In a phone call, President Biden told the israeli Prime Minister of his deep concerns over a planned assault on rafah in southern gaza. In the last hour, the white house has said that a meeting between the us and israel to discuss rafah will likely take place next week. But Benjamin Netyanyahu has just said theres no way to destroy hamas in rafah other than by a ground incursion. All this as talks continue in qatar in a bid to secure a ceasefire deal. Lets get this report from anna foster, injerusalem. At gazas southern tip, the aftermath of another israeli air strike. 1. 4 million displaced people are now sheltering in rafah, and israel has made it clear it wants to go further. A ground offensive, it says, would remove hamas from gaza entirely. But theres International Pressure to avoid even more deaths. The message from israels allies to its leaders is getting stronger. Our position is that hamas should not be allowed a Safe Haven In Rafah or anywhere else, but a major Ground Operati
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Conspiracies, orjust fuelling them the first pictures of the princess of wales since her surgery, out shopping at the weekend with her husband at windsorfarm shop. It seems her recovery is going well but still the rumours persist. Spin around that one. Got it. The safety of a selfie royal photos have been a tricky issue recently. Today Prince William was in sheffield, trying to shift the focus onto the more serious side of public duty. You think a lot of people think, give people a house and its fixed . Its not been taken care of very well outdoors. He met supporters of homewards, his project to end homelessness in six areas of the uk. How are you . Nice to meet you. He is one of the most famous people on the planet, and a lot of people might say, surely a prince wont care about an issue like homelessness, or a lack of access to housing, because he may not have directly experienced that. But i somewhat feel that is even more impressive about it, not having that direct experience but st