Thank you. It is just over a year since you were released from captivity after being held by the pro Russian Forces in occupied donetsk. Looking at you, your physical scars have healed. What about your mental scars . Erm, definitely my physical scars have definitely healed or, like, im now a lot bigger compared to when i was released. Im sure everyone would remember the images. I was a lot skinnier than i am now. But i think mentally, you know, im mentally better than i was, especially, like, just coming out of captivity. Erm, but as most people can probably observe, like, i still have, like, a lot of issues mentallyjust dealing with going back out into the big wide world after going through what we did go through. I am wondering how a youth in his late teens turning 20 could become so fixated on fighting in other peoples wars. Because thats what happened. Pretty much, erm, and i think. I think, like, the important thing to realise is. Is that, like, my childhood, like, when i was grow
Border israel. That means its currently the only entry point for aid. Aid has been arriving in egypt from countries including qatar and india, but only a trickle can actually reach the people of gaza. Water, food, fuel and electricity are in desperately short supply with hospitals on the verge of collapse. Health Officials Say more than 4,600 people have been killed in gaza. Thats over the past two weeks since israel launched retaliatory air strikes, in the aftermath of hamass attack that killed more than moo people in israel. Now, the israeli army has warned civilians in gaza to keep moving south for their own safety, as it prepares to increase pressure on hamas. And tensions along the gaza border are running high. Gfx on sunday, the Israeli Military expressed regret on sunday, the Israeli Military expressed regret for the shelling of an egyptian position near the border with gaza, by one of its tanks. It said the incident not far from the rafah crossing, was a mistake and would be in
The appalling destruction at the Al Ahli Al Arabi Baptist Hospital in gaza, whoever may have been responsible for it, has overshadowed the hastily arranged visit to israel by president biden. Yes, he was there to offer americas total, wholehearted sympathy and support to israel in the wake of the october 7th raids, but he was also there to urge israel in the strongest way to use discretion and moderation if and when it invades gaza, and very likely also to attempt to persuade israel of the need for a humanitarian corridor to allow water, food and medicines into a waterless, poor and hugely overcrowded enclave. But what about the wider picture . Lyse doucet, the bbc s chief international correspondent, is in Southern Israel and we caught up with her in between showers of rain. In previous Military Operations and i was there in gaza for the one in 2014 the Israeli Military described its objectives and, indeed, the political leadership, described their objectives as hitting hamas hard, de
Would happen soon. With more, heres our correspondent wyre davies from jerusalem, and a warning, you may find parts of his report distressing. The human toll in gaza is mounting. These casualties brought to the al aqsa hospital in central gaza are outside the zone from which israel had told civilians to flee. Its not known from where the victims came, but many of the dead and injured are children. Some images, too distressing to broadcast, show the bodies of at least a dozen children. Translation we have been here since the Crack Of Dawn L and the bodies have completely filled the hospital yard. This is in addition to the bodies in refrigerators which are full. We dont have enough shrouds for the dead because the numbers are huge. Israeli air strikes in response to the massacres of october 7th are against what it calls strategic hamas targets. They have left parts of the gaza strip looking like a wasteland. Such bombing, say palestinians, is indiscriminate by its very nature, resulting
Goes towards the keeper end. Crucially virat kohli was still at his end. Indias sports icon was there to guide his nation through. He scored 95, his team were there with balls to spare. At this home world cup, they have five wins from five. India at their peak atjust the right time. We got the result but also bumrah are, and siraj, they took wickets and that a0 overs held us back a bit but we knew if we could have taken wickets early, as we showed through the middle, try to apply pressure, we can take the game deep and do what the black caps do and fight until the end and you never know. Pakistan have hit the fewest sixes of this world cup so far and the opening batter iman ul haq has been giving his team a bit of dietary advice to solve the issue. He believes it is time for his team to eat more protein and not that much carbohydrate. Pakistan will face tricky opponents afghanistan in their next match in chennai. Afghanistan have defeated the defending champions england during the tour