Monday morning news: November 13, 2023

Israel-Hamas update » In Gaza, dire reports from Al Shifa hospital as Israeli troops close in on the facility.

The Israel Defense Forces report Hamas terrorists are holed up inside along with critically ill patients with no power and dwindling supplies.

HOSPITAL: They told me that 59 child have passed away because there is not oxygen. And the problem was because of lack of oxygen, lack of electricity.

That’s Mai al-Kaila, health minister for the Palestinian Authority

HAGARI: [Speaking Hebrew] The hospital asked for assistance…

Rear Admiral Daniel Hagari says Israel has offered fuel and assistance evacuating sick babies, but Hamas is preventing it from reaching the hospital.

Amid international calls for a cease-fire and pro-Palestinian protests, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu appeared on NBC’s Meet the Press to remind viewers whom Israel is fighting against.

NETANYAHU: People who deliberately targeted civilians, raped and murdered women, who beheaded men, who burnt babies alive, who kidnapped little babies and holocaust survivors, you name it. These are the people that you are supporting.

France protest » Meanwhile in Paris, more than a hundred-thousand people marched to show support for Jews amid rising anti-semitism.

AUDIO: [FRENCH PROTESTERS SINGING]

Leaders from across the political spectrum attended, including Prime Minister Elisabeth Borne.

Tomer Sisley is an Israeli-French actor.

SISLEY: Everybody comes here and shows that we’re all together. We’re not Jewish, we’re not Muslims, we’re not Christians, we’re French. And we’re here to show that we’re all together.

France has the largest Jewish population in Europe.

APEC Kickoff » World leaders are gathering today in San Francisco for the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation forum’s 2023 summit where U.S. President Joe Biden and Chinese leader Xi Jinping are slated to appear.

The two leaders are scheduled to meet this week [on Wednesday] on the sidelines of the summit.

U.S. Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen says she has already met with Chinese Vice Premier He Lifeng.

YELLEN: We do not seek to decouple our economy from China's. This would be damaging to both the U.S. and China and destabilizing to the world.

But Yellen says she did point out problems with China’s economic approach:

YELLEN: A healthy economic relationship requires American workers and firms to be treated fairly. I raised concerns about the breadth and depth of the PRC's non-market policies and practices and their global spillovers.

Still, Yellen said both China and the United States are seeking healthier economic ties.

Mike Johnson budget plan » Meanwhile the U.S. Congress is confronting different money problems. Newly appointed Republican House Speaker Mike Johnson proposed another stopgap spending measure over the weekend.

The proposal includes staggered deadlines for funding federal agencies. A resolution authorizing government spending is set to expire on November 17.

Democratic Senator Chris Murphy told NBC’s Meet the Press:

MURPHY: We cannot have a government shutdown this weekend. Certainly not. Well, we are facing these existential crises for our friends in Israel and Ukraine. I don't like this laddered car approach. It looks gimmicky to me, but I'm open to what the house is talking about.

Johnson’s proposal does not include funding the White House has requested to support Ukraine, Israel, and U.S. border policies.

Baby Indi » A British hospital has removed a critically ill infant from life support against her parents’ wishes. WORLD’s Josh Schumacher has more.

JOSH SCHUMACHER: The UK added Baby Indi Gregory this weekend to a list of terminally ill children to whom the government has denied medical care.

Local doctors decided that further care was futile and would only prolong the child’s suffering.

Indi’s parents sought treatment for her in Italy, where a hospital agreed to treat her.

But last week, British judges ordered doctors to remove her life support.

Indi’s case followed a similar pattern as the deaths of 11-month-old Charlie Gard in 2017 and 23-month-old Alfie Evans in 2018.

For WORLD, I’m Josh Schumacher.

Military Crash » The U.S. military says five servicemembers are dead after a Black Hawk helicopter crashed over the Mediterranean Sea this past weekend.

The crash occurred on Saturday during routine air-to-air refueling on a training mission. The military says it has found no indication that hostile forces were responsible. President Joe Biden issued a statement of condolence to the families.

I'm Kristen Flavin.

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