says the dead were hunted, car by car. what i know is that we were targeted — deliberately. not they stop until everybody was dead in this convoy. the head of the israeli military says it was a grave mistake due to "mis—identification." we'll have the very latest. also tonight... mayhem in taiwan, as the worst earthquake in a generation strikes. at least nine people are dead. the government reveals the extra costs to uk firms of importing plants and food from the eu after brexit. and working out what time it is on the moon. on bbc london: on newsnight at 1030, amidst increasing international pressure on israel of the killing of seven aid workers the first call by benjamin netanyahu's main rival in the emergency government for elections within months.

as international condemnation grows over israel's attack on an aid convoy in gaza, the bodies of the six foreign workers killed in the drone strike have been taken to egypt. a seventh palestinian man has already been buried. they worked for the charity world central kitchen, whose founder tonight said those killed "were targeted deliberately, nonstop, until everybody was dead." three of those killed are british nationals, including james kirby, who was a7, and from bristol. his family have told the bbc he was a selfless humanitarian, who knew the risks but wanted to help people. the head of the isreali military says it was a grave mistake due to "misidentification," and an investigation is now under way. we'll take a look at what we know about the air strike, and get the latest from jeremy bowen

injerusalem and james landale, here at the foreign office. but first, lucy williamson has more on the aftermath of the attack. well, israel's actions in gaza and the need to expand access for aid. the killing of these aid workers has driven up calls for the uk to look at its role in terms of supplying weapons or military equipment at least to israel and in terms of its own position on the legality of israel's actions. it is not clear yet where those calls are going to lead but israel has responded very, very swiftly, announcing new measures to improve coordination with aid agencies on the ground and also saying that the results of its investigation into the incident will come within days. israel's army said it

had misidentified them. today, colleagues wrote their names on the body bags that carried them out of gaza. john chapman. james henderson. and james kirby. three british men among seven aid workers killed in israeli air strikes this week. their bodies driven through the rafah crossing into egypt to be flown home to the uk. today, the head of their organisation spoke for the first time about what happened. they attacked the first car. they were able to move to the second one. again, this one was hit. they were able to move to the third one. in the process, we know they were trying to call. but in the chaos of the moment, whatever happened, they... to try to be telling idf why are they doing, that they were targeting us. and then they hit the third one. under pressure to provide answers, israel has promised an investigation.

i welcome what the israeli foreign minister said yesterday to me about a full, urgent and transparent inquiry into how this dreadful event was allowed to happen. and we want to see that happen very, very quickly. israel's army initially pointed to poor coordination on the ground and announced new measures to tackle it. but precise strikes on aid vehicles need a very high bar under both military regulations and international law, and some here say both sets of rules are being broken in gaza, describing a culture of impunity. no, i don't agree with that. there are cases where soldiers have been disciplined throughout the course of this war. how many times? i don't have those figures at hand but this is the situation. how many other investigations do you have going on where aid workers have been killed by israeli forces? i'm not aware of those cases but what we need to understand is that there are very clear rules and regulations.

soldiers need to adhere by them and when they don't, they are held accountable for their actions. this investigation is being driven by international outrage over a single event. but poor coordination on the ground doesn't fully explain why forces were allowed to fire on a clearly marked convoy that appeared to pose no immediate threat. and there are people both inside and outside the defence ministry who say the explanation goes beyond any individual decision or any individual mistake. one organisation that collects testimony from serving soldiers says there's been a shift in military culture and policies. you know, when i served in the military, the rules were — if there is doubt, there is no doubt. meaning if you have any doubt that you're going to hit an innocent person, you don't shoot. today, it means the opposite. if there is any doubt that you are under risk,

you need to shoot. these are not the first aid workers to be killed here, just the first known foreign ones. but their deaths have spotlit questions that foreign journalists currently can't investigate, banned by israel from entering gaza. six bodies left this conflict zone today — the questions did not. lucy williamson, bbc news, tel aviv. well, what exactly do we know about the attack? it happened on monday night after the team from world central kitchen had collected around 100 tonnes of food aid from the charity's own temporary jetty just south of gaza city. they then took the supplies to a warehouse in deir el—balah, in the middle of the gaza strip. from there, the team — seven people in three cars — then headed back to the coast road, seen here in blue. it's a designated route that israel

insists aid convoys use, heading south towards their base in rafah. shortly afterwards, the first car was hit. this is what it looked like the following morning. according to the israeli newspaper ha'aretz, the passengers were then seen moving to one of the other two cars. but a few hundred yards further on, that too was hit. here you can clearly see world central kitchen�*s logo on the roof. the same thing, then happened again, team members now moving to the third car. but minutes later, and a mile further down the road, another strike. all seven members of the team are now dead. one of those who died was james kirby from bristol — and danjohnson has been speaking with his family. humanitarian aid relies on people like this — three british men killed providing security advice in gaza. he has died a hero, you know? they all have.

james kirby served in bosnia and afghanistan. now his relatives in bristol share the grief that's reached six other aid workers' families. it's just heartbreaking that, you know, he lost his life doing that. but he knew the dangers. he was selfless in that regard and he just wanted to help people. their cars were hit by israel's military as they returned to base after escorting food into gaza. the cars looked to me to be clearly marked. in today's technology, you'd think they'd be able to see that clearly — that these vehicles were carrying humanitarian aid workers. this is why we want answers, really. john chapman's family said, "he died trying to help people and was subject to an inhumane act. he was an incredible father, husband, son and brother." james henderson was another former military man, using his skills and experience to help feed gaza's hungry.

what are the questions that you have? we were told that their route was safe. why wasn't it? itjust seems quite indiscriminate, what they're doing at the moment. israel's been accused of not being careful enough about protecting civilian life. oh, undoubtedly. yeah. that needs to change. humanitarian aid workers need to be able to do their work. this was a tragic accident, israel says. but according to the un, nearly 200 aid workers have died in this conflict and some agencies are now pulling back. obviously now no—one's going to be going there to help these people and it'sjust going to drop into absolute chaos. there's international pressure now, so let's just hope that response is heard by israel. israel's promised an investigation and answers. but will these deaths, after so many thousands in gaza, bring a significant change in its approach?

danjohnson, bbc news, bristol. let's hearfrom james landale, our diplomatic correpondent who's at the foreign office, and jeremy bowen, our international editor, who's in jerusalem. jane james? the janejames? the uk jane james? the uk sells arms to israel? , , ., ., , ., , israel? they should not sell arms if there is a clear _ israel? they should not sell arms if there is a clear risk _ israel? they should not sell arms if there is a clear risk those _ israel? they should not sell arms if there is a clear risk those arms - israel? they should not sell arms if there is a clear risk those arms can | there is a clear risk those arms can be used to break international humanitarian law. there are a number of voices growing who think that threshold in gaza has passed. the labour party are saying the government should publish its internal legal advice and if that says there is a clear risk, arms sales to israel should be suspended. the lib dems say they should be suspended right now, so did the snp, who won parliament record so mps can have a vote. some senior

conservatives are also voicing their concerns. for now, the prime minister is staying pretty tight—lipped saying simply the uk has, "a very careful licensing regime". at tonight in israel, a television report claims that the prime minister when he spoke to benjamin netanyahu yesterday said that if israel did not get more aid into gaza, then the uk would find israel in contradiction of humanitarian law. so this is a live issue. lawyers and officials behind me and the foreign office are working hard on their own assessment. now it is true that the uk does not sell a lot of arms to israel. the most recent figures from a couple of years ago say that it was worth about £42 million. compare that with what the united states gives, £3 billion of military aid to israel every year. so if the uk was to suspend arms, it wouldn't have

much impact on israel's war machine but it would be politically and diplomatically damaging and embarrassing. is it going to happen? the pressure is clearly growing but it is a technical, complex and quasi judicial assessment and tonight they said an israeli arms embargo is still very unlikely.— said an israeli arms embargo is still very unlikely. james, thank ou. still very unlikely. james, thank yom james _ still very unlikely. james, thank you. james lansdale _ still very unlikely. james, thank you. james lansdale at - still very unlikely. james, thank you. james lansdale at the - still very unlikely. james, thank. you. james lansdale at the foreign office. jeremy is injerusalem. office. jeremy is in jerusalem. widespread office. jeremy is injerusalem. widespread condemnation of israel clearly. do you think this incident could be a turning point in the way that israel is prosecuting this war? perhaps. the israelis realise that they are under pressure. they feel isolated. they hear what their closest allies are saying to them. but i think there is probably a thought in their minds, will they subside after a few days? if there

are contrite expressions of regret, promises of a full and open inquiry, the right sounds coming out... because what they don't want, because they can resist words. we have heard words repeatedly, actually, over the last six months, starting with joe actually, over the last six months, starting withjoe biden and others saying essentially that they need to respect the laws of war and stop killing so many civilians. more recently, they need to make sure aid circulates properly in the gaza strip. so what might sway the israelis, as you have already been discussing, is the issue of arms and how they get them. joe biden has toughened his language further after these killings and he said that he is outraged. the question is, is this going to be a tipping point for him, where he moves from words to actions? the biggest action would be to attach conditions to the use of

american weapons. that would have a very severe effect on what israel is able to do, and even bigger effect would be if he was to actually turn the pipe off or turn it down. there have been dozens of flights landing here from america with the kind of weapons that they need. i have covered israel's wars for many years and there has often been a tipping point where the american say, we have protected you enough, we cannot do more, you need to stop. will it be at this point? if i had to guess right now, i would say if it is going to happen, it will happen gradually, not suddenly. 0k, jeremie. _ gradually, not suddenly. 0k, jeremie, thank _ gradually, not suddenly. 0k, jeremie, thank you _ gradually, not suddenly. ok, jeremie, thank you for that. at least nine people have been killed and more than a thousand injured after an earthquake in taiwan. it was the island's most powerful for a quarter of a century. taiwan sits on the so—called pacific ring of fire, a line of seismic faults where most of the world's earthquakes occui’. here you can see the island

is formed between two tectonic plates, which push against each other. the worst—hit area, was a mountainous region on the east coast, but tremors were felt more than 60 miles away, in the capital tapei. rupert wingfield—hayes has the latest from the town of su'ao, around 25 miles north of the earthquake's epicentre, where over a hundred people remain trapped inside a tunnel along a coastal highway. this is the moment the quake struck a taipei tv station in the middle of its morning news show. the shaking was intense and prolonged, even in the capital — more than 100 miles from the quake's epicentre. this is what it did to morning traffic on an elevated highway... ..and to passengers on a metro train, who remained remarkably calm as the car was tossed around like a toy. elsewhere, people ran for their lives, abandoning their coffees and breakfast.

most young people here have never experienced a quake like this and were badly shaken. translation: an earthquake hasn't happened in a long time, _ so it felt really terrifying. close to the epicentre in the city of hualien, the shaking was more intense and the damage much worse. you can see people running from their cars as the building on the left begins to collapse. dozens of buildings have been badly damaged. some now lean over at absurd angles, as if ready to topple at any moment. the death toll is so far mercifully low, but the number of injured has skyrocketed past 1,000. eastern taiwan is a mountainous and rugged landscape, and that brought another terrifying threat — landslides. along the coast, the quake unleashed massive rockfalls — whole mountainsides seemingly slipping into the valleys below.

roads are now strewn with massive boulders, bridges severed and tunnels blocked. these shots from a military helicopter show one famously perilous stretch of road. it is now completely cut off at both ends, with cars and buses stuck inside. rescue crews are continuing to work into the night in hualien city and across the east of the island. dozens have been brought to safety, but more than 140 people are still reported to be trapped. rupert, what is the latest concerning the rescue efforts to try to free those trapped people? i’m concerning the rescue efforts to try to free those trapped people? i'm on the highway — to free those trapped people? i'm on the highway north — to free those trapped people? i'm on the highway north of— to free those trapped people? i'm on the highway north of the _ to free those trapped people? i'm on the highway north of the city - to free those trapped people? i'm on the highway north of the city of- the highway north of the city of hualien, you can see behind me we cannot go any further behind this road. this is the highway where many of those people are trapped, many of them, we are told, inside a tunnel.

we think several dozen are trapped in tour buses in a tunnel further down this road. you can imagine how terrifying it would have been for them when the earthquake struck, being stuck inside, they have been struck for almost 2a hours, the sun is coming up, it is almost a day since the earthquake struck so the rescue efforts are focused on trying to get these people out but they are tackling huge boulders are massive landslides blocking the way of rescue teams to get in there, they are gradually using heavy equipment, breaking their way through to get to those people and get them out as soon as possible. as you said in the introduction we are on the pacific ring of fire, people are used to earthquakes and think they know how to live with them but every so often, something comes along that shows they are not used to it and it is traumatising and terrifying for people in taiwan when something like this happens. people in taiwan when something like this happen— this happens. rupert wingfield-hayes, - this happens. rupert| wingfield-hayes, live this happens. rupert i wingfield-hayes, live in this happens. rupert _ wingfield-hayes, live in taiwan, wingfield—hayes, live in taiwan, thank you.

the government has revealed how much uk firms will have to pay to import plants and foodstuffs from the eu after brexit. supermarkets, small delis and garden centres are some of those affected, with products like fish, salami, sausage, cheese and yoghurt subject to fees of up to £150. faisal islam is with me. when was brexit done? quite a while ago. how come this has taken so long? ago. how come this has taken so lona ? , , ago. how come this has taken so lon. ? , , ., ago. how come this has taken so [am ? , , ., ago. how come this has taken so lon? , , ., . long? this is part of the much dela ed long? this is part of the much delayed official _ long? this is part of the much delayed official brexit - long? this is part of the much delayed official brexit borderl long? this is part of the much - delayed official brexit border which was inevitable after the government's rather distant deal with the eu prioritising freedom to regulate ourselves, but the result means different regulations mean you get checks both ways. we have had checks for uk exporters going into europe very few ways and this is the reverse, eu imports into great women —— great britain in particular. it is called the common user charge, £29 for many different types of medium and high risk foodstuffs like

yoghurt, salami sausages as you mentioned, and up to five different items in one consignment, a lorry load or a pallet loads, that is how you would get to £145, the figure used by trade bodies tonight who are unhappy, they say it could contribute to rising food prices and lower availability. probably the biggest thing is it is an inconvenience for a lorry loads and where it may affect things is for smallerjellies, smaller businesses, because they pay the same flat charge. —— is for smaller delis. government acknowledges 0.2% in a couple of years food inflation but they say it is important for bio—security, keeping the uk from plant and animal disease, but we do not know how it will come out in the wash when these rules coming in april, and later in october. thank ou, april, and later in october. thank you. faisal— april, and later in october. thank you, faisal islam, _ april, and later in october. thank

you, faisal islam, our— april, and later in october. thank you, faisal islam, our economics| you, faisal islam, our economics editor. let's take a look at some of the day's other top stories. the former president of the spanish football federation, luis rubiales, has been arrested in a corruption investigation. he was detained after stepping off a plane and is suspected of receiving illegal commissions when negotiating a lucrative deal to stage the spanish super cup competition in saudi arabia. he's denied any wrongdoing. police are hunting for a killer who they say has absconded from a mental health facility in east london. philip theophilou, who's 54, left the facility in homerton on sunday and did not return. officiers say he may pose a risk without access to his medication, and urged anyone who sees him to call 999. a murder investigation has been launched after human remains were found in a park in south london. police sent the remains away for analysis and it has been confirmed that they come from one victim. a crime scene remains in place in rowdown fields in croydon and police inquiries are ongoing. the uk's biggest education union, the neu, has begun its annual conference in bournemouth, with pay high on the agenda.

its members have indicated they'd support industrial action in this year's negotiations. the government has already warned any pay offer in england is likely be lower than last year's deal. royal mail says it wants to cut deliveries for second class letters to every other weekday. the proposal is one of a number of cost—cutting ideas, as the company deals with falling numbers of letter deliveries causing major financial losses. royal mail says its six—day—a—week service for first class letters would remain. simonjack is with me. they have to do something, how likely is it that these proposals will get through? this likely is it that these proposals will get through?— will get through? this is the royal mail's submissions _ will get through? this is the royal mail's submissions to _ will get through? this is the royal mail's submissions to an - will get through? this is the royal mail's submissions to an ofcom i mail's submissions to an ofcom review which will be ruled on in the summer. the royal mail split off from the post office many years ago, privatised ten years ago, losing big money, 400 million —— £490 million

last year. we are sending fewer letters, in 2004 it was 20 billion per year, letters, in 2004 it was 20 billion peryear, now letters, in 2004 it was 20 billion per year, now it is just seven billion and there is competition with the more lucrative parcels business. and unlike its competitors it is bound by law to the universal service obligation to send for six days a week to any address in the uk for the same price, whether round the corner or the other end of the country. that is under the review, and there was talk of cutting first and there was talk of cutting first and second class deliveries to fight for three days per week but a big outcry over match, saying there is important stuff like nhs appointments, timely magazine periodicals and greetings cards, so they are proposing keeping six days a week for first class but changing second class to every other day. royal mail says that could save them around £300 million and that with the very recent rise in stamps, they went up 10p yesterday for first and second class stamps, gives them a fighting chance of turning a profit.

critics say they are not even hitting normal delivery targets, this is charging more for getting less and as i say, royal mail will continue racking up losses if this does not happen, ofcom will rule on that in the summer.— does not happen, ofcom will rule on that in the summer. thank you, simon jack, our business _ that in the summer. thank you, simon jack, our business editor. _ police investigating the stabbing of an iranianjournalist in london say three suspects left the uk within hours of the attack. puria zeraati, who works for the uk based persian language tv channel iran international, was attacked last week outside his home. here's tom symonds. he survived, but despite the positive picture, pouria zeraati is said to be all too aware he could have been killed. police searching the street where he lives, where he was approached by a man asking for money, another grabbing his arms, the first stabbing his legs, before they ran off. an eyewitness who was just down the road told me that he was walking along here when they came running towards him — two young men in their early 20s wearing

black hooded tracksuits. he said they looked casual — calm, even. they got into a waiting car and drove off. but he got the number plate. the attack happened in wimbledon. police were able to track the car, a blue mazda — possibly using automatic number plate cameras and cctv — to new malden, where they found it abandoned. it is being forensically examined. from there, the three suspects travelled to heathrow airport. there are regular buses. it's also possible to get a train. scotland yard said they caught a flight out of the uk. detectives will have their passport details and say they've been identified. the getaway car found in this street is being closely examined. police have yet to confirm which country the suspects flew to, or their possible motive. the concern is pouria zeraati was targeted as a prominent presenter for a tv station banned by the iranian regime. a friend in new york, herself

targeted for assassination, said he lives with a constant threat. i talked to pouria zeraati. a month ago, pouria actually informed them about the threats that he has received. not only him, my colleagues from iran international tv, from bbc persia, from voice of america. dissidents actually informing the uk government about the threats that they receive every single day. last year this man, magomed—husejn dovtaev, was convicted of scouting out a possible attack on the headquarters of iran international. police and the security services have foiled 16 plots against critics of iran. this attack looks more like a carefully planned attempt to terrorise than kill, but pouria zeraati has told a friend he won't be silenced. tom symonds, bbc news, wimbledon. now, ever wondered what time

it is on the moon? well, the white house says we need to know, and has told nasa to establish a unified standard of time for the celestial body. the aim is to set international norms in space, ahead of moves for a more permanent presence there. moon time is different from earth time because of its weaker gravity, as gary o'donoghue reports from washington. what time is it on the moon? the problem is, no—one really knows. and that's why the clock is ticking for nasa, which has two years to come up with a time standard and get the rest of the world to agree to it. we leave it. we came, and, god willing, as we shall return. it's been more than 50 years since the last manned moon landing, and with missions planned by several countries in the coming decade, time is running out to get a standard agreed. you might think, why notjust use universal coordinated time? afterall, it's

agreed on everywhere. but, not so fast. it turns out that moon time is a little bit faster than earth time. so if you had a clock down here and one up there, the one up there — over a 50 year period — would be about a second faster. einstein's law of general relativity tells us that time isn't absolute. it changes depending on where you are in the universe. the rate that clocks tick depends on the gravity where you are. and lift—off of artemis 1. nasa plans to send a crew to the moon at the end of 2026. china is also planning to put people on the lunar surface by the end of the decade. so achieving a coordinated approach is essential. so you can sort of picture, you know, in the future, a very busy context on the moon. so you have rovers and you have orbiters, and they're trying to communicate and work together and issues not arising with

interference, that type of thing. the space race has been politicised from the very beginning, so achieving a standard approach won't be easy, which means nasa's timetable could easily slip. gary o'donoghue, bbc news, washington. time for a look at the weather. i bet it doesn't rain on the move. —— on the moon. the that i bet it doesn't rain on the move. -- on the moon. the— -- on the moon. the that is a complicated _ -- on the moon. the that is a complicated weather - -- on the moon. the that is a| complicated weather question -- on the moon. the that is a - complicated weather question that i did not