In the south and west. For the rest of us it will be fairly cloudy with sunny spells. But the wind will strengthen widely throughout the day. Details later in the programme. Good morning. Its wednesday, 18th october. Theres been International Condemnation after an explosion at a hospital in gaza is reported to have killed at least 500 people. The blast has raised the diplomatic stakes for President Biden, whos currently flying to israel to try to prevent the violence spreading elsewhere in the middle east. Hamas a group designated as a Terror Organisation by many western governments says the Al Ahli Hospital was hit by an israeli air strike. But israel has blamed the palestinian group, islamichhad, but its denied any involvement, describing the accusations as lies. Wyre davies has the latest. Pictures from Gaza Last Night showed scenes of utter chaos. Bloodied, wounded casualties from the partially destroyed al ahli arab hospital. Videos many too graphic to broadcast showed the broken
Let me bring you two new lines coming in in the last few moments. Reuters news agency reporting that alerts are being sounded in more towns in northern israel. Warnings of incoming aircraft, i say aircraft, the thought is we are talking about drones. That is happening in the north, alerts in more towns in northern israel with warnings of incoming aircraft. We are keeping an eye on that, we have been talking to our correspondent on the borders with lebanon so well get the latest on that line. And diplomatically the Afp News Agency reports that china has urged, quote, an immediate ceasefire in a call with palestinian officials. That is coming from the Foreign Ministry in the last few seconds. If there are more details we will obviously return to those. Time for a look at the Business News now with ben thompson. Thank you, matthew. We will look through some of those top Business Stories right now. Economies around the world are assessing the potential fall out of the conflict between isra
Condemns what he calls barbaric hamas attacks. This is the Sea Life In Gaza as israel continues to send soldiers close to the border. This is the scene live in gaza. We will speak to paul adams in a moment or two, but first i want to bring you one of the latest lines. We hear British Airways has diverted a flight from london to tel aviv due to the situation in israel. That hasjust come from the spokesmen in the last few minutes, a British Airways jet heading to tel aviv has been diverted. We will look for more details on that boat you see the activity in recent minutes in terms of rockets being fired, in terms of israeli action too, so that you just coming in. More on that in a moment but lets pause and head to the Sports Centre to round up the headlines with ben croucher. India are on course for a big win at the mens cricket world cup, chasing 273 to beat afghanistan in their second group game. Afghanistan were 63 3 when captain Hashmatullah Shahidi and Azmatullah 0marzai put on 121 f
Beirut that killed more than 150 people. Another antigovernment protest is expected in the coming hours. Emergency crew, combing through the rubble, searching for possible survivors, as a massive cleanup of the port begins. And it could be months before its operational again. We now have photographs of the Ammonium Nitrate thought to cause the devastation. 300,000 tons have been sitting in a port for years confiscated from a cargo ship. The u. S. Has pledged 50 million worth of assistance. President trump tweeted this on friday. At 3 00 p. M. This afternoon spoke to the president of lebanon to inform him that three large aircraft are on the way loaded up with medical supplies, food and water, also first responders, doctors and nurses on the way. We will be having a Conference Call with president marone, leader from lebanon, and leaders of the other parts of the world. Several have been detained as part of the official probe but lebanon has a disturbing history of investigating tragic a
Deputy foreign secretary calls on those in the hundreds of cases revealed by an 18-month investigation by The Independent to be returned and pledges further support for the disabled community in Ukraine