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and all over gaza, the dying continues. fergal keane, bbc news. meanwhile, new satellite images of southern gaza suggest that israel's military is preparing for an offensive in the city of rafah. rafah, by the border with egypt, is the only city in gaza that israel has not yet entered. over a million people have been sheltering there for months. these before and after pictures show rows of tents have popped up at a site to the west of khan younis in just the last few weeks. and it's a similar situation just outside rafah. again, you can see the change in just a few weeks. it would imply people are being moved by the israelis ahead of a military operation. reports in us media suggest that the idf will enter rafah in stages, with egyptian officials quoted as saying that the offensive could to take about six weeks. our correspondent injerusalem, wyre davies, has more. an israeli spokesperson told me today that the israeli government is indeed moving ahead with plans to launch this operation in gaza, being described as a full—scale military operatio
and all over gaza, the dying continues. fergal keane, bbc news. meanwhile, new satellite images of southern gaza suggest that israel's military is preparing for an offensive in the city of rafah. rafah, by the border with egypt, is the only city in gaza that israel has not yet entered. over a million people have been sheltering there for months. these before and after pictures show rows of tents have popped up at a site to the west of khan younis in just the last few weeks. and it's a similar...
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and about 57% of gaza's buildings have been damaged or destroyed. that's according to satellite image analysis. khan yunis has borne the brunt of israeli strikes in the south since the war began. so even if people were evacuated to the city, there's little for people to return to. netanyahu hasn't yet said when the attack will take place, but the israeli army has confirmed two reservist brigades have been called up for missions. palestinians are already living in dire conditions in crowded camps in rafah, which had a population of around 275,000 before the war. now more than 1.7 million will need to flee again. and where and how they'll do that is still unknown. the prince of wales paid a visit to a school in england to learn how students are being supported with their mental wellbeing. prince william was invited to st. michael's church of england high school in the west midlands, by a 12—year—old pupil last october. freddie had asked the prince to come and find out about the school's matrix project — set up to shine a spotlight on male mental
and about 57% of gaza's buildings have been damaged or destroyed. that's according to satellite image analysis. khan yunis has borne the brunt of israeli strikes in the south since the war began. so even if people were evacuated to the city, there's little for people to return to. netanyahu hasn't yet said when the attack will take place, but the israeli army has confirmed two reservist brigades have been called up for missions. palestinians are already living in dire conditions in crowded...
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the majority of americans now disapprove of israeli action in gaza. that's according to a recent gallup survey, after a shift in opinions since the outbreak of the current conflict. still to come on the world today: calling home — nasa says its voyager 1 probe, the most distant man—made object in the universe, is sending usable information back to earth again. and i talk to the stars of the ground—breaking short film kaur, which follows the story of a british sikh woman who wants to wear a turban. around the world and across the uk, this is the world today on bbc news. four aboriginal spears taken by a british explorer more than 200 four aboriginal spears taken by a british explorer more than 250 years ago will return home to australia. cambridge university is the latest institution to hand back pillaged artefacts at a ceremony with direct descendants of the gweagal people who crafted the spears. earlier, i spoke to ray ingrey, director of the gujaga foundation and a dharawal man of the aboriginal la perouse community. he helped lead the delegat
the majority of americans now disapprove of israeli action in gaza. that's according to a recent gallup survey, after a shift in opinions since the outbreak of the current conflict. still to come on the world today: calling home — nasa says its voyager 1 probe, the most distant man—made object in the universe, is sending usable information back to earth again. and i talk to the stars of the ground—breaking short film kaur, which follows the story of a british sikh woman who wants to wear...
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mr; sort out, given the current situation in gaza. ~ , , ., situation in gaza. my understanding is that the secretary-general - situation in gaza. my understanding is that the secretary-general has i is that the secretary—general has tasked with the commissioner to come up tasked with the commissioner to come up with a detailed plan of action, so we will have to wait and see what that says. a couple of thoughts — one is on transparency, that's mainly in terms of transparency towards the donors, and that's an easy thing to fix, including neutrality violations. secondly, the report clearly outlines you need to have some capacity to manage, in the case of gaza, 13,000 staff and to monitor whether they act in compliance with the un standards and values. so the recommendation there is, there's a couple, but one of them is capacity. the un needs to have good, qualified and trained people to monitor installations in the behaviour of staff.— the behaviour of staff. more of course as _ the behaviour of staff. more of course as always _ the behaviour of staff. more
mr; sort out, given the current situation in gaza. ~ , , ., situation in gaza. my understanding is that the secretary-general - situation in gaza. my understanding is that the secretary-general has i is that the secretary—general has tasked with the commissioner to come up tasked with the commissioner to come up with a detailed plan of action, so we will have to wait and see what that says. a couple of thoughts — one is on transparency, that's mainly in terms of transparency towards the...
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there are protests about the war in gaza at universities all around the world. in australia, students have set up camp at the university of sydney, with some staffjoining them a rally and march through the campus. and in france, students have blocked access to paris's prestigious sciences po university, demanding that the institution condemn israel's actions, that comes after police broke up a similar protest there earlier this week. joe biden has said he will debate donald trump ahead of this year's presidential election. it's the clearest declaration yet of his willingness to debate face to face with his republican rival before voters cast ballots in november. it's worth noting that when he was previously asked, mr biden said a debate depended on how his rival behaved.mr trump mr trump hasn't yet responded — he's been spending the day in court in new york, as his hush money trial continues. earlier, i spoke to our north america reporter nada tawfik. us media had really pressed the two sides to commit to debates. i mean, certainly it is a very long held tradi
there are protests about the war in gaza at universities all around the world. in australia, students have set up camp at the university of sydney, with some staffjoining them a rally and march through the campus. and in france, students have blocked access to paris's prestigious sciences po university, demanding that the institution condemn israel's actions, that comes after police broke up a similar protest there earlier this week. joe biden has said he will debate donald trump ahead of this...
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here's are some of the key moments of escalation since the gaza war broke out on october 7th. on that date, thousands of hamas—led militants stormed across the border into israel, killing 1,200 people, mostly civilians, and taking around 250 hostages. a day later, the lebanese group hezbollah, which is backed by iran, starting firing toward israel. that set off months of low—intensity but deadly exchanges along israel's northern border. in november of last year, another armed group became involved. the houthis in yemen are a rebel group supported by iran. that month, they launched a series of attacks in the red sea on vessels which they say are associated with israel. on the 1st of april of this year, there was another significant escalation a strike on an iranian consular building in syria.
here's are some of the key moments of escalation since the gaza war broke out on october 7th. on that date, thousands of hamas—led militants stormed across the border into israel, killing 1,200 people, mostly civilians, and taking around 250 hostages. a day later, the lebanese group hezbollah, which is backed by iran, starting firing toward israel. that set off months of low—intensity but deadly exchanges along israel's northern border. in november of last year, another armed group became...
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a baby girl rescued from her dying mother's womb after an israeli air strike in gaza has died. also coming up on the world today: joe biden says he's willing to hold a presidential debate with donald trump — dropping his condition that it depends on how his rival behaves. welcome to the world today — an hour of international news from the bbc. buckingham palace has announced that king charles is returning to public royal duties after the positive effect of the treatment he's been having for cancer. a statement released just an hour ago made clear the king does still have cancer and will continue to be treated for it. the palace has also just released this new picture of the king and queen taken a few days ago after their recent wedding anniversary. the palace has not yet said which type of cancer he's been diagnosed with, but the announcement that he's able to get back to public duties is being seen as an encouraging sign, and a boost for the royal family — which is coming to terms with the fact that not only the king but also the princess of wales have recently been diag
a baby girl rescued from her dying mother's womb after an israeli air strike in gaza has died. also coming up on the world today: joe biden says he's willing to hold a presidential debate with donald trump — dropping his condition that it depends on how his rival behaves. welcome to the world today — an hour of international news from the bbc. buckingham palace has announced that king charles is returning to public royal duties after the positive effect of the treatment he's been having for...
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protests against the war in gaza but also specific demands by students in different universities locations and they want the university to divest in the between what is going on in israel. in the university of southern california, there seems to be a bit more from it now and that's just take a listen and. whistles blowing we are going to stay on these pictures arejust a we are going to stay on these pictures are just a moment and clearly, apologies if there are any bad language used. which is going to stay with these skirmishes, it seems that the moment, nothing more than that. if you're just if you'rejustjoining us, this is the university of southern california, pro—palestinian demonstrations taking place across the us. protesting against what is happening in gaza and students in many different locations with specific demands of the universities wanting them to divest from financial interests relating to israel. we have seen some skirmishes, i think is probably the most accurate word at the moment this it been monitoring these positions of the last few moments. crowd chants "shame on yo
protests against the war in gaza but also specific demands by students in different universities locations and they want the university to divest in the between what is going on in israel. in the university of southern california, there seems to be a bit more from it now and that's just take a listen and. whistles blowing we are going to stay on these pictures arejust a we are going to stay on these pictures are just a moment and clearly, apologies if there are any bad language used. which is...
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well that this trial is all about biden and also said that without president biden, the israeli war in gaza, the ukraine war would've never happened. these are obviously not true. let's cross to our correspondent. that's right. him really using the appearance of the press they are outside of the courtroom and that kind of moment in the spotlight to take off numerous campaigns and comments he wants out there. just to get his narrative out and one thing that he mentioned there about the judge, this is something that he talked about on social media actually is well during the day, accusing the judge of trying to silence him and take away his right to free speech. those kinds of comments came after a really fiery hearing that kicked off this day in court. it was about a prosecutor wanting donald trump to be held in contempt for posting numerous times, ten times, they say come on social media on his campaign site about potential witnesses, aboutjurors, comments they said that really spoke to the need to hold him to account, saying it was about the integrity of the criminaljustice system. there w
well that this trial is all about biden and also said that without president biden, the israeli war in gaza, the ukraine war would've never happened. these are obviously not true. let's cross to our correspondent. that's right. him really using the appearance of the press they are outside of the courtroom and that kind of moment in the spotlight to take off numerous campaigns and comments he wants out there. just to get his narrative out and one thing that he mentioned there about the judge,...