On the Rafah Operation but he agreed that he would send a team to washington to have this discussion and have this engagement. A un backed report is warning famine is imminent as 1. 1m people, or half of gaza experience Catastrophic Food Insecurtiy and the death toll in gaza is approaching 32,000, according to the hamas run Health Ministry. Meanwhile, the Israeli Military says it has taken control of Al Shifa Hospital in gaza city. It reported that troops came under fire and that 80 people were detained and others killed, including a Senior Commander of hamass internal security service. These are images from the raid, you can hear gunshots. Witnesses described heavy exchanges of fire around the site. Thousands of displaced people have been sheltering here and patients are treated. Gazas Health Ministry said israel was committing a war crime. The Israeli Government had this response. This morning, the idf conducted a precise operation to thwart terrorism in the Shifa Hospital area. Foot
thunderstorms expected at edgbaston. talking thunderstorms, some of you had a talking thunderstorms, some of you had a pretty disturbing night last night, had a pretty disturbing night last night, lightning and thunder across parts night, lightning and thunder across parts of night, lightning and thunder across parts of the uk and more severe storms parts of the uk and more severe storms to parts of the uk and more severe storms to come today. i will have your storms to come today. i will have your full forecast here on breakfast. it s sunday the 18th ofjune. our main story: a video has emerged showing some conservative party workers drinking and dancing at a christmas party during covid lockdown. the footage, published by the sunday mirror, was taken at the conservatives headquarters in westminster in december 2020, when london was in tier 2 restrictions. our political correspondent iain watson has more. some conservatives will not want to look in the mirror toda
of pakistan s devastating floods. de facto authorities in four russian occupied or partially occupied regions of ukraine have announced plans to hold referendums on joining russia this week as ukraine continues to recapture territory in the north east. proxy administrations in luhansk, donetsk, kherson and zaporizhzhia all say that voting will start this friday. this is what the russian appointed head of the region had to say. translation: i will personally a - eal to translation: i will personally appeal to the translation: i will personally appeal to the president. - translation: i will personally appeal to the president. with l translation: i will personally appeal to the president. with ai appeal to the president. with a request for legal approval of the referendum result as soon as possible and i am sure this procedure will not take much time. it has come from very different areas. french president president macron says the referendum will have no legal consequence,
are on the cusp of what could be a critical moment in the course of the war. israel s prime minister, benjamin netanyahu, has been meeting his cabinet to vote on a proposed deal that would see hamas release dozens of israeli hostages over the next few days. they were seized at gunpoint when hamas designated a terrorist organisation by the uk government launched its attacks on israel on october 7th. it s thought, in return, israel would release more than 100 palestinian prisoners and there would be a four day pause in fighting. let s get the latest from our senior international correspondent, 0rla guerin, who is in tel aviv. tonight, the talking continues at the israeli government. ministers are having their say. this deal was carefully prepared over weeks of negotiation involving mediation by qatar and egypt. it has strong backing from the united states and there is a strong desire fear among israelis to see the hostages brought home. so, when the talking is finished in t