By an explosion last night at a hospital in gaza city. The Health Ministry says a71 people were killed. Israel and hamas are blaming each other for the blast, which has inflamed tensions and sparked protests across the region. Israel says the blast was caused by a rocket misfired by the Palestinian Militant Group islamichhad. A senior us official says its high confidence that israel did not do it. But hamas, palestinian authorities and other countries blame israel for the explosion. The bbc is trying verify the claims from both sides. After talks with benjamin netanyahu, President Biden warned israel not be consumed by rage and to learn from mistakes the us made after 9 11. Israels Prime Minister called biden a true friend and commended his Deeply Moving decision to visit israel during a time of active war. He also said he would not block Aid Deliveries from egypt to gaza where food, water and fuel are running out after nine days of total siege. Well have the very latest on a day of di
And the best Television Programmes of 2023 are being honoured at the Bafta Tv Awards in london the bbc s police drama happy valley has five nominations. Hello, im rajini vaidyanathan. Some Breaking News. The Russian Defence minister, Sergei Shoigu, is being removed from his post and will become the new secretary of russias Security Council. He replaces Nikolai Patrushev whos been in the post since 2008. A list published by the upper house of the Russian Parliament says the new Defence Minister will be andrei belousov. Well have more on that when we get it, and of course some reaction from russia as well. Well it comes as president zelensky says theres fierce fighting along a large part of the Kharkiv Region border in eastern ukraine. Russia says it has captured another four villages in the region an area where Russian Troops had been pushed back nearly two years ago. It means that since they launched their Surprise Offensive two days ago, they have taken nine villages. Today, there h
Following record spanish heat in september, scientists said they would gobsmacked by the scale of the jumping Global Temperatures. Now the bbc data team has found that the number of days that have breached the 1. 5 C Temperature Threshold is also a record wake up. In 2015 in paris, political leaders agreed to permanently tackle Climate Change. A key element is keeping the rising Global Temperatures under see this century. But a bbc Analysis Shows that that in the year to date, one in three days were above the limit. Permanently breaching the threshold will take decades, client Scientists Say that all these days over the level are a clear sign of things to come. The level are a clear sign of things to come. This is a pre warnin things to come. This is a pre warning for things to come. This is a pre warning for people things to come. This is a pre warning for people to warning for people to understand that if we have extreme events based on exceeding 1. 5 for a few days here and there wh
Hello, im lewies vaughanjones. Welcome to the programme. Ukraines president zelensky has renewed his appeal for allies to provide his country with more air defences, after another night of russian bombardment caused serious damage to energy infrastructure. In kharkiv ukraines second city officials said a missile narrowly missed a hospital with a thousand people inside, leaving a huge crater in the grounds, blowing out windows and injuring one person. There were also attacks in the dnipro region in central ukraine and in the Western Areas of lviv and ivano frankivsk. Ukrainian Officials Say equipment was damaged and at least one Energy Worker injured. Russia has repeatedly targeted Ukrainian Energy infrastructure over recent months. Mr zelensky called for decisive action, saying the world could shoot down every missile and drone launched by what he called russian terrorists. Meanwhile, there are reports that ukraine has launched Drone Attacks on a Military Airfield in the southern russi
Of russian bombardment caused serious damage to energy infrastructure. In kharkiv ukraines second city officials said a missile narrowly missed a hospital with a thousand people inside, leaving a huge crater in the grounds, there were also attacks in the dnipro region in central ukraine and in the Western Areas of lviv and ivano frankivsk. Ukrainian Officials Say equipment was damaged and at least one Energy Worker injured. Russia has repeatedly targeted Ukrainian Energy infrastructure over recent months. Mr zelensky called for decisive action, saying the world could shoot down every missile and drone launched by what he called russian terrorists. Lets speak to dr marina miron who is a post doctoral researcher at the War Studies Department at the Kings College university of london. Thank you for coming on the programme. Talk to me a little bit about the Air Defence System that will give your zelensky is prioritising here. What is the situation as far as know right now in ukraine . Wha