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i can't confirm this incident is idf but we are seeing the images like you've seen the images on social media and we are looking into it. i can't confirm at this stage that this is idf but we are looking into it. people continue to leave northern gaza on foot even as tanks mobilise around them. israel denies ordering the evacuation of al—shifa hospital. families of israeli hostages held in gaza march intojerusalem demanding their release. about 20,000 people demonstrate outside the residence of prime minister benjamin netanyahu. superheavy bicester! — — superheavy —— superheavy booster! and lift—off — sort of. space x's starship rocket makes it into space, but its booster explodes shortly after separation and contact
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with starship is lost minutes later. good evening. the hamas—run health authorities say at least 80 people have been killed in two israeli strikes on the jabaliya refugee camp in northern gaza. they say one hit a un—run school — al—fakhoura — that was being used as a shelter. a spokesman for the israeli military told bbc news it was looking into the incident but couldn't say if it had been caused hamas says the second strike was also on a school — tal al—zaatar. it said 32 members of one family were killed, including 19 children. there has been graphic video posted online. bbc verify has geolocated it to al—fakhoura school. the weather conditions in the video match today's forecast and no previous versions of the video have been found online. this is some of that video
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but much of it is too graphic for us to broadcast. many people, including women and children, are seen with severe injuries or lying motionless on the floor in different parts of the building. many of the casualties were in one room on the ground floor, which also showed signs of considerable damage. also today, hundreds of people have left gaza city's al—shifa hospital on foot. doctors say israeli forces had issued — by loudspeaker — an order to evacuate. the israeli military denies this. it said it had agreed to expand and assist an evacuation, following a request by the hospital's director. we've had these pictures in from central gaza. the newsagency afp says they show palestinians evacuated from al—shifa hospital, heading south, walking down rubble—strewn streets. tanks and bulldozers are close by.
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some of the people are holding or waving white flags. afp�*s reporter says the crowds included the sick and injured. we don't know how far from the hospital this video was recorded. the reuters news agency also sent these pictures from gaza city. again we're told they are fleeing from al—shifa hospital towards the south. the israeli military says hamas has a command centre in tunnels below al—shifa, something hamas denies. as well as patients and medical staff, large numbers of displaced people were sheltering in the hospital. 0ur middle east correspondent, tom bateman, has more from jerusalem. gaza's biggest hospital, al—shifa. distant booms, glass tinkles a report from the scene said an evacuation of many remaining staff and patients was instructed this morning. the israeli military denies it's ordered people out — calling it a request
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from the hospital — but saying there is an expanded evacuation. israeli tanks surround the compound. the army claims it is a hamas command centre. it's yet to show evidence of this, but has shown pictures of some weapons it says it found this week. many inside, badly wounded, won't be able to move. a british surgeon who's worked frequently in gaza has had contact with doctors at al—shifa over recent weeks. they are working under the most appallingly hostile conditions. the patients that are being evacuated, it's almost inconceivable to me that they will survive. this notion that they're going to be evacuated to a safe area is a ludicrous notion, if you ask me. the roads are almost impassable. there are no functioning hospitals in gaza at the moment. near another hospital in northern gaza, bodies were gathered from what residents say was heavy israeli bombardment overnight. and in the south, supposedly safer,
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more scenes of destruction. at least 32 people were killed here in the city of khan younis, say doctors. now israel is warning parts of the city will become a new focus of its war with hamas — telling some of the displaced from the north to move again. people fear more devastation like that of last night. translation: their bodies are in pieces. _ three missiles hit the building. they had nothing to do with the militants and no militants were there — they were all children and girls. aid groups are worried about disease spreading now, with gaza's humanitarian crisis deepening. people wait, desperate for bread. the un says they're facing the immediate possibility of starvation in gaza after the supply chain for aid collapsed.
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now, to get it moving again, two tankers of fuel a day will enter after us pressure on israel. but relief groups say it's still not enough. meanwhile, there are growing worries about the potential for a security collapse in gaza, with few signs of a plan after the fighting. the americans don't want israeli boots on the ground in the long term. there may have to be a transitional period where security is provided for gaza. that's something that we have to look at. but when it comes to the future of gaza, in ourjudgment, it has to be under palestinian governance. an israeli leaflet drop took place over southern gaza. they offer incentives and protection for information about the hostages held by hamas. in israel, marchers are reaching jerusalem, demanding the return of nearly 240 captives, including children and the elderly.
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their destination is the office of prime minister benjamin netanyahu, who is under growing pressure. six weeks after the hamas attacks that sparked this war, the bloodshed and uncertainty only intensifies. tom bateman reporting. 0ur correspondent nick beake joined me frm jerusalem. he gave us more detail on that video from al—fakhoura school. there's a man who basically gives a narration, he takes us through this site. and as we move from classroom to classroom, more and more horrors are revealed. as you say, colleagues at bbc verify have been looking at this, and certainly the structure of the building matches previous photographs of the school. the weather at the time is pretty similar in the video as it was this morning, so i don't think it's in doubt that this has occurred. i think it's what's caused it. that's certainly something the idf, they told you they're looking into at the moment.
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but it is a scene of utter devastation. and you mentioned about the structure or what's left of it. there is, at one point, a very large hole in one wall at the school, but it hasn't collapsed. the structure itself broadly is still there. bbc news has spoken today to unwra representatives who have made contact with their people in gaza. there seems to be some confusion. we spoke to colonel lerner from the idf in the last hour about what the fuel is being used for and how much of it has gone across. the unwra representatives are categoric that they don't have enough to restart their aid operation. the israelis say, "we've sent some". what is the truth here? in terms of the truth, i think that's difficult. but in terms of what's been reported in the past hour or so, the united nations say they do have some supplies of fuel. i mean, previously they've said
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that they need 160,000 litres of fuel a day to fulfil their obligations, what they're mandated to do, their operations within gaza. what we were told yesterday when the israeli war cabinet said they'd allow in two lorry—loads of fuel every day, apparently that was to carry 60,000 litres, so about a third of what the un say they need on a daily basis. and also, i mean, some charities yesterday saying that this amount — two lorries every day — is certainly not enough to power gaza on a wider level. and it's worth, you know, reiterating that israel says that they're absolutely adamant that this fuel won't fall into the hands of hamas, but it will go towards trying to deal with the sewage system, which has got really big problems at the moment and that has fuelled concerns about the spread of disease. so, yes, fuel has been and continues to be very contentious, a really precious commodity in the midst of this war, in the midst of this conflict. just one issue on the future.
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in that report that tom sent us, secretary of state antony blinken says the israeli troops may need to be in gaza past a ceasefire if and when that comes. that position has shifted. it's pretty abundantly clear by now that there isn't a plan for what happens next and there isn't a plan as to who will fill the security vacuum, if there was one. that's right. i mean, prime minister benjamin netanyahu was asked about this in an interview he did with american tv a couple of nights ago, and he was making the point that gaza, in his words, doesn't need to be just demilitarised, rid of hamas, but he says also deradicalised. so it's notjust the military infrastructure being taken out, but also the hamas ideology. and within that, i think, yes, there is no clear plan being put forward by the israelis at this point.
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so in terms of governance of gaza, we don't know. certainly the israelis are saying that the security side of things, that is something they will remain in control of because they don't want hamas or any sort of incarnation of hamas to be able to kill israelis again. so that's their position on that. but yeah, as you say, what comes next, like so much in this conflict, is by no means clear. 0ur our thanks to nick. let's get some response to what has been happening in northern gaza today from the israeli side. lt col peter lerner is a spokesman for the israel defense forces. i asked him about the situation at the schools. i can't confirm that this incident is the idf, but we are seeing the images like you've seen the images on social media and we are looking into it. i can't confirm at this stage that this is idf, but we are looking into it. fair enough. let's talk about the al—shifa hospital. there are conflicting reports today. the director of the hospital
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says they were ordered by loudspeaker to evacuate. i've seen your statement that says you were responding to an evacuation request. how can you interpret those two contradictory statements? i think we need to listen to what the administrator was speaking. on our statement, we issued a recording of the conversation between our officer and the administration of the hospital that actually says very clearly, "we're asking to leave." so from our perspective, there's no question. you know, we've been encouraging people to leave the hospital premises for many weeks now precisely to get them out of harm's way. we have seen last night again when they approached us and said they would like to leave because of the military presence in the compound, and so we said yes, we would co—ordinate it for the morning and that is what we have been doing since this morning. it's important to get people out of harm's way. and that's what the idf has been trying to do since the beginning of this conflict. it is a huge challenge for any professional military operating in such a hostile environment where terrorists utilise tunnels to come out and launch rpgs and they do it from places
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like hospitals, like schools, like mosques. wherever they can take advantage of the humanitarian and civilian arena. but clearly some patients cannot be moved, so serious are their injuries. we are told around 120 remain, including premature babies. there are five medical staff. we have spoken to the world health organization in the last hour who say they have no details that the israel defense forces are providing support and medical care to those who are left behind. what can you tell us, because effectively now, given that there has been this evacuation, you are responsible for those patients, are you not? the medical staff, some medical staff, have remained in the hospital to care for those that couldn't go. i can say that over the last few days, and including over last night, we have maintained a flow of supplies, of food supplies, medical supplies, into the hospital to support those that are remaining. of course we have medical personnel also within our forces in order to facilitate if their needs be,
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but we have not been approached by the hospital staff. but you would lend that support if it was asked for? that is the right thing to do. i can't imagine we would do anything else. just in terms of the operation, you've been there now for three or four days in the complex. we've seen pictures of the weapons that lucy williamson, who you took in, saw in the mri room, we have seen a tunnel on the western perimeter of the complex. you told us before that you had good intelligence there was a command centre beneath this hospital. why is it proving so difficult to show the world the evidence? it's not difficult. itjust...it�*s a timely operation. the situation is that hamas have, for the last 16 years, been building its terrorist infrastructure in, around and beneath hospitals. and what we are doing is being very, very cautious in order not to jeopardise our force security. we don't want to rush into a tunnel
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that perhaps could be booby—trapped. we are revealing more and more of this infrastructure every day that goes by. we are seeing how deep into the belly of this war machine it goes. once we have a safe access, once we have more visuals, we will of course reveal those to the world. i understand the need and the pressure and the understanding that the media want to see it now, immediately, but the matters of war and operational security and force security sometimes aren't necessarily in sync with the need of the media battle space. this is a challenge that we face. the unrwa communication director has been in touch with her staff in gaza today when communications were finally restored, they say they have recieved no fuel this week to distribute the aid coming across. there is barely enough to pump the water and sewage. who is going to feed the 1.5 million people who are displaced if they are not? actually, i am actually receiving
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reports of unrwa bringing fuel trucks into gaza in order to be able to distribute food and humanitarian aid. well, they say they have none. she's given us a bbc interview this morning. they saying that they have received no fuel in the past few days in order to be able to restore their operations. that is really concerning, because fuel has gone in under the un banner, so that is concerning what you are saying to me. i will have to look into that. you know, we know that we've been supplying fuel for the un in order for them to enable and conduct theirfood distribution capabilities in the south of gaza. so what you're saying to me is extremely concerning. lieutenant colonel from the idf there. since i did that interview, the idf has put out some information on x, formerly known as twitter, saying, i forces have conducted activities in these areas, including jabalia, and have encountered terrorists and attacked the troops using missiles
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and anti—tank explosives. 0ur troops eliminated numerous terrorists and struck a large number of terrorist infrastructure. richard makepeace is a former british consul general injerusalem, and is now a trustee of medical aid for palestinians. hejoins me live. thank you very much for being with us. we should start with the events at al—shifa hospital today. we have seen pictures today are people on foot heading south from the hospital area. 120 patients have been left behind, including premature babies. what are your people telling you about the situation in respect of the hospital's? i think the situation across the hospital sector is absolutely desperate. fine situation across the hospital sector is absolutely desperate.— situation across the hospital sector is absolutely desperate. one has to remember that _ is absolutely desperate. one has to remember that the _ is absolutely desperate. one has to remember that the infrastructure . is absolutely desperate. one has to j remember that the infrastructure in gaza has been weak for many, many years and now hospitals are across the board finding it very difficult to provide any serious kind of care,
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despite the commitment of the professionals. i despite the commitment of the professionals.— professionals. i don't think i'm misquoting — professionals. i don't think i'm misquoting lieutenant - professionals. i don't think i'm misquoting lieutenant colonel| professionals. i don't think i'm - misquoting lieutenant colonel lerner when i say he didn't know for sure what help had been requested or what help was being offered to these five doctors who had been left behind at al—shifa, but as far as you're concerned, is it know the idf who have responsibility for the welfare of the patients have been left behind? richard, are you there? can you hear me? it looks as if that line has frozen. apologies for that. richard makepeace, former british consulate general injerusalem. let's talk about the families of israeli hostages who we are also keenly focused on.
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they have marched intojerusalem to try to put pressure on the israeli government to secure the hostages�* release. thousands of people joined the march from tel aviv — a 60—kilometre journey that took four days. it ended with a large demonstration outside the residence of the prime minister, benjamin netanyahu. one of those marching, yuval haran, had seven family members kidnapped — his mother, sister, her husband and their children — aged eight and three — and a cousin aged 12. he says they need the hostages back now "at any price". joining me now is hannah weisfeld, founder of yachad, a britishjewish organisation that advocates for a resolution to the israeli palestinian conflict. thank you very much for being with us. just explain first of all what your organisation does. we us. just explain first of all what your organisation does.- us. just explain first of all what your organisation does. we are a british jewish — your organisation does. we are a british jewish organisation - your organisation does. we are a british jewish organisation and l your organisation does. we are a| british jewish organisation and we britishjewish organisation and we work within the community here and in parliament to build support for the political resolution to the israel— palestinian conflict, so we are trying to give the voices of the majority of the british jewish community who want an end to this
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conflict and independent states. you have spoken to many of the families who feel abandoned. the?i have spoken to many of the families who feel abandoned.— who feel abandoned. they are much because they _ who feel abandoned. they are much because they do _ who feel abandoned. they are much because they do not _ who feel abandoned. they are much because they do not feel— who feel abandoned. they are much because they do not feel by - who feel abandoned. they are much j because they do not feel by minister benjamin netanyahu does not have the best interest at heart. what benjamin netanyahu does not have the best interest at heart.— best interest at heart. what has ha--ened best interest at heart. what has happened to — best interest at heart. what has happened to those _ best interest at heart. what has happened to those families - best interest at heart. what has happened to those families as l best interest at heart. what hasj happened to those families as it best interest at heart. what has - happened to those families as it has actually taken weeks for the government of israel to even pay much attention to them, so when those family members were first taken hostage, they actually took the families of the victims to do a press conference —— it took the families of the victims today press conference to get any attention from the government at all and there is a sense amongst those families that there is no political strategy here and that a military strategy does not seem to be one that is considering the outcome for their family members which we assume are somewhere in tunnels under the gaza strip. so really, what they are trying to do by marching is to put
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those 250 hostages into the centre of the discussions about how this work can be conducted. as things stand, there's almost no clarity that the government is considering their wellbeing and how they move forward with the military campaign in gaza. you will be aware of the reports earlier in the week that there is this deal in the offing. the supposed details of what is being negotiated is there would be a three or five day tours in exchange for 50 of the women and children being held. again, no response to that, but what would you say about some of these negotiations that the qatari government are leading? there are many reasons _ qatari government are leading? there are many reasons why _ qatari government are leading? there are many reasons why we _ qatari government are leading? ii—iiff are many reasons why we need a pause in this fighting. there are no way those hostages will come out unless the fighting is paused, and there is just no way that you could get any level of humanitarian aid into gaza to support the palestinian people of gaza without a stop in the fighting. ijust gaza without a stop in the fighting. i just listened gaza without a stop in the fighting. ijust listened to gaza without a stop in the fighting. i just listened to the tenant colonel lerner talking about the
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fuel coming in and out. the conversations i have had with aid agencies on the ground in gaza is that they literally can't transport aid from a to b, so you have a situation where if you stop the sighting for a few hours, does not just about the fuel, but also that the length of time where the road is completely destroyed, to move it across the whole area. so both for the sake of those hostages and the sake of the millions of people in gaza who do not have access to basic necessities to survive, it is our opinion that it is absolutely essential that the fighting has got to stop temporarily. and ideally long—term in order to find a way to deal with the immediate needs, but ultimately that there is no military resolution to this conflict. yes. ultimately that there is no military resolution to this conflict.- resolution to this conflict. yes, i think the confusion _ resolution to this conflict. yes, i think the confusion is _ resolution to this conflict. yes, i think the confusion is the - think the confusion is the interpretation of what this limited amount of fuel is being used for and from unrwa representatives today, they say it is going towards pumping
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water and sewage in what they need is, of course, feel to move the aid, as you say. we are looking at these pictures, live pictures from tel aviv, thousands of people outside by minister netanyahu's office tonight. —— prime minister netanyahu's office tonight. when you reflect on the match, and i'm sure you know people who are on the march and have been on the march the last few days, how does it affect you as a british jewish women? i'm just interested in your personal thoughts about it all? look, the atmosphere in the uk is incredibly difficult at the moment. they way the kind of conversation has developed tiered is that we have this concept of the zero—sum game which is that you either care about those hostages, is really hostages, some who are not citizens of israel, some who are not citizens of israel, some notjewish israelis, under the ground in gaza, oryou some notjewish israelis, under the ground in gaza, or you care about the people of gaza and you cannot do both. and if you raise concerns about the people of gaza, that you
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are willing to sacrifice at the 250 people and vice versa, if you raise concerns about those 250 people, you do not care about the people of gaza. we havejust got do not care about the people of gaza. we have just got to move beyond that. when i look at some of those victims, israeli victims, some of whom i knew, and some of whom,... the great irony of this thing is that the israelis who were murdered and taken hostage were largely from the peace and human rights camp in israel, not exclusively, but the broader community is full of peace activist and that is the world are moving in israel and the circles we have and colleagues we have come from those communities. and it devastated the peace camp in israel on october 7th. when i look at those people, people i know and children who look like my kids, it is very hard to look at that and not be affected by that. but this idea that as a jew, you also do not look at the people of gaza and see the
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devastation there and want to call for something different, you know, we have polarise this to such a great extent now and they will not be a long—term resolution to this conflict unless the israelis have security and unless palestinians have dignity and freedom. and at the moment, it seems that we are operating in an environment where everybody is doing as much as possible to destroy both sides of that equation. until we can start a political process urgently that deals with those two things, there will not be an end to this conflict. there may be a pause in the fighting, but the conflict will continue. ~ , , ., ., . , continue. we need plenty more voices like that, i have _ continue. we need plenty more voices like that, i have to _ continue. we need plenty more voices like that, i have to say, _ continue. we need plenty more voices like that, i have to say, hannah, - like that, i have to say, hannah, because a lot of people at the moment will look at this and are in a vicious circle of violence and people can't see an end to it. very quickly, finally, what would you hope would come out all the ellipses like i will have a minute, what would you hope would come out of this if there is a ceasefire? what
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this if there is a ceasefire? what should happen — this if there is a ceasefire? what should happen next? _ this if there is a ceasefire? what should happen next? i _ this if there is a ceasefire? what should happen next? ithink- this if there is a ceasefire? thesisgt should happen next? i think the international community, arab world, the eu and the uk needs to start a political process urgently. there cannot be a ceasefire without a political process. it is only that process that will bring a long—term resolution, so we can talk about immediate needs, but there needs to be a simultaneous conversation going on right now about what long—term future is here. bud on right now about what long-term future is here.— future is here. and i, thank you for cominu future is here. and i, thank you for coming on — future is here. and i, thank you for coming on the _ future is here. and i, thank you for coming on the programme - future is here. and i, thank you for coming on the programme and - future is here. and i, thank you for - coming on the programme and sharing your thoughts. just to say, the four day march is now at an end in tel aviv. thousands of people outside of the office of benjamin netanyahu tonight. we will see whether the pressure they are bringing to bear, whether it forces a change in israeli policy. you're watching bbc news. we will take a short break, we will be right back, stay with us. hello there, today we have had air
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from the tropics. but because of the long see track it has taken, it contains a lot of cloud and we have seen today some further rain as well. a lot of the cloud and rain has been pushing and along that weather front there which is wrapped around that particular area of low pressure. some of that cloud is moving away from england and wales free time night. with some clear skies. we will see more showers pushing down from the north—west and it stays wet at times across northern ireland and scotland and breezy as it has been today. so i'll do it, typically nine celsius, minimum temperatures. not as cold as it has been of late in north—east scotland, no frost on the way here. that's an area of low pressure is going to be close by on sunday, bringing summer rain. more isomers on the chart to the south of the low. foursouthern on the chart to the south of the low. four southern areas, it may be a windier data than today. gill is possible across western and southern coasts. winds will blow rain from time to time across england and wales and northern ireland. far north—eastern parts of england and
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particularly eastern scotland may be drier. seeing the best of any sunshine, they will not be a lot of that, mind you. temperatures typically 13 or 1a celsius. it may be another day than today in north—eastern parts of scotland. that a low pressure is around to start the week. it will drift southwards. bringing these messy weather fronts with it. southwards. bringing these messy weatherfronts with it. on southwards. bringing these messy weather fronts with it. on the whole, it looks like it will be pretty cloudy, i think on monday. we still have the chance for some showers, maybe longer spells of rain, no great amounts of rain again. temperatures typically are going to be around 12 celsius, but there will be a stronger cold wind picking up around northern ireland and down these western coasts. in actual fact, and down these western coasts. in actualfact, that and down these western coasts. in actual fact, that is and down these western coasts. in actualfact, that is not going and down these western coasts. in actual fact, that is not going to and down these western coasts. in actualfact, that is not going to be the swarm of south—westerly wind. it will be a chilly nor northerly wind. some slightly cooler every tuesday around an area of high pressure. that area of high pressure is then going to start to build towards the uk. some are atlantic winds, the top of it. bringing in milderair.
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bringing ina of it. bringing in milderair. bringing in a lot of cloud. most of the rain is going to be in the far north—west of the uk. but this week, the sunshine will be rather limited.
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live from london. this is bbc news. blasts are reported in the jabaliya refugee camp. the hamas—run health authorities say two schools — used as shelters — were hit, killing at least 80 people, including 32 from one family. israel says it's investigating.
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people continue to leave northern gaza on foot, even as tanks mobilise around them. these people are reportedly leaving al—shifa hospital. israel denies ordering the evacuation of the hospital, saying it was asked to provide a �*secure route' out for those who want to leave. families of israeli hostages held in gaza marched tojerusalem to urge the government to secure their release. about 20,000 people demonstrate outside the residence of the prime minister, benjamin netanyahu. and lift off! sort of. space x's starship rocket makes it into space, but its booster explodes shortly after separation, and contact with starship is lost minutes later.
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hello, i'm christian fraser. the billionaire, elon musk, owner of the space craft manufacturer, space x, has congratulated his team, following the launch of a new rocket. the craft after reaching space, however failed minutes later. here's rebecca morelle. the world's biggest, most powerful rocket. getting ready for its first test flight. at first, everything goes to plan. the space x rocket is on its way. after a couple of minutes, a vital manoeuvre. this is where things went wrong on the first test. but not this time. the upper and lower parts of the rocket successfully separate, so far so good. then, this. bud
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successfully separate, so far so good. then, this.— successfully separate, so far so good. then, this. and as you can see, the rocket _ good. then, this. and as you can see, the rocket booster - good. then, this. and as you can see, the rocket booster has - good. then, this. and as you can see, the rocket booster hasjustl see, the rocket booster hasjust experienced a rapid unplanned disassembly._ disassembly. watching all this unfold, disassembly. watching all this unfold. the — disassembly. watching all this unfold, the rocket's _ disassembly. watching all this unfold, the rocket's owner, i disassembly. watching all this l unfold, the rocket's owner, elon musk. ., , , . unfold, the rocket's owner, elon musk. . , , . ., ~:: , musk. he was predicting a 60% success, musk. he was predicting a 60% success. they — musk. he was predicting a 6096 success, they managed - musk. he was predicting a 6096 success, they managed to - musk. he was predicting a 6096 success, they managed to clear musk. he was predicting a 6096 - success, they managed to clear the tower, didn't blow up the launch pad. some of the most important flight and objectives.— pad. some of the most important flight and objectives. flight and ob'ectives. standing 120 metres tall flight and objectives. standing 120 metres tall come _ flight and objectives. standing 120 metres tall come of _ flight and objectives. standing 120 metres tall come of the _ flight and objectives. standing 120 metres tall come of the starship i flight and objectives. standing 120j metres tall come of the starship is even bigger than the rockets used for apollo missions. it can launch much larger loads. ibe for apollo missions. it can launch much larger loads.— for apollo missions. it can launch much larger loads. be able to take 150 tonnes. _ much larger loads. be able to take 150 tonnes, 150 _ much larger loads. be able to take 150 tonnes, 150 tonnes _ much larger loads. be able to take 150 tonnes, 150 tonnes means - much larger loads. be able to take 150 tonnes, 150 tonnes means you j much larger loads. be able to take - 150 tonnes, 150 tonnes means you can launch_ 150 tonnes, 150 tonnes means you can launch big — 150 tonnes, 150 tonnes means you can launch big parts of a space station, or perhaps — launch big parts of a space station, or perhaps infrastructure we want to put on _ or perhaps infrastructure we want to put on the _ or perhaps infrastructure we want to put on the moon. find or perhaps infrastructure we want to put on the moon-— put on the moon. and this is vital. starship isn't _ put on the moon. and this is vital. starship isn't an _ put on the moon. and this is vital. starship isn't an integral _ put on the moon. and this is vital. starship isn't an integral part - put on the moon. and this is vital. starship isn't an integral part of. starship isn't an integral part of nasa's artemis mission to return
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astronauts to the moon surface. before we could actually put americans walking on the moon again, and i would say starship is a big piece of that, so nasa needs this to be successful. 50 piece of that, so nasa needs this to be successful.— be successful. so was this flight a success or — be successful. so was this flight a success or a _ be successful. so was this flight a success or a failure? _ be successful. so was this flight a success or a failure? usually - be successful. so was this flight a success or a failure? usually an i success or a failure? usually an exploding rocket is seen as far from ideal, but the space x philosophy is to try often, then try again. with me now is our science correspondentjonathan amos. a rapid unscheduled disassembly, we've all had one of those haven't we? seriously, what kind of information will they have gotten back from that separation point and onwards? do they have sensors this rocket? ., ,, ., , rocket? that rocket will have been smothered in _ rocket? that rocket will have been smothered in sensors, _ rocket? that rocket will have been smothered in sensors, they - rocket? that rocket will have been smothered in sensors, they will. rocket? that rocket will have been i smothered in sensors, they will have gotten a huge amount of data from it, which will not be pored over by
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engineers at space x, they will identify the issues today that led to the explosion of the bottom stage after it had done its main task, i should add, and also why they lost the top part of the ship. it had almost completed its ascent, the power ascent was supposed to take about 8.5 minutes, i think they lost it at about seven minutes and 50 seconds, so they'd almost gone through that powered phase completely. we heard the fill from the university of eastern florida,... in the university of eastern florida,...— the university of eastern florida,... , , ., , florida,... in 'ust seven months, the 've florida,... injust seven months, they've perfected _ florida,... injust seven months, they've perfected the _ florida,... injust seven months, they've perfected the launch, - they've perfected the launch, they've perfected the launch, they've got to separation. you'd think in time the next six or seven months they go another stage further. you told me earlier today that there are two or three rockets that there are two or three rockets that are already in preproduction,
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maybe already nearly finished. how easy or difficult is it to apply the lessons that they've learned today and change the structure or change how those rockets are put together? i mean, they are sort of making this up i mean, they are sort of making this up as they go along. i mean, they are sort of making this up as they go along-— up as they go along. people have never built _ up as they go along. people have never built rockets _ up as they go along. people have never built rockets like _ up as they go along. people have never built rockets like they - up as they go along. people have never built rockets like they are i never built rockets like they are building them in texas today. they have steel roles that turn up and make these cylinders, in a big shed on a beach in texas, it's on a beach in texas, its extraordinary. they're innovating as they go. a lot of this is about software as well. the software can be rewritten relatively quickly if they can see a fault in the lines of code. as to the hardware, they're always thinking up new ideas, so the later rockets that come along, they may already have had improvements built into them. certainly, this rocket, elon musk was talking about a thousand modifications over and above what they did back in april for the debut flight. and most of
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those changes had already been taken before the april flight. so they move very very quickly. this is a company that likes to test early, break things, and learn. and they can afford to make mistakes because they are just burning elon musk�*s money, $2 billion a year, i might add. but it's his money, it's a bit more difficult for space agencies, large corporations, to do what he is doing because they may have... taxpayers money come all that kind of thing. there's more pressure on them to get it right i'm a 100% right the first time. he likes to break things. the right the first time. he likes to break things.— right the first time. he likes to break thins. . ., ., ., break things. the federal aviation authority says _ break things. the federal aviation authority says they _ break things. the federal aviation authority says they will _ break things. the federal aviation authority says they will oversee . break things. the federal aviation i authority says they will oversee the mishap investigation, to ensure that it complied with the plant, the flight plan that they'd set out. i think that is standard procedure. that's quite normal. every time you lose it rocket like this, the faa,
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which is the licensing authority in the united states for commercial space flight, they'll step in and they'll say we'll have a little bit of investigation, interestingly space x will lead that an investigation with foresight from the faa, then they will come forward with a list of corrections that space x will need to introduce to the next vehicle, whichever one it is to goes on the pad. and the faa will say we are satisfied, you get a licence that you go. like will say we are satisfied, you get a licence that you go.— licence that you go. like you said earlier, licence that you go. like you said earlier. they _ licence that you go. like you said earlier, they destroyed _ licence that you go. like you said earlier, they destroyed the - licence that you go. like you said | earlier, they destroyed the rocket just before it was going to go over the african continent, so most of it would've fallen in the atlantic ocean. there will be astronauts that 0cean. there will be astronauts that will know at some point they are going to go up on this, the incredible force that it carries. but as you see it explode and you know with two explosions now, does not undermine confidence of those who must fly on it? you not undermine confidence of those who must fly on it?—
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who must fly on it? you and i don't have the right _ who must fly on it? you and i don't have the right stuff _ who must fly on it? you and i don't have the right stuff to. .. _ who must fly on it? you and i don't have the right stuff to. .. he - who must fly on it? you and i don't have the right stuff to. .. he said, l have the right stuff to. .. he said, nervously- _ have the right stuff to. .. he said, nervously- the — have the right stuff to. .. he said, nervously. the astronauts - have the right stuff to. .. he said, nervously. the astronauts at - have the right stuff to. .. he said, | nervously. the astronauts at nasa are constant _ nervously. the astronauts at nasa are constant visitors, _ nervously. the astronauts at nasa are constant visitors, i'm - nervously. the astronauts at nasa are constant visitors, i'm told, - nervously. the astronauts at nasa are constant visitors, i'm told, to | are constant visitors, i'm told, to the texan production site. they will want to see, obviously, a lot of good flights before they climb on board. but people are already booked to go. this japanese billionaire who's bought a flight, he wants to take a group of artists around the moon on a starship. as we've said, nasais moon on a starship. as we've said, nasa is planning to use it to take astronauts to the super�*s of the moon. there's another billionaire that wants to be the first person who fly in that vehicle. you know he's already been to space and one of elon musk�*s other rockets. he's a jet pilot as well as being an entrepreneur so there's no shortage of people queuing up to get on board. maybe not you and i but there are certainly other people who are quite happy, when it's ready, to get
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in there. �* . «e in there. and when we look back in time at today. _ in there. and when we look back in time at today, and _ in there. and when we look back in time at today, and the success - in there. and when we look back in time at today, and the success of l time at today, and the success of lunches that will come, will we say what this is where the journey to mars began? what this is where the 'ourney to mars beganah what this is where the 'ourney to mars began? you look back at the histo of mars began? you look back at the history of space — mars began? you look back at the history of space flight, _ mars began? you look back at the history of space flight, there - mars began? you look back at the history of space flight, there are l history of space flight, there are those moments, are there? sputnik, apollo, all those moments you think that's when humanity took a giant leap forward. this may be well one of them. they've got to perfect it, obviously, they've got a lot of work to get through. but as i keep saying, if they make this vehicle work, it will be revolutionary. simply because it will be fully reusable, rapidly reusable, so it will be like an aeroplane, comes back, fill it with fuel put it back on the launch pad, it goes again. that completely print transforms the economics of space flight.— economics of space flight. because ou could economics of space flight. because you could rapidly — economics of space flight. because you could rapidly build _ economics of space flight. because you could rapidly build something i economics of space flight. because i you could rapidly build something on the moon, na, in an untold way. you think about how manyjourneys they used to have to use to mount to
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build the space station, this is a completely different order. then completely different order. fife aeroplane that goes across completely different order. fifty aeroplane that goes across the atlantic, it's very expensive when you first buy it, but when you do it again, what are you paying for? the fuel, the crew, you're paying for the fuel, propellants, and whoever is operating the vehicle. point—to—point travel, so you would lift off from i don't know, eight new york, may be on a big barge out in the sea, then you would be in sydney. an hour and a half later, something like that.— something like that. really? domestic travel? _ something like that. really? domestic travel? yes. - something like that. really? - domestic travel? yes. goodness me. jonathan amos. _ domestic travel? yes. goodness me. jonathan amos, vicki _ domestic travel? yes. goodness me. jonathan amos, vicki very _ domestic travel? yes. goodness me. jonathan amos, vicki very much. - two people have been flown to hospital, following a dog attack in north wales.
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police were called to a property near pwllhel on friday morning. two further people suffered minor injuries, while 37 dogs were seized. the dog involved in the incident has been euthanised. north wales police say their inquiries are ongoing. live now to david grundy, who is in the bbc newsroom in cardiff. were only really hearing about it in the last couple of hours, this happened yesterday in a remote part of the peninsula so the western tip, most northwestern county and wales. people were were called —— police were called it to an address there, a total of four people have been injured, for too badly after... nearest major hospital is in bangor, which is an hour of way by road, two
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people were airlifted to hospital with serious injuries, the other two had minor injuries. the dog involved with is destroyed, we don't know yet what kind of breed it was, but police say a total of 37 dodds and a number of cats were seized from that address, police have been at the address, police have been at the address all day while inquiries continue, and the police say they are working on a joint investigation with the rs pca. local counsellor gareth williams says as a community there is a shock and concern. 37 dodds at this property. he said his biggest concern is there is a public footpath not far from the house and that families live nearby. he added though that his thoughts are with everyone concerned and hopefully the injured party can make a quick recovery from those injuries. the police in the station as i said, they are working with the rs pca, that investigation is ongoing. daeid that investigation is ongoing. david grund , that investigation is ongoing. david grundy. thank— that investigation is ongoing. david grundy, thank you _ that investigation is ongoing. david grundy, thank you very _ that investigation is ongoing. david grundy, thank you very much indeed. hundreds of people, are reported to have left al—shifa
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hospital in gaza city — a site the israeli military has surrounded for days, claiming a hamas command centre lies beneath. hamas, designated a terrorist organisation by the uk government, denies this. those leaving the hospital, include the sick, the injured, medical staff and people who'd been sheltering at the facility. the israel defense forces deny they ordered an evacuation. the hamas—run health authority, says at least 80 people have been killed, in two israeli strikes on the jabaliya refugee camp. they say one hit a un—run school that was being used as a shelter. and palestinians have also been told, they should leave the southern
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city of khan younis and head west for their safety. yogita limaye, has the latest, from jerusalem. i think for the international community looking at the pictures today of patients, wooden people heading south on foot, —— wounded people heading south. the question thatis people heading south. the question that is begged and asked time and time again is, where it is safe in gaza, you get a? and where are they supposed to go?— supposed to go? well, these you know, central— supposed to go? well, these you know, central and _ supposed to go? well, these you know, central and southern - supposed to go? well, these you know, central and southern partl supposed to go? well, these you i know, central and southern part of gazais know, central and southern part of gaza is what the israeli military refers to as safer areas. but as you've been saying you know, they've had leaflet drops in khan younis in the past two or three days. we've seen strikes in khan younis, not just today but yesterday, we've seen them happen through the week and in other parts of central gaza, so
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we've been talking about people and gaza all this week and they say nor is say. with love from the north we came to this area because we thought perhaps we'd have shelter here, we'd be safe here, and then this is where we were bombed. but i think today, particularly, is grabbing attention is that explosion which has occurred in the north of gaza, the videos that have emerged from there, that shows the aftermath of an explosion in a school, a un run school shelter. the bbc has been able to confirm that those videos have been filmed today and they are in g from thejubilee a refugee camp area from a shelter there. the hamas run health ministry says scores were of people were killed there, the bbc has asked israeli defence forces about that, they've said they've seen the footage online, on social media, and they are investigating into it. but we've had some very sharp words from the un about it today. we've had the un's relief,
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chief relief coordinator martin griffiths actually say that these attacks cannot be commonplace. schools and shelters are meant to be safe places. we had the chief of the palestinian refugee agencies describing those images and the footage there as horrific, saying you know, what this means is that humanitarian cease—fire, an immediate cease—fire is required so that these kinds of attacks stop. yeah, one thing we can say with some certainty because i've watch the video and you've probably watch the video, there was certainly a lot of people killed in the school. that is without question. the people killed in the school. that is without question.— without question. the building our viewers would _ without question. the building our viewers would have _ without question. the building our viewers would have seen - without question. the building our viewers would have seen is - without question. the building our viewers would have seen is still. viewers would have seen is still largely intact, but as nick beak was telling us earlier there's a giant hole that's been punched in the wall of one of the rooms that we see. now the israeli military have said that over the past day, ourforces have conducted activities inter alia, in
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which they encountered terrorists in civilian areas, they attacked them using anti—tank missiles. we don't know what went on there, but could that be, could that align, that description aligned with what we are seeing in this video, could it be not an air seeing in this video, could it be notan airstrike seeing in this video, could it be not an air strike but may be fighting between the two sides? you know, i fighting between the two sides? we. know, i think it's really hard for those two, there is footage online, there are two videos, but i think it's really hard to assess from that, i think even for experts, what could have caused the explosion there. what we can see clearly is that the place was a shelter because you can kind of seat mattresses on the ground, you can see... and we've been seeing footage from other un school shelters from other parts of gaza and you can see it's a shelter there. we've also had confirmation from the bbc verify team on that
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that this is in thejubilee at refugee camp area. we've had strikes in khan younis today as well, and with thousands of people, hundreds of thousands of people who moved from the north to the south, what we are also seeing is a worsening humanitarian situation. we've been speaking to people who say it's very difficult for them to find water, some of these are pregnant women, little children, living in these overcrowded shelters, unable to find proper drinking water. there are people who have sent to us that you know, we had to drink water from the sea. we had the un pointing out in the past few days that there's actually sewage running through the streets to the south of gaza because there wasn't enough fuel to run desalination plants. to laurie's full of fuel every day, that is insufficient that cannot run
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desalination plants, they cannot run filtration units for water, that cannot meet the needs of all of the people who are gathered in those parts of gaza. they say it's only half of the quantity that is required. half of the quantity that is required-— half of the quantity that is reruired.~ . , _ ,, required. what is deeply upsetting about this video, _ required. what is deeply upsetting about this video, as _ required. what is deeply upsetting about this video, as you _ required. what is deeply upsetting about this video, as you say, - required. what is deeply upsetting about this video, as you say, is - about this video, as you say, is the children you see in the foreground of the video standing among all these dead bodies. but of course children, also, among all the many hostages that are being held in gaza by hamas, we've seen pictures, in fact we are looking at them right now, live pictures from tel aviv, of people outside the office. well this is in tel aviv actually, but we've seen lots of protests that have been directed at the prime minister benjamin netanyahu. they don't feel, yogita, it seems to me talking to them they don't feel like they are them they don't feel like they are the priority. they think the priority is dismantling hamas, and their loved ones have been forgotten. their loved ones have been forgotten-—
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their loved ones have been forgotten. their loved ones have been foruotten. . , ., forgotten. absolutely. i was at the march today _ forgotten. absolutely. i was at the march today when _ forgotten. absolutely. i was at the march today when it _ forgotten. absolutely. i was at the march today when it entered - march today when it entered jerusalem a bit earlier, and i was speaking to people there and they were chanting, they were saying now, bring them home now. and i was speaking to a man whose younger brother was, speaking to a man whose younger brotherwas, he speaking to a man whose younger brother was, he was taken hostage from a music festival that was being held in southern israel. he says he's seen video evidence since then of his brother being held by hamas. he's had his hands tied behind his back, and he was saying that the government has got its priorities wrong. he says that when benjamin netanyahu says first destroy hamas, and then release the hostages, that that priority, according to him, is wrong. it makes him furious. he says it should be released the hostages first, then go on to do everything else. and a growing frustration was palpable among those people chanting there today. there were thousands of them, carrying placards with photos of the people who have been taken
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hostage, they were carrying israeli flags. the reason they came in slightly early today and have actually gone back to tel aviv now is because they are meant to be meeting members of israel's were cabinet later today, they will be looking for answers, they will be looking for answers, they will be looking for answers, they will be looking for help. the gentleman i was speaking to said they've had very little information from them so far. they want their leaders to look them in the eye and tell them what exactly is being done. it's been six weeks now since their loved ones are away being held, they don't know in what circumstances in gaza. tater? what circumstances in gaza. very awful with _ what circumstances in gaza. very awful with those _ what circumstances in gaza. very awful with those families - what circumstances in gaza. very awful with those families are going through as well. back when, lovely to see you, thank you very much. the awards for the annual international children's peace prize were held last night, with finalists from around the world being recognised for their part in advocating for children's rights. i spoke to one of the winners, anastasiia demchenko, to find out more about the evening. feels very exciting. and it actually made us
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really, really happy. and we're so grateful for kids rights, for recognising our efforts in bringing peace and security to the world. however, we also feel a lot of responsibility for continuing to fight for children's rights and continue to do what we are currently doing. yeah, it does shine a rather embarrassing light, this, doesn't it, on government policy towards children, refugees. there isn't much for them. did you spot that when you yourselves became refugees? i think when we ourselves became refugees, we weren't thinking much about the policies. we just tried to figure out how to continue to live our lives. and ifeel that in real world, yes, governmental policies are very important and they actually change the way refugees live. however, it also very important how communities treat refugees and how they are accepted by the people around them. so our mission is more to target the communities and to actually show
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that what our governments are doing. it's very, very important to be supportive towards refugees and to show them the empathy and try to help them whenever you can. because the most help we get from people around us, it's seriously because the most help we get from people around us. it's seriously impressive that you develop these two apps while dealing simultaneously with the same turmoil in your lives. but did it help in some ways in developing the apps because you knew what people wanted? i think it helps a lot because on one hand we had to combine a lot of stress and try to deal with our personal struggle and also try to develop an application on time. but in the process of creating an application, it was very helpful for us to understand how is it to be a ukrainian in foreign community and how to be a person from a conflict in foreign community. and it actually helped us
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so much to understand the challenges refugees are facing and to understand how it feels to be a refugee and how it feels to be the person who had to go through difficult experience and in the same time try to adopt a new life. well done to her and her colleagues. she received a reward for those two apps that they developed last night. just to leave you some pictures from tel aviv this hour. thousands of people, supporters and families of the hostages being held in gaza, protesting tonight, calling on the israeli government to do more to secure the release of their loved ones. will continue to watch that,. have a very good evening. hello there. today we've had air from the tropics, which is why temperatures have reached 16 degrees in some southern parts of england. but because the long sea track, the air is taken.
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it contains a lot of cloud. and we've seen today some further rain as well. a lot of the cloud and rain has been pushing in along that weather front there, which is wrapped around that particular area of low pressure. now, some of that cloud will be moving away from england and wales for a time overnight with some clearer skies. but we will see more showers pushing down from the northwest and it stays wet at times across northern ireland and scotland and breezy as it has been today. so a mild night, typically nine degrees, minimum temperatures and not as cold as it has been of late in northeast scotland. no frost on the way here. same area of low pressure is going to be close by on sunday, bringing some more rain. a few more isobars on the chart to the south of the low. so for southern areas it may well be a windier day than today. gales possible around some western and southern coast and the winds will blow rain from time to time across england and wales and northern ireland. far north eastern parts of england,
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particularly eastern scotland, may be drier and seeing the best of any sunshine, there won't be a lot of that. mind you, temperatures typically 13—14 degrees. still, it may be a milder day than today in north eastern parts of scotland. that low pressure is around to start the week. it's going to drift southwards, bring these messy weather fronts with it as well. so on the whole, it looks like it's going to be pretty cloudy, i think, on monday. and we still have the chance for some showers, maybe longer spells of rain, no great amounts of rain once again. and temperatures typically are going to be around 12 degrees, but there will be a stronger, colder wind picking up in northern ireland and down these western coasts. and that in actual fact is not going to be this warmer south—westerly wind. it'll be a chillier northerly wind. and that will bring some slightly cooler air for tuesday around an area of high pressure. and that area of high pressure is then going to start to build towards the uk. some stronger atlantic winds come around the top of it and bringing in a milder air once again and bringing in a lot of cloud
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through the week ahead. but most of the rain is going to be in far north west of the uk, but this week the sunshine will be rather limited.
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live from london, this is bbc news. blasts are reported in the jabaliya refugee camp. the hamas—run health authority says two schools were hit,
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killing at least 80 people. israeli forces say they're investigating. i can't confirm this incident is idf but we are seeing the images, like you've seen the images, on social media and we are looking into it. i can't confirm at this stage that this is idf but we are looking into it. people continue to leave al shifa hospital on foot as tanks mobilise around them. israel denies ordering the evacuation of the hospital. families of hostages held by hamas march into jerusalem demanding their release. about 20,000 people demonstrate outside the residence of prime minister benjamin netanyahu. and lift—off. . . kind of. spacex's starship rocket makes it into space, but experiences a "rapid unscheduled disassembly" and contact with the ship is lost.

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