live from washington, this is bbc news. officials in the us state of maine have confirmed that the suspect of wednesday night's mass shooting has been found dead. large explosions seen in gaza as israel's bombardment bills, israel says it is expanding its operations, and the un calls for an immediate humanitarian truce as 120 countries vote in favour of the resolution. hello i'm kyle now ciman. we begin in the us state of maine where police say a man suspected of killing 18 people in a shooting has been found

dead after a two day man hard to stop in the news comes hours after police lifted a shelter in place order for the after police lifted a shelter in place orderfor the normally quiet community. it is still unclear exactly where the body of robert card was found or how he died, at a news conference just a few minutes ago, the governorjanet mills said the body was found in lisbon, nearby where the shooting occurred. nearby where the shooting occurred-— nearby where the shooting occurred. ~ . , , occurred. like many people, i am breathing _ occurred. like many people, i am breathing a _ occurred. like many people, i am breathing a sigh _ occurred. like many people, i am breathing a sigh of - occurred. like many people, i am breathing a sigh of relief i am breathing a sigh of relief tonight, knowing that robert card is no longer a threat to anyone. i know there are some people, many people who share that sentiment but i also know that sentiment but i also know that his death may not bring solace to many. now is a time to heal, and with this search concluding, i know that law enforcement continues to fully investigate all the facts so we

can bring what closure we can to the victims and their families, and i ask that all people continue to keep those families and all of the people impacted by this tragedy in their thoughts and prayers. figs their thoughts and prayers. as we have been hearing, today's news, is hopefully some small comfort to the families of those that lost loved ones in that shooting. for members of the deaf community were among those killed on wednesday. early on friday the officials release the names and identities of all 18 victims, the youngest was just 14 years old, the orders was that aldous was 76. among them, a grandfather who died protecting children at the bowling alley where that shooting took place. tricia, who also worked there more now on that story, we can go live to maine where our north america correspondent is

standing by, what is the latest we know, of course that press conference, you wrapping up a few minutes ago, what more did the governor and other officials say?— the governor and other officials say? the governor and other officials sa ? , . ~ officials say? there were stark words opening _ officials say? there were stark words opening up _ officials say? there were stark words opening up that - officials say? there were stark words opening up that press i words opening up that press conference where janet mills, the governor of maine said and i quote, they located the body of robert card, he is dead, and i think those are the words many people were waiting so anxiously to hear after this 48—hour intense negations are still going on, this is still an open investigation, there were very few details about where that body was found, we know it was in lisbon, which is a neighbouring town from here, and police believe that he died

from an apparent gunshot wound, so there are still a lot of questions about the motives behind this rampage that really shocked this community, but i think what is happening now is that people can now start to meet as a community, something they really were not able to do because of this shelter in place order, and so, i think a lot of people right now i breathing a sigh of relief, but there are still so many questions and they are still grieving. questions and they are still aurievin. ~ . ., questions and they are still aurievin. ~ ., ., ., ~ ., grieving. what more do we know about the suspects _ grieving. what more do we know about the suspects in _ grieving. what more do we know about the suspects in this - about the suspects in this shooting himself?- about the suspects in this shooting himself? about the suspects in this shootin: himself? ~ ., ~ ., shooting himself? what we know is that robert _ shooting himself? what we know is that robert card _ shooting himself? what we know is that robert card was _ shooting himself? what we know is that robert card was 40 - is that robert card was a0 years old, an army reservist, he attended maine university and studied engineering technology, but he did not

complete their studies, and while he was an army reservist for over 20 years or so, he was never deployed, but he was a keen hunter and many people in this community are. we have been hearing the stories that people in the community, it's a relatively small community, and people knew each other, he was seen smoking his cigarette and hunting with his friends, but i think the concerning side of this is that he had mental health issues, during the summer, when he was with the army, they had raised the alert and concerns, because he apparently had said he was hearing voices and so he was admitted into a mental health facility for about two weeks, and then he was released, so there will be a lot of questions going forward about how somebody, and we understand that he was legally entitled to have a gun, how somebody in

that state who had displayed all of these behavioural issues that were of concern, how was he allowed to possess a gun? our local north america correspondent reporting from maine after that press conference a few minutes ago confirming the suspect in that mass shooting has been found and it looks as if that body has now been recovered near the scene. thank you so much for your reporting. our other top story, there have been waves of intense israeli airstrikes over gaza, much heavier than previous nights. the israeli army says it's increasing the number of airstrikes on the territory and expanding its ground force operations. in gaza, sirens are warning of more rocket fire to come, communications including phone and internet have been cut off, making it really impossible for residents to reach anyone. in the darkness as you can see,

explosions are intensifying, the israeli defence force is warning that gaza city residents should move south for their own safety. hamas's military wing says it's clashing with israeli forces in northern gaza in targeting two southern israeli cities with its own intense metal barrages. an overwhelming majority of the united nations general assembly voted in favour of an immediate truce in gaza on friday, adopting a resolution that condemns all acts of violence against palestinian and israeli civilians are. it calls for unhindered aid and protection of civilians, and to bring you more than what took place in the united nations, we will be focusing on that later in the programme. the humanitarian situation in gaza is growing increasingly dire, the palestinian red crescent societies as they will run out of fuel in the coming hours and will be unable to provide emergency services without ambulances. with the latest on

the situation there are international editor has this report from jerusalem. not long after dark the bombardment of gaza intensified, israel called it expanding ground operations. hamas said it was fighting and israeli incursion into the northern gaza strip and fired salvos of rockets back into israel. the un secretary general�*s lees for a humanitarian ceasefire were drowned out. this is a moment of truth, he said, history will judge us all. the day that led up judge us all. the day that led up to this had moments of quiet, but not of hope. in this hospital in southern gaza they stopped for the noon prayer, after another deadly night. then israel released a video of its naval commanders raiding targets on the coast. somewhere, hidden inside gaza more than 200 hostages taken by

hamas. talks over releasing some of them were said to be going well in the hours before israel's new onslaught. many palestinians believe israel was the —— wants to force them out of israel for good. this lawyer was writing my heart, my heartbeat on the shroud of his baby, stillborn after his pregnant wife was killed. like many other civilians they stayed in northern gaza after israel ordered them to leave. later, israel released video of what it says was an attack on the hamas tunnel network. wasn't a clue of was coming? israeli military commanders say again that hamas uses palestinian civilians as human shields, and said hamas has bunkers under gaza city's main hospital. bunkers under gaza city's main hosital. , . , .

hospital. this as an illustration - hospital. this as an illustration of - hospital. this as an illustration of the l hospital. this as an - illustration of the hospital, and the underground facilities. i want to repeat, this is only an illustration. we will not share here the true material. terrorists move freely in this area and other hospitals in gaza. we have concrete evidence that hundreds of terrorists flooded into the hospital to hide the after the massacre of october seven.— october seven. about ten kilometres _ october seven. about ten kilometres from - october seven. about ten kilometres from gaza, . kilometres from gaza, volunteers were signing up for duty with the israeli police. they were issued with brand—new american assault rifles by the israeli national security minister, who has a conviction for inciting racism in many israelis thinks he is a dangerous extremist. he believes that israel can eliminate hamas and destroy hopes of palestinian independence, but he was popular here, volunteers

believing that his plan to arm civilians is the best way to protect their families. they are not humans, _ protect their families. they are not humans, they - protect their families. they are not humans, they are l are not humans, they are monsters, and we need to take gaza, gaza belongs to us, then we can transfer it to the palestinian authorities, but first we need to take gaza. it is beach weather but they were empty as israel's troops prepared to go in, and it feels as fragile here as in the years after the holocaust, according to the former speaker of parliament.— parliament. people sentimentally - parliament. people sentimentally and i parliament. people _ sentimentally and emotionally back to a5, a8, so we are free state emotionally, no state economically and socially, and have no answer with what to do with our next—door neighbour, so of course there is a need for new paradigms, it's a very, very difficult trauma, but a very difficult trauma, but a very promising manus island �*s,

and every birth comes to the world with a lot of pain and blood. �* ., . ., . ., ., blood. before the chance of a briuhter blood. before the chance of a brighter future _ blood. before the chance of a brighter future comes - blood. before the chance of a brighter future comes a - blood. before the chance of a i brighter future comes a present thatis brighter future comes a present that is grim and getting grimmer. eight hamas rocket beat ashkelon�*s defences in the last hours before the israeli offensive in this evening, in the dark night over gaza, israel is sending in wave after wave of strikes by heavy artillery and aircraft. . our middle east correspondent is also on the ground and earlier he described the moment when communications in gaza went down. ., , , , down. one of the first signs that something _ down. one of the first signs that something significant l down. one of the first signs i that something significant was taking place was that all communications in gaza went dark, there was a complete blackout and this is on top of

more than two weeks of a complete cut of the electricity grid in gaza. i tried for hours to reach people in gaza, a message i sent out about 6a0 local time in the evening via whatsapp remain for hours and hours i received by the phone it was sent to, i could not get through via mobile phone network, or by messaging apps to people, there is, it seems, some very limited communications for people in gaza if they have seen cards, foreign operators, turkish or egyptian, that can reach the masts of egypt or israeli mobile phone masks. b, masts of egypt or israeli mobile phone masks. a short while ago _ mobile phone masks. a short while ago i — mobile phone masks. a short while ago i asked _ mobile phone masks. a short while ago i asked a _ while ago i asked a contributing editor at a political magazine about the significant intensification of israeli airstrikes over gaza.

first of all the israelis did not have a plan to what they wanted to do, they knew what the objective was, to destroy hamas, they do not necessarily know what they wanted to do, and i think the conversations with the us, the visit by president biden about a week or so ago, was very important in terms of the us really saying to the israelis, we know your objective, but we also know there is a lot of anger, rage, you really want to go in guns blazing, no pun intended, but think about a strategy here, let's be more strategic. where is your objective? can you meet that objective, think twice, don't make the same mistakes that the us made during 9/11, just act and then take some actions that they came to regret later, and i think that advice, that counsel really did help guide the israelis as they thought about what they wanted to do. this is an open warfare

in gaza, israeli troops are not necessarily, that is not necessarily, that is not necessarily their wheelhouse, a lot of these israeli troops are reservists, they don't have that kind of urban warfare, so i think this delay was a couple of things, first of all it was advice from the president, second of all trying to figure out what the strategy is, and the us and others wanted to give some more time for negotiations on these hostages, and to figure out what they were dealing with, how many hostages did they have? was there a chance of getting out and we saw some release and there was an expectation that hamas was going to continue to trickle them out, to keep delaying that incursion. it does seem now like as you said, i don't think we will see that fall on ground invasion, tens of thousands of troops on the border with gaza, i don't think we will see them go all in in the next 2a hours, but the israelis are starting to cite the battlefield, and they are going in, being very tactical

and strategic about getting in, i think they are trying to suss out the situation, maybe they have information about whether hostages are, i think they trying to see what they destroyed and all of those airstrikes, and maybe try and set up a base of operations. i think when day breaks, they will know whether those tanks will know whether those tanks will come out. we may see a couple of those larger ground invasion is going in, trying to continue to shape the battlefield, and look, after the advice from the united states and i think the us does not really want to see a full on ground invasion, this might be the shape of the military campaign. we really don't know. it could be a series of smaller moves. it could be what the us is suggesting and what arab states are saying, surgical, you know, get in, get out, have a target, destroy the target, get out. the israeli troops all go in, they could really be setting themselves up for a

trap. i think that's the advice they are getting.— trap. i think that's the advice they are getting. you touched on this and — they are getting. you touched on this and i _ they are getting. you touched on this and i think _ they are getting. you touched on this and i think it - they are getting. you touched on this and i think it is - on this and i think it is certainly a question on a lot of people's mines in israel right now that there are still several hostages, more than 200 we believe that taken into gaza are still in captivity.— are still in captivity. right. what does _ are still in captivity. right. what does what _ are still in captivity. right. what does what we've - are still in captivity. right. i what does what we've simply are still in captivity. right. - what does what we've simply out over the last several hours now means any sort of diplomatic efforts to free those hostages on the part of israel because we also know there were discussions being moderated by qatari officials.— qatari officials. that's right, and they were _ qatari officials. that's right, and they were bearing - qatari officials. that's right, j and they were bearing some fruit and there was some thought that the delay was bearing fruit for some more hostages and there was talk about whether there could be a larger release, may be of women, may be of children, may be of civilians, some foreign nationals. i think those conversations were bearing fruit. i think maybe they might be stalled a little bit now. and i think that the public opinion has really changed in israel. think right after the

attack and the real horrific brutality of it all, i think that a lot of israelis were like we know the cost but we really need to go after hamas and if the hostages are, you know, martyred for that case, for that cause, we understand. obviously, they wouldn't be happy with it. think public opinion is changing and the israelis are coming to realise they didn't feel protected by israeli government and now, they feel the israeli government really has the responsibility to go in and get those hostages and we haven't even taught, right, about the humanitarian situation in gaza which, you know, it's becoming this catchphrase, oh, the humanitarian situation in gaza is really bad, but it is getting worse by the day. right. getting worse by the day. richt. ~ ., , getting worse by the day. richt. ~ , getting worse by the day. richt. ~ .. , ., right. arab officials are warning _ right. arab officials are warning of— right. arab officials are warning of a _ right. arab officials are warning of a of- right. arab officials are warning of a of the - right. arab officials are warning of a of the un l right. arab officials are i warning of a of the un are warning of a of the un are warning of a of the un are warning ofa warning of a of the un are warning of a humanitarian catastrophe if more aides doesn't get in. we are having a refugee situation where hundreds of thousands of people are on top of one another —— more aid. wivell seasickness

and disease.— more aid. wivell seasickness and disease. �* ., ., , and disease. and more warnings 'ust toda and disease. and more warnings just today because _ and disease. and more warnings just today because we _ and disease. and more warnings just today because we saw - and disease. and more warnings just today because we saw the l just today because we saw the communications have gone down within gaza. communications have gone down within gaza-— communications have gone down within gaza._ is - within gaza. that's right. is it difficult _ within gaza. that's right. is it difficult for _ within gaza. that's right. is it difficult for emergency i it difficult for emergency personnel to communicate with each other? looking at gaza and the humanitarian situation that, a dramatic moment earlier at the united nations as the revolution being approved, it is non—binding but it was an overwhelming majority of the world's nations. what kind of pressure might israel now be under, given the number, thousands of people that have been killed by these air strikes? with the resolution and what we've been seeing with even some protest popping up today in new york city at grand central terminal? today in new york city at grand centralterminal? is today in new york city at grand central terminal? is that at all likely to sway israel in what it does?— all likely to sway israel in what it does? ~ ., , ., what it does? well, there was a very important _ what it does? well, there was a very important country - what it does? well, there was a very important country that - what it does? well, there was a very important country that did | very important country that did not vote for that resolution, the united states, and so i think what's really going to be the pressure on the israelis is when, what is the pain point for president biden? he has

beenin for president biden? he has been in lockstep with the israelis about the need to go after hamas, defeat the enemy, eliminate the threat. his calls have grown louder and the us is doing a lot on the humanitarian front and is, you know, saying the right things in terms of asking for a humanitarian pause, trying to get more aid in their and pause, trying to get more aid in theirand their pause, trying to get more aid in their and their intense negotiations going on but what is the pain point for president biden when he can no longer just kind of let the israelis do what they need to do and say ok, it's, you know, they've called for a humanitarian pause, you have not had the usa the word ceasefire. if you go back to 2006 when the war against hezbollah, the us was like i was travelling with condoleezza rice at the time for all of these international negotiations.— negotiations. former international -- - negotiations. former l international -- former international —— former secretary of state. international -- former secretary of state. yes, sorry, and the international - secretary of state. yes, sorry, i and the international community was calling for a ceasefire but the us was not but after things got, you know, continued to get really bad and the deaths piled

up really bad and the deaths piled up on the lebanese and particularly on the lebanese side, finally, the us was like 0k, side, finally, the us was like ok, we need to wrap this up. and i think of the us was also looking is for, and i think we're going to see a lot more about this and talk about this, where is this going? turning to some other news and the us and china are working towards a possible meeting next month in san francisco between president biden and chinese president biden and chinese president xijinping. this comes after beijing's top diplomat met with his counterpart antony blinken and president biden at the white house. the latest in a series of high—level meetings aimed at easing tensions between the countries. the chinese foreign minister wangetti wrapped up his three day trip to washington on thursday —— wang yi. this congressman said the talks are a hopeful sign between the two nations but

there's still room for improvement in china's human rights policies. president biden met the chinese foreign minister at the white house today, and given the recent rhetoric we've heard from the president about the level of the strategic threat posed by china to the us, does this spark something of a softening of relations? i spark something of a softening of relations?— of relations? i think it's a -- development, _ of relations? i think it's a -- development, as _ of relations? i think it's a -- development, as ranking i of relations? i think it's a -- - development, as ranking member of the sort committee with regard to the chinese communist party that was established in congress i think it was very important for president biden to explain our position on a number of issues to wang yi, including the need to lower ccp aggression, both militarily but also economically, and to make sure that they understand our grave concerns about the crackdown on human rights, with about the uyghurs or tibetans

or hongkongers or other dissidents.— or hongkongers or other dissidents. ~ ., , dissidents. we had some very stron: dissidents. we had some very strong words _ dissidents. we had some very strong words from _ dissidents. we had some very strong words from president i strong words from president biden earlier this week in relation to the activities in the south china sea, reiterating the us�*s i as he put it, defence of the philippines, should china attack —— iron clad defence. what do you think the likely exchange would have been? sure it was candid. _ exchange would have been? sure it was candid. they _ exchange would have been? c”, it was candid. they need to understand the ccp needs to understand the ccp needs to understand that we are treaty allies with the philippines and that any kind of aggression toward the philippines would be something that would trigger our treaty obligations to come to the philippines�*s defence. in general, the ccp is very aggressive with regard to its neighbours, notjust the neighbours, not just the philippines neighbours, notjust the philippines but taiwan, india and others. last night or within the 2a hours, a chinese

fighterjet came within ten feet of a us bomber that was going over the south china sea and it could have resulted in a catastrophic incident. so this type of thing has to stop. we saw last night the death was announced of the former premier li keqiang. do you think his passing will have any impact on the us—china relationship? i don't think so. not necessarily, except that it is a reminder of a time when chinese economic policy, under premier li keqiang, was done in a much more technocratic way. how do we grow? i think the question that he tried to answer is how do we grow the prc�*s answer is how do we grow the prc's economy and how do we do so in ways that are perhaps more compatible with what we want in the west, which is an international rules based order. all that being said, i

don't think that his passing will necessarily affect the relationship, although as you know, on the heels of general li shangfu being sacked as well as foreign minister shang dame being sacked, a number of familiarfaces are being sacked, a number of familiar faces are disappearing from the scene for reasons that we don't quite understand. == we don't quite understand. -- qin gang- _ we don't quite understand. —— qin gang. we have to leave it there. . ~' ,. qin gang. we have to leave it there. . ,, ., ., there. thank you for “oining us. there. thank you for “oining reminder of our top story, officials in the us of maine have confirmed that the suspected gunman who killed 18 people has been found dead. robert card had died from an apparent self—inflicted gunshot wound. president biden issuing a statement, saying we are grateful that the public is safe and we call on everyone to fulfil the obligation to keep the american people say. a reminder that you can get the latest on that plus all of the

developments in israel and gaza on our website, bbc.com/news. for our previous viewers, thank you for watching. —— pbs. circling back to our bbc teams on the ground with a closer look at how israel's ground operations may actually play out or —— jeremy bowen has more. that they've been digging this network of tunnels — some people say it could be hundreds of kilometres long — under this very small area. the israelis did a briefing this afternoon where they said there were even bunkers underneath the main hospital in gaza city, shifa, where thousands of people have taken refuge. the israelis say that includes quite a lot of the hamas people who went over to the border — those gunmen who went over there, killing and taking hostages. so, israel says it's going after these bunkers. now, what they're also going to be doing is massively

increasing the level of military action of violence directed at the gaza strip. and while israel has said to people in the northern part of the gaza strip that they need to leave and go south, and a lot of people have, a lot of people haven't, too. and because humanitarian conditions in the south where the israelis have let in very few supplies and where they've cut off supplies of water, food and medicine — as they have to the whole gaza strip — because of the lack of facilities there, some people have gone back up north to their homes. the un has talked at length about this. so, there are lots of civilians in that area where they're operating who must be having an extremely terrifying and rough night. and there will undoubtedly be even heavier civilian casualties than there've been up to now in the three weeks of bombing. now, that is important, notjust because it's the loss of life.

it's important, too, because of the effect it has in driving the responses to the conflict. and the very heavy number of palestinians who've been killed by israel, i think has for some, even among israel's allies, has eroded the legitimacy of what they're doing. perhaps that's why israel has decided finally to act on the ground because they sensed, i think, that the mounting casualty figures were bringing up more and more pressure for a ceasefire. and today in doha, the qataris have been acting as intermediaries between israel and hamas. hamas have offices in doha, the capital of qatar, in the gulf, and the information earlier on was that negotiations were going pretty well to try to get a deal to release more hostages — more than 200 are in there —

and also to perhaps even have some kind of humanitarian ceasefire. well, they were stalling then by late afternoon and, certainly, with this offensive going on, i don't think there's any chance that those talks are going to progress. the united nations has approved a non—binding resolution calling for a humanitarian truce in gaza, just hours after israel's defence forces announced their expansion of ground operations. this is the moment that the resolution earned two—thirds support and past. it's the first un response to the ongoing war after the security council failed on four different attempts to reach any kind of consensus on action. the resolution was proposed by jordan and had the backing of more than a5 member states, including egypt, oman and the united arab emirates. 120 states voted to pass. ia voted to reject. a5 states abstained

from voting altogether. the resolution calls for even immediate, durable and sustained you manage your interests and calls that all party comply with humanitarian law. it also calls for the flow of essential aid into gaza and the release of all civilian hostages. jordan's resolution makes no mention of the unprecedented attack on israel by hamas on october two. ——7. it's passing comes is inside gaza residents are lacking aid, now lacking communication. the director—general of the world health organization posted on x, formerly twitter.

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