powerful eu figures such as ursula von der leyen back ukraine's desire.ut making it come our reality is far from simple. not everyone shares her enthusiasm. there are worries about the price tag and impact on existing members as well as corruption in ukraine. let's take a look at where we are talking about. ukraine is here in the center of europe. ordered by russia and belarus the eu is made of 27 countries across the continent. ukraine shares the border with several eu member straits -- member states. it is one of the discussion points of the european collateral -- european political community. reporter: the arrival of the ukrainian president volodymyr zelenskyy is a sign that the issue of ukraine and its place among europe is very much at the center of these talks. there are other issues such as migration, but the ongoing war in ukraine is one of the topics that is being discussed. also in connection with the enlargement of the european union, a subject that has been discussed quite a bit alongside with allowing moldova and georgia in an expanded versio

whatever is discussed in potentially agreed—upon, at the forefront of the minds of ursula von delay in —— ursula von der leyenl,?— michel,? there is growing concern — michel,? there is growing concern across _ michel,? there is growing concern across europe, i michel,? there is growing - concern across europe, really, that something like a return to the trump era policies if not to a trump presidency itself would be very troubling for europe. on many different fronts be you talking about nato or eu policy but also between the us and the eu when it comes to trade and investment. an economic nationalism, america first if you want to put it that way would certainly be injurious for europe and it would have echoes here in europe as well and that would not bode well for the transatlantic economic relationship. so there is concern. relationship. so there is concern-— relationship. so there is concern. ., ~ , . concern. thank you very much. good to be with _ concern. thank you very much. good to be with you. _ the head of america's central bank, jerome powell, hinted that the federal reserve may leave rates on hold

let's talk about the international response, specifically from ursula von der leyen. she will be arriving today. . there will be foreign minister's from italy, germany, canada, the u.s. defense secretary as well. we expect them to have a similar message to anthony black and yesterday, a full throated support of israel in its efforts to beat hamas, but with a tacit message of caution, saying it is so important to take every possible precaution to avoid harming civilians, that's why we mourn the loss of every civilian life, civilians of every faith, every nationality who have been killed. this are obviously in preparation of what could be a ground invasion, which will be extremely costly for the israeli forces, but also for the gazans. the israeli military is very further advanced than any of hamas' forces. however, when they go into an urban situation, many of those advantages are relinquished. we should finish by saying that hamas has called for a day average and global protest across the world -- a day of rage and global protest across the world. kriti: something we

ursula von der leyen there.stions over where the funding will come from as stefan legge — lecturer in economics at the university of st. gallen explains.( it is unclear how this money will come together, the eu doesn'tjust have 300 million to spend. we need to see the details of these sources. one source is team europe, their internalfunding. as one source is team europe, their internal funding. as well as the investment bank but the rest should be raised in private financing. the moment the european union supports certain investment projects then the private sector will fill in a lot of that 300 million budget. there are countries waiting for the money back to the eu wants to spread its values. it's notjust about building roads it is about spreading values and this will be the crucial challenge for the european union. pakistan international airlines says it has cancelled more than 300 flights in the past 10 days as it struggles to pay for jet fuel. the cancellations, both domestic and international, have left t

ursula von der leyen . afternoon. you can hear the air raid sirens. she was meeting the israeli president, isaac herzog, when the sirens went off, warning of possible strikes . warning of possible strikes. >> earlier, the eu chief offered her solidarity with the israeli people after last weekend's attack by hamas, which killed more than 1300 people. >> meanwhile , the us secretary >> meanwhile, the us secretary of defence says washington's support for israel is ironclad . support for israel is ironclad. made in a joint press conference with his israeli counterpart , with his israeli counterpart, lloyd austin said munitions , air lloyd austin said munitions, air defences and other equipment are being deployed with the us ready to provide further supplies as well. israel's siege of gaza is making it impossible for humanitarian organisations to assist the massive displacement of people. that's according to the red cross . israel has the red cross. israel has dropped leaflets warning residents to move for their own safety

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the president of the european commission, ursula von der leyen, explained why this act was so importante able to oblige the platforms to take hate speech and terrorist content down. we know that hate speech leads to terror acts. now, here are some of the statements from the social media companies. tiktok has said... and they provided some figures. they said that... now, meta has said that... and these are their figures. they've said... and to put that into context, meta said... now, this request for information has come a week after the eu made a similar request to x, formerly known as twitter. and so far, they've responded by saying that they've removed hundreds of hamas—affiliated users from their platforms. but of course, as this eu process continues, so does the war and the spread of misinformation. and that's why our bbc verify team has been looking into all of this, so do check our website. yes, do that. thanks for watching, but do stay on bbc news. hello. storm babet continues to bring hazardous weather, not least because of the amount of rain that is falling. a red warning from

. >> it took place in brussels, based on an initiative launched by president ursula von der leyen in 2021. the goal, to mobilize 300 billion euros in public and private funding for infrastructure development projects around the world. 87 such projects have already gotten underway. brussels saw the eu sign a deal with the philippines to boost the country's transition to a greener economy. europeans came to, as we said, to build a counterweight to china's massive health and road initiative that has already drawn in 147 projects, including 18 from the eu. next, a mounting crisis as israel continues its bombardment of the gaza strip. economists and officials are growing increasingly worried about the prospect of lasting economic damage from expanding conflict. from regional tourism driving oil prices higher to problematic at least shipping lanes. >> a day after the world bank held the war in gaza one of the biggest threats to the global economy, the imf is now ringing the alarm bells. >> to expand the circle and look at the neighboring countries -- egypt, lebanon, jordan, the channels of

but ursula von der leyen israel. but ursula von der leyen was meeting the israeli president, isaac herzog, when sirens were heard warning of a possible attack. earlier, she and the president of the european parliament, roberta metsola , visited the village of metsola, visited the village of kfar azar in a show of solidarity with the israeli people. it was among a number of communities overrun by hamas terrorists on saturday when more than 1300 people were killed . than 1300 people were killed. france has raised its security alert to the highest level possible following the death of a teacher in a knife attack. it happened at a high school in the northern city of arras. two other people were also injured. a suspect has been arrested . a suspect has been arrested. police say he is a russian born chechen man and a former student of the high school president. macron has called the incident a result of barbaric islamist terrorism . this is gb news terrorism. this is gb news across the uk on digital radio, on tv and on your

the president of the european commission, ursula von der leyen, will also visit israel later today in described as a show of solidarity with the victims of the hamas attacks. behind the politics, the people. in tel aviv, a vigil for those murdered. 0ne candle for each victim. each day, bringing news of another life lost. nickjohnson, bbc news. let's go live to tom bateman. so the statement from the united nations said they wanted this evacuation order withdrawn and could lead to devastating humanitarian consequences.— devastating humanitarian conseuuences. �* , , consequences. and it is impossible and the idea _ consequences. and it is impossible and the idea of— consequences. and it is impossible and the idea of evacuating - consequences. and it is impossible and the idea of evacuating 40,000 people from a packed city like gaza city from the areas north of that, trying to make a move south to the other part of the gaza strip would lead to chaos, so that is why i think the united nations has urged the israelis to withdraw the announcement and this morning in the last couple of hours w

european commission president ursula von der leyen described the attack as terrorism in its most despicablehe violence and urged both sides to refrain from retaliating. russia's deputy foreign minister said it goes without saying that we always call for restraint. now, from iran, injust the last few minutes, an adviser to the country's supreme leader said, the country is proud of hamas�* attack on israel. meanwhile, saudi arabia, which had beenin meanwhile, saudi arabia, which had been in negotiations to formalise ties with israel, its foreign minister has called for an immediate cessation of violence between israel and the palestinians. the state news agency is reporting that. further reaction from the middle east, oman calls on israelis and palestinians to practice maximum self restraint. that is according to the state news agency. and on our life page, we also have analysis from our senior correspondence and editors, analysis from frank gardner, our security correspondence, he is talking about the security lapses, intelligence lapses, that allowed for this attack to happen on the israeli

prime minister of italy, georgia meloni, co—chairing a meeting, around which that table was ursula von der leyenpean commission, edi rama, the head of government in albania, and emmanuel macron from france. and they were chatting together. now, that is not a group of people that you see sitting around a table very often. so they clearly have a mutual self—interest to be cooperating, to be seen to cooperate with one another. immigration, that is certainly an area where the uk can have a relationship, is having a relationship and probably you couldn't have had a relationship like that before. like that before rishi sunak was prime minister. i think that's a reasonablejudgment. i suppose one of the the basic questions here is, is immigration, large—scale immigration, good for a country? my experience of talking to diplomats and officials about this is what they're trying to do is to say, "how can you manage immigration?" how can you find the right sweet spot between complete because if you think about it, at the moment, whatever one's view about immigration, whether you think it is a good thing or

the president of the european commission, ursula von der leyen, will also visit israel later today ins been described as a show of solidarity with the victims of the hamas attacks. behind the politics, the people. in tel aviv, a vigil for those murdered. 0ne candle for each victim. each day, bringing news of another life lost. nickjohnson, bbc news. 0ur correspondent tom bateman is injerusalem with the latest let's go live now tojohn donna stunned. a strong reaction from 0xfam, from the united nations about this potential orderfor 0xfam, from the united nations about this potential order for i 0xfam, from the united nations about this potential orderfori million gazans to move from the north to the south of gaza. it is gazans to move from the north to the south of gaza-— south of gaza. it is impossible. we had been told _ south of gaza. it is impossible. we had been told that _ south of gaza. it is impossible. we had been told that gazans - south of gaza. it is impossible. we had been told that gazans had - south of gaza. it is impossible. we | had been told that gazans had been told

the european union commission president ursula von der leyen will also arrive on friday.n thursday night, prime minister rishi sunak spoke by phone with mr netanyahu to reaffirm the uk's support for israel. the uk is also deploying surveillance aircraft and two royal navy ships to the eastern mediterranean. 0ur bbc correspondents are reporting across the region. international editor jeremy bowen begins our coverage from kibbutz be�*eri in southern israel. he sent this report — and a warning, it contains distressing details. more of gaza has been flattened by israeli bombing. israel insists its targets are all based on intelligence, to kill the men who massacred israelis and to continue the job of breaking hamas. but hundreds of civilians of all ages have also been killed and israel has been accused of answering the war crimes of hamas with ones of its own. antony blinken, us secretary of state, flew in. he offered solidarity, more military aid and assurances for benjamin netanyahu, israel's prime minister, that america has israel's back. we are here. we are not going anyw

prime minister of italy, giorgia meloni, co—chairing a meeting, around which that table was ursula von der leyenommission, edi rama, the head of government in albania, and emmanuel macron from france. and they were chatting together. now, that is not a group of people that you see sitting around a table very often. so they clearly have a mutual self—interest to be cooperating, to be seen to cooperate with one another. immigration, that is certainly an area where the uk can have a relationship, is having a relationship and probably you couldn't have had a relationship like that before rishi sunak was prime minister. i think that's a reasonablejudgment. i suppose one of the the basic questions here is, is immigration, large—scale immigration, good for a country? my experience of talking to diplomats and officials about this is what they're trying to do is to say, "how can you manage immigration?" how can you find the right sweet spot between complete uncontrolled immigration that involves illegality — but at the same time, not having complete sort of closed borders. because if you think about it,

big explosions, as yet, but it certainly worries about spread and that has come as well from ursula von der leyenabout the worry of the war spreading. the un is very concerned about it. and you can see from the different leaders who have been in the area, they are also concerned. rishi sunak spent this evening i think in saudi arabia, having been here today, and that is very high on their agenda, trying to keep this thing in one place, if they possibly can. , , �* ., can. indeed, 0k, jeremy bowen, lived in southern — can. indeed, 0k, jeremy bowen, lived in southern israel, _ can. indeed, 0k, jeremy bowen, lived in southern israel, thank— can. indeed, 0k, jeremy bowen, lived in southern israel, thank you. - can. indeed, 0k, jeremy bowen, lived in southern israel, thank you. that - in southern israel, thank you. that is it from jerusalem, now back to tina. our political editor chris mason is with me in the studio. as we heard, a lot of tension in a lot of places. while the prime minister's visit to israel today have made a difference? a fair question, because he flies in for a couple of hours then

the head of the european commission, ursula von der leyen, said she was confident us support would remain leaders trying to hug together to say we will stick together on this. as for president zelensky, the leader of ukraine, he was here too with his team, as ever trying to drum up western support. whenever he was asked about the us position he said, well, what's the use of me worrying? worrying doesn't help, wejust need to carry on working. but he did say, in answer to question i asked, that the situation with the us was dangerous and he said now was the time for europe to do more to support the united states. in other words, a rallying cry to europe to say it's your turn to step up. the problem is that european economies at the moment have not been geared up for a wartime production of ammunition. they are not focused entirely on ukraine, they're still concerned about other issues, such as the global cost—of—living crisis and the climate emergency. so president zelensky and his team have now left granada, they're heading back to ukraine. as ever, their call was for more air defences, an

ursula von der leyen there.re questions over where the funding will come from as stefan legge — lecturer in economics at the university of st gallen — explains. it's unclear how exactly the 300 billion are supposed to come together. the eu doesn'tjust have 300 billion to spend. so there are two sources of finance, the details we have to see. one source is what's called team europe, that is the european union's own programmes but also the european bank for reconstruction and development, the european investment bank. so all of that should put together some part of the money. and the rest, well, it's hoped to be raising private financing. so at the moment european union supports certain investment projects or provides guarantees. the idea also is that the private sector will fill in much of that 300 billion budget. and, yeah, who is going to benefit? there is a whole list of about 46 countries right now. they are hoping to get the money. but then comes the conditionality that the european union wants to spread its

ursula von der leyen didn't reach out to arab leaders.ing for de—escalation. the key issue now again is the issue of a ceasefire. germany, austria, czech republic are against that. the spanish leader, the irish taoiseach calling for a ceasefire. divisions are running deeper about the perspective on what is happening at the moment. the fact that it came down to the wire my discussions about the tiny nuances of language, showsjust discussions about the tiny nuances of language, shows just how sensitive this issue is for the eu. suzanne lynch, thank you for bringing us up to date. this is bbc news around the world and across the uk. the first seats have been installed as head of the opening of the co—op live arena. six months from opening, we have been _ six months from opening, we have been working since 2020. the co-op is cuiftin a been working since 2020. the co-op is gifting a pair _ been working since 2020. the co-op is gifting a pair of — been working since 2020. the co-op is gifting a pair of tickets _ been working since 2020. the co-

the president of the european commission, ursula von der leyen, had this to say about the explosion atpital in gaza, sheltering hundreds of wounded people, was turned into a hell of fire. the scenes from al—ahli hospital are horrifying and distressing. there is no excuse for hitting a hospital full of civilians. all facts need to be established and those responsible must be held accountable. in this tragic hour, we must all redouble our efforts to protect civilians from the fury of this war. she is the president of the european commission speaking about the explosion at the gaza hospital that is because so many lives, hundreds of lives yesterday. we can talk natalie tennant colonel peter lerner. he is an idf spokesperson. hello. hi. we heard today a long hello. h . we heard today a long press conference from the idf and the israeli defence forces presenting what you say is evidence to say that israel was not behind the explosion and blaming it on the islamicjihad militant group inside gaza. . islamicjihad militant group inside gaza. , ., ., gaza. yes, indeed, in the aftermath of what a

european commission president ursula von der leyen will today host global leaders at the eu's first globallopment of emerging market and developing countries, in particular in the fields of digital technology, energy and the environment. the 300 billion euro investment fund aims to be more effective and also more democratic than china's competing belt and road initiative. live now to stefan legge, a lecturer in economics, and head of tax and trade policy at the university of st gallen in switzerland. good morning to you. tell us more about this global gateway. a huge amount of money available. what is likely to happen with all that money? well, i would think about it in the context of the us china rivalry. the european union has emphasised time and again that it does not want to be seen as just an ally of the us, but as an economic power, a geopolitical power in its own right. and global gateway is seen as part of this plan. the idea is to nurture relationships with partners around the world. but in different to china's belt and road initiative, stronger emphasis on values like democracy,

european commission president ursula von der leyen spoke on the phone to israeli president isaac herzogoffering the eu's full support and posting the eu mourns the victims and stands by israel's right to defend itself. nada bashir is standing by in london. good to have you back with us. a message of support from the european union. what have been the regional reactions? >> reporter: we have seen across the board in the region condemnation of violence across both sides. we have seen efforts by the likes of turkey and egypt, offers rather, to help mediate and also to de-escalate the tensions between both sides. the turkish government says it is holding intensive talks with both palestinian and israeli side. it is standing ready to help de-escalate those tensions. in egypt, a key regional player, a key player in this conflict, it has been for decades, the foreign minister there has said he is again holding talks is with both sides, speaking to the palestinian authority, and is ready to offer support when it comes to trying to de-escalate the tensions there. but of course, we have also hear

this comes as president biden hosts the european commission president, ursula von der leyen — and european

clear division between the member states in different parts of the institution, in particular ursula von der leyen have managed to find a more coherent stands now, which in essence amounts to saying that israel has a right in principle to defend itself, but it needs to do so within the parameters of international humanitarian law. that brin . s international humanitarian law. that brinrs us international humanitarian law. that brings us back— international humanitarian law. that brings us back to _ international humanitarian law. that brings us back to the earlier question, how much power do they have? because we think of the us as one of the major players in this, what influence can eu have? perhaps as ou what influence can eu have? perhaps as you pointed _ what influence can eu have? perhaps as you pointed out, _ what influence can eu have? perhaps as you pointed out, there _ what influence can eu have? perhaps as you pointed out, there are - what influence can eu have? perhaps as you pointed out, there are three i as you pointed out, there are three parties, the first is getting the hostages ou

the president of the european commission, ursula von der leyen, will also visit israel later today in with the victims of the hamas attacks. behind the politics, the people. in tel aviv, a vigil for those murdered. one candle for each victim. each day, bringing news of another life lost. nickjohnson, bbc news. so many upsetting and distressing stories coming out of gaza and israel. there are manyjournalists who are working there who are living there, in order to be able to share there, in order to be able to share the stories. what is it like to work in a warzone? adnan elbursh is a journalist who works for bbc arabic and this is what he witnessed on thursday. his story contains some upsetting scenes. my name is adnan elbursh, a reporter for bbc arabic and a resident of gaza. here in shifa hospital, bodies lay everywhere. the injured scream for help. you can never forget these sounds. among the dead and wounded my cameraman, mahmoud, has seen his friend malik. malik has managed to survive, but his family have not. this is my local hospital. inside are my friends, my neighbours. this i

we've heard from the european commissioner ursula von der leyen, and calling for israel for the end to the violence that we have seen. and this has been echoed by the british government. take a listen to the statement from the british foreign secretary. >> the uk completely condemns these terrorist acts against israel. and we support israel's right to self-defense. and, of course, we'll be working closely with the israeli government, we've been in contact with them and we'll continue to do so, both to protect british nationals in israel. and to try to bring peace as quickly as possible. there is travel advice on the fceo website, people should follow that planning to travel to israel. and they should follow the advice of the israeli defense force, if they're already in israel. >> as you heard there, the british government as well as the european union, both vocal in expressing support and solidarity for israel's right to defend itself. and this is something that's been expressed by the ukraine president as well, volodymyr zelenskyy. take a listen. >> translator: israel has every right

we're also hearing from eu leaders, including the leaders of france and spain and the eu chief ursula von der leyen condemning this surprise and attack. >>> the race to fill the house speakership is heating up after a chaotic week on capitol hill. but does trump -- but does a trump-endorsement put jim jordan in the driver's seat? >>> also, there are new vaccines for rsv just in time for fall and winter, but getting their kids vaccinated hasn't necessarily been easy for some parents. we'll explain. >>> the house, still has no speaker. and that means the chamber is essentially paralyzed until it can settle on a new leader. >> multiple sources familiar with ousted speaker kevin mccarthy's thinking tells cnn mccarthy could step down before the end of his term, but mccarthy says he is not resigning and still has work to do. cnn's melanie zanona has details on the race to fill the speaker role from washington. >> reporter: well, republicans are bracing for another chaotic week as they scramble to select their next speaker. as of right now, it's a competitive two-way race between steve scalise, the number

can just pull up a tweet, this tweet is from october in 22 and it's from the eu commissioner ursula von der leyen. she's talking about russia and ukraine but she says quite clearing cutting off men, women, children of water, electricity, she goes on to add heat, these are pure acts of terror and we have to call it such. i think the frustration and the anger and the outrage that you're seeing from many is due to a perceived double standard in the type of language that we have seen from u.s. and european leaders with regards to ukraine as opposed to what we are seeing now. now, i will say that in the last day we have been hearing slightly more calibrated responses from people like secretary of state antony blinken, from european leaders, urging israel's leadership to go out of its way to make sure that the international humanitarian law and the international norms are not abused, but as it stands quite clearly, listening to that report from the u.n., the situation there is rapidly escalating, unraveling, and despite the efforts on so many parts to try to clear some kind of humanitarian corridor, th

the european commission president, ursula von der leyen, expressing condemnation at the violence andalling for restraint, calling for this not to go to an escalated stage further. of course, on the regional side of things as well, this has really raised alarm bells. we've seen key players, including jordan, egypt, and saudi arabia all calling for restraint. also offering their hand in being able to meet yate some sort of de-escalation of tensions between the israelis and palestinians. we have the turkish government, president erdogan, calling for restraint, saying turkey stands ready to provide support when it comes to mediation. but of course, there have been some remarks from regional leaders who have placed responsibility on both israel and the international community for failing to uphold the rights of the palestinians, characterizing this latest attack by hamas as a response, a reaction to that failure as well as crimes against the palestinian people and their rights. take a listen to this statement from the saudi foreign ministry issued yesterday saying, "the kingdom is repeati

ursula von der leyen, the head of the european commission, said, look, she�*s very confident americanld remain, but it felt very much like people saying stuff to encourage each other and jolly each other along. it�*s a real, genuine concern. and when i asked joseph borrell, the eu foreign policy chief, whether or not europe will be able to fill the gap if europe does, if the us does start reducing its support to ukraine. mr borrell was very clear. he said that, you know, europe could not make up that loss. and that is the reality that i think european leaders and mr zelensky are facing, that that is a possibility they might have to grapple with. and james, in terms of president zelensky, when he looks to europe, when he looks to nato, in terms of additional help, what is pending? well, he made very clear when he arrived this morning that his immediate, immediate need, as in what he needs right now, today, is more air defenses. he and his team believe that some time coming as the winter comes on in ukraine, russia will launch a fresh onslaught of missiles, those nightly missiles that w

european commission president ursula von der leyen says the bloc support for ukraine is unwavering. meanwhile, in the u.s., the pentagon says there is enough funding to meet ukraine's battlefield needs for now, but is urging congress to act soon to keep it going. >> we know that their priorities are air defense and artillery and also mine-clearing equipment. so that's what our focus is on. that is what we're inevitably going to be refilling as well. but you have to remember in the beginning of the war, we were also sending javelin, stinger, other things like that. so those also are being replenish, but we've done so over time. >> cnn's nada bashir is following developments live from london. she joins us now. good morning to you. what is the latest on concerns regarding aid to ukraine. of course these warnings from allies of ammunition running out. >> we have been hearing warnings for some time now around that supply of ammunition ready from nato to be gip to ukraine. we know ukrainian forces are heavily reliant on the ammunitions and weapons supplied by their western allies. we have

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. >>> and ursula von der leyen will meet president biden today in d.c.discuss israel and ukraine and potentially putting trade issues on the back burner. sylvia, wonderful to have you here at the desk. in addition to the situation in the middle east, one of the other topics they were set to talk about were the steel and aluminum tariffs. in the absence of the deal, tariffs will be imposed. >> there is pressure to come up with agreement. they have been negotiating some global agreement to counter chinese over capacity on steel. let's see how that will unfold. we could get a political agreement today, but details of the final deal are very unlikely according to two european officials. having said that, other topics they are likely to discuss, obviously, is support for ukraine which was meant to be the biggest topic of discussion today, but, of course, since the meeting was scheduled, we have the latest war with hamas and israel. it will be important to see what people will say on that. we know here in europe, things have been heated with european support.

president biden meeting with the eu shunts michelle and president of the european commission, ursula von der leyeng we think at the white house. alix: what is also happening in d.c.'s third round of house speaker should vote with congressman jim jordan. looks like he is a fish -- has officially lost but the vote count is important and kailey leinz is in washington. what is the count? >> 25 against jim jordan in this third round of voting, that is a greater number than second round which was 22 and the first round 20. he has blood support each time he has gone to the floor, granted it only was three times and it took 15 rounds for kevin mccarthy to get the gavel in january but things are going the wrong direction for the speaker nominee of the republican party at this point. we will see when the gavel goes down. i have not finalized the vote yet. this is a smaller number of additional supporters fleeing jim jordan than maybe was previously expected heading into this vote. without thought the number could be significantly greater than 22 and only three additional were added to the tally at 25 so we

european commission president ursula von der leyen reaffirmed eu support for israel, saying it had the right to self-defense in line with international law. she also blamed hamas for provoking the humanitarian crisis in gaza. her remarks came after human rights watch director tirana hassan condemned both hamas and israel for targeting innocent civilians. hassan testified on wednesday to the european parliament's subcommittee on human rights. >> you cannot wipe out entire families, let a health system be destroyed, raise entire districts to the ground, refer to people as animals. you can't punish an entire population by preventing desperately needed aid from reaching them. international humanitarian law is clear, atrocities from one side to not justify atrocities from the other side. amy: at an emergency session of the u.n. general assembly in new york, the palestinian envoy to the united nations riyad mansour pleaded with representatives to vote in favor of a resolution calling for an immediate ceasefire in gaza and the increased delivery of humanitarian aid. >> vote to stop the killin

ursula von der leyen escalate. eanwhile, the us secretary of defence says washington's support is ironclad. in a joint press conference with his israeli counterpart , lloyd austin said counterpart, lloyd austin said the gaza war is for israel's future and that hamas is part of an axis of evil with iran . an axis of evil with iran. israel is amassing tanks and soldiers near the gaza strip border with the ground invasion looking increasingly likely. tension is also building on the northern border with lebanon. idf troops are on alert there after the hezbollah terror group said it would ignore calls for it to stay out of the conflict with hamas . meanwhile, in france with hamas. meanwhile, in france , a teacher has been killed and two others injured in a knife attack at a high school in the northern city of arras . local northern city of arras. local authorities are urging people to avoid the town centre. a suspect has been arrested and france's anti—terrorism office say they're now investing dating . they're now inves

the president of the european commission, ursula von der leyen, will also visit israel later today int's been described as a show of solidarity with the victims of the hamas attacks. behind the politics, the people in tel aviv, a vigil for those murdered. one candle for each victim. each day, bringing news of another life lost. nickjohnson, bbc news. our middle east correspondent tom bateman is injerusalem for us this morning. tom, if you could take us through this very significant news we are hearing from israel and the un as well this morning about this 24—hour countdown to up to i million people living in the north of gaza who must relocate. what we know about that? what we know is the first alert to this was to the united nations, to the local staff in the gaza strip, from the military liaison by the israelis. they told them that everybody, of an area known as wadi gaza, i.i everybody, of an area known as wadi gaza, 1.1 billion people, people in hospitals, the elderly, disabled and infirm, would have to move south within 2a hours to a much densely populated area. some of that area

well, ursula von der afternoon. well, ursula von der leyenas meeting the israeli president, isaac herzog, when sirens were heard warning of a possible strikes . well, the eu possible strikes. well, the eu chief earlier offered her solidarity with the israeli people after last weekend's attack by hamas, which killed more than 1300 people. ms von der leyen , visiting one of the der leyen, visiting one of the towns, attacked by hamas. meanwhile, the us secretary of defence says washington's support for israel is ironclad. in a joint press conference with his israeli counterpart, lloyd austin said munitions air defences and other equipment are being deployed with the us ready to supply more weaponry and aid . to supply more weaponry and aid. well the israeli defence forces continue to amass tanks and soldiers near the border of gaza with a ground invasion, looking increasingly likely. more than 1700 people have died in the enclave as a result of israeli airstrikes . attention is also airstrikes. attention is also building on israel's northern bor

that's ursula von der afternoon. that's ursula von der leyen . she was meeting the leyen., isaac herzog, when sirens were heard warning of possible strikes . now, of possible strikes. now, earlier, she and the president of the european parliament,

but the european commission president ursula von der leyen was more possitive.raine needs predictability. and reliability in the direct budget support, as far as i oversee - the situation in the united states, i am very confident of support - for ukraine from the united states. what the united states - is working on is the timing. meanwhile, president vladimir putin claimed that russia did not start the 20—month—long war in ukraine and accused europe of trying to isolate moscow. translation: it's not us who shuts the door on joint communication. i it's europe that's fencing itself off from us and creating a new iron curtain. let's bring in our panelists. nathalie tocci, director for the institute of international affairs rome. miles taylor, formerly chief of staff at the us department of homeland security. hello to you both, great to see you. what do you make of the words we heard there from various european leaders about the support for ukraine? i leaders about the support for ukraine? ~ , leaders about the support for ukraine? ~' , , ., , ukraine? i think the

nigel look, one of the things to say, first off is ursula von der leyen, the president of the europeanion, was there front and centre of this meeting. so this isn't just a coordination meeting. this is a united europe union orchestrated thing . we should make that thing. we should make that clear. they're using this to extend their foreign policy and their political reach, but that aside, as professor begg said, we do have to cooperate and coordinate and collaborate with our european neighbours . that's our european neighbours. that's a that's a one doesn't even need to sort of talk about that. that's obvious. but where is she is really on a hiding to nothing is really on a hiding to nothing is methodology . first of all, he is methodology. first of all, he doesn't seem to be taking the lead at all. secondly he i mean, he said he convened this meeting . he didn't convene this meeting. this meeting was effectively by the effectively convened by the european the european european union, by the european commission, and he wanted to be part of it. so you know, he's he's already sort of smo

nigel look, one of the things to say, first off is ursula von der leyen, the president of the europeanion, was there front and centre of this meeting. so this isn't just a coordination meeting. this is a united europe union orchestrated thing . we should make that thing. we should make that clear. they're using this to extend their foreign policy and their political reach, but that aside, as professor begg said, we do have to cooperate and coordinate and collaborate with our european neighbours . that's our european neighbours. that's a that's a one doesn't even need to sort of talk about that. that's obvious. but where is she is really on a hiding to nothing is really on a hiding to nothing is methodology . first of all, he is methodology. first of all, he doesn't seem to be taking the lead at all. secondly he i mean, he said he convened this meeting . he didn't convene this meeting. this meeting was effectively by the effectively convened by the european the european european union, by the european commission, and he wanted to be part of it. so you know, he's he's already sort of smo

that's ursula von der afternoon. that's ursula von der leyen . she was meeting the leyen. was meeting the israeli president, isaac herzog, when sirens were heard warning of possible strikes . now, of possible strikes. now, earlier, she and the president of the european parliament, roberto mazzola, visited the village of kfar azar that was overrun by hamas terrorists on saturday. they were there in a show of solidarity with the israeli people. more than 1300 people were killed in those hamas raids . meanwhile the hamas raids. meanwhile the israeli defence forces continue to amass tanks and troops near the gaza border with a ground invasion looking increasingly likely . obe almost 1800 people likely. obe almost 1800 people have died in gaza as a result of airstrikes. tensions also building on israel's northern border with lebanon. troops are on high alert there after the hezbollah terror group said it would ignore calls to stay out of the conflict . the prime of the conflict. the prime minister says terrorism must not be allowed to prevail in israel or ukraine. rishi sunak h

that's ursula von der afternoon. that's ursula von der leyen . she was meeting the leyen. was meeting the israeli president, isaac herzog, when sirens were heard warning of possible strikes . now, of possible strikes. now, earlier, she and the president of the european parliament, roberto mazzola, visited the village of kfar azar that was overrun by hamas terrorists on saturday. they were there in a show of solidarity with the israeli people. more than 1300 people were killed in those hamas raids . meanwhile the hamas raids. meanwhile the israeli defence forces continue to amass tanks and troops near the gaza border with a ground invasion looking increasingly likely . obe almost 1800 people likely. obe almost 1800 people have died in gaza as a result of airstrikes. tensions also building on israel's northern border with lebanon. troops are on high alert there after the hezbollah terror group said it would ignore calls to stay out of the conflict . the prime of the conflict. the prime minister says terrorism must not be allowed to prevail in israel or ukraine. rishi sunak h