, thank you again for “oininr poses. jon donnison, thank you again forjoining us— poses. jon donnisonnorth—eastern shan state. reports suggest dozens of military outposts have fallen. the three rebel groups say their goal is to overthrow the military dictatorship. at least one person has died in flooding in northern italy. the tuscany region was badly hit by storm ciaran which swept through western europe on thursday. the storm brought strong winds and driving rain, forcing the closure of schools, airports, rail and ferry services. colombia is to cull some of the more than 160 hippos descended from a herd owned by the drug baron pablo escobar in the 1980s. experts have for years tried to control the hippo numbers. escobar imported the animals for his private zoo, but they were left to roam after he was killed in a shoot—out with police in 1993. you are watching bbc news and you are live with bbc news from jerusalem. let�*s now take a closer look at what is happening in the gaza strip, and underlining that in the past few hours, the us secretary of state antony blinken has been meeting

we have more now from jon donnison reporting from jon donnison reporting from the northern west bank,bing. this war is not only being 1a gaza. this funeral in a west bank town forfour gundeman this funeral in a west bank town for four gundeman goodbye israel this week. there is angen israel this week. there is anger. and defiance. but also, grey. —— grief. and fear of what is to come. even before the war, the west bank was a boiling point, and the fury of what is happening in gaza as well as israel's crackdown on militancy art as well as civilians has seen the temperature rise to a whole new level. it is a dangerous moment. translation: we have been refugees in this camp was 75 years. everyone has just been laughing at us. the stress on the people, cut the streets, cut the cities, kill children. everything is stress. does it feel like war here as well? maybe. maybe in two months. maybe — maybe. maybe in two months. maybe the war here in two months _ maybe the war here in two months with gaza. it is connected. there is no gaza in this_ connected. there is no gaza in this respect. conne

we will have to. leave it there, jon donnison.rallah is continuing, and whilejon donnison said the people are blabbing on really don't want another war, blabbing on really don't want anotherwar, hassan blabbing on really don't want another war, hassan nasrallah has just said the possibility of total war is realistic. —— the people of lebanon. he also said this doesn't scare us. we will continue to follow on with these developments, but from now, it is good from jerusalem. hello there. good afternoon. it's a much quieter looking day of weather today than yesterday following storm ciaran, of course, but still some heavy showers developing, including once more for the south coast. the centre of that deep area of low pressure has pushed out into the north sea, that was the storm, but the associated fronts have been causing damage all over western europe — flooding across italy, strong, gusty winds. there's another deep low pushing in from the south—west overnight tonight. but for the rest of today, still some blustery winds for easter

jon donnison, bbc news, jerusalem. 0ur correspondent rushdi abualouf has this update from inside gazay, israel opened the road, the axis in and out of gaza for the first time since a couple of days since they started the operation, ground operation in gaza. very few people managed to get out of gaza because the main road was damaged and access for car was almost impossible. but in gaza city, people are starting to flee the heavy fighting around the city. as the israeli ground operation expanded around gaza city from three different directions. the tanks were advancing near gaza city itself, especially the western part of gaza. tonight, again, the israeli air strikes were intensified around the al-quds hospital and also around the shifa hospital, where many solar panels on the roof of the building around the hospital were targeted from the air. we feel that israel is pushing the civilian population. they are taking the hospital as shelter to flee this place. they bombed tonight, the largest the largest bakery in the place that is feeding most of the bread to the neighbourhood near the

jon donnison, bbc news, in the west bank.ration, the anger, and the fair that people are feeling here in the west bank. ,., that people are feeling here in the west bank-— west bank. report in there, what are --eole west bank. report in there, what are peeple where — west bank. report in there, what are peeple where you _ west bank. report in there, what are people where you are _ west bank. report in there, what are people where you are in _ west bank. report in there, what are people where you are in the - west bank. report in there, what are people where you are in the west - people where you are in the west bank saying about the attacks on the 7th of october was to mark is interesting because over the years the fight or run palestinian authority and i must have been divided in power, but on this the factions are very united. they don't want to talk too much about hamas attack on october seven they want to talk about the suffering and loss of lives in gaza. i asked a few people were there they agreed with what hamas had do

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jon donnison, bbc news, jerusalem. while ago i spoke about secretary blinken's visit with john altmann... now serving as director of the middle east programme at the centre for strategic and international studies. welcome to you, jon. thanks so much for being with us. i want to begin with what we have seen from president biden. he was asked about a humanitarian pause. he gave a thumbs up. do you think that we could potentially see humanitarian pauses for civilians in gaza anytime soon? i think we'll see some sort of a pause. with all these israeli hostilities with hamas, there is often something short of a ceasefire but with some sort of delimiting of free passage for people, of an ability to get relief then, i think we will see something but it is much less than the arab governments were asking for today. i think it is likely to be much less than the us government was asking the israelis for. that's interesting. much less than you think the administration was asking the israelis for. is there any gap there between the

we start with this report from jon donnison.nd a warning — there are distressing images from the start. four weeks in to this war, the death and the suffering is endless. and in gaza, no place is safe. the un says this school injabalia in the north was hit this morning, killing at least 15 people. thousands had been seeking shelter there. "god will take my vengeance," this young boy says. "i was standing here when the three bombings happened." "i carried a body and another decapitated body "with my own hands. "where should i go?" he says. "they have hit the shelters. "since when has it become normal to strike shelters?" israel says it's looking in to what happened. gunfire and in the north of gaza, its ground offensive is pushing forward, tightening its grip on hamas, who israel says is using civilians as human shields. hamas is outgunned, but these pictures from its military wing claim to show it fighting back. more than 20 israeli soldiers have been killed since the ground offensive began, as the number of palestinian casualti

jon donnison, bbc news, jerusalem.lier i spoke with our diplomatic correspondent paul adams about mr blinken's diplomatic efforts. us secretary of state antony blinken shuttling around the region today for a variety of talks. what would you say came out of his visit? obviously it's a broad agenda he has, trying to make sure the conflict doesn't escalate and spread beyond gaza. trying to secure the release of hostages, including us citizens but also i think crucially trying to alleviate the situation on the ground in southern gaza where the ground in southern gaza where the population has been swelled by the population has been swelled by the arrival as many ofi million people who have fled from the fighting further north. the americans believe they are making progress, they say the number of trucks that have crossed the rafah crossing from egypt has increased to around 100 a day and they wanted to increase to several hundred. they also believe that a mechanism is now in place agreed by the israelis to let fuel in to ke

jon donnison, bbc news, in central israel. as israel continues with the air and ground offensive into next move might be, especially if they do remove hamas and take control of gaza. for more on this, i am joined control of gaza. for more on this, iamjoined in control of gaza. for more on this, i am joined in the studio by david kilcullen from the university of new south wales. he was a senior counterinsurgency adviser to the us military during the iraq war, and became special adviser for counterinsurgency to us secretary of state conor leahy rice. thanks for coming into the studio this morning. firstly, if i could get your thoughts on some of the latest of elements we are getting for both israel and gaza.— both israel and gaza. well, it is very clear _ both israel and gaza. well, it is very clear that _ both israel and gaza. well, it is very clear that the - both israel and gaza. well, it is very clear that the israeli l is very clear that the israeli defence force is are trying to, if you like, bite off a chunk of the northern gaza strip, in order to isolate some of the heavier hama

jon donnison, bbc news, in the west bank.ng all the time with the latest on what is happening in israel and gaza so take a look at what we have for your online, analysis and the latest breaking news as it happens. now, let's take you to the us. rival candidates for the republican nomination for next year's us presidential election have been taking part in their third debate with the front runner, donald trump, again not attending. the five alternative candidates still in the field, florida governor ron desantis, businessman vivek ramaswamy, former south carolina governor nikki haley, south carolina senator tim scott, and former newjersey governor chris christie. live now to our correspondent, shingai nyoka, in washington. what can voters take away from this debate? this was specifically targeted at republican voters i had of those primary elections that are just a couple of months away, well, at least the first round. essentially republican voters had said they wanted to hear about how these candidates propose to tackle probl

jon donnison reports from jerusalem. israel says it's at the height of its battle with hamas.und offensive in northern gaza is pushing forward, with the military claiming gaza city is now completely encircled. translation: we discovered — encircled. translation: - discovered today a recording call with a health official in gaza who spoke with our forces and described how hamas controls fuel supplies and a hospital. while supplies are running out, they are stealing from sick patients for terror aims. we will continue to expose to the world the act of hamas and how they are cynically using the population as human shields.— cynically using the population as human shields. hamas has been fiuuhtin human shields. hamas has been fighting back- — human shields. hamas has been fighting back. and _ human shields. hamas has been fighting back. and advancing - human shields. hamas has been| fighting back. and advancing into gaza city with its densely packed, built—up neighbourhoods and tunnel network will be complex and challenging. almost four weeks after hamas's unprecedented cross—bord

there were more dead bodies shown on wednesday of last week in a report from jon donnison, again transmittedt ten. even before the war, the west bank was at boiling point and the fury of what's happening in gaza, as well as israel's cracked down on militants here as well as civilians, has seen the temperature rise to a whole new level. rounds fire it's a dangerous moment. how dangerous was exemplified by what followed. video of a teenager being shot dead, where the picture was frozen before he fell to the ground and of another man being shot and seriously injured. and there had been more distressing images a couple of days before in reports from jeremy bowen and fergal keane. israel promised mighty vengeance. it thundered across beach camp in gaza city. israel's justification is defending the living as well as avenging its dead. palestinians call this genocide. forfour weeks now, ourjournalists in gaza have recorded the impact of the war on its children. those who survive live with the trauma. those reports went on to show respectively pictures of a bloodied and injured child and a dead chil

jon donnison, bbc news, jerusalem. a little earlier, i spoke with our diplomatic correspondent paul adams about mr blink and's diplomatic efforts. paul, thanks so much for being with us. us secretary of state... a variety of torque. what would you say came out of his visit? it is a broad agenda he has tried to make sure that the conflict does not escalate and spread beyond gaza, trying to secure the release of hostages including us citizens but also i think crucially trying to alleviate the situation on the ground in southern gaza, where the population has been swallowed by the arrival of as many of i swallowed by the arrival of as many ofi million people who have fled from fighting further north. the americans believe they are making progress. they say the number of trucks that are crossing the rafah crossing from egypt into the gaza strip �*s has increased around 100 today and they wanted to increase to several hundred. they also believe that a mechanism is now in place agreed by the israelis to let fuel in, to keep

jon donnison now reports from tulkarm in the northern west bank.nes in his report some of you may find distressing. gunfire this war is not only being fought in gaza. gunfire this funeral, in the west bank town of tulkarm, forfour gunmen killed by israel this week. there's anger and defiance, but also grief... ..and fear of what's to come. even before the war, the west bank was at boiling point, and the fury of what's happening in gaza, as well as israel's crackdown on militants here as well as civilians, has seen the temperature rise to a whole new level. it's a dangerous moment. "we have been refugees in this camp for 75 years," says this 82—year—old. "everyone hasjust been laughing at us." the stress on the people, they cut the streets, cut the cities, kill people, kill children. everything is stress. does it feel like war here as well? maybe. maybe in two months, the war here in the west bank, with gaza. it's connected. there is no gaza and the west bank. it's all palestine. and in parts of the west bank over the last month, it's already looked

jon donnison, bbc news, in central israel.ions of war crimes have been made against both sides. so what laws do apply here? our analysis editor ros atkins explains. there are calls for a ceasefire or a humanitarian pause in the israel—gaza war, and these are two different things. here's how the un defines a ceasefire as a suspension here's how. the un defines a ceasefire as a suspension of fighting agreed upon by the parties to a conflict. it's a negotiated agreement between two sides. and the un wants a ceasefire, as do many aid groups. they say one's needed to stop further civilian deaths in gaza. spain, russia, china, egypt, jordan, saudi arabia and other countries, as well as the pope, all agree. israel, though, says... the uk rejects a ceasefire, too. so does the us. but it has another idea. we do believe that humanitarian pauses could be of value. a humanitarian pause would mean a temporary halt to hostilities in specific places to allow aid into gaza. a pause is less formal and shorter than a ceasefire. right now, israe

just to warn you that you may find some of the images distressing in this report from jon donnison.ught in gaza. this funeral, in the west bank town of tulkarm, forfour gunmen killed by israel this week. there's anger and defiance, but also grief... ..and fear of what's to come. even before the war, the west bank was at boiling point and the fury of what's happening in gaza, as well as israel's crackdown on militants here as well as civilians, has seen the temperature rise to a whole new level. it's a dangerous moment. "we have been refugees in this camp for 75 years," says this 82—year—old. "everyone hasjust been laughing at us." the stress on the people, they cut the streets, cut the cities, kill people, kill children. everything is stress. does it feel like war here as well? maybe. maybe in two months stand the war here in the west bank, with gaza. it's connected. there is no gaza and the west bank. it's all palestine. and in parts of the west bank over the last month, it's already looked like war. israel, it says, targeting terrorists, including from hamas, who are fighting back

jon donnison now reports from tulkarm in the northern west bank. are scenes in his report that you will find upsetting. gunfire. this war is not only being fought in gaza. gunfire. this funeral, in the west bank town of tulkarm, forfour gunmen killed by israel this week. there's anger and defiance, but also grief... ..and fear of what's to come. even before the war, the west bank was at boiling point and the fury of what's happening in gaza, as well as israel's crackdown on militants here as well as civilians, has seen the temperature rise to a whole new level. it's a dangerous moment. "we have been refugees in this camp for 75 years," says this 82—year—old. "everyone hasjust been laughing at us." the stress on the people, they cut the streets, cut the cities, kill people, kill children. everything is stress. does it feel like war here as well? maybe. maybe in two months, the war here in the west bank, with gaza. it's connected. there is no gaza and the west bank. it's all palestine. and in parts of the west bank over the last month, it's already l

jon donnison, bbc news, in the west bank.ist ahed tamimi was arrested by israeli forces in the occupied west bank. ms tamimi, who's 22, was detained in the village of nabi saleh, according to the palestinian prisoners�* society. israel's military told the afp news agency that she was suspected of "inciting violence and terrorist activities". in fact, the arrest was confirmed by national security minister itamar ben gvir, who posted this on x... let's speak to janna tamimi, a palestinian activist and relative of ahed tamimi. denotes up in their cousins and she has been arrested hello thank you for having me. hundreds of other thousands of political prisoners of been arrested in the past month for no reason and sometimes just posting stuff on social media lacking pro—palestinian posts, we know nothing about the moment and we do nothing about the moment and we do not know anything close to these prisoners and the only thing we know now is conditions of the palestinians in prison are extremely inhumane and the occupation forces a

jon donnison is that we can speak to caroline hawley who is with me now.t a ceasefire in what is happening in gaza. that pauses if not a ceasefire in what is happening in gaza.— happening in gaza. that is right, there is mounting _ happening in gaza. that is right, there is mounting alarm, - happening in gaza. that is right, there is mounting alarm, really, | happening in gaza. that is right, i there is mounting alarm, really, at there is mounting alarm, really, at the situation in gaza. the un's most senior official said the rapidly rising civilian death toll is unconscionable. he wants a ceasefire but what most world leaders and diplomats are talking about and what they seem to think is achievable is humanitarian pauses. there was a call for humanitarian pauses after a meeting of g7 foreign ministers in japan yesterday. james cleverley, the home secretary —— foreign secretary was there, he has now gone to saudi arabia where he is talking about a whole range of very vital issues, including the fears of a regional escalation which he wants to deter. there

i've been speaking with our correspondent on the israel—lebanon border, jon donnison.re, and people here are very much on edge. the border is less than ten kilometres from where we are now. many of the towns and villages closer to the border have been evacuated. there has been a very heavy israeli troop build up. i should say that in the last few hours, we have heard the sound of what sounded like outgoing artillery fire from israel into lebanon, but _ throughout that speech, and since it, we haven't seen any fire being returned from the lebanese side. since the war in gaza began, hezbollah's response has been relatively moderate. that said, the violence we have had on this border in the last few weeks has probably been the most significant we have seen since the 2006 israel—lebanon war. and some of those incidents like the one you described last night, in the past, might have been enough to start another war. but hezbollah is a much more powerful force than hamas. it has some 150,000 missiles, some of which are capable of reaching all parts of israel. its fighters are

jon donnison, bbc news, in central israel. one of the world's largest cryptocurrencies dangers, fts, has been found guilty of fraud and money laundering. but it comes at the end of a month—long trial in new york. prosecutors said sam bankman—fried hayes money stolen from fg x to prop up his investment fund and prop up his lavish lifestyle. now faces decades in prison. mr bankman—fried's lawyers as his client maintains his innocence and will fight. they celebrated the court saying the case is a warning to any fraudster who thinks they are untouchable. sam bankman—fried perpetrated one of the biggest financial frauds in american history. a multibillion—dollar scheme designed to make him the king of crypto. here's the thing, the cryptocurrency industry might be new, the players, lake sam bankman—fried, might be new, but this kind of fraud, this kind of corruption is as old as time and we have no patience for it. we old as time and we have no patience for it.— old as time and we have no patience for it. we go live now to north ame

jon donnison, bbc news, jerusalem.er, i spoke to our diplomatic corresponded about diplomatic corresponded about diplomatic effort. thank you so much for being with us. antony blinken shuffling around the region today for a variety of torque. what would you say came out of his visit?— out of his visit? obviously, it is a broad — out of his visit? obviously, it is a broad agenda _ out of his visit? obviously, it is a broad agenda he - out of his visit? obviously, it is a broad agenda he has - out of his visit? obviously, it | is a broad agenda he has tried to make sure that the conflict does not escalate and spread beyond gaza, trying to secure the release of hostages including us citizen. but also i think, crucially, including us citizen. but also ithink, crucially, trying including us citizen. but also i think, crucially, trying to alleviate the situation on the ground in southern gaza where the population has been swelled by the arrival as as many of the million people who have fled the fighting further north. the am

jon donnison, bbc news, in central israel.israel—gaza war. —— gazans. back to london. thank you very much. the bank of england has kept interest rates on hold at 5.25% for the second time as it waits to see if the rate rises of the previous two years are having enough of the desired effect on curbing inflation. 0ur chief economics correspondent, dharshini david, reports. the rates may not have changed today but the hikes over the last couple of years of being felt across the building bricks of the economy. sales of new—build homes are suffering, shaking the foundations of prosperity. suffering, shaking the foundations of prosoerity-_ suffering, shaking the foundations of prosperity. there is a correction ha enin: of prosperity. there is a correction happening and _ of prosperity. there is a correction happening and there _ of prosperity. there is a correction happening and there is _ of prosperity. there is a correction happening and there is definitely l of prosperity. there is a correction happening and there is definitely a

jon donnison, bbc news, in central israel.'s governor, andrew bailey, said it was too early to be thinking about rate cuts and he was watching closely to see if further increases were needed. 0ur economics editor faisal islam is here. so they could go up again? well, no surprise there was no rate rise today. the new development today was a very strong indication from the bank in writing that rates would stay around the level they are, 5%, 5.75% foran would stay around the level they are, 5%, 5.75% for an extended period. what the bank is trying to achieve is they are concerned. people saw interest rates went up first is the same time as inflation went up and now in a couple of weeks' time, inflation will start to fall quite rapidly. they may expect interest rates would full as rapidly and they are trying to nip that in the bud. and it does seem as if interest rates have peaked, the clear indication from them was that for the foreseeable future, there would be no cuts. more widely, they put out a focus for the economy and it ap