hello and welcome to bbc news. the palestinian group islamichhad says it s fired over 100 rockets at israel. these images show the rockets being intercepted by israel s iron dome air defence system. it comes only hours after an israeli airstrike in the gaza strip, which killed a commander of the islamichhad group. the palestinian health ministry says at least ten people were killed, including a five year old child. this footage was released by the israeli army, which they say shows the moment the strike hit gaza. israel s prime minister yair lapid spoke about the airstrike in a television address earlier, where he promised to do whatever it takes to defend the israeli people. israel carried out a precise counterterror operation against an immediate threat. 0ur fight is not with the people of gaza. islamichhad is an iranian proxy that wants to destroy the state of israel and kill innocent israelis. the head of islamichhad is in tehran as we speak. we will do whatever it takes
the palestinian group, islamic jihad, say it fired over a hundred rockets at israel. these images show the rockets being intercepted by israel s iron dome air defence system. it comes in the hours after an israeli gay air strike in the gaza strip. the palestinian health ministry said at least ten people were killed in that strike including a five year old child. this footage was released by the israeli army, it says it shows the moment the strike is gaza. israel s pro minister spoke about the air strike in at television address earlier in which a promise to do whatever it takes to defend is ready people. we a promise to do whatever it takes to defend is ready people. defend is ready people. we carried out a precise defend is ready people. we carried out a precise counterterrorism - out a precise counterterrorism operation against an immediate threat. our threat is not with the people of gaza, islamichhad is an iranians proxy which wants to destroy the state of israel and k
the nhs in england is increasingly reliant on doctors and nurses recruited from outside the uk and eu, analysis by the bbc has found. hello. if you havejustjoined us, a warm welcome to bbc news. china is halting cooperation with the us in several key areas, including climate change, military talks and efforts to combat international crime. the new measures follow a trip to taiwan by senior democrat nancy pelosi. china views the visit as a challenge to its claims of sovereignty over the island. taiwan s foreign minister, joseph wu, has defended ms pelosi s visit and said that taiwan would continue to invite democratic politicians from around the world. our correspondent rupert wingfield hayes sent this report from taipei. for the second day in a row, china has continued its military intimidation of taiwan. at least 68 chinese fighterjets are reported to have crossed into taiwanese controlled airspace. this video broadcast on chinese television this evening shows just how close
hello and welcome to audiences here in the uk and around the world. the palestinian group islamichhad says it s fired over a hundred rockets at israel. images we are about to show you rockets being intercepted by israel s iron dome air defence system. we will show you in a moment. there they are. it comes only hours after an israeli air strike in the gaza strip, which killed a commander of the islamichhad group. the palestinian health ministry says at least ten people were killed, including a five year old child. this footage was released by the israeli army it says the pictures show the moment israel s strike hit gaza. israel s prime minister yair lapid spoke about the air strike in a television address earlier where he promised to do whatever it takes to defend the israeli people. israel carried out a precise counterterror operation against an immediate threat. our fight is not with the people of gaza. islamichhad is an iranian proxy that wants to destroy the state of i
celebrations. welcome to our viewers on pbs in america and around the globe. in a rare prime time television address, presidentjoe biden has called on congress to ban assault weapons. from the white house, he said that it is time to act following a string of high profile mass shootings, and appealed to congress not to let the american people down. over the last two decades, more school aged children have died from guns than on duty police officers and active duty military combined. think about that. more kids than on duty cops killed by guns. more kids than soldiers killed by guns. for god s sake, how much more carnage are we willing to accept? how many more innocent american lives must be taken before we say enough, enough? i know that we can t prevent every tragedy, but here is what i believe we have to do here is what the overwhelming majority of american people believe we must do here s what the families in buffalo and uvalde, in texas, told us we must do we need to