hello. welcome to the bbc news at one. the us secretary of state, antony blinken, has made a surprise visit to ukraine, where s he met president zelensky, as more western weapons start to get through to the battlefield. the area in red there is russian controlled, and on the frontlines, mr zelensky says it s been a tough period for his troops. in particular, they are struggling to hold back moscow s forces near the second largest city, kharkiv. and a new front has opened up nearby, with russian forces starting to surround the border town of vovcha nsk. our correspondent james waterhouse reports from ukraine. good morning, state secretary. nice to meet you again. thank you so much. a nine hour sleeper train is still the best way to kyiv, even if you re america s top diplomat. a quick switch to a more familiar motorcade, before a long day of meetings. first up for antony blinken, president zelensky. it s not a simple period for ukraine. and a tough period for the east of our co
palestinians have been allowed to leave gaza via the rafah crossing into egypt. these pictures from egyptian media show what they say are the first foreign nationals to cross. palestinian and egyptian officials say at least 320 foreign passport holders have crossed into egypt from southern gaza. the territory was besieged by israel after it was attacked over three weeks ago by hamas, which is classed as a terrorist organisation by the uk and other western governments. in northern gaza, another large airstrike has hit jabalia a day after an israeli attack killed dozens of people in the same refugee camp. there is been no comment from the israeli military, but it did say 15 of its soldiers have been killed in gaza over the last two days. earlier, i asked lalah ali faten from manchester about her daughter zaynab, who is trapped in gaza after travelling there for a wedding. she gave me the latest from her daughter they heard that the board was going to be open to and notification
to help free up officers to deal with crime. good evening from jerusalem. for the first time since the war between israel and hamas began, dozens of injured palestinians and more hundreds of foreign nationals have been allowed to leave gaza. they ve entered egypt by the rafah crossing on the border, with the injured being treated at field hospitals there. the foreign office says that british nationals will start to be taken out in stages over the coming days. people who ve been trapped in gaza for weeks began crossing the borderfrom late morning, after the territory was besieged by israel, after hamas attacked it over three weeks ago. hamas is classed as a terrorist organisation by the uk government. and in northern gaza, there s been another air strike on the jabalia refugee camp, a day after an israeli attack caused heavy casualties at the refugee camp there. our international editor jeremy bowen has our first report which contains material that you may find upsetting. at l
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