News reports that the Foreign Office says they are willing to provide Disaster Relief assistance. I spoke to ourjapan correspondent Shaimaa Khalil about how this might impact the region. Authorities are warning people to evacuate as quickly as they can. I have personally been quinoa and they are very close to taiwan on a good day, if you stand on some of these islands you can see the horizon in taiwan and because of the magnitude of the earthquake in taiwan, the biggest in over two decades, there are these worries about the effect it will have lodges here injapan in the south Western Region but also in the philippines. That is a fastmoving also in the philippines. That is a fastmoving story also in the philippines. That is a fastmoving story and l also in the philippines. That is a fast moving story and we will review the latest developments as they come in. Israel is facing International Condemnation over an air strike that killed seven aid workers monday night, including sharp rebuke
From the uk john chapman, james henderson, and james kirby. The Israel Defense forces chief of staff, herzi halevi, released this video calling the attack a mistake. I want to be very clear. The strike was not carried out with the intention of harming wck aid workers. It was a mistake that followed a misidentification at night during a war in a very complex conditions. That should not have happened. In response to the aid convoy attack, President Biden released a Statement Saying i am outraged and heartbroken by the deaths of seven humanitarian workers from World Central Kitchen, including one american in gaza yesterday. They were providing food to hungry civilians inthe middle of a war. They were brave and selfless. Their deaths are a tragedy. This conflict has been one of the worstin recent memory in terms terms of how many worked have been killed. Meanwhile, Prime Minister rishi sunak posted on x that israel must explain how this tragic incident happened and take immediate steps to
Israel has admitted that it carried out the airstrike in Gaza Last Night that killed seven people working for the food aid Charity World central kitchen, including three british nationals. The bbc has learned their names arejohn chapman, James Henderson and james kirby. The Prime Minister, benjamin netanyahu, said Israeli Forces had caused Unintentional Harm to innocent people and called it a tragic incident this despite the charity having coordinated its movements with the israeli military. The strike has been condemned by governments around the world and raised fears that the already fragile system of delivering aid to starving palestinians could collapse completely. The Hamas Run Health Ministry in gaza claims nearly 33,000 people have been killed there since the war began in october. From jerusalem, our correspondent Lucy Williamson reports. Hey, this is zomi. Were at the Deir Al Balah kitchen. They came from australia, poland, the us and the uk. Their mission to feed people, one o
Out here in New York City. Joining millions of americans witnessing this extraordinary sight. If you were not excited about this this morning when you watch this actually happening it is a phenomenal site and one that we will not say and might not see to this extent because all the conditions are exactly right for some super super viewing of this today in the next one is not for another 20 years so a short time from now we will be under maximum coverage here in New York City. We are going to get around 90 of the sun blocked by the moon and it is a beautiful spring day. We havent had too many like this but weve got great visibility here in new york. So when it comes over new york were going to get 90 as i said. So the Total Eclipse past that we are watching sweep across the country is about 115 miles wide and 4000 miles long and it has more than 33 Million People who are under that. The last one was about Something Like two minutes. This one is twice as long it will get darker so i thin