firefighters, soldiers and police are searching for survivors as the temperature hits 13 degrees celsius that s about 9 degrees fahrenheit. those efforts carried on into daybreak as authorities warned that more aftershocks may occur. a second quake struck neighbouring xinjiang hours later. the damage from that 5.5 magnitude strike was not immediately clear. in a statement, chinese president xi jinping said: he s ordered full rescue efforts to gansu, one of the country s poorest regions. taiwan president tsai ing wen has expressed condolences to china on the gansu earthquake. the islands presidential office added that taiwan is willing to provide assistance to china. now, international pressure is growing for israel to ease its military campaign in gaza. on monday, the us defense secretary was the latest to add his voice during talks with prime minister benjamin neta nyahu and israel s war cabinet. the department of defense says mr austin underscored the need for concerted
michel roux, welcome to hardtalk. it is a great pleasure to be sitting in this restaurant, one of the most famous in london, been in your family for the best part of six decades. the countdown to closure has begun. how do you feel about that? incredibly mixed emotions. it s. it s obviously happiness because there s light at the end of the tunnel, and by that, i mean not in a negative way, it s sort of. ..getting control of my life again. and then very, very sad emotions because it s the end of an era and it s. i also feel sad and emotional for all my team here, some of which, in fact, most of which i deem as family. and some of them, we ve grown up together, basically. so very, very mixed emotions. and the last the last week, i know i am going to be a wreck. why? why are you shutting down? because you could fill every table here for the foreseeable future. everybody wants to come and eat here if they can afford it. so why shut it? yeah, i mean, the business is successful an
michel roux, welcome to hardtalk. it is a great pleasure to be sitting in this restaurant, one of the most famous in london, been in your family for the best part of six decades. the countdown to closure has begun. how do you feel about that? incredibly mixed emotions. it s. it s obviously happiness because there s light at the end of the tunnel, and by that, i mean not in a negative way, it s sort of. ..getting control of my life again. and then very, very sad emotions because it s the end of an era and it s. i also feel sad and emotional for all my team here, some of which, in fact, most of which i deem as family. and some of them, we ve grown up together, basically. so very, very mixed emotions. and the last the last week, i know i am going to be a wreck. why? why are you shutting down? because you could fill every table here for the foreseeable future. everybody wants to come and eat here if they can afford it. so why shut it? yeah, i mean, the business is successful an
refugee camp on sunday. it comes as humanitarian aid entered gaza directly from israel for the first time in more than two months. at another crossing on egypt s border, some aid deliveries were mobbed by palestinians desperate for food. also on sunday, a funeral was held for one of the three israeli hostages shot dead by israeli troops in gaza after being wrongly identified as a threat. alon lulu shamriz was abducted by hamas during the october 7 attacks. he and the other two hostages were shot dead while holding a white cloth. they had also painted an 505 sign written with leftover food. officials have admitted that killing the men who were holding a white flag was a breach of the rules of engagement . the white flag is an internationally recognised sign of protection. israel s own manual on the rules of warfare states that its forces should not attack a prisoner of war who is asking to surrender or waving a white flag as a sign of surrender. our correspondent lucy will
lava spewing hundreds of metres into the sky i want to share these pictures from southwestern iceland as the volcano continues to spew jets of molten lava from a crack in the earth that is now several kilometres long and it is a seismic hotspot not far from the capital reykjavik. it could last weeks or even months. our correspondent is following the story and since the subject. this is as close as we can get to the volcano which shows that we can see right behind me in the distance. the authorities here are urging people not to come to this area for their safety and also to allow scientists to assess the situation on the ground. but i can tell you, we can smell the smoke and ashes floating in the air. again here and feel the vibrations our feet and we can hear the sound of the volcanoes in the background and looking at the situation, driving her the capital reykjavik which is a0 minutes away and we could see the orange jets of lava in the distance that gives you an idea ofjus