sirjim ratcliffe s offer to become a minority shareholder in manchester united could be accepted as early as next week. united s owners the glazer family have been looking for investment for over a year. it s expected ratcliffe s ineos group will pay around £1.25 billion to buy 25%. here s ourfootball reporter simon stone. jim ratcliffe has lowered his expectations from 59% to 60%, and now we think 25%, and the glazers are willing sellers. it ll be interesting to see how it works out because jim ratcliffe interesting to see how it works out becausejim ratcliffe is not known for taking a back seat, but clearly this is only a quarter of the club, and he also has served daily transferred with the indio cycling group with him in every sporting enterprise, really. so what part will he play in manchester united when this deal is complete? james maddison has withdrawn from the england squad for this month s euro 2024 qualifiers with an ankle injury, and will be out until at least j
singing. what must it take for a mother to comfort her child. ..when reality is so devastating? two year old fatima was stuck under the rubble of a bombing in gaza three weeks ago. nehal and her husband had tried for 14 years to have a baby. and then fatima was born. translation: what is her fault? what did she do wrong? we have to constantly give her painkillers. as soon as the effect of one wears off, i give her another. her life revolves around painkillers, and every other day she undergoes surgery. trapped in gaza, under the constant threat of being bombed. hospitals fill up with more wounded children. amira, 13. seven of her brothers were killed and her mother, too. her father says they d fled to southern gaza for safety. that s where they were bombed. amira has spinal injuries. i want peace and security. i want to be treated and go back to normal life to my home, she says. i want to feel safe. it s not clear if amira will be able to walk again. yogita limaye, bb
by the americans. all this raises the ghosts of 1948 for palestinians, when more than 700,000 of them fled or were expelled byjewish troops as israel won its independence. israel never allowed them home. two of the gaza hostages were in new videos. hanna katsir blamed benjamin netanyahu, israel s prime minister, for their plight. so did yagil yaakov, who s 13. hostage videos are usually made under duress, so the bbc is not broadcasting them. and across the west bank, the other side of the occupied territories, more palestinians were killed as armed groups fought israeli raids. the gaza war is igniting the west bank. the israeli army s reprisals included the destruction of roads and infrastructure. existing tension and hatred have been deepened. the danger remains of the war spreading across the middle east. in yemen, the houthi regime, an ally of iran, posted more videos of attacks on israel with missiles and drones. so far, they ve all been intercepted by american and israel
followed by screams. israel claims that hamas, described as a terror organisation by the uk and us governments, uses hospitals as a base for military operations. people sheltering in the grounds also recorded the moment and its aftermath. dr marwan abu saada, a general surgeon at the al shifa hospital, told the bbc that the situation was desperate. here in shifa, i m hearing the shooting and bombardment everywhere around me in shifa hospital. it s a horrible situation now, and some of the displaced people moved, evacuated from shifa because it is not a safe place to stay in it, but our staff is still there, and our patients in the department is still there, and we are taking all the casualties. today they bombarded some of our displaced people who were here in shifa, they moved to one shelter to the school, and the other school, they were under attack, and more than 15 people were killed at that moment. israeli tanks are reported to have surrounded several other hospitals in
of a large explosion. explosion there was panic and confusion in the hospital courtyard following the explosion. the news agency associated press, which supplied these pictures, said there was a fire in the area and the remnants of what appeared to be a missile. the hamas run health ministry says 13 people were killed. people sheltering in the grounds also recorded the moment, and its aftermath. israel s military says it is investigating reports that the areas around the hospitals have been struck. it s previously said its forces were operating close to shifa hospital, which it says is above hamas headquarters a claim hamas denies. there was also a series of explosions at the indonesian hospital. it s reported that the hospital was not directly struck but was hit by shrapnel. other hospitals in the territory are also said to be surrounded. the world health organization says 20 hospitals in gaza are now non operational. these pictures are from al rantisi paediatric hospital,