olly alexander is announced as the united kingdom s entry for next year s eurovision song contest. hello, i m lewis vaughanjones. we start with the latest on the israel gaza war. britain and germany are calling for an urgent sustainable ceasefire in gaza. last week, both countries abstained on a united nations resolution demanding an immediate humanitarian ceasefire. but in a change of tone which echoes a shift in the us, the foreign ministers of both countries say too many civilians have been killed in israel s war against hamas and the sooner a truce comes, the better. israel s prime minister benjamin netanyahu has strongly reiterated his opposition to a ceasefire. speaking before a cabinet meeting, he insisted they will fight till the end to eliminate hamas which many countries consider a terror group. israel stepped up its bombardment of gaza overnight and into sunday, reportedly killing at least a0 people. and these pictures, filmed on sunday morning from israel, looki
hostages are released. israeli forces went into rafah on monday night in defiance of international pressure, seizing the border crossing with egypt. the un secretary general, antonio guterres, has warned that a full scale assault on rafah would cause a humanitarian nightmare. qatar has called for international intervention to prevent the city from being invaded. our middle east correspondent, yolande knell, is injerusalem. we know that for weeks now the us has been warning israel against a full scale offensive of rafah. this really because of the high numbers of displaced people who are living in that city, crammed up next to the border with egypt. and the us had been talking to israel about more limited options for going in there to tackle the hamas presence. now, this does look to be a really significant development, the idea that a us shipment has been halted to israel. it s the first time we ve heard of such a thing in seven months of war. and it really does reflect, i th
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