tv BBC News BBC News October 29, 2023 12:00pm-12:31pm GMT
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the un warns civil order may be breaking down in gaza — as thousands of residents break in to warehouses for food and other basic items. very sadly, people are getting frustrated. they're getting hungry as the siege, the three—week—long siege, continues. israel is continuing with its military operation — moving more tanks and infantry into gaza. prime minister netanyahu spells out his priorities — destroy hamas and bring the hostages home. i'm lukwesa burak in london — our other main story: matthew perry — one of the stars of the hit tv show friends — is found dead at his home in los angeles.
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hello, i'm anna foster in southern israel. we start in gaza where the un agency for palestinian refugees, unrwa, says there are signs that civil order is starting to break down, following three weeks of war. this is one of the incidents which prompted that warning — people breaking into aid agency warehouses, to carry off food and other essential supplies. only a fraction of the usual number of trucks carrying aid have crossed into gaza in the past week. israel's aerial bombardment and ground operation only 80 compared to around 100 a day that usually pass into gaza. israel's aerial bombardment and ground operation inside gaza are continuing. the israeli defence forces have released this video showing tanks and other armoured vehicles inside the territory.
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the palestinian red crescent says it's received warnings from israeli officials to immediately evacuate gaza's al-quds hospital, adding that raids have taken place todayjust 50 metres away from it. israel says it is responding to the october 7th raids on southern israel by hamas — in which 1,400 people were killed, and more than 200 taken hostage. around 111,000 patients are sheltering in the al-quds hospital. you can hear the mortarfire from here in southern israel across towards gaza. israel says this is a continuing response to the 7th of october tax. in gaza, phone lines and internet connections are slowly returning to normal after they were cut off by israel. this is the scene live in gaza.
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you can hear from you can hearfrom where i am the sound, the very loud sound of continuing bombardment. this is what gaza looks like right now. health officials say more than 8,000 people have now been killed since israel launched its offensive. we will bring you up to date with more of the latest developments in the next hour or so from our position here. even as i'm speaking here, you can hear loud explosions and gunfire and i can see a rise in cloud of white smoke and can smell, we are close to an israeli artillery position here and we can hear and feel and smell the sound of the artillery fired off towards gaza. less talk more about the un warning
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that civil order is breaking down in gaza. people are desperate for humanitarian aid which is not reaching gaza in the amounts needed. earlier, i spoke tojuliette touma, director of communications at the un palestine refugee agency. she explained the situation for people there. very sadly, people are getting frustrated. they're getting hungry as the siege, the three—week—long siege, continues, as the war continues. so, yes, four of our warehouses and distribution centres, people came into them and they took wheat flour and some other cleaning supplies. i know it's been enormously difficult with the communication blackout that there's been in gaza with the phone lines and internet down to find out much information, but does unwra have any supplies left? do you know what your supply levels are like now?
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so the communication was finally restored. as of this morning, we have some contact with our teams on the ground because the internet service is coming back to to gaza. so we have better communication, definitely better than what we had yesterday. we are assessing the situation overall. we also have another warehouse, that is one of the largest un warehouses in this region, but it's too early to know exactly how much supplies we need because of what happened in the warehouses and the distribution centres yesterday. just as we're talking here, we're looking across to gaza and behind me there is the very loud sound of another strike.
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and we're seeing a huge grey—white cloud of smoke just on the skyline behind me here. i know this is particularly difficult for you because your staff, many of your staff are still working inside there. and i know you've sustained casualties among your staff as well, haven't you? as of this morning, we are very, very sad that unwra confirmed that 59 of our colleagues have been killed in the war in gaza. many of them were teachers, school principals, engineers, doctors, specialists, support staff that helped us with our huge humanitarian operation. we do know that the bombardments and air strikes continued. we are terrified for the fate of our teams on the ground in gaza. they continue to deliver, however, against all odds and with all the challenges that continue to be out
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there in the shelters, giving whatever assistance they can to the communities in need in line with our humanitarian mandate. what are you hearing about more humanitarian aid potentially being allowed in? the israeli military have said several times now, as they encourage people to move south away from the fighting in the north, they say that that humanitarian aid will be expanded there. but there still doesn't seem to be any sign at rafah, certainly of more trucks going in. what are you being told? well, just in one week we only had 80 trucks, just above 80. that's when we say it's a drop in the ocean or it's crumbs. it's not a pr stunt, it's the truth. because before the war, gaza used to get 500 trucks every day. so in one week we had just over 80 trucks. yesterday, because of the breakdown in communications, we did not have a humanitarian convoy.
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and none of these trucks that have been coming into the gaza strip had fuel in them. and the needs for fuel continue to be very, very high. that was the representative of unrwa. the palestinian refugees in the strip at the moment. as we've been listening to that, a few minutes ago there were very loud sounds of outgoing fire from the israeli side. we were close to an israeli side. we were close to an israeli military point and you can see some of the impact from that latest attack on the skyline in gaza. and as we look out here, you can see the buildings on the other side, you can see the level of damage and destruction on those buildings in the gaza strip. where we are now, very close, just a couple of kilometres from the
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northern part of the strip, we know the israeli defence forces have infantry on the ground there now, continuing since they stepped up the offensive on friday evening. we know they have infantry troops and artillery in their embedded in the area around the north—east of the gaza strip and you can see the live pictures really showing you the impact of the ongoing bombardment from the israeli military. we also had the update we get every day from this ongoing operation, here's their spokesperson daniel hagari. translation: good morning during the night we expanded the force's entrance into the gaza strip, joining the forces already there. we are continuing based on our plan we are slowly expanding the ground operation and joining our forces there. of course, there are risks
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to our force as well. we will do our utmost in air, sea and land in order to ensure the safety of our forces. as a reaction to the incident from lebanon, we attacked various targets and infrastructure of the terrorist organisation that continues to act against us. and we are eliminating all those who attack us. anyone who breaches our security defence will be eliminated. we are continuing to assess the situation in order to enable our routine to continue during the war. please adhere to all the instructions and directives of the home front command and we will update
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you about anything that could possibly happen and you will also see it on the app. please be aware and note everything that is happening because it is life—saving. we have notified 311 family members of the fatalities of the idf and the families of the hostages. we will continue updating them the whole time and we are exerting a supreme effort in order to bring them home. and we will continue doing so. this morning, there was a new year of the draft of lookout spotter soldiers and we saw what an important role they play. they are deployed in the defence of the country
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all over our borders, including drafting new soldiers now but we will ensure they will all be prepared. that is the spokesperson for the israel defense forces. we will show you again the live pictures as we were hearing from him, there was a very loud bombardment happening just in the last couple of minutes from israel. you can hear it from israel across to gaza, these live pictures of the situation gaza at the we hear them here in southern israel as a head across to gaza and this is where you can see the impact they are having on the skyline in gaza.
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we managed to make contact aliir with our correspondent who lives and works in gaza and has done for many years. he has had to move with similar people south to gaza city —— from gaza city where he lives in the battlefield of the north of gaza. we managed to make contact with him and we asked him about the communications blackout, the cutting of the phone lines and lack of internet. since that is slowly coming back, iasked him what internet. since that is slowly coming back, i asked him what he managed to learn when those clean occasions were restored. the communication came back at 4am after being cut off a 30 hours. it was a relief for some people who were able to talk to their family and assure they are fine but it was terrible news for some of the people who found out some of their relatives and friends were killed
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overnight. it is not fully back because you know since the beginning, 80% of the people were without internet from the day one of this war but those who used to have the 20% now can operate it. a friend of mine called me this morning crying and he said, "i wish they could have not turned the communications on," because he discovered that his wife's family completely... some of them dead, some of them under the rubble. there was very heavy bombardment in the north and gaza city, still intensified since israel its military operation two days ago. they intensified the shelling in the northern part we heard the israeli army advanced from the north about two kilometres and there was gunfire and helicopters engaging in the area. but the air strikes which is what the people most worried about, israel keep sending warnings to people to leave gaza city and the north because. north today people to leave gaza city and the north today i received the message saying this is the last chance to leave to the south. the air strikes
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were intensified in gaza city in the east, west and north according to local authorities and in the north of gaza, where the israeli tanks operating, what is significant is related to the al-quds hospital in gaza. it is the hospital in the south—west of gaza and according to the director of the hospital, he received a call from the israeli army asking them to evacuate immediately. he told me it's impossible because we have over 14,000 impossible because we have over 111,000 people taking hospital as refuge. those people left their homes into the hospital and also 100 patients are treated in the hospital, some of which are into
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intensive care and it's impossible to evacuate the hospital. there is a lot of criticism by palestinians over the israeli threats to target the centres as they are suffering briefly from the —— gravely from the shortage of fuel. they say they will not leave the hospital and will stay. there were ten or 11 air strikes targeting buildings and roads and making it difficult for the hospitals to operate. and they can't rescue any of the injured. in southern gaza, a round the population are living in the area that israel asked people to leave. are still struggling with the crisis, struggling to find water and food, electricity is down for three orfour
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food, electricity is down for three or four weeks now. food, electricity is down for three orfour weeks now. the hospital, the second largest hospital in gaza is now serving over half of the population and are struggling to cope with the situation. most of its departments are shut except the operation room and emergency services. they say they might have to shut that two and a half of the population will be left without medical centre. that was our correspondent explaining the situation after being blacked out for more than 2a hours for many people living there in the gaza strip. as you can see, we're showing you live pictures from where i am in southern israel, very close to gaza, looking out across the gaza skyline as we hear the outgoing fire, the outgoing mortars and artillery fire and what you can
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really see is the level of destruction over their in northern gaza. just a couple of kilometres away, you can see the smoke rising and buildings blackened and damaged, destroyed in some cases by what is already an intense and growing bombardment by the israeli air force and israel defense forces on gaza. as speaking, you can hear the outgoing fire. we know now the israel defense forces are firmly inside gaza, operating in the north of the strip. they have infantry troops and artillery there and we also know as they're doing that work, we had about the impact on the civilian population, the humanitarian crisis people are going through, breaking into warehouses. they were taking basic supplies and the ongoing diplomatic efforts as well to rescue or negotiate the release of more than 200 hostages held inside gaza. we will keep you
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“p held inside gaza. we will keep you up to date with these developments on bbc news but let's head back to london for more on the rest of the day's stories. some news coming into here from gaza. the death toll according to the health ministry in gaza has risen to 8005. those figures also include 3324 children. figures according to the health ministry in gaza. let's take a look at our other top story now. the american actor, matthew perry — best known for playing chandler bing, in the hit 90s tv sitcom, friends — has died at the age of 54. the actor was found dead at his home in los angeles — first reports suggest he was found unresponsive in a hot tub. warner brothers — the company which made friends — said he was an incredibly gifted actor, with comic genius which would live on. louisa pilbeam looks
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back at his life. friend theme plays friends theme plays as chandler in �*90s sitcom friends, matthew perry was catapulted to worldwide fame along with his co—stars. it became one of the most watched tv shows of all time, running for ten seasons, and chandler bing was known for his sarcastic humor. back in high school i was standing in the cafeteria... i realise i'm totally...naked. i look down and i realise there's a phone... ..there! but in the early hours of today, us media reported that the actor was found dead in his hot tub. the los angeles police department confirmed to the bbc that a man in his fifties was unresponsive in a water emergency at the actor's home. warner brothers tv, which produced friends, said they are devastated by the actor's passing, saying he was a true gift to us
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all and that their heart goes out to his family, loved ones and all of his fans. ijust came up to say hi. hi! his co—star, maggie wheeler, who played chandler's girlfriend, janice in friends, said perry broughtjoy to so many in his too—short lifetime. i can't stand the woman! despite his success, perry was, by his own admission, a tormented man, writing in his autobiography about battling drink and drug addictions throughout his decade filming friends. the cast of friends! applause when perry reunited with his co—stars for friends the reunion two years ago, he spoke about his troubles. i felt like i was going to die if they didn't laugh, and it's not healthy for sure. but i would sometimes say a line and they wouldn't laugh and i would sweat and and just like, go into convulsions. if i didn't get the laugh i was supposed to get... it would take you down.
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you didn't tell us that! i didn't? no, i don't remember you ever saying that. oh, yeah, ifelt like that every single night. we got some time. should we get some coffee? sure. where? perry went on to star in a string of successful hollywood films, but it is friends that brought him international fame and chandler bing, who made so many people laugh around the world. matthew perry who has died at the age of 54. on hollywood boulevard, a few hours after his passing, fans of the tv series "friends", remembered matthew perry and his iconic character, chandler bing. he wasn't glamorous. he was just your average joe and i think that was relatable for a lot of people. as a character, that, you know, you could feel the things he was feeling and then he turned it into comedy and made you laugh. chandler was more real for me.
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you can see him in every people on the street sometimes. he had more insecuritiesl than the others and there was an honesty to that in terms of being unlucky in love - and using sarcasm to process trauma, pain and a difficult childhood. - he is an incredible actor. he made millions of people laugh and all over the world and i think it's one of those things that are lesser known impact that he had is that he taught a lot of people english. i always hear stories of people watching friends in other countries because it was syndicated all over the world and that's how they learned english and i feel that's an unappreciated part of his legacy. caroline feraday is an entertainment journalist based in los angeles. she spoke to us earlier following the death of matthew perry. if you think back to the �*90s, it was the sitcom of the �*90s and it had an audience of over 54 million
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people in america. that final episode had an audience of 50 million people. you think of what a worldwide hit it was and it's never far off our tv. we still think of them the age they were because it's on tv so often. he was an a— lister that everyone liked. no one seems to have a bad word to say about him, when they encountered him, worked with him, had to interview him. he said in a previous interview that he wanted his legacy to be if somebody bumped into him then they would say, he's a nice guy, and that does seems to be what his legacy is, people yes, he had his demons. he spoke openly about them and wrote about them in his autobiography. it was almost like therapy for him when he released his autobiography
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a year ago when he talked in depth about his demons, the pain he gone through, he talked about the millions he spent on going to rehab and trying to get through that and i think what is clear from all of the tributes to him is that not only the shock that he has died so young but how much he was loved. south africa have beaten new zealand in the rugby world cup final in paris, to win a record fourth title. the defending champions, south africa, won twelve points to eleven. new zealand played much of the game one man down after captain sam cane was sent off for a head—on—head tackle in the first half. he received the first ever red card in a world cup final. fans gathered at fan zones around south africa to celebrate the win. stay with us here on bbc news.
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hello there. we are heading for a change of month this week but not weather pattern. it will stay particularly unsettled as we go through the week ahead. for now we have low pressure still dominating the story. it will start to weaken into tomorrow but for now it is bringing some rain and some of it has been heavy overnight. we see a band of persistent rain drifting steadily north from eastern england towards the scottish border. so here is where we are likely to see persistent rain lingering, still that east or north easterly flow driving that showery rain across eastern scotland accompanied by gales, gusts in excess of 50 miles an hour at times. northern ireland, wales, south—west england, some sharp showers driven in by the south—westerly wind, some showers in the south—east, sandwiched in between the two brighter and drier interludes. a blustery afternoon for all of us, especially exposed coasts, temperature similar values in recent
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days, ranging from 10—15 degrees. cooler in the northern isles but here it will largely stay dry. as we go through the evening our weather front will sink south back into north—east england, weakening as it does so and we will have scattered showers and some cloud around and overnight lows of 7—11 degrees but with low pressure weakening and the wind falling lighter, monday and tuesday will be a slightly quieter day, fewer showers around. a case of sunshine and showers and a feed of nuisance rain across eastern scotland slowly easing with top temperatures between eight and 16 degrees. similar story into tuesday. the wind will remain light and we will have a case of sunny spells and scattered showers. the vent remaining light and we will have a case of sunny spells and scattered showers i want to focus on the end of the forecast from wednesday into thursday because by the end of tuesday another weather front
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the deadliest assault in israel's history. shouting and gunfire. so many people are dead and are kidnapped and are hurt that i think israel will never be the same. loud explosion. and the brutal response to hamas and its murderous attack. explosion. israel is stunned by its security failure. this was a mass attack, well—planned, well—equipped. and we failed. we failed to protect our people. siren. in gaza, a growing humanitarian crisis. we are talking about a very disaster situation. if the fuel is out, the hospital will turn to mortuary.
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