let us go back to the beginning, to november 197a. give me the context for this ira attack on two targets in birmingham. what was going on at the time? well, the ira had brought, as they would see it, the campaign to the british mainland, and they were planting bombs in many parts of britain at the time. when you say the campaign, it was their military campaign to get british forces, the british army, out of northern ireland. the army, of course, being there because of strife between the nationalist and unionist communities in northern ireland, which really kicked off in the late 60s. yes, that s right. the pub bombings were the culmination of a series of about 50 bombings in and around the west midlands, all done by the same group of people and always targeted against property rather than individuals. and in this case, the targets were not the pubs or the people in them. the targets were the tax office in new street, which was above one of the pubs, the tavern in the town,
in a video address, mr netanyahu said he told joe biden in their latest phone call that it is impossible to complete the victory without the idf entering rafah. the bbc s mark lowen has more from jerusalem. once again, israel s prime minister benjamin netanyahu has declared his intention and determination to send the israeli army into rafah in southern gaza, where some 1.5 million people are thought to be sheltering. it is a plan that has drawn international condemnation and warnings of atrocities that could take place there. he has said that he has approved the operational plan for rafah and that he will soon approve the evacuation of civilians, but added that it would take time for the incursion to begin. now, it doesn t spell much hope really for the continuing ceasefire talks that are ongoing in the qatari capital, doha. and a senior hamas official has said that israel s response to the latest proposals there seemed negative and constituted a step backwards. now, all o
we will shortly show you first hand testimonies, but before that, top united nations officials met today, saying the war has plunged the country into one of the worst humanitarian nightmares in recent history . edem wosornu, director of operations and advocacy at the un office for the coordination of humanitarian affairs, told the un security council of the severity of the situation in sudan. sue dan is on sue dan is on course sue dan is on course to become one of the worlds worst hunger crisis. already 80 million people and one third of the country are facing food insecurity. by the time the season arrives in may, people could face what we term ipc phase five level acute food insecurity. we call this stage a catastrophe. since april last year, sudan has been torn apart by fighting between these two men. one is the head of the country s military, general abdel fattah al bur han and the other is his former ally, general mohammed hamdan dagalo, who leads a paramilitary group
in the country s civil war share graphic accounts to the bbc of rape, ethnic violence and street executions at the hands of the paramilitary group rsf. we will shortly show you first hand testimonies you first hand testimonies but before that, top united nations officials met today, saying the war has plunged the country into one of the worst humanitarian nightmares in recent history . edem wosornu, director of operations and advocacy at the un office for the coordination of humanitarian affairs, told the un security council of the severity of the situation in sudan. sudan is on course to become the world possibly worse hunger crisis. ~ ., ., the world possibly worse hunger crisis. a, ., ., ., crisis. more than one third of the country s crisis. more than one third of the country s population - crisis. more than one third of the country s population is - the country s population is facing food insecurity. by may, some people could face what we term ipc phase five level