Gazas hamas controlled Health Ministry says 7,326 people have been killed in the strip after nearly three weeks of bombardment. More than 40 of them are children. And a senior un official is warning that many more will die from the catastrophic Aid Shortages caused by israels total siege. Israels military says it carried out a new raid in gaza overnight targeting hamas fighters, with ground units accompanied by helicopter gunships. These pictures, supplied by the idf, apparently show a Hamas Tunnel Being struck by a guided missile. Launch sites for anti tank missiles and command and control centres were also hit and the army says it killed a senior hamas commander. Its the second brief ground raid in as many days. Prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu has insisted a full offensive is coming. The main un agency in the gaza strip has again warned that its humanitarian work is becoming more difficult because of the lack of fuel in the territory. The head of unrwa said more aid urgently needs
Between the worlds two economic heavyweights. Chinese Foreign Minister wang yi is in washington hes been meeting us Secretary Of State Antony Blinken and is expected to meet National Security adviser jake sullivan. Blinken told the Un Security Council on tuesday he would work with the Chinese Foreign minister to prevent the middle east conflict from spreading. But talks with china are also expected to focus on trying to resolve disagreements over other issues including trade. Earlier this week, beijing restricted the exports of graphite which is used in many products, including electric cars. China produces 90 of the worlds graphite supply. The us responded by advising its top tech firms which included nvidia to stop exporting some of their latest ai products to china. Soaring demand for nvidias chips has driven its share price up by more than 200 over the past year, with china its leading buyer. Janet mui is head of Market Analysis at rbc brewin dolphin. Thank you for being with us. T
a gift to the ukrainians. it is a vital defence of american and western interests. john herbst. let s get some of the day s other news. the owner of twitter, elon musk, says he will resign as chief executive of the social media company as soon as he finds someone foolish enough to take thejob as he put it. this latest move by the billionaire comes three days after a majority of people taking part in an online poll voted for him to step down as head of the company. the founder of collapsed crypto exchange ftx, sam bankman freed, has signed extradition papers in the bahamas and will now be flown to the us to face a range of criminal charges. mr bankman freed was arrested last week in the bahamas after federal prosecutors in new york filed an eight count indictment including allegations of fraud and conspiracy. two people have died and at least eleven injured after one of the most disruptive earthquakes to hit the us state of california in years. the 6.4 magnititude tremor
will: sec has charged ftx founder sam bankman-fried after his arrest in the bahamas. steve: the former head of the collapsed crypto company is expected top an in court in the bahamas when he was supposed to be testifying before congress this morning. not gonna make it. ainsley: todd joins us live with the details. filing charges against sam bankman-fried. yesterday leading to his arrest in the bahamas. new york times reporting the charges include wire fraud, securities fraud and money laundering. u.s. will move to unseal the indictment this morning. sec is filing on charging him for the alleged massive years long fraud. bankman-fried s arrest comes hours before the ftx founder was due to testify remotely this morning. congressman lee zeldin telling fox news, house republicans were ready to grill him six ways to sunday, now breaking, sbf was just arrested.
founder of collapsed crypto exchange ftx sam bankman freed is jailed in the bahamas us authorities want him extradicted to face fraud and money laundering charges. locking in their place in the world cup final goals from messi and alvarez see argentina crush croatia s hopes with a three zero win in qatar. live from our studio in singapore this is bbc news. it s newsday. welcome to bbc news broadcasting to viewers in the uk and around the world. we begin in china where its hospital system is coming under a huge strain as covid 19 spreads quickly. this follows the government s decision to abandon its zero covid approach.