Blinken backs Israel | Criminals could go free as prisons fill up
Thursday 12 October 2023 17:44, UK
The United States has re-affirmed its support for Israel in the wake of Saturday's Hamas attack, sending its most senior diplomat Antony Blinken to Tel Aviv.
It's his first stop on a tour of the Middle East, in an effort by the US to stop the conflict spreading.
Mr Blinken indicated America will back Israel's bid to destroy the Palestinian militant group but warned it must "take every possible precaution to avoid harming civilians".
Today on the Sky News Daily, Tom Cheshire speaks to international affairs editor Dominic Waghorn from Jerusalem, about how big a threat escalation in the region is.
Plus, Sky News home editor Jason Farrell and former prison governor Vanessa Frake-Harris look at the crisis in prisons, after news that judges will now delay sending convicted criminals to overcrowded jails.
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