fighting in the city. there s also fighting in the north. these are the latest pictures from the israel defense forces, showing gun battles in the jabalia refugee camp, which remains surrounded by israeli tanks. people there say they ve been without food and clean water for several days. earlier, the hamas run health ministry in gaza reported the death toll since the conflict began now stands at 17,700. from jerusalem, our middle east correspondent, lucy williamson, reports. buried by the war, but still alive, dug from the rubble of their homes in deir al balah after an israeli strike this morning. more than 20 members of the salman family and their neighbours. their faces, like their lives, made unrecognisable. six others were killed, they say. the frantic race to hospitals is gaza s new daily routine. health care in the north has collapsed. here, further south, doctors say the situation is catastrophic. there aren t the resources to treat all the wounded, much less to comfo
on average in the past week, there were 267 deaths per day. 0verall, more than 151,000 people have now died. 0n vaccinations, 90.5% of those eligible have had a first dose, with 83.2% having two jabs. on average in the last week over 160,000 people have had a booster injection, which means 62.9% of the population aged 12 or over have now had three jabs. lawyers for virginia giuffre, who s accused the duke of york of sexual abuse, are calling for two people based in the uk to give evidence in her civil case, including his former equerry. prince andrew denies all the allegations. 0ur correspondent nomia iqbal is in washington. what more can you tell us? in the last hour or what more can you tell us? in the last hour or so, what more can you tell us? in the last hour or so, virginia what more can you tell us? in the last hour or so, virginia giuffre s i last hour or so, virginia giuffre s lawyers here in america have submitted two letters making a formal request to a british court to
per day in the last week. just over 19,500 people are in hospital with covid, and there were another 270 deaths of people who died within 28 days of a positive test. on average in the past week, there were 267 deaths per day. 0verall, over151,000 people have now died. 0n vaccinations, 90.5% of those eligble have had a first dose, with 83.2% having had two jabs. on average, in the last week, over 160,000 people have had a booster injection, which means that 62.9% of the population aged 12 or over have now had three jabs. the woman who s accused the duke of york of sexually abusing her has welcomed a us judge s decision to allow her legal case to continue. virginia giuffre says her goal is to show that the rich and powerful aren t above the law. prince andrew strongly denies
and allowing americans to get a booster within three months? there was something like 50 million americans who had their second shot less than six months ago, but maybe they would go tomorrow and get the booster if they could. gillian, i agree with you. i think particularly now that we have the omicron variant there should not be rigidness about this. five months, that you need to wait. we should basically really encourage people to get the booster injection. i have told you about my prediction, that the omicron variant is going to require earlier boosters than the delta variant. and we should be moving in that direction. there are two approaches that public health takes. there is the one that tells you what you saw, that you have to wait to see it to tell you what you saw and then do something about it. the other approach is to use the knowledge that we have two be able to see what s coming and
123 covid related deaths were recorded every day. and on vaccinations, more than 17 million people have now had their booster injection. three people have died as storm arwen hit parts of the uk, bringing high winds, rain and snow. there s been damage across scotland, northern england, the midlands and wales, with winds of nearly 100mph, leaving more than 100,000 homes without power. there are more weather warnings across the uk for this evening. here s andy gill. storm arwen has left much of the country facing disruption and damage. there have been some near misses, road and rail travel has been badly affected and tens of thousands of homes left without power. the storm brought picture postcard scenery to the north yorkshire village of low row, but it s also disrupting life, especially for the vulnerable. patricia is 86. she lives alone and has difficulty walking. her power s been off since