President biden has called to advance it swiftly so it can head to his desk in the oval office so he can sign off on it. The pentagon for its part watching the political infighting going on has been trying to pre position weaponry where it can so that those weapons can head to ukraine, head to troops on the ground sooner rather than later. Potentially within days as opposed to weeks. That doesnt rule out the prospect of further political infighting despite the fact that Congress Woman nancy pelosi had called to sign off on the bill for ukraine. We know that it had been facing resistance from the republican party. They had wanted ties to strict immigration laws, Stricter Border security with the us mexico border. That particular vote failed. They needed a two thirds majority so that did not come to pass. Instead what you saw with the ukraine bill is that more republicans voted against it. Than actually voted in favour. We know that republican Congress Woman Marjorie Greene has signalled
Acknowledge the attack so in this case iran is trying to get out of this dilemma because it was the israeli strike than it would have been responded, they are a leader of iran and it would be an Immediate Response in seconds and even the Foreign Minister said it was significant, the attack would be responded with massive response to respond to israel. In this case they tried to convert situation, the tension is there but the calm is that because of the pressure from the United States and other regional countries in order to avoid any all out war in this region because it is not an interest if around because they cannot afford a war with United States and israel cannot afford to have a front with and yemen and gaza. Its a way out but still tension is there, all efforts try to avert any attention because it will affect oil prices, the freedom of navigation so it will have many bad consequences on the economy and stability and peace in the region. We economy and stability and peace in the
These are images from overnight israeli strikes. Gazas Health Ministry said the fatalities happened when an israeli strike hit two apartments in one block. Several other people were wounded. I will take you to pictures from outside the hospital in rafah, where families are mourning their dead from that overnight strike. Air strikes also reportedly destroyed at least five houses in the refugee camp in central go is a. These are live pictures housing Displaced Gazans in rafah. The un agency for Palestinian Refugees is warning the risk of disease across gaza is rising come up with sanitation and malnutrition a real concern. Scott anderson, director of the affairs for unrwa, in rafah, he has said the aid situation was not improving on the ground. Five days ago, ibrahim assalia, his wife and children managed to flee gaza to cairo, but much of his family is still in rafah. He told me about their journey earlier. In order to flee from rafah to the egyptian side, you have to register in a Comp
Its been just over 2a hours since iran came under attack. Us Officials Say israel fired at least one missile into iranian territory, no major damage or casualties were reported. This was a relatively small scale strike by israel. Earlier, the us Secretary Of State Antony Blinken would not comment on reports the white house was informed in advance about the israeli assault. The United States has not been involved in any offensive operations. What we are focusing on, what the g7 is focusing on and its reflected in our statement and in our conversation is the work to de escalate tensions. And this is why the us and its allies want to calm tensions. Last sunday iran attacked israel with more than 300 missiles and drones causing little damage. The fear in the west is that a cycle of retaliation between israel and iran could ignite a wider war. And there is hope too that the limited nature of the Israeli Attack will allow the iranians to walk away from any further response. Officials in tehr