That simply wasnt made to last. Raac was a postwar solution, now causing a headache for 21st century britain. More than 100 schools in britain have been told they need to close. Labour has announced it will force the government to reveal a complete list of affected schools, and now calls for transparency on the scale of the problem and for fast solutions. Its been known for a while and what we have also known for a while is there is a squeeze on school funding, and my committee has highlighted that repeatedly, and my committee has highlighted that and when you dont invest in maintenance and improvements in schools you get these problems arising but with raac its a systemic failure of the actual material used to build them. Hospital buildings and Court Buildings among those impacted and internal documents obtained by The Sunday Times suggest hospitals could be at risk of catastrophic collapse. The concerns about this have been swirling around for so long. Trusts have been trying to cope
Gazas hamas controlled Health Ministry says 7,326 people have been killed in the strip after nearly three weeks of bombardment. More than 40 of them are children. And a senior un official is warning that many more will die from the catastrophic Aid Shortages caused by israels total siege. Israels military says it carried out a new raid in gaza overnight targeting hamas fighters, with ground units accompanied by helicopter gunships. These pictures, supplied by the idf, apparently show a Hamas Tunnel Being struck by a guided missile. Launch sites for anti tank missiles and command and control centres were also hit and the army says it killed a senior hamas commander. Its the second brief ground raid in as many days. Prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu has insisted a full offensive is coming. The main un agency in the gaza strip has again warned that its humanitarian work is becoming more difficult because of the lack of fuel in the territory. The head of unrwa said more aid urgently needs
These pictures are from rafah, where locals pulled victims from the rubble of a house that was hit in one of the overnight israeli strikes. These images are from khan younis in Southern Gaza. Youll remember israel told people in Northern Gaza to evacuate to the south more than a week ago ahead of a possible ground offensive. People in gaza said there was nonstop bombing and shelling by israel overnight. One of the bombardments was by a hospital. There Israeli Defence forces then released this video of air strikes over gaza and we cant be sure exactly where it was shot from. You can see a building being destroyed in those images. Officials say that they have been targeting hamas infrastructure, including the underground tunnels and operational headquarters of hamas. This is according to israels defence ministry. The Defence Minister in israel says the campaign to take up to three months but would eventually, israel intends, to wipe out hamas. In northern israel, there have been exchange
A day of Significant Developments in gaza. According to hamas two more hostages have been released due to poor health. Its believed they are two elderly israeli women. Meanwhile, israels intense air strikes on gaza have been continuing. Take a look at these pictures, the aftermath. Most strikes in the north, but some in the south as well stop some are reportedly moving back to the north of gaza because of the desperate conditions in the south. This brings us to the issue of aid. 20 trucks across the borders, hundreds a day are needed, according to the un. Still no fuel crossing, fuel which is needed for hospitals, and things like water sites. Israel says it could be taken by hamas, so none so far. Ibrahim jalal is nonresident scholar with the Middle East Institute a nonprofit, nonpartisan think tank hejoins me now from vienna. Thank you very much for coming on The Programme. Thank you very much for coming on The Programme thank you very much for coming on The Programme. Thank you for h