the injured have been taken to al aqsa hospital in nearby dair al balah. the health ministry says the strike hit three houses and the death toll is likely to rise given the large number of families living the area. it also says more 20,400 have been killed since the war began in october. our correspondent shaimaa khalil has been following developments from bethlehem in the occupied west bank. what we understand from the hamas run health ministry is that the air strike hit this densely populated residential block. so it s several buildings in very close proximity to one another. as you said, the death toll is likely to rise. that s according to the spokesperson, essentially because of the large number of families living in that block, but also because many, many people are still stuck under the rubble. we ve seen footage of first responders from the palestinian red crescent walk through really narrow areas, trying to navigate the rubble to get to people and try using torch lig
president biden will address the irish parliament in dublin this afternoon as he continues his visit to the island of ireland. in belfast yesterday, he urged northern ireland s political parties to resume power sharing. today, he s expected to affirm the strong ties between the republic of ireland and the united states. charlotte callagher reports from belfast. an irish homecoming for a us president. applause. joe biden, who describes himself as a proud irish american, arrives in his ancestral home of county louth. ., , ~ louth. coming here feels like cominu louth. coming here feels like coming home. louth. coming here feels like coming home, it louth. coming here feels like coming home, it really - louth. coming here feels like coming home, it really does. | coming home, it really does. the way every time i have come, the welcome, the people in the streets, they are so gracious to us. ., , , ., to us. he flew into dublin from belfast on to us. he flew into dublin from
after the worst drought in a0 years. international condemnation after north korea fires a ballistic 300,000 people are living in famine conditions with another 2 on conditions with another 2 million on brink of famine. it s hard to the brink of famine. it s hard to imagine the situation more more urgent, desperate, more urgent, more compelling. and twitter confirms that the world s richest man, elon musk, is going through with his bid to buy the company. live from our studio in singapore this is bbc news. it s newsday. it s 6am in singapore, and one in the morning in ukraine where the country s forces have retaken more territory from the russians, in the south. the focus is near the city of herson, in one of the regions the focus is near the city of kherson in one of the regions unlawfully annexed by russia last week. ukraine s president volodymyr zelensky says his troops are making rapid and powerful advances against russian forces. in his nightly video address, he ass
50,000 of them. In addition, as journalists report, israel has already deployed a fleet of submarines in the Mediterranean Sea to contain iran and the Lebanese Group hezbollah. Ahead of the largescale campaign, the pentagon announced that the United States is transferring precisionguided munitions and antimissile defenses for the iron dome system to israel. Meanwhile, from the gas from the west bank of the jordan river, people are reported killed and wounded as a result of israeli airstrikes on camps where, according to the palestinians , there were refugees, and according to tzahal, armed militants in gas, where not only medicines are running out, but also food, water and electricity , first of all, on friday they are waiting for the first batch of humanitarian aid, for this purpose the egyptian rafah checkpoint will be opened, the first 20 trucks will be personally escorted by the un secretary general. And on saturday, the egyptian capital kaili will host a summit on gaza, in which m