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with theirfamilies in israel. it follows mediation efforts by the gulf state of qatar, with hamas, designated as a terror organisation by many western governments, including the uk, saying they were freed for humanitarian reasons . around 200 hostages are still being held in gaza, and israel s airstrikes and total siege of the territory, cutting off food, water and medicines, will not end until all of them are freed. desperately needed humanitarian aid has still not reached the besieged people of gaza. emergency aid trucks stocked with supplies sit on the border with egypt, waiting to be let across the rafah crossing as part of a deal to allow in limited aid. let s bring you more now on the fate of those two american hostages freed by hamas. us presidentjoe biden spoke with the two women after their release on friday, telling them that their government quote will fully support them as they recover and heal. and secretary of state anthony blinken said he s relieve ....
after a bishop and several churchgoers were stabbed while giving a sermon that was being live streamed, the incident happened on monday evening at the christ the good shepherd church in the suburb of wakeley. at least four people were stabbed, but police said none of their injuries were life threatening. the commissioner of new south wales police gave this update a short while ago. the things that influenced my decision to declare this a terrorist incident was the actions of the individual who attended. we allege that he attended that church with a knife, armed with a knife and stabbed the bishop, the priest and others were also injured. we believe there are elements that are satisfied in terms of religious motivated extremism, and, of course, the intimidation of the public through that person s acts. by attending that church whilst it was being live streamed, intimidating not only the parishioners in attendance but those parishioners who were watching online and subseq ....
maloney, deputy director of brookings foreign policy program and following the conversation they ll take questions from the audience. live coverage is here on c-span2. c-span2. good morning, everyone. thank you for braving the aftermath of cyclone bomb and polar vortex. i m the director for middle east policy and welcome to everyone in the room and everyone joining us on the brookings webcast and via c-span at home. we have an extremely important topic this morning and an excellent panel to discuss it. we often have debates on middle east policy on interests and what the u.s. should do in terms of immediate policy and pursuing its interest and we often have debates what the u.s. should do in terms of its values promoting its vision of the good life, its vision of what the world should look like and once in a while an issue that very clearly encapsulates both and this is one of them. it pertains directly to some of the most important policy issues regarding the middle ....
good morning, everyone. thank you for braving the aftermath of cyclone bomb and polar vortex. i m the director for middle east policy and welcome to everyone in the room and everyone joining us on the brookings webcast and via c-span at home. we have an extremely important topic this morning and an excellent panel to discuss it. we often have debates on middle east policy on interests and what the u.s. should do in terms of immediate policy and pursuing its interest and we often have debates what the u.s. should do in terms of its values promoting its vision of the good life, its vision of what the world should look like and once in a while an issue that very clearly encapsulates both and this is one of them. it pertains directly to some of the most important policy issues regarding the middle east in recent years and decades even, with the jcpoa in play, and the president about to make decisions about that. and we also have the issue of democracy in the islamic repub ....
on behalf of brookings and the center of middle east policy, i am the director for middle east policy and welcome to everyone in the room and everyone joining us on the brookings webcast and via c-span at home. we have an extremely important topic this morning and an excellent panel to discuss it. we often have debates on middle east policy on interests and what the u.s. should do in terms of immediate policy and pursuing its interest, and we often have debates what the u.s. should do in terms of its values promoting its vision of the good life, its vision of what the world should look like and once in a while an issue that very clearly encapsulates both, and this is one of them. it pertains directly to some of the most important policy issues regarding the middle east in recent years and decades even, with the jcpoa in play, and the president about to make decisions about that. and we also have the issue of democracy in the islamic republic of iran, and the people on t ....