hello, i'm gareth barlow. you are watching bbc news.ael says it's expanding its ground offensive in southern gaza, with witnesses there saying israeli tanks and troops are building up around the south. the israeli military are telling civilians to leave areas around khan younis — that's a city israel told civilians to flee to for safety, earlier in the conflict. hospitals say they're overwhelmed with new arrivals. the world health organization says it's been told by israel to move medical supplies out of two warehouses in southern gaza within 2a hours — although israel has denied this. these pictures show explosions in gaza on monday evening. a spokesman for the un children's charity, unicef, says there's simply nowhere safe for people to go. all this comes as the us state department says it's too early to say for sure whether israel is heeding us advice to protect civilians in gaza. but it did say israel was making more targeted requests for civilian evacuations in southern gaza. here is the latest from the ground from our middle east

i'm gareth barlow. the us says its talks with israel about moving to what it describes as a more precise phase of military operations have been constructive, with further diplomatic efforts due to take place today. president biden spoke by phone to israel's prime minister benjamin netanyahu and his national security advisorjake sullivan held face—to—face talks with him. it's understood the american leadership discussed a scaling back of israel's high—intensity military operations in gaza but with no specific timetable. mr biden said he didn't want israel to stop going after hamas, but he also wanted it to be focused on how to save civilian lives. mr sullivan is due to meet officials from the palestinian authority in the west bank in the coming hours. meanwhile, israel has continued its heavy bombardment of gaza overnight. this was the scene in northern gaza, as seen from southern israel on friday morning. palestinian sources are reporting air strikes on khan younis and rafah in the south of gaza, with c

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i'm gareth barlow in london.e to the uk covid inquiry — acknowledging that the government and feminist icon gloria steinem tells us what she thinks the future of women's rights might look like.

hello, i'm gareth barlow. you're watching bbc news.israel, as the focus of its military offensive shifts further south in the besieged gaza strip. the vice—president, kamala harris, issued a sharp rebuke over the loss of life, saying that while israel had a "right to defend itself", too many innocent palestinians had been killed.

hello, i'm gareth barlow. you're watching bbc news. two top figures from the biden administration have increased pressure on israel, as the focus of its military offensive shifts further south in the besieged gaza strip. the vice—president, kamala harris, issued a sharp rebuke over the loss of life, saying that while israel had a "right to defend itself", too many innocent palestinians had been killed. she described the scale of suffering as devastating. the us defense secretary, lloyd austin, in his strongest comments yet on israel's need to protect civilians, said that driving the civilian population into the arms of the enemy would replace israel's tactical victory with a strategic defeat. you see in this kind of a fight, the centre of gravity is the civilian population. and if you drive them into the arms of the enemy, you replace a tactical victory with a strategic defeat. so, i have repeatedly made clear to israel's leaders that protecting palestinian civilians in gaza is both a moral responsibility and a strategic imperative. fo

hello, i'm gareth barlow. israel's renewed bombardment of gaza is continuing into its second day, with reports of heavy smoke hanging over the area, following the collapse of a week—long truce. a spokesman for the israeli military said they were now hitting hamas targets all over the gaza strip. the hamas run health ministry said more than 180 people were killed during friday's airstrikes, with reports from khan yunis in southern gaza of some of the heaviest bombardments yet. the israeli military earlier dropped leaflets in parts of southern gaza warning people to leave and move even further south towards the egyptian border. meanwhile, hamas and other groups fired rockets at israel, which deployed its iron dome defence system to intercept them. each side accuses the other of breaching the ceasefire deal. a un official said much—needed aid had stopped coming through the rafah crossing since the ceasefire ended. hundreds of trucks carrying aid were able to enter gaza during the pause in fighting — but they were

hello, i'm gareth barlow. you are watching bbc news.d troops are building up around the south. the israeli military are telling civilians to leave areas around khan younis — that's a city israel told civilians to flee to for safety, earlier in the conflict.

hello, i'm gareth barlow. uk officials in france are preparing to fly home a british teenager who was found after being missing for six years. alex batty, now 17, disappeared after travelling to spain with his mother and grandfather. the boy was discovered on wednesday near the city of toulouse. in the past hour, manchester police gave a short update to the media. i think ithinki i think i speak on behalf of the whole of the greater manchester police when we say we are relieved and overjoyed to say we received the news from the french authorities they believe alex batty has been found safe and well. it has been six years since his disappearance. this is a huge moment for alex, his family and the community in oldham. alex went missing whilst on holiday in 2017 when he was just 11 years old. on wednesday, a member of the public reported a potential cycling in toulouse area of france. the young man identified as alan alex was taken to a french police station. the young man and alex's, the spoke on a video call la

hello, i'm gareth barlow. uk officials in france are preparing to fly home a british teenager

i'm gareth barlow in london. and former prime minister boris johnson is expected to apologise to the uk covid inquiry — acknowledging that the government and feminist icon gloria steinem tells us what she thinks the future of women's rights might look like. i'm anna foster. a convoy of humanitarian aid has crossed into gaza for the first time since thursday, after a week—long truce collapsed. palestinian red crescent said it received the convoy. fighting restarted on friday morning as the two sides blamed each other for the collapse of the agreement. this is live looking across at northern gaza. you across at northern gaza. can probably hear in the background you can probably hear in the background the renewed sound of outgoing fire. a spokesman for the israeli military said they were now hitting hamas infrastructure all over the gaza strip. we've had reports of heavy smoke hanging over the area. there have been israeli air strikes in north—western gaza and khan younis in the south — where hundreds of thousands o

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i'm gareth barlow. the us says its talks with israel about moving to what it describes