when you look at the guidebook, or on travel websites, or in fact almost anything about azerbaijan, they all start by telling you the same thing azerbaijan is the land of fire! huge natural gas and oil deposits are so close to the surface that they cause these natural fires to spring out of the ground. fires which burned continuously for over 4,000 years were once common across azerbaijan, but this is now the last. right up here, it s really, really pretty hot right up to your face you can really sense it. the whole of my body is really, really hot. this is incredible! it s. .. ..beautiful and bewitching at the same time. 2,500 years ago, these fires enticed zoroastrian priests from persia, who considered them a divine miracle. no wonder people for thousands of years have pretty well worshipped at this, certainly felt spiritual about it. i do it s overwhelming. but, halfway through the 19th century, azerbaijan s natural wonders attracted a different but equally fervent
good day to you. i m richard quest. 9:00 in the morning in london. 11:00 a.m. in gaza. and we are following two major developments that have happened overnight. the israeli military says a safe route from gaza city southwards has opened for civilians an hour ago, as israel forces fight their way into the city, the idf says the offer of safe passage to civilians is only good for four hours. that will be until 2:00 in the afternoon local time. one of the refugee camps south of the line, where palestinians have been told to go, was hit by a deadly explosion a few hours ago. a palestinian hospital official says more than 30 people were kid and more than a hundred wounded. the israeli military has not commented on whether it targeted the area. cnn s ivan watson joins us from hong iconic with more. let s start, first of all, i think with the blast. then we ll move to the safe corridors. what more do we know? we re seeing some first images, in daylight today, sunday, the recovery
captions by vitac www.vitac.com you are live in the cnn newsroom. i m jim acosta in washington. my colleague, jim sciutto, is joining us live in northern israel. good evening everybody. just minutes ago, a new strike outside the borders of gaza. israel s military says it struck infrastructure in syria s territory, in response to launches coming from that country. we re seeing this stunning video from the southern russia republic of dagestan, russian authorities saying a crowd waving palestinian flags forced their way into an airport. the crowd was protesting the israel-hamas war. in gaza city, an aid organization says nearby israeli air strikes have caused extensive damage to the second largest hospital. the palestinian red crescent society says that s endangering the lives of patients. 12,000 displaced civilians are also sheltering there. and gunfire and explosions echo across much of gaza, as israel s ground offensive advances. israeli troops appear to have advanc