by the americans. all this raises the ghosts of 1948 for palestinians, when more than 700,000 of them fled or were expelled byjewish troops as israel won its independence. israel never allowed them home. two of the gaza hostages were in new videos. hanna katsir blamed benjamin netanyahu, israel s prime minister, for their plight. so did yagil yaakov, who s 13. hostage videos are usually made under duress, so the bbc is not broadcasting them. and across the west bank, the other side of the occupied territories, more palestinians were killed as armed groups fought israeli raids. the gaza war is igniting the west bank. the israeli army s reprisals included the destruction of roads and infrastructure. existing tension and hatred have been deepened. the danger remains of the war spreading across the middle east. in yemen, the houthi regime, an ally of iran, posted more videos of attacks on israel with missiles and drones. so far, they ve all been intercepted by american and israel
of communications under president trump and lord kim darroch, former british ambassador to the us. first, the latest headlines. joe biden and volodymyr zelensky have signed a landmark us ukraine security deal, with the us president warning russia that kyiv s allies are not backing down . mr biden said the bilateral agreement, plus a g7 deal for a $50 billion loan for ukraine using frozen russian funds, collectively showed mr putin that he cannot wait us out. hezbollah has fired a fresh barrage of rockets and drones from lebanon into israel in retaliation for the killing of a senior commander on tuesday. israel said a number of projectiles were intercepted by air defences, although some hit open areas, igniting fires. russian prosecutors say the american journalist, evan gershkovich, will go on trial for espionage at a court in the urals, but no date has been given. mr gershkovich was reporting for the wall streetjournal when he was accused of spying. he denies the charge
witness intimidation. right now, the testimony continuing with a close d door deposition by an american embassy official who overheard the president talking with the u.s. ambassador to the eu about investigations mr. trump wanted from ukraine. and amid all of the drama, the president s long time associate on friend, roger stone, has been found guilty on all seven counting include iing telling l to congress that protected mr. trump. we ll get to that, but first, some details of today s dramatic testimony by the ousted u.s. ambassador to ukraine. jessica schneider is working the story for us. it was very, very powerful. it was, wolf, and yovanovitch recounted and she said she was vilified by rudy giuliani and his associates and even after her ouster as ambassador to ukraine, she said she felt threatened when she learned the details of the president s july