now on bbc news: inside the saudi sporting machine. it s the country transforming the sporting landscape, from signing top stars to a revamped football league to an upheaval of professional golf and the staging of boxing s biggest fights. saudi arabia s investment in sport has gone into overdrive. the country now set to host the 2034 world cup, too. but there s also controversy among fears that one of the world s richest oil states is using sports to distract from its human rights record and its impact on the environment. i travelled tojeddah for a rare opportunity to speak on the environment. i travelled tojeddah for a rare opportunity to speak to one of the key figures behind the country s remarkable sporting revolution. there seems no end to the number of sports you are investing in. are we at the high point now or are we just beginning the journey? there s a lot, as you said. our ambition is to host the best events around the world in the kingdom for the people of the kin
in a sign of the growing hunger and desperation in gaza, crowds of people have mobbed and looted aid trucks entering the besieged strip through the rafah crossing. for the first time since the war began, israel has also opened one of its crossings into gaza to aid. it s hoped the opening of the kerem shalom crossing will double the amount of food and medicine reaching gazans. until now, aid has only been able to reach the territory through the rafah crossing from egypt. israel kept up its bombardment of gaza overnight and into sunday, reportedly killing at least a0 people. prime minister benjamin netanyahu has dismissed growing international calls for a sustainable ceasefire . but the reuters news agency is quoting egyptian security sources as saying israel and hamas are both open to a new ceasefire and hostage release but still disagree over details. our correspondent lucy williamson has more. the target for israel in gaza is hamas, for palestinians it is survival. the ra
this is bbc news. it s newsday. you re watching bbc news, broadcasting to viewers in the uk and around the world. we begin in gaza where, in a sign of the growing hunger and desperation, crowds of people have scrambled for food from aid trucks entering the besieged strip, through the rafah crossing. for the first time since the war began, israel has also opened one of its crossings into gaza to aid. it s hoped the opening of the kerem shalom crossing will double the amount of food and medicine reaching gazans. until now, aid agencies have only been able to access the territory through the rafah crossing from egypt. israel says the three hostages it mistakenly killed in gaza on friday used leftover food to write signs pleading for help. in a change of tone, the uk and germany havejoined calls for a sustainable ceasefire . the reuters news agency is quoting egyptian security sources as saying israel and hamas are both open to a ceasefire, but still disagree over details. our
hello, i m lewis vaughanjones. we start with the latest on the israel gaza war. britain and germany are calling for an urgent sustainable ceasefire in gaza. both countries say too many civilians have been killed in israel s war against hamas and the sooner a truce comes, the better. france, meanwhile, has called for an immediate and durable ceasefire. it s being seen as a signifcant change in tone. the military campaign continues in gaza. these pictures were filmed in the north of the territory, where local reports say at least one person died in an air strike on a building. israel s prime minister benhamin netanyahu says his intention is to ensure that hamas can no longer function, and he s also working on bringing home the hostages held in gaza. and these pictures, filmed on sunday morning from israel, looking into gaza, show large plumes of smoke burning, with many damaged buildings in sight. israel s military says two more of its soldiers have been killed in fighting. let