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yolande knell in jerusalem. i asked nebal farsakh, the spokesperson for the palestine red crescent society, what she'd heard about the impact of the operation in rafah. the palestine red crescent is extremely worried regarding the situation, the catastrophic situation, in the gaza strip. military operations threaten the lives of civilians and in rafah and as we know there is almost half of gaza's population, 1.4 million people are sheltering in rougher. they are trapped and feeling terrified. they live in fear and panic, not knowing what to do or where to go because there is nowhere safe in gaza. and at the same time it is so hard to find your way to flee or evacuate since there is no available transportation whatsoever. so this makes it even harder, especially for elderly people and people with disabilities. you say there nowhere safe to go. israel said it directed about 100,000 people to what it called humanitarian areas. what you know about those humanitarian areas that israel is talking about?— israel is t
yolande knell in jerusalem. i asked nebal farsakh, the spokesperson for the palestine red crescent society, what she'd heard about the impact of the operation in rafah. the palestine red crescent is extremely worried regarding the situation, the catastrophic situation, in the gaza strip. military operations threaten the lives of civilians and in rafah and as we know there is almost half of gaza's population, 1.4 million people are sheltering in rougher. they are trapped and feeling terrified....
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yolande, there's talks taking place in cairo today. israel said it is sending a delegation, egypt saying today what we're seeing in rafah undermines those talks, those ceasefire efforts. do we know what the terms of any talks will be, given that israel has already rejected the fact that hamas agreed to. i mean, that is still unclear. we do know that these israeli officials are supposed to be heading to cairo in the coming hours. we're told that they are mid—level negotiators, not the top ones, who are usually sent when it looks like israel is moving very close to a deal. and really the main sticking point reading between the lines here and looking at a document that's been leaked to the media because we haven't had anything officially announced about the exact content of the proposal that hamas has signed up to. but it looks to be a multiple stage deal. in the initial stages, you have just over 30 of the israeli hostages from the most vulnerable category being released in exchange for a0 days of ceasefire and palestinian prisoners fr
yolande, there's talks taking place in cairo today. israel said it is sending a delegation, egypt saying today what we're seeing in rafah undermines those talks, those ceasefire efforts. do we know what the terms of any talks will be, given that israel has already rejected the fact that hamas agreed to. i mean, that is still unclear. we do know that these israeli officials are supposed to be heading to cairo in the coming hours. we're told that they are mid—level negotiators, not the top...
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yolande knell, bbc news, jerusalem. hamas has warned that any military offensive in rafah willjeopardise the ceasefire negotiations. while the eu's foreign policy chief, josep borrell, has criticised the evacuation order, saying it's a sign of more war and famine to come. the office of the palestinian president, mahmoud abbas, is urging the united states to prevent a massacre. earlier i spoke to our middle east correspondent yolande knell, who's injerusalem. what we've seen through the morning is fliers being dropped. people in rafah, in the eastern part, have been sent text messages, recorded phone messages. basically the israeli army reaching out in many different ways, telling people that they should leave this area for their own safety. when the israeli army has been talking to journalists, we've been told that this is an operation that is fairly limited in scope, that it affects something like 100,000 people, although locals in that area have said, looking at the maps that have been put out, that the number of peop
yolande knell, bbc news, jerusalem. hamas has warned that any military offensive in rafah willjeopardise the ceasefire negotiations. while the eu's foreign policy chief, josep borrell, has criticised the evacuation order, saying it's a sign of more war and famine to come. the office of the palestinian president, mahmoud abbas, is urging the united states to prevent a massacre. earlier i spoke to our middle east correspondent yolande knell, who's injerusalem. what we've seen through the morning...
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yolande knell, bbc news, jerusalem. the chinese president, xijinping, and his serbian counterpart, aleksandar vucic, have stressed the warmth of relations between their countries during talks in belgrade. mr vucic told thousands of supporters, many waving chinese flags, that the government in beijing was a sincere friend. mr xi applauded as the serbian leader backed china's claim to sovereignty over taiwan. china has invested heavily in serbia in recent years. the final stage of mr xi's european tour takes him to hungary. our balkans correspondent, guy de launey, told me more from belgrade. very warm words and a warm occasion. they spent all morning and lunchtime over there in the palace of serbia and they have been basically taking and they have been basically taking a lot of trouble to make deals between the two countries for strip 28 separate agreements between serbia and china, according to the local information here. president xi jinping said he felt comfortable and cosy in belgrade. considered himself true friend
yolande knell, bbc news, jerusalem. the chinese president, xijinping, and his serbian counterpart, aleksandar vucic, have stressed the warmth of relations between their countries during talks in belgrade. mr vucic told thousands of supporters, many waving chinese flags, that the government in beijing was a sincere friend. mr xi applauded as the serbian leader backed china's claim to sovereignty over taiwan. china has invested heavily in serbia in recent years. the final stage of mr xi's...
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yolande knell, bbc news, jerusalem. yolande knelljoined us a little earlier from jerusalem with the very latest from the israeli government. the israeli military have spoken about how its forces have been involved, they say, in face—to—face combat in the areas around rafah saying, too, that there were four rockets fired towards the crossing in the south—eastern corner of the gaza strip where humanitarian aid has been unable to get through for the past few days. we have had the israeli military saying that across the gaza strip in the past days it has carried out dozens of strikes. these have not only been in rafah but in the centre of the gaza strip where the funeral has been taking place for 25 people killed in an air strike overnight. palestinian health officials have said that at least 37 people were killed in the latest air strikes. we know too that the israeli military has been issuing evacuation orders for tens of thousands of people in other parts of the gaza strip in the north, particularly in the area, th
yolande knell, bbc news, jerusalem. yolande knelljoined us a little earlier from jerusalem with the very latest from the israeli government. the israeli military have spoken about how its forces have been involved, they say, in face—to—face combat in the areas around rafah saying, too, that there were four rockets fired towards the crossing in the south—eastern corner of the gaza strip where humanitarian aid has been unable to get through for the past few days. we have had the israeli...
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yolande knell, bbc news, jerusalem. for more, i spoke to aaron david miller, a senior fellow at the carnegie endowment for international peace and a former us state department official. i want to start with what we are seeing on the ground in gaza. there appears to be moved ahead of a broader offensive on the ground in rafah. as we know, it is something washington has said would be a red line if it goes ahead in that full—scale capacity. if it does happen, what does that mean that we could see from washington, do you think? when it comes to the us israeli relationship, red lines sometimes turn pink. the key question is what israel will do in rafah. they are clearly expanding their area of operations down from the east end to the southern part of rafah. and they are engaging hamas fighters. whether or not what the israelis plan to do as they expand will remain under what the biden administration believes to be is their bottom line, the redline, which would involve a major israeli ground campaign into densely populated
yolande knell, bbc news, jerusalem. for more, i spoke to aaron david miller, a senior fellow at the carnegie endowment for international peace and a former us state department official. i want to start with what we are seeing on the ground in gaza. there appears to be moved ahead of a broader offensive on the ground in rafah. as we know, it is something washington has said would be a red line if it goes ahead in that full—scale capacity. if it does happen, what does that mean that we could...
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our middle east correspondent, yolande knell, told me more from jerusalem. we still haven't heard from the israeli prime minister's office. we do have some comments in the past hour or so from the israeli foreign minister obliquely referring to this. he's written on x. "there's no war more just than this." and said israel will continue to fight until hamas�*s destruction. we've also had, in a characteristically quite shocking comment from the national security minister, the far right itamar ben—gvir. he has put on his x account "hamas heart biden." so there is a lot of upset here about these latest comments from the us president, the us, of course, israel's closest ally, and that will put pressure on this israeli coalition government as to what it does next, particularly with regard to rafah. and we know that there are also reports that from within the israeli defence establishment, a lot of concern there about what this means for such a critical relationship. and all of this as we're hearing reports of heavy shelling in rafah this morning. that's correc
our middle east correspondent, yolande knell, told me more from jerusalem. we still haven't heard from the israeli prime minister's office. we do have some comments in the past hour or so from the israeli foreign minister obliquely referring to this. he's written on x. "there's no war more just than this." and said israel will continue to fight until hamas�*s destruction. we've also had, in a characteristically quite shocking comment from the national security minister, the far...
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yolande knell, bbc news, jerusalem. with me is said shehata from bbc arabic. talk us through what is going on the ground in terms of evacuation somewhere are going. evacuation started last monday night, where israeli forces distributed leaflets for people to eastern parts of rafah. and they send other leaflets for people to move from central part of rafah. according to the un, and other sources inside gaza, more than 100,000 people evacuated and fled to al—mawasi area and this is not a place where they can accommodate these numbers.— where they can accommodate these numbers. this is the area israel has _ these numbers. this is the area israel has declared _ these numbers. this is the area israel has declared a _ israel has declared a humanitarian zone. fix, israel has declared a humanitarian zone. ~ ., humanitarian zone. a safe zone, ma be humanitarian zone. a safe zone, may be a — humanitarian zone. a safe zone, may be a safe — humanitarian zone. a safe zone, may be a safe zone _ humanitarian zone. a safe zone, may be a safe zone now - humanitarian z
yolande knell, bbc news, jerusalem. with me is said shehata from bbc arabic. talk us through what is going on the ground in terms of evacuation somewhere are going. evacuation started last monday night, where israeli forces distributed leaflets for people to eastern parts of rafah. and they send other leaflets for people to move from central part of rafah. according to the un, and other sources inside gaza, more than 100,000 people evacuated and fled to al—mawasi area and this is not a place...
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yolande knell, bbc news, jerusalem. the final of the eurovision song contest is now under way in sweden. throughout the day, an estimated 10,000 people marched through the city of malmo, protesting against israel's participation in the competition. the israeli performer, eden golan, is in tonight's final, but was met with booing when she performed her song, hurricane, yesterday. a norwegianjury spokesperson has resigned over the war and the finnish jury spokesperson said he has stepped down from the role, as announcing the points "does not feel right". earlier the french contestant stopped singing mon amour during the dress rehearsals to call for peace. meanwhile, the dutch artistjoost klein has been disqualified from the contest after a backstage incident. an allegation of intimidation was made to swedish police by a female member of the production crew. avrotros, the dutch radio and television broadcaster, has now announced it will no longer be announcing the points of the dutch jury at the eurovision song contest. 0u
yolande knell, bbc news, jerusalem. the final of the eurovision song contest is now under way in sweden. throughout the day, an estimated 10,000 people marched through the city of malmo, protesting against israel's participation in the competition. the israeli performer, eden golan, is in tonight's final, but was met with booing when she performed her song, hurricane, yesterday. a norwegianjury spokesperson has resigned over the war and the finnish jury spokesperson said he has stepped down...
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yolande knell, bbc news, jerusalem. the uk foreign office is investigating claims by hamas that a british—israeli hostage has died in gaza. nadav popplewell was seized with his mother on october 7th from the nirim kibbutz in southern israel. hamas claims that mr popplewell died of wounds sustained in an israeli airstrike more than a month ago. the israeli military is yet to comment and a foreign 0ffice spokesperson said it was urgently seeking more information. like everyone else, i watched the video on twitter last night, put out by hamas of nadi out of answering a question as to who he was, and you watch the video and you just think of the callous people that they are to do that, to play with the family's emotions in that way. i met his family and his sister, and i know the heartbreak they have been going through for over 200 days and when you see what hamas are prepared to do you realise that the terrible, dreadful, inhuman people frankly we are dealing with.— are dealing with. david cameron the 're are dealing w
yolande knell, bbc news, jerusalem. the uk foreign office is investigating claims by hamas that a british—israeli hostage has died in gaza. nadav popplewell was seized with his mother on october 7th from the nirim kibbutz in southern israel. hamas claims that mr popplewell died of wounds sustained in an israeli airstrike more than a month ago. the israeli military is yet to comment and a foreign 0ffice spokesperson said it was urgently seeking more information. like everyone else, i watched...
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thanks to yolande knell for that. around the world and across the uk, this is bbc news. this is bbc news. here in the uk — police have revealed an officer nearly lost a hand while trying to end a fatal sword attack in london. a 14—year—old boy was killed — and four others, including two police officers, were injured in the attack. police described the injuries suffered by officers as "horrifically serious". a 36—year—old man is in custody — and it is hoped he will be well enough to be questioned today. 0ur reporter louisa pilbeam has been following developments. shouting. this was the extraordinary moment police officers cornered and tasered a man suspected of stabbing five people in a quiet residential area in an east london suburb, as rush hour began and families woke up to take children to school. 22 minutes after first receiving a 999 call, police surrounded the suspect, as firearms teams rushed tojoin them. easy, easy. shortly before police chased the man as he climbed on roofs and tried to get into people's gardens. lock your doors, lock your doors! a
thanks to yolande knell for that. around the world and across the uk, this is bbc news. this is bbc news. here in the uk — police have revealed an officer nearly lost a hand while trying to end a fatal sword attack in london. a 14—year—old boy was killed — and four others, including two police officers, were injured in the attack. police described the injuries suffered by officers as "horrifically serious". a 36—year—old man is in custody — and it is hoped he will be...
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ourjerusalem correspondent yolande knell has more detail on what's going on in rafah. ok, so these new evacuation orders are still in the eastern part of rafah, but they suggest the israeli military is expanding its offensive there. we've already been hearing that there's been artillery shelling in the centre of the city as well as in the east, israeli air strikes as well, and also israeli gunships off the coast have been opening fire, one of the residents there was telling us. but already israeli tanks have encircled an area to the east of rafah which they had told residents to evacuate from earlier in the week, so now those tanks do seem to be advancing. we have been told in recent days by the israeli military that this is still a limited offensive that they're carrying out in rafah against hamas which they see as a hamas stronghold, this southernmost city, and they say they have killed a number of what they call terrorists. they've found terror tunnels, they say, in this area. and this does fall short, indications are at the moment, from the full—scale ground inva
ourjerusalem correspondent yolande knell has more detail on what's going on in rafah. ok, so these new evacuation orders are still in the eastern part of rafah, but they suggest the israeli military is expanding its offensive there. we've already been hearing that there's been artillery shelling in the centre of the city as well as in the east, israeli air strikes as well, and also israeli gunships off the coast have been opening fire, one of the residents there was telling us. but already...
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yolande knell reports from jerusalem. bloody and in pain. children were among 25 wounded by israeli shelling in one neighbourhood in the heart of rafah. seven corpses were pulled from the rubble in the west of the city. translation: they said - to evacuate the eastern areas and that the western area was safe. this is proof that the israeli occupation is a liar. there is no safe place. but israel's military still insists it is carrying out a limited operation against hamas battalions hiding out in gaza's southernmost city. and the us, israel's closest ally, has given its starkest warning yet of the consequences if it goes for a full scale ground offensive. i made it clear that, if they go into rafah, they havent gone into rafah yet, if they go into rafah, i'm not supplying the weapons that have been used historically to deal with rafah. earlier in the war, powerful explosives caused massive death and destruction. the us is now holding back a shipment of thousands of its large bombs. "very disappointing," one israeli official said. "israel wil
yolande knell reports from jerusalem. bloody and in pain. children were among 25 wounded by israeli shelling in one neighbourhood in the heart of rafah. seven corpses were pulled from the rubble in the west of the city. translation: they said - to evacuate the eastern areas and that the western area was safe. this is proof that the israeli occupation is a liar. there is no safe place. but israel's military still insists it is carrying out a limited operation against hamas battalions hiding out...
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yolande knell, bbc news, jerusalem. let's speak tojosh paul, who resigned from the us state department due to his disagreement with the biden administration's decision to rush lethal military assistance to israel in the context of its war on gaza. thanks forjoining us. hazard and president biden undermined this urgent post for a ceasefire by undercutting the us support for israel? , �* ., , ., israel? president biden has made it clear that the _ israel? president biden has made it clear that the us _ israel? president biden has made it clear that the us does _ israel? president biden has made it clear that the us does not - israel? president biden has made it clear that the us does not support i clear that the us does not support further slaughter and does not support a major operation by israel into rafah where there are over a million refugees huddled in tents. that message is very clear and the message now has to be applied more broadly to the israeli operation in gaza and the need for humanitarian assistance. the
yolande knell, bbc news, jerusalem. let's speak tojosh paul, who resigned from the us state department due to his disagreement with the biden administration's decision to rush lethal military assistance to israel in the context of its war on gaza. thanks forjoining us. hazard and president biden undermined this urgent post for a ceasefire by undercutting the us support for israel? , �* ., , ., israel? president biden has made it clear that the _ israel? president biden has made it clear that...
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yolande knell, bbc news, jerusalem. john swinney has been sworn in as scotland's first minister. his appointment was rubber—stamped by the king before he was officially sworn in at the court of session this morning. he's also expected to form his government, with cabinet posts due to be confirmed in parliament. the footballerjack grealish has been fined £666 for speeding in worcestershire injuly last year. in 2020, the england and manchester city star was banned from driving for nine months, and fined more than £80,000, for crashing his range rover. today magistrates also handed him five penalty points for speeding at 44 miles an hour in a 30 mph zone. let's return briefly to our top story, the news this lunchtime that the mp for dover has defected to the labour party — this is the moment at the start of prime minister's questions when she joined the labour benches. and in the last few minutes she had this to say outside parliament. in 2019 the conservatives stood on a manifesto that was very much centre ground, but under rishi sunak they've abandoned the centre ground and
yolande knell, bbc news, jerusalem. john swinney has been sworn in as scotland's first minister. his appointment was rubber—stamped by the king before he was officially sworn in at the court of session this morning. he's also expected to form his government, with cabinet posts due to be confirmed in parliament. the footballerjack grealish has been fined £666 for speeding in worcestershire injuly last year. in 2020, the england and manchester city star was banned from driving for nine months,...
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yolande knell, bbc news, jerusalem. live now to brian finucane. he is a senior adviser for the us programme of the international crisis group and an former state department lawyer. welcome, brian. i want to start with the us report on israel's conduct in the war — saying it has most likely violated international standards in failing to protect civilians in gaza, but has not found specific instances that would justify the withholding of military aid. what do you make of that? the report as you note avoids reaching specific legal conclusions about particular incidents. there are generally descriptions of attacks launched by the idf in gaza but the report avoids routine inclusions that could limit the flexibility of the white house to continue providing us arms to israel. that is because us law, us policy imposed limitations, conditions of transfers to all countries, including with respect to the weapons used in violation of law of war. d0 the weapons used in violation of law of war. ,, ~ , the weapons used in violation of law ofwar. ~ , of war. do
yolande knell, bbc news, jerusalem. live now to brian finucane. he is a senior adviser for the us programme of the international crisis group and an former state department lawyer. welcome, brian. i want to start with the us report on israel's conduct in the war — saying it has most likely violated international standards in failing to protect civilians in gaza, but has not found specific instances that would justify the withholding of military aid. what do you make of that? the report as you...
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yolande knell, bbc news, jerusalem. let's speak to our security correspondent frank gardener, in jerusalem. frank, good to see you. what is the latest we're hearing about these ongoing ceasefire talks in kyren? they are not going particularly well. the good news is that they are happening and that five nations, or five parties are at least all there. that is hamas, israel, the us, qatar and egypt. the not so good news is israel has only sent a fairly low level team, they are not there to negotiate but to study what hope there is ever trying to bridge the gap between what is acceptable to israel and what is acceptable to hamas. that gap is still pretty wide. the main sticking point, as my colleague referred to there, is over how this ends. so the fundamentals of the deal are largely intact, largely agreed, they can agree, the 42 day period of calm, a truth essentially, during which hamas will give up 33 hostages. there is a bit of dispute about whether they would be alive or dead, but 33 hostages in return for a much lar
yolande knell, bbc news, jerusalem. let's speak to our security correspondent frank gardener, in jerusalem. frank, good to see you. what is the latest we're hearing about these ongoing ceasefire talks in kyren? they are not going particularly well. the good news is that they are happening and that five nations, or five parties are at least all there. that is hamas, israel, the us, qatar and egypt. the not so good news is israel has only sent a fairly low level team, they are not there to...
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yolande knell, bbc news, jerusalem. let's cross over to herzliya in israel to speak tojotam confino, the foreign editor atjewish news uk. thank you forjoining us on the programme. i want to ask you about the new israeli incursions or prospects of incursions into rafah. what is the reaction, the attitude and is drill to those moves by the israeli army? it and is drill to those moves by the israeli army?— and is drill to those moves by the israeli army? and is drill to those moves by the israeli arm ? , , ., ,, ., israeli army? it depends who you ask in israel, israeli army? it depends who you ask in israel. many _ israeli army? it depends who you ask in israel, many of _ israeli army? it depends who you ask in israel, many of the _ israeli army? it depends who you ask in israel, many of the families - israeli army? it depends who you ask in israel, many of the families of- in israel, many of the families of the hostages are demonstrating every single day in tel aviv and jerusalem and other cities who are worried about
yolande knell, bbc news, jerusalem. let's cross over to herzliya in israel to speak tojotam confino, the foreign editor atjewish news uk. thank you forjoining us on the programme. i want to ask you about the new israeli incursions or prospects of incursions into rafah. what is the reaction, the attitude and is drill to those moves by the israeli army? it and is drill to those moves by the israeli army?— and is drill to those moves by the israeli army? and is drill to those moves by the...
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and we can speak to yolande now. where does this leave prospects of a ceasefire and hostage release deal? at the end of last week, things started to look much more positive regarding a deal, and there were positive comments made by hamas officials in particular as they continued their negotiations with mediators in cairo. now we are really seeing that positivity disappear. we have got egyptian mediators who are saying that they are doing what they can to prevent a new escalation, and egyptian sources have been quoted as saying that the talks hit an impasse after that hamas attack killed four israeli soldiers yesterday. the israeli defence minister has actually linked this operation that is being planned, when he was talking to the us defence secretary, to the diplomatic deadlock, saying that hamas is rejecting a framework for a new truce and release of some israeli hostages. that said, we know that hamas negotiators have gone to doe half, that they will be meeting the hamas leadership there and the head of the cia. t
and we can speak to yolande now. where does this leave prospects of a ceasefire and hostage release deal? at the end of last week, things started to look much more positive regarding a deal, and there were positive comments made by hamas officials in particular as they continued their negotiations with mediators in cairo. now we are really seeing that positivity disappear. we have got egyptian mediators who are saying that they are doing what they can to prevent a new escalation, and egyptian...
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yolande knell, bbc news, jerusalem. the bbc has found that child labour has been used in the supply chains of companies creating some of the world's most luxurious fragrances. the investigation found that during the 2023 jasmine—picking season, egyptian children, some as young as five, were working in dangerous conditions throughout the night, often earning as little as a dollar a day. heba bitar has that story. it's three in the morning and heba is waking her children to pickjasmine. it's hard work that must be done at night in order to catch this delicate flower�*s fragrance. the mosquitos and pesticides are overpowering. translation: i only have one head lamp and my children won't be - able to see in the dark. the strong smell from the jasmine gives me a chest allergy. some of my children have skin allergies and they keep scratching their skin. after a night's work, heba takes what she has gathered to a collection point. about a third of what she will earn will go to the owner of the jasmine field. it is not enou
yolande knell, bbc news, jerusalem. the bbc has found that child labour has been used in the supply chains of companies creating some of the world's most luxurious fragrances. the investigation found that during the 2023 jasmine—picking season, egyptian children, some as young as five, were working in dangerous conditions throughout the night, often earning as little as a dollar a day. heba bitar has that story. it's three in the morning and heba is waking her children to pickjasmine. it's...
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we will keep hearing from yolande is that story develops. the porn star stormy daniels, at the centre of donald trump�*s hush money criminal trial, has ended her testimony in court in new york. under fierce cross examination, she was accused of trying to profit from the case. the former president is charged with hiding a payment to her, to cover up an alleged affair, before the 2016 election. he�*s pleaded not guilty, to sa counts of falsifying business records. sarah smith has the latest, from new york. stormy daniels�* lawyer posted this picture of his client looking very happy to have finished with a hostile cross—examination. in the courtroom, she was repeatedly accused of being a liar, of having made up the story about having sex with donald trump in 2006. referring to her career in adult films, mr trump�*s attorney said to ms daniels, "you have a lot of experience in making phony stories about sex appear to be real." she replied, "the sex in the films is very much real, just like what happened to me in that room," referring t
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and yolande, these people, thousands of people on the move and there are concerns that where they're being asked to go to, muwasi, that there aren't the facilities there to deal with such a large influx of people, so concerns there as well. the israeli military calls this a humanitarian zone but it is really not recognised internationally as being such. the israeli military says it has been expanded in recent days but those arriving in this coastal area in this sort of tent city have told us there are shortages of everything, they are not finding any supplies there, they've got nothing to feed their children and that situation is not going to improve as long as these border crossings remain closed. can ijust ask one more thing about this, this is all happening obviously as this us government report was published saying it's reasonable to assess that arms have been used in ways inconsistent with israel's obligations under humanitarian law, has there been any reaction from israel to this? we've not had an official reaction from israel at this point, but israel has been saying consisten
and yolande, these people, thousands of people on the move and there are concerns that where they're being asked to go to, muwasi, that there aren't the facilities there to deal with such a large influx of people, so concerns there as well. the israeli military calls this a humanitarian zone but it is really not recognised internationally as being such. the israeli military says it has been expanded in recent days but those arriving in this coastal area in this sort of tent city have told us...
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from jerusalem, our middle east correspondent, yolande knell, reports. you may find some of her report distressing. the panic and confusion as rescuers pull the wounded from the rubble after an overnight israeli airstrike in rafah. and today, another all too familiar scene in gaza, a mother struggling with unbearable loss.
from jerusalem, our middle east correspondent, yolande knell, reports. you may find some of her report distressing. the panic and confusion as rescuers pull the wounded from the rubble after an overnight israeli airstrike in rafah. and today, another all too familiar scene in gaza, a mother struggling with unbearable loss.
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yolande knell, bbc news, jerusalem. let's speak to our security correspondent frank gardener, injerusalem. welcome to you. in the past few minutes, reuters has reported some comments from the us secretary of defence, lloyd austin, on the pausing of at least one aid shipment to israel, saying they had confirmed in a senate hearing, but he reiterated the us cosmic ironclad commitment to israel, but added the caveat they wanted to ensure civilians were protected in rafah. we know there is a military operation in rafah right now, what do you think the pausing of this military shipment means for israel's offensive there? it’s military shipment means for israel's offensive there?— offensive there? it's a clear sign offensive there? it's a clear sign of washington's _ offensive there? it's a clear sign of washington's disapproval - offensive there? it's a clear sign of washington's disapproval of l of washington's disapproval of israel going into rafah — it said," don't go into rafah, do a cease—fire deal," and israel
yolande knell, bbc news, jerusalem. let's speak to our security correspondent frank gardener, injerusalem. welcome to you. in the past few minutes, reuters has reported some comments from the us secretary of defence, lloyd austin, on the pausing of at least one aid shipment to israel, saying they had confirmed in a senate hearing, but he reiterated the us cosmic ironclad commitment to israel, but added the caveat they wanted to ensure civilians were protected in rafah. we know there is a...
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yolande knell reports from jerusalem. let's speak to our security correspondent frank gardener, injerusalem.
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here is yolande knell. the panic and confusion as rescuers pull the wounded from the rubble after an overnight israeli airstrike in rafah. and today, another all too familiar scene in gaza, a mother struggling with unbearable loss. after israel seized control of the key crossing with egypt, it says its continuing a limited offensive in gaza's southernmost city, battling hamas gunmen in the east of their last stronghold. but for hundreds of thousands of palestinians who fled to rafah to escape the fighting elsewhere, there's renewed fear. translation: last time they told us to go to rafah, saying there's aid and it's a safe place, and look, they came into rafah. for now, i won't go anywhere. i'll stay here. it's enough. we're tired of being displaced, and i don't know where i want to go. world powers have warned israel against a full assault here, saying it would be a humanitarian catastrophe. israel argues its operation is pressuring hamas to make concessions in talks on a ceasefire and the release of hosta
here is yolande knell. the panic and confusion as rescuers pull the wounded from the rubble after an overnight israeli airstrike in rafah. and today, another all too familiar scene in gaza, a mother struggling with unbearable loss. after israel seized control of the key crossing with egypt, it says its continuing a limited offensive in gaza's southernmost city, battling hamas gunmen in the east of their last stronghold. but for hundreds of thousands of palestinians who fled to rafah to escape...
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ourjerusalem correspondent yolande knell has more detail on what's going on in rafah these new evacuation orders in the eastern part of rafah suggest the israeli military is expanding its offensive. we have been hearing there was artillery in the centre ofthe city as well as the east, israeli gunships have been opening fire, but already as really tanks having circled an area to the east of rafah which residents were told to evacuate from so the tanks seem to be from so the tanks seem to be advancing. we have been told by the israeli military that this is still a limited offensive in an effort against hamas which they see as a hamas stronghold and they say they have killed a number of terrorists and found tunnels in the area. this falls short, the indications are at the moment from the full—scale ground invasion of rafah that the us and other world powers have been warning israel against but we are already seeing this crisis developing in humanitarian operations with the severe shortages of food and clean water and fuel which has a big effect on the hospitals because we have had no aid c
ourjerusalem correspondent yolande knell has more detail on what's going on in rafah these new evacuation orders in the eastern part of rafah suggest the israeli military is expanding its offensive. we have been hearing there was artillery in the centre ofthe city as well as the east, israeli gunships have been opening fire, but already as really tanks having circled an area to the east of rafah which residents were told to evacuate from so the tanks seem to be from so the tanks seem to be...
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yolande knell reports from jerusalem. let's speak to our security correspondent frank gardener, injerusalem. what is the latest on those talks? i would not necessarily use the word progress, they have ground to a halt. both hammers and the israeli delegations of left cairo in the gap between them appears to be unbridgeable at the moment. that doesn't in the talks are dead and there is enormous pressure to make this work is also the domestic pressure here in israel. and there are protesters trying to put pressure on the israeli government to do a deal and they have an expression in hebrew meaning deal now and they think that this government, this relatively far right government of benjamin netanyahu is really more interested in crushing hamas and getting their hostages out because there was a time back in november when negotiations, mediation and arch of five hostages out alive in almost every week, there's more bad news of hostages who have died either in captivity or found to have not survived the atrocious raids on octo
yolande knell reports from jerusalem. let's speak to our security correspondent frank gardener, injerusalem. what is the latest on those talks? i would not necessarily use the word progress, they have ground to a halt. both hammers and the israeli delegations of left cairo in the gap between them appears to be unbridgeable at the moment. that doesn't in the talks are dead and there is enormous pressure to make this work is also the domestic pressure here in israel. and there are protesters...
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our middle east correspondent yolande knell has more. the israeli army has put out footage showing israeli tanks rolling into this key crossing, the rafah crossing, between gaza and egypt. it says it's taken operational control there and it is dealing, it says, with hamas terrorist infrastructure, to use its language, in that area. it says it has killed 20 hamas terrorists overnight and has found three tunnel shafts, and it is linking operations around this part of rafah to the rocket fire it says came from this area, fired by hamas on sunday, which killed four israeli soldiers close to the kerem shalom crossing, leading to the closure of that important crossing in the south of the gaza strip too. at the moment, when we are taking briefings from the israeli military they stress this is a very precise, limited operation, they are not putting a timeframe on it. they said they are working to reopen the kerem shalom crossing as security allows. tell us more about this potential ceasefire deal which hamas said it supports, israel says it goes
our middle east correspondent yolande knell has more. the israeli army has put out footage showing israeli tanks rolling into this key crossing, the rafah crossing, between gaza and egypt. it says it's taken operational control there and it is dealing, it says, with hamas terrorist infrastructure, to use its language, in that area. it says it has killed 20 hamas terrorists overnight and has found three tunnel shafts, and it is linking operations around this part of rafah to the rocket fire it...
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yolande knell, bbc news, jerusalem. let's speak to farhal ahmed. he is the community fundraising and volunteers manager at the charity muslim aid. welcome, good to have you on the programme. i understand you have just arrived back in london after being in cairo trying to facilitate and help with the aid going into the rough, tell us about your experiences.— rough, tell us about your exeriences. , , ., experiences. yes, “ust landed in the mornin:. experiences. yes, 'ust landed in the morning. we — experiences. yes, 'ust landed in the morning. we were— experiences. yes, just landed in the morning. we were in _ experiences. yes, just landed in the morning. we were in cairo - experiences. yes, just landed in the | morning. we were in cairo preparing aid at our warehouses to be distributed into rough as soon as possible. —— into rafah. we are waiting for our warehouses to open to take them over the border into rafah. ~ ., ., ,, to take them over the border into rafah. ~ ., ., , ., rafah. what do you understand the situation to be _ rafah. wh
yolande knell, bbc news, jerusalem. let's speak to farhal ahmed. he is the community fundraising and volunteers manager at the charity muslim aid. welcome, good to have you on the programme. i understand you have just arrived back in london after being in cairo trying to facilitate and help with the aid going into the rough, tell us about your experiences.— rough, tell us about your exeriences. , , ., experiences. yes, “ust landed in the mornin:. experiences. yes, 'ust landed in the...
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this report from our middle east correspondent, yolande knell. now a ghost town. parts of rafah that were crammed full of people just days ago are rapidly emptying out. palestinians fleeing in their thousands, as israel signals it�*s now set to push in further from the east, issuing new evacuation orders. "there�*s no choice, we have to go to the coast like everyone else", ahmed says. israeli air strikes and artillery shelling have caused panic and palestinian casualties. israel says it�*s taking action against hamas in one of its last strongholds, here attacking a launch site for rockets fired at an israeli city. but with israel�*s capture of one main border crossing and another blocked off by fighting, this is the fifth day with no aid getting into southern gaza. there are severe shortages of food, clean water and fuel — deepening the humanitarian crisis. so far, israel�*s military is describing its offensive in rafah as "limited". but the world is watching to see if this turns into the full—scale invasion that the country�*s allies have warned a
this report from our middle east correspondent, yolande knell. now a ghost town. parts of rafah that were crammed full of people just days ago are rapidly emptying out. palestinians fleeing in their thousands, as israel signals it�*s now set to push in further from the east, issuing new evacuation orders. "there�*s no choice, we have to go to the coast like everyone else", ahmed says. israeli air strikes and artillery shelling have caused panic and palestinian casualties. israel...
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southampton had a chancejust then but saved by yolande knell ea in the leeds goal also currently goalless. southampton finished fourth in the a6 game championship table, at 86 points, three behind leeds. tense moments there in that play—off final. the french open is under way at roland garros. and the attention turns to carlos alcaraz this year, as he looks to improve on his semifinal exit at last year's tournament. the men's number three seed is on the hunt for a first title at roland garros. he won the first set against qualifierjj wolf of the us. 6—i there. he looks to secure his place in the second round. earlier, andrey rublev, the sixth seed, won his first round match against taro daniel. four—time grand slam winner naomi 0saka is through to the next round after beating lucia bronzetti in three sets. 0saka breezed through the first set 6—i, before bronzetti levelled, winning the next set 6—a to set up the decider, which 0saka took seven games to five. she's never been past the third round at roland garros before. 2017 winnerjelena 0stapenko is in action against jacqueline
southampton had a chancejust then but saved by yolande knell ea in the leeds goal also currently goalless. southampton finished fourth in the a6 game championship table, at 86 points, three behind leeds. tense moments there in that play—off final. the french open is under way at roland garros. and the attention turns to carlos alcaraz this year, as he looks to improve on his semifinal exit at last year's tournament. the men's number three seed is on the hunt for a first title at roland...
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yolande knell sent this report from jerusalem. rolling into rafah. israeli tanks have now taken control of gaza's key crossing into egypt. the israeli army says it's killed what it calls 20 hamas terrorists and destroyed tunnels in a precise operation. but palestinians, mourning their lost loved ones, say children were among those killed in the latest air strikes. mohammad abu amra has his family lined up in body bags. translation: my wife, my brother, my brother, my sister _ and my niece were martyred. we did nothing. we were sleeping peacefully. we are not hamas, nor any faction. i am a construction worker. what is happening in rafah still falls short of the full—scale ground offensive that world powers have warned against in this city crammed with the displaced people. there are new concerns that israel has now closed the two main crossing points for aid to gaza. the rafah crossing is now under the control of the israeli defence forces and is currently closed for the movement of goods and people in both directions. kerem shalom other crossing is
yolande knell sent this report from jerusalem. rolling into rafah. israeli tanks have now taken control of gaza's key crossing into egypt. the israeli army says it's killed what it calls 20 hamas terrorists and destroyed tunnels in a precise operation. but palestinians, mourning their lost loved ones, say children were among those killed in the latest air strikes. mohammad abu amra has his family lined up in body bags. translation: my wife, my brother, my brother, my sister _ and my niece were...
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let's speak to our middle east correspondent, yolande knell. what is the reaction from israel? we still what is the reaction from israel? - still haven't heard from the israeli prime minister's office. we have some comments in the past hour also from the israeli foreign minister, but equally referring to it, he has written on twitter, there's gnome wore morejust written on twitter, there's gnome wore more just than written on twitter, there's gnome wore morejust than it written on twitter, there's gnome wore more just than it and written on twitter, there's gnome wore morejust than it and israel will continue to fight until hamas's destruction. we had in a characteristically shocking, and from the national security minister, the far right, he has put on his account, hamas heart biden. there is upset here about these latest comments from the us president, the us is israel's closest ally, putting pressure on this is really coalition government as to what it does —— israeli. we know reports from within the israeli defence establishment, concern about what it means for such a c
let's speak to our middle east correspondent, yolande knell. what is the reaction from israel? we still what is the reaction from israel? - still haven't heard from the israeli prime minister's office. we have some comments in the past hour also from the israeli foreign minister, but equally referring to it, he has written on twitter, there's gnome wore morejust written on twitter, there's gnome wore more just than written on twitter, there's gnome wore morejust than it written on twitter,...
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i've been there and it's very dangerous areas. 0ur middle east correspondent yolande knell is injerusalem and gave this update. already we're seeing people fleeing from this area in the east of rafah. they're getting into their cars with their belongings, into donkey carts as well, some of them heading to the west. others may be heeding the israeli order to go to these two tent cities, al—mawasi and khan younis. and the israeli military is stressing that what is planned here is a limited offensive, that it will happen in a gradual way. now, hamas has come out already, though, saying that this is a dangerous escalation that will have consequences. we had understood that a hamas delegation had left cairo, where it had been involved in the negotiations with egyptian mediators on a new ceasefire and hostage release deal that they were heading to doha to meet hamas leaders. although we had the israeli defense minister coming out in a statement saying he had spoken to the us defence secretary and that this military action in rafah was needed because he said that hamas was refusing to accept t
i've been there and it's very dangerous areas. 0ur middle east correspondent yolande knell is injerusalem and gave this update. already we're seeing people fleeing from this area in the east of rafah. they're getting into their cars with their belongings, into donkey carts as well, some of them heading to the west. others may be heeding the israeli order to go to these two tent cities, al—mawasi and khan younis. and the israeli military is stressing that what is planned here is a limited...
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yolande knell, bbc news, jerusalem. i want to show you the scenes live in tel aviv right now, where there have been many hundreds of people out on the streets in. square, protesting and demanding the release of more than 130 hostages still being held by hamas in gaza. a short time ago police used water cannon to try and disperse the crowds. many there are also protesting against there are also protesting against the government of benjamin netanyahu. there have been more than a week or so of ongoing conversations, discussions, in cairo to try and secure the release of the hostages and a ceasefire agreement but hamas and israel have not managed to come to a deal. and those talks broke up yesterday. the final of the eurovision song contest is now under way in sweden. throughout the day, an estimated 10,000 people marched through the city of malmo, protesting against israel's participation in the competition. the israeli performer, eden golan, is in tonight's final, but was met with booing when she performed her song, hurri
yolande knell, bbc news, jerusalem. i want to show you the scenes live in tel aviv right now, where there have been many hundreds of people out on the streets in. square, protesting and demanding the release of more than 130 hostages still being held by hamas in gaza. a short time ago police used water cannon to try and disperse the crowds. many there are also protesting against there are also protesting against the government of benjamin netanyahu. there have been more than a week or so of...
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let's hear from our correspondent yolande knell. for now, the israeli army is stressing that this is not the full ground offensive in rafah that western powers, the un have been warning against for months because of the risk of high numbers of civilian casualties. still, a hamas official has said this is a dangerous escalation. meanwhile, israel says the kerem shalom crossing has now been reopened, after a promise to us president biden that it would do so. israel had shut the crossing, which is close to rafah, four days ago because of nearby rocket fire from hamas. they also took control of the gazan side of the rafah crossing. the un had expressed alarm on tuesday over what it called israel's "choking off" of gaza's two main aid arteries. israel's military says lorries from egypt with food, water, and medicine have arrived at the crossing — although a un agency says any aid has yet to go through. let's speak to peter millett, uk ambassador to libya between 2015 and 2018. thank you very much for your time today, joining us on bbc
let's hear from our correspondent yolande knell. for now, the israeli army is stressing that this is not the full ground offensive in rafah that western powers, the un have been warning against for months because of the risk of high numbers of civilian casualties. still, a hamas official has said this is a dangerous escalation. meanwhile, israel says the kerem shalom crossing has now been reopened, after a promise to us president biden that it would do so. israel had shut the crossing, which is...
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earlier, our middle east correspondent yolande knell gave me the latest update on the public rift between biden and netanyahu. we are hearing about more strikes in rafa, there is a constant sound of the surveillance aircraft and drones overhead naming people really on edge. the israeli prime minister has sought to play down the significance of the us withholding some of the weapons that it supplies because of its concerns about the offensive in rafa, but has also told a us talk show that he wants to overcome these difficulties with this rope is my closest allies. at the moment to ceasefire talks in cairo have broken down with the delegations from hamas and issue about leaving. the difference remains that hamas wants to talk about a full end to the war, a full withdrawal of israeli troops, while israel only want to talk about your trust in return for its hostages coming home. with battles going on close to the crossing in the south—eastern corner of the gaza strip and with israeli forces keeping the palestinian side of the crossing to egypt closed, no 80s coming into gaza. we are getting
earlier, our middle east correspondent yolande knell gave me the latest update on the public rift between biden and netanyahu. we are hearing about more strikes in rafa, there is a constant sound of the surveillance aircraft and drones overhead naming people really on edge. the israeli prime minister has sought to play down the significance of the us withholding some of the weapons that it supplies because of its concerns about the offensive in rafa, but has also told a us talk show that he...
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we will be speaking live to yolande in a few minutes�* time. in the meantime you can follow the very latest on the bbc news app and website. we have the live page running that with all the latest developers. the dutch artistjoost klein has been disqualified from the eurovision song contest final after a backstage incident. the performer has been sent home after an allegation of intimidation was made to swedish police by a female member of the production crew. the organisers of tonight's event are also readying themselves for more pro—palestinian protests against the israeli entry. quite a build—up to tonight's final. let's cross to maryam moshiri in malmo. thank you very much indeed. quite a build—up to the final, not the one that people were expecting. the netherlands are one of the favourites in this competition, they were told about an hour ago they would no longer be able to participate in the 68th eurovision song contest. there was a lot of confusion initially but why the decision was made to barjoost klein from that rehearsal on thu
we will be speaking live to yolande in a few minutes�* time. in the meantime you can follow the very latest on the bbc news app and website. we have the live page running that with all the latest developers. the dutch artistjoost klein has been disqualified from the eurovision song contest final after a backstage incident. the performer has been sent home after an allegation of intimidation was made to swedish police by a female member of the production crew. the organisers of tonight's event...
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let's speak to our middle east correspondent yolande knell. welcome and tell us more about what aid is getting through the crossing. the crossing prior to the 7th of october, that is for i used to go into gaza when that was permitted and now we see humanitarian supplies being allowed through there and that is important because that is a crossing that goes directly into the north of the gaza strip and we have been told by the un the threat of a man—made famine is looming largest. it is also only 30 kilometres or just over 20 miles away from the southern israeli port of ashdod, a big container port which israel in the past couple of weeks has started to open up for humanitarian supplies to open up for humanitarian supplies to go into gaza. that was previously resisted mainly because of domestic political pressure. that opens up an important new route for supplies to get in, food and medicine and water and other goods. it has been welcomed by the us which was pressing for this, something the israelis agreed to after the killing of the 78 worker
let's speak to our middle east correspondent yolande knell. welcome and tell us more about what aid is getting through the crossing. the crossing prior to the 7th of october, that is for i used to go into gaza when that was permitted and now we see humanitarian supplies being allowed through there and that is important because that is a crossing that goes directly into the north of the gaza strip and we have been told by the un the threat of a man—made famine is looming largest. it is also...
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here's our middle east correspondent yolande knell rolling into rafah. israeli tanks have now taken control of gaza's key crossing into egypt. the israeli army says it has killed what it calls 20 hamas terrorists and destroyed tunnels in a precise operation. but palestinians, mourning their lost loved ones, say children were among those killed in the latest air strikes. muhammad has his family lined up in body bags. translation: mi; his family lined up in body bags. translation:— his family lined up in body bags. translation: q , , ., , translation: my wife, my brother, my brother, my sister— translation: my wife, my brother, my brother, my sister and _ translation: my wife, my brother, my brother, my sister and my _ translation: my wife, my brother, my brother, my sister and my niece - translation: my wife, my brother, my brother, my sister and my niece were i brother, my sister and my niece were martyred. we did nothing. we were sleeping peacefully. we are not hamas, norany sleeping peacefully. we are not hamas, nor any faction. sleeping peacefully
here's our middle east correspondent yolande knell rolling into rafah. israeli tanks have now taken control of gaza's key crossing into egypt. the israeli army says it has killed what it calls 20 hamas terrorists and destroyed tunnels in a precise operation. but palestinians, mourning their lost loved ones, say children were among those killed in the latest air strikes. muhammad has his family lined up in body bags. translation: mi; his family lined up in body bags. translation:— his family...
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our middle east correspondent yolande knell is injerusalem. morning, yolande. what can we expect from that meeting today? this morning, yolande. what can we expect from that meeting today?— from that meeting today? this un security council _ from that meeting today? this un security council meeting - from that meeting today? this un security council meeting will - from that meeting today? this un security council meeting will take | security council meeting will take place behind closed doors we understand, it was called by algeria which is currently a member of the council. already we have had the un calling for a full and independent investigation to exactly what happened on sunday night when the israeli air strike hit a tent camp in rafah, crowded with displaced people. the israeli military says it used precise bombs to go after two hamas commanders who were there, but actually there was a fire that was started, some indications with us media reports quoting an unnamed israeli official saying that maybe shrapnel hit a fuel tank, this had a catastrophic eff
our middle east correspondent yolande knell is injerusalem. morning, yolande. what can we expect from that meeting today? this morning, yolande. what can we expect from that meeting today?— from that meeting today? this un security council _ from that meeting today? this un security council meeting - from that meeting today? this un security council meeting will - from that meeting today? this un security council meeting will take | security council meeting will take place behind closed doors...
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yolande, thank you very much for that for now. the israeli army saying that they are now in operational control of the rafah crossing. it is eight minute past seven. sally has more of this morning's news, and a significant data breach. that is right, jon. the defence secretary, grant shapps, is expected to make a statement later after personal data of some serving members of the uk armed forces was hacked on a third—party payroll system. it is not known who is behind the breach, or what the data may be used for. our chief political correspondent henry zeffman is in westminster. henry, what more do we know about the breach? well, we still don't know an awful lot, sally, but what we do know is quite serious indeed. we know that there was a day to breach of the payroll system for members of all three of the armed forces. it covered things like surnames, their bank details, what is being described as hmrc style information, and it appears to have affected some veterans. and in a very limited number of cases, it is understood that ho
yolande, thank you very much for that for now. the israeli army saying that they are now in operational control of the rafah crossing. it is eight minute past seven. sally has more of this morning's news, and a significant data breach. that is right, jon. the defence secretary, grant shapps, is expected to make a statement later after personal data of some serving members of the uk armed forces was hacked on a third—party payroll system. it is not known who is behind the breach, or what the...
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let's return to our top story and talk to our correspondent injerusalem, yolande knell. bring it up to date with the evacuation as far as what we know so far. ., , , ., , ., far. early this morning we started to hear that _ far. early this morning we started to hear that flyers _ far. early this morning we started to hear that flyers had _ far. early this morning we started to hear that flyers had been - far. early this morning we started i to hear that flyers had been dropped ijy to hear that flyers had been dropped by the israeli military on parts of eastern rafah and they have also been using social media, broadcasts in arabic, and text messages telling people to get out of this area to the east of the southernmost city. and basically head towards two humanitarian zones that have been set up, tent cities in al mawasi, which is closer to the coast, there has been expanded in recent years by the israeli army, and also a tent cityjust the israeli army, and also a tent city just outside the israeli army, and also a tent cityjust outside of khan younis in the south. and al
let's return to our top story and talk to our correspondent injerusalem, yolande knell. bring it up to date with the evacuation as far as what we know so far. ., , , ., , ., far. early this morning we started to hear that _ far. early this morning we started to hear that flyers _ far. early this morning we started to hear that flyers had _ far. early this morning we started to hear that flyers had been - far. early this morning we started i to hear that flyers had been dropped ijy to hear that...