polls close in argentina for a vote on a new president. we begin with the push to find a diplomatic solution they were carrying only aid. they were carrying only aid. the un warns hundreds of lorries are needed every day to help the more than 2 million

people living under it and is really seized and constant air strikes. israel says that bombing raids which have intensified our targeting members of hamas, the group responsible for murdering over 1400 responsible for murdering over moo israelis in the attacks on the 7th of october. meanwhile as that conflict plays out, the push to find a diplomatic solution to the israel gaza war, us presidentjoe biden has again spoken to israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu. the most recent communication was over the phone, but the pair met in person on wednesday when president biden visited israel to show support. the white house also says the president has discussed the war with the leaders of the uk, canada, france, germany and italy. france's president emmanuel macron and the dutch prime minister, mark rutte, have also now announced they'll visit on monday and tuesday. and at the rafah border crossing, several trucks wyre davies has our first report tonight, from jerusalem.

the human toll in gaza is mounting. these casualties brought to the al—aqsa hospital in central gaza are outside the zone from which israel had told civilians to flee. it's not known from where the victims came, but many of the dead and injured are children. some images, too distressing to broadcast show the bodies of at least a dozen children. translation: we have been here since the crack of dawn l and the bodies have completely filled the hospital yard. this is in addition to the bodies and refrigerators which are full. we don't have enough shrouds for the dead because the numbers are huge. israeli air strikes in response to the massacres of october 7th are against what it calls strategic hamas targets. they have left parts of the gaza strip looking like a wasteland. such bombings, say palestinians, is indiscriminate by its very nature, resulting in thousands of casualties. no one's getting out of gaza for now.

but through the border with egypt today, more than a dozen aid trucks did get in carrying basic food and medical supplies. after an initial transfer of 20 truckloads yesterday. but the un says it's nowhere near the 500 trucks daily needed to sustain a population of more than two million. 30%, according to our sources, of the infrastructure is already destroyed. the un says that many who fled south to escape israeli bombing are now heading back to homes in northern gaza towards the shelling. so dire is the humanitarian situation. some people will die if they don't get insulin on a regular basis. there are 50,000 pregnant women in gaza. water is absolutely necessary to keep them alive. but the situation is set to worsen. thousands of israeli troops, tanks and heavy armour are preparing for a full scale ground offensive in gaza once bombing from the air achieves its objective.

it's what israel says it has to do if hamas is to be crushed. i have no doubt that israel will need to go in on the ground to be able to effectively hurt and undermine and weaken hamas, but also to be able to project power in this region and show the world and its other adversaries that are watching that we have capabilities. and i think it's a matter of day or days until that happens. but israel knows a land invasion of gaza could trigger conflict in the wider region. in the palestinian west bank city ofjenin. israel says it hit a hamas cell preparing for an attack after cross border skirmishes, too, in southern lebanon. a warning from israel's prime minister to hezbollah militia and their sponsors, iran, not to get involved. "if hezbollah decides to enter the war, they'll be "making the biggest mistake of their lives and hit "with unimaginable force," said the prime minister, talking to israeli soldiers

in the north today. one factor mr netanyahu can't control is the fate of more than 200 israeli and international hostages held by hamas in gaza, whose families fear an israeli invasion may put their lives in further danger. wyre davies, bbc news, jerusalem. the bbc�*s rushdi abu alouf, and his family, have been displaced four times in gaza in the last two weeks. he's been reporting under very difficult circumstances. here's his assessment of the situation on the ground, from an aid camp, in the city of khan younis, in the south of the territory. about 2,000 families living in these tents. they are people displaced from the north, in gaza. this is, a camp has been built by the unrwa. i was speaking to the families here. they said they are struggling to find water. they are struggling to find food. to find a bathroom.

they said the bathroom here is a real challenge. they said security, also, is a real challenge because as you know, hamas has been under really heavy attack by israel for the last two weeks or so, so there is no police around the area to maintain law and order, a few problems here, social problems in the area. but those people, they said, we have been given very little food, very little water, very little medicine to the people who are in need for this. this is an example of how 700,000 people who are displaced from the north are living in a very difficult condition in gaza city. bbc arabic�*s adnan el—bursh has been at al aqsa martyrs hospital in deir al balah in central gaza, which has been overwhelmed with casualties — including women and children. some of the images which have emerged from the hospital are too graphic to share.

officials from the hamas—controlled health ministry say more than 100 people were killed as israel carried out air strikes overnight. in response the israeli military told the bbc that it had targeted nearby areas "based on intelligence information confirming the presence of a hamas leader in the area adjacent to the hospital, who gave orders to fire towards israel from that area". here's adnan�*s report, you may find some of these images distressing. the wounded civilians arriving at the luxor military hospital in central gaza. many of the wounded are women and the children of. many of the wounded are women and the children. this is outside israel's evacuation zone. israel told civilians

to come to these parts of the strip for safety. there is no confirmation of where the air strikes came from. but outside the hospital, funeral prayers for those killed are being held, while families continue to arrive with more of the wounded. translation: all of this hamas. hospital workers say they are overwhelmed.

translation: we've been here since the crack of dawn and the bodies have completely filled the hospital yard. this is in addition to the bodies which are in refrigerators, which are full. we don't have enough shrouds for the bodies because the numbers are huge. it's difficult to identify the bodies. the situation is being described by those working here as catastrophic. there have been continued reactions to the developments in the middle east across the world. in the pakistani city of karachi, hundreds of pro—palestinian supporters marched towards the us consulate on sunday to show solidarity with palestinians in gaza and to condemn us support for israel's bombardments in gaza. demonstrators burned israeli and us flags and urged muslim countries to end diplomatic ties with israel.

the protesters were halted about half a kilometre away from the us consulate. the march was organised by a national body of shi'ite groups and clerics. it's been difficult for families awaiting news on their loved ones who continue to be in hamas custody. the family of a british teenager, who's been missing since the hamas attacks on october seventh, have confirmed she was killed. the body of noiya sharabi, who was 16, has now been formally identified. the deaths of her 13—year—old sister and mother were confirmed last week. other families are still waiting for news of their relatives who went missing in the attack, as lucy manning has now reports. a few months ago, mum leanne and her daughters celebrated. now the british—israeli family are all dead, murdered by hamas. 16—year—old noiya had been missing. as her british family confirmed

her body had been identified, they said she was clever, sensitive, fun and full of life, a gifted student and linguist. most importantly, an amazing granddaughter, cousin and niece. "we are heartbroken she is gone," they said, "but forever grateful she was here." other relatives have been kidnapped. and in london, the demand was "free the hostages" — more than 200 held by hamas. hannah and her british—israeli son — this was the photo hamas posted on her facebook as they kidnapped them, a gunman in the corner. i am worried sick for my mum's health. i don't know how long she can survive without her insulin. i don't know how long my brother can survive without his medication.

these are elderly people. there are children over there, and i want the british government to do everything in their power. her british—israeli brother murdered, shot in the head and back. i haven't grieved him yet. i have lost my brother, but i have to do everything in my power to bring my mother back. do you think the international community are doing enough? i think more can be done. these are innocent people. they haven't harmed anyone, and these people need to be brought back. this nine—month—old and four—year—old ariel should be playing, not held in captivity. their mum and dad also taken. hamas filmed the kidnap. it is described as babies surrounded by terrorists. it is the worst nightmare. i could never imagine something like this could happen. the entire world

should just scream. all leaders of the world should look at his face, this baby's face, and it is a nine—month—old baby who just started to crawl, he should be developing now, not being held in i don't know where, if he is underground, in a cage. i want them to put pressure for any kind of humanitarian organisation to go inside and check on them. and to release them. and you still have hope that you will see them? i have to. i have to have hope. around the world and across the uk. this is bbc news. bbc news, bringing you different stories from across the uk. for generations, people have walked through these lime trees. campaigners want them to continue. in february protests stopped contractors felling the trees to make way for an access road to the new stanton cross

housing development. around 16 chopped down, 45 were temporarily spared, no campaigners have been told by a high courtjudge that protests can go through a full judicial review. it's a haritage of our town it is a natural amenity and a natural monument within our town. the developers say they've paused work while the legal challenge takes place but can't comment until it's resolved. that's expected to be next year, when campaigners hope these trees will still have a bright future. for more stories from across the uk, head to the bbc news website. you're live with bbc news. to the war in ukraine, where six postal workers have been killed and another 17 wounded after a missile strike on a mail depot in the east of the country.

ukraine has blamed russia for the attack on the sorting office on the outskirts of kharkiv — so far there's been no comment from the russian authorites. jenny hill reports. this is the moment the missile struck. there were 30 people inside at the time, postal workers preparing parcels for delivery. these pictures recorded just seconds before. for rescue teams, a familiar routine — save the survivors, recover the dead. translation: we were working. there was an explosion. everyone started running away. i helped free people. i did what i could, as much as i could. daylight revealed the scale of the damage. this depot was part of an important and well—loved ukrainian postal service. novaposhta has kept deliveries going throughout the war. when we reached the site, an official day of mourning was already underway. this once busy workplace,

hushed and scarred. people living in this region have grown accustomed to this level of devastation. they know only too well how everything can change in the space of a few seconds, and they're used to russian attacks. they are happening in this region every single day. and every single night, president zelensky still addresses his nation. this evening, he said ukraine would respond to the strike on what he's described as a civilian facility. there is defiance here, but resignation, too. they know there'll be more attacks. nothing they can do now but clear up and wait. jenny hill, bbc news. the us state department says that the united states stands

with the philippines in the face of what it called china's repeated "harassment" in the south china sea, describing china's actions as "dangerous" and "unlawful." it comes after a chinese coastguard boat and a philippine supply vessel collided in the south china sea. the filipino vessel was on its way to a philippine outpost in the second thomas shoal, where tensions have escalated in recent weeks. manila said beijing's "dangerous blocking manoeuvres" endangered the safety of the filipino crew. but china claimed it blocked the vessel because it was carrying illegal construction materials. it's the latest flare—up in a long territorial dispute in the sea — one of the world's busiest trade routes. earlier i spoke to dr bill hayton, who wrote a book about the disputes in the south china sea. he is associate fellow with the asia—pacific programme at chatham house. and we shared his view on these developments.

well this ship has been on the second thomas show since may 1999 and it is quite literally falling apart, so the philippines is under pressure to bring some construction materials or some kind of repair equipment in order to simply, you know, stop the ship wasting away. now about five or six philippines marines live on it, and they have these rotated resupply missions where they bring supplies and daily needs to the marines. i hear the chinese are trying to stop them bringing on extra things like steel or scaffolding poles to reinforce it, and that's what it's about. and china, you know, i'm not quite sure why they decided to make this such a big issue at this time, but it's been going on for some time where what is happening now that is new really, both sides are releasing videos to expose the actions of the other side. all this happening at a time when there is a major conflict in the middle east, where every i's attention is where much attention is there, the united states has

released a statement saying they stand by the philippines but in the long run how will they be looking at this development? governments have say they are supporting the philippines efforts at the moment, and i think you know, this is the latest stage as something that is been going on for quite some time, i don't think it is specifically timed to coincide with what's going off in the middle east or ukraine, the maritime militia just doing their thing, and they have enough forces based at the islands that china has built over the past decade in the southern part of the south china sea to and for some kind of blockade against the philippines. and i think everyone is going to be watching this was some kind of concern, the philippines and the us have a mutual defence treaty, so if the chinese were to do something against his ship of the philippines navy or to do something against a ship of the philippines navy or coastguard, that could be grounds to invoke that treaty.

though i think everybody will be very cautious before they do so. votes are being counted in argentina in polls to elect a new president as the country faces the prospect of economic collapse. the frontrunner is javier milei, a libertarian economist who says that adopting the us dollar as the official currency is the best solution to tackle the prospect of hyperinflation. our south america correspondent katy watson is in buenos aires with the latest. katie, thanks you very much, we're going to start by getting a sense of the front runner in the election, what really is making him such a popular choice amongst the electric? i think we might be speaking to soon, of results aren't through yet, polls are extra ordinarily inaccurate here in argentina. one of the other candidates

from the coalition, and it looks like he is in the front, he is the front runner for the primaries, sorry, for the first round. however polls are notoriously wrong. the full elections official election results haven't actually come through yet but certainly up until now we didn't think that milei was the front runner at the moment. here in argentina that people are facing 114% inflation, two in five argentinians are living in poverty, people here are fed up and theyjust poverty, people here are fed up and they just want to see something different, and that was seen with milei who came from nowhere to win the primaries just a few months ago. at the moment, there is everything to play for here in the elections in argentina. it is still unpredictable at the moment, we will keep a close watch on that, having said that you mentioned of course some of the critical issues are surrounding the economic crisis that argentina has been looking

at. has that really been the thrust of the conversations on the narrative as the campaigning has played out on these elections?— these elections? yeah, everybody. _ these elections? yeah, everybody, without - these elections? yeah, | everybody, without fail, these elections? yeah, - everybody, without fail, has said that the economy is the one thing that they want sorted. people are saying there earnings are diminishing every single day, jobs are harder to come by. the peso, it is seeing 140% inflation, it is getting worse and worse for argentinians and that's the ceiling here. when i went down to the polls earlier, they were set up for the politics. i spoke to one woman who said she was voting for the least worst candidate. she didn't identify with anybody, but she just wanted somebody to sort this problem up. the feeling is people are just fed up with the situation. mil people are 'ust fed up with the situation. �* �* situation. all right, we'll leave you _ situation. all right, we'll leave you there, - situation. all right, we'll leave you there, but - situation. all right, we'll l leave you there, but thank situation. all right, we'll - leave you there, but thank you very much, katie watson, for getting us the very latest. will be coming back to you for more updates.

in the united kingdon — the rains may have eased, but the impact of storm babet is still being felt across several parts of the country. people living in hundreds of homes in retford in nottinghamshire have been told to evacuate because of rising river levels and a risk of flooding. andy gill reports. parts of retford are already suffering the aftermath of storm babet. up to 600 properties were affected by the flood warning. the environment agency says the situation is no longer severe enough to be a threat to life, but it's already affecting people's homes. water splashing. it flooded in 2007 here after quite torrential rain. the council and the water board blamed it on the fact that the rivers haven't been dredged or anything. they've since dredged them, but it seems to have just completely happened again. but this time it's worse. some residents have already left. this morning when i came home. obviously there was all this. so everyone's been asked to evacuate. i've tried to get as much

as possible upstairs and out the way, but yeah, it'sjust horrible. but not everyone wanted to go. alan stayed behind to look after his sick wife and his dog. the garden flooded, sheds're flooded and just waiting - for the house to get flooded. naught we can do about it. those who do choose to leave are being offered shelter in a local leisure centre. the absolutely unprecedented rainfall has created so much water. this hasn't happened before. and there's such a volume of water come down the river all at once that basically it's not designed to cope with it. in south yorkshire, the flood water has been as high as people ceilings. chesterfield in derbyshire has also been affected. in retford, there's relief that the risk, though still present, is not as bad as it was. andy gill, bbc news. at the cricket world cup, india have beaten

new zealand by four wickets. they reached their target of 274 with 12 balls to spare. india are the only unbeaten side in the tournament. india's next match is against england next saturday in lucknow. that's all for now — stay with bbc news. thanks very much for watching. hello. we've got a window of slightly drier, quieterweather at the moment as storm babet has cleared away. but there are still plenty of flood warnings in force, particularly through central parts of england. now, monday will see quite a chilly morning, even some icy stretches, but a largely dry day for many of us once again. now for the rest of the overnight period, the early hours of monday morning, we have got some rain sitting out to the west here. but for most of us, clear skies, some mist and some fog patches and temperatures even in our towns and cities close to freezing in the north could be a bit colder than that in the countryside. so certainly a little bit of ice on any untreated surfaces for parts of scotland

and northern england too. now through the day, we've got low pressure trying to squeeze its way in from the west. high pressure, though, holding on a ridge of high pressure across the near continent. so that's how we start the day largely dry under that area of high pressure mist and fog patches through the central swathe of the uk. a little bit icy in the north at first. any icy stretches, any mist and fog clear away. so some long spells of sunshine, a few more showers into northern ireland, perhaps into cornwall, the isles of scilly as well. most other places seeing a dry day with some sunshine, ii to 16 degrees. but the cloud increases in the south later in the afternoon ahead of this area of rain that pushes in across parts of england. wales also seeing some rain as we head through the overnight period into tuesday. so not quite as cold. certainly temperatures for some of us remaining in double figures as we move through into tuesday morning. now, tuesday's weather dominated by this area of low pressure. it is the remnants of a storm named bernard by the portuguese met service. so it's brought some pretty wet and windy weather further south across europe by the time it reaches our shores. i think on tuesday, we're going to be seeing some showery outbreaks of rain could be

a bit more persistent for the likes of lincolnshire, the wash norfolk as well. either side of that sunny spells perhaps one or two showers around, but not the persistent heavy rain that we've seen. and temperatures between about 11 to 16 degrees. so fairly typical of the time of year now heading towards the middle of the week. and wednesday brings the weather front in from the atlantic. so some stronger winds and more persistent rain possible for the south west of england, wales, perhaps northern ireland later in the day. to the north and east of that, again, sunny spells and a few showers around 10 to 16 degrees. so certainly not completely dry and things are looking quite autumnal and unsettled really through the week ahead. so more rain at times, but we're not expecting the heavy, disruptive rain that we saw during the course of last week with storm babette. bye bye.

iphone maker foxconn is under investigation in china, suspected of violating tax and land laws at a number of its sites on the mainland. plus, we hear from the chief of fiji airways on how it's competing for business with its much bigger rivals. hello and welcome to asia business report. i'm arunoday mukharji.

electronics giant foxconn is under investigation in china. authorities are carrying out on site investigations in multiple locations the company operates in, according to chinese state media. business reporter suranjana tewari is here with the details. give us a sense of what we know at the moment. chinese state media say that foxconn is under investigation within china at some of its subsidiaries. it’s some of its subsidiaries. it's not clear— some of its subsidiaries. it's not clear as _ some of its subsidiaries. it's not clear as the _ some of its subsidiaries. it�*s not clear as the global times did not specify what it is under investigation for but it did allude to something related to taxes, to land—use and the breaking of some sort of law and regulation. foxconn is an electronics giant and makes apple iphones for the global

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