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This programme may contain some strong language. As Ground Fighting intensifies in Southern Lebanon, will israel respond to Irans Missile Assault with a direct attack of its own, and when . Plus well talk live to actor Amanda Abbington in her first interview after the bbc apologised to her and upheld some of her complaints about her strictly dance partner. Good evening. Welcome to newsnight, with insights and interviews. Israel, lebanon, iran, syria, gaza and the West Bank these are volatile times across the Middle East with devastating consequences for millions of people. These are live pictures of S ....
Prime minister, najib mikati, as well as the un Security Coordinator for lebanon, as well as the un Security Coordinatorfor lebanon, have coordinator for lebanon, have launched coordinatorfor lebanon, have launched a 426 Million appeal to help civilians affected by the escalating conflict. Another development, now we are hearing that Air Raid sirens have been sounding across Central Israel as well. We can go through some of the main developments in this report from chi chi izundu. Explosion. A dangerous and pivotal moment in the Middle East. Escalation amid fresh missile strikes overnight. A Ground Offe ....
powerful republican in the senate is open to raising the minimum age to buy a semi-automatic weapon from 18 to 21. he has said that in private, but mitch mcconnell has not and won t, it seems, say it in public. it is highly unlikely that it will be part of any agreement on gun safety as talks intensify between democrats and republicans. two weeks ago republican senate cynthia lieu mass of wyoming said she doubted any ideas to curb gun violence would be welcomed in her pro-gun state but now she s signaling an openness to finding legislative solutions because her office has been flooded with calls from con sit stants demanding an end to mass shooting. let s bring in arlette saenz and sunlen serfaty about this. let s talk about why discussions stand. there s optimism from both sides at this moment but they have not brokered a deal, have not had an agreement on some of these issues and that is what today is all about. today they have to sit down as negotiators, narrow t ....
weeks to the day of the massacre of rob elementary school murder of 19 children and two teachers learning tonight the police chief daniel rodriguez was on vacation during the mass shooting . when this initially took down, the chief wasn t in town. he canceled vacation and flew back the next day. reporter: who was in charge of the police department at the time. he had assistant chief, i ll have to find out who that s uvalde s mayor there also calling for transparency, owing to the victim s families. after two americans, including actor mcconaheigh who grew up in uvalde, he honored the viktds and spoke forcefully for reforms. we also met anna and danila, the mom and step dad of nine-year-old maite, now maite wanted to be a marine biologist, already in contact with corpus christi university for future college enrollment. nine years old. maite cared for the environment so strongly, when the city asked her mother if they could release balloons into the sky for he ....
talk. why this uvalde teacher now says he s angry at law enforcement who he heard in the hallway while 11 of his students were being killed. and office ultimatums. return to the office or lose urjob. the tough decision more workers are now facing. welcome to the lead. i m jake tapper. we start with our politics lead today. president biden now getting involved as a key democratic senator says negotiations with republicans on gun reform have reached a, quote, critical stage. that democrat, chris murphy of connecticut, visited the white house today to give president biden a rundown of where bipartisan negotiations stand. before murphy headed back to the hill for yet another meeting with his fellow lawmakers. they have expressed growing optimism a deal for a narrow targeted bill could potentially be reached as soon as the end of this week. so what remains on the table? well, incentivized states to pass red flag laws. potential waiting periods for 18 to 21-year-olds ....