caroline hawley,. -- caroline hawley, bbc news. kaiser permanente health care workers entered their third day of a planned 72 hour strike on friday. strikes are taking place in california, oregon, washington state, colorado, virginia, and the district of columbia. workers are demanding safe staffing levels and better working conditions. bargaining sessions were scheduled but union officials say it is possible for a ten-day strike notice to be issued after saturday. a report bthe u.n. children's agency unicef says more than 43 million children were displaced between 2016 and 2021 because of extreme weather events like floods and fires. that is an average of 20,000 children displaced every day. the court found children living in the horn of africa or small island nations are most vulnerable. u.s. labor department released september's drop report on friday. u.s. employers added 336,000 jobs in september, double what economists forecast. the unemployment rate remains unchanged at 3.8%. simone biles has added another all-around gol meda

caroline hawley has that story. and love these children, all now hostages in gaza, and the wait, the absence of news, is torture. this is 30—year—old israeli mother shiri, on saturday morning in the hands of her captors. still in her arms, her nine—month—old baby, kfir, and her four—year—old, ariel. they were kidnapped from their kibbutz near the border with gaza. theirfather, her husband, yarden, was also taken. i really hope that she is ok, i really hope that they didn't separate the kids from her. the babies were torn out from their bed at 6am on saturday morning, on holiday, in israel. they were asleep in their beds. my feeling is that my family is over there, i don't know how they treat them and i know there is a nine—month baby that is without his food and diapers. these are pictures of more children held hostage, shared with danish television by their mother, maayan. they are her eight—year—old and 15—year—old girls, and she had this message for them. translation: i will do anything. we will do anything to ge

caroline hawley, bbc news.cades, and the developments unfolding today are a result of that. the bbc�*s middle east bureau chiefjo floto puts things in perspective. the zaka organisation — which is a group of volunteers that recovers human remains from this kind of attack or natural disasters — they've been scouring the area near the gaza strip all day and they have reported in the last hour that they've recovered more than 250 bodies from the site of that music festival, and bodies still remain there. so that is a huge total of people who have been killed. but it won't come as a shock because we knowjust how bad that attack was. and we have been hearing, your viewers have been hearing, testimony from people who survived that attack that the shooting carried on for hours. there were gunmen approaching the revellers and festivalgoers on both sides, and they chased them through the countryside and into the forests and back to their cars and established roadblocks. and we've seen pictures today of the remains of th

caroline hawley, bbc news. the israeli president isaac herzog delivered this statement.: animals, yes, monstrous animals who are indiscriminate, who slaughter and kidnap influence and old women, who carry out a killing spree of innocent young people at a party, young people whose only sin was being israelis who wanted to be happy, who wanted to celebrate. these heinous acts began in the middle of the sabbath, on a jewish holiday, tossing the attack. it's an unforgivable sin. a sin that was led not only by a murderous terrorist organisation but by an evil axis whose basis is in iran and whose malignant cells repeatedly worked to undermine us, ourspirit, oursovereignty us, our spirit, our sovereignty and us, ourspirit, oursovereignty and who we are as a people and the country. the brothers and sisters, we are in a warfor our home and we will win. as the conflict escalates, the us has stepped up its support for israel, deploying an initial emergency military assistance package. the us navy is moving several aircraft carriers, guided missile cruisers and destroyers to the ea

caroline hawley reports.ung people from across israel, a carefree crowd. they have no idea of the horror about to erupt. images posted on social media show people running for their lives. witnesses say that after rockets were fired, palestinian gunmen began attacking from several directions. "don't kill me," she pleads, as noa argamani and her boyfriend, avi natan, are both taken captive. both are still missing, thought to have been ta ken into gaza. today, noa's father spoke through his anguish to israeli media. translation: | asked - to see the video and then, i saw that it was definitely her. she was so scared, so frightened. i always protected her and, at this very moment, i couldn't. noa is 25, with a passion for travel. she'd been messaging a friend just before she was kidnapped and then, the live location ended. it's just us waiting and hoping, really hoping and praying that everything is good, that she will come back home safely — her and her boyfriend and everyone that is in captivity now. also taken

caroline hawley has that story.l now hostages in gaza, and the wait, the absence of news, is torture. this is 30—year—old israeli mother shiri, on saturday morning in the hands of her captors. still in her arms, her nine—month—old baby, kfir, and her four—year—old, ariel. they were kidnapped from their kibbutz near the border with gaza. theirfather, her husband, yarden, was also taken. i really hope that she is ok, i really hope that they didn't separate the kids from her. the babies were torn out from their bed at 6am on saturday morning, on holiday, in israel. they were asleep in their beds. my feeling is that my family is over there, i don't know how they treat them and i know there is a nine—month baby that is without his food and diapers. these are pictures of more children held hostage, shared with danish television by their mother, maayan. they are her eight—year—old and 15—year—old girls, and she had this message for them. translation: i will do anything. we will do anything to get you back. do what your hos

caroline hawley, bbc news.e us has stepped up its support for israel, deploying an initial emergency military assistance package. the us navy is moving several aircraft carriers, guided missile cruisers, and destroyers to the eastern mediterranean. it is sending additional equipment and resources, including munitions, that will arrive in the coming days. defense secretary lloyd austin maintains that this is merely a measure to bolster regional deterrence efforts. the united states provides israel more than $3 billion in security assistance each year. the hamas militant group told reporters that the us providing an aircraft carrier is "actual participation in the aggression against our people". well, lawmakers on capitol hill are calling forfurther us action, adding more pressure on the house of representatives to quickly choose a house speaker. chair of the house foreign affairs committee, michael mccaul, is demanding his colleagues quickly bring a resolution to the floor condemning hamas with or without a spea

caroline hawley, bbc news.lives in israel who is missing, alone be hamas attacks and so to is her husband as well as to back of her three children. thank you for your time here on tuesday. i appreciate it is a difficult time so thank you for sparing some of your time to talk about what you have been going through. so what really have you heard from authorities?- have you heard from authorities? ., ., ., authorities? the information that we have _ authorities? the information that we have is _ authorities? the information that we have is not - authorities? the information that we have is not really - authorities? the information l that we have is not really from authorities but from eyewitnesses. that is from the kibbutz. both my father, my little sister and younger sister living in the kibbutz which was maybe the epicentre of all this problem or atrocities that happened in south of israel on october seven, and what we had — so i was communicating with what had happened until about 9am in the morning and then i

caroline hawley, bbc news.h of the country. the us secretary of state antony blinken is heading for israel later today, a trip which washington says is intended to send a message of solidarity and support. in a speech on tuesday, president biden said he'd make sure israel had what it needs to defend itself against attacks by hamas. he described the assault as an "act of sheer evil". so in this moment, we must be crystal clear. we stand with israel. and we will make sure it has what it needs to take care of its citizens, defend itself, and respond to this attack. there's no justification for terrorism. there's no excuse. but, in a phone call with israel's prime minister benjamin netanyahu, the white house says mr biden stressed the need to distinguish between terrorists and innocent civilians. 0ur north america correspondent shingai nyoka gave us this analysis of mr biden's approach. well, in his actual speech, if there are limits, he didn't spell them out explicitly, or not publicly, anyway. his speech was incr

esther yahalomy ending that report by our correspondent caroline hawley there.speaking to our international editorjeremy bowen, who's in ashkelon, but first, to anna foster, who's near the lebanese border in the north of the country. we understand there has been cross—border fire with hezbollah? that's right. over the last several days now there is real anxiety and concern on the border over another group that, like hamas, has been designated a terrorist organisation by the us, the uk and others. that is hezbollah. an anti—tank missile was fired across the border this morning and israeli fighterjets morning and israeli fighter jets responded morning and israeli fighterjets responded by targeting hamas infrastructure in lebanon. we spent time sheltering the sirens went off along this border. there was the suggestion of new aerial infiltration from hezbollah into israel, perhaps drones, perhaps gliders, but that was met with a real sense of nervousness and fear. if a new french opens up in this war here in the north of israel it risks really feeding some of those

esther yahalomy ending that report by our correspondent caroline hawley, there.ng them is 35—year—old sagui dekel—chen. he disappeared after an attack on kibbutz nir oz, located just two miles from the gaza strip. the bbc�*s nomia iqbal spoke with sagui's father, jonathan. the important part is that is how we know how many, many people, notjust the young men who did that, but 88—year—old grandmothers, and eight—month—old children, who don't have cell phones, were physically removed from their homes, torn from their loved ones, and transported into hiding places, we assume inside of gaza, by hamas, in a planned, organised way. he is missing that there is no other explanation. we have been told by the army, attempts to locate all of these bodies and they are not there. so the only reasonable explanation is that they were in some stage or another healthy, wounded or deceased, were taken into gaza. has anyone been in touch with you, jonathan, and when i say anyone, i mean us authorities, israeli authorities, who are you in contact with to try and find out more inform

caroline hawley, bbc news.. ahmed najar is an economist in london. he tells of bad news he received from the place he grew up, gaza. one of my cousins, we just found out that he was killed on saturday, in the evening. ahmed says he's worried for the rest of his extended family, with so many air strikes. as you can imagine, the situation there is not easy to really find out how people were killed, or whether they are under the rubble, or whether they are still alive. well, for so many people in this country, these horrors feel like they're being played out much closer than ina distant land. and even if they don't have direct ties to the victims, in many cases, it's still having an impact on daily life. with fears of a rise in anti—semitism, there's been an increase in security around a lot ofjewish schools. there's police when the peak—time was. and there's more staff generally around, all the senior leadership team were around as well. so you come into school and everyone is sort of in the same boat, everyone i

caroline hawley, bbc news. 0ur correspondents have been tracking developments from across the region.eremy bowen injordan. israel right now is going through this most extraordinary, awful national trauma. and as you've been hearing, the military response has already started, and it's going to be considerable. now in the past, when there have been flare—ups, there sometimes has been pressure on israeli leaders, including benjamin netanyahu, to "deal with hamas once and for all," to get in there, to kill their operatives, get their leaders, smash their infrastructure. but actually, he's resisted doing that and others have too. and the reason is they thought they had a better way, which was effectively to contain hamas inside gaza. and they've done that since hamas took over there in 2007. the way they've done that is to keep it under a pretty tight state of siege, helped by egypt — which doesn't like hamas either — and also have confidence in their intelligence services and military capability. and the events of yesterday have shown very clearly that all those assumptions were wrong, an

caroline hawley has that story.ildren, all now hostages in gaza, and the wait, the absence of news, is torture. this is 30—year—old israeli mother shiri, on saturday morning in the hands of her captors. still in her arms, her nine—month—old baby, kfir, and her four—year—old, ariel. they were kidnapped from their kibbutz near the border with gaza. theirfather, her husband, yarden, was also taken. i really hope that she is ok, i really hope that they didn't separate the kids from her. the babies were torn out from their bed at 6am on saturday morning, on holiday, in israel. they were asleep in their beds. my feeling is that my family is over there, i don't know how they treat them and i know there is a nine—month baby that is without his food and diapers. these are pictures of more children held hostage, shared with danish television by their mother, maayan. they are her eight—year—old and 15—year—old girls, and she had this message for them. translation: i will do anything. we will do anything to get you back. do wha

caroline hawley, bbc news.id experience for the next ten or 20 years — those the words of the former children's commissioner for england. anne longfield was giving evidence to the covid inquiry. our health correspondent, dominic hughesjoins us. dominic, what more did she have to say? dominic, what more did she have to sa ? ~ ., ., say? well, today, clive, the covid inuui say? well, today, clive, the covid inquiry heard _ say? well, today, clive, the covid inquiry heard from _ say? well, today, clive, the covid inquiry heard from a _ say? well, today, clive, the covid inquiry heard from a number- say? well, today, clive, the covid inquiry heard from a number of. inquiry heard from a number of experts who laid bare the devastating impact the pandemic had on the lives of some of the most vulnerable children, the loss of education, the impact on their physical and mental health, even on the social development of some of the social development of some of the youngest children, and we did hearfrom anne the youngest c

caroline hawley, bbc news.am in the south of ukraine, the un is warning that a lasting consequence of the disaster is set to be a lack of water in the area. ukrainian global grain exports had already been reduced by the russian invasion, contributing to the increase in globalfood prices. now the civilians there are struggling. viktoriia zhuhan travelled to the south of ukraine, where one farmer showed her what was left of his his fields, damaged by the flood water, and the ruins of his family home. translation: here we had a fireplace- _ translation: here we had a fireplace- a — translation: here we had a fireplace. a good _ translation: here we had a fireplace. a good place - translation: here we had a fireplace. a good place for. translation: here we had a| fireplace. a good place for the family together.— fireplace. a good place for the family together. this ukrainian farmer used — family together. this ukrainian farmer used to _ family together. this ukrainian farmer used to live _ family together. this ukr

caroline hawley, bbc news. live now to jason lee, country director at save the children palestine.on the programme. thank you for having me this evening.— me this evening. given what is happening. — me this evening. given what is happening. what _ me this evening. given what is happening, what are _ me this evening. given what is happening, what are the - me this evening. given what is . happening, what are the priorities of your teams there at the moment? we are waiting to meet the national needs arising. the situation in gaza, over 1800 people injured. you have 74 thousand people there that have 74 thousand people there that have fled their homes. they need immediate access to basic essentials such as food, water and medicines to ensure that they can continue to survive the next few days. you talk about people _ survive the next few days. you talk about people leaving _ survive the next few days. you talk about people leaving their - survive the next few days. you talk about people leaving their homes. | about people leaving their homes. just talk us through that process. when th

caroline hawley, bbc news.the atlantic 0cean. when the turtle was found off the island of iona, she was malnourished and dehydrated — and not expected to survive. graham satchell tells her remarkable story. iona the turtle — these herfinal moments in captivity before being released into the wild. she is alive today because of the kindness of strangers and has come on a remarkable journey to get to this point. the loggerhead turtle was found in january last year. covered in sand, she was dehydrated, malnourished, barely alive. jane kindlen, who found her, gave her the name iona. it's the island off the west coast of scotland where she'd landed. iona was taken to the sea life centre in loch lomond, where a team of experts started her recovery. she was then moved to scarborough, where she made gradual and steady progress, putting on more than ten times the weight she had when she was found. most loggerhead turtles start their life in the gulf of mexico. it's thought iona may have been carried on the gulf stream to

caroline hawley, bbc news. under to the conflict? —— how should the world respond?ions on israel's counter—offensive, so with more on this i'm joined now by professor yossi mekelberg. that message of unconditional support for israel and that israel can defend itself here, why is there such a strong support and the us for israel? ,., ., ,, , ,., israel? good evening. supporting israel, as israel? good evening. supporting israel. as a _ israel? good evening. supporting israel, as a result _ israel? good evening. supporting israel, as a result of _ israel? good evening. supporting israel, as a result of what - israel? good evening. supporting i israel, as a result of what happened last week, seeing the hideous killing of civilians... it is understandable that saying for this not happen again is reducing the military power, so all of this is completely understandable, the dilemma is how this can be conducted in a way that would minimise casualties on the other side. hamas will look at the danger right now that comes from israel's military excursion and decide to surrend

caroline hawley, bbc news.w launched a massive bombardment of an area of the country, controlled by islamist rebels. it's in response to a drone attack on a military graduation ceremony yesterday, which killed more than a hundred people, and was one of the deadliest attacks on the syrian armed forces, in the on going 12 year civil war. the funerals of those who died, have been taking place in the city of homs, as frank gardner reports. a funeral for the fallen after a devastating drone attack on a military academy. one of the worst single attacks in syria's 12 years of civil war, it killed over 100 and injured hundreds more. amongst the mourners, this man, who lost his brother. and this young officer. his mother had come to watch him graduate. she died in the drone strike. translation: my mother came to celebrate my graduation. - it's the worst day. children, students, my friends, they all died. witnesses say the attack came out of nowhere, with multiple iranian—made explosive drones. most of the pictures are t

our correspondent caroline hawley talked our correspondent caroline hawley talked with some of theirfamiliesnised the music festival that became a massacre. osher is dead, michael missing. their sister ausa still can't fathom what's happened. family by family, the horrifying scale of saturday's atrocities is being revealed. at this stunned gathering of relatives and friends, osher�*s widow, who went to try and find him. translation: we thought j he was alive, we had hope, but finally i found our car and it was covered in blood. all of the front windows were shattered by bullet holes, everything covered in blood — everything. the bodies of 260 people were found at the festival site. some survived by playing dead, others, we still don't know exactly how many, were abducted. karim giorno loves dancing, and went to the festival with a broken leg. she couldn't run from the gunmen and herfamily haven't heard from her since saturday. the last time we talked to her, it was saturday morning, 08:42, something like that. she sent us a message to the family group in whatsapp and she told us, "i love you

caroline hawley has that story.that became a massacre. 0ne now dead, michael missing. their sister still can't believe what's happened. family by family, the whole scale of the atrocities being revealed, at this gathering, one widow who went to try and find him. we thought he was alive, we had hope but we found our car and it was covered in blood, all the windows shattered by bullet holes, everything covered in blood, everything. everything covered in blood, everything-— everything covered in blood, eve hina. ,, ., , ., everything. she went to the festival with a broken _ everything. she went to the festival with a broken leg _ everything. she went to the festival with a broken leg and _ everything. she went to the festival with a broken leg and couldn't - everything. she went to the festival with a broken leg and couldn't run l with a broken leg and couldn't run from the government to stop her family haven't heard from her since saturday. —— couldn't run from the gunman. saturday. -- couldn't run from the cunman. ,

caroline hawley reports.iran last year, spearheaded by women, an extraordinary rebellion set off by the death in police custody of a young woman detained for allegedly not wearing her veil properly. the nobel committee said this award was for the hundreds of thousands of iranians who have stood up against the theocratic regime's policies of discrimination and oppression against women. narges mohammadi is iran's most prominent human rights activist. here she was several years ago, criticising the regime for forcing women to wear the hijab while allowing corruption to run rampant. she's currently serving a ten—year sentence. her brave struggle has come with tremendous personal cost. altogether, the regime has arrested her 13 times, convicted her five times and sentenced her to a total of 31 years in prison and 154 lashes. among the many iranians who see her as a hero is nazanin zaghari—ratcliffe, who was held in the same jail as her. they became friends. she told the bbc... it comes amid international concern f

caroline hawley, bbc news.r. back to you, sophie, with the rest of the days news. back here, this is a war that is very close to home for many communities in britain. our religion editor aleem maqbool looks at how families here have been affected. ahmed najjar is an economist in london. he tells of bad news he received from the place he grew up, gaza. one of my cousins, we just found out that he was killed on saturday, in the evening. ahmed says he's worried for the rest of his extended family with so many airstrikes. as you can imagine, the situation there is not easy to really find out how people were killed, or whether they are under the rubble, or whether they are still alive. well, for so many people in this country, these horrors feel like they're being played out much closer than in a distant land. and even if they don't have direct ties to the victims, in many cases, it's still having an impact on daily life. many britishjews have talked of a profound sense of connection tojews in pain, wherever they ar

caroline hawley, bbc news.ern israel, after hamas fighters stormed the festival and opened fire. earlier we spoke to natalie, who had attended the music festival and was forced to run for her life. i'm doing ok considering the circumstances. i was at the festival, along with thousands of other innocent kids who just came to enjoy themselves. kids that had nothing to protect themselves. the rocket started at about 6:30am. i was there with three other people that i knew. and when the rockets started coming, i looked to other people. i looked to all these kids who are israeli citizens to see their reaction, to see how i should react. one of the girls came over to inform me some rockets have been intercepted over our heads, but that everything should be ok. something i would like to point out is if this festival took place anywhere else in the world and suddenly rockets were being intercepted over our heads, nobody would have a reaction like that. these kids have gone through this before. they have lived in war the

caroline hawley, bbc news. 0ur middle east bureau chief jo floto gave us the latest.of volunteers that recovers human remains from this kind of attack or natural disasters — they've been scouring the area near the gaza strip all day and they have reported in the last hour that they've recovered more than 250 bodies from the site of that music festival, and bodies still remain there. so that is a huge total of people who have been killed. but it won't come as a shock because we knowjust how bad that attack was. and we have been hearing, your viewers have been hearing, testimony from people who survived that attack that the shooting carried on for hours. there were gunmen approaching the revellers and festivalgoers on both sides, and they chased them through the countryside and into the forests and back to their cars and established roadblocks. and we've seen pictures today of the remains of those cars burnt out and shot up. and there were bodies lying in the streets in the surrounding area. so this is confirmation of what many had feared, that this had been a complete

it's an anxious wait for families who haven't heard from relatives since saturday, as caroline hawleychael organised the music festival that became a massacre. 0sher is dead, michael missing. their sister ausa still can't fathom what's happened. family by family, the horrifying scale of saturday's atrocities is being revealed. at this stunned gathering of relatives and friends, 0sher�*s widow, who went to try and find him. translation: we thought he was alive, we had hope| but finally i found our car and it was covered in blood. all the front windows shattered by bullet holes, everything covered in blood — everything. the bodies of 260 people were found at the festival site. some survived by playing dead, others, we still don't know exactly how many, were abducted. karim giorno loves dancing and went to the festival with a broken leg. she couldn't run from the gunmen and herfamily haven't heard from her since saturday. the last time we talked to her it was saturday morning, 8.42, something like that. she sent us a message to the family group in whatsapp and she told us, "i love you an

caroline hawley, bbc news. we are expecting joe biden to make a statement.israel which is a close ally. since world war ii israel has been the largest overall recipient of us foreign aid. we heard earlierfrom president biden calling the how massive attack on southern israel and unprecedented and appalling assault. we also know from us national security spokesperson that several us citizens were among the dead. earlier we saw a tweet from president biden from the situation room with his vice president kamala harris saying they had been in a phone call with the israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu discussing the situation in israel and that's the podium which we are expecting him to speak from in the coming minutes, and give an update on the us view of this situation. we understand that further military aid will be sent to israel in the coming days, this is according to something we've heard from the white house who also said that the us is working to ensure that israel's enemies did not try to seek advantage from this situation. and of course you can fin

caroline hawley, bbc news.w you these pictures from downing street in london. home of the prime minister. that is not new york, i should say, thatis that is not new york, i should say, that is central london, that is downing street. this evening. live now to liverpool, to the labour party conference, where i am joined by emily thornberry, who is a shadow attorney general and former shadow foreign secretary. thank you very much for coming on the programme. it is a pleasure. i want to ask you first your reaction to the pictures we have been seeing over the last 48 hours. the? to the pictures we have been seeing over the last 48 hours.— over the last 48 hours. they are truly shocking. _ over the last 48 hours. they are truly shocking, absolutely - truly shocking, absolutely appalling. these are acts of terrorism. they are unjustified. and it is right for the whole world to condemn it. where is the humanity of these people? it is appalling. it is like our 77. this is terrorism. find like our 77. this is terrorism. a

allow rapid and unimpeded access for humanitarian aid into gaza. 0ur diplomatic correspondent caroline hawleynational efforts to head off a deeper conflict in the middle east. doubt all the middle east, a second american aircraft carrier. —— bound for the middle east. it is meant as a warning, to deter anyone minded to open up another front in the war, to try to prevent this conflict spilling over. the american secretary of state antony blinken has been on a frantic tour of the region all week. behind every handshake, the horror of the hamas attack, and now its deadly repercussions. in every arab capital, alarm at what israel is doing in response. leaving cairo, he had this message. the way israel _ cairo, he had this message. the way israel does _ cairo, he had this message. tue: way israel does this cairo, he had this message. tte: way israel does this matters. it needs to do it in a way that affirms the shared values that we have. for human life and human dignity. taking every possible precaution to avoid harming civilians.— harming civilians. there is . rowinu harming civilians. there is

caroline hawley now looks at what we do know about the explosion.osion happened at around 7pm local time, bbc verification experts have been poring over all the images that have emerged. israel says the incident was a failed rocket launch by the palestinian group islamichhad. these pictures show what appears to be the carpark of the hospital in flames. we've been able to establish it's a courtyard with cars parked in it from the shape of the buildings. the al—jazeera television station was broadcasting live from gaza at the time. and you see a bright light in the air that looks like a rocket. now we don't know where it was fired from. but something appears to happen to it and then a few seconds later there's a flash and then an enormous fireball. our verification teams have looked at these images and can tell from the rooves, from the placing of solar panels and from some trees, that it was in the main courtyard of the hospital. now we have some images by daylight this morning — with a clearer picture emerging of the extent of the damage. here you s

caroline hawley, thank you, and thank you to our verify team.ng crisis, presidentjoe biden had landed, the emergency lights are flashing right across the region. let's bring in another diplomatic correspondent, paul adams. we have been a very public show of support by president joe biden, he has been having talks behind closed doors with benjamin netanyahu and the war cabinet. what do you think he is trying to achieve in those talks face to face? several thin . s, in those talks face to face? several things. lyse- _ in those talks face to face? several things, lyse. best— in those talks face to face? several things, lyse. best of— in those talks face to face? several things, lyse. best of all— in those talks face to face? several things, lyse. best of all as - in those talks face to face? several things, lyse. best of all as you - in those talks face to face? several things, lyse. best of all as you say| things, lyse. best of all as you say an absolutely false display of support —— first of all, an absolutely fulsome display of support. this has

caroline hawley has this report. altogether, the regime has arrested her 13 times, convicted herfive times, and sentenced her to a total of 31 years in prison and 154 lashes. ms mohammadi is still in prison as i speak. she lashes. ms mohammadi is still in prison as i speak.— lashes. ms mohammadi is still in prison as i speak. she hasn't seen her husband. _ prison as i speak. she hasn't seen her husband, now— prison as i speak. she hasn't seen her husband, now in _ prison as i speak. she hasn't seen her husband, now in exile - prison as i speak. she hasn't seen her husband, now in exile in i prison as i speak. she hasn't seen| her husband, now in exile in paris, in years. her son told the bbc she is always in his heart. translation: i was just is always in his heart. translation: i wasjust happy is always in his heart. translation: i was just happy and proud is always in his heart. translation: i wasjust happy and proud of is always in his heart. translation: i was just happy and proud of my i wasjust happy and proud

our diplomatic correspondent caroline hawley has been working with our colleagues at bbc verify.night at around 7 p. ever since the explosion happened last night at around 7 pm. time, the bbc verified team has been analysing all the images local time, the bbc verified team has been analysing all the images and video that have emerged. the aljazeera television station was broadcasting live at the time. you can see a series of bright lights in the air. we don't know exactly what they are. the israeli army said it was a failed rocket launch by islamicjihad. you see a flash and it's followed by a big fireball. our verification teams have looked at these images and can tell from the rubes and other skyline details illuminated by the flames that it was in the main courtyard of the hospital. next, they've been looking at daylight images next, they've been looking at daylight images taken this morning. here you can see quite a lot of fire damage to the cars, mostly intact and standing. a relatively small crater. we've shown these images to a number of weapons experts and while they could

0ur diplomatic correspondent caroline hawley has been working with our colleagues at bbc verify.ithin gaza city. this footage shows to be what appears to be the courtyard car park of the hospital in flames. we have been able to establish that thatis have been able to establish that that is what it is from the shape of the buildings. now the aljazeera television station was broadcasting live from gaza at the time. you can see a series of bright lights in the air, we don't know exactly what these are. the israeli army said there was a failed rocket launch by there was a failed rocket launch by the palestinian militant group. that was followed by a big fireball. a verification team have looked at these images and can tell from other skyline details are illuminated by the flames that it was in the main courtyard of hospital. next they have been looking at daylight images taken this morning, here you can see quite a lot of fire damage to the cars that most of the building surrounded it are mostly intact and standing. there is actually a relatively small crater. now, we have shown thes

our diplomatic correspondent caroline hawley has been working with our colleagues at bbc verify.local time, the bbc verify team has been analysing all the images and video that have emerged. you can see where the hospital is located within gaza city and this footage shows what appears to be the courtyard car park of the hospital in flames. we've been able to establish that that's what it is from the shape of the buildings. now, the aljazeera television station was broadcasting live from gaza at the time. you can see a series of bright lights in the air. we don't know exactly what these are. the israeli army says there was a failed rocket launch by the palestinian militant group islamichhad. next, they've been looking at daylight images taken this morning. here you can see quite a lot of fire damage to the cars, but most our verification teams have looked at these images and can tell from the roofs and from other skyline details illuminated by the flames that it was in the main courtyard of the hospital. next, they've been looking at daylight images taken this morning. here, you c

caroline hawley has this report.oman detained for allegedly not wearing her veil properly. the nobel committee said this award was for the hundreds of thousands of iranians who had stood up thousands of iranians who had stood up against a theocratic regime's policies of discrimination and oppression against women. now personality is around's most prominent human rights activist. here she was seven years ago criticising the regime for forcing women to wear the hijab while allowing corruption to run rampant —— narges mohammadi is the country's most prominent human rights activist. she is currently serving a ten—year sentence. her activist. she is currently serving a ten-year sentence.— ten-year sentence. her brave stru: ale ten-year sentence. her brave struggle has _ ten-year sentence. her brave struggle has come _ ten-year sentence. her brave struggle has come with - ten-year sentence. her brave - struggle has come with tremendous personal cost. altogether, the regime has arrested her 13 times, convicted herfive regim

festival which was held near the small settlement of re'im — a kibbutz near the border with gaza as caroline hawleyng people across israel. a carefree crowd with no idea of the hall are about to erupt. images posted on social media show people running for their lives. witnesses say that the rockets were fired, palestinian gunmen began attacking from several directions. don't kill me, she pleads, as she and her boyfriend are taken captive. both the still missing, thought to have been taken into gaza. today, her father spoke through his anguish to israeli media. translation: i asked to see that video and then i saw that it was definitely her. she was so scared, so frightened. i always protected her and at this very moment, i couldn't. she always protected her and at this very moment, i couldn't.- always protected her and at this very moment, i couldn't. she is 25 with a passion _ very moment, i couldn't. she is 25 with a passion for— very moment, i couldn't. she is 25 with a passion for travel. - very moment, i couldn't. she is 25 with a passion for travel. she - very moment, i couldn't. she is 25 wi

our diplomatic correspondent caroline hawley has been working with our colleagues at bbc verify.osion happened at around 7pm local time, bbc verification experts have been poring over all the images that have emerged. israel says the incident was a failed rocket launch by the palestinian group islamic jihad. these pictures show what appears to be the carpark of the hospital in flames. we've been able to establish it's a courtyard with cars parked in it from the shape of the buildings. the al—jazeera television station was broadcasting live from gaza at the time. and you see a bright light in the air that looks like a rocket. now we don't know where it was fired from. but something appears to happen to it and then a few seconds later there's a flash and then an enormous fireball. our verification teams have looked at these images and can tell from the rooves, from the placing of solar panels and from some trees, that it was in the main courtyard of the hospital. now we have some images by daylight this morning — with a clearer picture emerging of the extent of the damage. here you

caroline hawley reports.tival that brought together young people from across israel, a carefree crowd. they have no idea of the horror about to erupt. images posted on social media show people running for their lives. witnesses say that after rockets were fired, palestinian gunmen began attacking from several directions. "don't kill me," she pleads, as noa argamani and her boyfriend, avi natan, are both taken captive. both are still missing, thought to have been taken into gaza. today, noa's father spoke through his anguish to israeli media. translation: i asked to see the video and then i saw - that it was definitely her. she was so scared, so frightened. i always protected her and, at this very moment, i couldn't. noa is 25, with a passion for travel. she'd been messaging a friend just before she was kidnapped, and then the live location ended. it'sjust us waiting and hoping, really hoping and praying that everything is good, that she will come back home safely, her and her boyfriend and everyone that is in

for more on that, with me now is our diplomatic correspondent, caroline hawley.s not so much _ the diplomatic push? i think it is not so much diplomacy - the diplomatic push? i think it is not so much diplomacy as - the diplomatic push? i think it is not so much diplomacy as a - the diplomatic push? i think it is - not so much diplomacy as a damage control and a real effort to try to contain the crisis and, crucially, to prevent it escalating. that is the fit at the moment, and you have arab countries with growing anger, expressed by the populations, with demonstrations yesterday, on friday in several countries across the middle east. and then the anger of the governments as well. saudi arabia saying it categorically rejects calls for the forcible displacement of palestinians in gaza and also talking about the targeting, that is the work of the saudi foreign ministry used, targeting of defenceless civilians. qatar has set a similar thing so i think there is rising anger as people look at the pictures of what's going on in gaza. these are some of the _ what's goin