if the west wants to stop russian advances in ukraine here is one place they can do that. asian is not supplying moscow with weapons but the west believes it is supplying russia with components that it can use in its war machine. the us has a raft of new sanctions at the ready to target chinese banks so president xi has a decision to make. live now to gary locke, former us ambassador to china from 2011 to 2014. putin really wanted to play up the significance of their deepening partnership and said he and xi are as close as brothers. do you think xi sees it that way? certainly china wants to form closer relations with russia simply because they want a strong partnership in opposition to the united states and the western allies. especially given the stance of the united states towards china in terms of tariffs and restrictions on exports of high tech goods, semiconductors and machinery to make these things. and of course our resistance and pushback on their activities around th
have not gone inter alia, i am not supplying equipment to go into there. we need to make sure israel is secure in terms of iron dome and responding to acts like those that came out of recent times. let s cross to washington and speak to our correspondent, will vernon. this is the clearest signal that the us is unhappy with how israel is conducting the offensive in gaza. what else did biden say? offensive in gaza. what else did biden say? you heard mr barton say did biden say? you heard mr barton say america - did biden say? you heard mr barton say america would i barton say america would continue giving israel weapons that needs to defend itself but he said the us would not supply heavy weapons, bombs, artillery shells that could be used in a major offensive in the city of rafah. weapons he said they could be used in major population centres and mr barton added us but weapons have already killed civilians in gaza. human rights groups say it is exactly these kind of muni
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in rafah, let s hear from some of them. we are afraid of war and terrified of the storming of we are afraid of war and terrified of the rafa h. rafah. we help the world will end in that we return to gaza. we feel very uncomfortable and we cannot be here any longer. this we cannot be here any longer. this is we cannot be here any longer. this is distressing for all of us we this is distressing for all of us we hope to warble in soon and us we hope to warble in soon and we us we hope to warble in soon and we can go home. people of lost sense and we can go home. people of lost sense of comfort and security lost sense of comfort and security and we are more scared at night security and we are more scared at night due to the bombardments. they kill everyone bombardments. they kill everyone without - everyone without differentiating. everyone without - differentiating between children differentiating between children and differentiating between children and old -
been accepted by hamas. from jerusalem, our middle east correspondent yolande knell reports you may find some of her report distressing. the panic and confusion as rescuers pull the wounded from the rubble after an overnight israeli airstrike in rafah. and today, another all too familiar scene in gaza, a mother struggling with unbearable loss. after israel seized control of the key crossing with egypt, it says it s continuing a limited offensive in gaza s southernmost city, battling hamas gunmen in the east of their last stronghold. but for hundreds of thousands of palestinians who fled to rafah to escape the fighting elsewhere, there s renewed fear. translation: last time i they told us to go to rafah, saying there s aid and it s a safe place, and look, they came into rafah. for now, i won t go anywhere. i ll stay here. it s enough. we re tired of being displaced, and i don t know where i want to go. world powers have warned israel against a full assault here, saying it wo