and a short while ago, i spoke to our north america correspondent shingai nyoka, about the us responsee did he have to say? well, he also added that hate doesn't go away. what he's done in the last week or so, ever since this attack on israel, is that almost every platform that he's been on, he's tried to weave in the narrative of the us support to israel into whatever the agenda was and today, he did exactly that. he wove the issue of rights into the broader discussions about his fight against islamophobia, against anti—semitism and also against homophobia. and what was interesting, i think, was the fact that at the beginning of his address, there was a heckler who shouted, "let gaza live. "a ceasefire now." he didn't hear that but some of the people on the floor did. but doing what he's done over the past couple of days, which is bring up the topic of israel and gaza at almost every platform and try to shore up domestic support. well, and it has been a busy day for president biden — a couple of different phone calls today, speaking with israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu and p

shingai nyoka. thank you so much.ws — or the bbc news app. we have a live page that is constantly being updated with news and analysis from our teams on the ground in israel, gaza, and around the world. we believe you now with some live pictures. this is the situation in gaza ——we will leave you. this is the situation in gaza at the moment. stay with us on bbc news. hello. sunday will be getting off to a cold start in most places and it promises to be a rather chilly day but it won't be as windy as it was on saturday and there won't be as many showers. high pressure building its way in from the west. notice the isobars quite tightly packed across northern and eastern parts of scotland — still quite windy here — and a weak frontal system bringing cloud and some showery rain into the north of scotland. something wintry for a time up over the higher ground, although much of that will turn back to rain. southern scotland, northern ireland, england and wales having a fine day after what will be a cold and, in places, frost

shingai nyoka, our correspondent in washington, but i think also, importantly, as you mentioned, presidentish community leaders and expressed his support for israel but also made some very distinct statements. he said, for example, that he had urged benjamin that he had to on wednesday to follow the rules of law after the israeli prime minister vowed to destroy hamas. and so what we are seeing is that this message of constant support is still there but it has been toned freely for the first time with the message urging some restraint. and obviously there are a lot of concerns by members of the international community, the united nations has pointed it out as well as the european union, they are afraid about what this planned ground attack will mean for the palestinians that are trapped inside gaza. a bit of breaking new, obviously much concern about the potential for violence to spread, from the boundary between gaza and israel, i want to bring you news that reuters are reporting from ramallah, in the west bank saying israeli settlers have killed two palestinians in the occupied west bank

they've endured an agony of not knowing what's happened. 0ur north america correspondent shingai nyokamportant conversations, two really, key conversations with two parties that are on either side of this conflict. the white house said that his conversation with his israeli counterpart was to reiterate that unwavering support — this, as you spoke about earlier, as the pentagon announced that a second us carrier is on its way to the eastern mediterranean. with president mahmoud abbas, he spoke about the need to condemn hamas — it's something that he has reiterated over and over again with the arab states and something which many of them have failed — fallen short to do. and he also — to both of the leaders — spoke about the need to ensure that this war is conducted according to international laws and that there's safe passage for palestinian civilians — and this has increasingly been his emphasis, even as he expresses this unwavering support for israel. he also emphasises the point that the israelis need to ensure that there is no indiscriminate attacks on palestinian civilians. 0ur nor

live now to washington and our north america correspondent shingai nyoka. has this come about now? well, the us state department _ why has this come about now? -ii the us state department that issued that state department, they are saying that us citizens, as well as government personnel, are facing an increased risk of terrorism, threats to their safety, including the potential for violence and kidnapping. they won't be specific that this is related to the war between israel and hamas in gaza, but i think there is a sense here because a few days ago, the us also issued a worldwide caution to all american citizens, something that it does very rarely. i think the last time it did that was in 2022, but there is a real sense specifically in iraq that there has been a credible threat and that government personnel, non—emergency government personnel, non—emergency government personnel and their families need to be evacuated. and they have also said caution about —— against being evacuated via the baghdad airport. this comes after an increased number of attacks,

live now to washington and our north america correspondent, shingai nyoka.srael, but are there any limits to what he will accept israel doing? in his actual speech, if there are limits, he did not spell them out explicitly. while not publicly anyway. his speech was incredibly emotional when he referred to hamas as pure and unadulterated evil and reiterated what is that all along, that the united states stands with israel. but he also said that israel has the right and duty to defend itself against hamas, essentially giving them a blank sheet, a blank space to be able to do what they want and need to to be able to put hamas down but what we have been hearing, as you mentioned there, is that the united states, that president biden has been speaking privately to benjamin netanyahu, where he has urged restraint and expressed concern about the fate of the civilians and what he said publicly in his address was that israel is like the us and it respects the rules of war, as well as international law but there are concerns expressed by the united nations as well as

joining me now is our north america correspondent, shingai nyoka.hone calls with israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu and palestinian authority president mahmoud abbas? what more do we know about those conversations? two very important calls with two parties on different sides of this conflict. ata at a really important time. we understand according to the white house that president biden really gave prime minister benjamin netanyahu his unwavering support. and this ground offensive is being planned and prepared. he also updated him on the military support that the us has said it will give. we also know that the us has promised it will provide weapons for what it says is the speed of war but he also emphasised his concerns about the palestinians and the need to provide safe passage for the civilians. it was something he reiterated in his conversation with the palestinian authority president mahmoud abbas. he says he thinks the arab nations need to roundly condemn hamas because many have not. he also more importantly really spoke about the need

announced details of its initial emergency military assistance package to israel. 0ur correspondent shingai nyokates has moved swiftly to provide support to israel. in a telephone call between president biden and prime minister benjamin on yahoo, washington confirmed the extent of the support us is providing —— benjamin netanyahu. the pentagon has been outlining some of those details. it has said that it will send additional equipment, as well as resources, including munition, and that munition is currently being airlifted to israel and is expected to arrive, some of it today, and in the coming days. the us has also announced that it is deploying its own aircraft carriers, missile cruisers, and destroyers, and that the aircraft will be deployed from the western mediterranean to the western mediterranean to the eastern mediterranean, to bring it closer to israel. they are also deploying aircraft to basesin are also deploying aircraft to bases in the middle east and what they say is a deterrence posture against any threat by iran. so the united states has shown strong support for its israeli counte

live now to washington and our north america correspondent, shingai nyoka. isjust come in a prison biting having another call with a number of western leaders is quite significant and so, mr biden, he is trying to engage in more diplomacy. more diplomacy and also a sense of increase of tensions in the middle east. we heard earlier in his call with the pope that they were concerned about this war between israel and hamas escalating and going out to other regions and what we understand is that the us and since said that they have ordered their iraqi and government employees who are in iraq and not an emergency staff to evacuate because of increased risk of terrorism, of kidnapping, of attacks. this is me concern by the us that the situation, that the tensions are increasing the security risks are getting worse in the us is also increased with it closets defence posture in the middle east and send its warships and also announced yesterday that it's sending additional aid defence systems that is after it shut down several prawns and missiles that came we underst

if i told you, i wouldn't be able live now to shingai nyoka in washington.iv and what more information is coming out of the us? it information is coming out of the us? ., , information is coming out of theus? . , , ., , the us? it really shows the wa s the us? it really shows the ways that _ the us? it really shows the ways that the _ the us? it really shows the ways that the us _ the us? it really shows the ways that the us is - the us? it really shows the l ways that the us is throwing its full weight or demonstrating its support for israel. secretary blinken set thatis israel. secretary blinken set that is a number priorities in this visit and he will deliver a message that the us has israel's back and also talking with a hostage situation and their hundred 50 hostages and some of them understand they are americans and even though the us government is saying that it the us government is saying thatitis the us government is saying that it is a handful of people, the us is understandably concerned and trying to get those hostages released and among the memb

live now to our north america correspondent, shingai nyoka, in washington. that the president is making a speech later about israel. what is the message that we can expect? well, we don't really expect his message to change. 0ver well, we don't really expect his message to change. over the last few days, both president biden and senior white house officials have said over and over again that they will absolutely, unequivocally support israel. they've also strongly condemned hamas and, on monday, we heard the senior white house officials referring to hamas as "isis—level savagery". i think what we're likely to hear more of that we haven't heard in his first address was his new priority, given the fact that us citizens are now listed as being among the dead. as you confirmed there, about 11 — close to a dozen — american citizens are now confirmed to have died. and the us government says that it presumes that others are missing. it's still working to figure out how many have been taken hostage. and so we're likely to see more of an emphasis on that now. in the

live now to shingai nyoka, our north america correspondent. what do you make of this statement?he attributed the opening of the border crossing to the result of days of high—level negotiations and also expressed his appreciation to the egyptian president as well as to prime minister netanyahu. an earlier statement by this state department and antony blinken had also attributed the success in opening this border crossing to days of exhaustive american diplomatic engagement in the region as well as the visit by president biden so the us is really looking at this as a success as a result of its recent visit. ~ ., ., , . , ., visit. we are looking at pictures of --eole visit. we are looking at pictures of peeple out — visit. we are looking at pictures of peeple out on _ visit. we are looking at pictures of people out on the _ visit. we are looking at pictures of people out on the streets - visit. we are looking at pictures of people out on the streets in - people out on the streets in washington. what has the reaction been across the united states to president biden�*s vocal support

partners at cbs news reports some 300 people have been arrested. 0ur north america correspondent shingai nyokaannon, which is an office building for the house of representatives, just opposite capitol hill. they say they are here to support the palestinian cause, who they say they are being subjected to genocide. many of these people, as you might be able to see, call themselves jews — they say that they are the jews for peace — and there are probably about a dozen or so organisations that are represented here. and the police have, one by one, been arresting these protesters and every time somebody�*s arrested, there's cheering. they are saying that there should be a ceasefire, that the biden administration, essentially, is not speaking on behalf of americans. many of these people are americanjews. now, there've been significant protests around the world, not so many here in america but this is probably the most significant one here. a few hours ago, there was protesters in the park about half a mile from here, where democrat representatives, congresswoman, essentially condemned joe biden and

our correspondent shingai nyoka explained what that support might look like.rt emerged a few hours ago via the pentagon. essentially what they are saying is they are rapidly supplying the israeli defence forces with additional equipment and resources, including munition, and that that munition is being airlifted to israel. we suspect that some of that support will start arriving today and over the next couple of days. the us has also said that it is deploying its aircraft carriers from the western mediterranean to the eastern mediterranean, a journey of about 1000 miles, as well as aircraft that will be deployed to bases in the middle east and that will be a deterrent, they say, to iran. what they are saying essentially is that its own deployments will be a deterrence position, that's what they are calling it, but clearly an escalation even as they make good on that promise to support israel. the latest from here in the uk. the prime minister rishi sunak. the scenes we have seen in israel are horrifying. i want to express my solidarity with the people of israe

i have been speaking to our north america correspondent shingai nyoka in washington on the latest frommpassioned speech— it was a very impassioned speech in the way he outlined the horrors of the new details emerging about that weekend attack— emerging about that weekend attack and describe some of those — attack and describe some of those details and stomach turning _ those details and stomach turning and described hamas as a pure _ turning and described hamas as a pure unadulterated evil and described it as babies being butchered and women being raped and assaulted and paraded as trophies — and assaulted and paraded as trophies and really reiterated the us— trophies and really reiterated the us position that not only does — the us position that not only does the _ the us position that not only does the us stand with israel but israel also has the right to both _ but israel also has the right to both defend itself and fight back_ to both defend itself and fight back and in addition to that, they— back and in addition to that, they spoke about the fact that this tragedy isn'tjust they

shingai nyoka sent us this update.annon which is an office building for the house of representatives on capitol hill. they say they are here to support the palestinian cause and they say are being subjected to genocide. many of these people, as you may be able to see, call themselves jews and they say they are the jews and they say they are the jews for peace and there is probably about a dozen or so organisations represented here. the police have, one by one, been arresting these protesters and every time someone is arrested there is cheering. they say there should be a ceasefire, that the biden administration essentially is not speaking on behalf of americans. many of these people are americanjews. there's been significant protests around the world, not so many here in america but this is probably the most significant one here. a few hours ago, there was protesters in the park about half a mile from here, where democrats representatives, congresswoman essentially condemned joe biden and said he does not speak for all

live now to north america correspondent shingai nyoka in washington. what more can you tell us? according to that press briefing earlier, the public safety department, the spokesperson essentiallyjust laid out what happened earlier. he said that at about 7pm local time in maine, they responded to reports of multiple shootings and saw multiple casualties, so these shootings happened at a bowling alley as well as a bar and grill, these places are miles apart and that's when they released the pictures of this gentleman robert card, who we understand is a0 years old, but they are referring to him as a person of interest and not a suspect. but as it stands right now it is still a very active situation. they refused to confirm the numbers of people that were dead or injured, theyjust said there were multiple casualties and would update that information as soon as the numbers have been confirmed. but a lot of surprise, a lot of shockin but a lot of surprise, a lot of shock in a community which says that thingsjust don't shock in a community which says that things just don't happen ther

live now to our north america correspondent shingai nyoka. . .,, , hi there, so what has been happening there? 2 ., , ., ,, , there? what has been happening is that jim there? what has been happening is thatjimjordan _ there? what has been happening is that jim jordan the _ there? what has been happening is that jim jordan the republican - thatjim jordan the republican nominee, has failed in the third round to get support from his party members. 217 was the magic numbers needed to become house speaker and he pulled 194 votes, 25 members of his party voted against him, so he seems to be moving backwards. and so as we speak the republican party members have said that they are meeting to discuss a way forward. theyjust meeting to discuss a way forward. they just failing to meeting to discuss a way forward. theyjust failing to behind a single candidate amidst a fracture within that party. candidate amidst a fracture within that -a . ,, ., ., ., that party. shingai, what are the repercussions _ that party. shingai, what are the repercussions of _

live now to shingai nyoka in washington. say. earlier he put out a statement. _ biden might say. earlier he put out a statement, and _ biden might say. earlier he put out a statement, and he _ biden might say. earlier he put out a statement, and he essentially . a statement, and he essentially offered — a statement, and he essentially offered his condolences to the families— offered his condolences to the families of those who had lost their lives _ families of those who had lost their lives he _ families of those who had lost their lives. he had spoken to benjamin netanyahu. he also reiterated his unwavering support to the israeli government, and i think there is an expectation — government, and i think there is an expectation that that is what he is going _ expectation that that is what he is going to _ expectation that that is what he is going to say, that he is going to offer. _ going to say, that he is going to offer. he — going to say, that he is going to offer. he is _ going to say, that he is going to offer, he is go

live now to shingai nyoka in washington. sport from israel? ~ ., , washington about the sport from israel? . . , . . israel? we have been hearing that president biden _ israel? we have been hearing that president biden and _ israel? we have been hearing that president biden and vice - israel? we have been hearing thatj president biden and vice president kamala harris were briefed by the national security council this morning and president biden directed what he said was additional support for israel, but we are still not clear about what that support is. yesterday, he did hint that there were specifically three areas they were specifically three areas they were looking at, military, intelligence and diplomatic support. a lot of people are in the dark about exactly what it is that america will commit to, as when many people are aware, the united states is israel's biggest ally, providing about 3.8 billion us dollars a year according to state secretary antony blinken. there will be a lot of behind—the—scenes conversations happ

live now to washington and our correspondent shingai nyoka. are you there?ure if she can hear us at the moment. i know it is noisy where you are, and we can certainly see the picture is, but just tell us what is happening. while, you might be able to hear the ruckus behind me. as he said, this is a sit in by pro—palestinian protesters, and they call themselves jews for peace. and they are staged here at canon hell, which is in office for the house of representatives. they are saying and calling for a cease—fire. they are saying thatjews are saying that the cease—fire should be now. they say that president biden doesn't represent all of the voices of america, and they are saying free gaza. 0ne america, and they are saying free gaza. one by one, we understand they have been taking these protesters and arresting them. we understand that over 100 have been arrested. and that situation is still ongoing. sorry for the problems with the sound they are, but as you can see from those pictures, it is pretty busyin from those pictures, it is pretty busy in that protest

here's our north american correspondent shingai nyoka who tell us more about president biden�*s diplomaticsed tensions in the middle east and we heard earlier in his call with the pope that they were concerned about this war between israel and hamas escalating and going out to other regions and what we understand is that the us citizens ordered its iraq government employees who are also not emergency staff to evacuate because of increased risks of terrorism, kidnapping and attacks, there seems to be concerned by the us that the situation is, the tensions are increasing in the security risks getting worse in the us is also increased what he calls its defence posture in the middle east sending warships but also announced that it is sending additional aid defence systems and thatis additional aid defence systems and that is after it shut down several drones and missiles that came from iran from yemen with iran backed houthi members. this concerns that the us sees it escalating and we do not know what he discussed in the schools and various leaders. we do not have details, _ schools and variou

live now to shingai nyoka in washington. thanks forjoining us.ere from joe biden, who spoke a bit earlier, unequivocal support for israel, as to be expected. find bit earlier, unequivocal support for israel, as to be expected.- israel, as to be expected. and it was very much _ israel, as to be expected. and it was very much expected. - israel, as to be expected. and it was very much expected. it - israel, as to be expected. and it was very much expected. it was| israel, as to be expected. and it| was very much expected. it was a repetition of the statement he put out earlier. his address was brief, but as you say, unequivocal, that the united states stands with israel, and that it will never fail to have israel's back. the important point there that he pointed out was these are traditional ties that exist between the us and israel. the united states recognised israel almost from the point of its inception, many, many decades ago. so, really, emphasising the historical ties between the two nations. absolutely unequivocal in the fact the united stat

earlier i spoke to our north america correspondent shingai nyoka.g of that border to — that border crossing — to the result of days of high level negotiations, and also expressed his appreciation to egyptian president al—sisi as well as to president. as well as to president—— prime minister netanyahu. an earlier statement by this department of the state department and antony blinken had also attributed the success in opening this border crossing to what they said days of exhaustive us diplomatic engagement in the region, as well as the visit by president biden. and so the us is really looking at this as a success as a result of its recent visit. and we�*re just looking at these pictures of people out on the streets in washington, the washington monument. what has the reaction been across the united states to president biden�*s vocal support of israel, but also his continued efforts to get that aid into gaza? well, what we�*ve seen over the last week or so, just growing numbers of people that are expressing concern about the fate of palestinians. so

need to distinguish between terrorists and innocent civilians. 0ur north america correspondent shingai nyokal speech, if there are limits, he didn't spell them out explicitly or publicly, anyway. his speech was incredibly emotional, where he referred to hamas as pure and unadulterated evil, and reiterated what he said all along that the united states stands with israel. he also said that israel has the right and a duty to defend itself against hamas, essentially giving them a blank sheet, a blank space to be able to do what they want, what they need to to be able to put hamas down. what we have been hearing, as you mentioned there, is that president biden has been speaking privately to prime minister benjamin netanyahu. he has urged restraint and concern about the fate of the civilians, and what he has said publicly in his address is that israel is like the us, and it respects the rules of war as well as international law. there are concerns expressed by united nations as well as the european union that this will not happen, and the fate of 2 million palestinians are at risk, even as israel

live now to shingai nyoka in washington.n committing to israel. . , , , .., israel. there has been significant movement _ israel. there has been significant movement as _ israel. there has been significant movement as you _ israel. there has been significant movement as you reported - israel. there has been significant movement as you reported there | israel. there has been significant l movement as you reported there in the last couple of hours in terms of the last couple of hours in terms of the details of the exact nature of the details of the exact nature of the support that the us is giving to israel. the pentagon has outlined what it has called its initial emergency military support. it sending aircraft carriers as well as guided missile carriers and guided missile destroyers headed from the western mediterranean towards the eastern mediterranean, a journey of about 1000 miles. the us is also increasing its airpower, air force fighter aircraft will be going into basesin fighter aircraft will be going into bases in the

live now to shingai nyoka in washington.njamin netanyahu. you is standing right behind prime minister benjamin netanyahu. minister ben'amin netanyahu. you are riuht. this minister benjamin netanyahu. you are right. this attack— minister benjamin netanyahu. you are right. this attack on _ minister benjamin netanyahu. you are right. this attack on israel— minister benjamin netanyahu. you are right. this attack on israel caught - right. this attack on israel caught many by surprise, including here in washington. and so, what we have seen this morning was just a scramble to respond. that response has been unsurprising, not only from president biden but also from the secretaries of state and defence. they have offered their support to israel, essentially saying that they will offer every kind of support to israel. as you know, the united states is one of the biggest military supporters of israel. it spent over $100 billion over the decades. these are really important words for prime minister benjamin yas and yahoo to hear. —— pri

we'rejoined now by our north american correspondent, shingai nyoka.d dozens have been injured. yes. the number we are getting is between 50 and 60 people that have been injured. in that earlier press briefing, the authorities refused to confirm the number who had died and also the number of people injured. so this is what we are getting from various media. they say this is still an active situation. it is new and fresh and they are trying to confirm the number of people who have died. a lot of shock. the incident happened around seven p m local time. a regular mid week wednesday night when people were out and about at a bowling alley and restaurant. police responded to calls, distress calls, and went to the scenes and have not been able to apprehend and to find this person of interest. interesting to note they are calling robert card a person of interest rather than a suspect at this stage. but a lot of shock. people asking how this happened. the state of maine has i think in 2022 had about 29 homicides in total. so this will have a huge impact on tha