, these protests have gone beyond young people and women, and thousands of american workers have also participated in demonstrations to support the issue. palestine joined. after several weeks of demonstrations and protests by thousands of american workers in support of the palestinian issue. the heads of more than 60 trade unions and labor unions took a stand and called for a ceasefire in gaza. the main reason for the current developments and the widespread existence of this fee

mr blinken will then travel to israel. intense israeli air strikes have been continuing in the gaza strip, as well as ground battles with hamas fighters. israeli forces say they carried out strikes on 30 targets overnight. aid organisations say their doctors in gaza have been forced to pull out of one of the last functioning hospitals, after the surrounding area was designated a combat zone by the israeli military. the world health organization says if the al—aqsa hospital is stopped from operating, it will be a "moral and medical outrage". wyre davies has sent this report from jerusalem. and a warning — it contains distressing images from the start. images coming from jabalia in northern gaza today are difficult to watch. reporters quickly on the scene described dozens of bodies lying in the rubble of a destroyed building, many of them women and children. unconfirmed reports say at least 70 people were killed here in what was reported to be an israeli air strike. the israeli military has not yet responded to a bbc request

before his meeting with mr blinken, mr netanyahu was on his country's northern border, where he signalledhe's prepared, if necessary, to escalate military operations in lebanon. hamas health officials say more than 23,000 people have been killed in gaza by israeli strikes since the conflict began three months ago. speaking as he met the israeli president, mr blinken said he would share with israel the views of its arab neighbours. i've just come from a number of countries in the region — turkey, greece, jordan, qatar, united arab emirates, saudi arabia — and i want to be able to share some of what i've heard from those leaders with the president, as well as with the prime minister and the cabinet later today. and, of course, we'll have an opportunity to sit with the families of some of the hostages and discuss our relentless efforts to bring everyone home, and back with their families. and there's a lot to talk about in particular about the way forward, so i look forward to these conversations. as always, it's very good to be with you. president herzog thanked washington for its support o

mr blinken will first meet with turkey's president, recep tayyip erdogan, in istanbul on saturday and you live now to istanbul where mr blinken is meeting turkish foreign minister hakan fidan. nearby however, these pictures show protests against mr blinken being in the country with signs saying "yankee go home." we'll bring you more on that as it continues. well, this all comes as the us secretary of state anthony blinken 0ur north america correspondent anthony zurcher is traveling with the secretary of state and sent this update. us secretary of state antony blinken has a number of goals for this, his fourth trip to the mideast since the october 7th attacks. he wants more humanitarian aid to reach civilians in gaza. he wants hamas to release remaining hostages held in gaza. he also wants to try to keep this conflict from spreading throughout the region. that is going to be a challenging task given recent missile attacks from houthi rebels on shipping in the red sea, attacks on us military bases in syria and iraq, as well as the growing conflict between israel and hezbollah in norther

and this is something that was addressed when mr blinken was meeting qatari officials in the past day have given assurances that there are still continued efforts to reach a new ceasefire deal with hamas, to bring home the remaining 100+ israeli hostages still held by hamas and other armed groups in the gaza strip. and we also saw, unusually, some of the hostage families heading to qatar themselves to meet qatari officials, trying to keep the issue of their loved ones on this diplomatic agenda. mr blinken himself has put it high up on his agenda, this issue of bringing back the israeli hostages when he was laying out what he hoped to achieve in the middle east. yolande knell reporting from jerusalem. the ukjustice secretary, alex chalk, will meet with the minister responsible for the post office today to discuss how hundreds of branch managers — who were wrongly convicted in the horizon it scandal — could be cleared. pressure is increasing on the government to take action over what has been described as the most widespread miscarriage ofjustice in british history. here's our business

he is traveling to the region, mr. blinken, but this is braille mr. mohammad, this is very important and very significant , not only for me , but also for all the media, and for the political circles in the region, in europe itself , what happened, brier went there. and in this framework, if we want to talk about the renewal of differences within the political regime, he asked you in detail, and i think that we are talking now, after 90 days of the conflict in gaza, until now, we are talking about politics and not about now, maybe. we talk no, the discussion is now , how can hamas be destroyed now, how can we do it the next day, that is, after gaza. shalmfaz, a former official of the regime's army, was appointed as the head of the committee to follow up on the causes of the regime's failure on october 7, al-aqsa storm, apparently in nathan's cabinet. it has also created a dispute, why did the chief of the joint chiefs of staff of the zionist regime decide to finally form this group and make this appointment? see , this commission was formed very early

mr blinken says he again pressed for more to be done to avoid civilian casualties in the palestinianicult talks no doubt, yolande, what is likely to be achieved, do you think? tt what is likely to be achieved, do you think?— you think? it is very difficult to sa but you think? it is very difficult to say but blinken _ you think? it is very difficult to say but blinken knows - you think? it is very difficult to say but blinken knows that - you think? it is very difficult to say but blinken knows that he | you think? it is very difficult to l say but blinken knows that he is coming here at a very serious moment for the region. first of all, with his message about reducing the numbers of civilian casualties, about dealing with the dire humanitarian situation. he has got this commitment from the israeli military that it is now moving towards a lower intensity of warfare in that about what we are actually seeing on the ground still is battle is raging, and intense israeli airstrikes. it is possible that mr blinken will be able to get some new commitments on aid, there will be talk of new

this is mr blinken arriving in ramallah — where he met the head of the palestinian authority, mahmoudge so far has been that gazans must be allowed to return to their homes, while also reasserting us support for israel. he has also said he is focused on securing the release of all remaining hostages in gaza, and getting humanitarian aid into the territory. it comes as the hamas—run health ministry says that another 70 people were killed and more than 130 wounded in overnight attacks. the situation at israel's northern border with lebanon remains volatile, with locations on either side targeted by the idf and hezbollah. we know that facing an enemy that embeds itself among civilians, who hides in and fires from schools, from hospitals, makes this incredibly challenging. but the daily toll on civilians in gaza, particularly on children, is far too high. live now tojuliette touma, the unrwa director of communications, who is in amman injordan. welcome to you juliet. we have pictures coming into us from age waiting to cross into gaza. bring us an update on the situation regarding aid. how

blinken on his trip from turkey, he will be in gaza. remember , mr. blinken's first trip to the region was with the historic phrase "i am here as a jew", which actually became a global political statement, but now he is making his first trip to a muslim country . this shows that the change in america's foreign policy toward israel is very evident, and we have said in previous programs that israel will receive a very strong slap from america anyway. if you pay attention, the focus of the conversation now is post-judge, that is, post-war, regarding these issues, what will happen after the war, even in french. even now , warning israel about the absolute sovereignty of the palestinian people after the gaza war shows that mr. netanyahu's cabinet is a cabinet, and that the cabinet will end with strife and war, and even mr. netanyahu's political life is now in a state of crisis. it has become a series of dangers, that's why i am the main focus of these talks . in fact, i understand the main focus of mr. blinkeno's talks, although regarding nato issues, swed

that's why mr. blinken is in a hurry. he come to the region where he can give artificial respiration to the zionist regime? yes, mr. mossadegh pour blinken is apparently going to visit turkey as well. how do you evaluate this trip? with hamas is most likely one of the recently created governments between turkey and the zionist regime and the current conflict created between ankara and washington, it is possible that netanyahu, considering that now they do not want to have an enemy in several places, then the situation will be somehow he should do better and this is the purpose of my trip, that is, more in relation to the prisoners. i think the release of the prisoners is very important for the americans , considering how many americans are prisoners themselves, and this democratic government can benefit from this. we should use it well in the elections thank you, mr. mossadeghpour, we mentioned the objectives of the visit of the us foreign minister, who is coming to the region for the fourth time , as well as a field asse

later mr blinken will head to qatar for talks with the emir.the diplomacy continues, so does the fighting, with israel carrying out air strikes overnight in the city of khan younis in southern gaza. the official palestinian news agency reported many dead and wounded. in the west bank, palestinian officials said six people had been killed in an israeli air raid on the city ofjenin. an israeli border officer has also been killed in operations there. and an israeli civilian was killed in what has been described as a shooting attack in the west bank. the israeli army says it has completed what it claims is the dismantling of hamas�* command structure in the northern gaza strip. a spokesman said hamas fighters could operate only sporadically in the area. live now to our correspondent shaimaa khalil injerusalem. just bring us up to date on some of the attacks that have happened, because we also understand that there have been drone strikes which have led to casualties as well. that's right. we have been getting lines and updates about the fighting in

later mr blinken will head to qatar for talks with the emir. what the secretary of state had to say before he left forjordan. as we said from day one, we have an intense focus on preventing this conflict from spreading. and a big part of the conversations we'll be having over the coming days with all of our allies and partners is looking at the steps that they can take using the influence and ties that they have. to do just that, to make sure that this conflict doesn't spread. second, we'll be looking at what we can do. maximise the protection for civilians, maximise humanitarian assistance, getting into them, and also to get hostages out of gaza. as the diplomacy continues, so does the fighting, with israel carrying out air strikes overnight in the city of khan younis in southern gaza. the official palestinian news agency reported many dead and wounded. in the west bank, palestinian officials said six people had been killed in an israeli air raid on the city ofjenin — an israeli border officer has also been killed in operations there. and an i

later mr blinken will head to qatar for talks with the emir.the diplomacy continues, so does the fighting, with israel carrying out air strikes overnight in the city of khan younis in southern gaza. the official palestinian news agency reported many dead and wounded. in the west bank, palestinian officials said six people had been killed in an israeli air raid on the city ofjenin — an israeli border officer has also been killed in operations there. the gaza health ministry says 113 palestinians have been killed in the past 2a hours. and an israeli civilian was killed in what has been described as a shooting attack in the west bank. the israeli army says its completed what it claims is the �*dismantling" of hamas�*s command structure in the northern gaza strip. a spokesman said hamas fighters could operate only �*sporadically�* in the area. i spoke to our correspondent shaimaa khalil injerusalem for the latest update. that is right. we have been getting lines and updates about the fighting in khan younis. we understand from our sources on the gr

before mr blinken left greece forjordan, he said this. focus on preventing this conflict from spreading. a big part of the conversations we will have over the coming days with all of our allies and partners is looking at the steps they can take using the influence and ties that they have to do just that, to make sure that this conflict does not spread. second, we will look at what we can do to maximise the protection of civilians, maximise humanitarian assistance getting in to them and also to get hostages out of gaza. i spoke to dr lisel hintz — assistant professor of international relations atjohns hopkins university ? about the significance of mr blinken�*s visit to turkey. secretary blinken has been carrying out a number of these campaign trips in order to try to quell tensions in the region to prevent the conflict spreading, to secure the release of hostages, to try to get turkey's corporation, to get turkey on board with securing hostages, with humanitarian assistance, potentially with post—conflict reconstruction efforts. there is

well, you understand. what will be the reaction in russia, and also mr.blinken during the speech said, after all, it was not during the speech, during an interview with the american tv channel cnbc, he said that, unfortunately, we do not have a magic pot from which we could extract money to support ukraine, according to him , without money, which should expose the american congress, the pentagon, the pentagon, in the end wanted to say, will be increasingly difficult. to help ukraine, the pentagon will not be able to help ukraine, because there will be no money. and, by the way, today at 9:15 p.m. kyiv time on the 21st, the president of the united states of america, joe biden, has to meet with representatives of both republicans and democrats in congress, and the main topic of this meeting will be precisely trying to convince them to unblock the 61-plus department. billions of dollars to support ukraine. this, by the way, i am just saying, president zelensky very correctly said that if putin succeeds in seizing ukraine, he will go further to europe, to nat

mr blinken said that no—one, including israel, wants the conflict to escalate in the region.ollah, a lebanon—based organisation designated a terrorist group by the us, continue to exchange fire across the lebanon—israel border. hezbollah attacked an israeli army base with explosive drones on tuesday, in response to recent suspected israeli assassinations of top hamas and hezbollah commanders. that same day, israel said it killed the southern lebanon commander of hezbollah�*s aerial unit in an air raid. hezbollah denied the killing occurred. our middle east correspondent, hugo bachega, has the latest from beirut. has, and the israeli military have continued carrying out cross—border attacks a day after a senior hezbollah commander was killed by an estate that is really attack and that was a significant development that has renewed fears of major confrontation between hezbollah, the powerful iranian fact review, and the israeli military. on tuesday crowds gathered in a village in southern lebanon for the funeral of the senior hezbollah commander, the group's top enforcer, and c

mr blinken has also been in bahrain. live now to shashankjoshi, defence editor at the economist.there would be consequences if these attacks continued. he didn�*t map out the consequences, but do you think warnings like that are going to be in anyway effective? well, it�*s not the first warning. it has been one week since the us and i think about 13 of its allies including the uk published a joint statement warning the houthi of consequences if they continued, and since then they have launched what we call an un—crude surface vessel, effectively a jerome boateng, at shipping, and they�*ve launched this intense barrage at warships in the last 2a hours, so clearly, previous warnings have not been effective, and i think that now a military response against the houthis is very likely indeed, probably in the coming days if not sooner than that. i know it is difficult but what sort of thing would you expect? weill. i know it is difficult but what sort of thing would you expect? well, the americans have _ of thing would you expect? well, the americans have already _ of thing would you e

well, you understand what the reaction will be in russia, and also mr.ring the speech he said, after all, it was not during the speech, during an interview with the american tv channel cnbc, he said that, unfortunately, we do not have a magic pot from which we can draw money to support u. ..ukraine, according to him , without money, which should be unblocked by the american congress in the pentagon. pentagon, in the end, i wanted to say that it will be more difficult to help ukraine. the pentagon will not be able to help ukraine because there will be no money. and, by the way, today at 21:15 kyiv time, the president of the united states of america, joe biden, is scheduled to meet with representatives of both republicans and democrats. in the congress, and the main topic of this meeting will be precisely the effort to convince them, to unblock the allocation of 61 billion dollars there for the support of ukraine. this is me, by the way, as president zelensky very correctly said, he succeeded, what if putin will succeed in seizing ukraine, he will go furth

this was addressed when mr blinken was meeting qatari officials in the past day.s that there are still continued efforts to reach a new ceasefire deal with hamas to bring home the remaining 100 plus israeli hostages still held by hamas and other armed groups in the gaza strip. we also saw, unusually, some of the hostage families heading to qatar themselves to meet qatari officials, trying to keep the issue officials, trying to keep the issue of their loved ones on this diplomatic agenda. mr blinken himself has put it high up on his agenda, bringing back the israeli hostages, when he was laying out what he hoped to achieve in the middle east.— middle east. yolande knell in jerusalem. — middle east. yolande knell in jerusalem, thank _ middle east. yolande knell in jerusalem, thank you. - the ukjustice secretary, alex chalk, will meet with the minister responsible for the post office today to discuss how hundreds of branch managers, who were wrongly convicted in the horizon it scandal, could be cleared. pressure is increasing on the government to take action over wha

later mr blinken will head to qatar for talks with the emir.e diplomacy continues, so does the fighting, with israel carrying out air strikes overnight in the city of khan younis in southern gaza. we are getting varying accounts of the death toll. the afp news agency says at least 64 people have been killed, while reuters say 116 have lost their lives. in the west bank, palestinian officials said six people had been killed in an israeli air raid on the city ofjenin. an israeli border officer has also been killed in operations there. and an israeli civilian was killed in what has been described as a shooting attack in the west bank. the israeli army says it's completed what it claims is the �*dismantling" of hamas�*s command structure in the northern gaza strip. a spokesman said hamas fighters could operate only �*sporadically�* in the area. it's also emerged that a cameraman working in gaza for the aljazeera network hsa been killed. hamza al—dahdouh is reported to have been hit by an israeli drone strike while travelling from khan younis to gaz

mr blinken has also been in bahrain.ort there. we are here in bahrain as part of what has been an intensive diplomatic push across the region. bahrain is a critical partner for the united states and i want makes important that we respond when we see the violence coming from the houthis. they are been hundreds of attacks now since november on shipping in the red sea affecting more than a0 countries tied to ships from a0 countries. these attacks have been aided by iran with technology and equipment and intelligence and information and they are having a real—life impact on people. what has happened because of these houthi attacks is that thousands of ships have had to divert and take longer routes, pay former insurance, and that gets translated into high prices for everything from fuel to medicine to food. it is disrupting the supply chain so it is having a real impact on people around the world. the state, and said that mr blinken stressed the route to a palestinian state must be the solution to the conflict. it's really.

mr blinken also talked about the need for also talked about the need for a reformed palestinian authorityole in gaza after the role is over. it is not clear how this would work and there have been some concerns among some palestinian authorities who do not want to be seen as been driven into gaza on the back of an israeli tank, as they put it. in gaza, the israeli military has continued to attack central and southern areas of the territory despite repeated pleas by american officials to move to a more targeted approach in its war against hamas in gaza and reduce the number of civilian casualties. while antony blinken tries diplomacy against the houthis, the us and uk militaries are using force. on tuesday, the houthis fired 20 projectiles at ships in the red sea in their largest attack yet, but the us—led task force shot down all but two of them. on wednesday, uk defence secretary grant shapps called the attacks unacceptable, and said: "we will take the action needed to protect innocent lives and the global economy. " meanwhile, the un security council has adopted a resolution calling for

now you said that the next day , mr. clinton came with blinken. they say that blinken came to turkey. what should we do , the next day, this is the second one, how can turkey help because his relationship with hamas is very good , how can we free the zionist hostages who are in hamas? this is the second issue. gallant gave a plan that was on thursday night, that is , he proposed a plan for israel to stay in gaza and with a series of palestinian forces that are not with hamas. bayan, for example, the municipality and the governorate, and they should cooperate with them, like the forces of the international organization, with the arab or egyptian forces. or i think it's not too much of an imagination, this is what he brought up inside this cabinet, there was a fight , after 3 hours there was no discussion at all... he announced that the meeting was over, that someone from the government or the war cabinet said that we are not the war cabinet, he himself said that we are the war cabinet is a circus. this is exactly the interpretation of sir who said

as part of his tour of the region, mr blinken visited qatar yesterday and warned palestinians must notsured into leaving gaza and must be allowed to return to their homes, once conditions allow. his comments came alongside a condemnation of statements by israeli far—right ministers, who have called for the displacement of palestinians. mr blinken�*s tour continues today, starting in abu dhabi in the united arab emirates, then moving onto saudi arabia to meet crown prince mohammed bin salman. talks have focused on the threat houthi rebels pose to shipping in the red sea as well as discussing us proposals for managing a lasting peace in gaza once the israeli military campaign ends. live now to our correspondent hugo bachega in beirut. what do we know about what happened and the reported death of a senior hezbollah commander? it and the reported death of a senior hezbollah commander?— and the reported death of a senior hezbollah commander? it seems that this was a drone _ hezbollah commander? it seems that this was a drone attack— hezbollah commander? it seems that this was a drone attack

before mr blinken left greece forjordan, he said this.have an intense focus on preventing this conflict from spreading. a big part of the conversations we will have over the coming days with all of our allies and partners is looking at the steps they can take using the influence and ties that they have to do just that, to make sure that this conflict does not spread. second, we will look at what we can do to maximise the protection of civilians, maximise humanitarian assistance getting in to them and also to get hostages out of gaza. i spoke to dr lisel hintz — assistant professor of international relations atjohns hopkins university ? about the significance of mr blinken�*s visit to turkey. secretary blinken has been carrying out a number of these campaign trips in order to try to quell tensions in the region to prevent the conflict spreading, to secure the release of hostages, to try to get turkey's corporation, to get turkey on board with securing hostages, with humanitarian assistance, potentially with post—conflict reconstruction eff

well, mr blinken comes here — received in israel?ved in israel? well, mr blinken comes here with a _ received in israel? well, mr blinken comes here with a packed _ received in israel? well, mr blinken comes here with a packed agenda. i received in israel? well, mr blinken i comes here with a packed agenda. we know he is going to repeat the us call to lower the intensity of the fighting in gaza, which has been so devastating, and in response to that we had some strong israeli comments in the past day or so. the israeli prime minister speaking at a cabinet meeting saying the war would go on until there was total victory over hamas and we have had the israeli defence minister writing in the wall streetjournal, really blaming iran for the regional spill—overfor ratcheting up tensions around the region because of the different armed groups that it backs. really this is going to be an important trait for mr blinken, his fourth back here since the start of the war. he has already said he comes here at the moment of profound tension, so he

>> i have just come out of the briefing room where mr. blinken was speaking at some length.uestion has been asked all day. what are they going to do next, how are they going to respond? most of the language was mirrored by president biden yesterday, they say the response will be decisive. there was some new language, the response could be multi levels in stages and be sustained. that felt like the kind of thing you would say if you are expecting to do this over a period of time. the hawkish calls from republicans have been calling for direct attacks. the administration is going to try and calibrate this. what they are trying to do is deterred the groups from anymore deadly attacks, but not spark a wider war. trying to give some measure of things enough to deter the militias. anchor: this is the latest in a series of potential escalations. >> they say the shipping attacks are in solidarity, americans say there is no connection. at the same time are trying the growing numbers of outrage about the civilians israel has killed in gaza, so the administration is finding it hard so

>> i have just come out of the briefing room where mr. blinken was speaking at some length.uestion has been asked all day. what are they going to do next, how are they going to respond? most of the language was mirrored by president biden yesterday, they say the response will be decisive. there was some new language, the response could be multi levels in stages and be sustained. that felt like the kind of thing you would say if you are expecting to do this over a period of time. the hawkish calls from republicans have been calling for direct attacks. the administration is going to try and calibrate this. what they are trying to do is deterred the groups from anymore deadly attacks, but not spark a wider war. trying to give some measure of things enough to deter the militias. anchor: this is the latest in a series of potential escalations. >> they say the shipping attacks are in solidarity, americans say there is no connection. at the same time are trying the the civilians israel has killedt in gaza, so the administration is finding it hard so course there is a direct between

according to palestinian media, president abbas told mr blinken israel needs to immediately stop thement says, mr blinken stressed that a route towards a palestinian state must be part of the solution to let's look at gaza now. israeli air strikes have intensified on southern and central gaza — despite israel saying, it will shift to a more targeted campaign. the military says it's hit a further 150 targets and killed dozens of militants in the last 2a hours. the hamas—run health ministry said another 147 people were killed and more than 2113 were wounded in gaza in that time. next to israel's border with lebanon. these recent pictures released by the israeli military show, what they say, are strikes on hezbollah targets in various locations. i spoke to our political analyst, i asked about the significance of antony blinken is meeting. it is a la. antony blinken is meeting. it is a la: of the antony blinken is meeting. it is a lag of the trip _ antony blinken is meeting. it is a lag of the trip you _ antony blinken is meeting. it is a lag of the trip you had _ antony blinken is meeti

according to palestinian media, president abbas told mr blinken israel needs to immediately stop thee west bank. the state department says mr blinken stressed that a route towards a palestinian state must be part of the solution to the conflict. israeli air strikes have intensified on southern and central gaza despite israel saying, it will shift to a more targeted campaign. the hamas run health ministry said another 147 people were killed and another 147 people were killed and another 240 wounded in bars in the past 24 hours. the situation at israel's northern border with lebanon remains volatile. these recent pictures released by the israeli military show, what they say, are strikes on his brother targets in various locations. the uk government has warned yemen's houthi rebels that enough is enough over attacks on shipping in the red sea. it comes after us and british naval forces, shot down 21 drones and missiles, fired by the houthis towards international shipping. the uk defence secretary grant shapps says, it was the largest such attack yet. us central command says, they were s

and mr blinken calling the taiwanese election result a powerful affirmation of democracy but beijing. no, i think that trajectory will continue. i think china will respond to the us�*s position on taiwan by trying to sort of continue to forge relationships, maybe even go around washington, try and approach europe and try and entice multinationals to come back to china. that would be a measure of success for beijing. spotify has launched an outspoken attack on new transaction fees up to 27% announced by apple in the united states. on wednesday, the iphone maker said it would allow app developers to sell products in places other than its own store, but only if they still paid commission. apple has been approached for comment. i want too quickly show you japan's nikkei up by i.5%. they're well above now the 36,000 mark of course. it's flirting with its all—time high it reached in 90s. that was before the asset bubble burst that led to the lost decades. we're continuing to monitor that for you. this is it for the programme. thank you so much for watching. bbc news, bringing you different

before mr blank and left he had this to say. —— mr antony blinken. we have an intense focus on preventing this conflict from spreading. a big part of the conversations we will have over the coming days with all of our allies and partners is looking at the steps they can take using the influence and ties that they have to do just that, to make sure that this conflict does not spread. second, we will look at what we can do to maximise the protection of civilians, maximise humanitarian assistance getting in to them and also to get hostages out of gaza. i spoke to dr lisel hintz — assistant professor of international relations atjohns hopkins university 7 about the significance of mr blinken�*s visit to turkey. secretary blinken has been carrying out a number of these campaign trips in order to try to quell tensions in the region to prevent the conflict spreading, to secure the release of hostages, to try to get turkey's corporation, to get turkey on board with securing hostages, with humanitarian assistance, potentially with post—conflict reconstruction

he told me what washington wanted to achieve with mr blinken's trip.s war from spreading. you've already seen israel in recent weeks both take out a hamas leader in beirut itself, and now a hezbollah leader in southern lebanon. the big concern for the biden menstruation is having once been a confined to military action in gaza spread to the northern border and also invite in interference from iran. irate northern border and also invite in interference from iran.— northern border and also invite in interference from iran. we know that antony blinken _ interference from iran. we know that antony blinken has _ interference from iran. we know that antony blinken has told _ interference from iran. we know that antony blinken has told israel's i antony blinken has told israel's prime minister to avoid further civilian harm in gaza — what does it tell you three months into this war, that he's having to repeat again that he's having to repeat again that really basic message? i mean, it seaks that really basic message? i mean, it speaks a — that really basic me

mr. blinken, mr. biden, biden administration, what should i tell my daughter? what should we teach our children that are growed up for my son -- my older son is 21 years old. what should i tell him, where is his brother? he's a full-born -- from florida. he was born in florida, 21 years old. what should i tell him? that our government that -- that we prompted the americans, we proud, deeply proud, and we -- i came there in '96 to live the dream. and i'm living it until this moment. until my government supported a government like such as in israel since 1948, i can go back to 1870 with my heritage. my great grandfather, the same house i was born in in 1982, but i have to tell my son, 21 years old, i'm sorry, he was shot by our government that is hungry to kill children. and we are supporting it. >> yeah. >> my tax money every year, i pay for that. >> hafeth, your sadness, your frustration is completely understandable. and you are certainly deserving of answers -- >> i have no words for the feelings here, the feelings to my wife. the feelings from the inside. i c

this is mr blinken's fourth visit to the region since the israel/hamas war began — how would you assessents. of course the big call from the us has been for israel to reduce the numbers of civilians being killed in the war in gaza another way that the israeli military saying it will now move to more precise operations and less intensity of fighting, we're still seeing a lot of civilians being killed with reports that in the past 24 hours 147 people have been killed in the gaza strip including many children. and there is fear of this conflict escalating in the region — which is why there is so much concern over the attacks in the red sea? definitely. and this of course is a really important international shipping route and a reminder of the threat that is posed by the houthi. the defence secretary grant shapps says he believes iran is very much to blame in the background here. this really is already forcing glacial shipping companies to divert their shipping routes to use longer routes. it is having an effect on global trade. routes. it is having an effect on globaltrade. in routes. it i

blinken, arrived in ukraine to meet with zelensky.ot of people were present. blinken told zelensky the following: you urgently need to resolve the issue with derkach, that the secretary of state of the united states has a rather sharp position for a minute, the task for the president of ukraine is to resolve the issue with derkach. naturally, they came to me, told me this story, and said they won’t be with you. act according to the law, urgently resolving the issue of your safety. that is why the interview took place in minsk, where journalist simone papandopoulos, the wife of former adviser to donald trump, specially flew in. during election race in the united states, andrei derkach’s revelations can cause a political storm and a storm in ukraine itself; he has already promised to hold biden’s partners accountable for financing terrorism. boris ivanin and dmitry krasnoyarsky, news. i can show you the results. now a short advertisement, we will continue further, stay with us. start the year with profitable purchases at the megamarket,

you saw that in mr blinken's remarks in which he urged israel not to attack civilian infrastructures.at israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu's office this time around did not issue a readout of the conversation between blinken and netanyahu. i think one thing that the united states may be realising is that it has less leverage over israel that has in the past. in 1981, us financialsupport israel that has in the past. in 1981, us financial support for israel amounted to 10% of the israeli economy. today, $4 billion amount only 1%. in addition, israel is more self—sufficient in producing its own weapons, and therefore... the two of them also discussed the detailed postwar vision for gaza. what might that look like? i detailed postwar vision for gaza. what might that look like? i think there are only _ what might that look like? i think there are only bad _ what might that look like? i think there are only bad options - what might that look like? i think there are only bad options at - what might that look like? i think there are only bad options at this| there are only bad options

like mr. blinken, or the spokesperson of the white house and the us state department, they said things that show that they are interested between us and a big neighbor , and that we want to have a very close interest, which is iraq. first of all, the americans themselves are the most aggressive country and in connection with this missile attack , they announced that this is actually a violation of the security of the country of iraq. we want to give them the answer that your bases are in iraq. the security of the people of iraq has become a threat, your interference during the past 20 years has caused various disturbances . it is not that other people from outside this region interfere in this field , but the main point is that some officials the elders of kurdistan themselves do not know why, because the presence of the zionist regime and their headquarters have existed in the past, some of them claim ignorance about this issue and say that this headquarters does not exist here to support the

blinken, arrived in ukraine to meet with zelensky.f people were present. blinken told zelensky the following: you urgently need to resolve the issue with derkach, that the secretary of state of the united states has a rather sharp position for a minute, the task for the president of ukraine is to resolve the issue with derkach. naturally, they came to me, told me this story, and said, they will not deal with you according to the law, urgently resolving the issue of their safety. that is why the interview took place in minsk, where journalist simone papandopoulos, the wife of former adviser to donald trump, specially flew in during election race in the united states. the revelation of andriy derkach can cause a political storm and a storm in ukraine itself. he has already promised to hold biden's associates accountable for financing terrorism. boris ivanin and dmitry krasnoyarsky. news. well, now there is some interesting news about family values ​​in france. the elysee palace announced the appointment of stéphane sejournet as head of

blinken's trip was not successful. and they don't want or can't reform their foreign policy now, they may have an excuse, or maybe the americans say, well, we failed in ukraine , russia is advancing now, it is advancing in ukraine. the entire west could not come to russia and calm down, and russia is now moving forward in the borders that exist there. the words of some american officials are that, well, we did not reach a conclusion in ukraine , so we left afghanistan with this situation, and in relation to gaza and israel. if we experience another failure, this means the end of the domination that we are looking for, the end of american hegemony because. the whole world knows that america's closest ally is israel, and if the americans cannot defend israel, they cannot support israel , they certainly cannot support anyone else in the world, and all these allies of america who care about america and support america , you are reconsidering your own foreign policy, just as the zionist authorities see this war as a war of

and do you think, mr. blinken, that the option exists or is it just an attempt to escape from the solution of the palestinian question and tempting netanyahu, the prime minister of israel, to agree with the american position in order to change his extreme government, and what about the rule of the four arab nations or countries, as you mentioned before in gaza? is it just to contribute for the reconstruction or they have political rule there? secretary blinken: let me just say again at the outset, the loss -- losses that your colleagues suffered are unimaginable. um, and i have deep condolences for what he has suffered. again, i can't even begin to fully imagine what he's gone through. and as i said again the other day to the journalists that have lost their lives or been injured in gaza, we feel very strongly for them as well and the essential work that they do is more vital than ever. we want this war to end as soon as possible. uh, there's been far too much loss of life, far too much suffering. uh, but

mr.en's visit comes after the israeli defense minister outline proposals for the future governance of gaza once the war is over. under his so-called four corner proposals the hamas would no longer control gaza and israel would retain overall security control. a multinatiol force would rebuild the territory. he did not expand on what the role would look like. he said palestinians would be responsible for running the territory, but it is not clear which body would be in charge. we are in jerusalem with more on e proposed future governance in gaza. >> people are starting to talk about what happens after the day after. there has been no public discussion in israel about this. members of the government, right wing members of the company -- of the cabinet advocate forcing gazans to leave to other countries and reestablishing jewish settlements in gaza. that is clearly unacceptable to the international community, so we had this beginning of a plan from the defense minister, a four point plan in