are continuing in the hope that the united states will finally back a resolution. it comes as hamas said that more than 20 thousand people have now died in gaza since israel launched its military offensive after the october 7th attacks, in which 12 hundred people in israel were murdered. hamas which is designated a terrorist organisation by the uk government says the majority of those who ve been killed in gaza are women and children. our special correspondent fergal keane reports. the world is debating calls for a ceasefire and a bleak new reckoning of the dead is declared. but, for the people of gaza, the suffering is felt. not counted. dead children brought to be touched a final time by their wounded father. a mother comes to mourn a lost daughter. imagine that yesterday i was brushing her hair, making her a sandwich for dinner and putting her to sleep. then you wake up in the morning and there is no fatima anymore. from the beginning, they have known there is no escap
how can i put this? tonight is politically surreal. donald trump, the 45th president of the united states, the current republican front-runner, campaigning right now as we speak to be re-elected, hoping to sit right back down at that resolute desk. while the c olorado saying you have to do it in 49 states, colorado isn t one. why? they say he engaged in insurrection on january 6th. they say the 14th amendment says he is disqualified from the ballot and from being president of the united states of america. here s what the 14th amendment says. it says, no person shall hold any office, who has previously taken an oath, to support the constitution of the united states, has engaged in insurrection or rebellion or given aid or comfort to the enemies thereof. sound familiar? you heard this from the january 6th committee. you heard it from district court rile in the state of colorado. it was the first time there was a real trial to determine if donald trump had engaged in insurrectio
tuesdays vote was delayed. nearly 20,000 people are now reported to have been killed in gaza. 240 were taken hostage when hamas attacked israel on the 7th of october. we mentioned the un security council. the text has just been released of a draft resolution on the wall. it is going to be put to the un security council in a few hours time. it is all about the wording. the draft is very long, but the keys section talks about extended humanitarian pauses and corridors throughout the gaza strip for a sufficient number of days to enable full rapid, safe and unhindered humanitarian access. it remains to be seen if this wedding will be accepted to the knighted states. an extended humanitarian pause, and corridors throughout the gaza strip. no mention of a ceasefire, do you think that means it will be acceptable to the united states? nice to be with you. like based on the language that you have just read out, one would hope that because the word ceasefire is no longer in this curre
british soldiers from prosecution. i think this is the honorable approach. we are guarantors of the good friday agreement. we believe that the legacy act injures the good friday agreement violates a core part of the good friday agreement, which is the human rights foundations that underpin it. we do it reluctantly because we are conscious of the need, obviously to maintain good relations with the united kingdom. we have great cooperation on a whole range of issues. we have a desired objective in seeing the institutions restored in northern ireland. we re very disappointed that they haven t been restored to date. but nonetheless, i think the good friday agreement is an international treaty that was entered into by the two governments and all of the political parties in northern ireland. and i m very clear that unilateralism is not the way to deal with issues relating to the good friday agreement. there has to be a collective response. let s speak to mark devenport former the
the l or barista coffee and espresso system. a masterpiece in taste it s opium in washington. there is still no deal to raise the debt ceiling, and at this hour, house republicans are holding a wig meeting to discuss what the process will be over the next few days, if in fact a deal is reached. president biden told reporters today that he is optimistic that a deal can be finalized tonight. with regard to the debt limit, i think they re looking good, very optimistic. i hope we will have some cool or evidence tonight before the clock ticks 12, that we have a deal. but it s very close. and i am optimistic. i am hopeful we will know by tonight whether we re going to be able to have a deal. all right, so settle in. this might be a long night for us. white house and house republican negotiators and look closer to a deal in the last 24 hours as we reported last night. this morning republican house speaker kevin mccarthy had this to say. i thought we made progress yes