direct help to those hardest hit by inflation. taiwan accuses china of practising for an invasion of its island after beijing expressed fury over us house speaker, nancy pelosi s visit to taipei. hello and welcome to bbc news. air raid sirens and explosions have been heard injerusalem as a conflict between israel and the palestinian militant group islamichhad escalates. it follows intense israeli air strikes in gaza which killed a second senior leader of the islamichhad group. khaled mansour was considered the most important man in the armed wing of the organisation. these are images of the latest air strikes. a total of at least 29 palestinians some of them children are now reported to have been killed