campaign in gaza to be stepped up. israeli tanks are reported to be slowly advancing towards the centre of khan younis and there are reports of khan younis and there are reports of house to house fighting. the head of house to house fighting. the head of the world health organization says the war in gaza is having a catastrophic impact on healthcare. he has warned health workers are working in unimaginable conditions in a desperate effort to help civilians. more on that in a moment. but first, this report is from our middle east correspondent, yolande knell. an agonising goodbye. at least 14 people were killed in an airstrike on a school where they were sheltering. crushed by the rubble, mohammed lost his mother, father and an unborn brother. what we want is to stop the bloodshed, every day we are losing our loved ones says this man. those who lived and even those who are still in the womb. nearby the rumble of tank fire amid fierce street fighting. further south, the town of
washington has stepped up its criticism of the way israel is carrying out its military offensive in gaza. antony blinken said there was a gap between the government s declared intentions to protect civilians and the casualties and what was happening on the ground. the ceasefire deal ended just over a week ago now. take a look at this map, which shows what is happening at the moment. it comes as the un s top aid official has said there s no longer any meaningful humanitarian operation in southern gaza. it does appear, however, that the israeli border crossing, kerem shalom, could soon be opened to improve the flow of aid. also, new images appear to show dozens of palestinian men stripped to their underwear with their hands tied behind their back, being held by israel defence forces. this report and it s disturbing is from jeremy bowen. video emerged this afternoon of palestinian men taken for interrogation. bbc staff recognised the town of beit lahiya in northern gaza and
up its criticism of the way israel is carrying out its military offensive in gaza. antony blinken said there was a gap between the government s declared intentions to protect civilians and the casualties and what was happening on the ground. it comes as the un s top aid official has said there s no longer any meaningful humanitarian operation in southern gaza. it does appear, however, that the israeli border crossing kerem shalom could soon be opened to improve the flow of aid. currently making its way into gaza. also in the less 2a hours, we have seen new images from inside gaza. these are pictures of palestinians being held by the israel defense forces, many of them kneeling, many of them stripped to their underwear with their hands tied behind their backs. our international editor jeremy bowen has this report and i should warn you, you may find some of the images in the report distressing. video emerged of palestinian men taken for interrogation. bbc staff recognised the t
it s friday the 8th of december. the home office has told mps that the uk has given rwanda a further £100 million as part of the government s plan to relocate some asylum seekers there. the funding is in addition to the £140 million paid to kigali last year. legal challenges have so far prevented any asylum seekers from being sent to rwanda. our political correspondent peter saulljoins us now. we will have more on this story laterfrom our we will have more on this story later from our political correspondent to see exactly how the money has been spent so far, what we have been told so far by the prime minister when it comes to spending on the silent deal with rwanda. let s talk to peter saull in westminster. good morning. that s it, the explanation needed in terms of what we have been told. we thought £140 million had been told. yesterday we had from the prime minister, ain t no money has been spent on this deal, talking about the amendments now being proposed to the