Bushfires one fire chief says conditions are so bad that crews are on able to stop the flames. And she may not fly but this pig feels right at home at the airport meet because they were keeping helping to make air travel a bit less stressful for nervous flyers. Im sumi so much going to thank you for joining us israel has been carrying out more airstrikes against militants in the gaza strip after its targeted killing of a top palestinian commander overnight israel says bob top of the Palestinian Militant Group Islamic Jihad was behind a series of rocket attacks on its territory Palestinian Militants responded by firing rockets at israeli civilians. Including tel aviv citizens across southern and Central Israel have been a struct instructed to stay inside it is one of the worst escalations of violence on the israel gaza border in years. And for more on this story we can speak to journalist lucia hes following this in gaza city has and thank you for joining us can you bring us up to date