gaza. israel's army is fiuuhtin taken into gaza. israel's army is fighting in _ taken into gaza. rael's army is fighting in areas _ taken into gaza. israel's army is fighting in areas to _ taken into gaza. israel's army is fighting in areas to the - taken into gaza. israel's army is fighting in areas to the south i taken into gaza. israel's army is| fighting in areas to the south and centre of gaza and jamali to the north where it says it found this hamas arsenal with its stockpile of heavy weapons. this video from hamas released today weeks after israel said the area was cleared. in the south, aid routes into gaza have been largely blocked by the israeli operation in rafah. the un says more than half a million people have fled, seeking safety, shelter and food. today, the first test of a new peer and modular causeway, built by us and british forces to get aid in. a lifeline for gaza to relieve the pressure on local populations and distant politicians. un lorries waited onshore to receive the shipment. temporary shelter kits from the uk alongside aid from the us and united arab em

so we think that israel—gaza conflict, or israel—gaza war is a better description and one that betterthe other phrase is referring to the "hamas—run health ministry" when quoting palestinian civilian casualty numbers. why that phrase? it's the same thing, it's about attributing, it's about being as clear as we possibly can be to the audience about where we're getting our information from. i mean, in previous gaza conflicts, we've had people on the ground who've been able to validate the figures that we've been getting from the health ministry. on this occasion, that has not been the case. and so, we think it's best to be as clear with audiences as we possibly can be where the information is coming from. it does feel like the bbc�*s under pressure afresh around this kind of terminology. are you confident that you'll hold your, position or do you think it might need to be reassessed? i think all the time, we think about, how can we make our coverage as clear as possible for audiences? and on this story, we well know that we will be heavily scrutinised and often criticised. our aim is to

it is tricky, you could -et israel gaza. it is tricky, you could get some — israel gaza.y results whereby labour could be on course for a _ whereby labour could be on course for a landslide or at least a large majority— for a landslide or at least a large majority but some seats like bristol, _ majority but some seats like bristol, the shadow set which could lose her— bristol, the shadow set which could lose her seat to the greens, thangam dehhonaire, _ lose her seat to the greens, thangam debbonaire, and so far. the labour party— debbonaire, and so far. the labour party will— debbonaire, and so far. the labour party will try — debbonaire, and so far. the labour party will try to reflect on what they _ party will try to reflect on what they could do but it is not so simple — they could do but it is not so simple as— they could do but it is not so simple as changing a position because — simple as changing a position because of the events leading up to it. ava, sticking with labour, leading up to it. ava, sticking with labour. we _ leading up to it. ava, sticking with labou

we begin in the middle east, where pressure is growing on israel to let more aid into gaza. washington is urging israel to do more to provide sustained humanitarian access — saying they're deeply concerned about reports of imminent famine. they've called for the rafah crossing to be reopened as soon as possible. egypt stopped allowing in supplies after israel seized control of the gaza side. the two countries have blamed each other for its continued closure. speaking at a news conference, the white house press secretary, karine—jean pierre, said more was needed to be done. so this level of aid remains insufficient, and we want to continue to press israel to increase the level of assistance moving into gaza. we understand what ijust laid out is not sufficient. we want to get more in. we are continuing to have those conversations with israel, and we have seen some progress. we need to get more in. on thursday, us troops anchored a long—awaited floating pier which will soon enable aid to enter gaza by sea. hundreds of tons of aid has arrived in cyprus, where screening takes plac

israel to control _ to control gaza. to talk about israel to control gaza - to control gaza. to talk about israel to control gaza to - israel to control gaza to achieve the security in israel. 0ther achieve the security in israel. other members like ganz say it should be left for international multinational forces but it should be left forces but it should be left for the palestinians, with a guarantee from the united states and qatar and egypt even from russia and turkey are other guarantors to be with the palestinian authority because to imagine the palestinian authority not in power it would not be accepted by the palestinians. there should be away because what the israelis asking is intervention forcing their way onto gaza after the war it is not pleasingly palestinians and those who lost their families, palestinians and those who lost theirfamilies, they want palestinians and those who lost their families, they want to be part of the future government, so to be forced on them from israel will not be accepted. a multinational will be under discussion between the palestinia

he’s devastating israel gaza war. he's also done a _ devastating israel gaza war.also done a lot of— devastating israel gaza war. he's also done a lot of work— devastating israel gaza war. he's also done a lot of work to try to push back on the sanctions that have been placed on iran, hasn't he? well, there is not that much you can do but he has tried to go to capitals, to strike trade deals with those countries which do not support the countries including china, including iran, including countries including iran, including countries in other parts of the world but the valley nuclear talks, after president trump pulled out of the landmark deal in 2018, it has been hanging by a thread and ebrahim raisi's administration was not able to get those talks going again, the indirect talks with the united states and those talks have stalled so this is very much tying the hands of iran. it is not around's only problem when it comes to the financial hardships that have deepened on ebrahim raisi's watch. there is also been chronic mismanagement as well as alleged corruption. h

nypd officers have entered the university, where students protesting israel's war in gaza have occipiedilton hall. moments ago police and that the hall. the police department acted after receiving a letter from the administration authorising them to go into the campus. we'll have more on this developing story right here on bbc news. images show police entering the building, as you see on screen, making their way through a window, by the looks of things, trying to make their way into the hall to get to the students that have camped out inside. the campus is in upper manhattan which has been a focal point of student protests that have spread to dozens of universities and schools across the us, expressing opposition to israel's war in gaza. police are, quote, clearing it out, as they marched to the barricaded entrance to the building and police action comes hours after new york mayor eric adams and the nypd held a joint press conference where they blamed professional outside agitators escalating the situation and said that it was in public safety issue, that was what they said. let's move

geopolitics is another theme, with focus on a potential ceasefire in the israel—gaza conflict.to 0livier d'assierfrom simcorp. it was a bit of a disappointment last week and in april, right? we saw markets weaken, and then we saw sentiment weaken as well, because we started the year thinking they would be as many as six cuts by the fed, even though the fed told us there would only be about three, and now we are left hoping forjust one, or one and a half, and i think that's something that caught markets by surprise in late april. but they seem to be moving on right now, because the earnings season in full swing. it's almost over, another two weeks, and then... and earnings were good, right? but the expectations were limited. it was an easy one to beat — up 5.3 so far — and i think the market expectation was something at 3.2 or 3.3, so we're on earnings, we're good on consumer spending, we're good on the economy, so the market carries on. if we look at a geopolitical impact, the israel—gaza conflict, there seems to be a potential cease—fire making headlines. could we see an appet

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we start with the latest on the israel gaza war. head of the us central intelligence agency, william burns, is in cairo to help try to mediate a ceasefire deal between israel and hamas. hamas has confirmed that its delegation will travel to cairo today to resume talks. its delegation will travel foreign mediators have been waiting for a response from the group to an israeli proposal to halt the fighting for forty days and to exchange hostages for palestinian prisoners. it comes amid us media reports that israel has given hamas a week to agree to the current proposal or it will begin its long—threatened offensive in gaza's southernmost city, rafah. israel insists that is necessary to defeat hamas�*s remaining fighters. but there has been widespread international concern over the fate of the more than one—million palestinians sheltering there. our correspondent anna foster is injerusalem. welcome to you, and we've been talking for more than a week about the latest round of talks and it seems there is increasing pressure on hamas to rea

more from israel and gaza and _ negative effect. rael and gaza and the _ negative effect. more from israel and gaza and the us _ negative effect. more from israel and gaza and the us throughoutl negative effect. more from israel i and gaza and the us throughout the day, but now we can go to russia. vladimir putin has used victory day celebrations to warn that his forces are always ready for combat and he will not allow anyone to threaten his country. victory day in moscow's red square marks the defeat of nazi germany in the second world war and commemorates the deaths of millions of soviet citizens. it features thousands of the russian military personnel and much military equipment including nuclear missiles and in a defined address vladimir putin heaped praise on his army fighting in ukraine and accused the western elites of fermenting conflicts around the world. translation: we conflicts around the world. translation:— conflicts around the world. translation: ~ ., ., ., translation: we are commemorating this victory day — translati

it also finds that, despite israel not fully cooperating with us efforts to get humanitarian aid into gazae initial months, it does not currently assess that israel is prohibiting or restricting the transport of aid supplies. it has been a difficult week for us—israel relations. presidentjoe biden said the us could suspend certain arms shipments to israel if it launches a full—scale invasion into rafah, a densley populated area where over one million civilians are sheltering and in dire need of humanitarian assistance. our state department correspondent tom bateman has this report. this report has been three months in the making. it was ordered by the white house back in february with president biden under growing pressure from human rights organisations, from part of his democratic base, over the way that american weapons were being used by the israelis in gaza. and what we have so far are the key findings that the state department here have released, and there is a key line in this report and it is this — that it is reasonable to assess, they say, that weapons supplied by the americans h

, on their position on israel— gaza, on their position on israel— gaza, on their rolling back ofs on and on. just public ownership of public services, the list goes on and on.— the list goes on and on. just to have a more — the list goes on and on. just to have a more specific— the list goes on and on. just to have a more specific question | the list goes on and on. just to l have a more specific question for the list goes on and on. just to - have a more specific question for my part, you think you picked up support from labour party voters because they have been seen to rowed back on their pledge on the environment? pit as i was about to say, voters are proactively bringing that up on the doorstep with me in bristol and across the country, yes. i would say these are local elections and people make their decisions on how they vote on local issues sometimes, like how the council is run, but also sometimes on these national and international issues. i would say that the overall theme that i'm getting from voters when i speak to them on the doorstep is that they think the conservat

gaza from here. the un wants many more to avert what it calls a man—made famine. the optics, designed to convey an israelother allies. every day, every day, we won't stop... all very different to the beginning of the war, nearly seven months ago. "we're putting a complete siege on gaza," said israel's defence minister, yoav gallant. "no electricity, no food, no water, "no gas — it's all closed." this exercise comes after weeks of pressure on israel from the international community to allow more food, medicine, supplies into gaza and after one senior un official warned israel might be committing a war crime, using food as a weapon of war. the international criminal court is reportedly considering arrest warrants for israel's war leaders. are you worried that you, other senior idf officers, might be charged with war crimes as a consequence of that? we never set any bar, any limit regarding the entrance of humanitarian aid and specifically not food. the un and aid agencies say that simply isn't true. here, the charity world central kitchen reopened, a month after seven of its workers, including three briton

access to gaza has always been highly controlled by israel.last conflict you were able to spend multiple weeks on the ground, even while fighting raged. what is different this time? bill: in 2014, a couple of days before the 50-day war began, i ran across the border with a free pass from the israelis to go into gaza. i had been multiple times. we could get into the enclave. peter from the guardian, we cross in, and we could immediately begin to work. we quickly worked with them and we got into the car and we could drive and go anywhere. we had free movement in 2014. 2014 wasn't the same war as this one is. they began with more strategic strikes. they hit where they aimed, the israelis, and then it became more of a ground war, much more use of tanks and artillery. but we could go wherever we wanted to. it wasn't crazy, it wasn't dangerous, and we were pretty methodical but there were no real guardrails on the situation . at the same time in 2014, i slept every night at the hotel on the beach and had breakfast and dinner. hazem went home to his

israel's latest attack on rafah has left at least five people dead. armed factions in gazaesponded to the israeli strikes by firing rockets into southern israel. celebrations broke out in gaza as news of the potential breakthrough reached palestinians. but earlier in the day civilians in eastern rafah began to flee after the israeli military dropped leaflets warning them to evacuate ahead of a limited ground operation against hamas. 100,000 refugees have been told to move to what israel is calling an expanded humanitarian zone near khan younis, but gazans say the area is already overcrowded. jordan's king abdullah ii is in the us on a state visit. in a meeting at the white house on monday, jordanian officials say the king told presidentjoe biden a ground invasion into rafah would lead to a new massacre and risk spilling over into the wider region. in new york the un sectetary—general antonio guterres told reporters that israel invading rafah would be intolerable. our special correspondent fergal keane has more details. they haven't had reason to dance for a long time. but t

— israel and gaza? well, iran has been indirectly _ israel and gaza? ved - israel and gaza? well, iran has been indirectly involved in - been indirectly involved in this war on the side of the axis of resistance so—called with its allies, the houthis, and a share in iraq and also hamas. so even though it is not a direct involvement or confrontation, in a way it is party to the war, and so that has consumed much of the country's general foreign policy. now the country will have to turn inward and resolve this chaos, and it will take away from the resources they are investing on theirforeign policy and it will create disruptions, political disruptions, political disruptions, potentially social also, the country is coming out of two years of mass protests, anti—government protests, and very serious crisis, this president if in fact dead, the late president or the president was not a very popular one, and so to try to replace and also would just be a probably adding more fuel to that fire. i would just be a probably adding more fuel to that fire.— more fuel

rafah because unintelligible rockets can be fired because it came from lebanon, from within gaza may be because israelore than gaza, so it's the only place to fire rockets, even with some clashes and some rockets coming but like unrwa big one and killing three israeli soldiers and wounding others, it makes a threat to israeli security said shehata benjamin netanyahu so this gives them more, like, you know, insisting to do that even unintelligible international community because of the catastrophic humanitarian crisis will come out of that. and he has said he is determined to do so, even if the ceasefire negotiations had gone somewhere, he said it was their intention to invade rafah. what happened with those ceasefire negotiations? they've wrapped up, no deal was done. is that it now, of the card, for some time? unfortunately it's a problem _ for some time? unfortunately it's a problem since the - for some time? unfortunately it's a problem since the last i it's a problem since the last truce in november. there is no progress. sticking points between them, hamas insists on permanent ceasefires, withdra

tom: the israel—gaza war was neverfarfrom the minds of festival—goers here in cannes, and it certainlys from the middle east when they were screened. one film, shot in tel aviv before the current conflict, was a documentary that piqued my interest. it was called the belle from gaza. # tell me, baby, baby do i walk like a boy? # do i speak like a boy? the belle from gaza shows transgender women, several from palestinian families, on the streets of tel aviv, discussing their lives. documenting these trans women, who really have to struggle in the face of bigotry, was something the film's director felt was important to do. they are the future in a certain way. not because everybody should become trans, i don't say that at all, but the courage to become who you are. it's not only the pain of the operations, it's not only... it's also the cruelty of the way people look at them. and so they develop such a humanity and such an intelligence. # run, baby, run # baby, run... and also a joy and a beauty. they attract as much hate as they attract people. what do you think you learned about yoursel

gaza. is israel's operation in gaza already at scale? >> sometimes when i see these large-scale bombings whether it is in the north or in rafah, i wonder if israel is just trying to get in their last blast before they pull back. they understand they will have to moderate the attack so they are trying to blast through. they claimed they killed a major battalion commander this morning with bombs. sometimes i think it is almost like a fireworks display where you go big and then cut it off. >> in the u.s., we have seen the speaker of the house my johnson city israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu will announce a joint session of congress. what do you think of this? >> i am glad you mentioned it. biden earned his summer vacation at the beach this weekend -- it is memorial day weekend -- but there is trouble on tuesday when he comes back to work.

and and so israel has offered gaza israel has offered the west bank. and in each case, in every single case, they have been rebuffed. you ask any of these protesters just the basic facts, simple, easy facts about this history, and they know nothing about it. yeah. julian. julian epstein. julian, it has been an absolute pleasure talking to you on what is a sad day for the united states as. we watch this what is essentially been a riot on the campus of one of the major u.s. universities, ucla here in l.a. cannot thank you enough for the historical perspective and analysis you've given us in these early hours of the morning. julian, thank and let me put a button on this with ted williams as well. ted, i believe you're still with us. it's still a let's put a law enforcement button on this, ted, as we wrap up this hour of our coverage. extraordinary to me now at least 2 hours into what is essentially been a riot on this campus. not a single lapd officer. yes, it is extraordinary. and it is a embarrassment that california probably never live down of what we

access to gaza has always been highly controlled by israel.last conflict you were able to spend multiple weeks on the ground, even while fighting raged. what is different this time? bill: in 2014, a couple of days before the 50-day war began, i ran across the border with a free pass from the israelis to go into gaza. i had been multiple times. we could get into the enclave. peter from the guardian, we cross in, and we could immediately begin to work. we quickly worked with them and we got into the car and we could drive and go anywhere. we had free movement in 2014. 2014 wasn't the same war as this one is. they began with more strategic strikes. they hit where they aimed, the israelis, and then it became more of a ground war, much more use of tanks and artillery. but we could go wherever we wanted to. it wasn't crazy, it wasn't dangerous, and we were pretty methodical but there were no real guardrails on the situation . at the same time in 2014, i slept every night at the hotel on the beach and had breakfast and dinner. hazem went home to his

but the claim that israel deliberately hampering medical services in gaza, or that rafah is the last cannot be left unanswered. studio: the principal deputy legal adviser of the ministry of foreign affairs of israel, speaking live at the international court ofjustice at the hague. let us bring in our correspondent anna holligan parfor us and listening across. today israel has been responding to what the south african side put forward yesterday, perhaps we should talk about their main accusations and how israel has responded today. yes. israel has responded today. yes, south africa _ israel has responded today. yes, south africa has _ israel has responded today. yes, south africa has accused - israel has responded today. t2: south africa has accused israel of violating the genocide convention essentially and asked the judges for an urgent injunction. these provisional measures. to prevent the situation from deteriorating further. it wants the judges to call an immediate ceasefire for idf troops to withdraw from rafah, for humanitarian aid to be guaranteed and for the unimpeded access

israel continues its attacks in gaza, including in rafah, despite the un's top court ordering it to immediately stop its offensive there on friday. the european union's top diplomat says the bloc will have to make a choice between supporting israel, or international institutions and the rule of law. with south africa's general election just days away, will nelson mandela's legacy be enough to secure another anc win, or will voters turn away? as political parties hold their final campaign rallies, an opinion poll released on friday suggested that the governing african national congress was losing ground. now on bbc news... talking movies: cannes film festival special. hello from the french riviera. welcome to talking movies. and our look back at highlights from one of the world's biggest and most exciting international movie events, the cannes film festival. meryl streep and juliet binoche jointly declare the cannes film festival officially open. it is a veritable feast, a combination of blockbusters... together with some great international cinema. including a first film in competition from ind

in israel and gaza, as we'vejust been hearing, is war in israel and gaza, as we've just been hearingen tasked with reassuring allies in this region that the us is to extend help should anything happen and continue to support places like taiwan and the philippines with whatever is going on in the south china sea, there have been quite a few skirmishes between china and the philippines and the recent weeks and months. we philippines and the recent weeks and months. ~ ., , weeks and months. we have seen those chinese _ weeks and months. we have seen those chinese military _ those chinese military manoeuvres that have been taking place, and really, taiwan is furious about it, of course. where are we in terms of tensions in the region at the moment?— of tensions in the region at the moment? well, if we talk about the _ the moment? well, if we talk about the us _ the moment? well, if we talk about the us and _ the moment? well, if we talk about the us and china - about the us and china relationship, it has been extremely frosty for some time. there was a somewhat thawed last november when

it with the war between israel and gaza? , , ' . with the war between israel and gaza?xtremely difficult to speculate at this _ gaza? it is extremely difficult to speculate at this moment. i gaza? it is extremely difficult to speculate at this moment. but l gaza? it is extremely difficult to | speculate at this moment. but if there is any links to any foreign government for this accident, then thatis government for this accident, then that is going to change the dynamics tremendously, tremendously, and that would be a totally different scenario. let's not forget that iran and israel were involved in almost a kind of war a few weeks ago. iran attacked israel with hundreds of missiles, drones, missiles including cruise missiles are ballistic missiles, some of which reached israel and landed in an air base. so if there is a foreign government involved in this crash, that definitely changes the scenario 100%. but we still do not know yet. it mightjust be because of the fog and the weather conditions that the helicopter crashed. so and the weather conditions that the helicop

yesterday we saw long-range rockets fired from gaza toward central israel and just after that, horrificemerging from gaza's southernmost city of rafah. the screams of palestinian civilians pierced the air of rafah. with nothing but buckets of water, bystanders try to extinguish the inferno. it is a hell on earth. we went to the house and we didn't find anyone. when we checked over the wall and found a girl and a young man who had been cut into pieces. the israeli military tells fox news that they launched air strikes in rafah and were targeting to senior hamas militants. both killed in the strikes overnight. the idf acknowledged reports of civilian casualties and said they are reviewing the incident. sunday's bombardment comes after the international court of justice orders israel to halt the military operations in rafah. a move israel rejected siding more than 120 hostages still being held by hamas and continued rocket fire from the gaza strip. yesterday hamas targeted central israel with a barrage of long-range rockets. this morning the e.u.'s foreign policy chief joseph burrell calle

israel says it will deepen its attack on rafah in southern gaza until hamas is eliminated, or the first of the remaining hostages are released. all the defence minister said israel was ready to make compromises to secure their return but insisted that hamas only responded to force. israel has sent a delegation to cairo to resume negotiations, and hamas says the talks will be the last chance for a hostage release. israeli forces went into rafah on monday night, in defiance of international pressure, seizing the border crossing with egypt. the un secretary general antonio guterres has warned that a full—scale assault on rafah would cause a humanitarian nightmare. paul adams sent this report from jerusalem. a deal may now be tantalizingly close. but in rafah, israel's military pressure is relentless. today, severing gaza's last link with the outside world, the crossing point into egypt. and raising theirflag, sending an unmistakable message to hamas. the noose is tightening. the sounds of approaching war echo among the displaced. hundreds of thousands of palestinians living in the sand aga

says the move aims to prevent home us smuggling weapons into gaza. israel has expanded its ground operation in southern gaza despite international condemnation, over civilian casualties. also coming up valid counting has begun in south africa in what's being called the most important election since the end of apartheid. the amc fighting to hold onto power and desperately seeking shelter. pakistan's for bear the brunt of an unprecedented heat wave made worse by climate change. the welcome to our show. so you can do the invalid. israel's military says it has taken full control of the strip of land that serves as a buffer zone between gaza and egypt is really military cleaning the philadelphia cord or provides a weapon smuggling root into the gaza for her most militants. but it's also a key part of a delicate piece arrangement between egypt and israel is really helicopters firing towards rafa near the southern most city and gaza, where israel's military says it is seized control of a key stretch of land. the 14 kilometer philadelphia cord or that as long served as a buffer zone between gaza an

our community were shirts taped with a number they've been held captive most heartbreaking in israel and gaza the death and suffering includes children. as educators, too often we are called upon to address heart wrenching events that occur far beyond the walls of our classroom. young students tied to israel or gaza some deeply traumatized by but they hear sit side-by-side in the classrooms. they are friends. we work hard to make sure they are all seen at a safe. our babies sometimes say hurtful things. we are mindful that all kids make mistakes. we know that our staff are not immune to the missteps either and we don't ignore them when they occur. when the days of october 7, we began providing resources to families and educators about how to support our children and each other. since october 7, the district has had complaints alleging anti-semitism from nine incidences within our jurisdiction. however, anti-semitism is not pervasive and berkeley unified school district. when investigations showed an event has occurred, we take action to teach, correct and redirect our students. we do not shar

gaza and the only obstacle now is hamas. the group, considered a terror organisation by the uk and us, has until wednesday evening to respond to the proposal. mr blinken is in israelac herzog in tel aviv. he's now due to meet the prime minister, benjamin netanyahu. mr blinken also met some of the families of the hostages being held by hamas in gaza. he told demonstrators outside the us will not rest until everybody is home. certainly, we're seeing some familiar themes coming up again on this trip. there is this deal that is currently on the table and you feel he is very much trying to keep up the pressure, putting the onus on hamas to accept what he says is an extraordinarily generous offer being made by israel. it would see, we understand, a a0 day ceasefire in gaza in return for more than 30 israeli hostages in the initial stages. those more vulnerable hostages being brought back home, in exchange for palestinian prisoners being released from israeli jails. you can sense the frustration of some of the israeli hostages' families. they were demonstrating outside the building where the us secretary of state was meeting the israeli president earlier. they really wan

we begin with the latest on the israel-gaza war. een saying, the un's highest court has ruled israel must immediately halt its military offensive in rafah. south africa as the international court of justice to issue the order as an emergency measure, argued that israel's actions amounted to a genocidal operation and threaten the survival of the palestinian people. the icj made several rulings today in addition to calling for israel to halt its military operation in rafah. the court ordered it open the rafah crossing with egypt for the entry of humanitarian aid. it also wants israel to ensure access to gaza for investigators and fact-finding missions. the judges called on hamas to immediately and unconditionally release hostages taken in the seventh of october attack on israel. the icj can make legally binding rulings in dispute between nations but had little way of enforcing its orders. however, it's given israel a month to update on the progress. let's hear from the judge. >> the court considered than in conformity with obligations

gaza from that route. there are other crossings that allow aid in from israel but traditionally they have seen lower volumesave been holed there as well as the israeli military are next tighter checks on trucks going into gaza to make sure aid is not being funnelled to hamas and to ensure weapons and other armoury are not being funnelled into gaza through that route. israelare funnelled into gaza through that route. israel are stressing it is —— its operation around rafah has eliminated but needs to continue to eliminated but needs to continue to eliminate hamas battalions holding out there, it's as posing a threat to the idf and civilian population. international partners are warning hundreds of thousands of palestinian refugees who already had been. from homes earlier in the conflict have had to flee from rafah because of intensify military operations there and that will be discussed at the international court ofjustice today when israel puts its defence at its military operation around rafah does not constitute a genocidal act but is focused on eliminating hamas. figs is focused on eliminating hamas. as y

we believe the current campaign of israel in gaza is not going to ensure israel security but we haveong felt israel deserves that sense of security but -- host: when you say a two state solution what are your thoughts on who leads the palestinian people certainly in the short term there's an issue of who's in the lead gaza. >> our engagements are with the palestinian authority. we don't decide who leads people anywhere so certainly not israel. we sometimes get this question about how you feel about the netanyahu government, that's outside of our control. what we believe is the way forward is to states living side-by-side in peace. saudi arabia has long supported the rights of palestinian staff their own sovereign state. we have provided economic assistance to them over the years and we've been very clear and consistent and at some point there's no need to reinvestigate. i think the two state solution is the only sense of the way forward. host: a democrat in burnsville, maryland. caller: good morning. i don't think this guy represents all the muslim countries, they are doing the same

after losing seats to independence, a reporter in oldham, kevin fitzpatrick, told us whether the israel gaza had an impact on votes in the area which has a muslim population. well, it certainly contributed. this is a borough where labor has been struggling politically over a number of years, losing council seats and even leaders. but it does appear that anger over the conflict in gaza and labour's initial reluctance to call for a ceasefire has done real damage and cost control of this council. it's also had an impact elsewhere in labour strongholds across greater manchester, places like tameside and bolton, rochdale. even in the city centre, one or two council seats have gone to independents or parties standing on a pro gaza platform and over in lancashire in blackburn with darwen, eight council seats have been taken today by independents standing in support of gaza but therefore have been lost by labour and four have been lost by the conservatives. there's just a scattering of seats being affected in this way at the moment, but it does appear clear now that the main parties can be affected

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but israel's army has also now returned to fighting in northern gaza. senior military officials publicly fear past gains may be lost. warned by israel's military of a major advance, the tens of thousands who fled to rafah are fleeing again. "this is the tenth time we're evacuating," said this man. "i'm a journalist. i should be telling others where to go." shattered neighborhoods of eastern rafah are now eerily quiet. those that haven't left caring for the wounded and for the dead. israel's military says dozens of terrorists have been killed. >> our operations against hamas in rafah remains limited in scope. >> reporter: but the army has launched a new operation in the north, saying hamas is trying to re-establish itself there. in expanded strikes up and down the strip the israel defense forces said it hit more than 150 terror targets in the past day. with more funerals like these held in their wake. outside her makeshift shelter, jamila abu jabara lost nearly her entire family in an israeli strike. "my 8-year-old son's body is still under the rubble," s

at ucla move in on protestors amid more demonstrations against the war in gaza popping up at universities across the us. israelllowing in more humanitarian aid. russia's war trophies on display in moscow, as the kremlin shows off the western military hardware it has managed to seize. hello, i'm sumi somaskanda. thank you forjoining us. we start with rising unrest on college campuses across the us unfolding right now, as pro—palestinian protesters demonstrate against the israel—gaza war. these are live images of what's happening right now on the campus of the university of california los angeles where students are gathering on the school's tongva steps near the main protest encampment. thursday's classes have been cancelled as tensions remain high on the campus there in la. the chancellor of ucla announced an investigation after pro—israeli demonstrators appeared to attack a pro—palestinian encampment early wednesday. the chancellor says the investigation could lead to arrests and expulsions.

and israel, despite the fact that the united states continues to give enormous support to israel in its war in gaza. we have seen over the course of this week as president biden made these very public statements threatening to withhold additional weapons shipments to israel if it moves forward with a major ground offensive in rafah. and just yesterday, we heard from the israeli prime minister of firing back, essentially saying that israel will fight alone if it needs to and talking about this disagreement and with president biden hoping that the us and israel can get over this latest disagreements as, as he sees it, there is no sense drawn despite these tensions that israel is going to back down from its current plans to expand its military activity, to expand into potentially a full-throated ground offensive, into rafah for into those population centers that president biden has drawn as a red line here, all indications are that from israeli officials that i've been speaking to, that they are defiant in the face of this enormous and mounting us pressure. there are of course realities on the ground,

israel has ordered thousands more people to leave the city of rafah in southern gaza, as it presses onh its military campaign there against hamas. the israel defense forces have declared a narrow coastal strip at al—mawasi to be a safe humanitarian zone, but the un says it has no running water or proper sanitation. israel says that since monday, about 300,000 palestinians have already fled rafah. the us is still urging israel not to mount a full—scale assault on the city. and in the north, there are evacuations in the city of jabalia as the idf says that it has been carrying out air strikes. it says hamas fighters are regrouping there. from jerusalem, here's our middle east correspondent, yolande knell. another desperate exodus. palestinians fleeing in their thousands, as israel signals it is now set to push further into the gaza's southernmost city, issuing new evacuation orders. "what should we do?" hanan asks. "do we wait until we all die on top of each other? we've decided it is better to leave." israel has said it's taking action against hamas in one of its last strongholds and tr

israel has said it doesn't targetjournalists. and while palestinian journalists in gaza more than 50 uk and us journalists signed an open letter calling on israel and egypt to provide foreign media access to gaza. one of the signatories was the bbc�*sjeremy bowen. israel has taken some journalists on escorted trips to gaza — doing so, it says, to allow them to report safely. you have to ask the question. if they're not letting people in, except under occasional, very tightly supervised trips with the military, if they're not letting people in, do they have something to hide? conflict, authoritarianism, democratic decline — as we've seen, all three affect press freedom in different ways. there's another factor, too. technology has changed howjournalism is targeted. news organisations can now find their websites blocked or their satellite signals are jammed. the bbc is one of the world's biggest news broadcasters, and it estimates that more than 3 billion people live in countries where bbc world service content is censored. and the bbc and other news organisations are look

we start with the war in gaza and let's bring you these live pictures from the israel gaza border, where the israeli bombardment has been particularly intense around rafah. more than a million palestinian refugees are sheltering in the city in the south of the strip. it's emerged that the us paused a shipment of bombs to israel last week, over fears they might be used in an assault on rafah — that's according to a senior administration official who's been speaking to cbs news, the bbc�*s media partner in the us. israel says it will deepen its attack on rafah, until hamas is eliminated, or the first of the remaining hostages are released. israeli forces went into rafah on monday night in defiance of international pressure, seizing the border crossing with egypt. the un secretary general, antonio guterres, has warned that a full—scale assault on rafah would cause a humanitarian nightmare. qatar has called for international intervention to prevent the city from being invaded. our middle east correspondent, yolande knell, is injerusalem. we know that for weeks now the us has been warning isr