that is rushdi abualouf reporting | that is rushdi abualouf reporting from gaza there. —— thank you.e that people self—isolate after returning from so—called amber list countries including france, italy, spain and the united states. since monday, travel has been permitted to more than 170 countries and territories on the government's amber list but passengers must comply with the ten—day quarantine rule when they return. theo leggett has more. the long—awaited opening up of international travel this week may have allowed some to dream of sunshine and sea views, but it's given the government a bumpy ride. under the new traffic light system these red list countries are deemed high risk. travel is heavily restricted and anyone returning from them has to quarantine in a designated hotel. the amber list contains popular tourist destinations like france and spain. it's not illegal to go there, even for a holiday, but ministers say you shouldn't. the green list of low risk regions is the shortest. there are just 12 countries and territories you can visit without having to quarantine when yo

rushdi abualouf, thank you very much for your time.tary of state, antony blinken, and the russian foreign minister, sergei lavrov, have sought to ease tensions in their first meeting since president biden took office. they have said that despite their many differences, the two countries should work together on some issues. it's the most senior in—person contact yet between the biden administration and the kremlin. and as our correspondent will grant in washington says, it comesjust months after president biden called vladimir putin a killer. and i think that really was the initial low point, perhaps president biden setting out his stool after president trump was seen as so close to moscow, so close to president putin personally. and this clearly is an effort to rebuild from that point on some level. the two nations need to work together on a variety of issues and i think this was an opportunity on the sidelines of this arctic council summit to actually have a little face—to—face contact. the secretary of state, antony blinken, said tha

rushdi abualouf, thank you very much. minister borisjohnson has said that the new indian variant of coronavirus could pose a serious disruption to progress made in tackling the virus. cases have more than doubled in a week, mostly in england. here's our medical editor fergus walsh. long queues for immunisation in bolton, which now has the highest level of coronavirus in the uk. it is one of several areas where the indian variant has now got a foothold, encouraging people to get the jab. personally, the reason for me getting the vaccine is because i live with elderly people and i don't want them to have have worries. —— obviously want them to have less worries. it is thought vaccines will continue to protect against serious illness but the threat from the indian variant has led to a shift in policy. the gap between first and second doses for the over—50s is being cut from 12 to eight weeks in a bid to boost their immunity. the prime minister warned the final lifting of restrictions in england onjune 2ist was now in doubt.

well, earlier i spoke to the bbc�*s internet producer in gaza, rushdi abualouf and asked him to updatet israeli airstrike in gaza. it has been a very long night involving killing ten people according to palestinian officials. the israeli air strike struck a building in the middle of a refuge decamp in the middle of gaza city, the biggest city in the whole of the gaza strip. the attack, seven people were killed including four children and a woman. according to the director of the palestinian ministry who described to the bbc what is happening as an ugly massacre, as he said. so what is 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 devastation. we are talking about 400 palestinians slaughter in just four about 400 palestinians slaughter injust four or about 400 palestinians slaughter in just four or five days. almost total destruction to infrastructure, roads in large areas around the gaza strip. the roads to the hospitals were cut off, electricity was lost for

earlier our reporter from gaza, rushdi abualouf, told us how this night was for people over there.very busy for most of the people in gaza, especially in the northern part of gaza city. it's been hit hard according to locals. i can hearfrom my house, the sound of air strikes, it has been terrifying this area, smoke was rising up was rising up to the sky, according to locals. some infrastructure, some military sides, presumed to be of hamas were targeted along with a main road link with the city. that caused a major power cut to most of the city. you can see that as part of the power cut. this morning, the health ministry released a statement five minutes ago saying that 32 year old woman was killed the fighting continues for the 11th day now. yesterday it was intense, about 150 rockets were fired, targeting cities and towns in the south of israel. hamas, a senior leader last night said we are close to a ceasefire. it is a matter of a day until we reach a ceasefire. and the israeli prime minister, benjamin netanyahu said last night said the operation would continue. let's get some o

it has gone six o'clock in the morning, dawn is breaking. 0ur correspondent rushdi abualouf is in gaza calm as perhaps it has been for some time but of course, a picture of a skyline can be very misleading. what is it like at the moment? it has been quiet for the last hour or so but it has been another difficult night for the people in gaza. the israelis have attacked 20—30 targets. 80 airstrikes since midnight. the western part of gaza city was hit intensely. local saying they are targeting streets, electricity supplies and many security compounds for hamas, police stations and military training facilities. this night, there were no casualties according to the health ministries but the scale of destruction caused by the attacks was really huge. shortly before the israeli airstrikes, hamas said they fired a barrage of rockets towards the city of sderot. in retaliation to the killing of 42 people on sunday morning were palestinian use sang 42 people were killed in that attack. —— saying. that has taken the number since the beginning of the fighting we could go to 179. we understand that

oil, rushdi abualouf, thank the people react for this.of israel. but one thing that has become apparent is that those views are increasingly fragmented along generational lines. new research from the pew foundation finds that less than half of young american jews feel attached to the state of israel, compared to two—thirds of the older generation ofjewish americans who feel a strong connection with israel. let�*s speak now to two jewish americans from both those age groups who are members of the same family, alyssa rubin, aged 26, in colorado, and jason pearl — alyssa�*s grandfather — who is 89 and lives in connecticut. thank you very much, both of you, forjoining me for subjacent, if i mayjust start with forjoining me for subjacent, if i may just start with you, i�*m forjoining me for subjacent, if i mayjust start with you, i�*m sure you�*ve heard the news out of the middle east that there is a cease—fire now. ijust wanted to get, before we move onto our conversation, your to that. ilate conversation, your to that. note that it is a _ co

story, the unrest in the middle east between the israelis and palestinians. 0ur correspondent rushdi abualoufast few minutes that the israelis have struck a media building in gaza, but they are saying it contained her massive military intelligence. what more do you know about that? it is military intelligence. what more do you know about that?— you know about that? it is hard to clari . you know about that? it is hard to ciarifv- the _ you know about that? it is hard to clarify. the landlord _ you know about that? it is hard to clarify. the landlord of _ you know about that? it is hard to clarify. the landlord of the - clarify. the landlord of the building was speaking to the media just now and denying any military sites involved in this building. he said it was housing media and engineering companies, and also about 60 residential apartments in that building. it is by far the biggest building so fat that has been destroyed, not only during this war, i think, been destroyed, not only during this war, ithink, but been destroyed, not only during this war, i think, but during the previous escala

our correspondent rushdi abualouf is in gaza.difficult night for most of the people in gaza as the israelis have attacked as many as 20 or 30 targets this night. according to security sources, about 80 air strikes since midnight. the western part of the gaza city was hit intensely. local are saying that they are targeting streets, electricity supplies and also many security compounds for hamas, including police stations and military training facilities belonging to the hamas armed wing. this night, there were no casualties, according to the health ministry, but the scale of destruction caused by those attacks was really huge. shortly before the israeli air strikes, the militant group hamas have said they have fired a barrage of rockets towards the city of sderot and the city of beersheba, in southern israel. they said in a statement that it is retaliation for the killing of 42 people on the deadliest attack on sunday morning, were palestinian health officials saying 42 people were killed in the attack. that brings the total numbe

well earlier i spoke to the bbc�*s internet producer in gaza, rushdi abualouf and asked him to updateest 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 minister boris johnson has said that the new indian variant of coronavirus could pose a serious disruption to

joining me now from gaza is our correspondent rushdi abualouf.-fire. yeah, 40 minutes to go on until we — cease-fire. yeah, 40 minutes to go on untilwe cnn _ cease-fire. yeah, 40 minutes to go on untilwe cnn for— cease-fire. yeah, 40 minutes to go on untilwe cnn for11_ cease-fire. yeah, 40 minutes to go on until we cnn for 11 days - cease-fire. yeah, 40 minutes to go on until we cnn for 11 days of i on until we cnn for 11 days of fighting. it's been a lot of effort going on behind the scenes. many arab countries, the americans, europeans were working day and night, close with the palestinian authority with hamas and israel to broker the cease—fire and end the fighting. a sense ofjoy, even celebration started in gaza as hamas fired more than 5000 rockets towards israel is claiming victory. the spokesman for the hamas armed wing was appearing on tv, the hamas tv and saying that we won. and the israelis were defeated as he was addressing the palestinian people and gaza and everywhere after this. until now the fighting, some sort of voting is still g

here's more from our correspondent rushdi abualouf in gaza.er. it will require weeks of work just to clear the rubble from the streets. we are talking about the lifeline for the two million people — it's blocked from different parts as part of the fighting going on. so there is a lot of work to do. if hamas and israel manage to end this fighting, it'll be a long time to recover from this. throughout this conflict, we've heard from people in the region to get a better understanding of what they're living through. i want to play you clips from two women. we'll hearfrom adele, who's israeli, in a moment. but we start with asmaa. she is palestinian and lives in the gaza strip. we've never known what is a normal life is. i'm not sure if you can hear in the background, that's the sound of artillery shelling which we have grown grown accustomed to, waking up to the sounds every single day, instead of the sounds of the birds that used to surround my house prior to this aggression. and we have to navigate throughout the day how we are going to deal wit

the bbc�*s rushdi abualouf is in gaza.hamas were targeted as well, as well as a main road linking gaza city to the northern part of the city. that caused a major power cut to most parts of the city. maybe you can see the black in the background as part of the power cut. this morning, the health ministry just released a statement five minutes ago saying that a 32—year—old woman was killed in the latest strike in khan yunis, in the southern gaza strip, as the fighting continues for the 11th day now. yesterday, it was intense, about 150 rockets were fired from gaza, targeting cities and towns in the south of israel. hamas' senior leader last night said we are close to a ceasefire. he said it is a matter of a day or two until we reach this conclusion and have a ceasefire. we haven't heard yet from israel about this, but the israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu said last night the operation would continue. surge testing has begun in six new areas across england to try to stamp out the spread of the indian covid variant. mo

our middle east editorjeremy bowen is injerusalem and our correspondent rushdi abualouf is in gaza city jeremy, let's start with you. joe biden now saying that he wants israel to de—escalate. the prime minister there says he is not on any clock but the reality for israel if the us is pulling back its support then time is running out for benjamin netanyahu and his campaign. it was the firth lilley for the call that president biden had made to the is really— that president biden had made to the is really prime minister. —— the fourth — is really prime minister. —— the fourth call _ is really prime minister. —— the fourth catt i_ is really prime minister. —— the fourth call. i don't think he was inquiring — fourth call. i don't think he was inquiring about his health. i think the fact— inquiring about his health. i think the fact that the reader coming from the fact that the reader coming from the white _ the fact that the reader coming from the white house emphasised that he was putting that timeframe into it is a very— was putting that timeframe into it is a very clear message. as you ha

our correspondent rushdi abualouf is in gaza and he updated us on the chances a ceasefire could be agreedor two but on the ground nothing has changed. the fighting has been intensified in a significant weight last night and this morning. security sources in gaza say hundred 50 air strikes were targeted infrastructure in northern gaza. some military compounds for hamas, andy rhodes into the where many passengers were all too happy to arrive this week. now, back to some nice earn and relax. we have had to cancelled _ to some nice earn and relax. we have had to cancelled weddings, _ to some nice earn and relax. we have had to cancelled weddings, to - had to cancelled weddings, to cancelled honeymoon dates and so it�*s time to relax. it is cancelled honeymoon dates and so it's time to relax.— it's time to relax. it is the one thing that _ it's time to relax. it is the one thing that we _ it's time to relax. it is the one thing that we have _ it's time to relax. it is the one thing that we have been - it's time to relax. it is the one i thing that we have been waiting it's time to relax. it is

our correspondent rushdi abualouf is in gaza and earlier updated us with the latest fromt there.li incoming fire following a barrage of rockets from gaza and the militant group hamas say they have fired 50 rockets towards the city in southern israel. this is the second barrage of rockets today. the first one was about 200 rockets this morning and followed by a very heavy israeli air strike, maybe this is the heaviest air strike against gaza since 2006 -- 2014, air strike against gaza since 2006 —— 2014, very shocking and angry mood in gaza as the people started to see the scale of destruction from buildings and security compounds belonging to hamas, it has been destroyed. many shocking scenes on the street. the exchange of fire is continuing between hamas and israel. inafew in a few minutes' time we will talk to tom bateman who is in the city south of tel aviv. we will have the latest from there. lieutenant colonel jonathan conricus is the international spokesperson for the israel defense forces. good afternoon. good afternoon, thank ou good afternoon. good afternoon, thank you f