for such an operation. and to conduct such an operation right now with no planning and little thought in an area where there is a million people sheltering would be a disaster. israeli forces have continued their offensive against hamas in the southern gaza area and there s been reports of large explosions in rafah. people there said israeli missiles hit two houses, causing multiple casualties. aid agencies have warned of a humanitarian catastrophe if israel forces enter rafah, where hundreds of thousands of displaced palestinians have taken refuge. the us secretary of state antony blinken is returning to washington, 2a hours after the israeli prime minister said the war would continue until israel is completely victorious. benjamin netanyahu appeared to reject outright a response from hamas to a proposed cease fire plan, but secretary blinken believes there s still room for negotiation. let s hearfrom our middle east correspondent, nick beake. a senior palestinian official
things might get complicated. he won t necessarily sing the army s tune, because in a sense he will think, well, look, the army have turned to me because there was no one else to turn to . you know, imran khan is ruled out of contention and the other candidates are regarded as too young and inexperienced. these elections have been described by some as the least credible in pakistan s history. phone and internet services were cut for much of the day. results are being counted slowly. whoever wins will have huge challenges running pakistan, but they will not be governing on their own. you can keep up with the results on the bbc news website. next, newsnight has been reporting on concerns from within university hospitals sussex nhs foundation trust for months. and today, the trust s board met, after a report from the royal college of surgeons warned of a culture of fear when it came to the executive leadership team . joe s back and has led our coverage of the sussex trust. joe
ahead with a new law aimed at restricting judges powers. the number of migrant crossings in the central mediterranean is up sharply according to the eu s border agency. we have the latest from italy. lets head to the bbc sport centre. thank you very much indeed. we know the identity of the first semifinalist at wimbledon, and it is marketer wondrous over, the unseeded czech player who has made the last four beating jessica pegula, the fourth seeded american in the last few moments. this is what transpired on court number one, withjessica pegula reaching the quarterfinals of wimbledon for the very first time, losing to wondrous over. this is the other match taking place, with a iga swiatek in trouble, the poland number one seed playing against elina svitolina, a former semifinalist at this competition, one that iga swiatek is not reach the quarterfinals of the poor, they are on serve though at the second set, having won the first set svitolina by seven games. they are on se
will: the air:00 hour of fox and friends weekend on february 3rd. the us launches retaliatory airstrike coming syria and iraq. president biden says this is just the beginning. rachel: alvan bragg has a message for new yorkers concerned about migrants free without bail. our obligation is to make sure we have the right people charged with the right crimes. we don t want to charge the wrong person. prison pete: president biden going to east palestine, ohio after the train derailment. we are going off-the-wall to show how he initially responded and what has been done since. the third hour of fox and friends weekend starts right now. will: the us carrying out retaliatory strikes at dozens of targets across the middle east. officials claim 30 people were killed. rachel: the strikes coming just after the remains of three us soldiers killed in jordan return to us soil. pete: trey yingst is live in tel aviv with the latest. reporter: the united states struck 85 targets in ir