hello and thank you forjoining me for another edition of unspun world, where we find out from the bbc s unmatched team of correspondents and broadcasters what s really going on in the world. israeli forces are encircling gaza s hospitals, but what s their basic strategy? the israeli army can probably go in and patrol the shattered streets of the gaza strip for some indefinite period. but what then? who is actually going to rule gaza? the us and china why are the chinese noticeably less antagonistic than they used to be? the united states is china s biggest threat, but it s also china s biggest customer, and they really need to do some good customer relations at the moment. and can spain s interim prime minister stave off catalan independence? he s doing this because it will reduce those tensions that catalonia has been seeing, really, over the last decade. western support for israel s war against hamas in gaza has been tested as never before by the bombardment and search of
hello and a very warm welcome to bbc news, i mark lowen live from southern israel overlooking gaza, where the united nations says a lack of fuel means aid cannot be brought into the gaza strip from egypt. the relief agency for palestinian says they are almost begging for fuel and should never have been put into that situation. the un says an urgent shipment of fuel is needed, as is the resumption of the telecommunications network. also in gaza, the israeli military raided the strip s largest hospital al shifa this week, but prime minister benjamin netanyahu told cbs news there was no gunfight at the hospital because hamas leaders had left shortly before the israeli army had arrived. israel says there is a hamas command centre at the site, but hasn t yet provided conclusive evidence. mr netanyahu also said hostages could have been moved from the hospital. violence, too, in the occupied west bank, the other part of the palestinian territories not controlled by hamas. the israel
An ex-soldier Phakamani Moyo is in soup after he allegedly bashed a police officer and refused to be arrested over a girlfriend.The 30-year-old suspect was drag.