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it is up to secretary blinken to push everyone towards a median.k the qataries can play a helpful role with hamas, but any indication of your seriousness is needed and we have not seen that from president biden. nermeen: as you said, the issue of the release of palestinian prisoners is something that netanyahu at least has ruled out , as well as the creation of a palestinian state. it is unclear how these positions can be reconciled because there is no incentive for hamas to go along with this. but i want to ask, saudi arabia is also pushing minimally for the minimal condition of the creation of a palestinian state, but were two other arab states stand, including egypt and qatar , who are the mediators? where else to arab states stand on this and is it important at all? >> it is critical -- i love how you phrase it. the saudis what us to think they're pushing for the creation of a palestinian state but the language is sort of shifting. sometimes they say creating a palestinian state and sometimes they say -- irreversible steps. that goalpost is shi

blinken will discuss it with _ brings a bit of hope.it with the _ brings a bit of hope. blinken will discuss it with the israelis - brings a bit of hope. blinken will discuss it with the israelis when | brings a bit of hope. blinken will. discuss it with the israelis when he meets them tomorrow. what will he be trying to do there? i meets them tomorrow. what will he be trying to do there?— trying to do there? i think that he is auoin trying to do there? i think that he is going to _ trying to do there? i think that he is going to be _ trying to do there? i think that he is going to be trying _ trying to do there? i think that he is going to be trying to _ trying to do there? i think that he is going to be trying to get - trying to do there? i think that he is going to be trying to get at - is going to be trying to get at least a temporary cease—fire in place and i do think that both sides are potentially receptive to it, it is the details that are the challenge. but if these things were preordained, we would need skilled formats. it is

secretary of state antony blinken has arrived. tom: discussions between mr.en and prime minister netanyahu and members of the israeli war cabinet to the key point here is americans are getting increasingly squeezed in the region, that will add to the pressure they put on netanyahu to try and take a deal as quickly as possible. why is that happening? the deaths of three american soldiers last week and the u.s. response in the region, it is all leading to executive the thing president biden said he did not want in the region, and escalation, while they protect israel to carry on in gaza. so it is now adding to the pressure and that will add to mr. netanyahu to take a deal, but it may be these difficult bridges that so far have not been crossed are to wide to cross. caitriona: tom bateman, thank you for bringing us up to speed on that. now we can go to heather williams, the acting director for the rand corporation. as we have been hearing from tom, hamas has a spot to do this deal for further hostage exchange, release of prisoners and other things. why do you th

antony blinken the secretary of state is i blinken the secretary of state is landing imminently in saudiersations be? i west bank. what will his conversations be? ~ , ., conversations be? i think is going tot and conversations be? i think is going to try and get _ conversations be? i think is going to try and get a — conversations be? i think is going to try and get a ceasefire - conversations be? i think is going to try and get a ceasefire in - to try and get a ceasefire in exchange for the israeli hostages. while _ exchange for the israeli hostages. while we — exchange for the israeli hostages. while we can all perfectly understand the humanitarian case for trying _ understand the humanitarian case for trying to— understand the humanitarian case for trying to get the hostages out, the real question is how it fits into the overall strategic position and hamas— the overall strategic position and hamas would like nothing better than six weeks _ hamas would like nothing better than six weeks or so of freedom from attack— six weeks or so of freedom from attack by— six weeks or so of freedom

secretary blinken: short answer is no. first part of the question, as i just said, there are number -- as we are defining the path forward including the pathway to palestinian state, there are a number of policy options that people may propose as part of that process. but our focus today is on all of the diplomacy needed to bring about including ideas, getting proposals from all concerned and putting those together in air credible and clear plan. so that's where we are. and as i said, we will continue to have conversations to engage that diplomacy and focus on the different elements that will be necessary, that will be involved. and that each of the parties believes is important. thank you. >> thanks everyone. sorry for keeping you folks late. hope you have a chance to get some dinner. [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2024] captioning performed by the national captioning institute, which is responsible for its caption content and accuracy. visit ncicap.org. >> c-span is unfiltered view of government spons

he told secretary 20 -- blinken that it was close. he is putting down an element of what hamas had called for, which was a release of palestinian prisoners, saying that we have not agreed to any demands about the numbers or the types of prisoners, or prisoners with blood on their hands. that was the reference. on the public face of it, prime minister netanyahu is pushing off the terms of this deal as for this counterproposal as put forward by hamas. behind closed doors, he did say, we don't do the deals in front of the cameras. the real work gets done behind the scenes, but behind those closed doors, it isn't clear if the big gaps that remain, that hamas wants a complete cease- fire to get there, and the prime minister is saying, absolutely not, only a military victory. of course, that is on secretary blinken's agenda . interesting that secretary blinken took time to meet with the army chief of staff to get their assessment of the last, big potential battle for the idf in gaza. rougher, where there almost 1 1/2 million palestinians li

lawyers antony blinken so delayed? it is coming up to two hours that she was supposed to speak. response of israel is quite ferocious. it was expected that they would have a serious concerns about the proposal, the counteroffer from hamas. but the rebuke from the benjamin netanyahu was absolutely categorical, that seem to leave no room for moving forward. at only our eller, the qatari prime minister, who played a key role in the mediation, described the counteroffer by hamas, but was very detailed, as positive, antony blinken had said there were still a lot of work to be done, but it was the best path forward. so, is she involved in still talking to the israelis, trying to salvage something out of this? what israel, doesn't like some see this as hamas's effort to end the gaza war on its own terms, which of course is utterly unacceptable. as netanyahu reiterated again tonight, he said that the only way to end this war is a true israel absolute victory over hamas. internet, he even added that it was within touching distance. months. but what about the crux of this? which is the ch

antony blinken speaking in doha.hile, israel's chief military spokesperson says 31 of the remaining hostages held in gaza are dead. rear admiral daniel hagari said theirfamilies had been informed. israel has previously said 136 hostages were held in gaza. the israeli government has faced growing pressure to make the release of the hostages its main priority. meanwhile, the syrian army says israel has struck a number of targets in homs province, just north of lebanon. state media said syrian air defences shot down israeli missiles. live now to nick beake, our correspondent injerusalem. reports that hamas has reacted positively to a proposed deal — do we have any idea what this possible ceasefire deal contains? no, we don't, it is really hard to assess at what point we are in this process. forthe assess at what point we are in this process. for the past week hamas have been studying a framework of a deal and what happened last night what they came forward with counterproposals, although a senior member of hamas said he

and lyse, secretary blinken is — that yet. and lyse, secretary blinken is meeting _ that yet. is meeting with - that yet. and lyse, secretary blinken is meeting with an i that yet. and lyse, secretary - blinken is meeting with an israel government that is under immense pressure, especially from the families of the hostages being held in gaza, and injust a few moments we understand there will be a press conference by four families of hostages in gaza, how much pressure will have, or how much pressure is that putting, on the israeli prime minister, to reach an agreement with hamas? ~ ~ , hamas? well, the prime minister alwa s hamas? well, the prime minister always takes _ hamas? well, the prime minister always takes pains _ hamas? well, the prime minister always takes pains to _ hamas? well, the prime minister always takes pains to say, - hamas? well, the prime minister always takes pains to say, we - hamas? well, the prime minister. always takes pains to say, we have two goals, one is the destruction of hamas, secondly, is to bring our hostages home. but there is growing anguis

right now blinken is meeting with netanyahu.ideally -- you as a negotiator know the significance of negotiations, blinken needs to say to netanyahu, well blinken has said he is heartbroken and got ranged over the fatalities in gaza, what he has continued to do is provide weapons to israel, in and run around congress twice, so whatever he feels or says he is feeling, the significance of what the u.s. is doing in shoring up netanyahu? >> that is crucial, amy. some of her the president say seems like hamas position is a little too much. 2000 pound bombs by the u.s. to israel after everything we have seen, little too much. some may consider when there's a plausible case for genocide at the international court of justice and you are ignoring this provisional measures, a too much. what we have is an qatari and egyptian -- you have the mediators from the region who are talking to hamas. they can try and lean on hamas. if hamas does not feel it has to concede further, it will not. will the u.s. lean on israel? it seems rather than comin

antony blinken will discuss _ a bit of hope. antony blinken will discuss it _ a bit of hope.blinken will discuss it with _ a bit of hope. antony blinken will discuss it with the - will discuss it with the israelis when he meets them tomorrow, what's going to be trying to do that? i tomorrow, what's going to be trying to do that?— trying to do that? i think that he is going — trying to do that? i think that he is going to _ trying to do that? i think that he is going to be _ trying to do that? i think that he is going to be trying - trying to do that? i think that he is going to be trying to - trying to do that? l think that| he is going to be trying to get at least a temporary ceasefire in place and i do think that both sides are potentially receptive to it and it's the details that are the challenge but if these things were preordained, we wouldn't need skilled diplomats. it's very specific that israel is going to be looking for in terms of what are the acceptable demands from if there's going to be any assurances of how many hostages might be released in exchange for a temp

just referred to. just blinken 'ust referred to. just to blinken just referred to. just to “um blinkent to jump in — blinken just referred to. just to jump in their, _ blinken just referred to. just tojump in their, because we to jump in their, because we don't have much time and i want to cover these points. the secretary of state antony blinken talked about there being space for these negotiations to continue. out does that align with what the prime minister said, or where is that space for those negotiations?- is that space for those negotiations? is that space for those neuotiations? ., , negotiations? we don't really discuss the _ negotiations? we don't really discuss the nature _ negotiations? we don't really discuss the nature of - negotiations? we don't really discuss the nature of these i discuss the nature of these talks going on behind the scenes or the terms that are being discussed because human lives hang in the balance, but the prime minister did articulate a few redlines, things that are simply unacceptable. for instance, we will not pull all of our forces out of gaza a

i5 are made by the foreign minister antony blinken. is it thou~ht minister antony blinken.ht that _ minister antony blinken. is it thought that is _ minister antony blinken. is it thought that is his _ minister antony blinken. is it thought that is his priority on this trip, to broker this deal? we have been talking about it for more than a week now. you and i were saying last week it could be soon.— could be soon. this is on top of his priorities _ could be soon. this is on top of his priorities which - could be soon. this is on top of his priorities which is - could be soon. this is on top of his priorities which is why| of his priorities which is why is starting his visit from saudi arabia. apparently benjamin netanyahu wants widen his choices a little bit so if he would stop the war, he would want to appear in front of his people as he is going to broker a peace deal with saudi arabia. this is supported is government. practically sally benjamin netanyahu would accept a ceasefire or a long ceasefire that might mean the fall of his government, that is why he is pressing i

secretary blinken: i'm leaving that to all of you.o admire people who put themselves out there as most of you have in running for office. i've got to tell you, i've worked for president biden for more than 20 years. it's been the greatest privilege of my career. i started working for him in the senate. then when he was vice president with president obama, now as president. and he's an extraordinary person to work for. the back and forth, just the -- the conversations, the discussions. and every once in a while, an argument. disagreement. and every once in a while he'll say, when we're having an argument and it's going back and forth, he'll look at me and say, how many votes did you get? [laughter] that pretty much stops the conversation right there. that pretty much stopped the conversation right there. so i really, i admire all of you because putting yourself out there in that way, especially now in these days, i not challenging that is, how tough it is. thank you, thank you, thank you, for doing it. every single day what you're doin

we will see what kind of a tone antony blinken adopts. there is right now. �* , . adopts. this is all there is right now. ~ , ., ., adopts. this is all there is right now. ~ ., ., now. and it is all about tone, reall , now. and it is all about tone, really. isn't _ now. and it is all about tone, really, isn't it? _ now. and it is all about tone, really, isn't it? because - now. and it is all about tone, really, isn't it? because if. now. and it is all about tone, | really, isn't it? because if you heard the tone for mr netanyahu, there was no in conciliatory element in it, whatsoever, you could feel. and the revellers. his is an absolute victory, he said it was within touching distance, a matter of months. we have reported on your programme —— and it never is. in the north of the gaza strip which has been raised to the ground with israeli forces in large part moved away from to concentrate on the south, hamas is re—establishing civilian control and is able to still fire rockets at israel and alarm bells are ringing to the un secretary—gen

, . ., ,, ., blinken? it is clear the us have made an effort _ blinken?nken? it is clear the us have made an effort to assure - blinken? it is clear the us have made an effort to assure the israeli government that they would be on their side — government that they would be on their side enough to support and that is_ their side enough to support and that is clearly gotten trickier as time _ that is clearly gotten trickier as time has — that is clearly gotten trickier as time has gone on and it's right that israei has _ time has gone on and it's right that israel has the right to defend themselves and instances of its actions — themselves and instances of its actions have been and slight error that we _ actions have been and slight error that we see between the two sides reflects _ that we see between the two sides reflects the fact that the alliance is really — reflects the fact that the alliance is really strong in their differences about foreign policy should — differences about foreign policy should be pursued and netanyahu represents a particular part

the iron is blinken is trying to achieve? the irony is before _ blinken is trying to achieve?rying to achieve? t"te: irony is before october, this would have been seen as a crowning achievement in the middle east. there's an appetite in washington. if riyadh is going to be a new champion of the palestinian cause, there is great apprehension over what exactly the saudis would have settled for. i think after the aftermath, or what the saudis will be clear. but they want with it and the americans is a lot of talk of technology and almost something akin to a nato style agreement. there was source pushback to both of those requests. but source pushback to both of those reuuests. �* ., , , requests. but do the saudis see the role... ? requests. but do the saudis see the role- -- ? the _ requests. but do the saudis see the role... ? the arabs _ requests. but do the saudis see the role... ? the arabs he's _ requests. but do the saudis see the role... ? the arabs he's playing - requests. but do the saudis see the role... ? the arabs he's playing a l role... ? the arabs he's playing a r

two things from blinken's remarks that i agree with. two, any success -- potential success is going to take a long time. we need to be patient here with people like netanyahu and his ministers always having the possibility of playing spoiler. >> all of the militant groups, during the last pause, which was back in november for the hostages and the palestinian prisoners to be exchanged, they stopped their attacks during that time. of course, the hope is if there's another pause, there would similarly be some restraint from the iran-backed groups as well. thank you so much. our thanks to admiral stavridis for being with us. >>> capitol gridlock. the funding for ukraine, israel and the border on life support with no clear solution in support. a leader on the problem solvers caucus joins us next. you are watching "andrea mitchell reports." this is msnbc. i got the power of 3. i lowered my a1c, cv risk, and lost some weight. in studies, the majority of people reached an a1c under 7 and maintained it. i'm under 7. ozempic® lowers the risk of m

and today i told the secretary of state blinken from the secretary of state blinken from the usa thatistance from a complete victory which would also be a victory to other countries, not only for israel, also the us allies and i am asking to talk to the families of the hostages, your beloved ones are always in front of my eyes. always. i'm looking in your eyes, i'm looking at their pictures, and it tears my heart to pieces. for one moment, we do not stop working for their release, even as i speak, and i'm now telling you and i'm telling them what i believe in. that continuation of the military pressure is a condition to release the hostages. if we surrender to the crazy demands of hamas that we will not only bring their release but we will invite a second massacre. a great catastrophe for the state of us civilians is ready to accept, regarding the day after the work i'm asking to clarify once again, the day after the war is the day after hamas. not half of hamas, the entire hamas. not half of hamas, the entire hamas. and today i told secretary of state blinken that after we devastate

that buildings lock specifically in what antony blinken is trying to achieve?fore october 7, it would have been seen as a crowning achievement in the middle east. politically, there is an appetite for that in washington. if riyadh is going to be a new champion of the palestinian cause, there was great apprehension over what exactly the saudi's would have settled for as a solution to the israeli-palestinian conflict. after the aftermath of why we are still living through the conflict in gaza, with the saudi's mask for will be much clearer if they are going to be normalizing with the israelis and what they may want from the americans, which was talk of commercial civil nuclear technology and almost something akin to a natal style all -- arctic -- nato style article five is a pushback to those requests well before october 7. >> do the saudi's see a role the arab states in the day after this conflict and the rebuilding of gaza, or will they take their lead on that from israel? >> you have seen different statements, particularly from the emirates, talking about it i

blinken visited saudi arabia, egypt, qatar, israel, as well as the west bank of the jordan river.ns are supplying israel with weapons, supplying everything, and the conflict still does not subside and does not subside. at a press conference in qatar, blinken said that the united states does not intend to stop attacks in the middle east "will continue to respond to the death of their military. yes, these are exactly the words you expect to hear from a person who came to negotiate peace in the region. the american pigeon has peace." we haven't seen you, about how blinkin's once again reached israel through the entire middle east in a report by our international observer sergei krembrev. it was a meaningless day. the secretary of state was escorted to the middle east according to the old american tradition, as if on his last journey. the black limousine looked suspiciously like a vip. mobile with the look of a man who has been sent for the fifth time, and he still doesn’t understand why. putting his hands in his pockets , he made sure that in one he had a skullcap, in the other - an

now, mr blinken didn't give any details about what that response was.eviewing it and that they would talk about it with the israelis. about it with the israelis when he comes to israel after his stop in qatar. the qatari prime minister gave a little bit more detail. he said that the the that hamas had made some comments in its reply, but generally it was a positive response. we do have a statement from hamas as well that touched on, frankly, what is the main sticking point in this issue, which is that the israelis say there's no way a temporary truce would lead to a permanent cease fire, whereas hamas is saying it must lead to a cessation, a permanent cessation of the war. and in its statement, it said that they had treated the framework positively in a way that would ensure a full cessation of aggression, as they called it. so it sounds like there's negotiating still to be done, as mr blinken suggested there. but at least i think what the hamas has conveyed there is that the door is open to this proposal and is, as mr blinken was saying, it's important

antony blinken speaking in doha there.hile, israel's chief military spokesperson says 31 of the remaining hostages held in gaza are dead. rear admiral daniel hagari said theirfamilies had been informed. israel has previously said 136 hostages were held in gaza. the israeli government has faced growing pressure to make the release of the hostages its main priority. earlier, i spoke to our correspondent injerusalem nick beake about when an agreement might be reached. i think it is really hard to assess at what point we are in this process. forthe at what point we are in this process. for the past week hamas have been studying a framework of a deal and what happened last night was that they came forward with basically counter proposals although a senior member of hamas told the bbc that in his way to put forward a positive vision for this sort of negotiation that is coming forward. what is interesting is the reuters news agency are reporting this morning they have seen a draft of hamas�*s latest plans and some of them are qui

antony blinken is backin very high. antony blinken is back in the region now for the fifth time.ire in the israel gaza war is central to his mission. what you think he needs to do on the ground to gather momentum behind thati think the major players in this are going to be qatar and egypt, tried to get a ceasefire or pause dashed a 6—week pause or whatever length dashed a formal ceasefire.— length dashed a formal ceasefire. �* , . , ., ceasefire. and be able to get humanitarian _ ceasefire. and be able to get humanitarian assistance - ceasefire. and be able to getj humanitarian assistance back ceasefire. and be able to get i humanitarian assistance back in and hostages released. that will be the immediate focus is to, if we can work with our partners in the region to de—escalate that conflict... d0 de-escalate that conflict... do ou de-escalate that conflict... do you think _ de—escalate that conflict... dr? you think the secretary of state will be able to achieve that? �* ~ ., that? don't know if he can achieve it _ that? don't know if he can achieve it on _ that? don't know if

with secretary state antony blinken. we come back, we talk about starvation in gaza with alex de waal. back in a moment. ♪ [music break] nermeen: annie lennox performing billie holiday's "god bless the child." annie lennox called for a ceasefire at the end of her performance at the grammys. this is democracy now!, democracynow.org, the war and peace report. i'm nermeen shaikh. israel is being accused of using starvation as a weapon of war in gaza as israeli forces continue to severely restrict the delivery of humanitarian aid, food, and medical supplies to millions inside the besieged territory after four months of indiscriminate bombardment and mass displacement. u.n. human rights experts say -- guys as 2.3 million population is facing severe levels of hunger, with the risk of famine increasing every day. for more, we are joined by alex de waal, the executive director of the world peace foundation at tufts university and the author of "mass starvation: the history and future of famine." his piece for the guardian is "un

earlier on tuesday, secretary blinken was in doha.rime minister, he confirmed hamas has given a "positive" response to a proposed ceasefire with israel. here's a little of his statement. we had meetings already on this trip in riyadh and cairo, and now today in doha, focused on ensuring as well that we can use any pies to continue to build up plans for that day after in gaza, security, humanitarian reconstruction, governance, all bringing real challenges with them, but that is exactly why we are and need to be focused on them now. we are also determined to use any ties to continue to pay the diplomatic path forward to a just and lasting peace and security for at the region. following this, a senior hamas official told the bbc that the group had asked for amendments to the proposal. our middle east correspondent barbara plett—usher is injerusalem and sent us this update. this is an important development because hamas received the proposal for the truce about a week ago, and now it has responded just as the secretary of state, antony bl

those sentiments were echoed by secretary blinken. in december of last year when he said it is, quote, imperative that israel put a premium on civilian protection, unquote, and the secretary of state has emphasized that point repeatedly since then. nor does the horror of the october 7 attack justify the humanitarian catastrophe in gaza, a catastrophe that began when the netanyahu government imposed a total siege on the people in that very narrow strip of land and that has continued as his coalition places unnecessary obstacles in the way of getting vital, desperately needed lifesaving assistance to innocent civilians there. over two million palestinian civilians who have nothing to do with hamas are on the verge of starvation and need help to survive. that is why secretary blinken has emphasized the importance of getting, quote, more humanitarian assistance to people who so desperately need it in gaza. madam president, the situation is awful and it is getting worse by the day. and to those who say all this aid is being diverted to ham

let's hear from antony blinken. the hosta . es hear from antony blinken.stages are foremost in our minds and in _ hostages are foremost in our minds and in our— hostages are foremost in our minds and in our hearts. as you know we now have — and in our hearts. as you know we now have a — and in our hearts. as you know we now have a response from hamas to the proposal that was put on the tabla _ the proposal that was put on the tabla we — the proposal that was put on the table. we are looking at it intensely as is the government of israel_ intensely as is the government of israel and — intensely as is the government of israel and there is a lot of work to be israel and there is a lot of work to he done _ israel and there is a lot of work to he done but — israel and there is a lot of work to be done but we are very much focused on doing _ be done but we are very much focused on doing that work and hopefully being _ on doing that work and hopefully being able to resume the release of hostages _ being able to resume the release of hostages that was interrupted

but more urgent for antony blinken is a ceasefire in gaza.r netanyahu says israel needs total victory and no concessions to hamas. they want israel to leave gaza and end the war in return for a ceasefire. gaza is the key to stabilising the middle east. this is the occupied golan heights, another potential flashpoint where the borders of israel, lebanon and syria meet. over on the syrian side, you can see ruins from previous wars. antony blinken warns this is the most dangerous moment for the middle east since 1973. without a ceasefire in gaza, the risks that a wider war will intensify remain very real. israel has heavily reinforced its northern border lands. this is a former syrian base occupied by the israelis since 1967. inside the ruin, the head of the regional council, a retired colonel, was preparing for the worst. if we go, to where are we going? to haifa? then they bomb us in haifa. then we go to tel aviv — then they bomb us in tel aviv. people prefer to move by night on the most exposed roads in northern israel in places shielded by b

tony blinken is there right now. the deal for hostages but that deal could be a nonstarter for israel. >>> last-minute preparations for the face-off at the u.s. supreme court tomorrow. new reporting on how donald trump's lawyers are prepared to make the case that he should not be banned from state ballots. >>> chaos on capitol hill, as house republicans suffered back-to-back embarrassing defeats within minutes. what happens next for embattled speaker johnson. rahel sol omon with john berman. this is cnn central. >>> soon, in just hours, we'll hear from benjamin netanyahu, after his meeting with secretary of state tony blink pen. blinken in israel for crucial talks on the war in gaza. hamas is offering a counterproposal for the potential release of hostages. blinken says they are looking intensively at the deal. israeli officials familiar with the negotiations tell cnn that there is, quote, no way that israel will agree to hamas' proposal. we have team coverage for you. nic robertson in tel aviv. s there will be a pre

he said this is what he presented to secretary blinken.ry blinken, we know his mission was to say, you have to start withdrawing from khan yunis, you have to start redeploying in the south. that needs to happen because they moved people around, and the people they have moved from one place to another are now being attacked where the idf is operating. that's one thing. they need to get aid in. they need this pause, according to blinken, and to the arab leaders with whom he is negotiating, and to many israelis, they need to have the pause to get the hostages out and to get the humanitarian aid in. the generals, we are told, israeli generals and the idf are saying to netanyahu that you cannot totally eliminate hamas and still keep the hostages alive. those two goals are mutually exclusive. you have to start drawing back. do you see any room for compromise here now? >> well, i think compromise is something that's necessary. i didn't hear the prime minister respond to the latest offer around the hostage release. as you point out, there needs to

antony blinken is day-to-day, his fifth visit _ it is.isit to _ it is. antony blinken is day-to-day, his fifth visit to the _ it is. antony blinken is day-to-day, his fifth visit to the region, - it is. antony blinken is day-to-day, his fifth visit to the region, it - his fifth visit to the region, it like increasingly there is a disagreement of the tension between the us and israel about what is in gaza and his top priority at the moment he is saying is to try and secure the release of the hostages and opposing the fighting so that aid can get in. but we have been seeing these public rejections from benjamin netanyahu of what the us is calling for in this relationship is very strange isn't it? ha. calling for in this relationship is very strange isn't it?— calling for in this relationship is very strange isn't it? no. there is [en of very strange isn't it? no. there is plenty of humanitarian _ very strange isn't it? no. there is plenty of humanitarian aid - very strange isn't it? no. there is plenty of humanitarian aid going i very stran

they have responded as antony blinken is in the region and mr blinken is in the region and mr blinkenl be discussing it on his next stop in israel. before he got on the plane, while he was still in doha, he said there was still a lot of work to be doing —— to be done and didn't give detail. a senior hamas official spoke to the bbc and said the group had asked for a number of things, including a clear timetable for the reconstruction of gaza and also the transfer of the wounded to hospitals abroad. hamas released a statement with made it pretty clear that it wants this to lead to an end to the war. now, it's israelis have also made it clear that they do not see a temporary truce becoming a permanent ceasefire. no doubt that will be part of the continuing negotiations. but those who drafted this proposal, the egyptians, the qataris, the americans, they hope that it leads to a lengthy which will allow for the release of the rest of the hostages, a dramatic increase in aid to goodia and will —— gaza and will lay the ground work for a postwar arrangement. all eyes will be on mr blinken dur

us secretary of state antony blinken arrived in saudi arabia on monday.h visit to the middle east since the conflict between israel and hamas began. officials say mr blinken met with saudi arabia's de—facto ruler, crown prince mohammed bin salman, for about two hours. mr blinken did not comment following the meeting, but it is believed that humanitarian aid to gaza, negotiations for a possible ceasefire and a hostage deal between israel and hamas were discussed. mr blinken�*s stop in saudi arabia is the first of five, with stops in israel, egypt, qatar and the west bank expected. the trip comes as the us said it carried out a strike in, quote, "self defence" against two houthi explosive surface vehicles. those are drone boats or ships. it come after strikes against houthi missiles in yemen on sunday, in another us—ukjoint operation. for analysis on mr blinken�*s trip, i spoke to barbara bodine, former us ambassador to yemen and current director of the institute for the study of diplomacy at georgetown university. we have seen further strikes, as the us sa

secretary blinken's visit comes after the u.s. it carried out more strikes against houthi missiles in yemen sunday, the second round of attacks in yemen over the weekend following airstrikes saturday by the u.s. and u.k. the houthi and continues to attack military and commercial ships that it says are linked to israel. the u.s. is planning other strikes in the region after a drone attack on a base in georgia -- in jordan killed u.s. troops. iran says accusations of its involvement in the attack are baseless. joining me to discuss this is david hale, former u.s. ambassador to pakistan, lebanon and jordan and served as under secretary of state. thank you for joining us. antony blinken said he didn't think there was a dangerous time as now since 1973 if not before that. put into context how sensitive the situation is. david: thank you. it is extremely sensitive and i think he is right to characterize the situation as he did. i would identify the new factor, the new reality we are dealing with in the labonte that we didn't -- in the l

antony blinken sort of stock is tow in the door —— diplomacy efforts.he terms were non— starters but he said it was enough space to pursue negotiations and he would do several endlessly stop he said he pressed the israelis to stress protection of civilians and maximise the efforts to get humanitarian aid into gaza and he highlighted key steps on how to do that. neither man spelt out the hamas demands that they were objecting but the group did say that any temporary truce would need to lead to a permanent ceasefire and an israeli withdrawal from gaza and that is something that israel reject and antony blinken agreed that hamas should not have a role in gaza after the war. he medically seeking an extensive ceasefire and is hoping it will lead to wider peace talks to end the conflict. to get an understanding of what "total victory" looks like for israel at this point in the conflict, we spoke to tal heinrich, spokesperson for israeli prime minister netanyahu. we believe that these two goals that we have defined for the operation in gaza after we were dragg

usa anthony blinken. law on foreign agents, which is now being discussed in beshkak. the head of our central asian bureau, robert frantsov, joins the broadcast. we know the details from him. robert, hello, tell us what draft law you are talking about, why is washington interested in the document in the first place? a very good question, the president of kyrgyzstan sadyr japarov asked himself in his letter, which was sent to the american side through the ambassador of the united states to kyrgyzstan. in general, sadyr japarov called for in its response to secretary of state antony blinken's letter, the united states and other countries should not interfere in the internal affairs of kyrgyzstan. and all this communication began, this correspondence with a letter that anthony blinken sent to the administration of the president of kyrgyzstan back in january of this year, and there he expressed acute concern that a bill on financing non-governmental organizations was being prepared for adoption in kyrgyzstan.

antony blinken said yesterday there was progress but still much more work to be done.ceasefire and hostages. so a new round of negotiations will be starting tomorrow in cairo. in a meeting with the prime minister, british families of some of those still being held captive in gaza have urged him to do more to secure their release from hamas — which is designated a terrorist organistaion by the uk and other government. greg mackenzie reports. with every day that passed, the chances of all the hostages, the chances of my father, reduces. holding back tears, the british families of hostages eli sharabi and 0ded lifshitz speaking publicly, calling for the immediate release of their loved ones. the daughter of 0ded said that she is devastated. my father, 0ded, is 83 years old, has complex medical needs and is really not built for the conditions of being a hostage. the delegation have met with the british prime minister and a number of qatari officials. the meeting comesjust a day after israel confirmed that 31 of the 136 remaining hostages in gaza have been killed. when i wa

meanwhile, antony blinken _ more of the strikes.s. meanwhile, antony blinken is on _ more of the strikes. meanwhile, antony blinken is on a _ more of the strikes. meanwhile, antony blinken is on a mission l more of the strikes. meanwhile, | antony blinken is on a mission to the region for the next few days what you think yields to achieve? in the us secretary of state is on another middle eastern diplomatic tour and you will be meeting with regional leaders and the main thrust of that visit is the pause in fighting and perhaps the release of dozens of hostages. these are very delicate operations and with these strikes, i think that is another reason why the us is so desperate to avoid a direct military confrontation or in general, escalation in the region as a result because these are delicate intends and there's a greater prize for the white house and not something they would wantjeopardised. thank white house and not something they would want jeopardised._ would want 'eopardised. thank you ve much would want jeopardised. thank you

blinken responded this way.esson that we can all learn is that the aggression against us, here the head of the state department probably misspoke, meaning against ukraine, was an absolute strategic failure for russia and that’s it, he didn’t say anything more, that is, he ignored the question , lyosha. in addition to the war with russia, in ukraine. europe and the usa are another cause for concern - this is a split in nato itself. and a future direct war with russia. scholz, for example, has already called on the europeans to build their new military alliance without looking back at what is happening on the other side of the atlantic ocean. the head of germany's medical defense, pistorius, and the head of midburk agreed that the answer to putin is a united fight against moscow and the new so-called axis of evil, which includes moscow , beijing, tehran, minsk, etc. hinya, the usa and estonia sent another signal to russia. washington handed over the first $5,000 of stolen russian assets to tallinn, which estonia w