just ahead. we will continue to bring gas prices down. they know the economy remains top of mind for voters. the president. hi, bob. my whole life has been deals. it is trump unvarnished, blunt, profane. it will not surprise you that he attacks people he doesn t like. we haven t seen something like this in new york city for nearly a century. these are human beings being shipped all over. announcer: live from london, this is cnn newsroom with max foster. it is wednesday, october the 19th. 9 a.m. in london. 4 a.m. in washington. in the coming hours u.s. president joe biden will address voter anxiety over energy prices less than three weeks ahead of the mid-term election. mr. biden is expected to announce that 15 million barrels of oil will be released from the u.s. strategic petroleum reserve in an effort to ease oil prices. it s at the lowest level since the 1980s. despite gas prices going down, crude prices have been rising after opec plus announced plan
Expect it to be a limited strike inside the country. Uk Prime Minister rishi sunak has used a Telephone Call with Israels Benjamin Netanyahu to appeal for calm heads, after irans missile and drone attack over the weekend. While he emphasised the uks support for israels security, mr sunak said a significant escalation in tensions was in no one s interests. Lucy williamson reports from jerusalem. Israels Prime Minister is weighing up the risks of another war before hes finished the existing one. Today, he told new army recruits that operations in gaza were just one part of a wider conflict. Translation its part of a bigger system. You can see it. Iran stands behind hamas, behind hezbollah, behind others. But we are determined to win there and defend ourselves in all arenas. New footage released by the army shows the moment the military focus here changed. The first interceptions of iranian missiles ordered from this control room. Israels ongoing conflicts with iranian backed groups have
declared a state of emergency. it may all cost the city as much as a billion dollars for this year alone. back to you. nationwide protests against iran s authoritarian regime are in a consecutive week. masa amini died in the presence of the morality police allegedly not wearing her hijab. iran wire shows protesters gathering around a fire on tuesday. it s become a symbol in the fight for women s rights and freedoms in iran. these are university students in northern iran chanting freedom and equality in their protest march on tuesday. meanwhile, an iranian rock climber is now back in tehran after competing without her hijab on sunday. she told iranian state media on arrival that she accidentally
shopping mall in north carolina was placed on lockdown after a report of gunshots fired. the city councilman said one person was shot in an apparent fight at the streets of south-point mall in durham. not clear the extend of that person s injuries. no further threat to the public. up next, getting a women s soccer team out of taliban-controlled afghanistan. here s what some of the fox affiliates around the country are covering tonight. fox 11 in los angeles has more than 100 firefighters battle a hassive blaise on thanksgiving night. the flameser to through a commercial area where four adjoining buildings are located. the same structure was a scene of a fire on tuesday. fox news in birmingham, authorities try to figure out how hundreds of packages ended up in the alabama woods. packages of various sizes were found wednesday in a ravine in a small town in haden. this is a live look from miami.
shopping mall in north carolina was placed in lockdown after a report of gunshots fired, city councilman said person was shot at southpoint small in durham, it s not yet clear the extent of that person s injuries. police said there is no further threat to the public. up next, getting a women s soccer team out of taliban-controlled afghanistan. first here is what our affiliates on the country are covering tonight. in los angeles, more than 100 firefighters battle a massive blaze on thanksgiving night. the flames tore through a commercial area where four adjoining buildings are located. officials said the same structure was the scene of a fire on tuesday. fox 6 in birmingham as authorities try to figure out how hundreds of fedex packages ended up in the alabama woods. the blunt county sheriff s office said packages of various sizes were found near the small town of hayden.