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afp started doorknocking april 1st.s before november 5th with the goal of knocking on more than 1 million doors. i had the opportunity to have an exclusive conversation with the ceo and president of afp as well as a senior advisor for afp in pennsylvania. they talked to me about the goal of courting these swing voters. listen to what they had to say. >> some of the voters we are talking to don't like either of the choices at the top of the ticket. it's causing them to be a little disengaged because a lot of what they read about in this election cycle is only focused on the presidential race. we see it is our job to help them see that their voices matter in senate and house races across the country, as well. >> there is save bowls. we are thinking about those in the middle that are open to talking policy, talking about the ideas. >> she refers to them as those key independent voters who will help decide the election in pennsylvania. i had the opportunity to observe afp doorknocking on thursday and it was fascinating to h

we just had a report from afp, - retaliation.om afp, everything retaliation. we just had a - report from afp, everything is changing so quickly and itjust goes to show, doesn't it, they run�*s main airport has resumed flies. that is according to iranian state media. we saw those pictures from isfahan this morning, looks like normal daily life. so at the moment the scene of where this missile attack, according to us officials, they came from israel took place, is very calm. , ~' israeltook place, is very calm. , ~ calm. yes. it looks like, you know, calm. yes. it looks like, you know. the — calm. yes. it looks like, you know, the attack _ calm. yes. it looks like, you know, the attack was - calm. yes. it looks like, you know, the attack was a - calm. yes. it looks like, you - know, the attack was a targeted attack. it wasn't a wide scale attack. it wasn't a wide scale attack. israel apparently didn't use that massive amount of missiles or massive amount of missiles or massive amount of drones. because, you know, there is a massive

we are hearing now from the afp - hearing now from the afp newsagency, i want to bring you this linesrael. it is noteworthy at all to you that we haven't really had any confirmation yet from israel one way or the other about what's been taking place? yes but for different _ what's been taking place? yes but for different reasons. many people say that one of the reasons that the iranians had to respond to the killing of the irg see officials inside of syria was for the first time in a long time the israeli started announcing their activities. when you start announcing that to the real world, that sort of inspires and almost requires a response on the part of your adversary. this notion of no comment seems to go back into the long—standing policy of the iranians to admit nothing, to accept nothing and to explain nothing. which is i'm glad to see that they have gone back to that if they are doing that because in many ways that lack of information, that lack of lustre actually comes down this generation of it. i lustre actually comes down this generation of it.— generation of it. i want

afp members to the crime scene and we've offered our full specialist capability , such as specialistcapability, such as digital forensics. it is too early to determine a motive and it would be unhelpful to speculate . i want to reassure speculate. i want to reassure the community that the afp is providing new south wales police with whatever support is required, and tonight i've also spoken with the new south wales police commissioner and the director general, asio. and finally, i would like to give my condolences to the victims and families out there . given your families out there. given your opening remarks , i know you opening remarks, i know you stressed this and given the attack . this is online receipt attack. this is online receipt of vie portland eastern sydney. >> i think there are people asking about whether terror is part of this attack. >> any information about whether there was any terror, terrorist motivation for this attack . motivation for this attack. having spoken with the new south wales police commissioner at this stage, it's too early to give that assessment out

we haven't confirmed that but afp reporting the israeli army has confirmed killing a hezbollah commanderbanon. —— a lebanon strike. western allies have repeatedly urged israel to show restraint and avoid a regional conflict. in the midst of this tension, israel is continuing its operation against hamas in gaza. there have been reports of fighting in several areas — including in the town of beit hanoun, in the north—east of gaza, in what appears to be a new military offensive. so just how dangerous are the current tensions for the wider region? we can speak to victor tricaud, senior analyst at the risk consultancy control risks. thank you for your time. it has clearly been a very alarming few days and indeed few months. what are you and your analysts most are concerned about now? everyone is busy looking at what the israeli response will be, if there is one. —— everyone is obviously looking. thank you, it is a pleasure to you today. it certainly is probably the period of highest tension in the region at least a few years, possibly a decade. i'm sure you're expecting to hear the one key dr

afp previously cited statistics that show that people are afraid that something might happen in france's aggressive rhetoric. will happen. moreover, an employee of the paris city hall lost a laptop and usb flash drives containing security plans for the olympic games. i put the bag with classified materials on the overhead luggage rack, looked around, and it was no longer there. in whose hands did it fall? we can only guess. looking at the french capital's preparations for the olympics, the phrase "see "paris" to die takes on a new meaning. a tactical exercise with live-fire until april 11 inclusive is taking place in the country's armed forces as part of a comprehensive test of the army's combat readiness at training grounds in the vitebsk, grodno, brez and mogilev regions. units practice actions during defense, repelling a mock enemy, destruction of formation gangs, sabotage and reconnaissance groups, attacking the enemy and supporting troops. this stage of testing combat readiness is key, based on its results the command will evaluate the skills military personnel and their ability t

according to the press release of the afp, the accumulation of garbage and heat, followed by the proliferation of insects , have worsened the living conditions for the displaced people living under tents in the city. rafah has made it harder to live. completion of the last cycle of power plant construction in bazid, the minister of energy said about gas turbine production plants: we became self-sufficient with the systematic launch of gas generators in the entire power plant industry. according to mr. mehrabian, with the help of the same departments, the system of gas generators was set up, when the testing process was finished, today we came here to see its operation, in fact, the industry. it became self-sufficient. we are part of 10 countries that we have the dcs system, then with what is actually the name of the internal technology of this work, from that time onwards, during the period of the previous sanctions, which were almost stopped with siemens , it was actually developed internally, for example, this is for the ccss protocol the use of this protocol for buses is one of the actions

according to afp, this decision was made after ecuadorian police officers entered the mexican embassy in quito to arrest the former vice president of ecuador, who had taken refuge there . the minister of foreign affairs of spain also wrote in this regard, due to the clear violation of the vienna convention on diplomatic relations and the injuries caused to the employees of the mexican embassy in ecuador, mexico announces the immediate termination of diplomatic relations with ecuador. slow good night, god bless you. in 1948, the zionist immigrants who had moved to palestine since the beginning of the 20th century officially announced the establishment of the fake regime of israel . some half a million hotels and residences around the world with flytoda big festival of the city of home appliances and the city of carpets this time on the occasion of nowruz and the holy month of ramadan until eid al-fitr. get an id with every purchase from the city of household appliances and the city of farsh. a specialized reference for carpets and household appliances. i am here to wash clothes let me

according to the press release of the afp, the garbage and heat, followed by the proliferation of insects , made the living conditions difficult for the displaced people who live under tents in rafah city. there are 88 days left until the start of the 2024 summer olympics , it has been reported that the international olympic committee has allowed palestinian athletes to participate in the olympic games even if they did not get a quota. the latest statistics updated in the middle of april this year show 179 professional athletes in the gaza war were martyred all his days start from here , from the beach side of the city, he warms up here first thing in the morning and then he walks to jala street, until here he is the karate coach of the club , he started this club three or four years ago, a club for women in his city. . married women mostly use aerobic exercises for bodybuilding, but children and young people use martial arts. 26-year-old naghmeh , the runner-up of the palestinian girls' karate competitions in 2017 and 2018 and the champion of the same competitions in 2019, do you know wh

afp. >> thank you. my first question will go to both of you mr. president and mr. prime minister. is there a path for japan to become a full member and i have a second question for you mr. president. you are saying benjamin netanyahu is making a mistake in gaza. what are you willing to do to make him change his strategy it would you consider conditioning military aid to israel? thank you. thank you. your question about orca's. we want to t contribute to the stability of the region and we have consistently supported orca's. having said that the participants in uk, australia, with such countries that relationship or occasions we have established the various relationships. but for japan to have direct cooperation nothing has been decided at this moment. going forward with the u.s., uk, australia, with such countries with the framework we will continue our cooperation. so that will continue to beer considered. about a relationship that is it. >> with regard to my discussions with prime minister netanyahu as well as our relationship with israel. i've been very blunt and straightforward

according to the afp news agency, the accumulation of garbage and heat, followed by the proliferation of insects , have worsened the living conditions for the refugees who live under tents in rafah. it has made it harder. hizbollah , the gathering place and base of the zionist military and the palestinian qassam battalions, also from the south of lebanon, are the positions of the army they targeted the zionist regime. i am having a conversation with my colleague stationed at the border between lebanon and occupied palestine. hello mr. azimzadeh. tell me , how many offensive operations have been carried out against the zionist military forces today? mr. dear viewers, hello shabtun, a total of 4 statements were issued today. in 3 statements, hezbollah announced that it targeted the rally along with military vehicles and the only artillery of the zionist regime. the qassam battalions also announced that they targeted the command headquarters of one of the zionist army brigades of lebanon's hezbollah this afternoon with rockets. saati targeted the gathering of military vehicles and an art

it was overcrowded, there has been reported by local authorities via the afp news agency described aseen carrying 130 people that ran into trouble as it tried to reach an island. 90 people have died following that overcrowded makeshift ferry which sank after it ran into trouble. more as we get it. we understand an investigation team is working to find out because of the disaster. a southwest airlines aircraft was forced to return to denver international airport in the us state of colorado on sunday morning when part of its engine cover broke off and hit the wing. america's federal aviation authority said the crew of the boeing 737—800 reported a piece of the cover had fallen off and struck the wing flap during take—off. the faa said it would investigate. there were no injuries reported. a british man hasjust become the first person to run the entire length of africa. 27—year—old russ cook, an ultra marathon runner, who calls himself the hardest geezer, has finally reached the finish line after a year on his feet. his epicjourney had pitfalls along the way — it ended in the last half a

a line from afp news agency saying the us does not want to see the middle east crisis escalates, thatte house as the us does not want to see the middle east crisis escalates. we will get more from the us reaction in a moment. so where does this leave the already tense situation in the middle east? i've been speaking withjeremy bowen, our international editor, and our security correspondent frank gardner. jeremy told me first about where the position for israel and its allies. the message coming from israel's western allies, particularly the us, also the british, rishi sunak, the british prime minister, has just said that britain was also involved in shooting down drones, and he said this is now a time for cool heads. in other words, a message to israel — "you've got a victory here. "bank it. "hang on to it. "do not escalate any further because the risks of escalating may be a strike back on to iranian territory are very great." israel has sustained a serious attack, but with a great deal of help from its allies, it has been able to withstand it. it was not a full—on assault in the way

again, that is news from the afp news agency, israel says it has recovered a body from gaza.vernment over their strategy for the war both domestically as protests continue against benjamin netanyahu, much of it to do with his strategy for recovering hostages, saving hostages from gaza, but also, six months on after this israeli air strike on an aid convoy from the world central christian allies —— world central kitchen, they are changing their minds when it comes to supporting israel. a hostage has been recovered on the anniversary of the war. we will have more updates as we have them. stay with us here on bbc news. mexico has suspended relations with ecuador. it's in protest against a police raid on the mexican embassy in quito to arrest a former ecuadorean vice—president, jorge glas. he'd been sheltering in the compound since december but was wanted on corruption charges. mexico says it had granted glas "political asylum". in response to the raid, mexican president andres manuel lopez obrador ordered the suspension of diplomatic ties with ecuador. the body of a construction

in the morning , afp wrote unclearly, here is a lawyer, one of the alleged victims. of the film. in the corridor she crossed paths with deparde. he grabbed her legs, squeezed her between her thighs, and then began to touch her breasts and other private parts. she felt completely helpless, unable psychologically and physically break out of this trap. according to the lawyer, people nearby helped the girl escape. the incident allegedly occurred while filming the film green shutters. it was released in 2022. having submitted an application at the end of last year, amelie decided to share her experiences with the press. i was lost in thought for 2 years, silence weighed on my conscience. the second alleged victim was an assistant director during the filming of the short film mack and the siamese, which took place in 2014. according to the french press, women do not agree each other, filed an application for the actor late last year. in december , an information bomb exploded in france. an investigation film with previously unknown footage was released on the franz-2 tv c

._ we're getting some news just in from iraq— the news agencies afp and reuters report that a huge blastar mobilisation forces, south baghdad. two security sources told reuters that the blast was a result of an unknown air strike, which happened around midnight local time. the p—m—f is an iraqi paramilitary force linked to iran. we're following these reports and will bring you updates as we get them. here in washington, democrats in the us house of representatives backed a measure to vote on an aid package for ukraine on saturday. the measure moves congress one step closer to approving a stalled package of military aid worth 61 billion dollars. the house will also vote on humanitarian assistance for israel and taiwan. speaker of the house mike johnson had long blocked the aid, and while it still faces resistance from members of his own party, the bill is expected to pass with bipartisan support. congress will be voting in the wake of more deadly attacks on ukrainian civilians. on friday, russian missiles struck a rail station and a maternity hospital in the central dnipropetrovsk region.

we are hearing now from the afp _ determination. we are hearing now from the afp news agency, - determination. we are hearing now from the afp news agency, want i determination. we are hearing nowj from the afp news agency, want to bring the new line, reaching out to the israeli military, officials they are saying, we do not have comment at this time. we know that when iran launched its attacks on israel, these were very much telegraphed in advance, we heard many hours ahead of time that iran had planned on launching some sort of strike on israel. is it noteworthy to you that we haven't heard any confirmation yet from israel, one way or another, about what has taking place? yes. about what has taking place? yes, but for different _ about what has taking place? yes, but for different reasons. - about what has taking place? yes but for different reasons. many people say that one of the reasons that the iranians had to respond to the killing of irg officials inside syria was for the first time in a long time the israeli started announc

a news line i has come out in the last few minutes i want to ask you about, according to afp, the newsisraeli army military intelligence chief has resigned over the october seven hamas attack. what more do we know about this individual? this hamas attack. what more do we know about this individual?— about this individual? this is a ma'or about this individual? this is a major general— about this individual? this is a major general who _ about this individual? this is a major general who is - about this individual? this is a major general who is the - about this individual? this is a major general who is the head about this individual? this is a i major general who is the head of israeli military intelligence and not long after the 7th of october attacks and the week after those unprecedented attacks led by hamas with gun men, thousands of them breaking across the border into southern israel, he did publicly take responsibility for intelligence failings and now he has handed in his resignation formally after six months of the war. the israeli military is saying that he will stay in plac

in the meantime, we're also hearing from reuters and the afp news that israel's prime minister benjaminia the prime minister's office. so various leaders speaking to their defence teams in their reaction to what is taking place at the moment. to remind you what has happened, iran has fired up to 100 drones at israel. we also believe that that wave of munitions includes cruise missiles heading towards israel. we understand that a number have been shot down. so as you can see via the map on your screen, the drones would have left iran. we know that they did cross iraqi airspace. that was confirmed by iraq itself. jordan further to the west announced fairly early on it was closing its airspace. and later saying any drones entering its airspace will be shot down. we know that some of those drones, as reported locally, were shot down overjordanian airspace, entering jordanian airspace. but also, reportedly, unconfirmed report, but local media saying that some drones have also been shot down travelling across syrian airspace to the north on that north—western border with iraq and north—wester

dan, unconfirmed reports from the afp and the israeli army saying that sirens have been sounded in anor an update on that. we have been told locally speaking to a localjournalist in israel that the estimation was about two hours, if any of those iranian munitions did make their way as far as the israeli border. let mejust ask you very quickly. in terms of support for israel in the united states, you mentioned the arms transfers. is that a very tricky position for president biden? yes. position for president biden? yes, as our position for president biden? yes, as your correspondent _ position for president biden? ye: as your correspondent mentioned, this is an election year and of course, biden is under tremendous pressure from inside his party, from many democrats and supporters in the democratic party to exercise, project more toughness, have a more tough love approach towards israel. support israel, yes, but try and use more leveraged and perhaps also conditioning us support or us arms transfers to israel. so far, he has withstood that pressure and has not gone to conditioning us a

afp previously cited statistics that show that people are afraid because of macron's aggressive rhetoricen in france. moreover, an employee of the paris city hall lost a laptop and usb flash drives with security plans during the olympic games, and put a bag with secret materials upstairs. luggage rack, looked around, and it was no longer there; one can only guess into whose hands it fell. looking at the french capital's preparations for the olympics, the phrase "see paris to die" takes on new meaning. tactical exercise with... in vitebsk, grodno, bresse and mogilev regions. the units practice actions during defense, repelling a mock enemy, destroying gang formations, sabotage and reconnaissance groups, attacking the enemy and supporting troops. this stage of testing combat readiness is key, according to him the results of the command will evaluate the skills of the military. the stations will conduct firing from howitzers, gvozdika, akatsiya, the multiple launch rocket system, hail, anti-tank guided missile and anti-tank assault complex and mortars will show their power at the ranges. th

afp. it's tied to the hostages. hostages being held by the hamas. >> oh my god. biden. every movement is scripted and play pan. and he looks like the solar eclipse was coming again -- preplanned -- what was that big shadow over him? he can't communicate. >> this is exactly the problem. and look, you saw the president when he motioned toward the staff on the other side of the green there. what we are witnessing is the most frightened presidential campaign of all time, where the staff is petrified that the president's confusion isis going to somehow be exposed in a major way. >> and by the way, your recent reports on his kitchen table campaign where he goes and has food with people, confirmed today by nbc news, they wrote that the president,'s recent battleground state campaign tour did not draw major crowds but critically for the biden campaign it did produce a lot of content. the campaign is focused on reaching disengaged voters with digital content and apparently that means free food. >> that includes all of those

afp.r, it's tied to the hostages, there are a number of hostages being held by -- by the hamas and just yesterday we met with the vise president and security advisor and our american hostages as well. >> sean: my name is joe, say high to guest, high guest. it's clear, biden is not capable of taking unscripted questions, he's not able to communicate extemporaneously. her love for him to host my radio show was 750 stations. all extemporaneous for just one day. that would be entertaining. even with a huge amount of help from his staff, joe struggles in a massive way as per usual. that's predictable. take a look. >> prime minister is going to travel to north carolina tomorrow to visit that project. don't stay. we need your back and japan. they will probably try to keep our commitment under article five including the -- islands is unwavering. thank you. [ simultaneous talking ] >> why doesn't everybody holler at once? elect me, i'm in the 20th century. 21st century. not back then. >> sean: what

i had the opportunity to observe afp doorknocking on thursday and it was fascinating to hear them have conversations with voters who are totally dissuaded by the top of the ticket, but who are starting to become interested in the down ballot races. that's exactly what this is, the opportunity to engage early and get people interested in those senate races. >> so interesting, thanks for sharing. that's it for me on this edition. we will be back next sunday. msnbc plan weekend is next. weekend is next. >>> welcome to prime time weekend, i'm nicole ellis, let's get right to the weeks top stories. >>> opening statements will begin on monday and in the words of judge rochon, quote, this trial is starting. for so long we have used the word erosion to describe donald trump's erosion. but if this week's spectacle in new york city showed us anything, it is that the term erosion, flow of water, slow and steady, might be understating the immediate danger. instead, perhaps not to think of the ongoing harm done to the structure of our democracy like a tidal wave with flash flooding possible. try as

afp. >> thank you. my first question would go to both of you, mr. president and mr. prime minister.apan to become a full member of orca orcus and you say benjamin netanyahu is making a mistake in gaza what are you willing to do to make him change his strategy and when you consider military aid to israel? >> pm kishida: thank you for your question about orcus i will respond in our country we want to contribute to this consist ability of our region and we have consistently supported orcus. having said that the participants u.s., the u.k., australia, or multilateral occasions, we have established the various relationships but for japan to have a direct relationship nothing has been decided. going forward with u.s. u.k. or australia with such countries oral unilateral frameworks we will continue with our corporation so that will continue to be considered but at the moment about the potential but in aukus that's it. >> president biden: with regard to my discussions with prime minister netanyahu as well as the relationship with israel i have been very blunt and straightforward with the pr

that has come in the last few minutes from the afp news agency, iran summoning the french, british, germanto reduce escalation. that is a message echoed by many across the world. we are going to head to london. my colleague is standing by it. bring us up to date. colleague is standing by it. bring us up to date-— colleague is standing by it. bring us up to date. prime minister rishi sunak is condemning _ us up to date. prime minister rishi sunak is condemning the _ us up to date. prime minister rishi sunak is condemning the attack. us up to date. prime minister rishi| sunak is condemning the attack and says it is proof that iran is intent on sowing chaos in its own back yard. we do know that in terms of the uk response, it did deploy rafjets as well as air refuelling tankers to the region. we had that confirmed by the ministry of defence, we have already had an operation in place, which was there to respond to the islamic state group which was also redeployed to help israel defend itself in the iraq, syria region. the big message coming out of the uk is that it is presenting a united front

it's really an afp and thus far it's tied to the hostages. there are a number of hostages that are being held by my allies. and just yesterday we're w meeting with the vice president, our national security adviser before that. and then and our american hostages as well. >> my name is joe. say hi to guest. my guest. it's clear biden is just not hepable of taking unscripted questions. he's not able to communicate. 's notnicateit's temporary niceo i'd love for him to host my radio show at 750 stations.ax it's all extemporaneous for 3 hours, just one day. that would be entertaining. anyway, even with thetaff huge amount of help from his large staff, joe strugglessl in a massive way. as per usual. >> p's predictable. >> take a look. prime minister is going to travel to north carolina tomorrowis t to visit that project. don't stay. don't stay distracted. they'll probably try to keep our commitment to the defense of japan and our article five, including the senkaku islands is unwavering. thank you. >> wk you for hopping on the line. why didn't every

there was this persona of approachability and friendliness and afp ability in today, i've been thinking about that. the difference, right? the difference between the public oj you jane, we thought we knew and the real oj >> no question. and it's hard to think of a bigger fall from grace. certainly in the world of athletes, athletes, jeremy shapp thanks so much for joining thank you, jim. >> and just ahead with >> the arizona high court's abortion decision becoming a major campaign topic we're going to examine how some in the religious community had become alarmed at the former president's support of what's been called a christian nationalist movement on the right, we're gonna have the details now next >> can sugar ray leonard do everyday tasks wearing boxing gloves >> how bird? >> and. now putting on his new arch bit sketchy slip-ups, you just step in and go with covered that will not view out to try new arch fit hands-free skechers, lipids. >> we talked about cash 11 hard not again that again, talking about cashback, we talking about cash backing divers are talking about bragg who talk

that's according to afp, the news agency, and they are quoting rescuers who were involved in this, soe of the first official statues of her majesty queen elizabeth ii, following her death two years ago at the age of 96. the renowned artist and sculptor andy edwards has been tasked with immortalising britain's longest reigning monarch in bronze, which will go on display in staffordshire once complete. our reporter liz copper explains. a sculpture to mark a reign of more than 70 years. andy edwards from stoke is beginning to fashion a historic piece of public art. and this is how his finished statue of queen elizabeth ii will look. i do feel that pressure, but i do relish it because it is what you aspire to, it's the highest honour, to sculpt the queen. and for that to be commissioned by your hometown is even more so. it's a visit in 1973 which has inspired the sculpture. queen elizabeth and prince philip were here to mark the 800th anniversary of newcastle borough's royal charter. the details from that visit are being carefully observed and cast in bronze. the aim is also to capture th