Welcome it is newsday. Hello and welcome to it is newsday. Hello and welcome to the it is newsday. Hello and welcome to the programme. Starting with the big developments out of a Hospital In Gaza where thousands were seeking help and refuge. An explosion at the Al Ahli Hospital, right in the heart of gaza city, is said to have killed hundreds, according to Health Officials there. People sheltering in the hospital had fled 10 days of bombing by israel. The Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu denied that israel was responsible and blamed what he called barbaric terrorist. Hamas has in turn blamed israel for the blast, and called it a war crime. Heres our International Editor jeremy bowen with the latest loud blast the missile hit the hospital not long after dark. Man shouts you can hear the impact. The explosion destroyed Al Ahli Hospital. It was already damaged from a smaller attack at the weekend. The building was flattened. Very soon, video was posted from gaza of bodies laid out near t
Chinas economy on track as well as internationally as a country tries to navigate a rather tense geopolitical environment. Ive been speaking to and economy of cornell university. He told me how the belt and Road Initiative had achieved mixed results for china. ,. , china. The belt and Road Initiative china. The belt and Road Initiative was china. The belt and Road Initiative was chinas china. The belt and Road Initiative was chinas attempt to use its economic muscle in order to gain both geopolitical and economic inroads and at the same time broaden its economic breach by providing opportunities for other countries and their transport and other infrastructure nets that try to link china with other countries. Some of these have not paid off very well, evenin have not paid off very well, even in times of economic terms or geopolitical terms. China is getting pushback from countries that feel they have incurred debts to china that will be very difficult to pay off. I think this is an atte
Room. Happening now, Breaking News. New warnings that gaza is on the brink of complete catastrophe amid horrific scenes of destruction and increasingly dire shortages of lifesaving supplies. Civilians desperate to leave gaza, trapped, with a critical Border Crossing into egypt remaining closed this hour. Israeli forces declaring theyre ready to launch the next phase of their response to the hamas Terror Attacks with troops appearing poised for a fullscale Ground Invasion of gaza. Were tracking all the military humanitarian, and diplomatic moves, including new u. S. Efforts to prevent the conflict from exploding into a much wider middle east war. Here in the United States, President Biden says he is making the prevention of hate crimes against jewish, muslim, and arabamericans a priority. The newest target of violence, a 6yearold little Palestinian American Boy who was stabbed to death near chicago. Another major breaking story were following, House Republicans are set to meet this hour
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Gaza. Will and smoke is now filling the air in gaza as the the Idf Is Reporting Attacksen on their northern border. Officials saying the shooting is coming from lebanon. That is a new development. You see the images on your with screen throughout the morning of explosions other gaza over gaza. If there are now and youve heard sporadic reports of firing on the northern border with hezbollah and lebanon, but we are crossing new bridges there on the escalation there in the north. That is certainly a notable development. Pete that is exactly right, will. Lets go to trey yingst who might have more for us. Hes lye on the ground in southern live on the ground in Southern Israel. The banner on our screen just read theres renewed fighting in the north. Would you expect that an offensive triggering in the south could mean more violation in the violence in the north too . Reporter yeah, guys, its the a great question. I do have some new information from the north. We can confirm this is an exchan