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Pressure is growing on the White House to plan a rescue of Americans being held hostage by Hamas in Gaza.
President Biden on Monday confirmed that at least 14 Americans lost their lives in Israel at the hands of Hamas last weekend.
US officials say at least 20 more are among the missing.
From Washington, Simon Marks reports.
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US President Joe Biden has confirmed that American citizens are among those hostages being held by Hamas in the Gaza Strip.
He described the Hamas attacks on Israel last weekend as "sheer evil", and in comments at the White House backed Israel's right to take reprisals.
US Secretary of State Antony Blinken is heading to Israel for talks with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and other top officials.
From Washington, Simon Marks reports.
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President Joe Biden insists the United States has Israel's back, promising the country will get what it needs to "defend itself" amid an escalating crisis in the Middle East.
Fourteen Americans were killed by Hamas militants on Saturday when the terror group launched an unprecedented multi-pronged attack on Israel which left more than a thousand dead.
Mr Biden called it a "stomach-churning, sickening atrocity on an appalling scale — and a violation of every code of human morality."
The White House also confirmed some United States citizens are being held hostage in Gaza having been abducted during the assault.
From Washington, Benji Hyer reports.
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The man shot and killed by police after driving a car into the Chinese consulate in San Francisco was armed with a knife and crossbow, according to eyewitness and media reports.
Officials haven't revealed the man's identity or a possible motivation for the incident.
Ira Spitzer reports from San Francisco.
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Families of Americans missing in Israel are piling pressure on the Biden Administration to take action to rescue their loved-ones.
On Monday, the White House confirmed at least eleven Americans have been killed in the fighting.
President Biden said it's likely Americans have been taken hostage by Hamas.
Our Washington Correspondent Simon Marks reports.
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US President Joe Biden will address the nation shortly, as he faces pressure to lay out his country's response to an escalating crisis in the Middle East.
Eleven Americans were killed in what he calls an "unprecedented and appalling assault" by the Hamas terror-group, which left hundreds dead.
The White House says it's also "likely" that some United States citizens are being detained in Gaza having been abducted in southern Israel during Saturday's brutal attack.
From Washington, Benji Hyer reports.
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US President Joe Biden has been interviewed as part of an investigation into his handling of classified documents.
Papers from his time as Vice-President were found in his home and a think-tank he founded in Washington DC.
The president's team says he had voluntarily granted the two-day interview, and is cooperating fully with the investigation.
Sally Patterson has more.
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Rallies have taken place across the United States relating to the crisis in the Middle East.
For the second day running, supporters of Israel and Palestine clashed outside the Israeli consulate in Manhattan.
President Biden will speak later today from the White House about what he's called the "hostage crisis" in Gaza, where several Americans are among the hostages seized by Hamas from Israel over the weekend.
From Washington Simon Marks reports.
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The Israeli-Palestinian conflict may impact global growth according to the International Monetary Fund, but it's too soon to say.
The institution has cut its global growth forecast to 3 percent this year – and 2.9 percent next year, with a shaky outlook for China and the Eurozone. But India and the U.S. remain resilient.
Caroline Malone reports from Washington
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The US says it's providing advice to Israel about "hostage rescue efforts" after Hamas threatened to execute people seized in Israel over the weekend and forced back to the Gaza Strip.
Several Americans are believed to be among the captives.
A US aircraft carrier has already been ordered to steam towards the Eastern Mediterranean.
From Washington, Simon Marks reports.
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As the Israel-Gaza conflict continues, reports citing an official UK source suggest that more than 10 British Citizens may be feared killed or missing, in the region.
So far 3 British men have been named by their families as having been killed, with a further man reported missing following the attack by hamas militants.
Several pro-Israel and pro-Palestine demonstrations took place in London on monday evening.
Simon Gaitán reports…
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