operation, was discussed by phone today sergey lavrov and the head of the israeli foreign ministry, eli cohen, the ministers also talked about trade and economic cooperation and the situation in the middle east and north africa, sergey lavrov also congratulated his colleague on his recent assumption of office expressed readiness work together with him to strengthen mutually beneficial cooperation between russia and israel. well, and now, in the latest message from the russian ministry of defense , four czech-made multiple launch rocket launchers, more than 800 rocket launchers for multiple rocket launchers, were destroyed in the dpr in the druzhkovka region in a day in the dpr . as a result of a complex fire engagement of the enemy in the areas of settlements , the red petrovskoye nevelskoye georgievka and pobeda of the donetsk people's republic destroyed up to 90 ukrainian military personnel two tanks five armored combat vehicles and seven vehicles in the donetsk direction by artillery strikes on units of the armed forces of ukraine in the areas of settlements, prechistovka, zolotaya niva ot

in other news, israel's newly appointed foreign minister eli cohen is already feeling the heath. a flurry of condemnations as hit jerusalem after cohen's inaugural speech in which he promised to quote, talk less about the conflict in ukraine. let's go live now to our t correspondence, maria fin option. i good afternoon. see it, maria. can you tell us more about this current situation in golf, in israel's foreign minister, the overall attitude of jerusalem was the one you crime? yes. hi peter, with the new government here in israel now making its 1st steps the world is watching closely and failing carefully, everything has been said or done, trying to guess where the country will go under the new leadership. and yes, they have already been some strong criticism from outside for rod, for israel's policy on ukraine. and it stands hong russia's special military operation. they have been out of words and reactions in the last 3 days, showing just how highly sensitive this matter is. first on monday, his inaugural speech, israel's new foreign minister, coin, sad that the country's new

well, israel's newly appointed at foreign minister, eli cohen is already feeling the heat. a flurry of condemnations has hit jerusalem after koans inaugural speech in which he promised to quote, talk less about the ukraine. conflicts of the correspondence. maria phenomena brings more details with a new government here in israel. now making its 1st stabs the world is watching closely and following carefully everything that's being said on trying to guess where the country will go under the new leadership. and they have already been some strong criticism from outside for what for israel's policy on ukraine, and it stands on russia special mil to operation. they haven't all the words and reactions in the last 3 days showing just how highly sensitive this matter is. first on monday he's inaugural speech. his roles, new forum minutes. the coin said that the country knew government would talk less about it in public indicated israel would try to avoid waiting into the war in ukraine. the next phase rose tall diplomat had a phone conversation with his russian counterpart said a lo

minister, has discussed the situation in the middle east with his newly appointed israeli counterpart, eli cohen, during the phone calls like a lot of reiterated moscow ready to, to facilitate peace talks between as well and palestine on an internationally recognized legal basis also, reiterated rush is position towards normalizing the situation in syria via political and diplomatic means. much every un officials have announced the arrest of 10 suspected members of an illegal militant group following a raid on a training company in the border with cameroon. prior to the raid officers receive tips, reportedly linking for the arrest of men to the burning of a nigerian police station back in 2020 minutes in the region of b links. 2 english speaking separative groups in the contested border area between cameroon and nigeria. the space between war and warring factions have resulting schools of casualty forcing hundreds of thousands to flee their homes, many and neighboring nigeria. separatism has plagues cameron since as far back as 961. when molden state lines were drawn in former colonies on people

quote responsible politics well, but again he did not explain what he meant well, at the same time, eli cohenured that the government of the jewish state will in any case continue to provide humanitarian aid to ukraine. this is a statement that i personally do not really understand. china wants to improve relations with the united by the states of america this statement was made by the new minister of foreign affairs of the heavenly value han, who was appointed to this position. only a few days ago, on december 30, he said this during a telephone conversation with the state by us secretary anthony blinkin, according to the head of the chinese foreign ministry, beijing is ready to continue to maintain close relations with washington and to continue to develop and improve bilateral relations between the countries. this qin gang held several positions in the diplomatic service of the heavenly kingdom, in particular he served as the ambassador of the people's republic of china to the united states of america, and the president of south korea is not against to meet with the leader of the north's n

eli crane's vote goes. we are eight votes away, i think. >> jeffries? jeffries. glides glide? mccarthy. cohen? jeffries. cole? mccarthy. colin's? mccarthy. coma? mccarthy connally? jeffries. korea? jeffries. costa? jeffries. hey courtney? jeffries. craig? jeffries. grain? green -- crane? biggs. >> what's that about? jeffries has cast a ballot for andy biggs, which doesn't matter, because neither jim jordan or andy biggs is going to win. but that is a no vote for kevin mccarthy. yes, with crane it should light up here in the second. and as you say, biggs, the point he cast a vote for another member. it's not a present vote. it's not a vote for mccarthy. so, now, you've got three names left on the list, which are -- >> goods, and rosendale? >> yes, we are about 50 names away from matt gaetz, and there's a bit of time right here. and i should say there's a little bit of drama as well. they are reporting from our nbc news team that right now can block, a mccarthy supporter who wasn't there earlier in the day, supposedly on his way back to vote for mccarthy, teams are reporting he's not yet in the building.

cohen was only ever charged. >> which goes to the title of your book, why powerful people get away with things. and speaking of that, elieinformation come into cnn, the justice department has told lawmakers on the senate justice committee, it is working to satisfy their demands for information about classified documents found at the properties of president joe biden and former president donald trump without harming ongoing special counsel investigations into both matters. that's according to a new letter obtained by cnn. we're just reporting on this this afternoon. what's your reaction to that? >> so i think doj has to draw a line in the sand. and it sounds to me like they are doing a good job drawing that line in this case. and the line is this. we will help you, senate intelligence committee or house intelligence committee figure out what was in those documents. figure out whether there's a national security risk. but what doj cannot do and merrick garland, as critical as i am of him at times in the book, merrick garland has done a good job saying, what we will not do is crack open the records on our pending ongoing in

cohen? >> jeffries. >> cole? mccarthy. >> collins? mccarthy. >> comer? mccarthy. >> connolly? >> jeffries. >> correa? jeffries. >> costa. >> jeffries. >> courtney. >> jeffries. >> crane. >> present. [applause] >> crawford. >> mccarthy. >> mccarthy. >> a let's clarify a few things but yet just heard elirane voting present at least we have laura boebert who maintain her volpi to be of any bench you changed his vote from jordan to present and now you have eli crane who changed his vote. this bodes very well for kevin m ccarthy, regardless of what matt gates does right now. we are looking for matt gates and good to change their vote. you believe he's going to vote in favor of kevin mccarthy. >> that's right. you are right. up at stays the same as the 14 th ballot, this is not if we had the exact same group of people voting, that is always the question what the magic number is. if it was the same as the last ballot, those three would mean kevin mccarthy is the next speaker of the house. this will finish one day after the anniversary of january 6. at it has been a long, long night, long long week but kevin mccarthy will it appears have him in tonight. the question is whether that means an easy road legislating. the answer is it is not going t become a just judging by this process. >> it i