says shows its forces going into a tunnel shaft, and along what is says is a 55 metre and along what it says is a 55 metre long tunnel built by hamas, under al shifa hospital. hamas has denied having a command centre there. 31 premature babies who were trapped inside al shifa hospital inside al shifa hospital by the fighting have been moved to a hospital in southern gaza. doctors there say eight other premature babies did not survive. meanwhile, the prime minister of qatar has said only minor obstacles remain in the way of reaching a deal on releasing some of the hostages taken by hamas in its attack on israel on october 7th. and, the fighting continues hamas says more than a0 members of one family have been killed in an israeli air strike israel has not commented. we ll have more on all of those developments in the coming hour. but we begin with the news conference held by the israel defence forces where their spokesman, daniel hagari, outlined details of what he sai
welcome to hardtalk. thanks, stephen. good to be on with you. it s great to have you on the show. senator, would you agree that, day by day, the israel hamas war is becoming more of a headache for presidentjoe biden? i think this is the most consequential period in modern israeli history, and i think president biden did exactly the right thing in engaging directly, immediately, flying over to israel, deploying two aircraft carrier groups. but it is becoming a real challenge for us domestically and internationally. his commitment to israel, their right to self defence, their ability to carry out a difficult and intense campaign against hamas is unwavering. but he is also privately engaging with israeli leaders and pressing for more humanitarian relief, for a clear plan for what comes after in gaza and the region, and for a more targeted campaign. unwavering, you say. and yet the outside world sees a biden message which is changing. in the early days it was all, we have got yo
the israeli military has shown video recovered from al shifa hospital, which it says shows hostages being held there after the october 7th attack by hamas. israel also released footage it says shows its forces going into a tunnel shaft, and along what is says is and along what it says is a 55 metre long tunnel built by hamas, under al shifa hospital. hamas has denied having a command centre there. 31 premature babies who were trapped inside al shifa hospital by the fighting have been moved to a hospital in southern gaza. doctors there say eight other premature babies did not survive. meanwhile, the prime minister of qatar has said only minor obstacles remain in the way of reaching a deal on releasing some of the hostages taken by hamas in its attack on israel on october seventh. and the fighting continues, hamas says more than a0 members of one family have been killed in an israeli air strike. israel has not commented. we ll have more on all of those developments, but we be
Also this hour, how Climate Change is transforming the british garden. They will be looking at new techniques because of rising temperatures. And looking for love online one rhinos search for a partner on the dating app tinder. Good morning. Welcome to bbc Newsroom Live. The labour party has switched its Election Campaigning to the nhs today pledging to give a bigger pay rise to nhs staff in england if it wins The General Election. Labour says it would scrap tuition fees and Restore Bursaries for Student Nurses and midwives which are due to end in august. The party says it would end the current 1 cap on Wage Increases, in part because nhs staff had been undervalued, Overworked And Underpaid by the government. Labour says. And it says its policies would be paid for by reversing Corporation Tax cuts. The party says a Labour Government would also introduce tougher rules to ensure that Staffing Levels in hospitals are safe. The Shadow Health secretary, jon ashworth, said the money was ther
Hundreds of people attend a vigil to mark a week since the Manchester Bombing; the citys Victoria Station has reopened this morning. No head to head butJeremy Corbyn and theresa may face a Studio Audience and a grilling. In sport, Huddersfield Town are in the Premier League. They beat reading in a dramatic penalty shoot out to win the championship playoff final. And matt has the weather. Good morning. We are down here on the beach this morning. Incredibly mild start to tuesday, a few showers in the north and west. If you are on half term this week, i have some good news in the forecast. Join me if you can. Thank you very much. Its an improving tale in the weather. We are taking bbc breakfast in this last full week before the General Election to Northern Ireland tomorrow and to scotland on friday. Well look at some of the issues in those countries but also across the uk as well. A bit of a geography lesson. If you go west, if you go that way you get anglesey, east, conway and look at th