in a sign of the growing hunger and desperation in gaza, crowds of people have looted aid trucks entering the besieged strip through the rafah crossing. for the first time since the war began, israel has also opened one of its crossings into gaza to aid. it s hoped the opening of the kerem shalom crossing will double the amount of food and medicine reaching gazans. until now, aid has only been able to reach the territory through the rafah crossing from egypt. israel has kept up its bombardment of gaza, killing dozens more people. gaza s hamas run health ministry says 90 people were killed injust the jabalia area of gaza city. in a change of tone, the uk and germany havejoined calls for a sustainable ceasefire . prime minister benjamin netanyahu insists israel will fight to the end, but the reuters news agency is quoting egyptian security sources as saying israel and hamas are both open to a ceasefire, but still disagree over details. our correspondent lucy williamson has mor
england, with some trust warning patients not to go to a&e, except for life threatening emergencies. the cop royal college of nursing says this is the biggest walk out so far. the union did agree to provide cover in some places, but in places like newcastle the system is hanging by a thread. the head of the rcn said unless the government a chance to talks, there will be more of this to talks, there will be more of this to come. ., , , ., ., to come. for the nurses that are losin: a to come. for the nurses that are losing a day s to come. for the nurses that are losing a day s pay to come. for the nurses that are losing a day s pay and to come. for the nurses that are losing a day s pay and standing l to come. for the nurses that are l losing a day s pay and standing on picket lines, should there be a further and standing on picket lines, should there be a further emergency that they are required to return to, i won t even have to ask them to do that. they will from pick
housed on former military bases instead of hotels in new plans due to be announced later. germany prepares for the first state visit by king charles since becoming monarch. israel s prime minister reacts angrily to comments by the us president who urged him to walk away from his controversial judicial reform plans. amsterdam warns rowdy british sex and drug tourists to stay away in a digital discouragement campaign targeting men aged 18 to 35. hello and welcome to bbc news. we start with the news that the celebrated british tv presenter and comedian paul o grady has died at the age of 67. in a statement his partner andre portasio said he died unexpectedly but peacefully on tuesday evening and thanked fans for all the love they have shown him over the years . paul o grady first came to fame as a drag artist before becoming he first came to fame as the charismatic drag queen lily savage. the act, honed in a succession of pubs, had to be toned down for tv but it was as acerbi
jessica elgot and bryan lanza, who was the communications director for donald trump s transition team. we start tonight here in the uk, where immigration minister, robertjenrick, has announced plans to move away from using hotels to house asylum seekers. instead the government intends to use disused military bases in the southeast and east of england in essex and lincolnshire, and a separate site in east sussex. the government s plans are aimed at reducing spending on hotels and detering small boat channel crossings. according to research by bbc news, 395 hotels are currently being used to accomodate more than 51 thousand people. the uk says it is spending £6.2m a day on hotels for asylum seekers. mrjenrick told the house of commons that the government is also exploring the possibility of using vessels at sea. but the refugee council has described the proposals as entirely unsuitable . let s listen to some of what the immigration minister had to say today in the commons. m
hello, i m sarah campbell. a 21 year old us air national guardsman will appear in court later today charged with the most serious leak of secret intelligence documents in years. jack teixeira is expected in court in boston in the next few hours. the leaked material first appeared on, an online chat forum, and has exposed details of ukraine s war plans. the man in connection with a leak. arrested by the fbi, he is 21 euros jack teixeira. he is charged with the unauthorised removal and transmission of classified documents. these were highly sensitive intelligence assessments prepared by the pentagon sjoint star. he had access to them and is accused of posing them on an online chat forum for gamers and good lovers. that forum included members in ukraine and russia. before long, the one secret documents went public. beyond the present question of how did somebody so due to get access to such sensitive intelligence is the wider question of what is a lasting effect of this leak? ho