secretary of state antony blinken. we understand in the next couple of hours, secretary of state antony blinken is going to be holding a briefing. we understand to respond to the events of the last couple of hours and israel launching that attack on iran in response to what happened here. let's have a little listen in to see if we can hear anything. >> good morning everybody. we need to change the agenda this morning. >> okay, we are just hearing the it italian foreign minister speaking and we will be hearing from the u.s. secretary of state antony blinken who is there. we saw lord cameron as well. lord cameron was here early in the week. really advising, counseling israel. calling for restraint. rishi sunak was also on message with that. and joe biden who said take this as a win. see it as a success. we both of us have been looking at israelis saying this is the first time the americans, the brits, the french fought alongside the israelis to protect israel. >> it was extraordinary. that is what is trying to be impress

that is the same life as we wait for the secretary of state, antony blinken, to deliver remarks in thecials have confirmed to our broadcast partner cbs news that it was an israeli attack. state television in iran reported explosions near an army

secretary of state antony blinken arrives in the middle east, his seventh diplomatic mission to the region since the start of the israel-hamas war. where things stand. >>> and campus crackdowns. fights and arrests mark a weekend of unrest as colleges nationwide struggle to quell antiwar demonstrations. >>> good morning, and good to be with you. i'm anne-marie green. this morning people in the plains are assessing the damage and vowing to rebuild after a weekend of violent weather, tornadoes roaring across more than a dozen states. the hardest hit, oklahoma. it took -- rather, take a look at this devastation. businesses and homes reduced to rubble. at least four deaths confirmed in the state including an infant. the small city of sulphur, home to 5,000 and 85 miles southeast of oklahoma city, took a direct hit. that is where cbs' omar villafranca is with a look at the destruction. >>> large tornado confirmed on the ground. moving north just south of sulphur. >> reporter: violent storms ravaged oklahoma. the small city of sulphur devastated after taking a direct hit. >> downtown sulphur is d

we have just heard that negative state antony blinken l negative state antony blinken has arrived atorld economic forum in riyadh. in the meantime, the aid organisation world central kitchen, which provides meals for hundreds of thousands of people in gaza, has announced that it will resume operations there. it suspended its work after seven of its workers were killed in israeli air strikes, at the start of this month. world central kitchen says it has 276 trucks, with the equivalent of almost eight million meals, ready to enter through the rafah crossing. the organisation's ceo, says that they have no concrete assurances about the safety of their staff, but had to make a choice — to either stop feeding people during one of the worst hunger crises ever, or continue, knowing that aid workers and civilians are being intimidated and killed. erin gore signs off by saying "we must continue our mission." with me is mohamed taha from bbc arabic. good morning to you, mohamed. a new week begins. let's start with the talks that have resumed once again. what are you hearing about the talks? fix,

in other diplomatic moves, the us secretary of state antony blinken is due in saudi arabia for talksith regional leaders. he and other key players are expected to meet on the sidelines of the world economic forum. and it's reported a hamas delegation will visit cairo on monday for gaza ceasefire talks. this is palestinian president mahmoud abbas�* appealfor the us to urge israel against any offensive in rafah. translation: and | say here, | what is happening now in gaza, and what will happen in the coming few days, and what israel will do by invading the city of rafah, all the palestinians from gaza are gathered in rafah and it is only one small strike that would force them to flee the gaza strip. and here, the biggest catastrophe would happen. we hope israel will not attack. we call on the united states of america to ask israel to not carry out the rafah attack because america is the only country able to prevent israel from committing this crime. earlier, i spoke to our middle east correspondent wyre davies — who's injerusalem, and our correspondent in riyadh, sameer hashmi. i start

he will be joined there on monday by the us secretary of state, antony blinken.r key international figures are expected in the saudi city and sideline meetings are expected to discuss the war in gaza and the way forward. that could include further ceasefire talks — a hamas delegation is reportedly in cairo for discussions there on monday. this is the appeal from palestinian president mahmoud abbas to the us, urging it convince israel to reconsider any offensive in rafah. translation: and i say here - what's happening now in gaza, | and what will happen in the coming few days, and what israel will do by invading the city of rafah, all the palestinians from gaza are gathered in rafah and it's only one small strike that would force them to flee the gaza strip. and here, the biggest catastrophe in the history of the palestinian people would happen. we hope israel will not attack. we call on the united states of america to ask israel to not carry out the rafah attack, because america is the only country able to prevent israel from committing this crime. 0ur correspond

we'll be hearing from american secretary of state antony blinken — after china's leader xi jinping sayshe two countries should be partners, not rivals. it's another big day at the post office inquiry — a former executive accused of covering up knowledge of the faulty it system is giving evidence for a second day. actress ashleyjudd tells the bbc that the overturning of one of harvey weinstein�*s rape convictions is an act of "institutional betrayal". there's no doubt that harvey weinstein is a serial sexual predator. it doesn't change the fact that he committed these crimes. we start this hour with what experts are calling a potential "game changer" in the treatment of skin cancer. the world's first personalised vaccine for melanoma — the deadliest form of skin cancer — has begun being tested in britain. some other countries, including australia, are also trying it on patients. the treatment, which uses the same mrna technology as some covid jabs, works by telling the body to hunt down cancer cells and prevent them from coming back. researchers say the jab also has the potential to stop

the nicole for at least welcome to the show, us secretary of state antony blinking has met with china's president on the 3rd and final day of a visit frost with tensions. the 2 nations disagree on a range of issues from ukraine to china as territorial claims, but blink and stressed that it was crucial for washington and beijing to maintain open channels of communication to rival powers, try to find common ground. china as president shooting, being welcomed us secretary of state antony blinking in beijing. despite core differences on trade, security and geo politics, she expressed hope for the future. china is willing to see a confident and open us with prosperity and development. it is hoped that the us can also look at china's development positively. only when this fundamental issue is resolved and the 1st step is taken with china us relations be truly stabilized, improved and moved forward. during is 3 day visit blinking raise concerns about china's territorial claims in taiwan and the south china sea. he also accused of the people's republic of china, or p, r. c of fueling the war an

the storms will continue through sas a day. us secretary of state antony blinking has wrapped up, is liked his visit to china during torques on friday with president sheet and ping blinked and stressed. the importance of quite responsibly managing the differences between the 2 nations, but also raising concerns about china support of russia's war and ukraine to rival powers tried to find common ground. china as president shooting, being welcomed us secretary of state antony blinking in beijing. despite core differences on trade, security and geo politics, she expressed hope for the future. china is willing to see a confident and open us with prosperity and development. it is hoped that the us can also look at china's development positively. only when this fundamental issue is resolved and the 1st step is taken with china us relations be truly stabilized, improved and move forward during his 3 day visit blinking raise concerns about china's territorial claims. in taiwan and the south china sea. he also accused of the people's republic of china, or p, r c of fueling the war and ukraine

we won't take you now though to saudi arabia's capital, riyadh. >> you can see us secretary of state antony blinken there for talks for foreign ministers of the gulf cooperation council member states. it is his latest trip to the region following the october 7 attacks by hamas on israel. it comes as the white house is urgently trying to broker a ceasefire and hostage release deal. it also wants to hammer out details for an eventual two-state solution between israelis and palestinians, as well as get efforts at saudi israel normalization back on track to stay with us for details on how those talks go now, a cnn poll, a new one finds high levels of disapproval for us president joe biden's handling of the conflict in gaza 71% of respondents say they don't like the way he has handled the war between israel and hamas that number is 81% amongst those aged 18 to 34 apolitical amis has the advice that he season this for mr. biden there's a limit to what president biden can do. but what he can do is make clear and do it much more publicly than he has been his opposition to some of the policies of th

secretary of state antony blinken is in riyadh.e will be in conversation with the world economic forum head president. we'll have the latest later today. back to you. >> dan, touching on oil right there which is down at the moment the key issue was growth in your conversations. i know ministers said the geopolitical tensions were nothing new. did they touch on the impact of the ambitious plans for direct foreign investment >> that is critical, frank here in the dkingdom, we have seen acceleration of the economic diversificadiversifica. they are relying on the petrol dollars. it has been actively investing billions into the sector to drive a new wave of growth to modernize the economy and lift up the society and bring this country into the future. now, we are seeing progress on that however, there has been some concern in the past couple of months particularly in the headlines about how saudi arabia is going to pay for it what we have seen is funding for those projects like some being scaled back and that has perhaps spooked foreign

powers try to find common ground. china as president, choosing being welcomed us secretary of state antony blinking in beijing. despite core differences on trade, security and geo politics, she expressed hope for the future. china is willing to see a confident and open us with prosperity and development. it is hoped that the us can also look at china's development positively. only when this fundamental issue is resolved and the 1st step is taken with china us relations be truly stabilized, improved and moved forward, or during his 3 day visit blinking raise concerns about china's territorial claims . in taiwan and the south china sea, he also accused of the people's republic of china, or p, r. c of fueling the war and ukraine by supporting russia's weapons, industry. and my discussions today, i reiterated, are serious concern about the p r. c, providing components that are powering rushes, brutal war of aggression against ukraine. russia would struggle to sustain its assault on ukraine without trying to support china is foreign minister has accused the us of trying to stifle its economic a

you a secretary of state antony blinking says the us as carefully reviewing israel's inquiry and to the killings. it's very important that as well as taking full responsibility for this incident, it's also important that it appears to be taking steps to hold those responsible accounts. even more important is making sure that the steps are taken going forward to ensure that something like this and never happen again from us for that. yeah. when decatur to president biden, israel would be making further changes to his procedures to make sure that those who are providing assistance to people who so desperately need and gaza are protected. so we're going to be looking very carefully at what those steps are, how it achieves better. deacon's flexion better coordination, so that aid workers are protected as your secretary state antony, blinking. now our correspondence rebecca readers in jerusalem told us more about the results of israel's internal inquiry. the results came out just a few hours ago here in israel, from the military from that. so cold independent investigation though it is an in

america's top diplomat — secretary of state antony blinken has arrived in china — where he's expectedgainst providing military support for russia. after more migrants die in the english channel, we ask how the british government's new plans might affect those trying to reach our shores. former labour minister, then crossbench peer, and renowned campaignerfor welfare reform — frank field, has died at the age of 81. hello, i'm nicky schiller. welcome to the programme. we start this hour with reaction to the news that us lawmakers in the senate have approved a $95 billion aid package for ukraine, israel and taiwan. president biden says he will sign the bill later today and that more arms and equipment will be sent to ukraine within a week. the overwhelming vote in favour of the deal marks the end of six months of deadlock amongst us politicians. the measures approve around $61 billion in long—awaited aid for ukraine alone. it also designates more than $26 billion in aid for military support for israel and humanitarian aid for gaza. and $8 billion for taiwan and us indo—pacific allies. pr

tonight, secretary of state antony blinken calling the proposal from israel extraordinarily generous. so, will hamas accept? >>> tonight, bracing for new severe storms and possible tornadoes, with more than 135 reported tornadoes in just 72 hours. this train hit by a twister. multiple cars ripped off the tracks. a confirmed ef-4 in marietta, oklahoma. winds up to 170 miles per hour. ginger zee standing by tonight with these new storms now coming. >>> the mother who vanished on a bike ride. the unsolved murder. tonight, after charges against her husband were dropped, what the autopsy now reveals. animal tranquilizer found in her bones. and the evidence that had been found in the family's dryer. will there be new charges? >>> tonight, the rochester, new york, d.a. under fire for per rating an officer who pulled her over for speeding. tonight what she says in that video to the officer, and some calls now that she step down from her job. >>> tonight, the emergency slide that fell off a delta passenger jet in midair. word coming in it's now been found. >>> the new concern about bird flu in

as we mentioned earlier, america's top diplomat, secretary of state antony blinken, is in saudi arabiaeve we have some live pictures here, from riyadh, where antony blinken is meeting some of his counterparts before he meets other arab leaders to discuss the situation in gaza. you can see him right there. of course, a lot of expectations on this trip. this is as countries are trying to negotiate not only a ceasefire deal but a hostage release deal. with more, here's our correspondent sameer hashmi, who's at the world economic forum summit in riyadh, where mr blinken has arrived. the focus is about gaza, because antony blinken has arrived, as you mentioned, he will be meeting regional leaders, including foreign ministers of saudi arabia and other countries, the qataris have been involved in these discussions right from the start of the war. and in addition to that he will also be meeting saudi arabia's crown prince at some point during today. and then later in the evening there will be a joint meeting between leaders, foreign ministers of arab states, along with foreign ministers as wel

so we have the us secretary of state antony - having me.talk about the visit — how sensitive, difficult, challenging do you think it'll be? i difficult, challenging do you think it'll be? ~' , , difficult, challenging do you think it'll be? ~ , , ., it'll be? i think this will be a difficult visit _ it'll be? i think this will be a difficult visit because - it'll be? i think this will be a difficult visit because each l it'll be? i think this will be a i difficult visit because each side hasissues difficult visit because each side has issues at the moment that they want the other to change behaviour on that are fairly high on their priority list. so for the united states, its not happy with china's efforts to interfere with the resupply missions in the philippines, but also particularly unhappy with chinese support for russia and the sales and transactions within china that allow russia to reconstitute his military industrial base and keep its effort industrial base and keep its effort in ukraine going. for its part, beijing is upset that t

us secretary of state antony blinken hasjust arrived in shanghai.ays moscow uses chinese tools and microchips for weapons deployed against ukraine, something beijing has called groundless. mr blinken�*s visit, the camera is moving around because his plane hasjust arrived, is aimed at stabilising relations between the two countries. the talks will include how to avoid confrontation in the south china sea and the taiwan strait. you will remember that tension surged last year, when a chinese spy balloon was shot down over the us. of course, china and the us are the world�*s two biggest economies, so they have to talk about that as well. this all comes after that bill was passed in the us overnight which allowed some money to go to taiwan. we have had some reaction to that as well, china saying that that us military support for taiwan only increased the risk of conflict along the strait. the foreign ministry spokesperson said in the last hour that they would like to emphasise that the united states and taiwan strengthening military ties will not bring a

where expecting to hear from the us secretary of state antony blinken any moment now. that is the same life as we wait for the secretary of state, antony blinken, to deliver remarks in the italian city of capri. two us officials have confirmed to our broadcast partner cbs news that it was an israeli attack. state television in iran reported explosions near an army base and an airport in the central city of isfahan, activating local air defence systems. blasts have also been reported in the country's north—west. video online shows iranian defence missiles being fired into the air. commercial flights were initially diverted around iranian airspace, but iranian media say all restrictions have now been lifted. iran's state broadcaster irib downplayed reports of an attack. let's hear how the news was broken. translation: reliable sources emphasise that all nuclear - facilities and military centres in isfahan and all parts of the country are completely secure and no incident has occurred at these facilities and centres. now to reaction among members of the public, many of wh

the us secretary of state antony blinken is at the summit of g7 foreign ministers.id his focus remains on de—escalation. let me simply first of all repeat what our focus has been and what it remains. de—escalation, avoiding conflict, and so, yes, calling on all concerned to exercise restraint. that is what we have been doing over the last couple of weeks, and, as necessary, that is what we will continue to do. and again, that is reflected in the statement that you will see coming from all of the g7 countries. on rafah, we have been very clear about this. president biden has been very clear about this. we cannot support a major military operation in rafah. first, there are currently somewhere around 1.4 million people in rafah, many of them displaced from other parts of gaza. in the first instance it is imperative that people are able to get out of the way of any conflict. and doing that, getting people out of harm's way, is a monumental task for which we have yet to see a plan. and not only getting them out of harm's way, making sure that they can be supported with

the us secretary of state, antony - them. thanks, everybody. the us.as been meeting leaders there, talking about the situation in the middle east and the situation in the middle east and the deaths, the killings of those seven aid workers at the beginning of this week, saying something like that could never happen again. also on age, he said he will be looking to see concrete steps from israel on ensuring that more aid could get into gaza. —— en aid. but he said israel has to prioritise the protection of civilians. that follows the phone call betweenjoe biden and benjamin netanyahu, after which israel said it would open up more aid roots. we can also take a look at our live page. you can see all the very latest developments and follow the story that is unfolding in the middle east, and all those developments in relation to the israeli defence forces' statement about what happened to the seven aid workers in gaza. the idf saying the strike, as you can see there, was a grave mistake. senior doctors in england have ended their pay dispute with the governm

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cease fire and hostage release as the delegation meets in egypt today, including secretary of state antony blinken, congresswoman nancy pelosi now getting involved in the investigation into a rising politician in san francisco. >> the allegations, she says the democratic party will be looking into. >> plus, federal agencies are working to slow the spread of the bird flu, a local disease expert explains the risks at home and why you don't need to worry about your breakfast this morning. >> good morning. it is monday, april 29th. >> hope you all had a wonderful weekend. >> it was amazing. i mean the weather. >> come on, you see the sun? yeah, we're going to have more of that. although the winds, if you are at the coast, you notice that it was quite gusty there. and that's all due to a couple of weak systems in the pacific northwest that will continue to affect us for the first half of the week. you can see a little activity there. otherwise we'll get into more sunshine today. a little patchy fog along the peninsula to start out, but otherwise we're in the low 50s from hayward to palo alto an

secretary of state antony blinken left washington for his latest trip to the region.e's inspected in israel tomorrow. this will be his visit since the war began in october. >> work and i have a lab report from tina krause with the latest on the war. >>> campus clashes continue in the bay area and beyond. tents and protest signs. this was the scene over the weekend in stamford. setting up her kids around cal poly humble, that is university. in the college environment and is barricaded. protesters rallying for an end of the war in gaza. in fact, they give a glimpse of the life behind the barricades. >> a lot of community, we hang out, talk, eat together. a very comfortable space to be in. >>> down south, it is not as calm. barriers breach between the two groups. a lot of pushing and shoving to report but nobody was arrested. on the other side of the world where hostages remain this morning, palestinians and raw for signaling back to american protesters thanks for support by scrolling signs on the side of tense or palestinians are living in shelter during the war. >>> cl

you a secretary of state antony blinken arrived in saudi arabia earlier where he will meet with arab officials. blinken is expected to discuss aid to gaza as well as how to achieve a quote, lasting peace and a pathway to a palestinian state. >> on sunday, us president joe biden and israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu spoke by phone or source described the call as constructive. >> they focus primarily on freeing more hostages held by hamas as well as whether any potential ceasefire deal can be reached. and cnn's scott mclean is live in istanbul and joined us now, good to see you, scott. so what is the latest on antony blinken's trip to saudi arabia and what he hoping to accomplish these planned meetings in the next few hours. and of course, at the world economic macfarlane hey, good morning, rosemary. >> yeah, the priorities for this trip are pretty clear. number one, of course, is figuring out how to end the war in gaza, get a ceasefire deal and get those hostages returned to us is also in discussions with a series of arab countries on a plan for the day after the war and how t

the us secretary of state antony blinken arrives in china as washington steps up aid for its allies in the region. and runaway horses tear through london — smashing into vehicles and leaving four people injured. hello. we begin in the us, where police have clashed with pro—palestinian demonstrators as a wave of protests intensifies at university campuses across the country. skirmishes broke out between protestors and police at the university of southern california in los angeles. we'll hear from our reporter there in a moment. at the university of texas in austin, the governor sent in state troopers in riot gear to confront demonstrators who waved palestinian flags and chanted "free palestine". these demonstrations have spread since the arrest last week of more than 100 protesters at columbia univerity in new york — sparking debates about free speech and the right to protest. the us speaker of the house mikejohnson visited columbia university on wednesday. he accused administrators of failing to protectjewish students from what he describes as "virulent antisemitism". much of his speec

of state antony blinken met with the chinese president xi jinping in beijing friday as part of mr.'s second visit to china in 10 months amid a significant increase in dialogue between the two powers after recent tensions . the u.s. top diplomat says it there is progress in some areas, praising beijing for efforts to stop the supply of fentanyl reaching the u.s.. the two sides addressed areas where significant differences remained including china's claims over taiwan in the south china sea and china's support for pressure in its war on ukraine. mr. blinken sat down for an interview with the bbc and told us washington will act if beijing does not stop supplying russia with items used in its assault on ukraine. >> 70% of the machine tools pressure is getting are all coming from china. 90% of the microelectronics. we have been clear that it is doing two things. it is helping russia perpetuate aggression against ukraine. it is creating a growing threat to europe because of russian aggression. what i am hearing from europeans is deep concern about this. for china, if it wants better rela

secretary of state antony blinken was in saudi arabia today to discuss gaza.e thoughts of two u.s. diplomats who serve in the region. a very good evening. scotland's beleaguered first minister is stepping down after became clear to him he had run out of road. he walked away from a coalition agreement with the scottish greens having only recently ditched their agreed targets on climate change but soon after the greens agreed to elan with the scottish conservatives in a vote of no-confidence. they promised a vote of no-confidence in the entire scottish government. in an extraordinary twist of fate it meant the first minister would have needed the vote of his nemesis, who defected last year. a politician he once described as new great loss to his party. james: a simple answer, yes. not at home, but here at the official residence of the first minister in edinburgh, a place which gave its name to the power shading deal which humza yousaf dumped disastrously last year. >> ending the agreement and the manner i did -- the level of hurt and upset that cost. i have conc

us secretary of state antony blinken arrives in tel aviv to discuss ceasefire negotiations which areity says students occupying a building as part of pro—palestinian protests face expulsion, the latest move in a standoff with officials. an asylum seeker becomes the first to be voluntarily sent from the uk to rwanda. the philippines accuses china's coastguard of harassment and of damaging two of its boats in a disputed area of the south china sea. it's 6am in singapore and 1am in israel where it's 7am in singapore and 2am in israel where we start this hour. the us secretary of state antony blinken, has arrived in tel aviv, where he's due to discuss the ceasefire negotiations that have been taking place in cairo. still no word from hamas, who said they would give

the us secretary of state, antony blinken, is flying to the region to discuss the situation.ot air defence missiles and ammunition to ukraine. president zelensky says they are "urgently" needed. police in the united states have moved in on a pro—palestinian protest at northeastern university in boston. it's one of a growing number of protests at universities in america over the war in gaza. and british conservative mp dr dan poulter quits the party to join the opposition labour party. he said the conservatives were no longerfocused on public services, and a general election was needed. now on bbc news, the right to die.

in the last few hours it's also been announced that us secretary of state, antony blinken will visit a stop at the world economic forum summit in riyadh. our north america correspondent will vernon is in washington with more details on the biden—netanyahu call. well, i think the most significant thing about this phone call was the timing. the language in the readout provided by the white house doesn't tell us anything hugely new. but this is a crucial moment for the middle east. as you mentioned, the us secretary of state, antony blinken, he's departed on another diplomatic tour of the region. he'll be meeting qatari and egyptian officials, other regional players too. and he's going to be discussing a us—led cease fire plan that could entail a six week cessation of hostilities in gaza, as well as the release of dozens of hostages still held by hamas in gaza and the release also potentially of hundreds of palestinians from israeli jails. and mr biden and mr netanyahu discussed the talks on this plan earlier in that phone call. those talks have stalled in recent weeks. they also discus

ministers are due to discuss support for ukraine later today and secretary of state antony blinken hasrs of ukraine maximise their efforts to provide. ukraine with what it needs to continue to effectively defend itself against the russian aggression." ukraine's prime minister has told the bbc there will be a �*third world war�* if ukraine loses its conflict with russia, as he urges the us congress to pass the long—stalled foreign aid bill. dennis shmil—hal expressed "careful optimism" that us lawmakers would pass the hotly contested measure, which has $61 billion earmarked for kyiv. the house of representatives is set to vote on the package this saturday. mr shmil—hal spoke with my colleague sumi somaskanda in washington. the united states is one of our biggest supporters and investors in the ukrainian economy, and in the ukrainian defence capacity. we are waiting so much for this draft law, in one or other conditions which now are discussed in congress. so, we will be very grateful if it will be approved in saturday. we are waiting this for so much, and especially our guys and girls o

the us secretary of state, antony blinken, is set to travel to saudi arabia on monday — as negotiationsd hamas remain in limbo. this will be his 7th trip to the middle east since the war began. it is part of president biden�*s efforts to encourage a ceasefire — and prevent the conflict from spreading. he will also call for the release of hostages from the october the 7th attack. ahron bregman is from the department of war studies at king's college london. i asked him what he thinks hamas is trying to achieve by releasing the hostage videos. well, first of all, very good news for the families because they can see that their loved ones are still alive. and the message of hamas is basically "here, "you have the hostages, and you, the israeli government, "should compromise." it is also a message to the american administration because one of the hostages has got american nationality. so hamas pressure on israel, on the americans and on the israeli public, so the israeli public put pressure on the israeli government to compromise. and do you think that will work? will the pressure be enough t

you cover the state department, you cover secretary of state antony blinken. he was seated just two the right. i believe of president joe biden. can you give us a bit more of a sense of what what kinds of things the secretary of state will be doing in the coming hours and the coming days as you say, the us is trying to walk this line of of reiterating it's ironclad support for israel, but at the same time, hoping that israel does not go farther when it comes to iran yeah. >> alex, we can expect blinken to continue to engage with all the parties here to try to ensure that this does not explode into a really wide regional situation. we saw in the lead up to this strike, blinken was on the phone with a number of counterparts from china, from saudi arabia, egypt, jordan, to turkey to get them to press iran not to do anything escalatory. obviously, those messages fell on semi deaf ears because we did see iran launched this barrage of attacks against israel in the coming hours and days we expect blinken two once again, be engaging with people to ensure that this does

speaking at a needle meeting in brussels, you are a secretary of state antony blinking, called on israel to take concrete steps to protect civilians and facilitate access to humanitarian aid. we need to see an immediate cease fire to enable the release of hostages, but also to enable a dramatic search and humanitarian assistance as well as obviously better protecting civilians. now, as i said, the president and the prime minister just spoke, but it's uh, our expectation that is real will and certainly should announce concrete specific measurable steps that it will take and take as soon as possible to make sure that there can be an effective search and assistance that it can be sustained and that you might have trained workers and civilians are better protected. and today's call mark the 1st time that joe biden and benjamin netanyahu have spoken to since the attack on this aid conroy, the w. washington correspondent benjamin alvarez told us more. that's right. what's the 1st time between both leaders? since this is really as dry killed as 7 a to work is in gaza, according to the white hou

as you mentioned, the us secretary of state, antony blinken, he's departed on another diplomatic toureeting qatari and egyptian officials, other regional players too. and he's going to be discussing a us—led cease fire plan that could entail a six week cessation of hostilities in gaza, as well as the release of dozens of hostages still held by hamas in gaza and the release also potentially of hundreds of palestinians from israeli jails. and mr biden and mr netanyahu discussed the talks on this plan earlier in that phone call. those talks have stalled in recent weeks. they also discussed increased access for humanitarian aid into gaza. we know this is something that the americans are very frustrated with. president biden has spoken about this many, many times before. there was that tense phone call, wasn't there another one three weeks ago betweenjoe biden and benjamin netanyahu, in which the us president essentially gave his israeli counterpart an ultimatum take concrete steps to improve the humanitarian situation in gaza and let more humanitarian assistance in. otherwise, us policy o

america's top diplomat, secretary of state antony blinken, is on another round of shuttle diplomacy,o israel and jordan onto a previously—arranged trip to saudi arabia. separately, hamas officials are set to arrive in cairo on monday for ceasefire talks. our north america correspondent will vernon has more. i think the most significant thing about this phone call is the timing. this really is a crucial moment for the middle east. the us secretary of state antony blinken is just starting another diplomatic tour around the region, he'll be meeting qatari officials, egyptian officials too, to discuss a us—led ceasefire plan for gaza. under that proposal, three would be a six week cessation of hostilities as well as the release, potentially, of dozens of hostages still held by hamas in gaza, as well as palestinian prisoners in israeli jails. we know that mr biden and mr netanyahu discussed that in their phone call earlier. there's also the issue of the planned israeli offensive on southern gazan city of rafah. there are around a million palestinians sheltering there, and yesterday, on sa

us secretary of state antony blinken is expected to visit saudi arabia in the coming days. meanwhile, hamas has posted a new video, which shows two of the hostages captured during its october attack. keith siegel and omri miran both identify themselves. while the video is not dated, there is a reference to the recent passover holiday. it's the second such video that hamas — considered a terror group by the uk and us governments — has published in the past few days. our correspondent anna foster is in tel aviv where families have been gathering to again call for the release of all the hostages. omri miran�*s father was actually already on the list of confirmed speakers for this event tonight. when he got up on the stage, he talked about the moment, he said he was sitting having coffee with someone and talking about his grandchildren when the man he was talking to held his phone and said, "look, they have released "a video of omri." what was also interesting was as the crowd were gathered here tonight, is they showed that video in full. it is not something that normally happe

america's top diplomat, the us secretary of state antony blinken — has called the deal "extraordinarilys injerusalem tonight. what are the terms of this deal and what chance it will be accepted by hamas? well, i think there is a real sense of momentum tonight that there is a chance that this deal could be achieved soon, but it's important to say we have been here before. there have been moments where it seemed like a new deal is imminent and that has evaporated at the last moment. there hasn't been a deal since last november. when it comes to the terms, nothing has been confirmed at this stage, but the briefings suggest that hamas is getting some movement. hamas has suggested the bbc that the israeli position has changed significantly when it comes to things like allowing palestinians to things like allowing palestinians to return to their homes in the northern parts of the gaza strip, and also that israel would be willing to discuss an eventual end to the war, which apparently hasn't been part of the previous package. when it comes to hostage releases, the suggestion is that 33 hostage

the us secretary of state, antony blinken, is flying to the region to discuss the situation. ukraine says russia has carried out another air attack, narrowly missing a hospital. the us says it will "rush" patriot air defence missiles and ammunition to ukraine. president zelensky says they are "urgently" needed. police in the united states have moved in on a pro—palestinian protest at northeastern university in boston. it's one of a growing number of protests at universities in america over the war in gaza. and british conservative mp dr dan poulter quits the party to join the opposition labour party. he said the conservatives were no longerfocused on public services, and a general election was needed. now on bbc news, the right to die. normally my day begins by changing my t—shirt. it's soaking wet from the sweat from the nightmares. i wake up most mornings saying, "not another day." as a person suffering from mental illness, i and other people are invisible. no—one recognises us. they are embarrassed by mental illness, and that's... the stigma is vast. if medical assistance

antony blinken, us secretary of state heading back to the region.ary of state, antony blinken, is set to travel to saudi arabia on monday as negotiations between israel and hamas remain in limbo. this will be his seventh trip to the middle east since the war began. it is part of president biden�*s efforts to encourage a ceasefire and prevent the conflict from spreading. he will also call for the release of hostages from the october 7 attack. with me is mohamed taha from bbc arabic. a lot of the emphasis is on the hostages? take us through where we are in terms of hostages? take us through where we are in terms of the hostages? take us through where we are in terms of the talks? hostages? take us through where we are in terms of the talks? i like what you said in your introduction the introductions —— the negotiations are in limbo, that is putting the negotiations in perspective. both parties are putting a massive amount of pressure on each party to accept the hostage deal without massive amount of conditions. so israel is putting pressure, they are

host: questions some of your colleagues brought up to secretary of state antony blinken yesterday about this sales package. we will show viewers that clip and just a little bit here. what was your sense of state department response and his response there? guest: i certainly think the administration is in a tough spot here. they have been defending israel all along but this strike, they are condemning it. we saw john kirby say it was alarming. my sources at dod say it was clearly a mistake. this was not meant to happen. however, there are indicators -- there are questions about intentionality, including the fact it was a drone strike that hit each truck in the convoy one at a time. as well as the fact the world central kitchen did share their route ahead of time. that raises a lot of questions about whether israel hit the convoy. this is resonating so much in washington, d.c. now, more so than other previous strikes because the founder of world central kitchen is a d.c. chef. he has multiple popular restaurants in d.c. because he's a celebrity everyone has heard about it. wait a minute,