since the fighting began. israel said its troops had reached the coastline to the south of gaza city saying that it had now effectively divided the territory in two. the us secretary of state, antony blinken, who s been meeting regional leaders, said a humanitarian pause in gaza would be welcome. but israel said it needs progress on the release of hostages before agreeing to any pause in its offensive. hundreds of thousands of people are going hungry in gaza as food and water supplies run out, the world food programme has warned. the agency has told the bbc exclusively that out of 130 bakeries operating in gaza before the war, ii have been destroyed by israeli air strikes. many of those remaining are unable to operate due to shortage of fuel and flour. bbc arabic s adnan al bursh has visited some bakeries in southern gaza. long queues, frustrated families. these scenes have become a norm outside gaza s bakeries. translation: i have an entire family of at least 20 people w
america s top diplomat antony blinken held talks in ankara with his turkish counterpart, as he continues to push for humanitarian pauses in the fighting. in other news, prince william has been dragon boat racing and meeting with singapore s leaders ahead of his annual earthshot prize ceremony. # memories, like the corners of my mind. # the funny girl on the way we were barbra streisand reflects on the challenges of being a woman at the top of her profession during her six decade long career. you are watching bbc news. i am sarah campbell. more now on the israel gaza war and the us is devoting several senior members of the biden adminstration to try to find a diplomatic way forward. vice president kamala harris will host a phone call with world leaders later on monday, the director of the cia is in israel to talk about intelligence co operation and the secretary of state, antony blinken, has arrived in turkey for talks with his counterpart in ankara. it s the fourth day of
takes place in third world countries and banana republics. israel s military says it has effectively split gaza in two saying it hit a50 targets in the last 2a hours and seized a hamas military compound. the hamas run health ministry says more than 10,000 people have been killed in gaza since the war began. the us secretary of state has just wrapped up a diplomatic visit to the region, focused on trying to find peace. 0ne one other headline: coming up here in the programme, barbra streisand releases her autobiography and talks to us about her stellar career, those who try to sabotage her, and what she wants now. i those who try to sabotage her, and what she wants now. those who try to sabotage her, and what she wants now. i have not had much fun in what she wants now. i have not had much fun in my what she wants now. i have not had much fun in my life. what she wants now. i have not had much fun in my life. to what she wants now. i have not had much fun in my life. t
Stephs looking at the issue of transport. Iam going i am going to be talking to commuters and businesses here at out what they want from the election in terms of transport. In sport drama On The Last Day of the season. Arsenal miss out, liverpool are back in the Champions League and john terry stages a theatrical goodbye at Stamford Bridge. And with a week of sunshine on the way, carols at the Chelsea Flower Show. Good morning from the garden designed by chris birchall. It is stunning. There is over 3000 plants. It looks like its been here forever and its a Pleasant Start the day. This week, generally speaking, it be warm. By the weekend, some of us will have temperatures possibly into the low 30s, not all of us. A few of us the low 30s, not all of us. A few of us will see some rain. I will have all of the details in 15 minutes. Good morning. First, our main story. Labour is making a fresh appeal to young voters by bringing forward its promise of abolishing tuition fees, to include stu