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our nic robertson reports that 17 people on that flight were children.dam is here as well. derek has been looking into the weather situation, which when these things happen it's always a question. what was happening there in the region? what can you tell us? >> so very little information at the moment. as we continue to aggregate all the bits and pieces of information that we do have, it's important that we eliminate all the possibilities, including weather as one of the factors of this potential plane crash. and that's what i'm going to investigate now with you. go a little bit deeper into what's happened across that area. in moments like these we often go to the services of a website called flightaware.com. very useful in tracking worldwide flights. this is the last known location with contact from flight kgl 9268. and that was the last moment after 23 minutes of flight, a very brief flight, eventually crashing into the sinai peninsula. a very mountainous area. just to put this into geographical perspective, this is the gulf of aqaba, israel to the nor

let's cross now to nick r robertson. we've seen that video showing some individuals who may have been connected to this. is there any indication that any of these people are among the 18 nationals that saudi arabia has detained? >> reporter: saudi arabia hasn't released the details of the vast majority of those people. they removed two very close officials to the crown prince, three deputy heads of intelligence along with them. but the other people of those 18 that are detained other than those five, it is not clear. that leaves 13 not clear who they are. sam is very clear in his reporting there. there are a vast number of questions that the saudis haven't answered. of course the biggest one is what happened to jamal khashoggi's body. the reason that we are left with so much ambiguity and we actually are left to draw the conclusions and inferences from what the saudi statement has said is because they are being clear. i think one of the interesting takeaways has been in all of this, and this does seem to trike note at th

our nic robertson is in helsinki with the latest.his is a pretty momentous day for both nordic nations. talk us through the process. we saw the live images of them debating it. what can we expect next? >> reporter: yeah, we've had prime minister marin give a speech to the finnish parliament laying out why they've come to this conclusion that russia is not safe an finland will be safer as a member of nato. that nato will be safer and stronger with finland being its member. so that is now, as you say, being debated in the finnish parliament, 200 members. there are ten or a dozen that have clearly indicated they are against this decision, so we can expect them to speak as part of the debate today. a vote is expected more likely tomorrow than today, but it's undoubtedly going to go in the favor of nato. i spoke to a parliamentarian a couple days ago and he told me he believes more than 1830 of the 200 parliamentarians would vote in favor. sweden as well over the weekend the social democrat party of the prime minister indicating they supp

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in one post prosecutor say, robertson wrote he wanted to quote stand over bragg and puts a nice holeine millimeter. how much is the political climate in the united states these days fueling all of this? >> no question, and it gets difficult for law enforcement threat investigators to determine what is a real, serious posing of a threat, and what is a direct threat. >> investigators say in march, fbi agents approach robertson at his house about a social media post. he refused to speak to them, documents say, then afterwards posted a message to the fbi, saying quote, you have no idea how close your agents came to a bag. >> then he begins taunting the agents with postings on social media telling them that he almost shot them that day. >> part of a threat environment that is getting more alarming, recently the u.s. capitol police chief said threats against lawmakers had gone up more than 400% over the past six years. >> the rhetoric is rising, the threats are rising and for them to screen and figure out which resources go to which cases, it's just going to be critically important for tha

nic robertson there with us. you can talk, nic, about the significance of the numbers here, the leaders who are walking into this ceremony right now all together. >> reporter: 72 heads of state total we were told will be in some form in attendance if not this event, more than 50 at this event. 72 coming to the country over the weekend. 98 heads of delegations. of course, 70 international bodies, united nations represented here by the secretary general and other -- you know, the international monetary fund and other global institutions rs represented here. this is a movement that puts france. in terms of bringing the world together, the armistice itself, but also the position that emmanuel likes and the issues that he believes can be best addressed by world leaders working together. so there is a lot of symbolism that goes beyond just the armistice, but of course this commemoration today is all about that. a the leaders here will be hearing readings from students, high school students. they will hear readings of n

but we had nic robertson live there in belfast. we'll of course come back to nic as soon as we can re-establish a connection with him. a very important story. obviously looking to align themselves with the dup in order to effectively govern. the question is will they be able to reach that agreement. will they be able to come together. and if they come together, what impact will it have on northern ireland. >> and i will be talking about that a little bit later this hour with sir anthony seldon, the autobiographer of former prime ministers tony blair. >>> right now voting is under way in france's parliamentary election. national front leader marine le pen has just cast her ballot. you see the video here. this is a look at her visiting a pollination. she is running for a seat in her northern district. >> the far right party is hoping to strengthen its power in parliament after le pen lost the presidential election. today's vote is just the first round. another election is set for the 18th. >>> coming up here, the gulf nations are sti

and nic robertson as well.hanks to you both. >>> a host and news director at russia's pv one of the country's last independent stations she joins me live from moscow. thanks for doing so. >> thank you, michael. >> we've seen the separatists in the eastern donbas region evacuating women and children to russia. they're blaming ukraine for escalations. what is your read on the tactics there? and what do you think putin's plan is? >> it is not easy to understand what this person actually plans. and what is he doing, and when he actually sends this invasion, if ever invasion will be accomplished. the problem is when putin is trying to get his what you call goals achieved at the moment, we can see that the escalation of the situation is heightened from a week ago, and really several months ago. even in the spring of 2021, there was an estimation that actually finished with the meeting of vladimir putin and president joe biden in geneva in 2021. but now it's happening again. there are goals that he's trying to achieve

our nic robertson is live at the cathedral. let's bring him in now. mood there, what you're seeing and hearing. >> reporter: george, inside the cathedral here, all you can hear is the singing of the choir, the bells that are tolling. strangely, as loud as they are, as large as the bell is, it's tolling outside about above this cathedral, inside you just hear the quiet. the bells are tolling for 224 people. she became a symbol of the 25 children that were lost. it's tolling for people like leonard and alexandra, a young people, 28 years old, who went to sharm el sheikh for their friends who had gotten engaged there. it's tolling for people like miller, the 33-year-old businessman who left his wife to go with a friend and travel to sharm el sheikh. the family buried him a couple of days ago. it's tolling for people like him. it's tolling for a young psychologist from st. petersburg. it's tolling for all these people. there are families here and there are people from st. petersburg who have come to show support for the families. for individuals, for them

let's bring in nic robertson, who is in edinburgh. know, iconic image of the casket yesterday draped in the royal standard of scotland. we saw princess ann clearly visibly moved as she curtesied before the queen's coffin. she had, nic, spent six hours yesterday following the hurst what was a slow journey from balmoral to edinburgh. what can we expect there today? >> reporter: yeah. becky, i think that image of princess ann curtesying really caught everyone's attention. the royal family will be walking up the royal mile from the palace of holyrood house at the bottom of the hill here. this road, the royal mile stretches to the edinburgh castle and stop at st. giles cathedral where the queen's coffin will be brought for that prayer service, but there's a lot of people gathering here and a lot of people are expected to be here at the roadside to watch the royal family make their way on foot up these cobbled streets. when you think of the emotion that princess ann was going through yesterday, for the royal family, this is going to be a ve

nic robertson is in the saudi capital of riyadh and, nic, let me start with you. one of those close allies, saudi arabia, calling, echoing those calls for restraint. just how concerned is riyadh that the trump administration seems to be upping the ante instead of showing any sense of de-escalation at this point? >> yeah. i think there is concern here because one of the sort of longer concerns about being so closely supported of president trump, but not having knowingly having a huge amount of influence over him is that while saudi arabia and the united states are aligned at the moment in their view of iran as a destabilizing influence spreading instability throughout the region, that's certainly saudi arabia's view and been on the front line of iran's anger and attacking the oil refineries

nic robertson, cnn, moscow. >> fascinating piece there from nic robertson. >>> well, one u.s.urity expert says russian's disinformation campaigns go hand in hand with the arsenal, cyber attacks. >> both are concerted and coordinated and reinforcing. they reinforce each other and it's part of an integrated campaign that vladimir putin can be engaged in. so far we have not seen any destructive attacks against u.s. infrastructure. what we have seen in other parts, pages from their playbook is the disinformation. we saw that in the 2016 elections here where russia mounted a disinformation campaign against our democracy. and we've -- we know they are capable of far more, including ransomware attacks, attacks that can destroy our economy. what we haven't yet seen is actual physical damage. i hope we don't see that, but they certainly have the capability of doing that as they've shown elsewhere. >> of course, we'll have much more on this story, including the latest developments from today's u.n. national security council meeting ahead on cnn. >>> now i want to take you to the middle

nic robertson live just outside number 10 in london.the reporting. >> and we do want to bring you this breaking news. we just learned the u.a.e. government has pardoned matthew hedges, the british academic was sentenced last week to life in prison for espionage after a five-minute trial. the u.k. government and hedges' family had been pushing the u.a.e. to grant him clemency. want to bring back our nic robertson who is there at 10 downing street. nick, of course, this a story you're very familiar with. how surprised are you with the outcome here? >> reporter: there had been some indications at the end of last week and over the weekend. the foreign office is right in front of me, you see downing street behind me. the foreign office is right behind the camera here. there had been some indications from the foreign office that perhaps this was possible that the u.a.e. was considering the representations that had come from the foreign office here. the appeals from matthew hedges' wife who had been there for that very, very short final hearin

and for more let's go to cnn correspondent nic robertson.four will be honored today. two others were involved that will be honored on another day. but talk about what these three american men did. if they hadn't intervened when they did this would be a very different day today. >> reporter: it would have been and that's what everyone in france recognizes. the three men were driven along when we were there when they came out of the police station on saturday after the debriefing and people were standing at the side of the road cheering. there is an understanding here that what they did prevented a possible massacre on that train. this gunman had an automatic weapon, a kalashnikov with nine rounds of magazines. that is 270 rounds of bullets. this train was packed full of passengers around 500 people on the train. it would have been difficult had he not been tackled by the four men, the one briton and three americans and the frenchman who tried but failed to bring him down. if they had not tried to bring the attacker down, the potential for ser

you saw nic robertson's powerful reporting from kherson.the russian invasion of ukraine. you saw nic robertson's powerful reporting from kherson. and saecretary of state antony blinken reaffirmed the united states support saying that the support will last as long as it takes. which is statement from the biden administration which some have received as being divided over what should happen in ukraine with the top u.s. general calling for diplomatic options with the resistance. certainly the ukraine issue will come up. the north korea issue will come up with the seventh underground nuclearxpected at anytime. and then of course the rising tenses with china which biden will be addressing directly with xi and talking with key u.s. allies getting input ahead of that crucial meeting. so busy agenda. president biden just left his hotel minutes ago and he will be arriving at the summit venue at the hotel you see behind me. and so we'll be listening for his remarks happening in the coming minutes. >> and will ripley there in cambodia, thank you so mu

now to our nick robertson. this is uncharted territory which could have unintended consequences like we saw when the u.s. moved into iraq on saddam hussein . talk about what impact this could have on the region in the gulf, and you even saw what happened -- the aftermath of when iran attacked the saudi oil fields. >> yeah, the iranian strike in saudi arabia recently was significant because it showed complexity. it was a multiple drone and rocket strike. so it was sophisticated. and it reduced saudi arabia's oil outpit by over a half. so what they can do in the short-term can be very effective. whether or not the united states would see that coming or its allies would see that sort of strike coming and this time and stop it ints tracks that's unclear. i think the threat falls into two areas here. one is what the proxies will do th they know exactly what's expected of them by tehran and that is attack u.s. forces and interests in syria and on the ground and will be exposed to that in iraq potentially. potentially

. >>> our nic robertson has more from saudi arabia about it. hello there, nic. >> reporter: good morning, natalie. while the president said he's showing restranltd on ining res. one part of it that he appears to have chosen on the military front here, of course, knowing that he did yesterday announced increased sanctions on iran, on the state bank there. so on the one hand he's taking those sanctions measures, but this is a military measure, but very clearly being telegraphed as a defensive mention, that this is for missile defense systems, to support saudi arabia. clearly there were holes in its defensive posture because those attacks last weekend got through. and what's significant, they're not seen before on this scale. that said the president and the saudis are really sort of, it appears at the moment, at least, trying to take a measured response, not racht up tensions too far, if you will. president trump has said he's waiting for the saudis to take leadership on the current situation. the crown prince mohammad bin salman said he's looking

. >> well, nic robertson has been looking at how certain perceived strong men have been handling the virus. >> the united states, brazil, and russia have an uninveryable lead. gold, silver, bronze respectively in the pandemic. the presidents all populists. suffering the highest number of covid-19 infections. inaction and ineptitude key factors, but each leader earning their podium placing. russia coming in third. early march, state media portrays covid-19 as not a russia problem. late march, putin pulls on a hazmat suit in a hospital, signals he has the situation under control. the next day he announces paid vacation which effectively begins a lockdown. but soon day to day responsibilities. [ speaking foreign language ] >> in later meetings he seemed distracted. problem is in russia when the boss doesn't take a grip, the local officials slack. just what the virus needs. [ speaking foreign language ] >> jair bolsonaro recognized the pandemic's danger but began early prioritizing the economy over health concerns. [ speaking foreign language ] >> he sticks to his damaging message. even

nic robertson, cnn, tel aviv, israel. >>> well, after nic robertson filed that report the idf said itould launch two parallel investigations into what it called failures, one internal probe would go through the military chain of command, while the other would be conducted side by side by former senior officials, the military didn't say what the investigations will focus on. but it said whatever lessons it ends up learning it will apply them to future security challenges. >>> well, for more analysis we're joined by david sanger, a cnn political and national security analyst, he's joining us live from berlin, good to have you with us. >> good to be with you. >> so david, as we have been discussing, there's been a huge uptick in attacks in the region, and attacks on u.s. personnel by iranian-backed proxies. how will the u.s. secretary of state seek to reduce tensions during this trip? >> well, as you heard in that report, lynda, from nic robertson, he's flying into a pretty complex situation, he's, i think, hitting six or seven different stops, and he's got a few missions. the first one,

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let's go to phil robertson now, who joins us from bangkok, thailand. he is the deputy director for the asia division of human rights watch. thank you so much, sir, for being with us. >> of course. >> as we heard from ivan watson there, after the pope's visit to myanmar, he does plan to go to bangladesh where the rohingya refugees are located, and we understand he may very well meet with some of those refugees. how likely it is that the pope will do that? and what impact would such a meeting have if he does go ahead and talk to rohingya refugees? >> well, we hernl hope that he will, because the are really a forgotten people. they have been stripped of their name by the burmese government. they have been stripped of their dignity and their rights by the burmese army. and they fled en masse into bangladesh. it's time now for the international community to recognize that these people deserve priority attention. they've suffered far too long. and i think that if the pope would meet with them in bangladesh, that would be a good first step to bringing the rec

well, let's get you to edinburgh now where cnn's nic robertson is standing by.nd, nic, what can we expect today? >> reporter: all right. it doesn't appear that nic can hear us at the moment. we will get back to nic just as soon as we can. let's move on. we're joined now by the reverend in greenshield who's moderator of the general assembly of the church of scotland. he is coming to us live from edinburgh. a very warm welcome to you, sir, at this morning. i know that you were with the queen at balmoral the weekend before her passing. just tell us about what you discussed there and how she was. >> well, my first impression when she walked into the room was a very frail lady. and, yet, once she sat down and once she started to engage and speak, she was quite the opposite. she was attentive, her memory was exceptional, conversation was interesting. and obviously she was speaking to a great affinity with the church of scotland and loved the church. she was talking about as she is around the church and international issues, personal issues going way back to a history

. >> well, our international diplomatic editor nic robertson is live this hour in brussels.nd what a difference one american president makes because we'll remember, of course, under donald trump, so much nato skepticism and criticism of big international organizations and multilateralism. and here, we have a pretty united front from western nato and eu countries, nic. >> yes, this is, you know, a reset, a difference. that's what president biden promised to bring. he promised to be, you know, a -- a standard bearer, if you will, for democracy and has found himself at the center and leading the unity of democracies against an autocrat on the charge trying to overrun a would-be democracy in the country next to him, in ukraine. president biden came to brussels with that express purpose of making sure that there was unity, making sure that all the efforts that have been put in place so far, like sanctions, like ramping up nato troops on the eastern flank of -- of nato. um, that all of that is continued. that the unity is maintained. that that force that's been put on the eastern

nic robertson is in the saudi capital of riyadh while matthew chance is in moscow.en killed, we must now de-escalate. that is one of the headlines today. in the national newspaper here, a very close ally of the u.s. you are in riyadh where i believe you are hearing echoes of a similar call for restraint at this point. >> yeah, i mean, what the saudis are saying in essence is, look, we know iran was the troublemaker and soleimani was the spearhead of driving up aggression from iranian proxies in the edge roothe region causi and strikes from saudi arabia and direct strikes that the saudis believe came from iran on the oil refineries here. so, the message to the united states is, look, we're on track with what you're thinking. but don't escalate this further because that will bring further bloodshed to the region. and a real potential for serious economic impact. nobody wants that. nobody has the appetite for that at the moment. so, the message, message is clear. and whatever the next steps are, don't ratchet it up. and i think it's interesting if you flip this around

i want to bring in cnn chief diplomatic editor nic robertson, live in tel aviv. nic, as we watch these images of the red cross vehicles waiting to take those israeli hostages to be released. walk us through what we're expecting here and what we saw earlier today. >> yeah, i think one of the things that we're seeing witnessing here today, i mean, look at the crowd behind me here in hostages square. certainly a lot more people here than last week. it's a rainy, dull day today. last week it was sunny. there's way more people here now. and part of that is because people understand today is the last known, agreed and planned handover of living hostages. of course, it is hoped and aspired that there will be more coming. but this is the last one that is planned at the moment. what we've seen today, tal shoham being released, 40 years old, looking weak on his feet, looking thin. a very mengistu being released. he too looking very weak, dazed and confused even on the stage, almost sort of held up right by the two big hamas fighters that his side handed over to the red cro

i want to bring in nic robertson in tel aviv. nic again, the news just in israel claiming they've killed hezbollah's leader. what more can you tell us? >> yeah, this is something that had certainly been circulating and heavily speculated and the length of time that it had taken hezbollah not to be able to give clarity about hassan nasrallah's circumstance following that massive targeted strike on the underground complex at the idf said that it was hitting in central beirut late yesterday. the speculation had been growing here that the idf had accomplished what it said. it's set out to do. and now of course the idea has said that and it's interesting, we've just heard from the army chief staff general herzi halevi, and he has said this is not the end of our toolbox. this is a message he says for anyone who would want to continue to strike at israel, the clear implication is that if other members of hezbollah continue to strike at israel, then israel is going to continue tim you to fire back and target at them that will perhaps com

let's bring in nic robertson. nic also live in osaka. and one of the big headlines as well, the u.s. president traveling from japan to seoul, set to meet with moochb jn jae- there. but he has signaled that he would like to possibly shake hands with the north korean leader. listen and we'll talk about it on the other side. >> kim jung-un was very receptive. he responded. and so we'll see. tomorrow we're going to the dmz. i said while i'm there, i'll shake his hand. we ha we get along. there has been no nuclear tests. no long range ballistic tests. gave us back our hostages and a lot of good things are happening over there. so we'll see. i can't tell you exactly. but they did respond very favorably. >> and nic, again this is a president who values highly relationship, bilateral relationships with leaders, bilateral talks. also photo-opes very important. but the question, are those getting the job done when it gets down to concrete solutions. >> certainly doesn't seem to be. if you listen to the rhetoric over the past week or so coming from

nic robertson reports. >> reporter: 101 years old. devlin gets her second vaccine shot. >> how do you feel you've had your second shot? >> i feel wonderful. >> reporter: her doctor, dr. francis ohagen is on a roll. >> i'm going to give you your vaccine. you're done. >> reporter: putting shots in arms at a northern ireland clinic just as fast as she can. all her over 60s done. >> it feels fantastic and at every clinic, there's a real feel-good atmosphere. >> reporter: at a nearby sports center, the same buzz. dozens of health officials delivering 1200 shots a day. so far across northern ireland, more than one-third of the population have had their first shot of vaccine. rollout, according to the government is going well. south of the border, in the republic of ireland, it's an entirely different story. just across the irish border in monahag, government vaccine supplies are stalling. local doctor elona duffy has no shots for the next few days. >> the real issue is that we're a large practice. we have over 1500 patients over the age of

nic robertson is covering it all from france. we expect the president and shinzo abe to meet this hour. let's talk about the meeting between mr. trump and boris johnson. what was the nature of that discussion? >> it set the scene that boris johnson wants, that is a positive one, that he can get a good trade deal with a friendly partner in the white house. it's a message that he wants to send to the european union, as well. that was what boris johnson wanted. he interjected a lot. you heard him just before, when president trump was praising him, thanking president trump. and saying that president trump was on message. it is a tight race for boris johnson. there is no doubt about it. if president trump is too effusive about him, that will count for boris johnson back home. and this particular president, it would not be looked upon favorably. but perhaps boris johnson may be overstepping the line in president trump's eyes. we have yet to find out about that. when president trump was asked that question, having not faced any criticis

let's bring in nic robertson now. nic, as you watch this division that they're facing at the g7, juggling heading into the summit. mr. trump is celebrating to the catalyst on the world stage. are there any bright spots on the progress or might we see the divides deeps here? >> certainly on an issue of a trade war with china, that's going to raise a concern. there was concern coming into this and you would expect presidents like emmanuel macron and others try to give president trump their guidance on how this could impact the global economy and the negative effect it could have all around the world and on the united states, of course. you know, president emmanuel macron has played down expectations of getting agreement and getting this joint communique, but i think he very much sees himself as the international leader who can step up on the world stage and try to take leadership where president trump is sort of going america first, looking at america's interest, not looking after the bigger global picture, if you will,

nick robertson, cnn, st.ssia. >>> gunmen from al shabaab stormed a mogadishu hotel on sunday. at least 15 people, killed in the attack which began with a suicide car bombing. >> reporter: the attack began at dawn sunday when a suicide bomber drove a car into a hotel. gunmen followed killing. when first responders arrived to help, a second explosive device was triggered, injuring and killing more. among the dead, a former commander of the somali national army, the owner of the hotel, a freelance journalist and a well known member of parliament. somalia's u.s.-trained national intelligence agency special forces entered the hotel shortly after the attack began. between them and the african union forces, six al shabaab attackers were killed, another three died in the explosions. al shabaab were driven from mogadishu by african union forces but they're still able to launch bloody attacks within the city on almost a monthly basis. cnn in kenya. >>> in the united states, there's a revolt underway among the republica

our nic robertson is down there in the thick of it. nic, describe the scene to us. >> reporter: well, actually, they're trying to ram through that glass. it's tearing. it's re-enforced glass. it's tearing. they pushing it back. opening it up at the top as i'm looking at it. we can see the glass is tearing the top there. you're getting a shot of it from here. and on the inside, on the inside, the police are lined up. they moved forward a second ago. officers moving forward with pepper spray now. they're using their spray, i believe, at the front. the officers are being pulled back. it is a very, very fluid situation, but it is very clear that as the glass gets more and more penetrated, more and more broken, more and more ripped, and right now i'll try to describe it as best i can. it's a large panel of glass that is maybe four feet, a meter and a wide -- and a meter and a half wide. it is about 2 1/2 meters high, about 8 foot or so high. the protesters have managed to shatter and rip through the lower two-thirds, but it is ripped along

nic robertson saw the carnage. a warning this report contains graphic content. >> reporter: the drive into kaf is chilling. >> i thought about general eisenhower that comes into the death camp and he brings the press. >> reporter: he did the same inviting about 50 journalists. >> you will see, it is a big massacre, big disaster. >> have you ever seen anything like this in your career before? >> never. >> reporter: less than a mile from gaza, 70 hamas fighters stormed in here early saturday. some even flying. this is one of the paragliders that flew in here. you can see the engine here, propellers here made of carbon fiber, the fuel tank up here and the frame of it at the front. >> reporter: the idf in control now after a two day battle. hamas lie where they fell. only now the extremes of their barbarity becoming apparent. 700 plus civilians lived here. how many were killed still unclear. how they died, brutally apparent. some decapitated they say. >> they be in the front of their parents, they killed parents and we

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let me bring in nic robertson. talks are needed to restart both sides tomorrow. how does ukraine go into this meeting, nic, having seen russia break its word. i imagine they expected it but still -- >> reporter: look, the history of russia's negotiations with ukraine dates back to trying to stop the war that russia initiated in 2014, the second round of those talks, minsk ii talks. russia was sitting at the table negotiating a way to end that conflict. at the same time, at the same time russia was sitting there at the table saying it was an honest broker to end the conflict backing the russian supported separatists in eastern ukraine, back then it was actually with its own troops, russia with its own troops trying to take a town on the ground. it was seen to them at the time as being a key strategic objective in that conflict. even while they were sitting at the table talking peace they were absolutely doing the opposite on the ground and trying to make land grab. ukraine goes into these talks under no illusion that they are talking with a partner who has zero tr

. >> thanks so much also joined here in tel aviv by cnn's nic robertson, who has been covering this war since october 7 in the region for a great deal of time. you've been speaking to israeli officials in recent days and weeks? we at one point you made to me earlier, is that this assassination, the strike on azrallah, did not arise yesterday or two weeks ago, months ago, but has been in the works for many years. >> it has. i mean, the idf has had since 2006, the last major offensive in lebanon sedda how it does it, how it does it differently and it is doing it differently last time they were, there were big strikes in beirut. this time it has been targeted to disrupt the command and control. we saw that with the walkie-talkies, we saw that with the pagers then the leadership the leadership chip responsible for the southern border, the most threatening area to israel. and then the other parts of the leadership, the ones in control of the uavs, the ones in control of long-range rockets systematically taken down. and then the leadership. and in fact, we just heard from the idf what they ca

more wiggle room when it comes to attacks and counterattacks against hezbollah. >> elliott, and nic robertsons in sderot, with the war in gaza, and has more on the next stages. war. >> reporter: bristling with battle-ready troops, farmers' fields north of gaza churn with the controlled fury of a nation redding for an incursion to strike hamas. yet, they are waiting with no explanation why. it feels like the early rush for battle readiness has past, the troops deployed standing by. the question is how long can they be kept out here, according to the former idf general, as long as needed. there are military games. >> we are now improving our intelligence in our capacity of targets. >> reporter: but the political calculation here is more complicated. >> i think both in washington and in jerusalem, they understand that the nation, the legitimate window is closing quickly. >> reporter: civilian losses in gaza are growing, more than a third of them children, according to palestinian health officials. lengthy negotiations have led to two american hostages released. as a tiny amount of the humanitari

nic robertson has been reporting from the road that leads down to gaza around ashkelon that he is seeingroop movements down that road. we've got video to suggest as such. so it really is now a question of hanging on, waiting to see what the israeli authorities here suggest to the idf that their movements might be next. look, let's just go back. in terms of numbers, 300 israelis killed. upwards of some 2,000 injured. let's be quite clear. similar numbers in terms of those killed and injured on the part of the palestinians. but what's really, really important here, and i'm not suggesting that any one life is more important than anybody else's here. we have that make that absolutely clear. but it is the deaths of the israeli soldiers and those who have been captured which will really be at the heart of just how big and unprecedented the israeli response to this will be. 26 israeli soldiers killed. again, the idf spokesman confirming that those numbers may go higher. we already know those numbers include one commander and dozens, he said, dozens of israelis captured, rounded up in the areas

. >> cnn's nic robertson is in tel aviv, israel and ben wedeman joins us live from beirut, lebanon. want to start with you, ben, so take us through what hezbollah is saying about the targets and what might come next but hezbollah has put out a variety of statements this morning. >> kim, in one of them, had said that this is the first phase in its response to the 30 july killing of a senior hezbollah commander by israel. here in beirut. they said that this first phase has been successfully completed pleaded, and it is done for the day. now, they say they launched more than 320 missiles at 11 israeli military position along the border with the intention of knocking out anti-missile, anti-drone facilities and allowing other drones to go in to what they call the depth of israel and hezbollah has claimed that it hit a major military operation deep within israel. we have yet to hear any confirmation on that from the israeli side. now, we've seen that there have been a series of strikes continuing until this very moment. on various towns, villages, and other areas in southern lebanon, the

nic robertson in tel aviv and ben wedeman in beirut.oth. and we'll come back to you later in the hour for the latest i want to bring in ha hellyer middle east studies scholar at the carnegie endowment for international peace. and he joins me now from cairo, egypt. good to see you again so that hezbollah says this is the first phase. so do you get a sense? is this just the beginning thank you very much kim for having me on. >> i do think it is just the beginning. what we've seen over the last nine months has been escalation after escalation. and we have actors involved in all of this that are looking for escalation, right? i mean over the past few months, we've seen a lot of chatter within the israeli press talking about how an escalation with his butler would actually be the preferred option it wasn't taken as a route up until now, but we saw those warnings quite early on, which means that there's that temptation to .'s scalise and this is the unfortunate dynamic that we're in. if you have a situation like this than the only course is a

thos far from those front lines you saw in nic robertson's piece. >> the u.s.ade mate patriot system in ukraine. >> this is something u.s. officials are boasting about. i think a good sign of a few weeks into receiving getting those sls onre able to intercep those missiles target ing systes themselves. officials going on to say that ukrainian forces demonstrated a sophisticated use of the patriot missile systems to intercept that russian projectile. it's important to note that ukraine has been able to get two patriot missile systems, one from the u.s., one from germany. this incident that i'm describing taking place on may 4th. just a reminder of how quickly ukrainian forces are sething this western weapon and using it in the battlefield. >> absolutely. thank you. >>> we want to go to more on president zelenskyy's expected meeting with the pope. an interesting meet ing in the context of the pope's position on russia and the war. what can we expect? >> a as you mentioned, president zelenskyy arrived in rome. he sent out the tweet in which he says he will be meet

let me go to nic robertson. as michael is pointing out, the very act of attacking a nuclear power plant should send shivers down the spine to any country, including the neighbor russia. how is putin's mental state being covered where you are? >>. >> reporter: yeah, his mental state is never in question on state media. his control and authority over what is happening in ukraine is portrayed. yesterday he was on state tv, president putin, letting the nation know that the military -- special military operation as they call it in russia is still on track, that it's going according to plan. that they're there to help the civilians and it's the ukrainians who are the problems, who are fulmenting the war here. it's something that's repeated time and time again on state media that russia isn't starting this war, it's merely ending the one that ukraine started with the backing of nato. that's the narrative that goes out on state media. when i talk to those of the older generation, those who go to state tv for their infor

and he spokes about it with cnn's nic robertson. here's more of nic's interview. >> the united states is sending a few hundred troops here, missile batteries. is that really enough to guarantee 100% protection for vulnerable sites? >> the united states and saudi arabia are close allies when it comes to a defense relationship. and i believe the united states sending equipment now. and the details of this are with our minister of defense. but i believe that the situation will be assessed on a continual basis and adjustments made when needed. >> iran seems to detect that saudi arabia is in a weak position. zarif said in effect that saudi arabia was willing to fight iran down to the last u.s. soldier. but he thinks you can't stand up to them -- >> no. it confirms he said many outrageous things and laughable things. saudi arabia and the united states have been allies for 80 years. we have spilled blood your blood and our blood together. they always carry their weight. saudi arabia and the united states are not reckless when it comes to w

cnn international diplomatic editor, nic robertson is live in jerusalem with more nic. what more do we know about the circumstances surrounding defining of the hostages and the reaction now, they're in israel and i think sort of leading everything else is the prime minister, their reaction here has been from the hostage families forum, from leading opposition politicians and also from essentially from the defense minister criticizing israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu for the decisions that they hold him responsible for the death of these six years some people and the prime minister in his statement, the strongest lines in the statement are very clearly defending himself and the decisions he has taken. >> this is what we would have expected the prime minister to do to speak about the pain and the difficulty the nation faces but also really address his own political problems here. like he says those who murdered did not want the deal. he is putting the blame on hamas he says that israel accepted the u.s. backed peace proposal, ceasefire for agreement that was put

nada bashir in london, nick rob bett nic robertson is in helsinki. nada, let's talk about the meeting coming up today. so many things to consider, not least economic. >> yes, one of the key issues on that economic front is the exports of grain from ukraine being blocked. we've seen according to the german foreign ministry some 25 million tons of grain locked up. and so there are significant concerns around that and the leaders have to figure out how to tackle that. on the one front you have warships and mine and there are concerns if that is unblocked, it could allow the russian forces to further their invasion of ukraine. and on the logistical front, eu is aware of a major backlog on their borders, so they are working to sort this out as well. of course there are concerns. we've heard from the world program chief, he appealed directly to president putin and warned that millions could die because they supply africa and middle east where they are highly dependent on this. >> in terms of military support that the g7 can give ukraine, they are giving a

nic robertson, cnn, london. >> so where are we now?with more on the upcoming talks, let's bring in our guest, the research director at national iranian american council and he is live forness vienna. thank you for joining us. >> good to have you with us sir. here is a question many people are asking on this june 30th deadline we have heard from some top officials saying they could slip past the deadline. what do you think? >> the deadline is not sacred. it is ideal. if they need more time to get a good deal done that's a win-win from both side then that's exactly what they will will do. i think the target date is around july 9th or 10th. that's when congress comes back into session. if there is no deal by that date then the reveal period extend from 30 days to of 60 days. that adds a layer of complication that neither side wants. >> that report that we just saw from nic robertson, it looks like iran stepping back somewhat from things that were already decided on o p. we know that supreme leader has been making some comments perhaps not

. >> reporter: cnn international diplomatic reporter nic robertson joins us from carbis bay. you've covered countless g7 summits. it comes after the trump presidency. joe biden has promised to restore the united states presence in the world. the question is this, is multi-lateralism back? >> reporter: that's the question that all the g7 will be asking themselves. they'll be able to see an incarnate in joe biden. the question is four years from now if there's another u.s. president, if there's a republican, will he be in the mold of former president trump and that's a real question here. and that's why the europeans, angela merkel particularly, emmanuel macron in their own ways, be it trade, be it defense sort of want to have this strong relationship with the united states, the one where the united states leads the multi-lateralism that became so familiar over the past 80 years since world war ii. the question in their minds will be, you know, would we be better served by having our own financial relationship with china, for example? that's a bit looser strictures than preside

let's go live now to nic robertson in the city of krematorsk. what more can you tell us about the barrage of rocket attacks in the last 24 hours? >> reporter: significantly in this region, in the east of the country, there has been a lot. the front lines along here are heavily contested. ukraine obviously trying to retake ground. we know that 100 miles or so north of here, northeast of here they had sweeping gains just a month or so ago. they're trying to repeat it. there's a key highway not far from here over to krimena. if they could take that, that would be a huge gain for the ukrainian government. however, everywhere, every area like that contested along here has seen very heavy barrages of fire. they are seeing an influx of russian recruits to the front lines. indeed, ukrainian officials are saying a third hot spot, if you will, has opened up on the front line not far from here. the expectation is because russia has more troops available to deploy there. >> nic robertson, thank you. >> claire, in terms of these weapons due to be coming from

our nick robertson is live in moscow. we begin with phil mattingly at the white house. >> let me be clear, i am here today not to start a war but to prevent one. >> reporter: a dramatic appearance at the united -- and it will give way to a russian invasion of ukraine. >> every indication we have, they're prepared to go into ukraine, attack ukraine. >> reporter: this direct and dire warning from the president of the united states. >> my thought is it will happen in a few days. >> reporter: they gave a messaging blitz. >> we see them add to the more than 150,000 troops they already have arrayed on that border even in the last couple of days. >> reporter: shelling in the donbas region sounding alarms across the region. >> we've said for some time the russians might do something like this in order to justify a military conflict so we'll be watching this very closely. >> we have reason to believe they have a false flag investigation. >> a surprise and highest efforts. >> they will advance on key targets that have already been