This past hour that washington will air drop humanitarian aid into the gaza strip. And thats where we are going to start. Theres growing International Pressure for a full investigation into what went wrong yesterday. As the aid convoy arrived in Northern Gaza. The israeli army has acknowledged that its soldiers opened fire at one point but says most of the deaths were caused by a crush, or lorries running people over. Our special correspondent fergal keane, working with bbc verify, has spent the day piecing together more details of what happened. His report contains some distressing images. Shots cracked through the night. People start to move. Then run to get away. In this section of the crowd there is panic. And as casualties streamed into local hospitals, the testimony of witnesses. Translation the situation was unimaginably crazy. If aid is going to come to us in this way, we dont want it. We dont want to live on the blood of our children. The israelis say that at 4 40am, the convo
The statement can not be independently verified. The Qassem Brigades named three of the hostages and said it would name the other four later. The Prime Minister has warned that the uks democracy is being targeted by extremists. In a speech outside downing street, rishi sunak also warned that George Galloway s by election win in rochdale was beyond alarming, as he accused the new mp of dismissing the hamas attacks on israel last october. President putins most outspoken critic, alexei navalny, has been buried in moscow as thousands of people gathered to pay their respects. There was a heavy Police Presence in the russian capital, and human Rights Groups say dozens of his supporters have been detained. On alternatives sides of the atlantic this week, we have had two elections, that were intriguingly similar. In michigan, in a democratic primary, the size of the protest vote surpassed all expectations, over 100,00 people withheld their votes from President Biden, and instead marked the box
Seen from the nasdaq since november 21. We have been seeing good news about the stock market because the snp 500, a different index, has actually had a huge string of records, over 12 this year. There are a couple of things contributing to the Strong Performance generally, and a couple specifically, and when we zoom in on the nasdaq, the biggest thing was the Inflation Report came out yesterday, a highly watched number that the Federal Reserve specifically looked at and measures what people actually paying for goods and services. It showed inflation is tempering just a bit. The year over year measure was the smallest increase we have seen in years, and it lends steam to the narrative that inflation might be cooling, and that might do some favours to the market the Way Investors look at it. More broadly, there is enthusiasm over ai lifting tech stocks, many of which live in the nasdaq. Agaii tech stocks, many of which live in the nasdaq tech stocks, many of which live in the nasdar. ,.
And coming up on bbc news the world indoors are underway in glasgow and home favourite jemma reekie is safely through to the semi finals of the 800m after winning her heat. Good afternoon. He was Vladimir Putins arch enemy the kremlin s most prominent opponent. The kremlin s most almost two weeks ago Alexei Navalny died in mysterious circumstances in the arcticjail where hed been imprisoned. Well, today, in a gesture of mass defiance, thousands of mr navalny s supporters attended his funeral in moscow. They knew they were risking arrest, but they chanted that they were not afraid. Our Eastern Europe correspondent Sarah Rainsford reports and some viewers may find some of the images in this report distressing. They shouted his name. A Final Act Of Support for Alexei Navalny. As his coffin arrived at a moscow church. Its the name Vladimir Putin refused to utter. Navalny, being buried today, was putins greatest political rival. So, this funeral was a show of defiance too. By those who queu