killed are women and children, and it says there have been over 52,000 people injured in the conflict so far. our special correspondent fergal keane reports on the toll that the conflict is taking on families. a warning you may find this report distressing. the world is debating calls for a ceasefire and a bleak new reckoning of the dead is declared. but for the people of gaza, the suffering is felt. not counted. dead children being touched a final time by their wounded father. a mother comes to mourn a lost daughter. translation: imagine that esterda i was brushing her hair, making her a sandwich for dinner and putting her to sleep. then you wake up in the morning and there is no fatima anymore. from the beginning, they have known there is no escape. not from gaza orfrom grief. ..or trauma. the wounded now number in their tens of thousands. in al aqsa hospital, the child holds to symbols of a vanished normality. nearby, this child, aged 13, who lost ten members of herfamil
intense negotiations are continuing in the hope that the united states will finally back a resolution. it comes as hamas said that more than 20,000 people have now died since israel launched its military offensive after the october 7th attacks, in which 1200 people in israel were murdered. hamas which is designated a terrorist organisation by the uk government says the majority of those who ve been killed in gaza are women and children. 0ur fergal keane reports. the boy lies on the body of his father. his father is among the 20,000 reported dead. but the survivors do not think of the deadin survivors do not think of the dead in figures of thousands. there is is an intimate reckoning. counted in the vanished faces of those they loved. from the beginning, they have known there is no escape. from gaza. 0rfrom grief. in this hospital in central gaza, the wounded child holds to symbols of antiracist normality. this girl lost ten members of herfamily normality. this girl lost t
the release includes infamous former defence contractor leonard glenn francis known as fat leonard. he s at the center of one of the us navy s largest corruption cases. in exchange the us has freed alex saab, an aide and top ally to venezuela s president nicolas maduro, accused of laundering money on behalf of the maduro government, which he denies. mr maduro is also releasing 20 venezuelan political prisoners. it s all part of the biden administration s efforts to improve relations with venezuela, and push mr maduro to hold fair elections next year. earlier, i spoke with our reporter mimi swaby about the deal. president byers was emphasising that this was all about encouraging venezuela to hold free and fair elections. how much leveraged you think the biden administration has in that regard? this is yet another sign of significant flowing between relations between the us and venezuela after months of really high level negotiations. this comes as biden is grappling with a
middlesbrough will play chelsea. the semi finals take place across two legs next month. we ll have more football results for you in a moment but let s stay in england because a day after the club sacked steve cooper, nuno espirito santo has his feet under the desk at nottingham forest, the portuguese takes charge of his third premier league club after spells at wolves and spurs asjoe lynskey reports. they are five points above the drop zone. the man in charge hauled them up from the depths of the second tier. this week at forest, things have changed quickly. steve cooper has been sacked and within 2a hours nuno s comes in. forest wants him to take them up a level. big chance. very honoured, it is a pleasure to be here at forest and be able to manage such a great club with such great history. what i expect is to help. try to transmit my knowledge and work ethic to the players so they can become a better team. this is what we want. he arrives with reputation but with points to