An israeli bombardment in the Eastern Parts Of Rafah has already displaced Tens Of Thousands of palestinians. Mr blinken has been talking to cbs news as we look at rafah, they may go in and have some initial success, but potentially at an incredibly high cost to civilians. But one that is not durable, one that is not sustainable, and they will be left holding the bag on an enduring insurgency because a lot of armed hamas will be left, no matter what they do in rafah. Or if they leave and get out of gaza, as we believe they need to do, then youre going to have a vacuum and a vacuum that is likely to be filled by chaos, by anarchy, and ultimately by hamas again. So, weve been working for many weeks on developing credible plans for security, for governance, for rebuilding. We havent seen that come from israel. Weve been working with arab countries and others on that plan. We need to see that, too. Pick we have the same objective as israel. We want to make sure that hamas cannot govern gaz
here at the nato meetings for the next two days. it s absolutely vital that britain and other countries in this alliance get the weapons, get the ammunition and get the support to ukraine that they need. it is vital for us that ukraine wins and putin loses. it s notjust an investment in their defence and their security, it s an investment in our defence and our security. we will be safer in britain if we ensure the right outcome to this conflict, and it s vital that we talk about that over the two coming days. it s also important that we commemorate the 75th anniversary of this alliance, the most successful defensive alliance in history, and nato is strong and is getting stronger. today we ll be having the first time a swedish foreign minister has attended this meeting as a full member of nato. and with sweden and finland joining, nato s has become stronger. the most important thing we can do to make sure this alliance continues to grow and continues to strengthen is to ensur
it also states that washington will support kyiv in developing its military force through training, joint planning and cybersecurity efforts. additionally, the us will help ukraine receive compensation for damage caused by russia. here s what presidents biden and zelensky had to say after signing. and we have signed the strongest agreement between ukraine and us since our independence. and this is an agreement on security and thus, on the protection of human life. , ., ~ , life. our goal is to inaudible capabilities life. our goal is to inaudible capabilities for life. our goal is to inaudible capabilities for the life. our goal is to inaudiblel capabilities for the long-term. capabilities for the long term. a lasting capabilities for the long term. a lasting peace for ukraine that a lasting peace for ukraine that must be underwritten by ukraine s own ability to defend itself ukraine s own ability to defend itself now and to deter future aggression anytime in the f
increasing it in the coming years. and the alliance did not back off of its commitment that ukraine will be a member of nato, and added some specificity of how that will actually take place in the coming years. sol actually take place in the coming years. so i think there is more than an adequate message here to vladimir putin. i want to ask you about the discussions we saw between president biden and president erdogan on the sidelines, and the announcement that washington has decided to move ahead with supplying f i6s to turkey. do you think this was a direct trade for tacky lifting opposition to sweden s membership? irate opposition to sweden s membership? opposition to sweden s membershi? ., , membership? we don t really know the provisions - membership? we don t really know the provisions of - membership? we don t really know the provisions of the . know the provisions of the agreement, the compromise that led to president erdogan relenting and agreeing to move forward with sweden
footing, and stoltenberg said this key sentence this morning, today we meet as equals, i look forward to meeting as allies. he is emphasising we have taken fresh steps you, we have work communicating and talking as equals, a seat at the table but you are not immune to allied yet but i look forward to meeting as allies. absolutely clear that the path that ukraine is on is towards nato membership. we ukraine is on is towards nato membership- ukraine is on is towards nato membership. ukraine is on is towards nato membershi -. ~ , p , membership. we will see you very shortl , membership. we will see you very shortly. keeping membership. we will see you very shortly, keeping an membership. we will see you very shortly, keeping an eye membership. we will see you very shortly, keeping an eye on - membership. we will see you very shortly, keeping an eye on events| shortly, keeping an eye on events there but we wanted to update you on some other stories around the world today. the beginn