in international waters. be the hero the world needs. washing. with. the on another day of terror for gazans as israel unleashes a wave of airstrikes on tunnels roads clinics and homes more than $200.00 killed so far $61.00 of them children and thousands of lost their homes have taken shelter in schools around gaza but even these are at risk of being bombed.

hello i'm barbara starr you're watching al-jazeera live from london and also coming up 17 people injured after rockets fired from gaza hit these really cities of us dollars and bush. and president biden reaffirms israel's right to defend itself and express a support for a ceasefire in his latest call with benjamin netanyahu. there is been no let up in israel's onslaught on gaza which is now into its 2nd week the military has carried out a wave of heavy air strikes even as diplomatic efforts aimed at ending the fighting are stepped up to government schools in gaza currently sheltering people made homeless by israeli airstrikes have been threatened with attack by israel the military gave the warning to the united nations the israeli onslaught on gaza goes on destroying homes roads and clinics at least 212 palestinians have been killed

including 61 children hospitals and guards are overwhelmed some injured people are being sent to egypt for treatment and there are electricity and water shortages and the aid agencies are now saying they're running out of supplies rockets are still falling meanwhile on israeli towns and cities in the past week 10 people have been killed there including 2 children how the bills have made begins our coverage in this. they fled their homes for safety leaving behind all their belongings not knowing if they will ever return to live there or find their pile of rubble instead for so the loss is immense. for us we were sitting at home my wife children and i almost sitting in the same room we have 3 children one is a 9 month old baby all of a sudden the house was hit we couldn't get out. then came another strike and the

house crumbled overalls they were trapped on the rubble i started screaming but couldn't find them the ambulances could not reach the area for power now on but it was too light my wife and 3 children died. many suffer some about on his is a story that has become all too common in gaza this video shows people running for their lives after multi-story building was hit in central gaza on monday people visibly shaken shocked and in fear. israel says it target is buildings used by hamas or other armed groups claims that often go unproven sometimes residents are warranted evacuated the premises by a roof knock which amounts to an initial small explosion indicating that israeli forces are planning to destroy the building but warning shots were not the suffering caused to civilians living there is on to. the base journalist jim

no sayed narrowly escaped death when a car in front of her was targeted in broad daylight without prior notice that there were 4 people in the car 3 of them came out in pieces. embattled prime minister netanyahu has warned that the fighting will continue in full force and it will take time and russia the united nations relief and works agency has opened 50 schools across the gaza strip for palestinians seeking refuge tens of thousands of people already sheltered there crammed in the classrooms. and other motivations than it's not only the war we have to be careful of the coronavirus how can we protect ourselves and our children. the u.n. agency is expecting more people to come if the blue or blue from makes it more secure. i think at the moment no. gaza is secure but hopefully

all actors involved in the fighting will respect the blue collar over united. but safety here is not guaranteed during the 2014 war several u.n. facilities was shelled 44 people were killed including 10 staff but the army urges us in west jerusalem. on monday israeli attacks the stored a high rise building that housed the guard religious affairs ministry. senior commander of islamic jihad was also killed and more than 15 kilometers of hamas tunnels were targeted the health ministry says a clinic housing the only central laboratory for cova testing in gaza was a pond and the office of cut out of the red crescent in central gaza was severely damaged al jazeera as

a sufferer has more now on the humanitarian crisis in the street. most of the infrastructure humanitarian infrastructure including electricity including you know water supply medicine food. so all of this infrastructure according to the officials here has been damaged and needs lots of a 4th. the municipality said that they have been receiving hundreds of phone calls from people seeking go looking for some water because simply the main pipes up lies of water have been damaged. back to the minister of health of lunching and have been launching appeals because it's not handle or deal with the number of. injured people arriving to achieve the hospital and other hospitals in the gaza strip and egypt also. from tomorrow 65 tons of medical supplies for gaza

the health. to dealing with these waves of injured people come up with saddam the only crossing. for supplying them with things has need for godling to loading medication including food and fuel should be open exceptionally tomorrow after international pressure on the israelis to allow or to lift some essential. including the medical supplies and the fuel also for the power station. 2 senior doctors are among the growing number of people killed in gaza dr ahmed was a 66 year old psychiatric neurologist he was killed in an attack in his home on sunday his daughter said their house was bombed without warning dr iman. 4 was also killed on sunday the 51 year old was said of internal medicine at all she's

a hospital he died along with his family in an airstrike on his home. while parents across the gaza strip are trying to comfort their children who are terrified by airstrikes and explosions one such parent is a madman see who made youtube videos of his 3 children playing games to help distract them. or tragically ahmed mansi was himself killed in an israeli bombardment just 2 days after posting that video

a friend posted on twitter those 3 angels lost their father on. and in the past few hours rockets have been fired into northern israel from lebanon prompting israel to hit back with their tillery shows earlier rockets fired from gaza hit buildings in a number of cities in southern israel on monday injuring 17 people residential buildings were struck in the cities of a shawl denver sheba sending people running to the shelter is built to protect them from such attacks more than $3000.00 rockets have been fired towards israel many are stopped by israel's iron dome air defense system and hundreds have fallen inside gaza itself. while u.s. diplomat had the amateur has made palestinian president mahmoud abbas as part of an american effort to deescalate the crisis according to palestinian media a bass asked the u.s. to intervene in what he called israeli aggression against the palestinian people the palestinian leader apparently indicated he is ready to work with international

negotiators in peace talks has also met israeli officials harry force that is in west jerusalem with more on the likelihood of a cease fire. when the security cabinet met on sunday there was some reporting that they were going to discuss moves towards a cease fire which does seem to be very much israel's decision though if it does want to start talking about terms for ending the violence there is no reporting as yet as to what's being discussed now but yes and you know who is there with his defense minister with the internal security agency chief the mossad intelligence agency chief the army chief and others i think one of the key things to look out for will be the humanitarian situation if a humanitarian corridor or does begin to be opened up into gaza sometime soon that could be a sign that things are starting at least to slow down certainly the americans are

becoming slightly more vociferous in public about the urgency for that there was a state department statement talking about talks with the jordanians where both sides were urging for calm in that direction also the national security adviser jake sullivan tweeting that he'd been talking to both his israeli counterpart and the egyptian government about working quietly behind the scenes but intensively to try to bring an end to the fighting where u.s. president joe biden has told israel's prime minister that he supports a cease fire but use the phone call with benjamin netanyahu to reiterate israel's right to defend itself it's called live now to john hendren in washington d.c. tell us a little bit more about the lines that have been coming out of all of the phone call because of course reiterating israel's right to defend itself is what joe biden every american administration has been doing in a sense all of this started was the tone any stronger when you look at the details . well barbara it begins reading exactly as you just said with the defense of

israel's right to defend itself sounding very much like all we've heard from the white house in recent days since this conflict began and it goes on to say he encouraged israel to make every effort to ensure the protection of innocent civilians that's a bit stronger than we've heard in the past and then at the end it says the president expressed his support for a cease fire and discussed u.s. engagement with egypt and other partners toward that end that is something that a lot of critics here in the u.s. have been calling for particularly members of the president's own party he's taking criticism from the republican leader of the senate mitch mcconnell but he also has been receiving wrist pete id criticism from members of the squad in the house these are rich she did to leave. omar who just now issued a tweet supporting the president's new wording on this she said. our delay in supporting

a cease fire has caused the slaughter of children and destruction of lives now biden has to push for an end to the occupation she began that message by saying finally so the president has been receiving pretty persistent criticism from people within his own party including a new letter with a majority of democrats in the senate calling for a cease fire that's put the white house press secretary jen psaki in a bad position she has often had to defend the president at these white house briefings this is what she said a little earlier. what our role is is to play the most be as constructive as possible in deescalating the violence bringing an end to the conflict we've done again more than 60 calls over the past week with a range of partners in the region so our objective here our role is not to do political analysis or or or provide motivation for any actions but to take steps we can take as a leader in the world as a as

a country with deep relationships in the region to discourage deescalate the violence on the ground. so don it's not just about the us on the sara lee taking steps themselves that they're actually blocking the u.n. security council from taking any action or never mind the action actually just issuing a statement calling for the violence to stop that's right for the 3rd time since this conflict began last week the white house as has instructed its own you when officials there to block a statement in the security council that statement was urged by norway china and tunisia calling for a cease fire and the united nations the u.s. has often in the past given israel support critics would say giving them cover in the u.n. in this is just the latest incident in vats one of the many reasons why the president has been taking

a lot of friendly fire from members of his own party that might change now that he's called for a cease fire but it won't change unless these members of congress and others who have criticized the president's here in the u.s. see some action on that john hendren with the latest there from washington d.c. thank you. well the u.s. secretary of state says here seen no intelligence from israel that shows hamas was using the tower housing media including al-jazeera that was the story to in gaza on saturday. israel has a special responsibility to protect civilians in the course of its self-defense and that most certainly includes journalists. you said that you requested additional information have you received that have you seen it and did you find it credible i have not seen any information provided and again to the extent that it is based on intelligence that would have been shared with other colleagues and i'll leave that

to them to assess. still to come in this half hour military violence against me and more civilians leads to fresh sanctions as fears grow for people who fled fighting the town of. after being locked down and locked out for months presidents are finally allowed to go back inside pubs and restaurants. now that monday morning frost is now a memory things have warmed up considerably that was in canberra and generally speaking in sas despite the fact the weather is coming up from the southwest is nothing like as cold you've got temperatures very tight in 19 and 24 x. sherry in western australia 24 was to purchase the seasonal rains continue a line through japan to china will wave up and down for the next few weeks the

heaviest stuff is that being chinese and has been recently will be again and with this totally incoming monsoon it usually generates something ahead of a tropical cyclone and that's certainly what we've got now that massive swirling cloud is indeed a tropical cyclone that's where it's been your quite close the coast in go up but it certainly affected everywhere down towards the side so from carol up towards go there was rain strong winds trees fell down there's been some physical damage on the beaches as well of course a vast amount of rain and yes at least 6 deaths i'm aware of the trouble is worse to come because whilst this is affected the edge the edge of india it's back to hit good herat and when it does that which is like to be during the dark hours it comes it is a pretty strong storm only slowly to change brings with it waves of 30 meters a storm surge and of course violent winds.

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including $61.00 children were residential homes clinics and roads were destroyed as well as tunnels and other hamas targets mean more rockets fired from gaza have hit buildings in cities in southern israel on monday injuring 17 people residential buildings were struck in the cities of a shoulder and 70 people running to show us. and the u.s. diplomat has met the palestinian president is part of a deescalation effort is cut it comes as president biden says that he supports a ceasefire but use the call with benjamin netanyahu to again reiterate israel's right to defend itself. stake a look at the day's other news now in the u.s. u.k. and canada have announced the wave of new sanctions on high ranking me and more military officials and the businesses that funds them the coordinated sanctions are in response to what they call the junkers the violent and lisa let tax against the

country's pro-democracy movement the u.s. and canada focused on key military officers while britain targeted an exporter of gems including rubies and jade security forces have cracked down on the scent in the country leaving close to 800 people dead since anti crew protests began. thousands of people from the hilltop town of men that are hiding in villages and valleys after fleeing an assault by the main military in myanmar the newly formed channel and the fence force recently retreated from the town after some of the most intense fighting since february screw florence louis has more now from kuala lumpur well we've just spoken to a spokesman for the chin land defense force this is a group that was formed only in april to take up armed resistance against the military giunta and it also says one of its purposes is to protect civilians from the actions of the military spokesman tells that the men have retreated to save areas around the hillside town of men but they are planning to return to the town

he's not sure when he wouldn't say when to return to protect the women and children who are left in the town now he also says the military using seemly heavy weaponry against the civilian population including rocket propelled grenades the fight is they don't have very sophisticated weaponry now of course there's really very much concern by human rights groups about what's happening in chin state human rights watch now and says they're also worried about what's going to happen next in the town of minda where this security presence here they're worried about arbitrary detention they're worried about torture and other abuses conducted by the soldiers against civilians they worry that that's going to happen next jailed hong kong media tycoon jimmy laurie has pleaded guilty to a charge of illegal assembly for taking part in the 2019 protest march the 72 year old appeared in court with 9 other pro-democracy activists hours after trading in his company will suspend it on the hong kong stock exchange between e.u.

has more on this from beijing. as activists and media tycoon jimmy lai appeared in court on charges related 282-9000 protest all of his assets were frozen and shows from his company next digital the largest listed media company in hong kong were suspended from trading on the territories exchange a notice of the freeze was issued on friday it also applies to the bank accounts of the 3 companies owned by him the pro-democracy activist and billionaire is in jail serving a 14 month prison sentence for taking part in add to government protests his newspaper apple daily has been fiercely critical of beijing hong kong police say lies assets being used to fund an independence movement it's the 1st time authorities have used the national security law which criminalizes subversion to target a listed firm and that's worried investors in the asian financial hub i think this

will be another. business and. more than 100 people including some of the territories most prominent democracy activists have been arrested under the law many have left since it was the borders last june and a recent survey by the american chamber of commerce found that 40 percent of its members were also considering relocating it's not the 1st time beijing has targeted the businesses of those personal of its rules the companies and financial and ali bought that were punished by chinese regulators after found and billionaire jack ma criticize the country's financial system the moves received as a warning to chinese companies not to cross the communist party. jimmy lie and 9 others pleaded guilty in court on monday to charges of an authorised assembly in october $29000.00 supporters say the law is being used to silence all those who dissent from the government brought to hong kong but the whole world is watching

and people are very concerned. law is also under investigation for colluding with foreign powers and endangering national security charges that can carry a maximum sentence of life in prison katrina you al-jazeera beijing. at least 16 people have been killed by the most powerful storm to hit india in more than 20 years cycle own that they struck the state of gujarat forcing more than 200000 people to leave their homes trees have been uprooted and illiteracy pylons washed away leading to power outages in some parts of the state. well 90000 indian doctors with medical degrees from russia china and ukraine are urging the government to let them help in the fight against kovac 19 they're waiting on local licenses before being allowed to practice and i've asked the authorities to try to fast track their permits the police comes the spite warnings that india will soon face a shortage of medical staff in critical care units for the 1st time since april 21st

the number of daily infections has actually dropped below sri 100000 meanwhile taiwan is banning foreigners from entering the island following a surge in covert infections there more than 300 cases were reported on monday in a country that's only recorded just over 2000 infections since the beginning of the pandemic is social the syncing measures are also being introduced. and turkey is slowly coming out of a total lockdown most restrictions were lifted on monday but some like weekends lockdowns will continue to wrestle 7 that has more now from istanbul. this is the 1st day of the reopening of the country after 17 days of a complete lockdown coffee is a restaurant or serbia costumers and strewed when there is are back in business selling souvenirs and food. i don't think the business is not at the level we want

to get back to that level the restrictions must be completely lifted cafes are not fully operational and people are not feeling comfortable outside yet turkey and to the food lockdown after all $29.00 after a surgeon corner various cases with daily cases topping around $60000.00 after the complete lockdown this of the complete lockdown the cases drove all around the country and the works nation rule out continues and many in the country are hopeful that that was the last lockdown they have endured and with the reopening of the country it will have an economy recovery as their business has been remarkably affected by a lockdown like this it almost hoping the business gets better soon once restrictions are all gone there will be more people around and business will recover and of course more importantly tourists they're the ones who feed business the normalization will be gradual as limited log and will remain in place until june 1st but now people are expecting

a reduced measures with more mobility will help their business especially out of the tourism season as turkey heavily relies on tourism revenues which had suffered from a significant loss last year. china's currency has taken a hit after the government failed to secure enough seats on a body that could guide the nation's future president peña a center right coalition one just one in 5 seats on the panel that will rewrite the constitution needed to secure a 3rd of seats to allow it to block radical changes while independent candidates actually picked up most of the votes. now current a virus restrictions have been eased that cross much of the u.k. thanks to a swift vaccination rollout businesses including pubs restaurants and sports venues are now allowed to serve customers indoors but as john howell reports from manchester it comes as a new variant of the virus spreads. another big step in the great reopening of

england scotland and wales with northern ireland to follow the resumption of gatherings indoors breathes new life into restaurants bars gyms theaters and cinemas dormant for much of the past 14 months we lost about 33 percent of our membership base through the lockdown but today's been fantastic we actually had 4 members in the classes so the gym today actually seems nice and busy so that's been a really good reaction to it to reopen properly fans can return to sports venues and limited international travel is allowed it is almost as if life has returned to normal things that we used to take completely for granted like meeting up around a table indoors now feel new exciting and hopefully long lasting but as ever with the coronavirus there's a catch a new variant to 1st discovered in india thought to be far more contagious threatens to derail britain's unlocking plans if it spreads beyond clusters in the

northwest of the midlands and parts of london the early evidence suggests that the $1617.00 is more transmissible than the previously dominant that the early laboratory data from oxford university corroborates the provisional evidence from both the hospital and the initial observational data from india that vaccines are effective against this variant and willing to delay the reopening the government has its fingers firmly crossed that surge testing and localized vaccination campaigns will keep the so-called indian variant in check as scientists warn of a possible 3rd wave of infections. means that fits your freedom to start can't let was actually but the day after day thursday so with love in it and a good bottle day the best started everything so yeah it's great i'm not going out now sort of god knows how long. so it's been it's been out on me but now my.

what remains are social distancing mask wearing and and washing the final hole marks of the pandemic set to be abandoned in late june but the new variant brings new uncertainty and prime minister boris johnson has urged people to embrace their newfound freedoms but to do so with a heavy dose of caution join a whole al-jazeera manchester. and now reminder of the top stories on al-jazeera israel's military has carried out a wave of heavy airstrikes on the gaza strip hitting holes roads and that's our infrastructure as well as how last targets. israeli attacks have destroyed the high rise.