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blinkenresses israeli leaders for a cease-fire. israeli intensified its aerial assault on lebanon. at least zillion people are killed and a strike near the country's largest hospital. plus, leaders gather for the brics summit in russia. ♪ welcome to world news america. the u.s.'s top diplomat is in israel continuing his bid to end the widening conflict in the middle east. during talks on tuesday, u.s. secretary of state antoni blinken pressed prime minister netanyahu to use the killing of the hamas leader as a reason for peace. this is secretary blinken's 11th visit to the region since the war in gaza broke out.

here he is earlier. >> i believe very much that the death of sinwar does create an important opportunity to bring the hostages home, to bring the war to an end and to ensure israel's security and that's what our conversations today focused on with our israeli colleagues, including arrangements for the period following the end of the conflict. >> and our correspondent in jerusalem has more. >> as if to emphasize the low expectation, the low hopes of any progress, their version of events discussed were very different. from the american side we got the view that israel needed to capitalize on successful action to bring the hamas leader, sinwar to justice and release hostages and end the conflict and he also talked about the importance of getting more aid

into gaza where, particularly in the north they're really suffering because of the humanitarian crisis there. we know that blinken is very concerned that israel's enhanced mid torrey preps in the north is having a detrimental humanitarian many. mr. netanyahu's spokesman talking about the iranian threat to israel, this very real threat that israel the is concerned about. iranian missiles coming down over israel a couple of weeks ago. how that might be responded to by the israelis. the israelis thanked the americans for their support in providing enhanced missile defense coverage. israelis also talked about a governing framework for gaza the day after the war ends. israel is assistant that neither hamas nor the palestinian authority should be allowed to run things in gaza after the end of the war but there wasn't any talk of a cease-fire or deal to

release the remaining hostages and certainly no talk about this pressure from the americans and others to improve and enhance the amount of aid getting into gaza because of in humanitarian situation so programs not much coming from these talks. antoni blinken stays utah in israel before moving on to the wilder region tomorrow. >> chris murphy is the foreign relations committee leader on the near east on counter terrorism and he shared his thoughts on what to expect from these latest diplomatic efforts by the u.s. we're seeing secretary blinken on his 11th trim now to the middle east. at this point what do you think he can achieve? >> well, i've stopped making predictions about the course of events in the middle east. what you're hearing from him is a clear message that with the death of sinwar there is a moment in which we can pace to

conclusion the fight inside gaza and begin the work of rebuilding gaza. and also wind down operations in lebanon has hezbollah has been substantially harmed. their capacity to hit israel is seriously diminished and the death of sinwar is another fatal blow to iran's proxies and presents an opportunity for us to get to the next step, which is to try to help lebanon guild a governance structure that does not rely on the power of hezbollah and rebuild a state in gaza that ultimately presents no threat to israel but also builds towards a future palestinian homeland. >> senator, that opportunity as you describe it is also what we've heard from president biden. it contrasts what we're seeing on the ground, continued fighting in left hook non.

continued strike on lebanon and continued fighting in gaza. >> right, which is whyics i wasn't willing to make a prediction about the course of events. clearly there have been many moments over the course of this conflict where the united states and the biden administration hasn't been on the same page with netanyahu. this is a war that is being conducted by netanyahu's war cabinet and the i.d.f. i certainly have have disagreements with the manner in which they've conduct that had engagement and time will tell if israel decides to use in opportunity to wind down the wars or continue the onslaught. at this point i don't think it'sa crewing to the national interests or the united states in the long term. >> we spoke to the former jordanian foreign minister and he said he thinks netanyahu is bent on continuing the war and also that he doesn't want to

give kamala harris a gift before the election. do you agree with that assess yes. >> i hope thas not if case. obviously we've seen netanyahu play a role in american politics in the past. i don't doubt that he has an interest in the u.s. election but my hope is that he's making decisions based upon his national security analysis rather than his attempt to impact an american election. i don't think that's outside of the realm of possibility. i just hope that it's not true. obviously i can't get inside prime minister's head. i don'held i don't know what is leading him to make the decisions he's making. >> you said the u.s. should not continue to accept weapons to israel if israel is not serious about stemming the human fair crisis inside gaza. do you think america should stop

supplying them offensive weapons? >> the united states in the last week has sent a clear message to israel that they have got to start clearing humanitarian aid to north gaza and if not they are not in compliance to u.s. law. u.s. law requires any aid we send to an ally to be useonly in international human rights and the law of war and a couple doesen trucks getting into northern gaza on a daily basis does not cut it. that is not in compliance with u.s. law. i think it's right that the administration has given the government in a letter 30 days to surge humanitarian aimed and if they cannot do it, i think it's going to be hard for israel to prove that they are living up to the letter of the law. >> the israeli military says hezbollah's apparent heir to the

former chief was killed in an air strike earlier this month. it comes after hezbollah confirmed it was behind the attempted drone attack on the israeli prime minister's holiday home over the weekend. in beirut health officials say 18 people were killed by an israeli air strike nearing a large government hospital in the city's south. the israeli military says it has identified a bunker concealed another another beirut hospitals that it says holds hundreds of millions dollars worth of cash. the hospital statue disputes the claims. the israeli military says it stands behind its assessment. >> we're on level minus two in the alsahel hospital. the area just behind me is where medical waste is stored. even that was opened us for a

look. the morgue was opened up. all of the drawers were opened to show us there was nothing inside. doctors have been opening up piles of surgical scruggs, boxes of equipment, very, very keen to show us erything there is to see and to prove that there is nothing here. i'm just coming now from the basement on minus two up to minus one. we've been brought around th hospital by doctors. we've also been allowed to move around on our own. doors have been opened for us in every area, cupboards, we've been allowed to see what there is to see. now, the hospital staff are adamant that there is no hidden bunker here containing millions of dollars of cash or gold, as the israelis have claimed. they say this is just a hospital where patient were being treated last night and where they had to

be evacuated from the emergency area at great speed because doctors were worried for the lives of parents and also worried for the staff. >> meanwhile the israeli military is intensifying its offensive in northern gaza where it claims hamas has regrouped. residents in jabalia told the bbc israeli military hospitals seized buildings preventing the aid to civilians. they also prevented humanitarian aid to reach trapped people. day two of the brics summit in russia and more than 12 leaders are meeting to meet with vladimir putin. they met with indian presidential modi earlier.

ying that india is help ready to help to end its support of the war with you crane. a short while ago, the officials announced that others would attend. it comes as the kremlin faces diplomatic isolation and sanctions from the west following its innovation of ukraine in 2022. the alliance has expanded to include egypt, ethiopia, iran and united arab emirates. the brics nations as a group account for 45% of the global population and their economies are worth more than $28.5 trillion. around 28% of the global economy which has led its memberso

claim that the alliance represents the "global majority." steve rosenberg sent this update. >> in terms of sending a men, exciten is sending a message to the west, you try to isolate me over war in ukraine but you failed. today world leader after world leader has been flying in to kazan, shaking putin's hand or giving him a hug. sitting at the table with him, leaders from china, india, south africa and many others. putin didn't say it buthe pictures said it. the west my see him as a pararyea but there are still many world leaders ready and willing to do busy with him and more than 20 heads of state are here this week but this evening is not just about symbolism, sending this message. it's about substance too. you talked a little bit about brics and there's no doubt that russia views brics as a tool, as

a potential political and economic force to try to reshape the global order and that's what it's going to try and do this week. one of the things the kremlin wants to do is get the brics members to agree on creating a new cross-border payment system that would not rely on dollar. whether that's going to happen, we'll have to wait and see. >> we spk to the former u.s. ambassador to south africa, cameron hume. ambassador, thanks for joining us. first your take on the correspondent, the message that russia is ending that it isn't isolated despite nearly three years of fighting with you crane. >> i think that's the message they want to get out there. i'm not sure what the wait weight of the brics are on the

questions that concern russia most, which are the situation in europe and ukraine and the economic sanctions against them so this is a script we're going to have to see unfold. >> sure, just coming back with this question of the weight, 45% of the global population. 28.5 trillion dollars of economy. that's 28% of the global economy so doesn't perhaps speak directly to the war in ukraine but this certainly is a very powerful group of nations, isn't it? >> well, they're important and powerful individually. i don't know how cohesive they are and it becomes a question what specifically do the russians expect? i'm not an economist but my understanding is it would take a considerable period of time to replace the role of the dollar so that's north a -- i wouldn't lose sleep tonight over that. >> sure, and there are differences between nations like china and independence air that

much simmering tensions between the two countries but putin has said he sees this as an alternative to the g and other western allies and called it a model of how relations between states should be built. also it has expanded to include countries like egypt. what do you think of that? >> no question it's seen by many people as an alternative to the g-7. you had the polifying unit, the 1970's but that's been gone for years. we've believed too much in our own perspectives and not adequately sensitive to the perspectives of other countries who, of course, too, wants their weight to be taken into account in global decision making >> what can the u.s. allies learn from this and how to work with the global south? >> we can. it's a question of whether we

do. everything in life the most important thing is what did you learn from it and i think that's true about this such. >> i also want to ask you about the participation of close u.s. allies here like india and also turkey. how does the u.s. see that participation? >> i think you have to look at it country by country. our relationship with india has been growing over the last 20 years. it's short of an alliance, a formal alliance. our relationship with turkey, we've been formal allies for several generations. but it's no secret that particularly since the u.s. invasion of iraq 20 years ago we've been at odds for turkey frequently about regional issues. on the other hand we have many things that we collaborate on. >> ok, ambassador, thank you so much for joining us on "bbc

news." >> it's a pleasure. thank you. >> the former head of the fashion giant abercrombie & fitch and his british partner having arrested on sex trafficking charges along with a third man of utah. the f.b.i. opened an investigation last year after the bbc revealed claims that mike jeffries and his partner matthew smith squally exploited and abused men at events that they hosted in their new york residences and hotels around the world. both men have previously denied any wrongdoing. >> mike jeffries, the man behind the global fashion brand. his vision made billions for abercrombie & fitch, luring teenagers with provocative ads like this. he stepped down in 2014 after running the country for two decades. he's now facing criminal charges. >> to anyone who thinks they can coerce and exploit others by using the so-called casting

couch system, this case should serve as a warning. prepare to trade that couch for a bed in federal prison. >> this morning, the f.b.i. arrested the former fashion boss and his british partner in florida. an investigation was opened after the becomes revealed allegations of sexual exploitation. several men spoke out to say they were abused by the pair at events they hosted in major stills around the world. evidence gathered by the becomes found there was a highly organized operation involving this middle man, james jakeson, now also arrested. a lawyer for mr. jeffries told the becomes we will respond in detail to the allegations after the indictment is unsealed and when appropriate. they plan to do so in the courthouse, not the media. mr. jeffries and the two other men are due to appear in federal court. >> here in the u.s. we're just

two weeks away from the election and the polls continues to show a very tight race. national polling averages show that the vice president and democratic nominee kamala harris as a slight edge at 48% with republican challenger donald trump at 46%. that is within the margin of error. however, neither candidate has a decisive lead in any of the battleground states. one of those is michigan where former perspective barack obama is campaigning this week on behalf of kamala harris and former first lady michelle obama is due to head to the state on saturday. gary is standing by for us this evening. you are at a convention center where a rally is going to be held with former president ob obama. tell us about what is happening there. >> as you can probably hear, the deejay is already try to warm up what they're expecting to be a huge crowd here. this convention center is where they hold the motor show for

north america, the biggest motor show in the country as you'd expect in detroit. and they're expecting to fill it. because president obama will be here in about two and a half hours. he's a huge crowd puller and crowd pleaser and he's also going to be introduced by eminem, a native pretty much of this town,s you know and they're expected to really sort of galvanize the vote here in michigan. michigan is one of those swing states the democrats are definitely worried about. things are incredibly tight here despite the fact they're spending a lot of money, putting a lot of time and effort and sending a lot of very big names here. this could be one of the swing states in the blue wall of michigan, wisconsin and passive that breaks away. normally they vote en bloc but concerns already that much would be the one they would lose this time around which would make their path to the 270 votes in

had the electoral college much, much harder. they'd have to pick up some sun belt states like garr or north carolina which are also very tricky for them at the moment. >> you've been speaking to voters there in michigan all week. what are they telling you? >> it's really interesting. i was in pennsylvania recently in a rural part and are it was really very easy to find absolutely committed 100% donald trump supporters. i've just been in the western part of michigan in grand rapids, which is a reasonably conservative part of this state and yeah, you can find plenty of donald trump voter but they're much more ambivalent. the phrase lesser of two evils was ed to me on a much more regular basis so donald trump's support is there but it's less enthusiastic and particular on the economic issues, people are

very angry about the way their wages have been eroded, way prices have gone up over the last few years. average michigan voter is paying about $150 a month more for their groceries than they were four years ago. what inflation is now down to 2.5%, just under that, the prices are still rising, albeit more slowly and the rises have happened are baked in so they're pretty unhappy about that and then you put on top of that gas prices in this famously all the active state and on top of that, the rising housing costs, which are huge across the country, particularly bad here in michigan for mornings and rent and this is a sort of source of resentment that is not easy to erase for the democrats. >> interesting reporting there. thank you so much, gary. and we he some breaking news

coming in. former president trump has filed a formal complaint with the federal election commission accusing the u.k. labor participant of illegal foreign campaign aids and illegal influence in the campaigns. when a representative of the british government previously sought to go door to door in america, it did not end up well for them. the far-left labour party in recent weeks have sent party members to campaign for kamala in critical battleground states and attempting to influence our election. the becomes understands that labour activists campaigning in the u.s. are doing so in a personal capacity. we have contacted the labour party for comment on those new allegations. scientists have pieced together

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geoff: good evening. i'm geoff bennett. amna nawaz is away. on the news hour tonight, kamala harris and donald trump both work latino voters ahead of election day. lebanese first responders trying to rescue those struck by israeli airstrikes increasingly find themselves inin