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breakfast. it s thursday the 7th of december. our main story. rishi sunak is considering who to appoint as immigration minister following robertjenrick s dramatic resignation. he left in protest against new legislation designed to give the government the power to send migrants to rwanda. mrjenrick says the bill, which will be presented to parliament today, doesn t go far enough, because people arriving in small boats can still challenge their deportation to rwanda at the european court of human rights. our political correspondent, damian grammaticas, reports. it s nice to see you, have a good evening. why did you resign, sir? the answer is simple. nice to see you all, thanks very much. and it makes this a moment of perilfor rishi sunak. do you think the prime minister will be able to stop the boats, mr jenrick? as immigration minister, robertjenrick had vowed to see asylum seekers deported to rwanda even after the supreme court ruled the plan unlawful. this was tues ....
hello, i m christian fraser. you re watching the context on bbc news. global leaders pay tribute to the veteran us diplomat, henry kissinger, who s died at the age of 100. the united states has long been a welcoming country we have life pictures tonight of the rafer crossing, where people are being released rafah. you can see the ambulances. we just lost those pictures, but standing by. i can t give you the names until we ensure they are back in israeli hands. six women, two of them from the same family, sisters, whose father and older brother are still held in hamas. this is them crossing the border a few minutes ago into egyptian territory. then they are transferred to israel, and you can see they re in the hands of the international committee of the red cross. the important thing is one or two of these women in fact, three of them, still have relatives inside gaza still. they will be released. bittersweet for many of them tonight. will not be told who is alive ....
against hamas. rejecting mounting calls for a cease-fire in gaza. in a new op-ed in the washington post, the president writes, quote, as long as hamas clings to its ideology of destruction, a cease-fire is not possible. every cease-fire is time they ex ploi exploit to restock and attack innocents again. this comes as gaza s largest hospital, al shifa, continues to be a key military target for the idf, claiming hamas is using the complex as a large-scale command center. a claim hamas denies. hospital officials say patients and staff were ordered to evacuate the medical complex, which israel denies. a head doctor there says six doctors are staying at the medical complex to treat around 120 too vulnerable to evacuate. but as the fighting continues in the north, israel s military is now vowing to advance anywhere hamas is found. there are growing signs a ground offensive into southern parts of gaza could be imminent. meanwhile, in tel aviv thousands gathered at a massiv ....
coverage continues with wolf blitzer. happening now, new explosions over gaza as the israeli military vows it will advance anywhere hamas has found, sending new signals a wider offensive in the south may be imminent. ton tonight, a judge s ruling on whether to bar donald trump from the ballot in california. trump owe pponents hoping it ge him disqualified. mike johnson is promising to release nearly all of the january 6 video security footage at the u.s. capitol. will it accomplish his goal of pleasing right wing lawmakers? welcome to our viewers here in the united states and around the world. i m wolf blitzer. you are in the situation room. we begin near the israeli/gaza border with a new round of explosions in israel s war against hamas. nic robertson is joining us live, not far from gaza. tell us what you have been seeing and hearing at your location. reporter: i m just looking over my shoulder at the moment. we were watching tracer fire along the horizon ....