Anyone, you know. Could you trade a hairpin all the way to a new house? we will speak with a woman from california, who s trying. Hello, i m katty kay in washington, christian fraser is in london. The french are speaking to the egyptians. Thejordanians are speaking to the americans. The turkish president is blaming the white house. And joe biden is calling bibi netanyahu himself. So the diplomats are scurrying. The phone calls are going back and forth. But so far there s not much to show for it all. Again, today, there were dozens of air strikes on the gaza strip. And, again, in response palestinian militants fired barrages of rockets at israeli cities. The us has called for an immediate end to the violence between israel and the palestinians in gaza. But the israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu said the attacks will continue with full force and will take time. Our middle east editorjeremy bowen sent this report. Explosions sound. In a week of renewed conflict, the echoes of t
There from north africa since saturday as fears grow that sea crossings are once again increasing. This is the third straight day of arrival. The question is this a spike or a sudden rush to the shores. And the night dominated by female artists as they dominated the brit awards. Hello and welcome to the programme. It s turning into the worst violence between israel and the palestinians in seven years and the united nations has warned the conflict is moving towards full scale war. 35 people have now died. 0vernight, the militant group hamas said they d launched another 200 rockets towards israel from gaza. Police in the israeli city of lod saying a man and girl were killed after their car was hit by a rocket. Israel has launched more airstrikes on gaza city skyline too with loud bangs heard there as dawn broke early this morning. There are reports police headquarters there have been destroyed. In tel aviv, sirens have been heard warning of rocket fire and several explosions were heard a
Now on bbc news, it s hardtalk with stephen sackur welcome to hardtalk, i m stephen sackur. Here we are again, reporting an escalating conflict between israel and the islamic militant groups who run the gaza strip. In some ways, it looks like a rerun of the summer war of 2014, which left more than 2,000 palestinians dead, along with 67 israeli soldiers and six israeli civilians. But there are differences this time, not least because communal violence has spilled into towns inside israel, prompting fears of civil war. My guest is israel s ambassador in the uk, and former minister, tzipi hotovely. Can the spiral of violence be stopped? ambassador tzipi hotovely, welcome to hardtalk. Hi, it s great to be here. What is israel s strategic objective right now? is it to restore quiet on that southern front with the gaza strip or does it go much deeper? is it to destroy the military capability of the islamic militant groups? well, the first thing is definitely true. We want to restore quiet. J
Is the ticket required for 4000 people at tonight s brit awards in london. Hello and welcome to the programme. There s been a major escalation in the violence between israel and the palestinians, 33 people have died in the last 2a hours. Hamas firing large numbers of rockets into israel and the israelis destroying two high rise blocks in gaza. Palestinian groups say they ve launched i30 rockets into southern israel some of them reaching as far as tel aviv, around 60 kilometres from gaza. The new barrage came after an israeli air strike destroyed an apartment building in gaza city following a warning to its residents to leave. Israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu has now said that the palestinians will pay a very heavy price . The palestinians say they are ready for any escalation. At least 31 people have already died in some of the worst violence in years. Three people have been killed in israeli areas while at least 28 palestinians have been killed by israeli air strikes. On
It s hardtalk with stephen sackur. Welcome to hardtalk, i m stephen sackur. Here we are again, reporting an escalating conflict between israel and the islamic militant groups who run the gaza strip. In some ways, it looks like a rerun of the summer war of 2014, which left more than 2,000 palestinians dead, along with 67 israeli soldiers and six israeli civilians. But there are differences this time, not least because communal violence has spilled into towns inside israel, prompting fears of civil war. My guest is israel s ambassador in the uk, and former minister, tzipi hotovely. Can the spiral of violence be stopped? ambassador tzipi hotovely, welcome to hardtalk. Hi, it s great to be here. What is israel s strategic objective right now? is it to restore quiet on that southern front with the gaza strip or does it go much deeper? is it to destroy the military capability of the islamic militant groups? well, the first thing is definitely true. We want to restore quiet. Just yesterday, w