Welcome to verified live. Rishi sunak has told his israeli counterpart Benjamin Netanyahu that the uk Will Stand By israel in what both men described as its darkest hours. During talks injerusalem, rishi sunak affirmed israels ray to defend itself after attacks by hamas killed about 1400 people. There are also continuing concerns about the plight of people in gaza who rishi sunak said were also victims of hamas. He welcomed plans to get it into the territory via egypt. Aid agencies are warning that gaza is in need of far more aid than the initial 20 lorries announced by President Biden during his visit to israel yesterday. The un humanitarian chief says about 100 lorries will be required every day. More than 60 International Charities including christian aid, 0xfam and Save The Children have called for a ceasefire. Latest reports say that several people including children have been killed or wounded in a strike on a house in a southern town. These are some of the pictures from a hospit
Ahead of the world cup semifinal with south africa. Freddie steward is in, as marcus smith misses out. Good afternoon and welcome to the bbc s news at one from southern israel, where this war edges closer towards its second week with no sign of the crisis easing. The Prime Minister, rishi sunak, has arrived in israel and condemned what he called the horrific acts of terrorism by hamas which sparked this latest crisis, when more than 1,300 israelis were killed 12 days ago. His arrival comes amid some diplomatic success by us President Biden yesterday. He has reached a deal with israel and egypt to allow a first convoy of aid, 20 trucks, to enter gaza, possibly as early as this evening. I eat, food, water, medicine, but not fuel, will enter gaza through the Southern Rafah Crossing from egypt that aid. The Gazan Health Ministry has said that at least 3,000 gazans have been killed in retaliatory air strikes by israelis, and the un said the humanitarian access is urgently needed. It has urg
Out there for some. Its wednesday, the 8th of may. Our main story. The parents of 11 children, who died after what they say were the failings of social media, have called on rishi sunak and keir starmer to do more to protect young people online. In an open letter, they say theyre disappointed by the lack of ambition shown by the regulator, ofcom, which has today set out its plans to force Tech Companies to make their platforms safer. Our correspondent Angus Crawford reports. I want to know what theyve got to say, and i want them to meet people with lived experience. Its really important to try and understand what ofcom are doing because from the outside they seem to be doing so little, which is ridiculous and frustrating. Brianna and molly, their short lives spurring their parents on to try and make the online world a safer place for all children. We showed them posts and pictures, easy to find on social media of self harm, suicide and eating disorders. Had you, um. Had you seen conten
dominic cummings had written about helen macnamara on whatsapp. he said he would personally handcuff her and walk herfrom the building. we cannot keep dealing with this horrific meltdown of the british state while dodging stilettos from that he wrote. in fact, he used the c word. helen macnamara was asked what she made of that. it s been disappointing to me that the prime minister didn t pick him up on the use of some of that violent and misogynistic language. the fact that there were no women contributing to the policy discussions is a problem in itself because there were some expert women who were not being listened to. and also, women were being looked over. just an interesting copy that s been dropped on my desk, justin, relating to what she was saying. a witness statement published by the inquiry, that officials had sought to obscure how seriously ill boris johnson that officials had sought to obscure how seriously ill borisjohnson had become after he was admitted to