this is bbc news with the latest headlines for viewers in the uk and around the world. the violence between israel and the palestinians escalates. this is the moment an israeli airstrike destroyed an apartment block in gaza city. residents had been warned to get out. as rockets reach a suburb of tel aviv, benjamin netanhayu says the palestinians will pay a heavy price. some 30 people, israelis and palestinians, have been killed. a teenage gunman in russia opens fire at a school, killing at least seven children and two adults. drivers in the us line up at the pump, fearing the cyber—attack on a vital fuel pipeline could leave them with empty tanks.

when i was writing today i thought that it was a catastrophe coming and i was like, what's going on? i saw all these cars parked everywhere and i was just like omg, all these cars parked everywhere and i wasjust like omg, i have to all these cars parked everywhere and i was just like omg, i have to fill my tank up. and a state in australia becomes the first to issue a public health order that makes it mandatory for some employees to vaccinate against covid—i9. the international community has called for calm between israel and the palestinians, but this evening there is no sign of that happening, with renewed aggression coming from both sides of the conflict. an israel air strike has destroyed a 13 storey tower block in gaza city after residents were warned to leave.

for their part, palestinian groups say they've fired 130 rockets into southern israel — some of them reaching as far as tel aviv, around 60 kilometres from gaza. prime minister benjamin netanyahu has now said that the palestinians will pay �*a very heavy price�*. the palestinians say they are ready for any escalation. so far, at least 30 people have died in the fighting — the vast majority of them palestinian. tom bateman has this report from jerusalem, which contains scenes that some may find disturbing. a street ablaze on israel's normally bustling coastline. people run for shelter. others have a lucky escape. in a nearby suburb, a woman was killed as a building took a direct hit. in a single barrage, militants fired i30 rockets from gaza, deep into israel. a clear sign both sides are into a round of steep escalation.

translation: hamas and islamicjihad have paid, and i tell— you here, will pay a heavy price for their aggression. i say here tonight, their blood will be on their heads. earlier, israel struck a gaza tower block that had been evacuated. it was home to members of the palestinian militant group hamas, that warned it would target tel aviv if the building was hit. israeli air strikes have pounded gaza. panic arrives here just after the war planes. inside this block, says israel, three militant leaders were killed. some of the worst fighting in years is leaving live scattered. among gaza's victims, ii—year—old hussein hamad. why did you kill him?, asks his uncle. they kill and there is no one

to make them answer for it, the whole world is watching. israel says hamas is endangering civilians on both sides with its rocket fire. it follows weeks of boiling tensions injerusalem, always at the heart of this conflict. it spilled over at al—aqsa mosque compound, with further confrontation before dawn today. with the fighting reaching a fierce level of intensity tonight, both sides are vowing to continue their attacks. we spoke to tom bateman injerusalem a short time ago — he says there are no signs of the situation de—escalating. well, that's not going to happen anytime soon. and the reason for that is over the last couple of hours a really unprecedented volley of rockets, in terms of its firepower from the gaza strip, deep into the heart

of israel reaching come as you said a0 miles north to the mediterranean coast around tel aviv. at least one woman killed in that strike this evening. and air raid sirens which had continued over several minutes creating scenes of panic and streets ablaze. there was a direct hit on a bus which was empty at the time. so this has added to this sense of fierce escalation. the israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu saying that blood will be on the heads of hamas for such strikes. meanwhile, his defence minister has said that israel has a further targets in the pipeline that it will strike, and at the same time the political leader of hamas, ismail haniyeh, has said tonight, vowed that they will continue fighting. so i think this feels like an escalation that will, for the time being, continue despite those repeated international calls for calm.

tom bateman there. at least seven children and two adults have been killed in a shooting at a school in russia. more than twenty others were injured, many seriously. some children jumped out of third floor windows to try to escape. police have arrested the suspected attacker — a 19—year—old former pupil. he'd been carrying an automatic weapon, and was wearing an explosives vest. moscow correspondent steve rosenberg reports. a day of learning turned into a day of bloodshed. school 175 had come under attack. this cctv footage shows the gunman on his way there, looking completely calm, weapon at the ready. when the shooting began, there was panic. some children barricaded themselves in classrooms, and then escaped this way — down a ladder. there were screaming children running under your apartment. the children were running on the sports grounds and they were running to the fence and getting over the fence,

screaming, "oh my god, they're killing us." the little girls screamed. that was the moment i realised that it was not some sort of accident. some of the schoolchildren waited inside to be rescued. tenth grader elisa says she felt stress and panic as she hid in a room. at one point the gunman had banged on the door. the attacker, former student ilnaz galyaviev, was eventually arrested. under interrogation, he is said to have claimed he believed he was god and consumed by hatred. all day, people have been coming to the school to honour the victims. set up outside, this makeshift shrine. flowers, soft toys and and one russian word — skorbim — "we mourn." what happened here has shocked not only the city,

but the entire country. in russia, school shootings are relatively rare, and in response to this tragedy, president putin has ordered an urgent review of gun control laws. kazan is struggling to come to terms with this tragedy. the question you hear most here is "why?" steve rosenberg, bbc news, kazan. ita it a person today said to the needs to be done. he gave the order for gun control laws to be checked, possibly tightened an abrupt russian politicians after that said something needs to be done. whether something needs to be done. whether something will be done that remains to be seen, but what we do know is that the gunmen received his weapon

completely legally. he was a 19—year—old and according to some reports, he got his gunjust 19—year—old and according to some reports, he got his gun just a few days ago. so it will be interesting to see whether the authorities actually do tighten gun laws here. environmental regulators in the united states have lifted some drivers already panic buying fuel. these are the queues in tallahassee florida earlier on tuesday. tallahassee florida earlier on tuesda . ., , ., , tallahassee florida earlier on tuesda. ., , , tuesday. long lines of cars “ust because were i tuesday. long lines of cars “ust because were trying * tuesday. long lines of cars “ust because were trying to * tuesday. long lines of cars “ust because were trying to fillh tuesday. long lines of carsjust because were trying to fill up i tuesday. long lines of cars just i because were trying to fill up their tanks in case prices rise in the days ahead. the colonial pipeline normally carries nearly half the east coast supply of diesel gasoline and jet fuel. drivers in the states along the pipeline are worried about fuel shortages. it's unbelievable. when i was _ fuel shortages. it's unbelievable. when i was writing _ fuel shortages. it's unbelievable. when i was writing today - fuel shortages. it's unbelievable. when i was writing today i - fuel shortages. it's unbelievable. | when i was writing today i thought that it was a catastrophe coming, i

was like what's going on? i saw all these cars parked everywhere and i was just like, these cars parked everywhere and i wasjust like, 0mg, these cars parked everywhere and i wasjust like, omg, i have to fill my tank up. i wasjust like, omg, i have to fill my tank un— wasjust like, omg, i have to fill m tank u -. ., ., ., my tank up. i went down to the exxon station but the _ my tank up. i went down to the exxon station but the line _ my tank up. i went down to the exxon station but the line was _ my tank up. i went down to the exxon station but the line was so _ my tank up. i went down to the exxon station but the line was so came - station but the line was so came down _ station but the line was so came down hera _ station but the line was so came down here. | station but the line was so came down here-— station but the line was so came down here. ., ., ., down here. i tried two or three more and there were _ down here. i tried two or three more and there were empty. _ down here. i tried two or three more and there were empty. they - down here. i tried two or three more and there were empty. they didn't i and there were empty. they didn't have any — let's speak now to michael tran — he's energy strategist at rbc capital markets in new york. thank you so much for being with us on bbc world news. this must be a headache notjust for those diversity effective analyst trying to work out exactly what the damage is going to be from this.— is going to be from this. exactly. this was not _ is going to be from this. exactly. this was not an _ is going to be from this. exactly. this was not an attack _ is going to be from this. exactly. this was not an attack on - is going to be from this. exactly. this was not an attack on our - is going to be from this. exactly. this was not an attack on our us| this was not an attack on our us pipeline, this is an attack on the us pipeline. colonial is the biggest and most important refined product artery in the entire country. this could not come at a worse time and a more vulnerable part of the country.

timing wise, we are all heading into summer driving season in the us, we are expecting a very robust summer driving season, and number two the us northeast is the most densely populated us region, and also it's the least energy secure region in the least energy secure region in the entire country. significant portions of the us east coast feeds himself gasoline and diesel car really hand to mouth pulling barrels off that pipeline for near immediate consumption. at the pipeline has been off—line for for days now and you're already seeing gas stations in north carolina empty. 8% in virginia bone dry, 5% in georgia. the list goes on and on. i remember heafina the list goes on and on. i remember hearing from — the list goes on and on. i remember hearing from my _ the list goes on and on. i remember hearing from my colleague - the list goes on and on. i remember hearing from my colleague in - hearing from my colleague in washington that when he grew up in texasin washington that when he grew up in texas in the late 70s when president jimmy carter was texas in the late 70s when president jimmy carterwas urging texas in the late 70s when president jimmy carter was urging americans to save fuel in the middle of the oil

crisis of the 70s he said there was a bumper sticker that had along the lines of, drive a long distance, it frees a yankee. because the idea was that the east coast need our fuel, let's burn up our fuel and they will suffer. but the reality is the case that parts of the us are much more energy dependent and others. texas turned out to not be as good as it thought it was at it the electricity supply but the oil pipeline issue, saying we are energy independent. it's just not true. this saying we are energy independent. it's just not true.— it'sjust not true. this is a fantastic _ it'sjust not true. this is a fantastic point. _ it'sjust not true. this is a fantastic point. there's i it'sjust not true. this is a fantastic point. there's a | it's just not true. this is a - fantastic point. there's a real disconnect between what is policy and what's practical. american energy sufficiency sounds great on the campaign trail from politicians like you say and calling the us a net exporter of oil is mathematically accurate but misleading from the practical standpoint. you cannotjust look at oil exports being greater than imports and calling this country

enters a seeker. simply because this country itjust enters a seeker. simply because this country it just so enters a seeker. simply because this country itjust so large and geographically bifurcated in terms of energy production and what part of energy production and what part of the country like texas and energy demand coming from major populations like the northeast or the west coast. the colonial pipeline is leaving a large stretch of the us population with a big shortfall in gasoline, but what would happen if this took place in the middle of winter? there are significant portions that relay on heating oil to warm their homes.— portions that relay on heating oil to warm their homes. thank you, fascinating _ to warm their homes. thank you, fascinating subject. _ to warm their homes. thank you, fascinating subject. a _ to warm their homes. thank you, fascinating subject. a lot - to warm their homes. thank you, fascinating subject. a lot of- to warm their homes. thank you, | fascinating subject. a lot of people are very stressed about it, thank you so much for being with us. let s get some of the day s other news. the head of the suez canal authority has said, that it plans to expand, and deepen the stretch of the canal, where the container ship the ever given, became stuck for six days in march. the blockage of the suez canal caused huge disruption to global trading networks.

the venezuelan opposition leader, juan guaido, has proposed a progressive lifting of us sanctions — in return for the country's president, nicolas maduro, agreeing to hold new general elections. mr maduro has remained in power despite the us saying he has no authority. the us state department has said president biden is �*in no rush' to lift the sanctions. manchester city has won the english presmier league title — after the only other team which could finish ahead of them, manchester united, lost their game to leicester. it's city's third title in four seasons. later this month, they'll hope to add their first champions league trophy, when they play fellow english side chelsea in the final. a new study suggests that an area of forest, the size of france has regrown naturally across the world, in the past 20 years. it's good news because the restored forests have the potential to soak

up the equivalent of 5.9 giga—tonnes of carbon dioxide — that's more than the annual emissions of the us. a team led by wwf used satellite data to build this map of regenerated forests. you can see them marked there in light green. click on any one of them, and it will tell you the location and reason for the regeneration, this one in brazil's atlantic forest is down to government policies that encouraged natural forest regeneration. helen briggs has more. now, one of the simplest ways to remove carbon dioxide from the air is to plant more trees, but conservation groups say as well as planting more trees and tackling the causes of deforestation, we must also put more emphasis on forest regeneration. that's essentially leaving natural forest, old—growth forests around the world to regenerate on their own with very little human intervention. now, a new map of forest regeneration over the past 20 years has produced some encouraging signs. it found that an area of forest the size of france has regrown. at the compensation group wwf which is behind the study says

we must not get complacent because every year, vastly more trees are lost to deforestation than are regenerating naturally. stay with us on bbc news, still to come: a state in australia becomes the first to issue a public health order that makes it mandatory for some employees to vaccinate against covid—i9 the pope was shot, the pope will live. that's the essence of the appalling news from rome this afternoon that, as an italian television commentator put it, terrorism had come to the vatican. the man they call the butcher of lyon, klaus barbie, went on trial today in the french town where he was the gestapo chief in the second world war. winnie mandela never. looked like a womanjust sentenced to six years in jail.

the judge told mrs mandela there was no indication shel fen — the slightest remorse. the chinese government has called for an all—out effort to help the victims of a powerful earthquake. the worst to hit the country for 30 yea rs. the computer deep blue has tonight triumphed over the world chess champion garry kasparov. it's the first time a machine has defeated a reigning world champion in a classical chess match. america's first legal same—sex marriages have been taking place in massachusetts. god bless america! cheering. this is bbc news, the latest headlines... as night fell in israel the violence escalated. this is the moment an israeli air strike destroyed an apartment block in gaza city. residents had been

warned to get out. benjamin netanhayu says the palestinians will pay a heavy price. some 30 people, israelis and palestinians, have been killed. the world health organization said the variant found in india is one of global concern because of the speed that which it spreads. the bbc�*s vikas pandey, along with cameraman anshul verma, sent us this special report on how the pandemic is affecting delhi. this is delhi. usually a bustling and vibrant city which has been my home for more than a decade. but i can hardly recognise it now. just look at the lines of ambulances. that's the scene so common outside and a hospital you go to. it has the look of the city under siege. anyone you speak to has lost a family member or a friend to covid, or know somebody who has. and it's just not delhi.

several indian towns, cities and villages are witnessing similar scenes. it seems the city's the very existence is now limited to four places. hospitals, medicine stores, oxygen refuelling stations and crematorium. we are going to go to for such places in the city today, but our very first stop is gtb hospital in delhi. families here are constantly bringing in patients, and it shows the wave is not slowing down in delhi. some of them are able to get a bed, but the most sick ones, they have to be taken from one hospital to another, because the city ran out of icu beds at least two weeks ago. the visuals you are seeing are from the hospital in gurugram. it ran out of oxygen, and the hospital staff abandoned the patients. at least six patients died, devastating the families. sometimes you are able to help people, but often you are not. so many people have stories of sheer helplessness, of not being able to find a bed for a sick person, and then later learning

about his or her death. i too have a similar story when i couldn't find a ventilator bed for a loved one, and he died. our second stop is an oxygen refuelling station. when families can't find a hospital bed, they look to procure one such oxygen cylinder to help their patient keep breathing. but even getting one cylinder is a difficult task. so many people here have been standing for five to six hours to get a cylinder. but there's no guarantee they will get one. remdesivir? so we are now outside one of the busiest medicine markets in delhi. medicines like remdesivir and tislelizumab are not available here. 0urfinal stop is this crematorium in delhi. this one, and so many others saw long queues in the past two or three weeks. i remember a friend sending me

a text and asking me if i had a contact in a crematorium. because he could not get his aunt cremated who had died of covid. it was the most heartbreaking text i have ever received. another friend told me that his father was cremated along with 20 other bodies, and hejust did not know at which fire to look at to say his final goodbye. as he put it, there was no dignity even after death. for my friend, and many like him, it will take a long time before they can call delhi their home again. and the scars this wave has left may never heal. a state in australia has become the first to issue a public health order that makes it mandatory for some employees to vaccinate against covid—i9. the order requires frontline workers in queensland to take both doses of the vaccine to mitigate the risk of spreading the disease. dr giuseppe carabetta is an employment law

expert from the university of sydney business school. thank you very much for being with us. the idea behind it is not terribly surprising, but it raises all sorts of questions about people's employment rights. it certainly does. we need to understand the context, the context as you say is not surprising because it applies only to front—line workers. hospitaland it applies only to front—line workers. hospital and health workers essentially who may come into contact with covid positive persons. the question in my mind is we've had some debate about this with people in residential homes because some staff declined to get the vaccine because they have various recent they are looking to take the vaccine and some have said, well, you can make it a requirement in the future. can you come under are showing up on the law make it retrospective?

saying you know have to vaccinate, you have worked for ten years but if you have worked for ten years but if you want to vaccinate you will have a job in the future? yes you want to vaccinate you will have a job in the future?— you want to vaccinate you will have a job in the future? yes you can via legislation- — a job in the future? yes you can via legislation. the _ a job in the future? yes you can via legislation. the commonwealth - a job in the future? yes you can via| legislation. the commonwealth has not acted on this but it will come down to the states. but what this essentially does is that queensland have said even working here for some time and regardless of that we are now issuing a public health order, so it becomes mandatory and they will have exceptions. such as persons with medical concerns or allergies or that kind of thing. but the legislation is basically a directive. if you are working with persons who may be covid positive, say you are on the front line, you are essential, then you must undertake the vaccine. i5 are essential, then you must undertake the vaccine. is it your

exnectation _ undertake the vaccine. is it your expectation that _ undertake the vaccine. is it your expectation that other - undertake the vaccine. is it your| expectation that other australian states will follow the example? that's a great question. it's relay, as you would appreciate, it's, there's a political dimension to it. so the commonwealth government with the federal government has not acted for political reasons i suspect. but i don't think it would be too unreasonable, and i don't think it would be beyond community expectations if other states do follow, vis—a—vis, on the front line workers or at least front—line workers. it will get far more controversial if it goes beyond that, i think. controversial if it goes beyond that, ithink. but controversial if it goes beyond that, i think. but we do have a president for this and that's in victoria comeau for example, another of our major states, they have specific legislation and they have a specific legislation and they have a specific directive for health care workers. and hospital workers, and indeed age care and others. we

workers. and hospitalworkers, and indeed age care and others.- indeed age care and others. we are auoin to indeed age care and others. we are going to have _ indeed age care and others. we are going to have to — indeed age care and others. we are going to have to leave _ indeed age care and others. we are going to have to leave it _ indeed age care and others. we are going to have to leave it there, - going to have to leave it there, thank you so much forjoining us on bbc world news. hello there. we saw plenty of showers across the country on tuesday. particularly for the midlands, wales and northern england where we had some thunderstorms as well, producing very heavy hailstones like this weather watcher picture shows, in flintshire in north wales. now, for today, it's going to be another one of sunshine and showers, but they shall resume not be quite as intense as what we had on tuesday. but our area of low pressure, which has been sitting on to the west of ireland and the uk for the last few days, will slowly start to fill. weakend as it pushes its way eastwards across the country. so we will start off again, good deal of sunshine around, but then the showers will start to get going. a bit more cloud, though, for the northern half of scotland. we've seen showery bursts of rain here. and this area of rain in the channel

is going to bring some wet weather through the channel islands through the day and start to push northwards into central southern england, southwest england at times. again, temperatures pretty much what they have been the last few days, around the mid—teens celsius for those. a bit colder than that across the northern half of scotland. now, that wet weather across the south pushes further north into parts of wales, the midlands. it could be quite wet through wednesday night across the south. elsewhere, the showers will tend to fade. there will be some clear spells, but also quite a bit of cloud across northern scotland. and again, for most of us, it's going to be another frost free one. so for thursday it could start rather cloudy, quite wet for parts of wales, the midlands into southern england. it will eventually ease away and then it's another one of sunshine and showers, and the odd shower could be on the heavy side again with a rumble of thunder. but a bit more cloud again from the north and east of scotland. temperatures again range from around 14to17 degrees, particularly where we have the sunshine, but the cloudy skies across northern scotland, there it will feel cooler than that. the airflow turns quite slack on friday. we are almost in between weather systems. and it could be friday will be a cloudier day across. that will inhibit the showers that develop. but where we get some sunshine

across northern ireland, wales, southern england, this is where we could see some of the showers there developing which could be on the heavy side again. it is here where we will see temperatures reaching around 15 or 16 degrees, otherwise a bit cooler across the board where we have the cloud. so that's how was looking for thursday and friday. if i run the sequence on through the weekend and into the start of next week dominated by low pressure. so we are likely to see spells of rain followed by sunshine and showers. and this temperatures remaining around orjust below the seasonal average. notjust for the weekend, but even as we head throughout much of next week.

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the palestinian group, hamas says it has fired more than 130 rockets towards the israeli city of tel aviv and its suburbs. a woman is reported to have been killed in the barrage. meanwhile dozens of people are reported to have died in israeli air raids on gaza. 0ne attack led to this high—rise building collapsing — people inside had earlier been told to evacuate. seven school children and two adults have been killed in a shooting at a school in the russian city of kazan. security forces stormed the school and detained the suspected attacker — a nineteen year old former pupil. manchester city have won the premier league title — after their only remaining challengers, manchester united, lost to leicester. it's city's third title in four seasons. and that is the headlines on a bbc world news.