Israel has admitted that it carried out the airstrike in Gaza Last Night that killed seven people working for the food aid Charity World central kitchen, including three british nationals. The bbc has learned their names arejohn chapman, James Henderson and james kirby. The Prime Minister, benjamin netanyahu, said Israeli Forces had caused Unintentional Harm to innocent people and called it a tragic incident this despite the charity having coordinated its movements with the israeli military. The strike has been condemned by governments around the world and raised fears that the already fragile system of delivering aid to starving palestinians could collapse completely. The Hamas Run Health Ministry in gaza claims nearly 33,000 people have been killed there since the war began in october. From jerusalem, our correspondent Lucy Williamson reports. Hey, this is zomi. Were at the Deir Al Balah kitchen. They came from australia, poland, the us and the uk. Their mission to feed people, one o
Coming up on bbc news, aston villa fall short of the first european final in 42 years, but they are beaten by a team who have never been in one up until now, olympiakos. Hello. The uk is officially out of recession, with economic output up by 0. 6 in the first three months of the year. Thats better than expected, and marks a modest return to growth after the mild recession, of late last year. Rishi sunak says its proof the economy is turning a corner, but hes told the bbc itll take time for people to really feel better. Dharshini david, is here with all the details. Dharshini. Finally, some news we really can use the sun is not only shining across the country today, the economy also hit a brighter spot at the start of the year according to these initial estimates, beating expectations. With stronger Consumer Spending in shops, hotels and restaurants, the Service Sector perked up, and while a rebound in trade kept manufacturers busy, the heavy rain did dampen construction activity. But
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Million palestinians sheltering there, most of whom are already displaced from other parts of gaza. And following developments from washington is our Us State Department correspondent tom bateman. What we know is that there was a pause as the administration has described it on one consignment of weapons from The Americans to the israelis that was put in place last week. This is on a consignment that includes a batch of 2000 pound bombs, among the most destructive munitions, Air Dropped Musicians Western Military is hard and capable of wiping out multiple buildings at the same time. Israels argument having those as it needs to attack hamas below and above ground but they have been at the heart of complaints of criticism and controversy relate raised by human Rights Groups when they have looked at the catastrophic high numbers of civilians killed by the israelis in gaza because of the Destructive Force that these weapons. The americans specifically have said that it is the past use of th
Destructive munitions, Air Dropped Musicians Western Military is hard and capable of wiping out multiple buildings at the same time. Israels argument having those as it needs to attack hamas below and above ground but they have been at the heart of complaints of criticism and controversy relate raised by human Rights Groups when they have looked at the catastrophic high numbers of civilians killed by the israelis in gaza because of the Destructive Force that these weapons. The americans specifically have said that it is the pastor use of those munitions in gaza by israel that means they are holding back on this consignment because what The Americans are doing here is firing a warning shot across the bowels of the israeli premise to Benjamin Netanyahu as part of their stated position that they do not believe israel should carry out a full scale Ground Offensive into the city of rafah in gaza. The israeli premise to have said that that will happen regardless of whether or not there is a