despite doctors insisting he is brain dead. the israeli prime minister is to step down and dissolve parliament triggering a fresh election. the mountain guerillas of central africa, once on the brink of extinction, now their numbers are rising, are there other lessons for conservation? good evening and welcome to bbc news. britain is facing its biggest rail strike in 30 years with significant disruption to services across england, scotland and wales. last minute talks between unions and rail bosses failed this afternoon. the dispute between the rail, maritime and transport workers union, and the companies which run britain s railway centres on pay, job losses and changes to workers terms and conditions. the strike action begins tomorrow, and will continue on thursday and saturday. most major lines will be impacted by the strikes. there will be a limited service running, but many areas will have will have no services at all. distruption is also expected on non strike da
The United Nations Secretary General has in the last hour made two direct humanitarian appeals to both hamas and israel. Antonio guterres issued a statement saying it was his duty as we are on the verge of the abyss in The Middle East. He called on hamas to immediately release the hostages it was Holding Without conditions. And urged israel to allow rapid and unimpeded access for humanitarian aid into gaza including supplies and workers for the sake of civilians there. Mr guterres said each one of these two objectives are valid in themselves. They should not become Bargaining Chips and must be implemented because its the right thing to do. The statement comes as the israeli prime minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, said his military is ready to begin at any moment a Ground Offensive aimed at crushing hamas. Thousands of people in the gaza strip are continuing to flee south after an order by israel for more than a Million People to evacuate. These are the latest developments. Israeli troops c
Hello, im christian fraser. The white house says israel has turned the water supply to Southern Gaza back on, after it was switched off following the hamas attack eight days ago. It said the decision followed a conversation between President Biden and the israeli Prime Minister, binjamin netanyahu. The Israeli Energy minister insisted the decision is in line Benjamin Netanyahu. The Israeli Energy minister insisted the decision is in line with israels existing policy, which is to block all food, fuel, and waterfrom entering gaza until hamas agrees to hand back more than a hundred hostages seized in last saturdays assault. People in the northern half of gaza are continuing to flee the area ahead of an expected israeli incursion. Thousands of troops are already massed on the border with gaza. The israelis say they hit over a hundred military targets in air strikes overnight. Hamas has continued to fire rockets into israel, including towards tel aviv. The us Secretary Of State, Antony Blin
Starting with the developments in israel, where the military says its preparing for a major Ground Offensive into gaza. Prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu convened a Cabinet Meeting of the countrys expanded Emergency Government and has promised to destroy hamas, the group designated as a Terror Organisation by many western governments, including the uk, which was behind last weeks massacre of nearly 1,500 israelis. The Military Response from israel has already seen more than 2,600 People Killed in gaza from airstrikes, according to the Health Ministry there. The United Nations says gaza is now witnessing an unprecedented human catastrophe. Well report from inside gaza, and take a look at how any Israeli Military operation might pan out. And what of the ongoing diplomatic efforts in the crisis . But first, heres the bbc s jeremy bowen with the latest. Along the border, it looked like the eve of battle. In the next few days, israel will send its armed forces into the gaza strip. Israel de
And human dignity. Hello. The white house says israel has turned the water supply to Southern Gaza back on, after it was switched off following the hamas attack eight days ago. It said the decision followed a conversation between President Biden and the israeli Prime Minister, binjamin netanyahu. The Israeli Energy minister insisted the decision is in line with israels existing policy, which is to block all food, fuel, and waterfrom entering gaza until hamas agrees to hand back more than 100 hostages seized in last saturdays assault. People in the northern half of gaza are continuing to flee the area ahead of an expected israeli incursion. Thousands of troops are already massed on the border with gaza. The israelis say they hit over 100 military targets in air strikes overnight. Hamas has continued to fire rockets into israel, including towards tel aviv. The us Secretary Of State, antony blinken, has been in egypt, where hes been pressing for humanitarian aid to be allowed into gaza th