Bottom line is that the egyptian president deserves a lot of credit. 20 trucks of humanitarian assistance, of course, there are more than 2 Million People living in gaza. Many of them have moved from the north to the south, and there were many with foreign passports trying to cross and leave into egypt earlier in the week, but that Rafah Crossing was shut. And now we have got that development there. And here, just to confirm, the the president of egypt has agreed to open the Rafah Crossing. Moving on to another story. The latest in the drama about who will be speaker for the us House Of Representatives the republicans have again failed to elect someone. Yesterday conservative jim jordan, backed by donald trump saw 20 of his fellow republicans vote against him. In a second vote today the numbers against him increased to 22 meaning he still hasnt met the threshold to carry a majority. Its been more than two weeks since the republicans got rid of their own kevin mccarthy. Meanwhile, protestors in washington are staging a sit in inside a building that belongs to the capitol complex. Live now to washington and our correspondent shingai nyoka. Are you there . Not sure if she can hear us at the moment. I know it is noisy where you are, and we can certainly see the picture is, but just tell us what is happening. While, you might be able to hear the ruckus behind me. As he said, this is a sit in by pro palestinian protesters, and they call themselves jews for peace. And they are staged here at canon hell, which is in office for the House Of Representatives. They are saying and calling for a cease fire. They are saying thatjews are saying that the cease fire should be now. They say that President Biden doesnt represent all of the voices of america, and they are saying free gaza. 0ne america, and they are saying free gaza. One by one, we understand they have been taking these protesters and arresting them. We understand that over 100 have been arrested. And that situation is still ongoing. Sorry for the problems with the sound they are, but as you can see from those pictures, it is pretty busyin from those pictures, it is pretty busy in that protest there and it is quite an echoing realm as well. Thank you to our correspondent in washington. Back to the panel. Time, i manned up. Lets talk about the election of a speaker. Amanda. Its been dragging out for a while. Amanda, you are our resident american on the panel today, although not a republican, but what would you make of the fact that they still cant agree on someone . Weill. Still cant agree on someone . Well, this hasnt been still cant agree on someone . Well, this hasnt been too still cant agree on someone . Well, this hasnt been too much still cant agree on someone . Well, this hasnt been too much of still cant agree on someone . Well, this hasnt been too much of a this hasnt been too much of a surprise, seeing the rules that mccarthy had put into place. When you get the rules, one person can actually put you out of office or stake you from that speakership, that was truly a Set Up For Bailey his demise here. And how the Republican Party now is going to move forward. I dont thank you will find any democrats surprised by where the Republican Party is right now simply because it has been several months of trying to work across the aisle to figure out legislation to move forward and the Republican Party has been held hostage by the folks who simply cannot agree to a larger vision going forward, and now you seejim jordan, who has never passed a bill, and i cant underscore how you unusual that is, because if youve never worked to pass any legislation going forward, it means youve never really built a kind of relationships you need to build in order to move forward. You havent built the relationships across the aisle can he havent worked to help your colleagues to pass something so they could talk to their district about those things, and you havent really built a vision for what are you going to do, notjust what are you going to do, notjust what are you going to do, notjust what are you going to say. And so it is no surprise that we are where we are right now. Theyre a Publican Party now really does need to take a look and say, do we have a temporary leader in place, especially as now you are seeing images of what is happening in the capital in a crisis with the world right now and yet the Republican Party cannot seem to come together and figure out to their leader should be. Together and figure out to their leadershould be. But together and figure out to their leader should be. But it is certainly getting further away from jim jordan as we speak. Jim jordan as we speak. When you look at this jim jordan as we speak. When you look at this from jim jordan as we speak. When you look at this from afar jim jordan as we speak. When you look at this from afar across jim jordan as we speak. When you look at this from afar across the l look at this from afar across the pond, what do you make of it all because but its unfortunate for america that the house is unable to elect a leader and therefore unable to fulfil its function of government. Because of it is civil war in the government. Because of it is civil warinth , ,. War in the Republican Party, which is bad for america war in the Republican Party, which is bad for america but war in the Republican Party, which is bad for america but ultimately, | is bad for america but ultimately, in the is bad for america but ultimately, in the short is bad for america but ultimately, in the short term, but ultimately given in the short term, but ultimately given that in the short term, but ultimately given that the republic and parties seems given that the republic and parties seems to given that the republic and parties seems to be in the thrall of you would seems to be in the thrall of you would take a civil war in the Republican Party over ultimately victory Republican Party over ultimately victory for its nut case maga wing. We hope victory for its nut case maga wing. We hope it victory for its nut case maga wing. We hope it works for these problems, but at we hope it works for these problems, but at the we hope it works for these problems, but at the moment, democrats are trying but at the moment, democrats are trying to but at the moment, democrats are trying to lure the more sane republicans to their side and find a breakthrough that way. I think that is really breakthrough that way. I think that is really the only reasonable way through is really the only reasonable way through which the Republican Party takes through which the Republican Party takes baby steps back to normality, back takes baby steps back to normality, hack to takes baby steps back to normality, back to sanity, and we hope, of course, back to sanity, and we hope, of course, that it gets there, but it will take course, that it gets there, but it will take a course, that it gets there, but it will take a long i should just say that Trump Supporters would probably dispute that Trump Supporters would probably dispute your characterisation of them dispute your characterisation of them as dispute your characterisation of them as maga lunes. They would be wrong them as maga lunes. They would be wronu. �. ,. , them as maga lunes. They would be wronu. ~. , them as maga lunes. They would be wron. �. ,. , them as maga lunes. They would be wrong. , wrong. Amanda, let me bring you back in on this. Because wrong. Amanda, let me bring you back in on this. Because what wrong. Amanda, let me bring you back in on this. Because what we wrong. Amanda, let me bring you back in on this. Because what we heard in on this. Because what we heard from President Biden today was a pledge to get congress to pass unprecedented funding for israel. You need to do that, dont you . You do need a you need to do that, dont you . 7m. Do need a speaker to do that. And what i thank you will see in the coming days is that you might see the crisis actually bringing the urgency that the Republican Party needs to needs to come to some sort of conclusion here. Again, it might be a temporary solution, but i think its becomes untenable as urgency increases, especially when it is just right down the hall in that rotunda where you can feel that. In addition, what youre hearing from democrats is a juxtaposition of what leadership can look like when you start to Work Together versus what it looks like right now and the Republican Party. And so i do think this crisis we are in right now mightjust be the impetus and urgency needed in Orderfor Republicans to come up with some kind of solution, and you are seen biden at that pressure as he goes home and asks for help for humanitarian aid. �. ,. , humanitarian aid. Amanda, tom, i miaht be humanitarian aid. Amanda, tom, i might be wrong humanitarian aid. Amanda, tom, i might be wrong but humanitarian aid. Amanda, tom, i might be wrong but there humanitarian aid. Amanda, tom, i might be wrong but there may humanitarian aid. Amanda, tom, i might be wrong but there may be| might be wrong but there may be another vote tomorrow but i cant quite keep up with all the movements on that. Vladimir putin is on his first trip to a major global power since russias invasion of ukraine. The russian president is in china to visit president xi jinping and assist to the belt and road forum in beijing. His visit overshadowed by the conflict in the middle east aims at reinforcing russias political and economic ties with china. The two leaders already discussed the situation in ukraine and the war in the middle east. Vladimir putin said � common threats� would only strengthen cooperation between china and russia. Well the summit came as president xijinping launched a global Ai Governance initiative. The Initiative Comes a day after intelligence chiefs from the five eyes countries met in california to publicly accuse china of engaging in Intellectual Property Theft and using Artificial Intelligence for hacking and espionage against nations. According to the chinese leader, the aim of this initiative is to address issues related to the development of Artificial Intelligence. Professor gina neff is the Executive Director of the Minderoo Centre for technology and democracy at cambridge university. Tensions, i dont need to remind anyone, are quite high, both in al and and other issues in the geopolitical landscape around technology. So, that china announced that they want to establish closer relations with their own allies through the belt and road project and, you know, turning that, in effect, into a large ai collaboration shouldnt surprise the west when the west has been doing, in effect, the same thing. The hope is that these tensions can at least thaw momentarily when china has been invited to Bletchley Park as part of the uks hosting of this global ai Safety Summit in early november. Tom, amanda, and any other day the fact that president clinton and the president of china were meeting, that would be headline news, wouldnt take two tom, how significant do you think this is . The last time put in was there was three weeks before he launched his invasion and his invasion has not gone to plan. There two purposes to the visit. 0ne gone to plan. There two purposes to the visit. One is this show of friendship between the two of them, it shouldnt be under any illusion whatsoever that the president of china is the senior partner in this friendship and he is in a really difficult position because as the work i was in ukraine, the more bound up in it he is because he did not foresee that putin would conduct a war so badly that it would become an existential threat to his leadership and therefore threaten his anti American Partner on his border. The worse it goes, the more involved he has, but the immediate context is what is happening in israel and palestine, and those two leaders are very clear that they want to turn the world order upside down. The more that they can do to get the muslim world on side, we know at the start of the programme you had jeremy bowen saying that one of the problems at biden� s as it is that it makes arab countries and palestinians feel like america is on israels side and not theirs, and that sort of thing is a big opportunity for putin and the president of china because they want the muslim world to be like they are on their side, and these are really big problems. The world is in a very difficult, travelling in a very difficult, travelling in a very difficult direction. Difficult direction. Lets get amandas difficult direction. Lets get amandas take difficult direction. Lets get amandas take on difficult direction. Lets get amandas take on that, difficult direction. Lets get i amandas take on that, which difficult direction. Lets get amandas take on that, which is that analysis that actually, by President Biden going to the us, he sort of pushing other World Leaders in that region towards china and russia. I dont think the administration is at all surprised by this relationship and that all surprised by this relationship and that they would get together in this kind and that they would get together in this kind of way. That has been happening for some period of time. Theres happening for some period of time. Theres been a lot of conversations in congress theres been a lot of conversations in congress about what to do about this relationship, sol in congress about what to do about this relationship, so i think that is something that was expected. What i will is something that was expected. What iwill say is something that was expected. What twill say is is something that was expected. What i will say is part of his trip to israel i will say is part of his trip to israel and i will say is part of his trip to israel and starting to see a lot of the other israel and starting to see a lot of the other leaders also visit israel is really the other leaders also visit israel is really kind of showing a different collaboration as well. That was different collaboration as well. That was a big piece of him going, of releasing who was coming in, not Ust Of Releasing who was coming in, not just not of releasing who was coming in, not just not reallyjust for this particular moment, but it is showing an alliance, particular moment, but it is showing an alliance, same alliance that we saw in an alliance, same alliance that we saw in ukraine, now the same alliance saw in ukraine, now the same alliance really trying to bring Peace Alliance really trying to bring peace to alliance really trying to bring peace to the middle east region. So its not peace to the middle east region. So its not too peace to the middle east region. So its not too surprising that they needed its not too surprising that they needed to be a juxtaposition, and that is needed to be a juxtaposition, and that is what you are seeing from russia that is what you are seeing from russia and that is what you are seeing from russia and china right now. Sol dont russia and china right now. Sol dont think russia and china right now. Sol dont think thats really pushed anyone dont think thats really pushed anyone into a new space. I think people anyone into a new space. I think people have been very keen on watching people have been very keen on watching what is happening. Conversations happening on the hill. And i conversations happening on the hill. And i think conversations happening on the hill. And i think thats going to continue and should and i think thats going to continue and should continue. Time and i think thats going to continue and should continue. And should continue. Time let me ust aet and should continue. Time let me just get your and should continue. Time let me just get your take and should continue. Time let me just get your take on and should continue. Time let me just get your take on that. And should continue. Time let me just get your take on that. We and should continue. Time let me i just get your take on that. We have seen over the years a differing relationship between the us and china. Tom. The us and russia. Which is obviously dramatically changed since the war in ukraine. How much do you think this meeting between the president of china and putin would have bothered President Biden . ~ ,. ,. , biden . Well, put ten has not left russia for a biden . Well, put ten has not left russia for a long biden . Well, put ten has not left russia for a long time, the biden . Well, put ten has not left russia for a long time, the fact l russia for a long time, the fact that he has may give you a sense that he has may give you a sense that he has may give you a sense that he is involved in it in some way. I think that may be a year or six months ago or so, the sense that the work is going terribly bad victim and therefore the us had the upper hand in what is the more important struggle here, the one between us and china. At the moment, it is quite hard tojudge, really, isnt it, because you have whats going on in russia and china, you have russia thinking its can invade ukraine as a response to its tip it towards the west, and you have china kind of threatening the same with taiwan, i e. , if taiwan establishes itself as a successful rich are richer than china model for how china could be, than that becomes, if you like, chinas ukraine, and the worse these outcomes are, the more precarious a becomes for biden, and i very much doubt he wouldve enjoyed at this moment of extremely heightened tension, putin and the president of china having a get together,