And the hamas men beat me on the way. They didnt break my ribs, but hurt me very much. Like so many israelis, shes astounded by the failure of her countrys army and intelligence to protect them. Translation the army wasnt prepared. We were the government scapegoats. Hamas warned us three weeks ahead. They burned our fields, and the army somehow didnt take it seriously. And hamas� s Detailed Planning extended to Hostage Taking too. Translation they seemed ready for this. They had prepared for a long time and had everything the hostages needed, even shampoo and conditioner. Running this war is getting complicated for the Israeli Government. The northern border with lebanon is heating up. Thousands of troops have been sent there and border towns evacuated, in case of war with irans lebanese ally, hezbollah. Prime minister netanyahu has visited the troops near gaza, but he hasnt ordered them to invade yet. So without a ground war in gaza to define the state of this crisis, other things are starting with the hostages. In tel aviv, ehud barak, former Prime Minister and army commander, saw painful choices ahead. Is it possible for israel to invade the gaza strip with Ground Troops if there are still hostages in the hands of hamas . If there is no other way, well have to do it, because the alternative is to provide those barbarian crimes against humanity, get impunity due to the fact that they massacred, slaughtered probably 1,500 people. And a very painful and tough decision might have to be made. On the west bank, the other side of the palestinian territories, israel has settled Hundreds Of Thousands Ofjews in defiance of international law. The hardest Core Ofjewish settlers whove seized remote hilltops are seen by many israelis as isolated extremists. But now their effective leaders are in the israeli cabinet. On this hilltop near hebron, the settlers who believe theyre here by gods will are armed and say it was unfortunate so much jewish blood had to be spilled for other israelis to understand what had to be done to those who want to killjews. Translation in a war, you have a gun and a trigger. And for those who dont understand yet, we are at war, a war where the other side shows no mercy. And we need to be the same. Theres no choice. For palestinians on the west bank, these are violent days. Mohammad, aged 20, was one of two young men killed in an israeli army Arrest Operation at a refugee camp near ramallah. His father led the mourners. In the mosque, they feared israels rage and revenge. This is genocide and the world is not coming to the rescue of the palestinians. The feel and general mood is actually entertaining the thought that netanyahu is going after the deportation, the displacement of palestinians, leading up to the annexation of gaza. In the west bank, palestinians wonder whether they will be next. People are talking about anger at what the israelis have done and a sense of uncertainty and fear about what might be happening next. This is a long and intractable conflict, but it had some certainties. It had a certain shape, a status quo. Thats all changed. On the way to the cemetery, the flags were from the main palestinian factions fatah, hamas and islamichhad. We couldnt see any armed palestinians at the funeral, perhaps because israel has such tight control of the west bank for now. But the danger that a serious incident could ignite the west bank is real. When the funeral was over, mohammads cousin said the israelis raided the camp because of gaza. They wanted revenge, he said, because resistance groups had hurt them. God have mercy, he said, to all the martyrs in gaza and the west bank. Palestinians dont share much with israelis, especially not now, except a dread of harder times ahead. Jeremy bowen, bbc news, jerusalem. Well, the worsening humanitarian situation in gaza is evident and the un Agency Responsible for Palestinian Refugees says that because of israeli restrictions on aid, it will run out of fuel tomorrow. Israel disputes the lack of fuel. The bbc� s gaza reporter Rushdi Abualouf reports now from a hospital in khan younis, in southern gaza, on the increasingly desperate struggle of ordinary people. Behind these doors, doctors are fighting to save the life of a woman who was badly injured this morning while she was pregnant, in an airstrike in a neighbourhood in khan younis. Doctors rescued the baby by caesarean operation. Her husband was killed, alongside members of the same family, but the mother is inside, fighting for her life and for her baby. The hospitals here in gaza are struggling to cope with the number of people injured. I have seen people treated in the corridor of the hospital, people treated in the courtyard of the hospital, because today was one of the deadliest attacks done by israel so far. This hospital is among the three or four hospitals in the south, the area where israel asked 1. 2 Million People in the north to flee, but this is the biggest one, and its still struggling without fuel to run the main generator in the hospital, and also they say they have to cancel all non essential operations and they are only treating people with life saving injuries. Israel has responded with fury to comments made by the un Secretary General at the Security Council about its war on hamas. Antonio guterres had said the hamas attacks in southern israel had not happened in a vacuum. The attacks by hamas didnt happen in a vacuum. The Palestinian People have been subjected to 56 years of suffocating occupation, their hopes for a political solution to their plight have been vanishing. But the grievances of the Palestinian People cannot justify the appalling attacks by hamas, and those appalling attacks cannotjustify the collective punishment of the Palestinian People. Live now to dov waxman who is a professor of Israel Studies at the university of california in los angeles. Welcome to the programme. There is so much to talk about, but if we look at the un Security Council meeting, it was very fractious, the response from israel to what Antonio Guterres just said there. Just said there. Yes, they really reacted, just said there. Yes, they really reacted, and just said there. Yes, they really reacted, and not i really reacted, and not surprisingly, they reacted very badly, the Israeli Foreign minister. Israels un ambassador, and others in the Israeli Government reacted with fury. In many ways, taking his comment completely out of context, presenting it as if he was justifying context, presenting it as if he wasjustifying hamass context, presenting it as if he was justifying hamass attack, where he clearly said it wasnt justification. Some of this outrage is performative and aimed at a domestic israeli performance. Aimed at a domestic israeli performance. Aimed at a domestic israeli erformance. �. ,. , , performance. But what does this mean going performance. But what does this mean going forward, performance. But what does this mean going forward, when performance. But what does this mean going forward, when it mean going forward, when it comes to the push from the un and other Global Leaders to allow more aid to get into gaza, when we are told today that fuel is essential and it will run out . That fuel is essential and it will run out . Clearly israel is undergoing will run out . Clearly israel is undergoing pressure will run out . Clearly israel is undergoing pressure to will run out . Clearly israel is| undergoing pressure to allow fuel into the gaza strip, given the worsening humanitarian conditions there. I think the us, the Biden Administration, is also under pressure to put some pressure on israel to do that. In some ways, the reaction to the Secretary General� s comments is another way to change the subject from the humanitarian crisis in gaza, because the Israeli Government is increasingly isolated in maintaining this position that is essentially bringing such devastation to civilians in the gaza strip. Also, in terms of the situation with regards to hostages, of course Yocheved Lifschitz was released, and what she had to say in that Press Conference was really quite revealing, wasnt it . When it comes to how prepared hamas was for this. Do you think it highlights again further how the netanyahu government really failed in terms of its knowledge about what was coming . What was coming . Well, absolutely. What was coming . Well, absolutely. The what was coming . Well, absolutely. The failure i what was coming . Well, | absolutely. The failure of what was coming . Well, absolutely. The failure of the netanyahu government, Notjust Netanyahu government, not just netanyahu government, Notjust Netanyahu and his government but the entire Israeli Military and intelligence establishment, is very clear. To be fair to the leaders of the israeli army and security services, they have taken responsibility for this failure and they have offered to resign at the end of the war. One person who hasnt taken any responsibility yet and apparently is seeking to avoid taking any responsibility is the Prime Minister himself. And i think responsibility does lie with him and most israelis believe that as well, Opinion Polls show they overwhelmingly hold him responsible but so far he hasnt taken any and i dont think it is likely to. Think it is likely to. From our think it is likely to. From your perspective, think it is likely to. From your perspective, what l think it is likely to. From | your perspective, what is likely to happen next . We are all waiting for a Ground Offensive to begin, but at the same time it is hope there will be a pause in hostilities so that aid can get in. What do you think will happen next . I hope theres going to be some kind of humanitarian pause. Over the last 2a hours, the position of the Biden Administration has shifted somewhat, moving in the direction of supporting a humanitarian pause to allow more aid to enter the gaza strip, and also to allow for the Hostage Negotiations to take place. As hamas has released a view hostages, that puts more pressure on the Israeli Government to give more time for the Hostage Negotiations. There is also some reporters in israel that Prime Minister netanyahu himself is very lukewarm about a large Ground Offensive into gaza. So although its still probable that will happen, i dont think its by any means as clear as it was seaming a few days ago that there will be necessarily a large invasion of the gaza strip. Clearly the Israeli Government is under a lot of pressure domestically from the israeli public, who authorised a large offensive into gaza, the Biden Administration are cautioning them, i dont think they are preventing them but they are cautioning israel. And there is growing International Criticism and pressure of the way israel is conducting this war in gaza. Thank you so much, good to get your perspective, professor of Israel Studies at the university of california. Lets get some of the days other news now. An off duty pilot accused of trying to crash an Alaska Airlines Passenger Plane has pleaded not guilty to 80 charges of attempted murder. Joseph emerson was sitting behind the captain in the cockpit on sunday when he allegedly tried to disable the aircrafts engines mid flight. He told police hed taken Psychedelic Mushrooms and hadnt slept for a0 hours, and had been struggling with depression. A Storm Bearing down on Mexicos Pacific coast has strengthened into an extremely dangerous category 5 hurricane. Otis is expected to make landfall in the state of guerrero in the coming hours including a direct hit on the resort city of acapulco. Its expected to drop up to 38cm of rain in some areas and there are warnings of flash flooding, mudslides and a life threatening storm surge. British Scientists Say bird flu has been detected in antarctica for the first time. The experts say the deadly virus could pose a serious threat to penguins and other local species on the continent, which is a key Breeding Ground for many birds. Around the world and across the uk. This is bbc news. Lets look at some other stories making news. The environment secretary, therese coffey, has said the impact of storm babet on the uk was harder to predict because the rain came from the east. Ms coffey said a rapid review would be carried out, after saying some communities felt more could have been done to prevent homes from flooding. Mps are expected to vote today on whether to suspend conservative former minister peter bone for six weeks, which could lead to another by election in the uk. The mp for wellingborough was found to have bullied a member of staff, and been sexually inappropriate. Mr bone has previously described the allegations as u ntrue tributes have been paid to the the chairman of everton football club, bill kenwright, who has died aged 78. The club said in a statement they had lost a leader, a friend, and an inspiration. Mr kenwright was also a prolific theatre producer, and made more than 500 shows for broadway and the west end. Youre live with bbc news. A bipartisian group of 42 State Attorneys general in the us are suing facebook and instagrams Parent Company meta for addictive features aimed at kids and teens. They allege that meta designed its facebook and instagram products to keep young users on them for longer and keep them coming back. Meta said it was disappointed in the suit. A Company Spokesperson said, we share the attorneys general� s commitment to providing teens with safe, positive experiences online, and have already introduced over 30 tools to support teens and theirfamilies. Live now to taylor lorenz, who is washington posts technology columnist. Welcome to the programme, talk us through the grounds for this lawsuit. , us through the grounds for this lawsuit. , u, us through the grounds for this lawsuit. ,. , us through the grounds for this lawsuit. , lawsuit. Yeah, basically as you mention. Lawsuit. Yeah, basically as you mention. A lawsuit. Yeah, basically as you mention, a lot lawsuit. Yeah, basically as you mention, a lot of lawsuit. Yeah, basically as you mention, a lot of these mention, a lot of these Attorney Generals have got together and decided to go after meta, claiming that instagram is specifically harming teenagers. Despite a lot of evidence to the contrary, i think. I think this is an effort to seem tough on Big Tech Ahead of an election year. Big tech ahead of an election ear. ~. ,. , ~ year. What do you think the outcome year. What do you think the outcome will year. What do you think the outcome will be . Year. What do you think the outcome will be . You year. What do you think the | outcome will be . You know, year. What do you think the l outcome will be . You know, i think it remains outcome will be . You know, i think it remains to outcome will be . You know, i think it remains to be outcome will be . You know, i think it remains to be seen. L think it remains to be seen. The thing is, a lot of the fundamental things they allege in this report have been negated by studies. There was a great Pew Research Study that came out last year on social media that found its strength and young peoples relationships. A lot of what they are blaming for this teenage Mental Health crisis, meta and instagram are a scapegoat, you cant punish meta and expect teenage Mental Health will be great. Teenagers are facing a lot of blooms today. The top concerns are drug use. A lot of concerns today. A lack of health care. A lot bigger problems than just social media. But its very convenient. Social media. But its very convenient. , convenient. Some people argue the opposite convenient. Some people argue the opposite when convenient. Some people argue the opposite when it convenient. Some people argue the opposite when it comes convenient. Some people argue the opposite when it comes to i the opposite when it comes to that. For example, we had the case of molly russell, a 14 year old in the uk who took her own life in 2017 and it was found she was viewing extensive amounts of material on instagram about suicide and self harm. The debate is about the algorithms, and the fact that basically, if you look at a particular thing, they send you more and more information, almost flood you with information, which is what happened in the case of molly russell. ~. , happened in the case of molly russell. ,. Happened in the case of molly russell. ,. , russell. Which is such a tragedy. Russell. Which is such a tragedy, and russell. Which is such a tragedy, and i russell. Which is such a tragedy, and i think russell. Which is such a tragedy, and i think as l russell. Which is such a i tragedy, and i think as you mentioned, thats 2017, and we are talking almost seven years later. I think the Social Media Landscape has changed. Look, the internet, you can go down rabbit holes, the Algorithmic Feeds can flood you with bad content and can also flood you with good content. Thats why it is so important for parents to teach responsible social media use for kids and why kids had to have a strong sense of sales and navigate the internet so they dont go down those rabbit holes. So they dont go down those rabbit holes. When meta say they have rabbit holes. When meta say they have put rabbit holes. When meta say they have put tools rabbit holes. When meta say they have put tools in rabbit holes. When meta say they have put tools in place, j they have put tools in place, what have they done to try to prevent that from happening . Yeah, instagram has a lot more restrictions now in terms of the content that you see. They have a heavy handed moderation approach. I had a story come out a couple of weeks ago about how aggressive their moderation has been. A lot of anti bullying teachers. Look, theres always more work to be done. I certainly would not defend instagram on a lot of things, but i do think the way these lawmakers are talking about social media is worrying, because lets not forget, social media is a lifeline for a lot of young people. Its a way they connect and learn about the world. To cut that off is a little bit worrying. I dont think that is intention, we will debate it again, but thank you. One of Donald Trumps former allies has told a court that his ex boss would arbitrarily inflate his net worth. Michael cohen once served as the former president s lawyer and fixer. But the relationship dramatically soured over the course of the trump presidency. On tuesday, he appeared as a witness at Donald Trumps civil fraud trial. Heres our North America correspondent nomia iqbal. Donald trump and Michael Cohen havent seen each other in five years. Michael cohen cut off ties with him then and mr cohen has gone on to write these bestselling books. Hes become a bit of a Tv Personality and certainly a prominent political commentator who never misses an opportunity to criticise donald trump. So this was their reunion. And as mr cohen put it, after he had given testimony and there was a break time, he said, heck of a reunion. So thats probably definitely one way of putting it. But mr cohen actually gave evidence to a congressional probe back in 2019 which looked into Donald Trumps finances. And that was the impetus for this lawsuit that this investigation that letitia james, the new York Attorney general, brought forward. And as you outlined there, mr cohen has been talking about, hes been giving evidence in which he claims that he was told to inflate Donald Trumps assets. This is the accusation that hes been facing. There was a bit of a detour into sports. Basically, they spent a lot of time talking about the buffalo bills. So for people who might not know, they are a big nfl team, and mr cohen was giving examples of how donald trump tried to inflate assets or how he was asked to inflate assets, and that donald trump wanted to buy the nfl� s team, the buffalo bills. He said they used Financial Statements with inflated assets to show trumps ability to purchase the team, but trumps bid for the bills was unsuccessful. So thats one of the examples thats been used in court today by mr cohen. Astronomers in the uk have made the biggest ever computer model of the evolution of the universe, from the big bang to the present day, using one of the most powerful supercomputers in the world. The model was based on the accepted theories of physics. But when it was compared to how the universe actually looks, there were significant differences. Our science correspondent pallab ghosh reports. It all began with a big bang. Gas clouds clumped together to form the first stars and galaxies which now fill the cosmos. But one of the scientists who came up with the theory of how stars and galaxies then spread Across The Universe says that there might be something wrong with his original ideas. Ive spent all my life developing a particular theory of the universe, and now that theory is being questioned. I welcome that, because thats how we move forward. Thats how we make progress in science. Thats because a powerful superComputer Simulation has challenged carloss theory. Its taken 30 years to get to this stage, and this is what they found the orange branches are a mysterious invisible substance called dark matter. The bright dots are the galaxies we see in space like jewels on a vast cosmic web. But the exact details arent the same as the data gathered by nasas james webbs Space Telescope and other observatories. The current theory beautifully explains how galaxies evolve, but there is a problem it predicts that theyre 7 more closely clustered together than they actually are. The new Computer Simulation is much more detailed, and it takes into account the role of super massive black holes, but thats not right either, its still 5 more clumpy. So, if the best Computer Simulation ever created cant get the right result, there are two possibilities, either the measurements from the telescope is wrong or the cherished theories of physics might be incorrect. It could be something as big as questioning the basic tenet of our modern understanding of the universe, which is einsteins theory of relativity. There are currently more questions than answers in astronomy, so many that scientists believe the stage is set for the biggest shake up in our understanding of How The Universe Works since albert einsteins ideas about gravity more than 100 years ago. Pallab ghosh, bbc news. More questions, fewer answers, who knows . We will have more on the situation with meta and whether it needs to change its Business Model as a consequence. Also results from microsoft and alphabet, the owner of google and snapchat. She knew in a moment. We have started the week on a fine note that since turning more unsettled tuesday onwards. By the end of the week, Turning Windier with plenty of blustery showers. Rain at times over the next few days but some dry and bright sunny moments. Tuesday pretty complicated, a mess of Weather Fronts across the country. Generally cloudy today, with variable amounts of rain. Most of the rain persistent at times, across northern and eastern england. Areas that really dont need any more rain. A met Office Yellow warning enforceable tuesday until apm. Elsewhere, some sunshine, the best in scotland, may be southern england, but even here there will be a queue showers. Will be a few showers. Temperatures 10 15 degrees, and winds remaining light and variable for many. Tuesday night, the area of low pressure pushing back in towards the north east. We could see rain in Eastern Scotland and north east england, again areas that dont need rain. And Rain Across Southern Britain because of another area of low pressure. In between, drier spells with clear skies and variable cloud. A milder night, temperatures 5 8. Wednesday, in between weather systems, light winds, starting with some rain across the south east which could linger through the day. That Weather Front across the north east still pushing some cloud and rain into Eastern Scotland, maybe north east england, again they dont need more rain. Elsewhere, Northern Ireland and much of england and wales should see some sunshine. The highs of 14 15, but turning wet and windy in the south west later in the day, because a much larger area of low pressure dominates the weather on thursday and friday, even into the weekend, bringing plenty of showers and strong winds, particularly in the south and west. Winds picking up across Western Areas on thursday, a band of rain spreading northwards, bringing again to areas that dont need it. For much of the country, Northern Ireland, the rest of england and wales, sunny spells and scattered showers, heavy and thundery in places, especially the south west. Temperatures reaching 15, and factoring in the wind, it wont feel that mild. Similar story on friday and the weekend, low pressure sticking nearby with further showers or even longer spells of rain. Live from london, this is bbc news. Stuck in the cloud investors vote on arch rivals in the tech sector, as microsoft and alphabet reveal their latest results. Well get an expert view. Meta is sued by dozens of us states, who argue instagram is contributing to a youth Mental Health crisis. And do Bankers Bonuses encourage high risk deals . Behaviour on the Trading Floor is back in the spotlight as the cap on bonuses is abolished next week. Im sally bundock, and in a moment, well focus on the top business stories. But first, the latest from israel and gaza. There are growing calls for a humanitarian pause in the fighting between israel and hamas so that adequate aid can be let into gaza. Israel has allowed food, water and medicine into the territory, but isnt allowing Fuel Supplies over fears theyll end up in the hands of hamas. Un aid workers in gaza have warned they may have to end their operation today due to dwindling Fuel Supplies. The us secretary of state, antony blinken, has proposed a temporary lull in hostilities. We have a life page on our website updating all the time on the latest developments, so do take a look. Are live. Now lets get down to business, and the latest numbers from two tech giants. Starting with microsoft it beat wall streets expectations in its latest quarterly results. Cloud computing and its Pc Businesses are growing,
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