To the victims families. Our hearts go out to them, to the families, at this difficult time. We will leave no stone unturned. We will do everything in our power to find our hostages and bring them home. We will not rest until we do. Meanwhile lawyers for israel have told the International Criminal court that south africa is making a mockery of genocide. It comes after south africa implored the uns top court to order israel to stop its incursion in rafah, citing the Genocide Convention. Now that both sides have presented arguments, its up to the icjs judges to decide whether it is necessary to issue a ruling. From the hague, heres the bbc s anna holligan. Well, israel described south africas case as an inversion of reality, divorced from facts, and accused south africa of exploiting the Genocide Convention by presenting outlandish allegations, such as accusing israel of creating extermination zones, using language reminiscent of the holocaust, and comparing the situation in rafah to the
This is bbc news, the latest headlines. the bbc uncovers more evidence of the sexual violence ukraininan women have suffered at the hands of russian forces. ukraine says russian tanks have begun advancing towards the eastern donbas region for a renewed offensive. in the philippines, at least 25 people have died in landslides and floods caused by tropical storm megi, which hit the country s eastern and southern regions on monday. our philippines correspondent howard johnson has the latest. at the moment, the philippine coastguard are trying to help a lot of people in the central part of the philippines, and we re seeing footage on social media of people waiting chest height through water, fast moving water. since sunday, it has dumped nearly 300 millimetres of rain
Welcome to newsday, reporting live from singapore. i m karishma vaswani. the headlines. more evidence emerges about sexual violence ukraininan women have suffered at the hands of russian forces. we have a special report. the woman who lived in this house managed to escape, along with her child. she called the ukrainian police and she has given them her testimony. she has told them she was raped multiple times by the two drunk russian soldiers who killed her husband. ukraine s president warns russia is amassing tens of thousands of troops ahead of a fresh offensive in the eastern donbas region. we ll hear from our defence correspondent who s in that region.