s. secretary of state antony blanca has finished his visit to israel and the palestinian territories. after talks in jerusalem on monday, he met with palestinian president rat mahmoud abbas in rama on tuesday, with a spike in violence between israelis and palestinians. is to blink and express his condolences for the call. the innocent palestinians opinions lost their lives of the last year. the urge mr. bass to de escalate tensions that we proposed to new new initiatives. the secretary of state reiterated washington support for 2 state solution. during the short term press briefing in rama, he went on to say this is. busy also important to continue to strive, not only reducing violence, but ensuring that ultimately the israeli house needs a life enjoy the same right. same opportunities. what we're, what we're seeing now is a shrinking brightness or not expanding one. and that to we believe jay lester, joe jerusalem, based a journalist, a sammy sa call. i gave us this assessment of anthony lincoln's visit. well as the secretary of state, of course it showed his close ties to israel. he

so secretary of state, blanca and antony, blinking, he already had a list of really thorny issues to address on this trip from the south china sea. to the warn you cranes are wanting china to take a bigger role in deterring russia. and of course taiwan as well, things were already very tense and the fact that a secretary of state blanket had to cancel that trip is one that just indicates how serious things are. he would have been the highest ranking member of the biden administration to visit china. so this is something that is being seen as a lost opportunity. the lines of communication i should say, between the us and china are still open. that's what the state department said. and they will plan a trip for the secretary of state when the conditions are deemed right. but there's no indication anthony, when that might, might be delivered to me. so my scanned it in washington, d. c. thanks so much. all right, a brief look. now some of the other stories from around the world, israel is in television and other cities have again taken to the streets in that thousands, they're protesting