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Leader of the free world flying into a war zone very soon and President Biden said to visit israel tomorrow and visit jordan upon that trip. This amid fears of expanding conflict with devastating consequences. Good morning, he can be. Dana has the day off. Im bill hemmer live in new york and we kick off a big two hours coming up. Submitty, good morning. Good morning, bill. Im sandra smith. Iran ramping up the rhetoric and hamas sponsor threatening preemptive action against israel unless it stops...

we start this hour of cnn news center with a touch of drama. the donald trumps civil fraud trial today in new york. his expert witness going after a lawyer for the new york attorney general. telling him, quote, you ought to be ashamed of yourself. >> some fireworks here. trump attending these proceedings to take a. a lot of attention on these. he is expected to take the stand next week as the final defense witness. cnns kara scannell live for us outside of the court. tell us, kara, who...

close, could bring some of the hostages home very soon, but i dont want to get into details or things because nothing is done until its done. and we have more to say, we will. but things are looking good at the moment. >> sandra: at this hour, awaiting updates from both the state department and the pentagon on the war in the middle east of a the president there says a hostage deal with hamas is very close and he is optimistic. and also an update is expected from the pentagon a short ti...

The families of Japanese nationals abducted by North Korea decades ago depart for Washington to seek support from U.S legislators and government officials for their return.

The top U.S. envoy to the U.N. on Thursday highlighted the imperative to maintain North Koreas human rights issues at the forefront of the U.N. Security Council (UNSC)s agenda as she met with the families of Japanese citizens abducted by Pyongyang decades ago.

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The unification ministry said Wednesday it will push to discuss the issue of South Koreans abducted by North Korea as an official agenda item if the two Koreas resume dialogue.

A police spokesperson said that the other abductee was released for unknown reasons.

The Japanese government has launched a "summit" of junior high school students across Japan in order to bring greater attention to North Korea's abduction of Japanese citizens in the 1970s and 1980s.

South Koreas new unification minister will meet with chiefs of civic groups dedicated to resolving the issue of abductees and detainees in North Korea this week as his first official schedule since the inauguration, his office said Wednesday.