it s singapore, this is bbc news. it s news. welcome to bbc news, broadcasting to viewers in the uk and around the world. we start with the us secretary of state antony blinken, who is headed to the middle east to visit israel, the west bank and seven countries over the next week. the us state department says during mr blinken s trip he will seek immediate increase in aid to gaza as the strip continues to deal with a humaniatarian crisis. the trip comes as the uk foreign secretary, david cameron, warns israel must allow more aid into gaza in order to avoid starvation and large outbreaks of disease. and there are reports of dozens more deaths from air strikes in southern gaza as israel continues its military operation there. and in lebanon, people gathered for the funeral of deputy hamas leader saleh al arouri. he was killed earlier this week in an explosion. hezbollah a powerful iranian backed group in lebanon has blamed that attack on what it says was flagrant israeli ag
Reaction. We will always be there by your side, the words of Antony Blinken as he reaffirms americas support to israel but one precautions need to be taken to avoid harming civilians of every nationality. He said he will send defence support after meeting israels Prime Minister during a visit to tel aviv. Media has said the number of those killed since the attacks by the Palestinian Militant Group hamas has risen to 1300. Western governments have designated hamas as a terrorist organisation. 25 americans are known to have died. It comes as air strikes in gaza have continued with the Health Ministry there saying more than 1300 people have been killed. Israel says the siege on gaza would not end until hostages are released. The International Committee of the red cross has warned Hospital Generators could run out of fuel after the only Power Station in gaza run out of fuel. Antony blinken is due to meet palestinian leaders on friday where he will push diplomatic efforts to end the fightin
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how many hobbies, how many passions has finding a fossil actually inspired? there s no question about it, it did for me. you know, i used to collect fossils and still do. so it certainly has that natural history attraction. the ammonites here on doniford beach, in somerset are around 197 million years old. but some have been seriously damaged. police have confirmed two people from france were spoken to for allegedly using an angle grinder to try to remove some of the fossils. we re used to seeing people collecting on a small scale, when it happens. but, yeah, just the magnitude of this you can see they ve taken out a very large portion of that bedding plane there. you re live with bbc news. a second batch of court filings related to jeffrey a second batch of court filings related tojeffrey epstein has been released in new york the first batch were unsealed making public names of people associated with him. among them
they had to decide whether ghislaine maxwell and jeffrey epstein where partners in crime or whether she was a scapegoat to his crimes. the defence had argued that she was being punished for what he did. he killed himself in a jail sale date in exile here in new york a few years ago while awaiting his own trial. the defence said the government went after her because they couldn t go after him, whereas the prosecution s argument was that regardless what happened tojeffrey epstein two years ago, ghislaine maxwell was independently responsible for the crimes that she carried out. they said she wasn t an innocent bystander, she wasn t just an employee that came in and out ofjeffrey epstein s life, that she was constantly present. this was reflected in the testimony of the four women who took to the stand. they talked about the relationship they had built with ghislaine maxwell, that she was someone who was charming, educated, part of the upper edges of