tam antony blinken feels right now. tom fletcher, thank _ antony blinken feels right now.r, thank you forjoining us, former british ambassador to lebanon. inside gaza, israel's military has urged civilians repeatedly to leave the north. they had reopened today for a limited period of time, one of the strips main highways. there are only two of them, they said this would allow people to drive south for a three—hour window. that has now shut again with some 350—400,000 people remaining in northern gaza, according to a us envoy. the israel defence forces have said in the last half an hour or so as well that while they went to open that road they said that they came under fire from hamas fighters on the ground there as well. while all of this is going on the rafa crossing to egypt also has remained closed today. we have heard that gaza border authorities say that they will not permit foreign passport holders to cross into egypt until the injured people in gaza's hospitals are allowed to travel to rafa crossing dhammakaya, hundreds of foreign citizens have crossed in the last f

what we know until now is that antony blinken will be - now is that antony blinken will be meeting withertain whether he would be meeting with anyone or not. —— president anyone. with anyone or not. -- president an one. ., ., ~ , , anyone. how do you turkey president erdo . an anyone. how do you turkey president erdogan has — anyone. how do you turkey president erdogan has said _ anyone. how do you turkey president erdogan has said basically _ anyone. how do you turkey president erdogan has said basically that - anyone. how do you turkey president erdogan has said basically that he - erdogan has said basically that he is no longer going to talk to benjamin netanyahu, we have written him off, he said yesterday.— him off, he said yesterday. turkey has recalled _ him off, he said yesterday. turkey has recalled the _ him off, he said yesterday. turkey has recalled the messenger - him off, he said yesterday. turkey has recalled the messenger to - him off, he said yesterday. turkey l has recalled the messenger to israel for consultations, but that doesn't mean turkey is cutting all ties with

antony blinken met the israeli president isaac herzog.rity with israel alongside hopes for a pause in the fighting. that was an important area of discussion today with israeli leaders — how, when and where these can be implemented. what work needs to happen and what understandings must be reached. now, we recognise this will take time to prepare and coordinate as well with international partners. a number of legitimate questions were raised in our discussions today, including how to use any period of pause to maximise the full humanitarian assistance. how to connect a pause to the release of hostages. how to ensure that hamas doesn't use these pauses or arrangements to its own advantage. these are issues that we need to tackle urgently and we believe they can be solved. we've agreed to have our teams continue to discuss practical solutions. i've instructed our special envoy for middle east humanitarian issues, david satterfield, who has been doing remarkable work here over the last couple of weeks, to continue these discussions. ultimatel

and we know that antony blinken is the secretary of - antony blinken is the secretary of state, the usmin netanyahu. and the expectation is that he will ask for a cessation, a pause, in the violence. what might that achieve? it is overdue that there is a humanitarian ceasefire in the gaza strip. we are wondering and we are asking, how many more? how many more, and how much more suffering and pain and loss, how much more? it is absolutely time for a ceasefire for the sake of humanity. are you in any way sympathetic to the goal of israel after the devastating attacks that we saw? are you sympathetic to its goal to remove hamas from the gaza strip? what happened in israel on the 7th of october is devastating. but violence breeds more violence, and it is time for a ceasefire for the sake of civilians everywhere. that was the director _ sake of civilians everywhere. that was the director of _ sake of civilians everywhere. that was the director of communications for unrwa, the un agency for palestinian refugees. around the world and across the uk, this is bbc news. you are with bbc news. the

us secretary of state antony blinken made an unannounced stop in the occupied west bank city of ramallahpalestinian leader mahmoud abbas, who called for an immediate cease fire. blinken has been pushing instead for shorter humanitarian pauses. 84—year—old elma avraham is one of more than 200 hostages being held in gaza. her son, uri ravitz, showed us the medicines his mother needs to take every day to stay in good health. he's hoping someone can take these to her. just a nightmare and like in some horror movie that i'm stuck. not only me, there is to more than 240 families. right now, we are four weeks after that, four weeks and one day, and they still not here. and they should be here yesterday. and then today. not today. yesterday. so i have to believe that she's still alive. and i'm going to see her. but yeah, i still have hope. more on that strike at the maghazi refugee camp now. the site of the attack is in the center of the strip — south of the wadi gaza — in a part of the territory were civilians were told to move to to avoid the fighting in the north. but still, they are not out

antony blinken is in the midst of a series_ antony blinken is in the midst of a series of— antony blinkenh israeli officials. he met with prime minister— officials. he met with prime minister benjamin netanyahu for about— minister benjamin netanyahu for about an — minister benjamin netanyahu for about an hour. that meeting concluded about 30 minutes ago. he is currently _ concluded about 30 minutes ago. he is currently meeting with the entire israeii _ is currently meeting with the entire israeii war— is currently meeting with the entire israeli war cabinet, and after that he is _ israeli war cabinet, and after that he is going — israeli war cabinet, and after that he is going to have a meeting with isnac— he is going to have a meeting with isaac hertzog, the israeli president. i think throughout these meetings, — president. i think throughout these meetings, mr lincoln has told us that he _ meetings, mr lincoln has told us that he is— meetings, mr lincoln has told us that he is going to be stressing first of— that he is going to be stressing first of all— that he is going to be stressing

i think that would be the priority of antony blinken. can turke be the priority of antony blinken. complicated?- the ties with israel are comlicated? . . the ties with israel are comlicated? . , . ,, , complicated? that is correct. turkey also has ties — complicated? that is correct. turkey also has ties with _ complicated? that is correct. turkey also has ties with israel _ complicated? that is correct. turkey also has ties with israel although i also has ties with israel although turkey has recalled its ambassador to israel for consultations. we know that diplomatic ties will continue because erdogan has said although he would no longer speak to netanyahu, he also said that the intelligence chief of turkey is in touch with his counterpart, he said the diplomatic ties will continue. and turkey has been calling for a cease—fire rather than a humanitarian pause. so that would also be on the table, i assume, that there would be discussions on this as well. turkey has been calling for an international summit about this topic. about the war between israel and hamas in gaza.— and hamas

minister and antony blinken. .. ,., , turkey's foreign minister and antony blinken... , ., , blinkenorry to interrupt, we are coming to _ blinken... so sorry to interrupt, we are coming to the _ blinken... so sorry to interrupt, we are coming to the end _ blinken... so sorry to interrupt, we are coming to the end of— blinken... so sorry to interrupt, we are coming to the end of the - are coming to the end of the programme, thank you forjoining us here on bbc news. the impacts from storm ciaran continue to be felt. on saturday across the uk, day of sunshine and showers, longer spells of rain for some, driven in by low pressure. the low pressure has been named as a new storm bringing severe weather to europe, western france gusts hitting 85 miles an hour, strong enough to blow down trees, transport disruption and also power cuts very likelier. 15 metre high waves, as big as the waves can get, battering the coast of portugal in north—west spain. italy, tuscany, extra rain certainly will not help, the flooding could get worse before it gets better. over the next few hours for the uk, sti

yes, antony blinken is talkin: talks, isn't it?en is talking to — talks, isn't it? yes, antony blinken is talking to foreign _ talks, isn't it? yes, antony blinken is talking to foreign ministers - talks, isn't it? yes, antony blinken is talking to foreign ministers of. is talking to foreign ministers of jordan, the uae, saudi arabia, egypt. these are countries that have vociferously condemned the israeli strikes and continuing war effort in gaza. remember, some of them, saudi arabia for example, israel was on a path to normalisation with saudi arabia before this all erupted four weeks ago. that has been suspended now but there has been universal condemnation in the arab world of israel's actions. so, antony blinken is going to be hearing that from them but he is also going to be trying to talk to them about what can be done to deliver more aid to those absolutely, catastrophic situations and the disaster that civilians are facing in gaza. but he comes having been rebuffed by the israeli prime minister who refused his calls for a h

the us secretary of state, antony blinken has met the palestinian authority president mahmoud abbas inccupied west bank city of ramallah for talks on the gaza conflict. the spokesman for the palestinian president has said mr abbas told mr blinken there must be an immediate ceasefire and an allowing of humanitarian aid to the gaza strip. according to us spokesperson matthew miller, the secretary reaffirmed the united states�* commitment to the delivery of life—saving humanitarian assistance and resumption of essential services in gaza and made clear that palestinians must not be forcibly displaced. secretary blinken and president abbas discussed efforts to restore calm and stability in the west bank, including the need to stop extremist violence against palestinians and hold those accountable responsible. secretary blinken reiterated that the united states remains committed to advancing equal measures of dignity and security for palestinians and israelis alike. the secretary also expressed the commitment of the united states to working toward the realisation of the palestinians�* legiti

antony blinken speaking to reporters — us can help.ng his - to reporters before boarding his plane out of turkey at the end of his middle east tour. he talked about the need to stop the conflict from spreading into the wider region. you talked of the need for a durable, sustainable and lasting peace, talking about what would happen in gaza the day after. for example, there had been reports about who could run gaza. could there be some kind of palestinian command over gaza, some kind of international body running over gaza? all these questions for future days as the conflict continues. you have been watching bbc news. hello again. the weather this week is much quieter than it was last week. for most, notjust today, but for much of this week we're looking at sunny spells and scattered showers. some of the showers will be heavy and thundery, particularly in the west. and on wednesday, we'll see some rain crossing from west to east. more on that later. but what we have this afternoon are still a lot of showers in the west, some of them spr

the us secretary of state antony blinken is there, his third i antony blinken is there, his third visit the 7th attack. we are reading on the 7th attack. we are reading on the afp news agency which is saying that they should continue. how significant is us influence and pressure here? it significant is us influence and pressure here?— pressure here? it is very significant _ pressure here? it is very significant and _ pressure here? it is very significant and the - pressure here? it is very - significant and the american government is the one international voice that the israelis really do listen to. there are a lot of noises coming from european countries, even going as far as demanding a ceasefire. that is not going to happen. as long as america supports israel's ultimate right to self—defence and to continue the war in gaza, then israel will feel emboldened to do so. having said that, the americans and others would like this truce to continue for as long as it can. remember, the other governments and america have hostages are still being held by hamas in gaza, so there are domestic am

as you know, jordan had removed its ambassadors and antony blinken will io ambassadors and antony blinken vying for— go there tomorrow. both are kind of vying for public opinion. i think it is an— vying for public opinion. i think it is an uphill— vying for public opinion. i think it is an uphill battle for the us, and some _ is an uphill battle for the us, and some will— is an uphill battle for the us, and some will find antony blinken's commenced a little too late, but others _ commenced a little too late, but others will be hesitant to fully endorse — others will be hesitant to fully endorse hassan nasrallah's comments as well, _ endorse hassan nasrallah's comments as well, but— endorse hassan nasrallah's comments as well, but i think you see both of them _ as well, but i think you see both of them jockeying for arab leaders and wider— them jockeying for arab leaders and wider public opinion right now. let me wider public opinion right now. me bring you wider public opinion right now. let me bring you in again, frank, he outlined two goals, saying we must end the war in gaza and we mus

thank— whether antony blinken comes or not. thank you _ whether antony blinken comes or not. minister borisjohnson was "obsessed with older people accepting their fate and letting the young get on with life and the economy going." but today the former nhs england chief sir simon stevens delivered a witness statement that was equally illuminating. it alleged that the then health sectrrary matt hancock wanted to decide who should live or die if the nhs was overwhelmed. so does mr hancock face some difficult questions when he gives evidence himself? here'sjoe — and a warning there's some flash photography coming up. did he make massive mistakes, or is matt hancock a scapegoat in the post—pandemic blame game? he certainly seemed fond of self—flagellation in recent months. with all due respect, you're not a good looking guy, are you? pubes on your chest, boobs. so how did you do it, matty, babe? huh? but this week at the covid inquiry, the former health secretary has really been in the firing line, accused of lying, of arrogance, and today of wanting a say in who lived and died if

yeah, i think antony blinken felt it was imperative to - blinken felt it was imperative to stop off andresident, even though he is a very elderly, and his power is waning in many palestinians regard his palestinian authority with considerable disdain, and frankly mahmoud abbas is pretty much a bystander in terms of what is going on in gaza. but i think what antony blinken was trying to reassure him was, one, the united states is doing everything in its power to persuade israel to abide by the laws of war. the united states are trying very, very hard to create windows of opportunity but it can be got into the southern part of the gaza strip, the so—called humanitarian policy is that the american keep on talking about. and that when all of the suits overcome over, whenever that is, the united states is interested in pursuing some return to the moribund arab— israeli peace process. that will probably sound pretty hollow to most palestinian years, but it was obviously something that mr blank and felt it was important to say. we had from the idf earlier on, talking about their efforts to not

antony blinken also _ situation in the south. antony blinken also saying _ situation in the south.so saying that - situation in the south. antony blinken also saying that the l situation in the south. antony l blinken also saying that the us is continuing "vital energy work to stop the conflict spreading." at the same time we have seen in the israeli military say "terrorist vehicles in ii on had been hit." what more do we know about what happened there and is this raising any questions about the potential for escalations in the north? those questions _ escalations in the north? those questions have _ escalations in the north? those questions have been _ escalations in the north? those questions have been around - escalations in the north? those| questions have been around and have been on everyone's minds since this crisis erupted a month ago and we have seen regular clashes along israel's northern border with lebanon throughout the past four weeks. the details of today as well, the israeli said that hezbollah fighters fired anti—tank weapons which killed an israeli civilian. the l

let's return to our story that ministers have been meeting with antony blinken.ediate ceasefire. antony blinken did not go as far as to say that. 0ur correspondent anna foster followed that press conference and gave this analysis on the israeli stance. you might think lincoln is trying to rebuild trust with those arab allies and that has been badly damaged over the last few weeks. there has a long process had to rebuild the trust, notjust process had to rebuild the trust, not just with the process had to rebuild the trust, notjust with the government, but that the arab population widely. that is why if he is shuttling around the region. alongside that you could hear the frustration in his voice, and in their voices, obviously the anger in their voices, that the of pressure during antony blinken's visit, hasn't actually had the result that he wanted. he wanted. he hasn't got the humanitarian pauses, he hasn't got as much humanitarian aid and as he was hoping. he has been told pretty clearly by benjamin netanyahu, and the israeli military, that they need to continu

and yet antony blinken today still talking about a | blinken today still talking about a two state solution, withjohn carey when he was secretary of state. where do you even begin on that front at the minute? i even begin on that front at the minute? ., ., . even begin on that front at the minute? ., .,. ., minute? i mean the fact that secretary _ minute? i mean the fact that secretary carey _ minute? i mean the fact that secretary carey spent - minute? i mean the fact that secretary carey spent so i minute? i mean the fact that | secretary carey spent so long working for it and the situation is still here now, shows the need for it. the only viable solution in which the secretary worked for is a two state solution. a population, the arab population of that area dwarfs that of the israeli people. the land that they both contest, it has biblical, historic claims and roots. and so the only way that you're going to get the, ironically this situation has cast more attention on that situation in a tragic way through the terrorist attack, because something of the palestinian people and the arab s

antony blinken is pushing for pauses in the fighting in gaza, he did that yesterday as well while he was here in israel and the prime minister benjamin netanyahu insisted there would be no temporary ceasefire until all of the hostages being held in gaza are released. an official from the un agency for palestinian refugees has warned there is less and less it can do to protect gazans. the first micron gaza health ministry has released its daily figures today saying that 9&88 people, they say, have now been killed in gaza, with around 3900 of them being children. around moo israelis were killed in the hamas attacks in southern israel on the 7th of october. the health ministry in gaza also says that at least 12 people who were sheltering in a school were killed in an explosion there on friday night. hamas says there on friday night. hamas says the school was bombed by israel and there has been no comments yet from there has been no comments yet from the israel defence forces. the un secretary—general and the world health have both condemned israel's attacks on an ambulance in gaza. 0n a

the difficult diplomacy of antony blinken. we will keep an eye on that.ts around the world against israel's continued offensive in gaza. tens of thousands took part in rallies in cities such as washington dc, berlin, paris, ankara, and tehran calling for a ceasefire. in the uk, police said around 30—thousand people gathered in central london. there were also demonstrations in other cities in scotland, wales and northern ireland. there have also been demonstrations in israel, with thousands of people calling for the hostages taken by hamas to be released. the last figures from the israeli defence forces with at 2a0 hostages. a large crowd gathered outside the israeli ministry of defence in tel aviv. the event was organised by the families of some 2a0 hostages being held by hamas in gaza. as you can see from those images, people holding up their phones and images of the hostages, including children less than the age of one and eight—year—old holocaust survivors. the agony of families waiting for the loved ones. injerusalem, police held back hundreds of prot

secretary of state antony blinken has held talks with the turkish foreign minister in ankara.ntry's cia director william burns is also now in israel urging greater effort to avoid civilian casualties. and in the last few hours, the white house has said vice—president kamala harris will discuss the conflict in a phone call with unnamed foreign leaders on monday. let's go live to southern israel and my colleague mark lowen. a really intense night, if you could talk us through. it has been an intense night and morning of the military offensive in gaza much of which we have heard. we are three kilometres away from the gaza strip and have heard the constant thud of artillery outgoing from israel and from inside gaza. we have seen plumes of smoke billowing above large explosions. the palestinians are say 200 civilians were killed overnight in israeli strikes. israel said it targeted a50 targets yesterday and maintains it is targeting only hamas terror cells in its words and hamas is using civilians as human shields. the main road between northern gaza and southern gaza has been open

secretary of state antony blinken is now in turkey, for meetings with the country's foreign minister.ry's cia director william burns is also now in israel — urging greater effort to avoid civilian casualties. and in the last few hours, the white house has said vice president kamala harris will discuss the conflict in a phone call with unnamed foreign leaders today. this is live — looking across at the gaza strip, where it's currently just after iiam. we'll bring you more on all of those latest developments in the next half hour — but we begin our coverage with this report from our middle east correspondent yolande knell. explosions the relentless bombardment continues. the latest israeli strikes in northern gaza among the most intense so far and, once again, phone and internet lines were cut. this was yesterday's aftermath. locals say dozens were killed. said's wife and daughters were wounded. he searches on for his neighbours. "can anyone hear me inside?" he shouts. "there are people." this is part of gaza where civilians had been told to flee to. israel's military says it is looking

antony blinken said in the last few - is trying to figure it out. eady. in terms of the west approach, how long dc the current position staying the current position? that current position staying the current osition? �* ,., current position staying the current osition? . ,., ,., position? at some point it will cease to become, _ position? at some point it will cease to become, because - position? at some point it will - cease to become, because pressure is building _ cease to become, because pressure is building if_ cease to become, because pressure is building. if you look at what western _ building. if you look at what western leaders said before all the focus _ western leaders said before all the focus on _ western leaders said before all the focus on israel's self defence, the focus _ focus on israel's self defence, the focus is _ focus on israel's self defence, the focus is now on protecting civilians following _ focus is now on protecting civilians following international law, doing more _ following international law, doing more to— following i

it's clear antony blinken was - it's clear antony blinken was against a ceasefire but open to humanitarianb countries in that press conference, they were clear about where they stood in terms of israel and israel's actions in gaza. it stood in terms of israel and israel's actions in gaza. it is not surprising _ israel's actions in gaza. it is not surprising at — israel's actions in gaza. it is not surprising at all _ israel's actions in gaza. it is not surprising at all that _ israel's actions in gaza. it is not surprising at all that arab - israel's actions in gaza. it is not. surprising at all that arab leaders have taken a position that israel's response is disproportionate and has now gone beyond self defence and that they are calling for a ceasefire. part of this motivated by the fact that these images including images broadcast are deeply disturbing and many civilians are caught in the crossfire and being killed as a result. and this is a political problem for arab leaders although there are authoritarian leaders, the politics is of incredible symbolic importance. sorry to interrupt

can antony blinken balance support for the idf with protecting civilians in gaza. >>> and the biggest white collar conviction since bernie madoff's ponzi scheme. sam bankman-fried found guilty of stealing billions from customers. sgm to our viewers in the united states and around the world. i'm kasie hunt. it is friday. thank goodness. november 3. we really appreciate you being here. 5:00 a.m. in washington, 11:00 a.m. in tel aviv where america's top diplomat right now meeting with the prime minister of israel. secretary of state antony blinken is on the first stop of a trip through the middle east and asia. he departed from the u.s. last night and he said a key mission for him in israel is to underscore the need for israeli forces to minimize civilian casualties as they fight to sdoi hamas. >> how israel does this matters. we will focus on steps that need to be taken to protect civilians who are in a crossfire of hamas' making. we want to look at concrete steps to be taken to better protect them. this is something that the united states is committed to. i won't get into the details h

fin and your assessment on this whole trip from antony blinken?- trip from antony blinken?trip from antony blinken? on the rockets first. this _ trip from antony blinken? on the rockets first. this is _ trip from antony blinken? on the rockets first. this is one - trip from antony blinken? on the rockets first. this is one of - trip from antony blinken? on the rockets first. this is one of the i rockets first. this is one of the larger salvos of rockets that has been fired across since the crisis began on october seven. and what was unusual about it, it wasn't apparently coming from hezbollah but how mass which also has a presence in southern lebanon, probably under the umbrella of hezbollah. so it was a large salvo. it doesn't appear, we have had reports of significant amounts of damage caused by it and the israelis say they fired back but this plays into one of the things that was very much part of mr blinken's trip when he was here in the region which was to try and prevent this from escalating into a wider regional conflict. and while i think the americans probably feel

antony blinken again asserted israel's right to defend itself. but...cting civilians will help prevent hamas from further exploiting the situation. but most important, it is simply the right and moral thing to do. when i see... ..a palestinian boy or girl pulled from the wreckage ofa building, it hits me in the gutjust as it hits everyone in the gut. and i see my own children in their faces. and america is also worried about this conflict spreading. israel's military has said it targeted a terrorist trying to cross over from lebanon on its northern border last night. less than a mile away in the town of shlomi, volunteers have been preparing food for israeli soldiers amid fears the powerful lebanese militia group hezbollah could escalate this crisis. very serious, very sad. we cry. ..at night. i didn't sleep at night. i watch tv at night. we watched all the terrible cases, everything that's happened. can we run? when there's a siren, we run. and when we can, we work. and yes, we are under danger. we're risking our lives. there has been so much fear and

that is interesting, antony blinken was _ today. that is interesting, antony blinken was saying that _ today. that is interesting, antony| blinken was saying that preventing the absence of escalation was a real positive thus far, but you think thatis positive thus far, but you think that is the number one priority, as you sit there in washington, do you? well, look, there are many things that can be, we can do more than one thing at a time. you want to make sure it does not get worse on a regional level, at the same time, you want to engage actors as much as possible to address their concerns about the humanitarian aspect, to explain why the united states opposes a ceasefire, which is a firm position of the biden administration, that a ceasefire would only benefit hamas right now. while we are doing what we are trying to do on the humanitarian side to ensure safe zones, to ensure that they have access to supplies, medicine, food, water, etc. these are all a part of what we are doing all at once, but, i would say that the framework i

anthony's —— antony blinken�*s now en route to turkey. let's see what will be on the agenda. we have been speaking to our correspondence from the turkish service, and she gave us this update, i believe we can bring you an update about what our turkish service... no, i'm afraid we don't have that. we'll bring you a perspective from turkey when we can, let's take a look at what has been happening at the rafah crossing. second passport nationals or critically ill people have not been able to cross into the rafah crossing into egypt, and we have heard from egyptian sources that there was an agreement reached, that in the next few hours, we're not sure how many, it's a limited period, that there would be some injured palestinians leaving and there would be dual nationals. that is what the egyptian sources are telling our correspondence in egypt. we are waiting to hear that and see it happen. the window for the main road through gaza has now closed. israel was saying yesterday that their forces were being attacked by hamas. we do hope that peop

a request for a cordial handshake with antony blinken was refused.diate ceasefire is needed for protection of civilians in gaza. the turkish foreign minister raised this again during his meeting with the us secretary of state. turkey has also strongly condemned the israeli attacks on gaza which led to the deaths of almost 10,000 palestinians. ankara has always been suggesting to the us and other world powers to press israel for a ceasefire on start talks for a comprehensive and lasting solution to the israeli—palestinian conflict based on a two state solution. we didn't expect the turkish president to host the us secretary of state, president and again previously accused antony blinken of using sectarian language during the aunt antony blinken was not included in the first middle eastern tour. sounds like a tricky diplomatic mission but bring us up to date with the situation in turkey with regards to the public opinion in terms of what is going on in israel and gaza. we had news that there was growing anti—us sentiment in the country, yesterday a gro

the us secretary of state antony blinken is in amman meeting leaders from lebanon, qatarand jordan. s pushing for pauses in the fighting in gaza. the regional leaders want an immediate ceasefire. but israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu insists there will be no temporary truce until all hostages are released. while in gaza, an official from the un agency for palestinian refugees warns there is less and less it can do to protect people. the hamas—run gaza health ministry says 9,488 people have now been killed, including about 3,900 children. about 1,400 israelis were killed in the hamas attacks. the health ministry also says at least 12 people sheltering in a separate school to the one mentioned a short time ago were killed in an explosion there on friday night. hamas says the school was bombed by israel. there has been no comment yet from israel. the un secretary—general and the world health organization have condemned israel's attack on an ambulance in gaza. on friday, the israel defense forces admitted striking the ambulance but said the vehicle was being used by hamas to tran

we all— antony blinken. we had in-depth discussions. we all agree - antony blinken. agree that. discussions. we all agree that humanitarian pauses would advance key objectives. to protect palestinian civilians, to increase the sustained flow of humanitarian assistance, to allow our citizens and foreign nationals to exit and facilitate the release of hostages. we arejoined by we are joined by acting consul general of israel new york, thank you so much for being here. i want to start off with these reports coming in of talks on a proposed pause infighting in exchange to allow aid into gaza and for the possible release of hostages. what do you make of that potential proposal and whether or not that is ideal that israel might take? first of all, we israel might take? first of all. we are _ israel might take? first of all, we are very _ israel might take? first of all, we are very focused . israel might take? first of| all, we are very focused on making sure to achieve both of our goals, first of all, to eradicate hamas's ability to hurt us and we are winning to have forc

us secretary of state antony blinken came under intense pressure from regional allies to facilitate this was an explosion at a school it runs. hamas says 15 people were killed. israel says it's investigating. the us says up to 400,000 people remain in northern gaza, as israel's ground offensive continues. the un says no part of gaza is safe. protests in support of palestinians have been taking place in cities around the world. here in london, 11 arrests were made. an earthquake in western nepal kills at least 157 people. houses are destroyed and people are digging through rubble to rescue others. now on bbc news, its sportsday. hello and welcome to sportsday. i'm hugh ferris. the headlines this evening: they've been down for a while, now, they're also out.

back to those photos of the us secretary of state antony blinken - secretary of state antony blinkenurkey for talks with the president of turkey recep tayyip erdogan. we have lost those images so we will bring you more of that when we have. daniel hagari, the israeli spokesman, also referred to the cross—border violence with hezbollah in lebanon. lebanese state media say three children and their grandmother were killed in an israeli strike on a car in southern lebanon. the report said their car was hit on a road in the bintjbeil district, and that the children were aged ten, 12, and 14. this is what mr hagari had to say in the north of israel there are several incidents today. the idf attacked terror facilities of hezbollah and there was an anti—tank missile that killed an israeli citizen and there are some israeli strikes by the idf on terrorists and infrastructure, vehicles driving terrorists and there were also aerial means that are intercepted. by a remotely piloted aircraft that hezbollah tried to drive into israel was intercepted in lebanese territory. they reached the beach at

going straight to antony blinken in israel, the system. fin going straight to antony blinken in israelvisit here i discuss _ israel, the system. on my last visit here i discuss the _ israel, the system. on my last visit here i discuss the potential - israel, the system. on my last visit here i discuss the potential of - here i discuss the potential of humanitarian pauses to discuss the release of hamas hostages, to get aid and protection of palestinian civilians. i said there were issues that needed to be worked through but the united states was committed to achieving the goals. today, march the 7th day of the humanitarian pause in gaza, the united states worked closely with israel, the seven date that hostages have been freed and return home to their families. the seventh date that significantly more humanitarian assistant is get to the people of gaza we need it. and a seven date that civilians of gaza have been able to move to safer areas. i have come again here today to advance a number of goals. our immediate focus is working with our partners to extend the pause so we can continue

antony blinken is in the midst of a series of meetings with israeli officials.in netanyahu for about an hour. that meeting concluded about 30 minutes ago. he is currently meeting with the entire israeli war cabinet, and after that he is going to have a meeting with isaac hertzog, the israeli president. i think throughout these meetings, mr blinken has told us that he is going to be stressing first of all his support for israel but also that israel needs to take responsible steps, concrete steps, to limit civilian casualties in gaza. he is also working on ensuring that american hostages are released, and americans in gaza who want to leave can. and he says he wants to try to lay out a framework with the israelis and their partners that he is going to meet tomorrow and on sunday, a framework for a lasting and durable peace, beyond just the immediate conflict, that there has to be some sort of pathway from where we are now to a two—state solution, and insurances that this sort of violence doesn't happen again. attempts are continuing to get as much food and aid as

antony blinken finds himself in this increasingly oppressive environment. etary of state told mahmoud abbas that his administration must play a central role in what happens next in gaza. blinken thanked abbas for his help in maintaining order. on the west bank, but this calm is fragile, attacks on october 7 more than doubled, the level of violence has already reached a fifteen-year high. the palestinian leader told blinken that his government would consider taking control of the gas only as part of a deal to create a palestinian state, but for those currently in gaza, similar the talk may seem irrelevant at a time when the us refuses to support abbas's call for a ceasefire and israel doesn't even want to. consider the possibility of the slightest pause in their bombing. the visit of the head of american diplomacy to baghdad could be extremely tense. let us recall in a few words that prime minister mohammed al-sudani wanted to give a diplomatic form to this visit, in any case, that is what the state department here in washington reports, the visit is as excep

antony blinken that there must be an immediate ceasefire in gaza.blink and wants humanitarian pauses. israel insist they will be no temporary truce until all hostages are released. we start our coverage with a report from our coverage with a report from our correspondentjon donnison injerusalem our correspondentjon donnison in jerusalem and our correspondentjon donnison injerusalem and a warning — there are distressing images from the start. four weeks into this war, the suffering is endless. and in gaza, no place is safe. the un says this school in jabalia in the north was hit this morning, killing at least 15 people. thousands had been seeking shelter there. "god will take my vengeance," this young boy says. "i was standing here when the three bombings happened." i carried a body and another decapitated body with my own hands. where should i go? he says. they have hit the shelter. since when has it become normal to strike shelters? israel says it's looking into what happened. and in the north of gaza, its ground offensive is pushing forward, tight

i want to ask about antony blinken _ there. i want to ask about antony blinken who i there.about antony blinken who is in i there. i want to ask about i antony blinken who is in the middle east once again. we saw some powerful pictures of protesters with hand—painted in red while he was speaking a couple of days ago. what can he do, because he has been voicing very strong support for israel, but at the same time due to growing civilian casualties there have been growing criticisms towards israel and the us. i criticisms towards israel and the us. ., criticisms towards israel and the us. ~' ,, , ., the us. i think the us is in a bit of a pickle _ the us. i think the us is in a bit of a pickle here, - the us. i think the us is in a bit of a pickle here, because on the one hand it is continuing to support israel and talking about not imposing redlines on israel but offering support. 0n the other hand, there is a significant domestic political concern within the united states about that and you have seen antony blinken and others say we are looking for a humanitarian pause, rath

secretary of state antony blinken met with authorities in jordan. he said israel should not enter a ceasefire because that would only allow hamas to regroup. would a ceasefire only hurt israel's goal of destroying hamas? >> well, wolf, it's good to see that the administration did this flip-flop. of course, when secretary of state antony blinken came in, he was calling for humanitarian pause. i think after consultation with both the israelis and the arab leaders, he recognized this is not the time to do that. you're absolutely right, this would give hamas a chance to reorganize particularly since so many of their facilities have been bombed. it would give them a chance to repair their communications, probably build new headquarters, probably get some of their fighters out on these ambulances that they're demanding, allow them to continue firing on that humanitarian corridor to kill their own people. so this is not the time for a ceasefire, but if they do agree, it would likely be a ground ceasefire since the forces have already encircled gaza city. i

could we hear antony blinken's exact words on that? >> throughout this conflict, countries in the middle east and beyond have played an essential role in preventing the spread. today, we agreed on the importance of using our respective influence and capabilities to deter any state or nonstate actor from opening another front in this conflict or taking other destabilizing action. >> reporter: this is, of course, going to be a topic of conversation in turkey tomorrow. >> thank you very much. >>> hamas militant s killed the doctor and held the rest of the family hostage for h hours. thenen kidnapped her h husband. whatat her familily is d doing to bring her husband home. my very emotional interview with her comes up, right after the break. >>> here in israel, we had a chance to speak with a victim of the hamas attacks who has been living a nightmare since october 7. air raid siren started going off in the kibbutz near the gaza border. she ran into the shelter with her husband, their nine-year- old son, their 11-year-old daughter and 18-ye

t"the stand" and the role they played in that company. >>> in the west bank, secretary of state antony blinkenas met with the palestinian authority president. this is blinken's first visit since hamas attacked on october 7th. this comes as the u.s. grapples with the growing crisis in gaza. >> israel defense forces tolled them to leave northern gaza of the idf opened a safe road for people to leave gaza city and move south. but the offer of safe passage is only good for four hours. and this is coming as israel intensifies attacks on northern gaza. one of the refugee camps just south of the line where palestinians have been told to go was hit by a deadly explosion several hours ago. you can see the aftermath there. a palestinian hospital officials say, more than 30 were killed in the blast and more than 100 injured. the israeli military has not commented on whether it targeted the area. overnight, the palestinian red crescent says there were heavy executions near the al quds hospital in gaza. it's said the building had been destroyed and there were casualties and deaths. >> ed lavandera is live

as you say antony blinken, u.s.tary of state, meeting with his counterpart in turkey, met with the prime minister of iraq and also the head of the palestinian authority mahmoud abbas in an often announced visit which is not a common thing for him to do, to try to talk about improving the situation, the idf saying more than 100 trucks should be going into rafah for humanitarian aid and trying to ensure there's no escalation. indeed, while he was in iraq, he said it's important to send a message who might seem to take advantage of the conflict in gaza to threaten here or anywhere else in the region, and that is simply don't. >> unfortunately, reporting in gaza, this has been this blackout yet again, is that an indication that escalation -- where we've seen it previously, there's been a series of particularly violent attacks and it's coordinated with the common blackout. >> israel isn't say it's responsible for the comes black out, we do understand the communications are now slowly returning to the gaza strip. but as y

whether these new rules that antony blinken has laid down apply in the north and the south, we will just. certainly when it comes to what israel has got planned for the southern gaza strip, mr. blinken was clear to say, here are the rules, and we will be watching. caitriona: paul adams in jerusalem, thank you for that. younger hostages have been released and they have been brought to the schneider children medical center in israel for checks treatment. earlier, i spoke to the ceo of the hospital about the care they have been providing. thank you very much for joining us on bbc news. once the hostages have been freed by hamas, they come to your medical center. you might talk us through just what happens first, how they are when they arrive. >> yeah, at schneider children's medical center, we received during the last week or so 26 of the hostages that were kept by hamas. mostly children, mothers, and even one grandmother. and i went all the way to the heliport of the hospital in order to get them through the whole process of getting off the helicopter, and getting into hospital. and actual

it is not imagination. >> antony blinken, the u.s.tary of state, returned hoping to ease the pressure on gaza's civilians. >> good afternoon, everyone. we are absolutely focused on getting hostages back and getting them back to their families, safety, and we believe that among other things, a humanitarian pause good help that effort. >> after their meeting, prime minister netanyahu said there would be no cease-fires until hamas released its hostages. >> in lebanon's capital, supporters of the iranian backed militia hezbollah rallied to hear their leader, repeat threats the war might spread. the concern, he said, is that this front might tumble into a wider war. it is a real possibility, and the enemy should make every allowance. back in gaza, this is what is left of the refugee camp. it is in the south, where israel is turning palestinian civilians to turn to go to escape danger. for gaza's endangered people and diplomats, who want to stop this war escalated. jeremy bowen, bbc news, jerusalem. >> we are going to focus for a moment on