it situation like as you left rafah? hit was situation like as you left rafah? it was terrible, to be honest, it was chaotic, we were surrounded by farms going off around us, we heard gunfire from any direction throw —— bombs. there was uncertainty as to whether we were going to get out or not and it was only at the last moment that we found out we were going to get out and got through to the egyptian side of the border but even then we could still hear the vast noise of the bombs going off and the buildings were shaking even on the egyptian side. and of course there were only a few hours after that that the ground forces invaded the crossing. you that that the ground forces invaded the crossing-— the crossing. you are talking about ourself the crossing. you are talking about yourself and _ the crossing. you are talking about yourself and other _ the crossing. you are talking about yourself and other medical - the crossing. you are talking about yourself and other medical staff? l yourself and other medical staff? yes, i had been out in gaza with a small group from medical aid for palestinians, a charity i came into gaza with, we were due to leave yesterday anyway and there were

eight doctors in our group so we left together. eight doctors in our group so we left together-— left together. what weather conditions _ left together. what weather conditions like _ left together. what weather conditions like the - left together. what weather conditions like the people . left together. what weather i conditions like the people that left together. what weather - conditions like the people that you had been treating up to the point you left yesterday? —— what were the conditions. you left yesterday? -- what were the conditions. , ., , you left yesterday? -- what were the conditions. , . , ., conditions. they had been a degree of increased — conditions. they had been a degree of increased aid _ conditions. they had been a degree of increased aid in _ conditions. they had been a degree of increased aid in recent _ conditions. they had been a degree of increased aid in recent weeks - conditions. they had been a degree| of increased aid in recent weeks but it was still insufficient and we were dealing with patients who were desperately sick, and it was my second spell at al—aqsa hospital since the 7th of october and whereas over christmas and new year we were dealing almost exclusively with acute bomb injuries to the abdomen and the chas, there were far less of those in the last two weeks —— and the chest. but we were very busy operating on patients who had terrible infective, complications from previous surgery as a result of the sea via malnutrition —— severe.

this dominated the narrative for the last two weeks, dealing with these appalling complications with all the worms breaking down and the internal organs that had been repaired over previous weeks, falling down and leaking, and these are devastating problems. we spent a lot of time operating on those.— problems. we spent a lot of time operating on those. malnutrition is a key factor _ operating on those. malnutrition is a key factor in _ operating on those. malnutrition is a key factor in outcomes _ operating on those. malnutrition is a key factor in outcomes for - a key factor in outcomes for patients?— a key factor in outcomes for atients? . ., , , patients? most certainly. probably the sinale patients? most certainly. probably the single most _ patients? most certainly. probably the single most important - patients? most certainly. probably the single most important thing, l the single most important thing, these are generally, a lot of them are very young patients, but when they get, when they are severely malnourished to start with, they are at much higher risk of getting severe complications, and they can be devastating. we had a couple of young girls, one was 16 and one was 18, who both had severe blast injuries from bombs but both were malnourished and both died during our stay there because of the complications relating is a direct

result of malnutrition. i5 complications relating is a direct result of malnutrition. is someone who has visited _ result of malnutrition. is someone who has visited rafah _ result of malnutrition. is someone who has visited rafah and - result of malnutrition. is someone who has visited rafah and those . result of malnutrition. is someone i who has visited rafah and those the lie of the land, so to speak, where is there for people to go if they want to get away?— is there for people to go if they want to get away? within gaza, virtually nowhere _ want to get away? within gaza, virtually nowhere to _ want to get away? within gaza, virtually nowhere to go, - want to get away? within gaza, virtually nowhere to go, and - want to get away? within gaza, virtually nowhere to go, and i i want to get away? within gaza, - virtually nowhere to go, and i know there is a narrative being put forward by the israeli government that they have safe areas in khan younis, for example, but i drove through yesterday and this is a narrow area on the western part of gaza, and it is absolutely packed with displaced people, makeshift shelters occupying all the beaches and the waste land next to the beach, so there is nosed a is for the population of rafah which is getting on for 1.5 million to go to —— so there is no space. this narrative being peddled that they are safe spaces for them to go is

nonsense. are safe spaces for them to go is nonsense-— a shooting has been reported at the home of the rapper drake in toronto, canada. police said a man was taken to hospital with serious injuries. reports suggest he is a security guard. the suspect is thought to have fled the scene in a vehicle. the incident took place in the early hours of tuesday morning. you're watching bbc news. back to the house of commons because i want to remind you that we are expecting a statement from grant shapps, about a hack which has compromised the payroll systems of the british armed forces, and government officials said china was most likely responsible and

president xijinping is in europe at the moment, in france, but the chinese foreign ministry has dismissed these claims as absurd. do stay with us on bbc news. there are no trains on some of the busiest commuter routes in the country today because of a fresh strike by aslef train drivers. today's industrial action mainly affects the south of england with these operators hit — including southwestern and the gatwick express. tomorrow it's a different set of operators which are affected — among them avanti west coast and great western. and on thursday it's services in the north of england and scotland that will be hit. our transport correspondent katy austin has the latest. southampton central station was very quiet this morning. people hurried for the few trains that were running.

there is a train. it's not here for, like, another hour and a half and i can't get to work. i need to be at work in, like, 20 minutes. normally it takes 20 minutes for me to get to work from here. and there's only one train returning. what train do you normally get? the 8:30 to waterloo. is that running today? no, it's not. we have to get the 8:50 instead. i had to leave a bit earlier from home. 032 to service to london. it was a different story at the nearby coach station. services to london were all full. yeah, we've got to get back to kent. what are your options for that today? well, we'll be all right. it's just. . .. it's another, what, six hours on the journey. do you normally get the coach? not really. it's kind of a last resort for me. yeah, it's not regular. the overtime ban at all 16 train companies involved in the dispute, which started yesterday, could mean short notice cancellations this week and, on strike days, some operators will run no trains,

while others will have very limited timetables — services starting later and finishing earlier than usual. we want a resolution. did i expect this to be going on 22 months? no, ididn't. will it take another 22 months? well, if it does, it does. but this won't go away until somebody sits down with us and resolves the pay rise for �*22 and �*23. the government has sign—off on any deal. it's been more than a year now since the aslef union rejected the latest proposals put on the table by the train operators group. and there's been no progress since then towards resolving the long—running train drivers dispute. now there are signs that might be about to change. train companies' representatives have invited the union to have informal discussions, to see if they can resume negotiations. the main point of disagreement over this period has been over working conditions, and we're hoping that this letter could help dislodge these talks and just move us into a position where we find some common ground. if that is the case,

then potentially we could get back around the negotiating table and finally find a solution. whether that eventually leads to a settlement or not, this week's action is set to go ahead. katy austin, bbc news. back to the house of commons where we believe a statement from the uk defence secretary grant shapps is imminent. this is a statement about a hack which has compromised the payroll system of the british armed forces, both current serving members and some veterans as well with details of bank account numbers, addresses and so forth. government officials have told the bbc that china was most likely responsible but the chinese foreign ministry has dismissed this as absurd. it comes as president xijinping is in france today, having lunch in the pyrenees

with president macron. who has been campaigning for better access for european firms in china. this is grant shapps. european firms in china. this is grant shawn-— european firms in china. this is grant shanna-— european firms in china. this is grant shapps. involving activity by a malian grant shapps. involving activity by a malign actor _ grant shapps. involving activity by a malign actor and _ grant shapps. involving activity by a malign actor and in _ grant shapps. involving activity by a malign actor and in recent - grant shapps. involving activity by a malign actor and in recent daysl a malign actor and in recent days the ministry of defence has identified indications that a malign actor gain access to part of the armed forces payment network. this is an external system completely separate to the mod�*s core network are not connected to the main military hr system. the house would wish to note it is operated by a contractor and there is evidence of potential failings by them which may have made it easierfor the malign actor to gain entry. a specialist security review of the contract and their operations is under way and appropriate steps will be taken. the contractor operated system in question is held and holds personal data of regular and reserve

personnel, and recently retired veterans, including names and bank details and in a small number of cases addresses. in response to this incident, we have undertaken a significant and immediate action, enacting a multi—point response plan to protect our people and i would like to provide the house with details of this multi—point plan. first of all we have immediately taken the system off—line and this has secured it against similar future threats, and secondly we have launched a full investigation drawing on cabinet office support and specialist external expertise to examine the potential failings of the contractor, to minimise the risk of similar incidents in the future. three, whilst the initial investigations have found no evidence that any data has been removed, as a precaution we have

today alerted those service personnel are affected through the chain of command. in addition we are sending out letters to a small number of veterans, retired, and who may have been affected, as an additional precaution and you will wish to note that the vast majority of the uk veterans community are unaffected. four, specialist advice and guidance on data security has been shared and will be available on the government website later today. we have additionally set up a helpline to support individuals and the numberfor the helpline is 01249, 596, 665, the helpline will be available from today. we are providing commercial personal data protection service for all service personnel and this facility will constantly monitor each person's personal data and will notify them

of any irregularities, even though we do not believe that information has been stolen, we intend to do this in order to bring further peace of mind. welfare and financial advice is available when needed through each individual�*s chain of command and on becoming aware of the incident, the mod stopped the processing of all payments and isolated the system, and i want to provide further detail on this particular step. we are making changes to the system to make sure it is secure before recommencing payments through it of course and i can confirm that in the meantime all april salaries have been paid and some service personnel is will have even experienced a slight delay in receiving some expense payments but we think it will be fully resolved today with the money in their accounts by friday. furthermore, i can confirm that we are making sure all high—value payments remain unaffected, for example, all

outstanding forces help to buy an terminal benefit payments have been facilitated by alternative secure transfer. salary payments and pensions for veterans have not been affected and we do not expect them to be, in the future. for reasons of national security we cannot release further details of the suspected cyber activity behind the incident, but i can confirm to the house that we do have indications that this was the suspected work of a malign actor and we cannot rule out state involvement. this incident is further proof that the uk is facing rising and evolving threats and as i set out in my speech injanuary, the world is becoming somewhat more dangerous. last month the government announced an increase in defence spending to meet these new threats, reaching 2.5% of gdp by the end of

the decade. mr deputy speaker, following this incident, i can also announce today that although this incident is entirely unrelated to our own mod networks, we are also reviewing all personnel data to ensure our people's data is secure. you're watchinu people's data is secure. you're watching bbc _ people's data is secure. you're watching bbc news, _ people's data is secure. you're watching bbc news, and - people's data is secure. you're watching bbc news, and uk. people's data is secure. you're - watching bbc news, and uk defence secretary grant shapps talking about a hack that was compromising the payroll system of the armed forces. we cannot at this stage rule out state involvement from elsewhere. this eight point plan outlines the immediate and significant action we are taking to protect our most precious resource — our people. with a maligned actor involved and we can't rule out that foreign state involvement. i want to apologise to the men and women who are affected by this. it should not have happened

and this eight point plan seeks to ensure that it is put right and that it cannot happen again. i commend this statement to the house. thank ou mr this statement to the house. thank you mr deputy _ this statement to the house. thank you mr deputy speaker. _ this statement to the house. thank you mr deputy speaker. there - this statement to the house. thank you mr deputy speaker. there is i this statement to the house. thank you mr deputy speaker. there is deep concern _ you mr deputy speaker. there is deep concern in _ you mr deputy speaker. there is deep concern in this house about the grave _ concern in this house about the grave security breach and the house willm _ grave security breach and the house willm uk— grave security breach and the house will... , . ,, . ., , grave security breach and the house will... , . ,,. will... uk defence secretary grant sha -s will... uk defence secretary grant shapps making — will... uk defence secretary grant shapps making that _ will... uk defence secretary grant shapps making that statement - will... uk defence secretary grant i shapps making that statement about the hack of the payroll system of the hack of the payroll system of the british armed forces, and external network operated by a contractor. he pointed out that a number of actions has been, have been taken as a result, including taking that system off—line, a full investigation and he talked about a malign actor being behind this. he said we cannot rule out state involvement, government officials have told the bbc that china was most likely responsible, something that chinese foreign ministry has dismissed as absurd, although he

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