We start with a Special Report from gaza where medical staff have told the bbc they were detained, beaten and prevented from carrying out vital duties after a raid at their hospital last month. Theyve said, that some detainees were stripped, kept in Stress Positions for several hours, or had muzzled dogs set upon them. Israel said, it occupied the Nasser Hospital site believing it was used by hamas and that severalfreed israeli hostages have said, they were held there. You might find some parts of this report by wyre davies distressing. Not for the first time in this war, Israeli Soldiers have been filmed standing over stripped and kneeling detainees in gaza. But these are medical staff, detained after the israeli army overran the Nasser Hospital in khan yunis. Most of them are still held captive. For weeks, the medics had witnessed israels military advance closing in around their hospital. The fighting in khan younis was fierce. Thousands of people whod sought refuge in the grounds, f
Thats slightly higher than expected and driven mainly by higher costs for gasoline and rents. In the 12 months up to february, the cpi rate increased by 3. 2 , compared to 3. 1 injanuary. The core rate, stripping out those volatile elements such as fuel and rents, fell to 3. 8 from 3. 9 injanuary, but that was still higher than the 3. 7 expected. This latest data suggests there is still some stickiness with inflation that will be scrutinised by the Federal Reserve as it weighs up a highly anticipated Interest Rate cut injune. Lets head over to new york and speak to our north America Business correspondent michelle fleury. As far as the fed is concerned, it is about how they respond to this number. It is not going in the direction they wanted it to. The tricky word direction they wanted it to. The tricky word that direction they wanted it to. Tue tricky word that you direction they wanted it to. Tte tricky word that you were stumbling over, sticky, and a lot of this is to do with housin
Leaders meet injamaica for Emergency Talks. And ken steals the show at the oscars, but its oppenheimer thats the big winner. Several News Agencies had withdrawn the photo ever concerns it had been digitally manipulated. In a statement, the princess apologised for any confusion. Kensington palace says it will not release the original unedited photograph, though. The picture was released to coincide with mothers day and came after weeks of Wild Speculation on social media about the princess after her surgery. The photograph of a smiling Princess Of Wales with her three children, which is now at the centre of a royal controversy. It was released to mark mothers day. But some suggest the image has inconsistencies, in particular the alignment in charlottes wrist. In a rare move last night, four major Picture Agencies withdrew the photograph. The Associated Press issued what is knowns a kill notification, it said at closer inspection it appears the source has altered the image. Today, pa med
From the sycamore gap tree. Seedlings from the famously felled tree are starting to grow. Hello, im nicky schiller. We start this hour with the latest on the israel gaza war. A Ship Carrying desperately needed humanitarian aid for gaza is getting ready to set sail from cyprus. The spanish vessel, open arms, is preparing to tow a barge with 200 tonnes of food and medical aid provided by the us Charity World central kitchen. Our correspondent anna foster is injerusalem. There is a development in the aid effort towards gaza. A ship has been loaded in cyprus and we can show you pictures of that happening which is going to mark the start of a new maritime aid corridor. A vessel carrying humanitarian aid is expected to set sail from cyprus to gaza in the coming hours. Its the first delivery of supplies to use the maritime aid corridor, announced on friday. It was announced yesterday by Ursula Von Der Leyen and is expected to become operational in the next few hours. It would be a new way to
Hello. Im azadeh moshiri. Youre watching bbc news. Final preparations are under way to send the first shipment of aid by sea to gaza. Humanitarian organisations are co ordinating a delivery of about 200 tonnes of food and medical supplies, which will go via a maritime corridor with israels agreement. But its unclear how or where the boat will actually dock, and even if the aid does arrive, some groups are warning of problems in distributing the aid across gaza. Wyre davies reports from jerusalem. In the cypriot port of larnaca, they have been working around the clock. The spanish ship, open arms, is preparing to tow a barge with 200 tonnes of food with medical aid all the way to gaza. Its a precarious, untested plan with obvious risks. Translation yes, we will tow this platform to gaza, where The Last Mile will be the most complicated operation. The disembarkation will be done on a pier that is being built right now by the world central kitchen. How the aid will be unloaded into gaza,