Lets look at the wider situation. With me is Mohamed Taha from bbc arabic. Thank you forjoining us on The Programme. The Breaking News in the last few minutes. We knew that the israelis had discovered some bodies in rafah. Now we know that one of them is an American Citizen. What more do we know about whats happening there at the moment . 50 whats happening there at the moment . ~ whats happening there at the moment . ~. ,. , moment . So we knew about recovering moment . So we knew about recovering the moment . So we knew about recovering the Bodies Moment . So we knew about recovering the bodies of moment . So we knew about recovering the bodies of the | recovering the bodies of the hostages a few hours ago. And the announcement from the White House came just a few minutes ago that one of these bodies is american. The American Citizen is hersh Goldberg Polin, and his parents were really vocal about him. They had interviews in the us and in israel, and i gets you did an interview with
Restaurant in nearby queensway late on monday evening. Police have confirmed that he has also died of his injuries. Here is what the police have an ounce at a press conference in the past hour. At a press conference in the past hour past hour. Many of you are aware that past hour. Many of you are aware that following past hour. Many of you are aware that following the i aware that following the notting hill carnival we shared information about two people with very serious injuries. I am very sad to tell you now that both have since died. First i will talk to you about mussie imnetu. He was 41 years old and he was visiting the uk from dubai. He was found unconscious with a head injury in queensway at 11:22pm on monday, 26th of august. Officers and paramedics provided emergency first aid and mussie imnetu was taken to hospital where, and mussie imnetu was taken to hospitalwhere, despite and mussie imnetu was taken to hospital where, despite the best efforts of medical staff, he sadly
the terrifying shooting spree, but the gun violence this weekend was not limited to philadelphia. three people were killed in fort worth, texas, another lost their lives in shreveport, louisiana, and nine were injured in a drive-by shooting in our nation s capital. we re live from philadelphia. this country needs to re-examine its conscience and find out how to get guns out of dangerous peoples hands. also this hour, a scorching day for most of the country after the world marked the unofficial hottest day on record yesterday. and later, suspected cocaine in the white house, the new steps in the investigation on how exactly the illegal drug ended up inside the west wing. we re going to begin this morning with the devastating outbreak of gun violence and the frantic search for answers in multiple communities including philadelphia, where the suspected philadelphia mass shooter appeared in court for the first time since five people were gunned down. no cameras or phones wer
dangerous people s hands. also this hour, breaking news, a showdown in international waters. the u.s. navy says they stopped iran from suspected attempts to seize two oil tankers. and just 48 hours ago, scorched earth, the new unofficial hottest day in human recordkeeping. we re going to begin the hour, though, with the number 351. that s the total number of mass shootings in the united states so far this year according to the gun violence archive. it affected many american cities this july 4th weekend. a shooting at a block party on sunday in baltimore left two dead and 28 injured. in philadelphia, five were killed including a teen boy. and more than a thousand miles away in fort worth, texas, three people died after gunfire broke out. on independence day, a celebration turned tragic in louisiana leaving three people dead. police there say it was hard to reach victims because of so many parked vehicles belonging to families and friends in the crowds. in our nation s capi
about the alleged shooter, armed with an ar-style rifle and wearing body armor. and the urgent manhunt for suspects at this hour in texas, wanted for killing three people and wounding eight others after a holiday event in fort worth. mona kosar abdi is in philadelphia. also on this fourth of july, millions of americans are on alert for severe thunderstorms and dangerous heat. one person struck by lightning at new york s coney island. the storm interrupting the famed hot dog eating contest. and record temperatures hitting triple digits. heat alerts sketch from washington state to florida. overseas tonight, israeli forces launch a new round of attacks on the west bank, taking aim at what they say are terrorist targets. israeli fighters firing tear gas into a hospital. the violence spreading. at least eight people injured in a car ramming and stabbing attack in tel aviv. and the new move by israel tonight. the concerning discovery inside the white house. multiple law enfor