thank you forjoining us. israel s prime minister benjamin netanyahu who says of the ground operation in gaza has entered a second phase, warning the ball with hamas will be long and difficult. it described it as a second war of independence and declared israel would win the war and make every effort to bring the hostages home. on saturday, in his first comments since the war began on the seventh of october, hamas s leader has offered to release all hostages in return for the freeing of all palestinian prisoners in israeli jails. in a statement he said. this comes about a day after israel stepped up its bombardment of gaza. about 150 target work hit and killed some key figures within hamas which is designated a terror group by the uk, us and many other western nations. israeli troops were inside gaza both in the north and the south of the territory. jeremy bowen is on the ground and sent this report. heavy artillery is pounding gaza constantly. the israelis say they re making
it is providing toys to kids who spent the last month living in a subway system because they can t go above ground because of the threats of bombs and air strikes. so humanitarian organisations, unicef, the un, we are there delivering supplies, but ultimately the children of ukraine need peace and they need it now. joe english there. in the philippines, at least 25 people have died in landslides and floods caused by tropical storm megi which hit the country s eastern and southern regions on monday. authorities say they ve recovered 25 bodies so far. earlier, i spoke to our philippines correspondent howard johnson. at the moment, the philippine coastguard are really trying to help people in this central part of the philippines, the leyte, samar area and we re footage on social media of people wading chest height through water, fast moving water. since sunday, it s dumped nearly 300 millimetres of rain in some parts of the country. and we ve seen that people have been disconnected from t
officials in shanghai have announced a slight easing of strict covid lockdown measures for a limited number of residents. communities which go for at least two weeks without a covid infection will have their restrictions altered. the current rules have provoked increasing anger from those unable to orderfood to their apartments. in the philippines, at least 25 people have died in landslides and floods caused by tropical storm megi which hit the country s eastern and southern regions on monday. authorities say they ve recovered 25 bodies so far. let s go live now to our correspondent in the philippines, howard johnson. thank you for being with us. what is the situation on the ground? that what is the situation on the round? ., ground? at the moment the philippine ground? at the moment the philippine coastguard - ground? at the moment the philippine coastguard are i philippine coastguard are trying to help people in the central part of the philippines, and we re footage on social med
at least 25 people have died in landslides and floods caused by tropical storm megi which hit the country s eastern and southern regions on monday. authorities say they ve recovered 25 bodies so far. let s go live now to our correspondent in the philippines, howard johnson. howard, tell us more? this troical howard, tell us more? this tropical storm howard, tell us more? this tropical storm has - howard, tell us more? this tropical storm has taken i howard, tell us more? ti 3 tropical storm has taken many by surprise because it was at the lowest level, signal one, the lowest level, signal one, the not that concerned about it, but it s a very precipitous storm, we have seen some parts, nearly 300 millimetres of rain dumped on areas, the wind is not that high, not like other storms we see better houses, this is about dumping incessant rain, since sunday it s been doing that. on social media streams inundated with water, land slides and the lady and cmr area and baybay city badly
government would hold putin and his regime to account . let s take a look at some other stories in the headlines. president biden and indian prime minister narendra modi have discussed the war in ukraine during talks via video link. mr biden was expected to urge modi to toughen his stance towards moscow. delhi has so far declined to impose sanctions or directly criticise the invasion. last month the us president described india s stance as somewhat shaky . at least 25 people have died in landslides and floods caused by tropical storm megi which hit the country s eastern and southern region on monday. philippine authorities have confirmed they recovered 22 bodies in the eastern province of leyte, and a further three in the southern davao region. the sri lankan prime minister, mahinda rajapaksa, says the country has reached a decisivejuncture and called for patience as protests continue over the government s