hello. i'm geeta guru-murthy with bbc world news. our top stories. gaza's only power plant burns after being hit as israel carried out one of the heaviest bomb bartments in three weeks. also targeted the hamas leader and a mosque. >> the overwhelming mood in gaza is the coming one of defiance even among people that don't support hamas. hamas' political popularity was probably falling before this israeli bombardment began.

former leaders of the kosovo army could face charges against humanity. eu gives sanctions in russia over actions in ukraine. plus wall to wall sarah palin for $9.95 a month. the former vice presidential hopeful launches her online tv channe channel. hello and welcome. fighting is continuing between israeli forces and hamas in gaza after one of the heaviest nights of shelling since it began three weeks ago. shells have hit the gaza only

power station causing it to shut down. huge black plumes of smoke as you see. this is the scene overnight where explosions and shells rained down on the city overnight. gaza's health ministry says at least 60 palestinians have been killed. israel says it hit 60 targets including the billing that has the hamas run tv station. plus this is all that's left of the home of the hamas leader. no casualties reported as the house was empty at the time. israel says 10 soldiers were killed monday by militants that entered israel through a tunnel. nick childs reports. >> reporter: israeli artillery continues to pound targets in gaza after one of the heaviest nights of bombardment since the deadliest confrontation erupted.

also in the morning like the crumpled remains of the house of the hamas leader in gaza that was empty at the time, israel says it's hitting leadership targets in the latest raids in determination to hold hamas rocket fire from israel. 60 people died overnight. this neighbor says they were scared by the bombardment but also children were deafened and frightened by the blast. this the shattered shell of the hamas radio and television center in gaza city. the this is what happened overnight. both sides issuing defiant declarations of israel's prime minister warning of a prolonged campaign. >> translator: we need to be prepared for a retracted campaign. we'll continue to act firmly with discretion until we

complete our mission to defend citizens. >> mounting casualties have mounted international alarm, fears of regional fallout from confrontation and growing international calls for both sides to cease fire. israel and particularly the israeli military are paying a price too including five soldiers killed in a hamas raid in israel through an underground tunnel. a heavy smoke is above gaza. it casts a shadow over hopes of bringing an end to the fighting. >> bbc bethany bell is in jerusalem now. bethany, the reaction internationally is very much trying to put pressure on all sides for a cease fire. we've had a statement from iran saying the supreme leaders accuse them of genocide in the strip. israel suffering too with huge

loss of life yesterday amongst its soldiers. >> ten israeli soldiers died yesterday in three incidents. one soldier in the south of the gaza strip, three when they were hit by a morter and five soldiers when palestinian militants came up through a tunnel from gaza, a cross border tunnel. mr. netanyahu yesterday said targeting tunnels remains one of the main objectives of the campaign. for now he does seem to have widespread support despite the rising number of israeli soldier casualties. >> many thanks. we're going to move on to ukraine. fighting between ukrainian government forces and separatists has insta gaited.

the defense minister of the self-proclaimed people's republic of donetsk says militia reinforcement from hamas are staging counter attacks against the advancing ukrainian army. meanwhile european officials are finalizing new sanctions to be imposed on russia. a short while ago, we got an update of what was happening on the ground. >> fighting has been intensifying in recent days particularly many the last 28 to to 48 hours. we've seen heavy fighting around the city of donetsk. that's the strategically important city. for month it's been the capital for pro russian rebels. it's a city that's important but also if the ukrainian army -- big if, we don't know when if they do. we think they could be mounting something in the future. if they take that city, it would

be a propaganda coup. we think they're trying to maintain roads that link the city with russia to the east. the ukrainian government in kiev say those roads are essentially supply lines from russia to donetsk. of course russia denies supplying those pro russian rebels. it says actually the united states, europe is guilty of a propaganda woar when it comes t their role in this. going to brussels where ambassadors are trying to agree tougher economic sanctions against russia over actions in ukraine. a war crimes prosecutor says former leaders of the liberation army should face charges of crimes against humanitarian. a small amount of people seem to

have been killed to harvest organs. >> this practice did occur on a limited scale. a small number of individuals were killed for ex tracting and trafficking organs. this conclusion is consist end with what was stated in the report. namely that a handful of individuals were subjected to this crime. the use of the word handful by senator marty was intentional and meant literally. there's no indication this practice was more widespread and certainly no indication a significant portion of the ethnic minorities that went missing or were killed are victims of this practice. i spoke to our correspondent there. >> organ trafficking allegations were always to be the headline. this this has been 15 years and previously in the report as alluded to by the council of

europe. he's down played allegations in a way. there's no doubt about the seriousness of what mr. williamson is alleging here. he said former leaders ethnic willy targeted minority groups and people opposed to the liberation army for extrajudicial killing, unlawful detention and ethnic cleansing. the charges will be forth coming. this is very big news in kosovo and serbia as well. >> can you remind people briefly of what happened in kosovo? where did this come from, where was this happening? >> in the late 1990s we had a conflict where ethnic forces were ranked against ethnic serb forces. nato intervened in the situation we have now. kosovo self-declared independence. on many times we haven't seen

ethnic al bane yans. mr. williamson says that's now likely to change. now a cousin of afghanistan's outgoing president karzai has been killed in a suicide bomb attack at his home in kandahar. he was a key backer of the presidential government. we have details of the attack. >> it's the second day of the muslim festival of'd. we understand the prominent businessman was greeting well wishes at his home. you assume there would be good security checks for them. one report says the turbine the man was wearing had the bomb hidden. it's the most likely people would have carried tout the attack like this. karzai was a man with many

enemies. >> we're seeing images of him there, pictured with his pet lion. he was pictured also with ghani. >> yeah there was one extraordinary picture a wall street journal took of ghani not looking particularly happy beside the pet lion. when he came a side ghani, he was backing another candidate in the election. the power brokers have come behind ghani in the bitterly contested and long forth election. election day was the beginning of april. they still haven't come to a decision on how they'll even decide which ballots to keep and which to keep out in this long term audit going on. karzai was a significant player in all that. increasingly significant in the

south since the president's brother was killed three or four years ago. hashmatt karzai was one of the key power brokers in that reason. more controversy following him not just because of millionaire dealings. he had a big security contract with military forces. he is alleged to have killed a man in a long man running feud. his own father was killed. he is alleged but denied of killing a man years ago in part of the family feud. this death could be part of a family feud or indeed being the taliban getting into someone close to the karzai clan. >> stay with us here on bbc world news. much more to come. it's compared to a war in west africa. we'll cross live to our correspondent for the latest on the battle against the spread of the deadly ebola virus.

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this is bbc world news. i'm geeta guru-murthy with the latest headlines. a field tank continues to burn in gaza city after being hit during the israeli bombardment overnight. 60 palestinians are reported killed. eu ambassadors are meeting in brussels to consider a massive escalation of sanctions to russia over action in ukraine. the heavy overnight shelling in gaza by israeli forces. the health minister says 60 palestinians were killed. 10 israeli soldiers were killed yesterday. chris morris has been to one of the sites hit overnight. >> this is a mosque in gaza city which people who live in this area say was hit at least twice during the night. a lot of mosques have been marketed in gaza since this

israeli aerial campaign began. israelis say there were 60 air strikes overnight and been more this morning. we've seen mosque targeted, security buildings early early on. we were down by the gaza port where it had been hit as well. if you come over here, you can see people are collecting pages from the karan. i'm going to lift this up to get copies underneath. copies scattered by the bombing have been collected here to try and retrieve them. the overwhelming mood in gaza is becoming one of defiance even among people who don't support hamas. hamas' political popularity was probably falling before the bombardment began. faced with this thing, people

tend to come together. if israel says this is going to be a prolonged military campaign, it's quite clear the people going to bear the brunt are the civilians of gaza. >> novak is the former israeli air force officer. she's with the campaign group breaking the silence. they give former soldiers the chance to give public testimony of what they went through. you've written a piece for the newspaper here in the uk saying the israeli military was the most moral in the world, the world's widespread israeli outrage over the bombing in hamas and homes in gaza. now there's just indifference. spell out you're feeling about what we're seeing with this current operation. >> well, thank you for having me. this is truly a hard day to be

posting. what i wrote in the article, it takes me back 12 years ago while i was an officer in the air force. in one operation bombing of one head of hamas house can which 14 citizens were killed, among them eight children. the reaction of the israeli public to that occasion was outrage. people cannot -- i remember that as a soldier. israeli people could not perceive the cost in life in that occasion. there was public outrage. in the last week or two weeks what we see in gaza is over 100, hundreds probably of bombs being dropped on a populated areas in gaza. hundreds of houses, thousands of houses are being erased.

hundreds of people get killed -- what is most hard for me in these days is there's no reaction like i remember back then. >> were you ever involved in any operation in which civilians or children were killed to your knowledge? >> while i served -- there have been operation like that taking out. again, what i see now is different reaction, public reaction to it. 12 years ago and almost non reaction at all that we see now. >> what was your specific role in the military? >> i was operation's office area. i served, ran the operation from the ground. >> so how difficult was it and how difficult is it to target purely military military targets without hitting civilians.

israel says it takes that job very seriously. >> of course. you know, we had break in silence. we're not claiming israel doesn't have right to protect itself. what we do say all the time is that the israeli public and citizens of the world need to ask whether we cross the moral lines or not. >> is it possible to not have huge civilian casualties when the targets are amid civilian structures? is that possible? >> well -- you know, when i see what's going on now in gaza, when i see entire families being killed. once in the view of my country leadership and also the public, once we alert families and told them that in two or five or ten minutes we're going to destroy

their houses, they are become legitimate target. it is okay to drop those bombs and to destruct buildings. i think this is something you don't need to be military expert to say this is moral line, moral red line that you shouldn't cross. what's hard for me as israeli, we're not asking questions. this voice is almost not heard. >> you've made yourself very clear there. we appreciate your time. thanks very much indeed. thank you. west african nations continue to fight the spread of ebola. the virus is compared to a war. liberia has closed off points in and out of the country. bbc is there to tell us more

about it. very alarming. are the health officials hopeful they can contain this or not? >> reporter: well a lot of medical agencies and people would say it's at last countries like liberia are taking measures, strict measures to try to contain the virus. most of the cases there, more than 500 cases there with over 200 deaths. the problem that the authorities are facing is suspicion, host e hostility from the community against the health officials. now the population finds it bizarre that health workers come to their villages. they accuse them of wanting to

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i'm geeta guru-murthy with bbc world news. our top stories. israel targets leadership of the palestinian leader group hamas in the heaviest bombardment yet of gaza. shelling continues after the israeli prime minister warns of a prolonged military operation. >> this is the main fuel storage facility for gaza's only pow er plant. it was hit by an air strike overnight. eu considers sanctions

against russia over actions in ukraine. and the story of a real life billy elliott. boy from northern england who's become an international ballet sta star. hello and welcome. smoke is rising once again over gaza after israel carried out one of the most intense nights of shelling since air strikes began three weeks ago. huge plumes rising from a fuel tank that hit the only fuel station. this is the scene in gaza overnight where explosions and shells rained down on the city. gaza's health ministry says at least 60 palestinians were

killed. israel hit 60 targets overnight including the building that houses the the hamas run television station. plus this is all that's left of the leader of the hamas movement. no casualties were reported as the house was empty at the time. israel says ten of its soldiers were killed on monday including five who were killed by hamas militants who entered israel through a tunnel. nick childs has this report. >> israeli artillery continues to pound targets in gaza after one of the heaviest nights of bombardment since thee latest deadly confrontation erupted. also the remains of the hamas leader in gaza. it was empty at the time. israel has been hitting targets in the latest raid in the determination to hold hamas fire

from israel. 60 died overnight. >> this neighbor says they were scared by the bombardment but more so children deafened and frightened by the blasts. this is the shattered shell of the radio and television center in gaza city. this is what happened to it overnight. both sides are issuing defiant declarations with israel's prime minister warning of a prolonged campaign. >> translator: we need to be prepared for a protracted campaign. we'll continue to act firmly and with discretion to protect our citizens. >> this is provoking international alarm. fallout from the confrontation grows international calls for both sides to cease fire. israel and particularly the

israeli military are paying a price too including five soldiers killed in the hamas raid in israel through the underground tunnel. a heavy plume is hanging over gaza city. it casts a shadow over hopes top bringing an end to the fighting. nick childs, bbc news. >> bbc is in cairo. sally, what do we know about any attempts at diplomacy to try to bring this to an end? >> yes, with diplomatic efforts going on in cairo, i have spoke ton a leading official in that movement. he said that a palestinian delegation including officials from hamas, from the islamic jihad will be here in cairo very shortly to meet with egyptian officials. he didn't say when exactly. i asked repeatedly when the

delegation is coming. he said he has no idea. he says they're supporting attending delegation for various movements to meet egyptian officials here in cairo. he said the egyptian side is willing to accommodate the cease fire initiative to meet the palestinian demand. we know before egypt was firm saying that no changes can be introduced to this initiative. what i understood from this guy overthe phone this morning is that egypt will be for flexible and introduce changes to the cease fire to meet the main palestinian demands which are lifting the blockade on gaza strip and releasing some of the palestinian prisoners. >> is there indication at all israel would look at those? >> that's what we don't know so far. so far israel has been firm sticking to demands which is

destroying the tunnels and stopping the rocket firing from the gaza strip. i asked the guy if egypt can do anything about this. he said he hopes that the egyptian side will manage to convince the israeli side into giving some concessions so that both parties can reach a compromise and that violence can come to an end. what he said as well is that the problem with the blockade does not lie in the border crossing between gaza and egypt but rather in the israeli border crossing with the strip. i asked what egypt can do with the israeli fight concerning this. he said we hope the egyptian officials can manage to convince israelis to open the borders so that the blockade can be lifted. israel is willing to make such a concession. that's what we don't know. >> is egypt still the main track for negotiations given the political change we've seen there and difficulties that

causes with hamas? >> what we know for sure is egyptian cease fire initiative is the main or only initiative that offers a permanent cease fire in gaza strip. some regional players in this cease fire talks like qatar and turkey that support hamas. so far the egyptian cease fire initiative is only one that guarantees permanent cease fire. we have this proposal by the u.s. for a humanitarian truce that should have lasted one week but didn't work out. the violence continued whether from israel or rocket firing from the strip. so far the initiative cease fire is the only -- the egyptian cease fire initiative is the only one. what impedes the implementation of initiative is that hamas says it's unsatisfactory. israel says it cannot accept the cease fire with current

condition meaning israel is unwilling to make changes to it while hamas is asking for lifting of blockade and release of prisoners saying we cannot go back to status quo back to 2012. >> thanks for explaining that. in other news today, libya says italy is sending aircraft and a team of experts to help contain a fire at a storage plant in tripoli. all sides are urged to stop fighting so the team can do its work. the blaze is burning out of control after it was hit in crossfire. south african national union is called off a strike after accepting a 10% wage increase. 220,000 members. this forced automotive manufactures to suspend

production. more people from religious communities were forced from their homes last year than any other time many in history. hundreds of thousands fled persecution in syria. restrictions on worship in china, saudi arabia and russia also. 13 people are believed to have died in the latest violent attack in the chinese region of xinjiang. this is the weeger ethnic minority. fighting between ukrainian government forces and pro russian separatists have once again prevented international investigators reaching the mh 17 crash site in east of the country. that's according to the dutch ministry. the defense ministry says militia reenforcements from

luhansk are staging attacks. now there's new sanctions to be imposed on russia. we got an update of what was happening on the ground. >> fighting has been intensifying in the last 24 to 48 hours. we've seen heavy fighting around the city of donetsk. that's the strategically important city. for months it has been the administrative capital for pro russian rebels. not only a big city strategically important but also if the ukrainian army -- big if. we don't know when if they do. they could be trying to mount offensive in the future. we don't know when. if they were able to take that city, it would be a propaganda coup. we think they're trying to control two main roads heading out to the east. those are roads that link that city with russia of course. for the ukrainian government in

kiev, they say those roads are essentially supply lines from russia to donetsk. of course russia denies supplying pro russian rebels. it says actually the united states, europe is guilty of a propaganda war when it comes to russia's role in the ukrainian confli conflict. >> ambassadors are meeting now to agree new sanction against russia over actions in ukraine. it's thought the sanctions would be far wider than previous sanctions. ben is in brussels. obviously every country has something to lose and different powers of leverage over russia. >> they do all have their own commercial interests and own different economic trading depend say relationships with russia. that's why are until now big eu countries like germany, britain have been reluctant to go down

the route of wider sanctions against the russian economy. sanctions taken so far are limited to asset freezes and travel bans and 90 individuals. the downing of the malaysian flight changed everything. germany has reconsidered the approach to sanctions. it's a country heavily dependent on russian oil and gas. wanted to be the mediator between russia and egypt. its resolve is hard in the last ten days or so. now i think they are on the brink of going down the route of tier 3 sanctions which would we believe block the imports into russia of energy technology, arms, things like that. it's not wide scale sanctions

but they are for the first time after sectors that could cause harm to the russian economy. >> not touching the gas supplies? >> we don't think so, no. for instance, in terms of energy imports, there's a discussion what might happen, germany and europe would stop importing specialist equipment that would enable deep sea drilling, future oil and gas exploration. nothing to immediately harm russian exports of oil and gas to the european union. we're talking about future sales rather than existing contracts. this would be in the fine detail we hope to get later on. it's a big step. it's something that has been talked about theoretical vague terms about two or three months embarking on tier three sanctions. there's never been the will to do it despite the urging of united states and eu to go down this route. looks like they're going to. the question is, what difference will it make?

will it cause president putin to reconsider his approach to eastern ukraine? that is the question. ben, for now, many thanks. some breaking news. china's communist party has announced the investigation into the former domestic security chief. the news agency says he was investigated for what it called serious disciplinary violations. he has been missing for months. he's the most senior official to be targeted in the continued campaign against corruption. our correspondent is in beijing. do we know more of what he's accused of damian? >> we don't at the minute. we have that announcement made half an hour ago by the official news agency that he is under official investigation. for what it calls serious disciplinary violations. that usually means something related to corruption in some form or other.

the important thing is this is enormous political move by the current leadership and current president. the prosecution or investigation of zhou at the minute is the first time in over 60 years in china that someone at the highest levels or who has been at the highest level of the communist party, a senior leader, placed under investigation like this. it will send i think very, very serious shock waves right through the whole political chinese structure. >> do we know what the investigation will involve? do we though about the personality of this figure now looked at? >> we do. there's been an enormous amount of rumor flying around china for well over a year now since zhou

stepped down. he was one of the nine senior leaders, men of the standing economy which is the apex of power they china under the previous leadership. they stepped down over a year ago. since then, there's been many many rumors he would be targeted. in december we heard reports he had been placed on house arrest. now we get the official confirmation. what's been happening is very obviouslily and publicly the current administration has been moving to detain yongkhan's previous power base there also in the oil industry. places where he had access to money and power.

the investigation will follow routes already prepared. he was one of the most powerful men in china. he ran the police, paramilitary police, intelligence services internally and courts as well. very powerful figure. >> thanks very much. your picture has been coming and going. thank you. sorry about. that. stay with us on bbc world news. much to come. a brief rest for the muslim minority as they celebrate eid and guarded by international troops. yeah, i can fix that. (dad) i wanted a car that could handle anything. i fixed it! (dad) that's why i got a subaru legacy. (vo) symmetrical all-wheel drive plus 36 mpg. i gotta break more toys. (vo) introducing the all-new subaru legacy.

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this is bbc world news. i'm geeta guru-murthy with the latest headlines. a fuel tanker continues to burn in gaza city after being hit by the ferocious bombardment

overnight. 60 palestinians are reported killed. eu ambassador meets to discuss sanctions over ukraine a. our top story. heavy overnight shelling in gaza by israeli forces. gaza's health ministry says at least 60 were killed. we have been to some of the sites that were hit. >> reporter: this is a mosque in gaza city which people who live in this area say was hit at least twice during the night. a lot of mosques have been targeted in gaza since this israeli aerial campaign began. the israelis say there were 60 air strikes overnight and been more this morning. we've seen mosque targeted, security buildings earlier on. we were by the gaza port where it had been hit as well. you can see people are collecting pages from the karan.

i'm going to get underneath. copies have been scattered by the bombing collected here on the floor to try to retrieve them. the overwhelming mood in gaza is becoming one of defiance even among people who don't support hamas. hamas' political popularity was probably falling before this israeli bombardment began. faced with this kind of thing, people tend to come together. if israel says this is going to be a prolonged military campaign, it's quite clear the the people are going to bear the brunt of that are the civilians of gaza. >> chris morris there with a sample of what the damage has been caused overnight. millions of muslims around the world are marking eid with days of festivities. for the minority it's been

harder to celebrate. fighting erupted more than a year ago against muslim rebels. the conflict has caused thousands of lives. andrew has been traveling through the country. >> reporter: a rare moment of relaxation for a community under siege. this is the muslim quarter or what is left of it. today they celebrate eid with the foreign troops here to guard them. frustrations quickly resurface. >> translator: we're trapped here. forgotten. we can't leave this neighborhood. >> this is a country still consumed by conflict. a handful of foreign peace keepers unable so far to stop the bloodshed. new victims arrive at the hospital from the country side

where christian and muslim gangs continue to attack each other. thousands have been killed here, more have fled. the fabric of society is torn perhaps beyond repair. >> muslims here try to cling to their old lives. more radical voices argue this should be split into two new independent nations. >> muslim fighters outside the capital rejected a new cease fire and demanding their own country in the north and east. >> translator: this nation, this state is finished. isn't that a pity i ask? yes but our christian brothers have given us no alternative. >> french troops soon to be followed by united nations try to keep the public from desenn

grating. >> this must be overcome, he says. we must all work together to rebuild. >> a worthy plan, but this is a failed state. the government has no power to speak of. the forces dividing the country still have the upper hand. bbc news in the central african republic. now to the story of one of russia's biggest ballet star as. parish is a dancer in the north of england that became the first british dancers ever to join the ballet in russia. now back here. rebecca met him. >> on stage and in the spotlight, he is romeo in romeo and juliette, one of the

greatest roles in ballet. born in england, it's no surprise he was inspired by billy elliott. >> it was great to see ballet the boy dancing brought to light in audience and made more main stream. billy had it harder than i did to be honest. >> away from the guilded here, the school of dance and theater. it was here at the age of eight that zander parish started dancing. mrs. hooper taught him ballet. she can still picture a small boy arriving for his first lesson 20 years ago. >> what do you remember of zander parish? >> this enthusiastic little boy running into class with his

sister. his black shorts and t-shirt looking very out of control like bambi on ice. then eventually he started to understand the technique. i realized he had beautiful legs and feet. >> now he's in a different cast. zander joined the royal ballet. no one took much notice of him. he became increasingly frustrated. it took this ballet to spot his potenti potential. he remembers arriving in st. petersburg. >> all you can see was an orange glow of ice, snow, steam rising off the rather grim look buildings. i thought, i want to go home right now. i didn't. i stuck it out. i'm glad i did. absolutely brilliant. >> now he's returning home a

star. quite a journey for the lad turned russian romantic lead. >> a little bit of something elegant to leave you with today. i'm back tomorrow. do join us if you can. i'm geeta guru-murthy. this is bbc world news. ♪

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hello. you're watching "gmt" on bbc world news. our top stories. one of the most ferocious bombardments of gaza so far by israeli forces. 60 palestinians are report to have been killed. seven families were wiped out overnight. it will only power station in gaza was hit and is on fire. 10 israeli soldiers were killed monday. we'll report on the latest efforts in egypt to reach a cease fire. the third day, fighting between pro russian rebels an