Its wednesday the 25th of october. A United Nations agency which looks after Palestinian Refugees has warned it could stop its work in gaza tonight if it doesnt receive urgent deliveries of fuel. Last night, eight trucks carrying food, water and medicine crossed the rafah border between egypt and gaza, but israel has banned fuel from entering the territory, saying hamas would use it for military purposes. Hamas is designated as a Terrorist Organisation by many western governments, including the uk. There are now growing International Calls for a humanitarian pause in the fighting, to allow aid to reach gazas residents. 0ur middle east correspondent Yolande Knell has the latest. The slow trickle of aid. Just eight lorries carrying water, food and medicine made their way into gaza last night. But whats not getting in is fuel. Hospitals are struggling. Here, medics use their phones to light the way as a patient arrives, as theres no fuel for generators and theyre overwhelmed by casualties
More american weapons are on their way to the frontline in ukraine and for ukraine theyre supplies that cant come soon enough, with Russian Troops making advances in the area around the city of kharkiv seizing a string of villages and forcing thousands of civilians to flee. The message that more weapons are coming was delivered in person by us Secretary Of State antony blinken, whos arrived in kyiv by train for a surprise visit and for talks with president zelensky. Its the first visit to ukraineby a senior u. S. Official since Congress Finally passed a long delayed 61 billion Military Aid Package for the country last month. Our ukraine correspondent, james waterhouse, has been following antony blinken s visit. Hes described how a free and thriving ukraine is the best way to rebuke Vladimir Putin. He has described his visit is a real sign of reassurance, and this is not to say visits like this, not from ukraines biggest Military Backer are dismissed. These visits bear fruit and they ar
Militants have continued to fire rockets into israel, towards tel aviv and other areas in the south. The World Health Organization has condemned israels evacuation order; it says forcing Hospital Patients to relocate would be a Death Sentence. President biden has spoken with the israeli Prime Minister, benjamin netanyahu, and urged him to provide safety for civilians amid the bombardment. Diplomatic efforts to prevent the violence from spreading have been stepped up, with mr biden s secretary of state, antony blinken, visiting cairo. Hes expected to press egyptian officials to restart talks on getting aid into gaza through the Border Crossing. The us is sending a second Aircraft Carrier to the Eastern Mediterranean near israel. The Uss Eisenhower will lead a group of ships aimed at deterring further attacks against israel in particularfrom iran or the lebanese militant group, hezbollah. We start the hour with this report from our middle east correspondent, yolande knell. Sirens wail. R
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