at least 157 people. houses are destroyed and people are digging through rubble to rescue others. and russell brand faces a fresh allegation of sexual assault. the claim is made in a civil lawsuit filed in new york and dates back to 2010. hello. i am anna foster, this is bbc news, live from jerusalem. israel s military has again urged civilians in gaza s north to leave the area. it reopened one of the strip s main highways. allowing people to drive south. strip s main highways. the road was scheduled to be open for three hours and that window was due to close just moments ago. the rafah crossing to egypt is also closed at least temporarily. no one has used the crossing so far today. we are hearing that gaza border authorities will not permit foreign passport holders to cross into egypt until the injured people in gaza s hospitals are allowed to travel to rafah. hundreds of foreign citizens have escaped gaza through the crossing in the past few days. our bbc arabic corresp
and novak djokovic to defeat the spaniard in paris. and while the 4th seed heads to the second round, the journey is over for nadal. maybe in a few months i can say is enough. but it is something i cannot say yet. i have some goals left. i m to be back on this court for this that motivates me. for olympics that motivates me. elsewhere at the tournament, british number one cameron norrie has been knocked out in the first round beaten in a five set marathon by russian world number 56 pavel kotov. kotov dominated the 32nd seed in the deciding set taking it 6 2, picking up just his second victory in a grand slam. it s worth noting that s it s the first time norrie has lost in the opening round of a major since the 2022 australian open. for kotov, though, he ll take on 2015 champion stan wawrinka in the next round. world number one and defending champion iga swiatek looked really strong as she eased into round two. she needed little over an hour to beat leolia jeanjean, losing jus
he left belmarsh prison in london on monday. he is then driven to stansted airport before boarding a flight. the guilty plea is due to be confirmed on wednesday when mr assange will appear in front of a court in the northern mariana islands, a us territory in the pacific. he is then expected to return home to his native australia. julian assange spent seven years held up inside the ecuadorian embassy in london as washington tried to extradite him over the wikileaks files which disclosed confidential documents about the iraq and afghanistan wars in what turned out to be one of the biggest leaks of national security in american history. he was arrested in april 2019 over a breach of his bail conditions, and had spent the last five years inside a london prison, fighting his extradition to the united states. last month, a uk court ruled last month that he could appeal this decision after mr assange argued that he would not receive a fair trial. our north america correspondent,
hello, i m sally bundock. a very warm welcome to the programme. the united states is making a major push to pause fighting in gaza, with diplomatic efforts taking place both in the region and at the united nations. the un security council endorsed a ceasefire proposal for gaza on monday. it is the first time the council has passed a resolution demanding a stop in fighting, after eight months of war. the resolution urges both hamas and israel to fully and quickly implement the three phase plan. 1a countries voted in favour, and russia abstained. us ambassador to the un linda thomas greenfield says the resolution shows hamas that the international community is united. colleagues, today this council sent a clear message to hamas. accept the ceasefire deal on the table. israel has already agreed to this deal and the fighting could stop today if hamas would do the same. i repeat, the fighting could stop today. our north america correspondent, nada tawfik, has been following the de