Carrying aid still wait at the Rafah Crossing in egypt till they can go in. The uk Prime Minister rishi sunak has become the latest world leader to visit israel and pledge support while seeking to prevent a wider regional conflict. Hes now travelled on to saudi arabia. Our first report is from jeremy bowen in israel. Britains Prime Minister came, he said, because israel faces its darkest hour. Israel is welcoming its allies. It will need their support in the next few weeks. Waiting injerusalem was benjamin netanyahu, israels Prime Minister, a day after he welcomed joe biden. We absolutely support israels right to defend itself in line with international law, to go after hamas, to take back hostages, to deter further incursions and to strengthen your security for the long term. Now, i know that you are taking every precaution to avoid harming civilians, in direct contrast to the terrorists of hamas, which seek to put civilians in harms way. We have here two forces. One is an axis of evi
And speak live to key players on todays big stories. Plus, a first look whats on tomorrows front pages. Good evening. Were live injerusalem, reporting on the continuing trauma of both sides in the israel gaza conflict. The un is warning a deal agreed yesterday to get aid into gaza, with an initial 20 lorries loaded with food, water and medicine ready to go, is inadequate. Humanitarian agencies say the hope is the convoys from egypt can begin rolling tomorrow, but over 2 Million People need help, as israel continues its bombing campaign, targeting members of hamas responsible for the murders of around 1,400 israelis 12 days ago. Hamas is a group designated as a Terrorist Organisation by the uk government. Meanwhile, israel is learning every day more horrific details of the atrocities hamas committed, revising the number of hostages taken to 203. Well have more on the dire situation in gaza. Well report on rishi sunak s visit here to show solidarity with israel, describing hamas as repre
On bbc news, india make it four wins out of four at the cricket world cup. Virat kohli completing his century off the final ball of the match against bangladesh. Good evening from jerusalem, where rishi sunak has pledged to stand with israel, in its darkest hour. Hes been meeting Prime Minister netanyahu, and israels president , as the country prepares for a possible Ground Invasion into gaza, targeting members of hamas, responsible for the deaths of around 1,400 people, after an attack on southern israel, 12 days ago. Hamas is designated as a Terror Organisation by many western governments including the uk, and mr sunak says the group represents pure evil. Israel has carried out several days of Bombing Raids over gaza, the Health Authorities there say more than 3,400 have died, alongside a total blockade, leaving more than two Million People in desperate need of humanitarian help. Aid agencies are warning the deal agreed yesterday, allowing an initial 20 lorries with food, medicine an
takes place in scotland. there have been attacks in mali where a riverboat and military base have been targeted. hello, i m ben thompson. this is bbc news now. we start with news that the head of london s metropolitan police says the force is investigating whether staff at wandsworth prison helped the terrorism suspect daniel khalife escaped on wednesday morning. so mark rowley said the break out was clearly preplanned, and described it as extremely concerning. he escaped to the underside strapped to the underside of a delivery truck. the search is now into its third day, with no confirmed sightings of khalife. 2500 acres. it is london s largest royal park, and this morning, police confirmed richmond park was a place of interest. 0n confirmed richmond park was a place of interest. on day three of manhunt. residents said it had been a noisy night as the area was searched. some 150 officers have now been deployed trying to locate former soldier daniel khalife, still on the r
welcome to verified live, three hours of breaking stories and checking out the truth behind them. we are going to start here in the uk, and get the latest on that escaped terror suspect. the question being asked now is, was he helped from potentially people within the prison? that was one of the questions asked by the head of london s metropolitan police, sir mark rowleyjust london s metropolitan police, sir mark rowley just a few london s metropolitan police, sir mark rowleyjust a few hours ago. you will remember that the man managed to escape, it seemed, strapped to the underside of a van. we have pictures of the moment but police found the van, but not the man strapped underneath it. he is still at large. richmond park in london one of the latest search areas, and you can get all the latest developments from our reporter. 2500 acres. it is london s largest royal park and this morning police confirmed richmond park was a place of interest, on day three a manhunt. residents