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
israel says it s expanding its ground offensive in southern gaza, with witnesses there saying israeli tanks and troops are building up around the south. the world health organization says the amount of medical aid getting into gaza is was way too little and the situation there is was getting worse by the hour the israeli military are telling civilians to leave areas around khan younis that s a city israel told civilians to flee to for safety, earlier in the conflict. hospitals say they re overwhelmed with new arrivals. the world health organization says it s been told by israel to move medical supplies out of two warehouses in southern gaza, within 2a hours although israel has denied this. these pictures show explosions in gaza on monday evening. a spokesman for the un children s charity, unicef, says there s simply nowhere safe for people to go. the us state department says it s too early to say for sure, whether israel is heeding us advice to protect civilians in gaza
areas around khan younis, a city israel told civilians to flee to for safety earlier in the conflict. hospitals say they are overwhelmed with new arrivals. the world health organization says it has been told by israel to move medical supplies out of two warehouses in southern gaza within 2a hours, although israel has denied this. these pictures show explosions in gaza on monday evening. a spokesman for the un children s charity, unicef, says there s nowhere safe for people to go. it comes as the us state department says it s too early to say for sure whether israel is heeding us advice to protect civilians in gaza. but it did say israel was making more targeted requests for civilian evacuations in southern gaza. our gaza correspondent rushdi abualouf who is now in istanbul sent this update. very intense israeli air strikes around khan younis tonight, with reports of israeli tanks are moving from the eastern part and the northern part of khan younis. i have seen some footage f
to flee to for safety, earlier in the conflict. hospitals say they re overwhelmed with new arrivals. the world health organization says it s been told by israel to move medical supplies out of two warehouses in southern gaza within 2a hours although israel has denied this. these pictures show explosions in gaza on monday evening. a spokesman for the un children s charity, unicef, says there s simply nowhere safe for people to go. all this comes as the us state department says it s too early to say for sure whether israel is heeding us advice to protect civilians in gaza. but it did say israel was making more targeted requests for civilian evacuations in southern gaza. here is the latest from the ground from our middle east correspondent yolande knell. in the past few days israel has put out evacuation orders, particularly for the south of the gaza strip, affecting tens of thousands of palestinians, many of them people who have already been displaced by the fighting. it is t
2a hours. and in tel aviv on saturday evening, thousands gathered demanding a deal to secure the release of the remaining hostages held by hamas since the october 7th attacks. our correspondent hugo bachega is injerusalem and gave us this update. this is one of the deadliest incidents involving the israeli military in this war. the israeli army said its armed vehicle was hit by a large explosion early saturday and it seems that it caused a detonation of explosive material that these soldiers were carrying. earlier the armed wing of hamas said it had carried out an attack on an israeli convoy in gaza with anti tank missiles after setting up an ambush. for some, this is another indication of how hamas is more reliant on insurgent tactics when fighting the israeli military. reacting to what happened on saturday the israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu described this war as difficult, but he said despite the heavy price, the country must cling to the goal of destroying hamas