jeremy bowen.ntinuing covid crisis in india. the serum institute of india is the largest single supplier to covax, but it hasn't made any of its planned shipments since the country's prime minister temporality banned exports in march. now, unicef is calling for the powerful g7 countries — the leaders of which will meet in the uk next month — to urgently share their surplus of doses. the bbc�*s global health correspondent tulip mazumdar reports. it's a global collaboration that's never been tried on this tight time scale before. the aim of the covax scheme is to ensure all people in all countries get equal access to vaccines to protect them against covid—19. some progress is being made, but doses remain vastly unevenly distributed. and now, the pipeline providing vaccines to some of the world's poorest countries is being squeezed. as india continues its devastating battle against a raging outbreak, the country's prime minister has temporarily banned exports of covid—19 vaccines so that all doses can

jeremy bowen, bbc news, gaza.. the uk's third largest steel maker, liberty steel, has announced plans to sell off its plant in stocksbridge as part of restructuring plans, following the collapse of its main financial backer, greensill capital. liberty's owner, sanjeev gupta, is now struggling to finance his uk operations, and 5,000 steeljobs are at risk. mr gupta's global steel business is also under investigation by the serious fraud office. lancashire police say a gas explosion that killed a young child was caused by a gas pipe which had been cut inside a neighbouring property. two—year—old george hinds died in the blast in heysham just over a week ago. his parents and two others were also injured. officers say they're now treating it as a criminal investigation. the bbc board has announced a review of the corporation's policies on editorial matters and whistle—blowing following the dyson report into the circumstances surrounding the interview with diana, princess of wales in 1995. the chairman, richard sharp, s

jeremy bowen, bbc news, jerusalem. ys his administration is working with palestinians and israel towards he's calling "a sustained calm," adding that both deserved to live in safety and security. here'sjeremy bowen with his assessment on whether that's realistic. might even be a little ambitious, the way that people are talking at the moment. both sides in this are expressing their determination to go on — of course, they will keep saying that probably until the last minute when they have a cease—fire. president biden himself has always been a very strong, staunch supporter of the israelis — back to the time when he was a young senator. he's been under quite a bit of pressure from inside his own democratic party — from progressives within that group who would like him to speak out against what's happening in gaza. but that's something that the biden white house has not been doing, and the line which the americans always use in these circumstances, and they've used it again, is that israel has "a right to defend itself"

jeremy bowen, bbc news, gaza. >> for more on what's been happening in gaza, we are joined now by carle norwegian refugee council, speaking to us from jordan. i was reing on your website 12 of the children that were killed in gaza during this 11 day conflict were actual participating in your program. and you were helping them with the trauma that they experienced through daily life in gaza. so this is so tragic, isn't it, what happened? >> indeed. it's totally devastating. it is extremely traumatic, for even our colleagues, who have been working witthem. and all of us, really. these re children aged 5-15, who were in their homesith their parents. in the presumed shelter of their famies, who were struck by israeli military and by drones and airstrikes that killed them, together with their parents, siblings, their neighbors. in the so-called safety of their homes. it was not collateral damage. they were hit in their homes. we were working with them. we were trying to help them, to cope with the trauma they havendured from previous escalations from 2014, but also daily life in gaza. and t

jeremy bowen, bbc news, gaza.trying to negotiate a long—term deal. what he is trying to do is to stabilise the cease—fire and ticket aid to gaza. those are the minimal conditions that have been set. injerusalem today, two israelis were stabbed, the suspect was shot by police for some jerusalem itself is full of tensions. there may be a cease—fire, but this latest conflict has stirred up so much distrust and latent hatred, almost, between jews and arabs that this is the really alarming legacy of what has happened, which is why antony blinken is trying really just to make sure that this fragile cease—fire can hold. but even with that, prime minister button —— netanyahu, who is meeting, once to send a really strong message to him about iran, because, remember, the us wants to rejoin the iran nuclear deal, there are to be more talks between the us and iran, and tonight premonition netanyahu said it would not hesitate to take independent action of a needed to on iran, so don't be the easiest of visits. laura trevelyan

jeremy bowen, bbc news, gaza.not trying to negotiate a long term—deal. what he's trying to do is to stabilise the ceasefire and to get aid to gaza. those are the minimal conditions that have been set. injerusalem today, two israelis were stabbed. the suspect was shot by police. jerusalem itself is full of intercommunal tensions. there may be a ceasefire, but this latest conflict has stirred up so much distrust and latent hatred, almost, betweenjews and arabs in mixed towns across israel that this is the really alarming legacy of what's happened, which is why antony blinken is trying, really, just to make sure that this fragile ceasefire can hold. but even with that, prime minister benjamin netanyahu, who he's meeting, wants to send a really strong message to him about iran, because, remember, the us wants to rejoin the iran nuclear deal, there are about to be a whole other round of indirect talks between the us and iran. and tonight, prime minister netanyahu said that israel would not hesitate to take independent

jeremy bowen, bbc news, gaza.: have relations between african—americans and the police improved, as the us prepares to mark the first anniversary of the murder of george floyd. in the biggest international sporting spectacle ever seen, 30 million have tried to aid famine relief in africa. the first of what the makers of star wars hope will be thousands of queues began at 7am. scuffles led to fighting led to full—scale riot as the liverpool fans broke out of their area into the juventus enclosure, the belgian police lost control. the whole world will mourn this tragic death of mr nehru. - he was the father. of the indian people. the oprah winfrey show comes to an end after 25 years and more than a500 episodes. the chat show has made her one of the richest people on the planet. geri halliwell, otherwise known as ginger spice, has left the spice girls. i don't believe it, i she is the one with the bounce, the girl power. not geri, why? this is bbc news, the latest headlines. a belarussian journalist arrested in minsk

jeremy bowen, bbc news, jerusalem.beginning to rise again in gaza city and let's show you the latest, these are clouds rather than dust and smoke clouds, it is a calmer picture as we have seen in sometime in gaza itself and of course those impressions really can belie the truth on the ground after further air strikes, we understand as many as 80 is rarely air strikes in the last period. in india, as many as 1600 teachers have died from covid—i9 after being drafted in to help run polling stations during local elections last month. their union says many begged to be released from election duty, fearing for their health as india's ferocious second wave took hold. from the state of uttar pradesh, our international correspondent 0rla guerin reports now, they must stand alone, without their father to guide them and with their grandmother rajvati crushed by grief. she tells us the election killed her son, sushil kumar. he was forced to attend election training. by voting day, he was gasping for breath. that night, he was dead

jeremy bowen, bbc news, jerusalem.held around the world in support of palestinians. courtney bembridge reports. chanting from hamburg to honolulu, italy to iraq, events like these were held around the world. this is madrid, one of several protests held across spain. no audio translation available. translation: we've been silent for many years. - it's time for us to go out and speakfor all those palestinians who are dying, and defend them. because if we don't do it, no—one else will. in london, a stream of protesters marched through hyde park towards the israeli embassy. 0rganisers say 100,000 people attended the rally, urging the uk government to do more. the whole world should be doing something about it, including this country. america should be doing more than just sending an envoy. i think it's the cause that will go from one generation to another generation, until palestine is free. in paris, police used tear gas and water cannons to try to disperse the crowds. authorities had banned the event, fearing a repeat of

jeremy bowen, bbc news, gaza.leblu who is a senior fellow at the foundation for defense of democracies, where he focusses on political and security issues in the middle east. i think one of the things about the hamas and palestinian islamichhad rocket strikes that we ought not to forget about is not the casualty rates or no the improvements in their rocket arsenal but the effect on the psychology on the state of israel, their effect in being able to, as the report said, paralyse parts of the country, impede their economic recovery post—covid. there is so much there. and one of the reasons that palestinian terror groups are able to claim victory — or disputed victory, i should say — is because their bar for victory is much lower — they simply need to survive to lick their wounds, to fight to live another day and continue to receive outside financial, political and material support from the world's foremost aid sponsor of terrorism, the islamic republic of iran. and in the internecine struggle between fatah and hama

jeremy bowen, bbc news, jerusalem.er i spoke to the bbc�*s internet producer in gaza, rushdi abualouf and asked him to update us on the latest israeli air strike in gaza. it has been a very long night involving killing ten people according to palestinian health ministry officials. the recent israeli air strike struck a three—storey building. it's in the middle of a refuge decamp in the middle of gaza city, the biggest city in the whole of gaza strip. as a result of the attack, seven people were killed including four children and a woman, and that's according to dr yousef al—rish who is the director of the palestinian health ministry, who described to the bbc what happened as an ugly massacre, as he said. that is our correspondent in gaza city. well, what's the situation like in gaza? we got through to the author and journalist refaat alareer in gaza — he's been writing about the devastation in the city. the situation in gaza is utter devastation. we are speaking about 140 palestinians slaughtered in just four or five d

jeremy bowen, bbc news, gaza. to be live in gaza in a moment because as we were reporting un aid has gone into the gaza strip and we're going to be speaking to someone there who will be telling us about the reconstruction that is needed and how much it is going to cost. some of the world's biggest economic powers have raised their ambitions on tackling climate change. g7 environment ministers say they'll now aim to keep the rise in global temperatures to 1.5 degrees celsius — a much more demanding target than the two degrees celsius they are currently committed to. it'll mean they'll need to work much harder to cut emissions now, rather than putting things off for the future. so what action will they take? our chief environment has been taking a look. the uk is due to host a landmark international climate conference in glasgow in november. so here are the key commitments made today. first off, coal. india and many other developing countries receive subsidies for polluting coal plants from foreign donors, including

jeremy bowen, our middle east editor reporting.is recording nearly as many covid—19 cases as every other country in the world put together. in the past 2a hours, more than 4,000 people have died from the virus. hospitals in many parts of the country are being overrun. one of the states seeing the most dramatic surges is west bengal, governed by a regional political party. from the state's capital kolkata, yogita limaye reports. 1,000 miles from delhi — kolkata. look at this. a frighteningly busy market in a region where covid has surged nearly 80 times in the past two months. people here are scared but they have to work, to eat. and this is the cost. in the entrance of a public hospital nearby, people are already struggling to get basic care. all the beds here, hundreds, are already full. and the sick keep coming. "i don't know how long we can continue like this," says this doctor. "even a war comes to an end, but here it is wave after wave. " one in six people in the world live in india. and kolkata is among its most densely popul

jeremy bowen, bbc news, jerusalem.essor of political science and international affairs at george washington university. i asked him where he thinks this conflict is headed. well, it seems they are both hamas and israel are determined on carrying this forward — at least in the short term. we're probably talking several more days of fighting. it's not going to be a final military conflict but they both think they have something to show the other side. as a professor of political science, i am sure you are aware more than most that when we find ourselves in global situations like this, history can often be a guide as to how we get out of them. in terms of the way things are going now, is there any hope that previous ways of resolving violence between israelis and palestinians could work this time? it doesn't seem that — at least, over the short term. what we've seen over the last decade or so has been an entirely international diplomatic edifice led by the united states, but with the participation of from the eu, the un a

jeremy bowen, bbc news, jerusalem.s an important role in any mediation betweeb israel and hamas is egypt. the country's sinai peninsular shares a land border with the gaza strip, the only way into gaza without having to pass israeli checkpoints. in times of war the injured are evacuated through rafah to an egyptian hospital. and underneath the border wall, there are tunnels, through which a lot of things are smuggled. everything from food, to medicines, to arms and rockets. the egyptians have confirmed today they are in direct contact with hamas. they are the only country that has that kinds of direct communication. there is great sympathy in egypt for the palestinian cause, and today shipments of egyptian food and medicine arrived in gaza as part of $500 million pledged by president al sisi for the rebuilding effort there. so far, mediation talks have not received the make achieved any progress. a cease—fire is expected quite soon. he refused to disclose any details regarding mediation talks at the moment, but we know

jeremy bowen, bbc news, jerusalem. a hugely challenging situation they are. spoke to refaat alareer who's an author and journalist in gaza. i asked him to describe the current situation in theh city. i think ithinki i think i have run out of superlatives to describe these acts being committed, against these occupied, impoverished civilians in the gaza strip. just an hour ago before we started this programme, they unleashed a real hell upon the heads of palestinians, especially in the area where i am now, in the heart of gaza city quite in practical terms, explain what that means? it means death, destruction. they targeted a whole block, destroying homes while people slept at night. massacring whole families. 42 people were killed and some of them, whole families, ten family members, most of them were children, many of them were women, and at the same time, and this could go sometimes unreported, they targeted the roads leading to the hospitals, so they could delay the rescue, the ambulances to maximise the number of people killed. that is something _ number o

jeremy bowen, bbc news, jerusalem.ion is, who holds the cars when it comes to negotiation. one country that plays an important role in any mediation betweeb israel and hamas is egypt. the country's sinai peninsular shares a land border with the gaza strip, the only way into gaza without having to pass israeli checkpoints. in times of war the injured are evacuated through rafah to an egyptian hospital. and underneath the border wall there are tunnels, through which alot of things are smuggled. everything from food, to medicines, to arms, and rockets. the egyptians have confirmed they are in direct contact with hamas, they are the only country that has that kind of direct communication. here's the bbc�*s sally nabil in cairo. so far, mediation talks have not achieved any progress. no official statement from the egyptians saying that a ceasefire is expect to discern. a minister refused to disclose any details regarding mediation talks at the moment, but we know that the foreign ministry has been in touch with many regiona

jeremy bowen, bbc news, gaza. plenty more available on that story on the bbc website.le have been injured in malaysia when two metro trains collided in an underground tunnel close to the petronas twin towers in the capital kuala lumpur. authorities said the trains were travelling on the same track. the malian military has arrested the country's political leaders, in what appears to be an attempted coup. the interim president and the prime minister were taken to a military camp. the african union, the eu and the us have condemned the coup and have demanded their release. the coup comes just nine months after the military removed from office the previous president. australia's second largest city, melbourne, has reinstated covid restrictions on tuesday as a fresh outbreak of the virus has now grown to five cases. home gatherings will be limited to five guests, public gatherings will be restricted to maximum 30 people, and facemasks will be mandatory indoors. the state of victoria hadn't recorded any covid cases for nearly three months. hundreds of people have marched in

our middle east editor, jeremy bowen injerusalem. has arrived in israel for talks. the state department deputy assistant secretary for israeli and palestinian affairs touched down at ben gurion airport earlier. the biden administration on friday reiterated that it was working toward de—escalation of the israeli—palestinian conflict and a lasting peace in gaza. for more on the biden administration's response to this latest violence i've been speaking to martin indyk, a former us special envoy for middle east peace. i do think that they were surprised at the way things got out of hand injerusalem. but then, everybody was. the events there took basically everybody by surprise i don't think it's commonly known that thejoe biden administration did weigh in with prime minister netanyahu and the march into the old city, stop the evictions and essentially got the police to back off. but it was too little too late. and now, i think with them on the ground there, they're in the position to get in with the egyptians flown in, to see whether or

jeremy bowen, bbc news, jerusalem. collapsed at a crowded synagogue in an israeli settlement in the occupied west bank, killing two people and injuring nearly 170 others. gareth barlow reports. what began as a service to mark thejewish holiday of shavout became a scramble to rescue the injured. this the moment the temporary seating collapsed, sending people plummeting to the ground. around 650 ultraorthodox worshippers were in the synagogue, which police describe as being "partially constructed". officials said organizers had been warned the building was unsafe and the event had taken place despite a lack of permits. the israeli prime minister, benjamin netanyahu, said he was praying for the injured. while a local police chief blamed negligence and promised arrests. the incident comes just weeks after 45 people were killed in a crush at an ultraorthodox festival in northern israel. two celebrations that rapidly turned into tragedies in little over two weeks. gareth barlow, bbc news. in the uk, four men have been arrest

jeremy bowen, bbc news, jerusalem. 0ne country that plays an important role in any mediation betweebgypt. the country's sinai peninsula shares a land border with the gaza strip, the only way into gaza without having to pass israeli checkpoints. in times of war the injured are evacuated through rafah to an egyptian hospital. and underneath the border wall there are tunnels, through which a lot of things are smuggled. everything from food, to medicines, to arms — and rockets. the egyptians have confirmed they are in direct contact with hamas — they are the only country that has that kind of direct communication. here's the bbc�*s sally nabil in cairo. so far, mediation talks have not received the make so far, mediation talks have not achieved any progress. no official statement from the egyptians saying that a ceasefire is expect to discern. a minister refused to disclose any details regarding mediation talks at the moment, but we know that the foreign ministry has been in touch with many regional and international parties, russians, americans, israelis, palestinians. they tried to con

jeremy bowen, bbc news gaza.at alareer who's an author and journalist in gaza. i asked him to describe the damage done to gaza's infrastructure. it's almost total destruction in so many areas of the gaza strip and outskirts of — mainly in gaza city and the outskirts. i went to visit my family today in sujaya, the eastern part of gaza city at the border, and utter devastation to — especially to infrastructure and to homes and buildings in certain areas. it is unprecedented. i'm not sure how many years this is going to be... crosstalk. so we're talking about power, are we? we were talking about sewage plants, hospitals, schools, everything? the reports are there are about 20 schools that were damaged. we speak about more than 15 clinics that were damaged, some of them hugely damaged. the reports are there are about 20 schools that were damaged. even gaza's only covid—i9 testing centre was also damaged, largely. hopefully it's going to be back soon on track. sewage, water, fresh water, internet access, electricity l

jeremy bowen, bbc news, jerusalem.ng me now is professor rashid khalidi, an author and the edward said professor of modern arab studies at columbia university. professor, thank you very much forjoining us. i want to ask you first of all, how much encouragement do you draw from president biden�*s new position, if i can put it that way? no encouraging, some would say, urging, a ceasefire?— urging, a ceasefire? they take very little _ urging, a ceasefire? they take very little encouragement - urging, a ceasefire? they take i very little encouragement from. the president's position has moved these yearly —— very slowly, but he does not seem to be pushing the israelis. and without pressure from the united states, even the position the government has taken, there will be no ceasefire and there will be no cessation of the horror in gaza or the firing of rockets. i suppose the clear issue would be that israel is responding to rocket attacks, this is how it is framed. which are coming from organisations which are committed to t

from jerusalem here's our middle east editor, jeremy bowen.he sectarian crisis nobody expected is deepening. tonight, arab protesters are on the streets of northern israel. this was nazareth. they are forced back into the wider conflict that includes gaza and jerusalem. it is ugly and angry in a town shared byjews and arabs. violence between citizens could be a bigger crisis for israel than gaza. this was a burnt outjewish school. police broke down the door of this family. they deny accusations their sons were attacking jews. the police say their offices behaved correctly. the father, the imam of a mosque and his two sons were arrested for attacking police officers. the woman who filmed this said they are scared, not ofjews, but of racist police. a local rabbi visited, she said, to apologise. in gaza, they buried this 13—year—old. he was hit during an israeli air strike while he waited for a new haircut to celebrate the end of ramadan. half of gaza's two million palestinians are children. this is the boy's brother. in the occupied territories

jeremy bowen, bbc news, jerusalem.rectorate of professional standards after being filmed chanting "free palestine" while on duty during a demonstration at the weekend. free palestine! clips of the female officer were posted on twitter. scotland yard said it was vital for public confidence that officers were impartial during protests. our top story this evening. borisjohnson backs boris johnson backs his borisjohnson backs his timetable for easing restrictions in england even as cases of the indian variant continue rising. coming up. and how new measures to protect the uk's peatlands could help tackle climate change. in sportsday, after 45 years as a manager, crystal palace boss roy hodgson says the time is right to step away from top—flight premier league football. a year ago video footage of a police officer in the us state of minnesota with his knee on the neck of george floyd sparked worldwide protests — including 250 demonstrations here in uk. floyd's death led to the resurgence of the black lives matter movement a

our middle east editor jeremy bowen reports. much is left of al—wihda street in the heart of gaza city after the heaviest israeli strikes since this war started, and the deadliest day for palestinians. they were looking for survivors. he says, "raise your voice so we can hear you. are you 0k?" not many were found alive. families escaped with children who won't forget this day. translation: when i was carrying my small boy, - he told me, "dad, i don't want to die". what more do you want from him? there is no safety in the city. benjamin netanyahu, israel's prime minister, convened his security chiefs. a cabinet meeting did not discuss a ceasefire. on the way down to the gaza border are some of the communities the government here says must be saved from rockets before it will stop its attacks. israel's leaders said the same thing during the other wars with hamas. the israeli army showed off their anti—missile system, iron dome. they say it shoots down around 90% of the missiles fired out of gaza. previous wars between israel and h

jeremy bowen, bbc news, jerusalem.n, she's visiting assistant professor in israeli studies at northwestern university and is author of a book on the israeli settler movement. thank you very much indeed for joining us. yes, it's a complicated situation. it seems clear that getting a un resolution at this stage is not going to happen. but how long do you think it is going to take? ~ ., ., ~ take? well, it looks like there robabl take? well, it looks like there probably will _ take? well, it looks like there probably will be _ take? well, it looks like there probably will be a _ take? well, it looks like there probably will be a ceasefire i probably will be a ceasefire that will come into effect between israel and hamas on thursday, although the details of that's ceasefire is still being concluded, and there is some pressure being brought to bear by the arab states and the united nations and other western powers to disagreement shortly, as your broadcast mention, the exchange of rockets for retaliation is still ongoing fo

jeremy bowen, bbc news, jerusalem.r i spoke to the bbc�*s internet producer in gaza, rushdi abualouf and asked him to update us on the latest israeli airstrike in gaza. it has been a very long night involving killing ten people according to palestinian health ministry officials. the recent israeli air strike struck a three—storey building. it's in the middle of a refuge decamp in the middle of gaza city, the biggest city in the whole of gaza strip. as a result of the attack, seven people were killed including four children and a woman, and that's according to dr yousef al—rish who is the director of the palestinian health ministry, who described to the bbc what happened as an ugly massacre, as he said. shortly after the attack, her mother said that they fired ten rockets towards the array of is really city, about a0 kilometres away from gaza and they were fired in retaliation to the killing of the recent civilians, according to the statement by the armed wing of us, sent to the bbc. this here in the uk, the prime minis

jeremy bowen, bbc news, jerusalem.blish contact with someone in gaza to get the latest information there. we'll speak to him as soon as we can. we will one of the stories. we start in india. as many as 1,600 teachers have died from covid—19 after being drafted in to help run polling stations during local elections last month. their union says many begged to be released from election duty, fearing for their health as india's ferocious second wave took hold. from the state of uttar pradesh, our international correspondent 0rla guerin reports. now, they must stand alone, without their father to guide them and with their grandmother, rajvati, crushed by grief. she tells us the election killed her son, sushil kumar. he was forced to attend election training. by voting day, he was gasping for breath. that night, he was dead. it was the very picture of a superspreader event, an election in a pandemic in uttar pradesh, a state with more than 100 million voters. critics say for prime minister narendra modi, votes count more tha

jeremy bowen, bbc news, jerusalem. the time is 6:17.ariant of coronavirus could make it more difficult to move to the final stage of relaxing restrictions injune. and still to come. the meteorite that landed outside a family home in gloucestershire, about to go on public display at the natural history museum. coming up in sportsday on the bbc news channel: chelsea in the hunt for a quadruple. can they add the women's champions league this weekend to their wsl title when they take on barcelona in sweden? lockdown has had a huge impact on children's lives — not least, on the amount of sport and physical activity they've been doing. children and young people should be active for about an hour a day, but fewer than half managed that in the past year. every primary school in england receives thouands of pounds of money which is ring—fenced specifically for pe, but the bbc has learned that the money isn't always being used for that. here's our sports correspondent, natalie pirks. friday happy hour looks a little different at academy at st jam

jeremy bowen, bbc news, jerusalem.ave reached spain's ceuta enclave from neighbouring morocco, a record number of arrivals in a single day, local officials say. they say the migrants, who include hundreds of minors, either swam around the border fences that jut out into the sea or walked across at low tide. mark lobel reports. i—person�*s borage for a more buoyant life resting on inflatable ring. children were among the groups of families and many young men making the short trip neighbouring morocco. this area is a known magnet for african migrants. but it's the sheer number who entered spain's ceuta en clave in a single day that has surprised officials here. leaving morocco, these people either walked across at low tide or swim around fences in the sea. in sunny scenes, not a far cry from a relaxed day out on the beach. taken to a migrant reception centre on arrival, guards will be considering sending many back as spain belatedly scrambles to bolster its police presence here. last month almost all the dozens of young

jeremy bowen, bbc news, jerusalem.in netanyahu, has reiterated in the past couple of hours — in a televised speech — that the military is doing what it can to keep palestinian civilians "out of harm's way" as he put it. jeremy bowen gave us his assessment. yes, maybe it is because they know that civilian casualties give it bad headlines all around the world. but they weren't trying very effectively in a camp in gaza, last night, about 20 hours back from where we are now. when they put a missile into a house, a three—story house, flattened it, killed ten civilians, two mothers and their children, and other civilians were killed in the locality, as well. i've been to that camp many times, it's very, very crowded. the alleyways between it are so narrow in some places, you could reach out with both hands and touch other side — and two people struggle to pass each other in those alleyways, so they found it difficult to get mechanical equipment in to lift it out, to try and rescue survivors. but, you know, the thing about th

jeremy bowen, bbc news, in southern israel.d, the un security council is meeting security council has been meeting to discuss the violence today. secretary general antonio guterres opened the meeting calling for peace. we meet today amid the most serious escalation in gaza and israel in years. the current hostilities are utterly appalling. this latest round of violence only perpetuates the cycles of death, destruction and despair and pushes further to the horizon any hope of coexistence and peace. fighting must stop. it must stop immediately. rockets and mortars on one side and aerial bonbardments on the other must stop. i appeal to all parties to heed this call. the united nations is actively engaging all sides towards an immediate ceasefire. the hostilities have already caused unconscionable death, immense suffering and damage of vital infrastructure. that was antonio guterres speaking earlier today. israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu appeared on cbs�* face the nation earlier today, where he responded to international

jeremy bowen, bbc news, jerusalem. minister, benjamin netanyahu, commented on the air strikes in gaza and defended the bombing of the tower where ap and aljazeera had offices. doing everything possible to protect our civilians and keep palestinian civilians out of harm's way. we demonstrated this yet again today, when we warned civilians to vacate the building used by the hamas terry intelligence. be vacated the premises before the target was destroyed, and that's why you don't hear of casualties from these collapsing terror towers, because we take special care to avoid these civilian casualties, exactly the opposite of hamas. we can speak now to nathanj brown, professor of political science and international affairs at george washington university, and also an author on palestine. it's very good to have you with a when you hear benjamin netanyahu use language like terror tower, how does that make you feel? it seems the are that make you feel? it seems they are both _ that make you feel? it seems they are both keen _ t

jeremy bowen, bbc news, jerusalem. poke to the bbc�*s middle east editorjeremy bowen about his take on the situation and whether an escalation was likely. the operation overnight was an escalation and there were two question marks, sending missiles into israel and no one really knows what their stockpile is that they have used a lot and the way that they bypass when they can is is really antimissile system is sending a whole lot of them all at once. so, yeah, if ever there was a moment for diplomacy and they are attempting to start a process up, then it is now. because from here, the only way is down without it. the issues have been building up for a lot of years. israelis who are, israelis were arabs who have israeli documentations by palestinian origin have always felt like second—class citizens and as a result of that, there's a lot of, and at the same time, there are right wing, far right wing extreme nationalism and the jewish right wing extreme nationalism and thejewish community right wing extreme nationalism and

jeremy bowen, bbc news, jerusalem. news: the speaker of the us house of representatives, nancy pelosi, has called for world leaders to boycott the winter olympics in beijing next year over china's treatment of uyghur muslims. while athletes would still participate, ms pelosi said heads of state should stay away. amazon has extended indefinitely a ban on the use of its facial recognition software by law enforcement agencies. the firm first announced a year long moratorium lastjune at the height of protests in the united states sparked by the police killing of george floyd. argentine meat producers say they will stop selling beef and veal for a week in protest against a government ban on exports. argentina's government announced late on monday that all foreign sales of meat would be suspended for a month in order to lower prices on the domestic market and reduce inflation. france is taking a big step towards lifting its lockdown on wednesday, with the opening of bar and restaurant terraces, shops and cultural spaces. som

from jerusalem here's our middle east editor, jeremy bowen.pening. tonight arab protesters are on the streets of northern israel. this was nazareth. they are forced back into the wider conflict that includes gaza and jerusalem. it is ugly and angry in a town shared byjews and arabs. violence between citizens could be a bigger crisis for israel than gaza. this was a burnt outjewish school. police broke down the door of this family. they deny accusations their sons were attacking jews. the police say their offices behaved correctly. the father, the imam of a mosque and his two sons were arrested for attacking police officers. the woman who filmed this said they are scared, not ofjews, but of racist police. a local rabbi visited, she said, to apologise. in gaza, they buried this 13—year—old. he was hit during an israeli air strike while he waited for a new haircut to celebrate the end of ramadan. half of girls of�*s 2 million palestinians are children. this is the boy's brother. in the occupied territories and in israel, events this week have exp

jeremy bowen, bbc news.alareer is an author and professor of world literature and creative writing at the islamic university of gaza. for the past week, refaat has been writing and sharing his eyewitness accounts of the devastation and suffering in gaza. we can speak to him now, live. thank you for talking to us on bbc news so let me ask you festival to give me an idea of what life is like in gaza right now. but if you first of all. you can perhaps hear in the background there is always a bomb shelling, there is always strikes, drones and m—i6 is. the situation in gaza is utterly devastation. we are speaking about 104 palestinians slaughtered in four or five days by the israeli occupation forces and we are talking about almost total destruction to infrastructure, to roads in large areas around the gaza city where the roads to the hospitals were cut off, electricity was lost for hours and hours, even water and sewage, internet connection is still lost in the area in many places. schools were damaged, huge bui

jeremy bowen injerusalem, thanks forjoining us.en he lobbied ministers and senior civil servants on behalf of the collapsed financial company, greensill capital. the former prime minister — giving evidence to mps — faced a series of uncomfortable questions, but he again insisted he had not broken any rules. 0ur political editor laura kuenssberg was watching money, power, and how it moves around. the former prime minister used his phonebook to push the case for his employer along to the treasury, to the bank of england... arguing for a now failed city firm, greensill capital, to take part in emergency loans last year. david cameron's role was hidden from view. but texts and e—mails emerged after weeks of relative silence. and so, too, has he. this is a painful day. admitting at the start he could have acted differently but adamant he did nothing wrong. nothing i did was in breach of the rules, but on the wider test of what is appropriate, as i've said previously, it would be better to use the most formal means of contact via a lette

jeremy bowen, bbc news, gaza.nam ben taleblu who is a senior fellow at the foundation for defense of democracies, where he focusses on political and security issues in the middle east. hejoins us from washington, dc. asjeremy was as jeremy was saying, it seems unfortunately inevitable there will probably be another cycle of violence. just looking at the recent conflict, though, who has gained the most? it is pretty clear that militarily, israel has but what about psychologically?- israel has but what about psychologically? great to be with yom — psychologically? great to be with yom i _ psychologically? great to be with you. i think _ psychologically? great to be with you. i think one - psychologically? great to be with you. i think one of- psychologically? great to be with you. i think one of the l with you. i think one of the things about the hamas and palestinian islamicjihad palestinian islamic jihad strikes that palestinian islamicjihad strikes that we ought not to forget about is not the casualty rates or th

from jerusalem here's our middle east editor, jeremy bowen.ne on the streets of israel. sectarian violence between israeli citizens is a new dimension of this crisis. not all israelis arejewish, around 20% are palestinian arabs. last night, young men were on the prowl for people to attack. jewish people against arabs, arabs againstjewish people, all israeli citizens. israel's president warned that the country should not abandon itself to civil war. country should not abandon itself to civilwar. in country should not abandon itself to civil war. in gaza, successive wars between hamas and israel in the past 15 years have followed a pattern. the next big decision for israel is whether to its troops. tens of thousands of palestinians gathered in jerusalem thousands of palestinians gathered injerusalem to pray at islam's holiest place, after mecca and medina. chance and banners celebrating hamas and its leaders where there. on eid, the holiday that marks the end of ramadan. it is meant to be a fun time, parents did their best, but this year it is h

jeremy bowen, bbc news, jerusalem., a gaza—based journalist and international correspondent for a number of media outlets. it is very good to have you here with us on bbc news. just to get a sense of the situation there as it stands at the moment where you are? yeah, well, firstly. — moment where you are? yeah, well, firstly, thanks for- well, firstly, thanks for having me. can we, yeah, if you want me to describe the conditions at the moment, i can tell you it is really terrible here. what is happening on the ground is really genocide, we can say it is ethnic cleansing happening on the ground. every few moments we can hear massive explosions, and then, you know, we have only three hours of electricity because of the electricity because of the electricity lines across the gaza strip. and maybe in the coming days we will not have electricity at all across the gaza strip. and actually, this can affect some areas that don't have water at the moment. and you know, like, whenever we hear explosions, actually, every house he

jeremy bowen, bbc news, jerusalem.e than 36 million people have now had their first dose of a vaccine. that's 68.6% of the uk's adult population. more than 19.3 million have had both jabs, so that's nearly 37% of all adults now fully vaccinated. wales will reopen indoor hospitality and entertainment venues, including cinemas and bingo halls, from monday as planned. the first minister, mark drakeford, said people should consider staying local for their holidays despite the lifting of the ban on international travel. he said if ever there was a year to holiday in wales, this was it. the scottish government is also continuing with its road map of unlocking, moving most of mainland scotland to level 2 on monday. but glasgow and moray will remain at the higher level three because of concern about an increase in covid cases there. nicola sturgeon made the announcement in the scottish parliament earlier. the advice given to me by the chief medical officer and which has informed this decision is that we need a few more days to

jeremy bowen, bbc news, jerusalem.the indian variant could threaten plans to end all restrictions injune. scotland, glasgow will lift restrictions for at least another week because of the new variant. it will ease the rest amendment scotland on monday. the fifth consecutive day of fighting israel intensifies its attack as militants continued their rocket assaults on israel. the democratic unionist party has a new leader — he is edwin poots, and he takes over from arlene foster — who stood down after criticism of her handling of brexit. 0ur ireland correspondent emma vardy reports. it's a good day for democracy. only the fourth leader of the party in 50 years, edwin poots was elected by the dup's members of northern ireland's devolved government and its mps, beating his rival, sirjeffrey donaldson, by 19 votes to 17. this party has been the authentic voice of unionism and will continue to be the authentic voice of unionism under my leadership. the northern ireland protocol has proven to be a massive challenge for us, an