energy bosses warn that the government s plan to cap the price of electricity produced by older renewable facilities is risky. hello and welcome to bbc news. ten people are now confirmed to have died, after a huge explosion at a petrol station in county donegal in ireland. a search operation is continuing, as some people are still thought to be missing. eight people were also taken to hospital. police say the cause remains under investigation, but are describing what happened as a tragic accident . the explosion happened at an applegreen service station, in the village of creeslough, yesterday afternoon. from there, our ireland correspondent chris page reports. a rescue effort has now become a recovery operation a sad sign that the emergency services don t expect to find anyone else alive. blown out walls, a crumpled roof, and tonnes of rubble showed this was a lethal explosion. the blast triggered a wave of devastation and desperation. local people hurried to what was lef
The strikes killed at least 230 people in gaza while hamas militants have killed at least 300 israelis and taken dozens of hostages, both military and civilian. Overnight, Israeli Security forces rescued some hostages who had not been taken back to gaza and re took a captured Police Station. In the last few hours, they have shelled Enemy Positions in lebanon after reports of incoming artillery in northern israel. Our reporter simon jones has the latest. What israel is describing as its Mighty Vengeance on the Palestinian Militant Group hamas. Overnight, gaza has been rocked by explosions. Earlier, warplanes at several buildings in the centre of the city. Earlier, warplanes hit several buildings in the centre of the city. The Israeli Defense forces has released these pictures, which they say are hamas cells being targeted. The Israeli Military trying to show they are on the front foot after being taken by surprise by the hamas attacks. The israeli Prime Minister issued this morning in a
bbc verify has geolocated the video to here. the north east edge of the al shifa hospital complex. we can see what looks like a muzzle, which we think is the muzzle of a dog that the israeli military lowered down into a tunnel with a camera. this is the footage they got back. as the camera moves along the tunnel, it looks very similar to this hamas tunnel, filmed by the bbc back in 2014. at the end it is what the idf says is a blast proof door with a firing hole in it. we have asked the idf if they ve managed to get through the door yet but haven t had an answer. the idf has also released what they say is cctv footage from al shifa on october 7th showing hostages taken from southern israel. you can see a person in blue shorts there who seems to be dragged in against his will. and then these three men we have circled have guns. the video then moves further inside the hospital where you can see an injured person on a trolley whose face has been blurred by the idf. bbc verify ha
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