foreign affairs chief, josep borrell, called for an independent investigation into israeli shelling that damaged the gaza office of the international committee of the red cross on friday. jordan condemned what it called israel s systematic targeting of civilians and aid agencies. in tel aviv, tens of thousands of people attended what organisers said was the biggest anti government protest since the war began. prime minister benjamin netanyahu is under continued public pressure as the families of 116 hostages held by hamas in gaza plead for a ceasefire. our middle east correspondent, yolande knell, has more on saturday s strikes. there have been more deadly strikes on different neighbourhoods of gaza city. in al sharti camp, large strikes there. you can see these dark plumes of smoke in social media videos, homes flattened, shocked people rushing to help the casualties who were at the scene. and there has been speculation in media but a senior hamas command i was being tar
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Torture and brutality. We will speak to the un rector for belarus. Torture and brutality. We will speak to the un rectorfor belarus. And the turkish president suggests that tensions with greece in the Eastern Mediterranean might have spilt over into an altercation. Welcome. President donald trump has unveiled an historic peace deal between israel and the United Arab Emirates which the us helped broker. Here he is announcing it. After 49 years, israel and the United Arab Emirates will fully normalise their diplomatic relations. They will exchange embassies and ambassadors and begin cooperation across the board and on a broad range of areas, including tourism, education, health care, trade and security. 0nly only two arab nations previously has signed Peace Agreement with israel. It is the greatest advancements towards piece between israel and the arab world and the last 26 years. And it marks the third formal peace between israel and an arab nation. There has been some reaction from aro
19 students have been killed and many more wounded. One remarkable story, a three Year Old Girl has been pulled from the rubble of a collapsed building almost three days after the earthquake. This year because my collection is the most consequential interoperation. What role american wa nt interoperation. What role american want their country to play in the world. You can even argue the idea of america will be shaped by the outcome. Voting finishes on tuesday and President Trump and joe biden are continuing to push their focuses perhaps about less about Winning People over and more about getting their own supporters to turn out, especially in those Battle Ground states that will decide who wins. President trump has five rallies today. He started in North Carolina where he won in 2016i need to so again. His next stop is pennsylvania, where he won in 2016. Thenifs pennsylvania, where he won in 2016. Then its on to wisconsin and michigan, two state the one in 25th 22016 but where joe mich
Also, we will talk about covid 19. Uk has extended its furlough scheme to support workers until the end of march. The government is promising the country will be out of lockdown by christmas. Another day for americas democracy. The president is making baseless accusations of electoral fraud and attempts to steal the election. His campaign is launching multiple lawsuits to sto theres a huge amount to take you through lets begin with the Electoral College projections. Its a standard part of the electoral process, and International Election observers have accused him ofa election observers have accused him of a gross abuse of power. The last two days are not entirely surprising, but as we have seen from reaction around the world, it still has the capacity to shock. This is not american democracy as people normally see it. Account still goes on. Across the hour, we will hear all of the latest, but lets begin with where we got to with the Electoral College projections. The bbc hasjoe Electo