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>> live from london,c news. israel confirms it hits an ambulance, saying it was being used by hamas operatives. has says a convoy was struck and dozens were killed. the u.s. secretary of state urges a humanitarian pause in the war but israel's prime minister says there will be no temporary truce until all hostages are released. israel's army is on high alert at its border with lebanon as the leader of the prescribed terror group hezbollah praises it. foreigners struggling to leave gaza. i have been talking to one man whose family has been left behind aer hearing earlier from a woman who did not make it out. >> it is a huge relief to be out. >> my kids were so much happier to have a meal, hot shower and good sleep. >> in the u.k., nearly 40 flood

warnings remain in place in the aftermath of storm carom. ♪ >> hello, welcome to the daily global where we will bring you top stories from around the world. we will start in gaza because in the last couple of hours, bbc has verified footage of the aftermath of an explosion. the pictures are difficult to watch. we are showing you the most sanitized as it were. there are far more gruesome pictures we are not showing you. you can see the damage to the ambulance. this is outside the al-shabaab hospital, reportedly dozens killed and injured. the hamas run health ministry says it was a strike by israel. now in the last hour or so, israel idf confirms that they

did carry out a strike on an ambulance. they say it was being used by hamas and hamas operatives were killed. meanwhile, bringing you up-to-date with diplomacy today. u.s. secretary of state antony blinken, visiting the israeli prime minister intimate netanyahu. -- benjamin netanyahu. blinken is supporting a humanitarian pause in the fighting. netanyahu says there will be no temporary cease-fire until all israeli hostages are released. let's go north to lebanon. this is the leader of hezbollah, the first time we have heard from him since the seventh of october. hezbollah is a prescribed terrorist group i many countries like the u.s. and u.k., just like hamas is. he praised the hamas attacks on the seventh of october, but did not call for all out war with israel.

let's go back inside gaza. these are pictures of the fighting supplied by the idf, that is the israel defense forces. they say they now completely surround gaza city in the north and they say face-to-face battles have been taking place with hamas fighters. let's get up-to-date with this report from our international editor, jeremy bowen. it does start with those distressing images. >> around 4:00 this afternoon, many people were killed close to schieffer, gaza city's main hospital. the health ministry, controlled by hamas, said israel attacked a convoy of ambulances. thousands of civilians have been sheltering hoping it would be safer. israel says hamas has a command bunker under the hospital. more dead civilians along the

street were only two roads south, where israel says civilians must go to be safe. the bbc has located the video to a stretch of road sev kilometers southwest of gaza city. the man is saying, oh god, a litt girl, woman, a girl. this doctor said he was shot at by israelis and the same place yesterday. he says over a stretch of 1.5 kilometers, snipers were shooti at the cars. they hit a donkey cart. the donkey was cut to pieces, along with the cart and everyone on it. this is abraham, a british doctor strandewithout power in his family -- with his family in northern gaza. the doctor from north london was told by the foreign office only to risk the post road in, you in or aid agency cards. >> i see science-fiction movie.

i never imagine science fiction can be real, like an movie, like you are in a dream. what is going on? it is not imagination. >> antony blinken, the u.s. secretary of state, returned hoping to ease the pressure on gaza's civilians. >> good afternoon, everyone. we are absolutely focused on getting hostages back and getting them back to their families, safety, and we believe that among other things, a humanitarian pause good help that effort. >> after their meeting, prime minister netanyahu said there would be no cease-fires until hamas released its hostages. >> in lebanon's capital, supporters of the iranian backed militia hezbollah rallied to hear their leader, repeat threats the war might spread.

the concern, he said, is that this front might tumble into a wider war. it is a real possibility, and the enemy should make every allowance. back in gaza, this is what is left of the refugee camp. it is in the south, where israel is turning palestinian civilians to turn to go to escape danger. for gaza's endangered people and diplomats, who want to stop this war escalated. jeremy bowen, bbc news, jerusalem. >> we are going to focus for a moment on hezbollah. we heard from the leader for the first time at lebanon. that is significant enough itself, but what else does it mean? let's hear from merlin thomas from bbc verified. >> since this conflict started on the seventh of october, tensions between israel and lebanon have been rising. this is israel and the gaza strip where the war is unfolding.

here is lebanon, israel's northern neighbor. you can see the border marked here in red. hezbollah is a powerful military force in lebanon, backed by iran and designated a terrorist organization by western states, israel, both a wrap countries in the a wrap -- arab league. they have a long history including wind into thousand six, a full-blown war broke out between the two. what has hezbollah's? response been there have been attacks on both sides. this is the border between lebanon and israel. analysts have confirmed they have been tracking these cross borders strikes by monitoring social media. the blue dots are strikes by israeli military. the red dots are strikes by hezbollah. this is a video released by hezbollah yesterday, claiming it shows an attack on in israeli military base. by looking at the geography of the area and the shape of the buildings, we have been able to

verify the location. the israeli military have been retaliating, using tank and artillery fire against hezbollah positions in lebanon. this is a video released today by the israel defense forces, what it says are tank strikes on hezbollah and lebanon. they say the strikes hit hezbollah infrastructure and there have been casualties reported on both sides. so, what does this mean for the war? this is hasaan, the leader of hezbollah who has been speaking today. he is a sheer cleric who have led the group since 1992 and has played a key role in turning it into a political, as well as military force. he has close links with iran and its supreme leader, which date from 1981. in a speech watched by thousands at a rally, hasan praised the attacks on israel on the seventh of october that said they were 100% palestinian. >> this is the first operation

which has been a historic points and blessed point. this was a palestinian decision. 100% supported by the palestinians. 100%. >> hamas and gaza has repeatedly urged allies to join the fight, but israel has warned of unimaginable consequences if hezbollah joins the israel-gaza war in the army says it's forces are on very high alert at its border with lebanon. >> we are going to move from that northern border of israel down to its southern order with egypt. we are hearing more and more stories of foreign nationals who have been able to escape gaza through the crossing, but not everyone on the list of those allowed to leave has made it. my next guest travel to gaza in september with his father. he returned to london a week later for work.

him and his wife and five children stayed behind. he sent us this photo of his kids on holiday. his family is on the list of british people allowed to leave gaza, but they are currently stranded in the north, unable to get to the crossing. he joins me now from cairo, where he is hoping to be reunited with them. thank you for coming on the program. >> thank you for having me tonight with you. >> my pleasure. what is the latest you have heard from your family about what is happening? >> i spoke to my family this morning after trying to get hold of them over 20 time, due to that bad connection. however, my family is still struggling to travel to the south. we have been trying to travel to the south for over a week.

my children, the five of them, suffering from headache. they are so scared from the situation there. >> sorry to jump in. can you tell me, what is the challenge, the difficulty of getting from the north where they are to the south? >> the difficult is, there is no safe journey. there is no safe journey from the northern of gaza to the south of gaza. deadly airstrike, 24 hours on gaza, randomly attack everywhere. there is no taxis. no taxi. no private cars to take them over. basically, you are unable to travel from northern gaza without bombay. >> thank you for explaining that

for us. thank you for explaining that. i just want to say, i cannot imagine what you are going through at the moment. can you try and put it into words, the fear you are feeling? >> my family actually, to be honest, feeling disgusted from thbritish government because the british government actually being negligent in its duty in dealing with the british people, protection of british people in gaza. my family is suffering, feeling isolated, feeling lonely. my children, feeling so scared and also -- >> i am afraid we have lost the line to you. i will wait a couple of seconds. just while we wait and see if we can reestablish the line, i will point out -- i have heard from

the government minister speaking elsewhere, saying they have been committed to making sure we look after british citizens as best we possibly can. i am afraid that line has disappeared, but we have got a real sense about the difficulty if you are in the north of gaza, traveling south, to try to get out is so problematic and difficult and absolutely heartbreaking as he waits for updates from his family, hopin they will be able to get out. the first minister of scotland says his relatives have made it out of gaza. they have been trapped there for nearly four weeks. his parents in the law are among the british nationals who have now entered neighboring egypt. our correspondent has the story. >> [speaking another language] and going to the gates. >> safe, at last, filmed earlier

today in cairo airport, this dr. is about to board his flight to the u.k. a surgeon at the royal liverpool university hospital, he has been visiting gaza for the last 10 years. pictured here, training doctors at the al-shabaab hospital in gazaity. his latest visit began one day before hamas carried out its deadly attacks. >> oh, it was really terrible. we thought we are going to be killed there. at the time, i did not see the interviews becau i did not want my family really to be very worried about me. but, yeah, we were fighting for our safety, for our lives. >> tell us what it was like for you crossing the border into egypt. >> people at the border saying to us, oh, you are leaving us, you are internationals, you are lucky.

we are abandoned by you and so on. it is hard. although we could not do anything. >> other british nationals who have also left gaza include the family of scotland's first minister calms a use of, his mother and father-in-law were trapped were nearly a month. >> hugely relieved of course. it was a special moment for me to phone up my 14 year old to tell her granny and grandpa are coming home. a nice moment, it was very special. >> relief for some families, but for others, still trapped in gaza -- the unbearable weight goes on. >> around the world and across the u.k., this is bbc news. let's look at other stories making the news now. the un says more than 25,000 people have been displaced across myanmar by a weeklong conflict between literary

leaders and ethnic insurgents in the northeastern state. reports suggest dozens of military outposts have fallen and the three rebel groups say their goal is to overthrow the military dictatorship. at least one person has died in flooding in northern italy. the tuscany region was badly hit by the storm which swept through northwest europe on thursday. the storm wrought strong winds and driving rain, forcing the closure of schools, airports, rail and ferry services. columbia is to call some more than 160 hippos to -- descended from a herd owned by the drug lord pablo escobar in the 1980's. experts have tried to control the hippo numbers. you are live with bbc news. the international efforts and

u.s. secretary of state antony blinken flew into israel again another visit today. he has gone on to jordan. this was the handshake between him and the israeli prime minister, benjamin netanyahu. u.s. secretary of state antony blinken supports a humanitarian pause in the fighting in gaza, but netanyahu says there will be no temporary cease-fire until all israeli hostages are released. for more on the u.s. stance, i spoke to emily harding, director of the intelligence national security a technology program at the center for strategic and international studies, a nonprofit policy research organization. take a listen. >> secretary boykin has a difficult job right now. he is trying to do two things at the same time. number one is, he is trying to show the u.s. is strong and continuing support for israel. we could see in his remarks he is deeply emotional about some of the footage she was shown of

the hamas attack on southern israel and simultaneously, he is trying to support palestinian civilians help with the effort to release the hostages and to protect the dual citizens who are still in gaza. he is trying to do is provide support for israel, but at the same time, try to find ways to reduce the amount of human suffering. that is a difficult job. >> what do you think it does to long-term relations between the two if you have those two men saying different things right now? >> i do not think it will affect long-term relations much. this is a long-term relationship. there can be disagreements. netanyahu is saying what he has to say to his people and blinken is doing the hard work of trying to bring netanyahu one step closer to a humanitarian pause. the u.s. relationship with israel is steadfast. >> stay there, we are going to listen to something else you said. he was asked effectively about what happens the day after, this

next day question. we will expand on that in a minute. let's have a listen. >> there cannot and must not be a return to the pre-october 7 status quo. that is unacceptable. it is not tolerable for israel, it should not be acceptable or tolerable i anyone else. -- by anyone else. that means the idea of hamas remaining responsible for governance such as it was and security and posing an ongoing and enduring threat to israel and its citizens is unacceptable. >> we have an endgame there of sorts, don't we? no more hamas in charge politically, no more military threat from hamas, hamas gone. the problem is, what happens? you do not want israel running gaza. anyway, the idea of destroying the ideology -- that is an idea that is difficult in of itself.

>> right. this is the question of the moment. clearly, hamas cannot continue to run the gaza strip. what happens next? there is no real partner for peace on the palestinian side, certainly not in gaza right now. that is what we need and what the israelis need. the israelis do not want to be responsible for anything in the gaza strip and would much rher see it governed from at home. trying to build up some entity that could take over once these operations are over is going to be challenging. you cannot kill an idea. hamas is an idea as much as it is a movement. for the palestinian people need is something to give them hope. >> thanks to emily harding.for that the bbc has been told the sixth suspect in the racist murder of stephen lawrence over 30 years ago tried to stab a black security guard in 2015. the victim of that attack said matthew white had told him that he had killed before and there had been no consequences for killing stephen.

daniel desmond reports. >> it is britain's most notorious racist murder. 30 years ago, stephen lawrence was stabbed to death while waiting for a bus ia gang of young white men in eltham, south london. five prime suspects became infamous, two were finally jailed in 2012. a leader with fair hair was never identified, but this year, a bbc investigation aimed matthew white who died two years ago as the sixth suspect and exposed the repeated failure to properly investigate him. i have found new evidence which poses serious questions for the force. >> he was racially abused and almost stabbed with a dirty syringe by matthew white. the security officer prevented white from stealing from an eltham supermarket. >> he sat up with the middle.

he would just come in. >> if he had it, what do you think the result would be? >> he would kill me. pull him down, i asked him, do you want to kill me? he said yes, i will kill you. >> heays white made an alarming admission. >> he said, look, i done it in the past. i said, ok. if you have done it before, then who did it to? i can't remember the word. stephen. >> when the police turned up here, but the wick pays he says he told them everything, including that matthew white had set about killing before and mentioned the name stephen. he says he never heard from the met again. white pleaded guilty to using threatening words and having a

syringe in public. he was not charged with trying to stab his victim or with racial abuse. the crown prosecution service says the policing evidence contained no evidence of racial abuse. the met says and apologizes if the case was not investigated as it should have been. matthew white was jailed for four months. he shared a cell with this man, who says he spoke of his link to the stephen lawrence case. >> what he said was that if i could see the papers about the whole case, if i ever did, that he has referred to quite a lot of the paperwork- that he was the pothead figure referred to throughout the paperwork and he was involved in the incident. >> we previously revealed matthew white looked like the unidentified suspect sometimes known to as the blonde attacker. >> he says, yeah, they completely mishandled it and failed to properly investigate him. >> the met says it satisfied all relevant inquiries related to white were considered prior to

his death. the other remaining suspects for stevens murder remain free. his parents wonderful justice, but have no confidence in the met. daniel testimony, bbc news, eltham. >> court documents show an australian woman charged with murdering three people and a -- at a family lunch is accused of trying to kill her ex-husband four times. aaron patterson denies putting lethal death cap mushrooms into a dish of beef wellington. >> the day after aaron patterson was arrested and charged, officers were back at her home, a complex case with her mom way to go. police searching this house on thursday, took away boxes and boxes of evidence. a court has now heard they expect it will take at least 20 weeks to go through what they have covered, including computer equipment as they build the case against aaron patterson. but, that was not the only new revelation in this courtroom.

it also emerged that patterson faces four charges of attempting to murder her ex-husband, dating back to 2021. in a case that has gripped australia, she is accused of killing three people, gail and don patterson, the parents of her ex husband and nails citizen -- gayle's sister, heather. all fell afterating a meal she prepared which alleged contained deadly mushrooms. a reminders of the tragic and seemingly bizarre events of three months ago. while many do not want to talk publicly, everyone knows about it. >> there is no real winners in the situation. >> i feel for the families. >> heard them talking about it, but that is it. it is not, lock themselves in the house or lock themselves in the shed or whatever. >> aaron patterson has a ways maintain her innocence, but her lawyers did not apply for bail and she will be back in may. narrator: funding for this presentation of this program

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