Hello, and welcome to verified live. The United Nations has warned it will be impossible for around a million palestinians to leave Northern Gaza by midnight after israel told them to move for their own safety. The order comes ahead of an expected Israeli Ground offensive. The main un agency in the gaza strip called the order horrendous and warned that gaza was becoming a hell hole on the brink of collapse. The World Health Organization appealed to israel to immediately rescind the order, saying unimaginable Human Suffering is now unfolding. Israel has been air dropping leaflets into Northern Gaza, telling people to leave. Hamas has dismissed the israeli order as psychological warfare. Israel has deployed tanks on gazas boundaries. In a Statement Released after a sixth night of air strikes, the Israeli Defence forces Accused Hamas of using civilians as Human Shields. Theres tension, too, on israels border with lebanon. After a meeting with irans foreign minister, the deputy head of the
And i think i can go back to the last page, actually, just to show you again what those numbers are, totting up all the totals, the bbc Election Team have added them altogether and this is it. Sadiq khan, 1,080,000 votes, susan hall way behind on 811,000. The greens almost pipped the lib dems into third place, they will be pleased with that. But stand back, the big result, sadiq khan gets that third term as london mayor. That result, sadiq khan gets that third term as london mayor. Term as london mayor. That is unprecedented, term as london mayor. That is unprecedented, i term as london mayor. That is unprecedented, i think, term as london mayor. That is unprecedented, ithink, is term as london mayor. That is| unprecedented, ithink, is not . Term as london mayor. That is unprecedented, i think, is not . This unprecedented, ithink, is not . This comes despite this incredible flutter we had last night, saying that the race was going to be much tighter than predicted. How did we get into
About what he believes the result represents. Today, the people in our area have not only spoken, theyve hollered at the top of their voices with two simple and clear messages. To the government, enough is enough. And locally, labour is delivering in power. Up and down this country, ordinary people are fed up with the chaos, mismanagement and decline the tories have presided over. Despite this, though, were getting on with the job locally. This result isntjust a rejection of the tories. Voters in our city region arent easily kidded. Its a Ringing Endorsement of what were doing locally too. Steve rotherham, there are. Lets speak to henry hill. Hes the Acting Editor of Conservative Home. These results obviously disappointing for the conservative party, but they were forecast to be difficult . ~ ,. , ~ party, but they were forecast to be difficult . ~ , ~. Difficult . Absolutely. I think what the show when difficult . Absolutely. I think what the show when you difficult . Absolutely. I th
After an israeli air strike on the Southern City of rafah, where more than a million displaced palestinians are sheltering. The Hamas Run Health Ministry in gaza says more than 3a,000 people have died since the start of the war in october. Emergency workers in khan younis say theyve uncovered nearly 200 bodies buried in the courtyard of a hospital. Al nasser had been at the centre of an Israeli Military operation until two weeks ago. The World Health Organization has previously said bodies were being buried within hospitals under israeli siege, but palestinians have accused Israeli Forces of killing some of the victims. Israel accuses hamas of using medical facilities in gaza as command centres. Heres our middle east correspondent, yolande knell, with more. Major general Aharon Haliva is the most senior israeli official we have had so far to step down from his role in connection with the failings that led to the october seven attacks by hamas that really shocked israel and shocked the