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RAF gets legal rap over the knuckles over AG findings

The adoption of a new accounting standard saw the Road Accident Fund write off more than R300bn in liabilities

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Judge says State is entitled to refuse 'point blank' to tell court whether RAF deal exists

The State is refusing “point blank” to tell the High Court if an agreement exists permitting the British Royal Air Force (RAF) to intercept any ...

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Way Too Early With Jonathan Lemire

and they've made it aware to johnson that he cannot rely on his own party for support, which he already knows, but he can rely on them. and one of the reasons we know when we talk to voters, the swing voter project, they've been very disappointed with that lack of legislation that has come from congress, and this will be something that democrats will be able to campaign on heading into november while criticizing republicans. >> i think that's right especially given the conversations i've had with democrats who say they even would take the politics out of this and just look at the national security implications of it. raf, we've been talking about israel's ability to fight as this domestic front is happening over the policy, israel is fighting in gaza, on the border with lebanon, and now on iran or with iran. how critical is this american aid coming? >> absolutely critical, ali. and one of the key, key components are the missiles for

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Ana Cabrera Reports

we're back with breaking news out of the middle east this morning, as israel retaliates delivering its promised response to iran's drone and missile attack. now, israel struck inside iran early this morning firing missies toward a military base. iranian media down playing the attack calling it situation normal. let's get to raf sanchez in tel aviv, allie raffa at the white house, and retired lieutenant general steph twitty is with us as well. raf, walk us through the latest. what do we know? >> reporter: so ana, we are now 12 plus hours on from this israeli strike, and it does not appear, at least at this time, that we are hurdling towards further escalation. instead, as you said, both iran

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Ana Cabrera Reports

strike with surface to surface missiles, whether these were missiles launched from aircraft or whether they were drones. ana, i will tell you here in tel aviv right now, the situation is calm. it is quiet, and very significantly the israeli military has not imposed new restrictions either here in central israel or up in the north near the border with lebanon, and that is an indication that israel feels at least at this point that there is not going to be imminent iranian retaliation. >> raf sanchez, thank you for bringing us the latest there. >> ali, israeli officials reportedly gave the u.s. a heads-up here. how is the biden administration responding this morning? >> yeah, ana, you heard raf mention it's now been more than 12 hours since israel's strike, and despite efforts overmight and throughout the morning, we haven't received official reaction from the white house or president biden, and that is likely by design, as u.s. officials try to distance themselves and try to deescalate this situation, trying not to

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Jose Diaz-Balart Reports

the stealth fighter can clearly get into any strategic target in israel they choose to -- in iran they choose to attack. i think we have dodged a bullet for the time being, but it is a very unstable situation. >> so, general, interestingly, you were talking about how it seems as though as of right now the iranian military or the commanders are ignoring what the foreign minister of their own regime said. is this, as raf was saying, nothing happens in a vacuum, are they maybe acting in a short period of time? >> well, that's a concern. there has been no definitive statement by the iranians that they're not going to respond in any way at any time to this. but i think for now it looks

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Andrea Mitchell Reports

conversation yesterday between top u.s. officials and the top israelis about rafah. there was communication as well. apparently about this. with passover about to start and the sabbath, as you point out, as you were right about there, and passover on monday, all indications we are getting is that anything in rafah is way off. blinken made that clear -- second blinken made that clear at the g7. he said the u.s. has not received a plan for what to do about 1.4 million people, and there's no plan how to move them and how to shelter them. so the u.s., he said, does not support any major operation in rah fa. raf? >> reporter: that's right. we are not expecting the israelis to initiate a ground offensive in rafah, at least in the next few days, while the passover holiday is underway. the feeling is at minimum israel

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Andrea Mitchell Reports

camera from u.s. officials. >> not from israeli officials, which we have been reaching out to. thanks for that report. terrific reporting. raf, one quick question. how is the u.s. decision to vote against a palestinian state -- the u.s. position is, they support a two-state solution. they support the palestinian state. that has been the goal at the end of the road, withdrawal of israel from gaza, a new reformed palestinian authority leading gaza, all of that. that said, they voted against a palestinian state in the u.n. yesterday. there's a lot of anger about that. i'm wondering what the response is, what you are hearing in gaza and israel and the arab countries. blinken defended that saying with the g7 statement, that you can wave a piece of paper around and it's not going to create it. you have to do the hard work of

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Andrea Mitchell Reports

american law, if the united nations does admit the palestinians as a full member state, the u.s. is obligated to cut off funding, which secretary blinken says would be counterproductive for people in gaza. >> thanks so much, raf. that's important reporting. we appreciate that. joining us now is former cia director john brennan. director brennan, thanks for being with us. the president was clear in urging the prime minister to take the win for having overwhelmed all of the iranian missiles incoming, the 300 missiles and drones, and take the win with the help, of course, of the u.s., the french, the jordanians, and not retaliate. netanyahu, obviously, didn't want to do that. they did feel they had to retaliate. they did in a very low-key way. what's your bottom line as to where we come out in all of this

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Andrea Mitchell Reports

night. that's about the maximum of what we have been hearing out here at the pentagon about what occurred last night. as raf was saying, we have confirmed -- we did late last night that israel carries out an operation in iran. that's about all the u.s. is saying right now. even that is difficult to get. the u.s. was not involved in this. officials are saying that they believe that this was a precise operation and that the intent here is to deescalate the situation. that's been the big concern all along. looking at what we have heard from both iranian state media and on social media, it stands to reason that israel would have been able to take this action from inside another country. in other words, israeli aircraft, whether man or unmanned, would not have crossed in iranian airspace to carry out the strikes that occurred in isfahan. that's one piece that we do

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