following torrential rains. this is the heaviest rainfall that greece has seen in decades. you can see the damage. hundreds of people are still waiting to be rescued, and this comes after a summer of devastating wildfires. and. allez les bleus! france will kick off the rugby world cup tonight, against new zealand. coming up in sportsday later in the hour on bbc news scotland should take another step towards european championship qualification. we ll get the very latest from cyprus, where they play later tonight. describe does not fit for purpose. it is described does not fit for purpose. good evening. in what is britain s biggest manhunt in recent years, police say they have received information of the first confirmed sighting of daniel khalife, the 21 year old terror and spaying suspect who escaped from wandsworth jail two days ago. a member of the public says they saw him crawl from beneath a van about a mile from the prison still dressed in the share s uniform he was
it s one of a number of rallies across france. hello there, i m rich preston, welcome to the programme. israeli air strikes have continued across southern gaza today. our correspondent on the ground says there ve been eight air strikes in and around khan younis today, with 23 people killed and around 200 injured. rushdi abualouf witnessed one of the air strikes while he was buying supplies for his children in the village of bani suhaila. four bombs fell around him in quick succession. he took these pictures, and says a block of about ten houses had been destroyed. rushdie told us he saw four dead bodies, and more than 100 injured people in that particular incident. it comes as the us national security adviserjake sullivan said washington does not want to see firefights in hospitals in gaza. conditions in the two biggest are said to be desperate with patients, staff and the displaced all trapped. the world health organisation says it has lost contact with gaza s main hospital,
with 23 people killed and around 200 injured. israeli forces have repeatedly told palestinians to leave northern gaza for the south. the bbc s rushdi abualouf witnessed one of the air strikes while he was buying supplies for his children in the village of bani suhaila. four bombs fell around him in quick succession. he took these pictures, and says a block of about ten houses had been destroyed. rushdie told us he saw four dead bodies, and more than 100 injured people in that particular incident. it comes as hamas says the number killed in israel s bombing of gaza has now reached 11,180. it s also suspended talks on freeing the hostages seized during last month s attack on israel, saying this is because of israel s military action around gaza s largest hospital. israel says hamas has bases under the building. the us says it does not want to see firefights in hospitals in gaza. lucy williamson reports. the new map of gaza can t be trusted. safe places becoming empty spaces ove
luis rubiales is banned from all football related activities for three years after kissing a player on the lips out at the women s world cup final. good afternoon. this is the bbc news from jerusalem. israel says it s expanding its ground offensive in the gaza strip. it says it hit a further 600 hamas targets in gaza in the past 2a hours, killing dozens of fighters barricaded in buildings and tunnels. witnesses say an israeli tank and armoured vehicle briefly cut a key road from the north to the south of the gaza strip, entering close to gaza city. israel has been bombing gaza since the attacks on october 7th by hamas designated as a terror group by the uk that killed 1,400 people and saw over 200 people taken as hostages. meanwhile, the un agency for palestinian refugees says hundreds of patients are stuck in hospitals in the north of gaza. it comes after doctors say israel told staff to evacuate the hospital on sunday, but, with many patients in intensive care includi
come to bbc news. we will have more of an escalating situation in gaza in just a few minutes. but let s start with that breaking news that hamas has released a video, appearing to show three israeli women being held hostage. the bbc is not showing the video, which has been described as distressing . israel s prime minister, benjamin netanyahu described the video as cruel psychological propaganda , and said his government was doing it all it could to bring hostages home. worth reminding people before we go to lyse doucet injerusalem that the uk us and many other western governments have proscribed hamas as a terrorist organisation. live now to our chief international correspodnent, lyse doucet injerusalem. a really disturbing development that is bound to up the pressure on benjamin netanyahu?- is bound to up the pressure on benjamin netanyahu? already huge ressure on benjamin netanyahu? already huge pressure on the benjamin netanyahu? already huge pressure on the isr