good evening. the government s chief scientific advisor during covid, sir patrick vallance, has revealed more about what went on in downing street during the pandemic. the covid inquiry heard that the then prime mininster, borisjohnson, was clearly bamboozled by the science around covid. excerts from sir patrick s diary at the time were read out at the inquiry and he had plenty to say about these two men he described borisjohnson as inconsistent, indecisive and weak. and he said scientists were not consulted on the eat out to help out scheme l aunched by the then chancellor rishi sunak. sir patrick said it was very obvious that it would increase transmission of coronavirus. here s our political editor, chris mason. images from the pandemic. otherworldly moments we ll never forget. lives lost, liberties crushed an unimaginable new normal for a while at least. the evidence i shall give shall be the truth, the whole truth and nothing but the truth. in his diary in summer
footage which it says shows a 55 metre long tunnel, beneath the hospital complex. hamas, which is designated a terrorist organisation by many western governments has denied using al shifa as a base. 31 surviving premature babies evacuated from al shifa, in a joint operation by the un and the palestinian red crescent, are expected to be transferred today to egypt via the rafah crossing. meanwhile there are indications of progress on a deal, to free some of the 239 israelis, being held hostage in gaza since october 7. orla guerin has this report from jerusalem, and a warning it contains distressing images, from the beginning. every day, more dead in gaza. some who barely started living. this footage was filmed for the bbc today in khan younis, in the south. israel told people to flee here, to be safer. the bereaved get one last look. and a father, one last embrace. the agony of samirjamil aga, cradling his five year old son, mohammed. then, his other son is brought to him. six
from jerusalem. the weather is changing, conditions will worsen for the hundreds of thousands displaced inside gaza. there have been reports of an israeli airstrike on an indonesian hospital, the hamas run health ministry says the number is 12. israeli forces have not commented on a specific operation but maintain their forces are targeting what they say are terrorists and terrorist infrastructure. in another development of the last few hours the israeli defence forces have released sets of videos which they believe will bolster their argument that hamas have been using the largest hospital al shifa hospital as a command centre. it released cctv images, which it says show two hostages being taken by hamas into al shifa, after they were abducted from southern israel on the 7th of october. one is injured and wheeled in on a trolley. the bbc has not been able to verify the video. the idf also released video which it says shows a 55 metre long tunnel, beneath the hospital complex
sons watching football on holiday. hello, i m rajini vaidyanathan. welcome to the daily global, where we ll bring you the top stories from around the world. israel s military said her body was found in a building near gaza s biggest hospital al shifa. israeli media said she was 65 years old and worked as a kindergarten teacher. her body has been identified by forensic examiners and her family have been informed. meanwhile, the director of the al shifa hospital says israeli soldiers are still inside the complex after storming it on tuesday night. israel has repeatedly claimed that hamas has hidden a military command centre in tunnels beneath a hospital. a claim thatis tunnels beneath a hospital. a claim that is disputed. our correspondent is injerusalem with the very latest. let s talk about what we have been hearing in the last hour so from the israeli military about the recovery of the body of one of the recovery of the body of one of the 240 or so hostages taken by hamas ac
the director of gaza s biggest hospital says it has run out of oxygen and water, leaving people there the army took the bbc into a small part of the hospital, and was shown rifles, ammunition and body armour which israel says hamas had hidden there. the idf also said it had found laptops containing photos and videos of hostages held by hamas, considered a terror organisation by the uk and many other western governments. israeli military restrictions meant that our correspondent lucy williamson wasn t allowed to speak to doctors or patients but her words aren t censored, and she described what she saw. we are in an israeli military vehicle inside the gaza strip. they are taking us towards gaza city. this area where the ground operation first began weeks ago now. since then, the israeli army has fought its way, methodically, towards gaza city, towards the gates of al shifa hospital. that is where they are taking us now. we are still being told to keep our lights off. are we goi