it comes as seven un mandated human rights experts have said that they believe that the palestinians in gaza are at grave risk of genocide, and that time is running out to prevent this. the special rapporteurs alleged that israel was planning to decimate the gaza strip. joe inwood reports. israel says it has gaza city surrounded. its ground forces, supported by heavy armour, are pushing into the crowded, urban centre of the strip. but no one thinks this will be quick or easy. they are on hamas s territory. the group put out their own footage, showing an attack on an israeli tank. they said they would make gaza a curse of the place for israel. cursed place of israel. caught in the middle are ordinary palestinians. the un human office has said so many civilians have been killed and wounded in israeli air strikes, it has serious concerns that these are disproportionate attacks that could be war crimes. israel blames hamas. designated terrorists by many governments, includin
but what of the launch itself? one senior minister said today that candidates were not involved, and even relevant secretaries of state were taken by surprise. we ll get a response from conservative home. israel faces international criticism over an air strike on rafah that is reported to have killed 45 civilians. the white house says the pictures are heartbeaking but will the president enforce the arms embargo he had threatened? and the nato secretary general calls for western weapons to be used inside russia. at a moment of high risk in the conflict, we ll discuss european defence and ukraine s use of arms beyond its borders. good evening. the labour leader keir starmer has today pledged to stop the chaos and rebuild the country in his first major speech of the election campaign. sir keir starmer appealed to undecided voters, and urged people to trust him to deliver economic stability and protect national security. rishi sunak, who was also campaigning today, dismisse
the uk home secretary, james cleverly, says conservative plans to introduce a form of mandatory national service if they win the election, would get young people out of their bubble. under the plans, 18 year olds would be given the choice of either joining the military for a year, or taking part in community service. non compliance wouldn t mean prison, but there d be some form of sanction. helen catt reports. the return of national service is certainly an eye catching policy, but it wouldn t be national service quite like these men experienced between 1949 and 1963. instead all 18 year olds would have to choose between a year s military service or volunteer work in public services. it s about addressing the fragmentation that we have seen in society. too many young people living in their own bubble, whether it be a digital bubble or a social bubble, and we want to get back to the situation where people are mixing with young people from different areas, different economic g
sources tell nbc news that he was found nearby a recycling plant, where he once worked, taking a look at the podium where hopefully we will be getting an update soon. but he was found near a recycling plant where he used to work. this is also nearby the river. this is where we had seen an exhaustive search effort. i mean, if you ve been watching the news the past two days of the search effort, it s been extensive. we re not just taking to the woods, they were looking at every single home, barn, every place where they think somebody could be hiding. not just checking it once, but multiple times. then of course, that river. the really took a look at that because that was where his vehicle was found. they noted in the trunk of the vehicle, the weapon they believed was used to carry out the attack was found in the trunk. then they were taken to the river, they were looking not just all around it, but they were using sonar devices. they had divers that were coming in from other