let me play you a bit about james cleverly, the uk l bit about james cleverly, the uk foreign secretaryying this does not breach international law. the uk government is absolutely committed to the adherence of international human law and when the we see breaches of that, will raise it, including with israel. are you saying you haven't seen breaches thus far? the point is, the clear difference is from statements coming from israel saying that they respect and will abide by international humanitarian law and hamas, on the other hand, who are specifically targeting civilians, specifically putting palestinian civilians in harm's way, hiding their terrorist infrastructure in amongst civilian infrastructure and the distinction is clear. what do you say to that? him saying that i must buy as our hiding among the population of gaza —— hamas fighters. the population of gaza -- hamas fiihters. ., ., ., . fighters. you cannot compare one and the other. fighters. you cannot compare one and the other- the — fighters. you cannot compare one and the other. the state _ fighters. you cannot compare one

james. cleverlya risk, though, that of war crimes that the humanitarian rights of those in gaza could be violated by israeli troops? and what would you say to that? >> so i have raised the importance of international law and the and the and the minimisation of civilian casualties directly with the israeli government. president herzog, the president of israel, has reaffirmed israel's commitment to international law and their desire to minimise civilian casualties. as i said, one of the challenges is that hamas habitually puts palestinians in harm's way as part of their wider efforts . part of their wider efforts. they are a terrorist organisation and they use terrorist tactic s and those tactics are not exclusively directed towards israelis. they are also . so there are millions are also. so there are millions of palestinians living in gaza under the yoke of a terrorist organisation and hamas actions are putting those palestinian lives at risk . lives at risk. >> well, on that point, james cleverly yo

that was james cleverly. there were — terrorists. that was james cleverly.terrorists. that was james cleverly. there were siren meetings - terrorists. that was james cleverly. there were siren meetings after - terrorists. that was james cleverly. | there were siren meetings after that meeting. let me show you that. you can see from that video clip that mr cleverly had to run into a building for protection as those sirens were heard ringing in the background. so, some of whatjames heard ringing in the background. so, some of what james cleverly has been going through, one leg of the initial bits of diplomacy that are going on. we know the us secretary of state is also heading to the middle east today. antony blinken plans to visit israel first and then go tojordan. the us secretary of defence, lloyd austin, has been meeting with nato allies in brussels and said america's support for israel will not affect its commitment in ukraine. ., ., commitment in ukraine. continuing to su ort commitment in ukraine. continuing to support both — commitment in ukraine. cont

james cleverly says the findings — into the region.ill be published. - into the region. james cleverly says | the findings will be published. when will that happen?— will that happen? again, it's right we let our intelligence _ will that happen? again, it's right we let our intelligence services i we let our intelligence services work _ we let our intelligence services work to — we let our intelligence services work to the evidence and talk to allies— work to the evidence and talk to allies to — work to the evidence and talk to allies to establish. this is a complicated situation. it's right that we — complicated situation. it's right that we approach it with a common -oal that we approach it with a common goal manner. don't rush to premature judgment _ goal manner. don't rush to premature judgment. that's what we're doing. how concerned are you that israel may be breaking international law? and has the right to defend itself over this — and has the right to defend itself over this appalling act of terrorism and they— over this appalli

of course, james cleverly on james cleverly still there on his breaking news his feet.hat he is planning to visit the region again today. we'll have the latest for from the very latest for you from westminster. here westminster. stay with us here on desk. on the live desk. >> hi there. it's aidan mcgivern here the met office with here from the met office with the gb news forecast. >> babbitt is moving >> storm babbitt is moving through next days, through over the next few days, bringing windy to bringing wet and windy to weather the uk, weather much of the uk, particularly the north. particularly towards the north. but babbitt been but the reason babbitt has been named because the risk of named is because of the risk of truly exceptional amounts of rainfall eastern scotland rainfall across eastern scotland in particular during thursday and friday. at first the and into friday. at first the rain is affecting wales, the south of england and during the rest of wednesday that rain moves into west wales, north wales, the midlands as well as eventually northern ireland. it's

the arab leaders, in his wider region —— in the wider region already is his secretary of state james cleverlyetary james cleverl is here? the foreign secretary james cleverly is in _ here? the foreign secretary james cleverly is in egypt _ here? the foreign secretary james cleverly is in egypt today. - here? the foreign secretary james cleverly is in egypt today. he - here? the foreign secretary james cleverly is in egypt today. he is - cleverly is in egypt today. he is holding talks with the egyptian leadership, but that's all about the aid, possibility of moving aid into gaza. the uk has been talking about already moving aid into an airfield in egypt and positioning it so it can then cross that border when it is open. so that discussion is happening there, along with james cleverly putting forward the uk's desire to try to open up border crossing in the opposite direction. so to let people get out of gaza, foreign nationals, british citizens, of whom there are quite a number trapped in gaza at the minute. so thatis trapped in gaza at the minute. so that is one focus. in his meetings in isra

. —— james cleverly. fluctuating number that we get in the report. ——james cleverly. programme. people feel that they are getting enough information from the government?— enough information from the government? well, i think that --eole government? well, i think that peeple here — government? well, i think that people here are _ government? well, i think that people here are just _ government? well, i think that people here are just desperate | government? well, i think that i people here are just desperate for any kind of innovation that they can get, particularly those who are linked to the families involved. inevitably, they cannot get as much information as they want, because the fate of some of these hostages is simply unknown. now, some of them are calling on the british government to do more to try to intervene, but i think that from the number of posters you see that i've been plastered up around the square, you just get a sense of the feeling of desperation and helplessness of the people when you look at the faces of those featured in these posters. these are

in particular, prime minister rishi sunak and foreign secretary james cleverly being in cairo , jamesverly being in cairo, both in the last few days trying to conduct some humanity , korean to conduct some humanity, korean diplomacy there to get vital aid to the gazans . but at the same to the gazans. but at the same time, of course, supporting israel's duty, they say, to defend themselves. that's seen as a tacit support for a ground invasion as israel gears up to do what it describes as the destruction of the hamas military capabilities starting in the north that we believe also going on to that secondary objective further south. should that order come imminently. so a strong statement from king abdullah of jordan in cairo, and that reflects the wider arab mood where there are still protests across the region this morning in ramallah , in the west morning in ramallah, in the west bank, the idf said that they've now arrested some 670 palestine opinions since the atrocities of october the 7th. many of them, they say, suspected of belonging to or supporting the hamas terror group . they

and james cleverly, foreign secretary the sirens went off. e sirens went off. and james cliisrael, to show gn secretary the sirens went off. and james cliisrael, to show supportetary the sirens went off. and james cliisrael, to show support ,ary the sirens went off. and james cliisrael, to show support , had in israel, to show support, had to to safety as indeed now to head to safety as indeed now many people right across israel are being told to do, especially with if you are just joining us, the breaking news that it appears a second front has opened up in this israel conflict and that has been opened up by hezbollah in lebanon , who have been firing lebanon, who have been firing projectiles potentially as well. drones almost definitely drones actually across northern israel , i believe. we also have footage, a live camera of gaza as well , which is the other as well, which is the other aspect of this. so if we can get that up in a second time now, and i'll go back to charlie peters, who's our reporter in tel aviv. charlie, gaza, which we ar

james cleverly in the newsroom.l with the foreign office calling his visit a sign of the uk's un unwavering solidarity with the israeli people. israel is intensify its assault on hamas terrorists , assault on hamas terrorists, striking roads, buildings and other sites in gaza as huge numbers of reinforcements move towards the enclave. more than 200 targets were hit in a neighbourhood used by hamas to launch its attacks. israeli troops killed at least 1000 palestinian gunmen who infiltrated from gaza. sirens were heard in the north of israel this morning, warning of a possible incoming aerial threats from lebanon or syria , threats from lebanon or syria, raising fears the fighting could spark a broader international conflict . right now, these conflict. right now, these pictures are coming to us live from gaza where you can see the scale of the damage following the latest round of airstrikes. medecins sans frontieres describes the situation as catastroph sick with ovennhelmed hospitals struggling to cope amid intense

and also james cleverly, egypt.lso james cleverly, the foreign secretary has been in egypt this morning meeting with his counterpart. no doubt continuing that conversation as people wait for news of when the first trucks will cross the rafah border crossing and enter what the idf call a humanitarian safe zone on the coast of al—mawasi , west of younis khan. al—mawasi, west of younis khan. charlie we are just hearing that rishi sunak will now travel to saudi arabia to meet with crown prince mohammed bin salman just explain to our viewers and listeners why this meeting is happening, what potentially it could achieve and the role that saudi arabia plays. could achieve and the role that saudi arabia plays . here well, saudi arabia plays. here well, saudi arabia plays. here well, saudi arabia plays. here well, saudi arabia is a key influencing nation on how other arab nations react . it has been arab nations react. it has been leading many of those conversations with the israelis , conversations with the israelis, and pa

this is the foreign secretary, james cleverly - the message.mes cleverly come l the message. this is the foreign l secretary, james cleverly come as you have said, he has put out this message tonight in which he just pretty much says that israel is expanding the military campaign against hamas, that the uk's top priority remains the safety of british nationals in gaza and the region which is something that uk government has been saying since the start of this war. he also goes on to say that uk supports israel's right to self—defense in line with international law and continues to push for the protection of palestinian civilians. again, things we've heard the government say before being reiterated tonight in response to this.— response to this. thank you very much for that. _ response to this. thank you very much for that. now _ response to this. thank you very much for that. now the - response to this. thank you very | much for that. now the response response to this. thank you very - much for that. now the response from the israeli government

james cleverly will then go on to out of capitals and also to talk it. and he's going to and cut out he's going to title, and you'll also be in too hot in the cutter for talks. there was you soon. i believe that those 3 countries can help perhaps, mediate, and then submit the escalation in the fighting. and then president, my criminal france will be here on friday as well. this is what's known in american political speech as a full court press, coming and expressing support for israel, but perhaps adding them to keep to the death toll in gaza as low as possible. even though we see a mountain every single day. okay. and for the moment, thanks very much for bringing us the latest that from kind of a is there any strikes of talk to the areas close to villages in southern lebanon is really missiles of a poor sleeping 5 nick, half a shiver is already on me. says it's hit, has bull positions as well evacuated as towns along the board with less than enough repeats of exchanges of shelling. to do us as veto to draw off to un security council resolution calling f

he goes on to say james cleverly will meet survivors of the attack and also senior leaders in israel for its right to defend itself. as we know as well so the attack on gaza that is continuing as attack on gaza that is continuing as a direct consequence of the actions of hamas and at the same time as well has been accused of breaking international law, people pointing to the siege of gaza and the fact that fuel, food and water is not able to get in at the moment. nonetheless israel says it is continuing to build up troops near gaza and says hundreds of thousands of troops are now being readied and we now await the consequences of any action that they may take in the coming hours or days. any action that they may take in the coming hours or days. any sense that the are coming hours or days. any sense that they are concerned _ coming hours or days. any sense that they are concerned about _ coming hours or days. any sense that they are concerned about what - coming hours or days. any sense that they are concerned about what is - they are concerned about what is happening to mike will sp

as far as i can treat, james cleverly was in israel to continue sharing britain's unequivocal support for the x ray, the government. this off to a prime minister, richie. see you next said air false. he would be prepared to provide israel with intelligence with security and with diplomatic support. james privately met with survivors of the home ass attack that also with leading lawmakers. no one point was forced to take cover with his x ray, the counterpart, a like cohen, when air raid sirens went off. but cleverly, along with the whole of the british government, is under a tremendous amount of pressure to underline exactly what gets humanitarian conditions are based off the israel blockade, the flow of a food of medicine. i'm few to go as something that, of course will have a huge impact on people on the ground as the head of amnesty you case as it is and tiny, right, but cleverly is offering his support to israeli civilians who have suffered in these completely upholding attacks bob's mister cleverly should also be urging old apologies to the.

james cleverly said they would take note of that.id the uk's diplomatic focus remains on british nationals, humanitarian aid in preventing tensions. that is something that opposition parties are backing. sir keir starmer at prime minister's questions talked about the importance of getting medicine, food and water into gaza and stressed the importance of staying within international law. the snp leader stephen flynn also joined with the prime minister and the labour leader in condemning the attacks, but he has gone further. he called for an immediate ceasefire.— immediate ceasefire. helen catt there. our top story this afternoon. claims and counter—claims surround the attack on a gaza hospital which hamas says killed hundreds of people. still to come, andrew malkinson, wrongly imprisoned for 17 years for a rape he didn't commit, tells us he may be waiting two years for his compensation. coming up on bbc news, can afghanistan cause another shock at the cricket world cup? they're currently taking on new zealand in chennai and are provin

i was with james cleverly the foreign secretary today, and we walked in a house that was still havinga ward zone and this is just one house, from thousands of houses which have been invaded by hamas and targeted, only innocent people, people have no ability to defend themselves, so this barbarism has got to be stopped and israel has got the obligation to do that, and they need to fight terrorism and the uk more than any other country should know that because you were fighting terrorism. i know that because you were fighting terrorism. ~ ., ., , ., ., terrorism. i know that israel has a du to terrorism. i know that israel has a duty to defend — terrorism. i know that israel has a duty to defend its _ terrorism. i know that israel has a duty to defend its citizens - terrorism. i know that israel has a duty to defend its citizens but i'm| duty to defend its citizens but i'm wondering whether levelling gaza does that? if wondering whether levelling gaza does that? , ., , wondering whether levelling gaza doesthat? , ., ., does that? if you sit and do nothing. — does that? if you sit and do

for cover on the visit to israel as well as foreign ministry released video footage, showing james cleverly and officials hiring indoors in ok. 70 offered some authority with his reading and said, hip civilian casualties could be i'll just say, where is the bulk as in london, with more on the visit, britain foreign secretary james cleverly was in israel to continue sharing britain's unequivocal support for the s rated government. this off to a prime minister. wish you see next said air false. he would be prepared to provide israel with intelligence with security and with diplomatic support. james kindly met with survivors of the have mass attack out also we leading little made cuz no one point was forced to take cover with his x ray, the counterpart, a like co in when air raid sirens went off. but cleverly, along with the whole of the british government, is under a tremendous amount of pressure to underline exactly what gets humanitarian conditions are. based off, the israel blockaded the flow of food of medicine. i'm few to go as something that of course will have a huge impact on people o

james cleverly is expected to look for cooperation on the movement of migrants as the government lookso stop cross—channel small boat crossings . he also plans to crossings. he also plans to launch a british chamber of commerce to boost trade between the two countries and experts believe net migration to the uk is unlikely to drop below 250,000 a year by the end of the decade. net migration stood at 606,000 last year, with the war in ukraine and arrivals from hong kong contributing to the numbers . the migration numbers. the migration observatory at the university of oxford and the london school of economics say going fonnard the figure will largely be driven by internal students executive di rector internal students executive director of migration watch dr. mike jones says the projections are overly optimistic . are overly optimistic. >> i'd be surprised if the net migration figures came below 300,000. i'd simply because they assume that student emigration will remain at around 80. but robert jenrick has said that the number of people staying here long term is around 40. and he gets t

james cleverly, the uk's foreign secretary talking to journalists a short time ago.iden has condemned these attacks. the us president. we understand he is being constantly updated and briefed on what is happening in israel. and in gaza. this is the live shot of garzo where 200 palestinians have been killed 2oo palestinians have been killed and over 1000 injured —— of gaza. we will continue to keep you up—to—date on one of the biggest escalations in the conflict in israel and the palestinians in years. almost 2oo palestinians in years. almost 2oo palestinians killed but the figures from israel are horrifying for people there too, at least 100 israelis killed. 800 others wounded as well. as i mentioned, this is one of the biggest escalations we have seenin of the biggest escalations we have seen in this conflict for many, many years. the israeli military right now, as you can see, carrying out these air strikes in the gaza strip in response to this huge, major, surprise attack that took place this morning by palestinian militants. it is still still ongoing and we are h

um, what we have seen very clearly is james, cleverly meeting with easiest way to counter part of the cohen visiting also the survivors of the attack on the weekend having also to take cover when visiting a town in southern areas, the rail as a result of air raid sirens going off the car leaves also under a huge amount of pressure to drill a clear cut line on the haze. she might have turned in position. given that is ro as blockaded the arrival of medicine or food of fuel into gauze o, obviously affecting the humanitarian standard to solve the palestinian stock bearing garza also was going to happen as a result of the bombing is right. so all important crossing from guns into egypt to quote so what's the heads of amnesty here in the u. k. you said about cavities trippy so it isn't tiny right for cleverly to offer his support to his righty separately. and so you've suffered in these completely upholding tax, but cleverly, you should be good policies to the conflicts, including the sort of you'll start to use to respect international humanitarian law . just to conclude richey, so you're

james cleverly, some of the politics they are.growing situation on the ground in terms of the events we are seeing. let's bring you some live pictures, those continuing strikes over gaza city. you can seejust in the bottom right corner some of the fires as a result. more than 1000 targets, israel is saying, hit in gaza. those some of the live pictures. as well as watching events there on the grounds on gaza and the politics, let's take a closer look at the music festival in israel that was targeted over the weekend by hamas leaving so many people dead. survivors who hit in bushes and orchards at the festival site near the border with gaza have called it a massacre. i rolled a fair correspondent have been looking at the videos from that attacked to piece together what actually happened. just a warning before we go to it, some viewers may find the content distressing. brute go to it, some viewers may find the content distressing.— content distressing. we have been lookin: content distressing. we have been looking closer _ content di

and james cleverly definitely didn't give us one. claire? he had a few bits where he said the opposite of what he meant, but never mind. bless his heart. >> having >> he did. he was having a little bit of trouble, sort of reading words loud, reading words out loud, which for part of for an mp is pretty much part of their job. for an mp is pretty much part of theirjob. but it for an mp is pretty much part of their job. but it was sort of a speech that didn't really come to much. i agree with james. i feel very sorry that he had to follow grant shapps who had a big announcement to make, and james quite obviously james cleverly quite obviously doesn't. i do quite like the idea of veterans as being brought the diplomatic brought into the diplomatic service. absolutely. i think that's a fantastic use of the resources and people that understand. but he seemed to then go on about brexit, about trade, about small boats, about everybody else's department other than his really , which is other than his really, which is a shame. i'd like to kno

k. 5 and secretary james cleverly seen him running for cover during the lunch and now the world watches on hoping diplomacy. moving out joining me now and the program is these really also informed a little my to on bucks. it was a speaker. nothing is really parliament from 1999 to 2003 and enter him is really president in 2000. and he was a member of the central left labour of policy mister berg, known as a vocal critic of the missing. it's in yellow and his policies, if you will still speak with the connected, what you support this new unity government. so that's a very, pretty little political question because it's thought about who sits around the table. but what is the end the game? what is the strategy? it looks now that the strategy of israel is anger and revenge and i do not support need to anger. no revenge. is it put it to go to the advisor? yes, there is a lot of sort on this in this society. there is not even one home that doesn't know somebody didn't lose somebody didn't last. somebody have people hosta has kept, wants to do, is in gaza and the sorrow is, is so the been so p

have a listen to james cleverly in his speech. nick, many thanks. cleverly in his speech.now. ., conservative party conference. here he is now. . . . he is now. i have also had the honour of— he is now. i have also had the honour of accompanying - he is now. i have also had the honour of accompanying his l he is now. i have also had the - honour of accompanying his majesty the king _ honour of accompanying his majesty the king on two state visits and my team _ the king on two state visits and my team have — the king on two state visits and my team have worked just as hard. if you are _ team have worked just as hard. if you are wondering where they are during _ you are wondering where they are during the — you are wondering where they are during the speech, they are out in the wider— during the speech, they are out in the wider world promoting britain on the wider world promoting britain on the world _ the wider world promoting britain on the world stage. all those visits and meetings and calls has allowed me to _ and meetings and calls has allowed me to hear— and meetings

james cleverly civilian lives.told the conference a concerted effort needs to be made to prevent the violence from escalating . escalating. >> we have a duty, a duty to work together to prevent instability city from engulfing the region and claiming yet more lives . we must work together to lives. we must work together to prevent the tragic situation in gaza becoming a regional conflict, gaza becoming a regional conflict , because that gaza becoming a regional conflict, because that is exactly what hamas wants . exactly what hamas wants. >> these trucks carrying humanitarian aid have now reached southern gaza . it's reached southern gaza. it's after the rafah crossing on the border with egypt was opened for the first time in two weeks. israel imposed a blockade preventing the delivery of food, water and fuel. after the hamas terror attack. the group says today's delivery won't be enough today's delivery won't be enough to change the catastrophic medical conditions on the strip . medical conditions on the strip. the

yeah. >> what is do you think, >> what is it, do you think, james cleverly assessment james cleverlyere of what could having been there of what could be diplomatically ? be achieved diplomatically? because blinken is now on his way jordan, to amman, meet way to jordan, to amman, to meet mahmoud abbas, king mahmoud abbas, the king of jordan understand ed jordan as well. we understand ed has put himself fonnard perhaps as mediator and yet as some kind of mediator and yet we've had the indication from blinken and netanyahu you cannot deal with hamas, you cannot engage with them. >> but you have to think about the 2 million or so palestinians in area of side of the in that area of the side of the isle wight. and they are they isle of wight. and they are they are sitting ducks there, aren't they? there's they? and of course, there's pressure to make sure pressure on israel to make sure they do follow the they do. they do follow the rules of war as set out in the geneva conventions. >> said this, biden >> and biden said this, biden said very clear. but >> and that's very clear. but there b

the foreign secretary, james cleverly , has secretary, james cleverly, has been doing the rounds as wellscribed the current today. he described the current situation as difficult and delicate , but he's urging delicate, but he's urging supporters of palestine to stay at home. he says there is no need for people to come out. it causes distress to the jewish community and to indicate why it's so important to have the diplomatic channels open . of diplomatic channels open. of course, with the israeli embassy, james cleverly having said this morning that i think the phrase was a significant number of british and israeli nationals are caught in the conflict . absolutely. and he's conflict. absolutely. and he's he's spoken to palestine's ambassador to the uk , husam ambassador to the uk, husam zomlot, and he's told him that it's important now for palestinian voices, people in leadership up to come out and criticise the appalling behaviour of the terrorist organisation hamas , to criticise organisation hamas, to criticise their atrocious, atrocious actions, the indiscriminate killings and the m

james cleverly civilian lives. james cleverly also told the conference that efforts need to be made to prevent an escalation in violence. >> as we have a duty, a duty to work together to prevent instability from engulfing the region and claiming yet more lives . we must work together to lives. we must work together to prevent the tragic situation in gaza becoming a regional conflict, gaza becoming a regional conflict , because that gaza becoming a regional conflict, because that is exactly what hamas wants . the exactly what hamas wants. the trucks carrying humanitarian aid have now reached southern gaza . have now reached southern gaza. >> it's after the rafah crossing on the border with egypt was opened for the first time in two weeks. israel imposed a blockade preventing the delivery of food, water and fuel. after the hamas terror attack. meanwhile israel's prime minister has vowed to continue to fight until all hostages being held by hamas are freed . it's after two are freed. it's after two american citizens j

meanwile people are sharing a video on social media showing the british foreign secretary james cleverlytaking shelter as a siren goes off in the northern parts of the occupied territories. people have also hailed resistance response to the israeli onslot on gaza. for calls on israel to end its onslot and the siege on gaza is pouring in from all over the world. the un secretary general says lifesaving supplies and including fuel, food and water, must be allowed into the bessieg territory. civilians must be protected at all times, international humanitarian law must be respected and upheld. about 22000 palestinians are now sheltered in 92 unra facilities across gaza, un premises, and all hospitals, schools and clinics must never be targeted. un are working around the clock to support the people of gaza, and i deeply regret that some of my colleagues have already paid the ultimate price. supplies, including fuel, food and water must be allowed into ghaza. we need rapid and unimpeded humanitarian access now. this is iran's for minister says tehran is ready to send humanitarian aid to gaza,

the government saying james cleverly's visit is a sign of the uk's unwavering support for the country. well let's show you some live pictures that are coming to us from gaza in the south of israel. we can tell you that night has fallen. now as you can see, a hubbub of light in the centre of shot. but very little else. the only power station that was functional has stopped working. it stopped working earlier on today. and we believe that power coming now from generators thought to be the only source of electricity in the city. well, this afternoon , the city. well, this afternoon, the city. well, this afternoon, the un chief, antonio guterres , the un chief, antonio guterres, addressed the crisis, saying crucial life saving supplies, including food and water, must be allowed into the gaza strip . be allowed into the gaza strip. >> i am concerned about the recent exchange of fire along the blue line and recent reported attacks from southern lebanon . can i appeal to all lebanon. can i appeal to all parties and those who have an influence over those parties to avoid any further escalatio

uk foreign secretary, james cleverly, is in abu dhabi in discussions trying to get aid into gaza and across the region. it is in nobody�*s interest for that to happen. i've spoken extensively with the political leadership in all the countries around israel's border — including with lebanon — and we are working to try and make sure that this does not become a regional conflict. and to iran, we've made it clear it would be completely against their own interest to see this escalate. we do not want to see the militia groups or terrorist organisations that we know they fund to get involved in this. we need to de—escalate. we need to get the humanitarian aid to the people of gaza. and we need to make sure that this terrible, terrible situation does not get any worse for the people in the region. scotland's first minister humza yousaf has also spoken about the situation in gaza today. members of his family are there and he said communications have been near impossible but he's now been able to speak to them. just this morning, before i came to this event, i heard from my mother—in—law. the

was asked about this by— but james cleverly was asked about this by a _ but james cleverly was asked. they were there visiting gaza when the conflict _ were there visiting gaza when the conflict broke out. on social media, he said _ conflict broke out. on social media, he said he _ conflict broke out. on social media, he said he hadn't been able to communicate with them. he was praying _ communicate with them. he was praying they survive the bombardment. another snp voice we've been hearing from is the party's leader. — been hearing from is the party's leader, stephen flynn who says he demands— leader, stephen flynn who says he demands parliament must be recalled if this is— demands parliament must be recalled if this is the start of a full ground _ if this is the start of a full ground invasion.— if this is the start of a full round invasion. �* , g; :: , ground invasion. it's 30 minutes ast ground invasion. it's 30 minutes past eight- _ ground invasion. it's 30 minutes past eight- a — ground invasion. it's 30 minutes past eight. a man _ ground invasion. it's 30 minutes past eight.

james cleverly wrote on social media.he uk unequivocally condemns the horrific attacks by hamas on israeli civilians. he goes on to say, the uk will always support israel's right to defend itself . and labour leader sir keir starmer has said there is no justification for this act of terror which is being perpetrated by those who seek to undermine any chance for future peace in the region. and he went on to say that israel has a right to defend herself. this is a developing story, and we will, of course, bring you more on this as we get it throughout the morning. to other news now and snp leader humza yousaf is being urged to rethink plans for independence after labour's victory in the rutherglen by—election. labour is michael shanks defeated. the scottish national party by winning 58% of the vote. it's prompted calls for usf to rethink his proposal , all but winning the majority of seats at the next general election would be a mandate for negotiations on scottish independence . meanwhile, labour independence. meanwhile, l

meanwhile, the foreign secretary , james cleverly, is secretary, james cleverly, is urging citizens whoel to register their presence . those eligible their presence. those eligible have been told not yet to go to airports unless there instructed to do so . now, the palestinian to do so. now, the palestinian president today condemned violence against civilians

how can you k fonts x ray james cleverly as arrived and as well to show on wavering support from all of this that speak to. i'll just here as the ball codes lie for us in london. so need, what's the message from the u. k. with messages very clearly, more unequivocal support for israel, from the outset that as being the starting points of the british government. and now of course we're seeing it played out on the ground with his visit by britain's foreign secretary james cleverly. he will be meeting with this right of the politicians and lawmakers, as well as we believe some of the victims off the weekends attack as follows. words coming from wishy soon act was benjamin netanyahu. earlier on in the week in which the british prime minister said that if aust britson would be prepared to provide intelligence and diplomatic supports to the as really government in the wake of these attacks of the problem is here in the u. k. that there was a tremendous amount of concern about the black and white nature in which this entire conflict is being seen without any why the contacts being referred

james cleverly, britain's foreign secretary, was already here in israel, at a frontline town near gaza speculate on what support we might want to give. you're not ruling it out though? i'm here to find out. bring it out. i'm here to find out what practical support we can give to israel. the foreign secretary was hustled into a shelter when the sirens went. israel has the full square support of its allies, after the massacres perpetrated by hamas. in the safe rooms, millions of israelis are praying, waiting, often frightened now that assumptions they had about their safety have crumbled. their government says what it's doing in gaza is defending them, but only a few miles from this family in ashkelon, israel's onslaught raises questions about whether it's breaking the laws of war. in gaza, israel has caused immense damage in only five days. international humanitarian law obliges belligerents to protect civilian lives. israel says all this is legitimate self defence against hamas. but it's also cut off supplies of water, food, fuel and power to more than two million people and killed hun

sedarat, meanwile people are sharing a video on social media showing the british foreign secretary james cleverlyng shelter as sirens go off in the northern parts of the occupied territories. people also held resistance response to the israeli onslot on gaza. and now joining us from gaza city for an update on what's uh still developing and unfolding is press tv's. ashhraf shannon, hello ashraf, hope uh you're safe and doing well, it's very just unfortunate ashraf what happened, i just heard yesterday, with respect to your family, home and your family, my heart and the rest of the our cast here and pressed to be family, our hearts go out to you, ashref for braving uh what's taking place there to get us all these breaking and developing stories and the troll city is being committed against gosons, what can you tell us with respect to the latest developments uh ashref? well danny, israeli fighter just continue to pound the gaz strip uh as we speak, and they have increased the use of white pee chills or white phosphorus, the... in the gas is still back in 2008 causing you suffering and pain uh and te

the foreign secretary, james cleverly, also in the region tonight. visit egypt, turkey and qatar in the coming days. and i think what we're seeing here, diplomatically, is the prime minister and the foreign secretary using every last moment they can to use whatever diplomatic levers they can before the anticipated escalation from israel in gaza, perhaps in the coming days. the visit by the uk prime minister coming soon after the visit by the us president, which is something we have been reporting on. on that, joe biden said it appeared the hospital explosion was not carried out by an israeli air strike. but he acknowledged there were a "lot of people "out there" who aren't so sure. ros atkins has spent the day with the bbc�*s verify team looking at what we do know about what happened. israel has highlighted this footage, saying it shows a palestinian rocket misfiring. some weapons experts say this does look like a rocket. bbc verify examined the direction of travel of the projectile. we can't be sure where it was fired from or by whom. then we see an

the british government sent british foreign minister james cleverly, who was formerly an army colonel, as the first western country whose foreign minister traveled to the occupied territories , to closely discuss with the zionist regime, and also sent two warships to the region to provide support. kamel declares himself from the zionist regime, on the other hand , orders all ministries and government agencies to display the flag of the zionist regime on top of their buildings. they protested, which of course immediately met with widespread public reactions . in many buildings, people went up to the top of the buildings and threw down the israeli flag and replaced it with the palestinian flag. made it a crime to carry the palestinian flag as an excuse to support hamas . a few people were arrested in this regard, but in the demonstration on saturday, which we also sent a report, thousands of people raised the palestinian flag in their hands in protest against this action of the government and expressed their solidarity with the palestinian people, our mr. ghasemzadeh. the witness englan

sedarat. meanwile people are sharing video on social media showing the british foreign secretary james cleverlyg shelter as sirens go off in northern parts of occupied territories. people also held resistance response to the israeli onslot on gaza. we're going to swim now back over to gaza city to get an update repress tv's ashaf shanin. hello ashaf, hope you're safe and doing well. now we just spoke a a short while ago, ashaf and we hear bombs and uh missiles going off in a very close distance right behind you uh this early morning in the we hours of of the uh early night i should say um uh, what could you tell us? well, danny as uh, during the previous live uh, we saw um the bombing, we saw the bombing of the al-karama neighborhood in north of in the northern part of the northern part of gaza city and just seconds ago, more more uh bombing more bombardment took took place, he loud huge and loud explosions, it was yesterday that the the israeli regime, the warned the people and that that to leave it, and because they want to start to bomb it, now the reason the israeli regime releases such sta

james cleverly has beenin is happening.t is designated as a terrorist organisation by many western governments including the uk government but he will want to hear what the qataris hear from hamas, what the qataris hear from hamas, what is the way out, and what is the way to release the hostages? hamas political leaders have said that they will release the captives if israel stops its bombardment but israel stops its bombardment but israel is not going to stop its bombardment. it will be interesting to see what rishi sunak says about the hostages today. president biden said that they would do everything possible to bring them home. but it is a very complicated and dangerous time as israel plans to that expected ground incursion, and as the same time, it wants to ensure that those hostages are notjust safe but that they come home alive at some at least to set —— they come home alive. indeed, thank you, lyse. british citizens in lebanon are being urged to "leave now" by the foreign office, after hundreds of protesters gathere

speaking after a cobra meeting today, the foreign secretary, james cleverly said hamas hamas's attackher, is unprecedented i >> we reaffirmed our support to israel in its self—defence against this terrorist attack perpetrated by hamas against unarmed civilians . in many unarmed civilians. in many instances , i've been speaking instances, i've been speaking with foreign ministers from around the region and beyond the prime minister has engaged with the israeli prime minister and will be engaging with our allies. this is an ongoing situation and of course we will be reviewing our support to israel and of course, british nationals in israel as the situation progresses . situation progresses. >> james cleverly there, speaking earlier on. well, as you've been hearing, the government is defending its plan to send asylum seekers to rwanda in the supreme court today. sir james eadie, kc, representing the home office, told the court the home office, told the court the policy is safe and lawful despite the east african country being less attractive to migrants than the uk. meanwhile a lawyer re

the british foreign secretary that james cleverly joining us from westminster in london. thank you so much for spending this time with us when i was here as well. that's not bringing sauce and bar catch. he is a professor of public policy. it has not been to lisa university. he joins us now and i'll studio in the fall time. the last hour we were talking about western countries west and back as of as well. and whether or not that that turn on this has shifted . what did you make of what mr. capital had to say? it's was very disappointing to be honest and it's, i'm not sure who's briefing him, but he said he got a lot of things wrong. they reference to the diversion of fuel has nothing to be verified by any other organization. the business about the dissemination plan, this being dismantled. the news for miss aisles is what i have for 14 years has had a very, very strict regime on anything that comes into the gaza strip. north pike has been allowed, and that can be used. you will use with the same, you know, the quality allstate costing and so on. so whatever disorder, i do

speaking after a cobra meeting today, the foreign secretary, james cleverly said hamas hamas's attackher, is unprecedented i >> we reaffirmed our support to israel in its self—defence against this terrorist attack perpetrated by hamas against unarmed civilians . in many unarmed civilians. in many instances , i've been speaking instances, i've been speaking with foreign ministers from around the region and beyond the prime minister has engaged with the israeli prime minister and will be engaging with our allies. this is an ongoing situation and of course we will be reviewing our support to israel and of course, british nationals in israel as the situation progresses . situation progresses. >> james cleverly there, speaking earlier on. well, as you've been hearing, the government is defending its plan to send asylum seekers to rwanda in the supreme court today. sir james eadie, kc, representing the home office, told the court the home office, told the court the policy is safe and lawful despite the east african country being less attractive to migrants than the uk. meanwhile a lawyer re

james cleverly civilian lives.made to prevent an escalation in violence . we have a duty, a duty violence. we have a duty, a duty to work together to prevent instability from engulfing the region and claiming yet more lives. >> we must work together to prevent the tragic situation in gaza becoming a regional conflict because that is exactly what hamas wants . what hamas wants. >> the prime minister has stepped up his demands for increased humanitare access to gaza. increased humanitare access to gaza . earlier, trucks carrying gaza. earlier, trucks carrying humanitarian aid reached southern gaza after the rafah crossing on the border with egypt was opened for the first time in two weeks. right wing in the telegraph, rishi sunak said the telegraph, rishi sunak said the world is facing an acute crisis. israel imposed a blockade preventing the delivery of food, water and fuel after the hamas terror attack . the hamas terror attack. meanwhile israel's prime minister has vowed to continue to fight until all hostages bei