welcome to bbc news, we are live in jerusalem. welcome to bbc news, we are live injerusalem. we start with the latest diplomatic efforts from the israel gaza conflict. this is day 30. the us secretary of state, antony blinken, has met the palestinian authority president, mahmoud abbas, in the occupied west bank city of ramallah for talks on the gaza conflict. mr abbas told mr blinken there must be an immediate ceasefire and an allowing of humanitarian aid to the gaza strip. that was echoing the call of many arab leaders. according to us spokesperson matthew miller, the secretary reaffirmed the united states commitment to the delivery of life saving humanitarian assistance and resumption of essential services in gaza. which has been under. and made clear that palestinians must not be forcibly displaced. secretary blinken and president abbas discussed efforts to restore calm and stability in the west bank, including the need to stop extremist violence against palestinians and
welcome to bbc news. i am in jerusalem. 0urtop welcome to bbc news. i am in jerusalem. our top story this hour is the intense diplomatic shuffling of the top us diplomat. the us secretary of state, antony blinken has met the palestinian authority president mahmoud abbas in the occupied west bank city of ramallah for talks on the gaza conflict. mr abbas told mr blinken there must be an immediate ceasefire and an allowing of humanitarian aid to the gaza strip. according to us spokesperson matthew miller, the secretary reaffirmed the united states commitment to the delivery of life saving humanitarian assistance and resumption of essential services in gaza and made clear that palestinians must not be forcibly displaced. secretary blinken and president abbas discussed efforts to restore calm and stability in the west bank, including the need to stop extremist violence against palestinians and hold those accountable responsible. secretary blinken reiterated that the united states
a humanitarian pause in gaza that would advance several priorities including getting more aid in and getting hamas hostages out. following my conversations with the prime minister and with the israeli government, this is a process. israel s raised important questions about how humanitarian pauses would work. we ve got to answer those questions. we re working on exactly that. in fact, we agreed that our teams would get together and they re doing just that, including today, to work through the specifics of the practicalities of of these pauses. second, it s important that the pause advance a number of things. one of them is hostages. we are intensely focused the united states, israel, every other country that has one of its citizens being held hostage by hamas to bring them home. now, it s important that as we re engaged in pursuing humanitarian pause, this can be something that advances the prospect of getting the hostages back. it can also advance other things that we re
in an israeli airstrike on a refugee camp. they are still looking under the rubble of about three or four buildings which were destroyed overnight. this is al maghazi refugee camp. it s in the safe area where israel advised 1.2 million in gaza city and the north to flee south. the gaza health ministry says 9,770 people have been killed so far 4,800 of them are children. german police say the hostage situation at hamburg airport is over. they say a suspect has been arrested without resistance. the uk conservative party has rejected suggestions it covered up allegations of rape against an mp. prince william is in singapore, to announce the winners of his earthshot environmental prize. hello, i m vishala. we start with the latest diplomatic efforts from the israel gaza conflict. the us secretary of state, antony blinken has met the palestinian authority president mahmoud abbas in the occupied west bank city of ramallah for talks on the gaza conflict. the spokesman for the pale
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