is needed to mitigate the extremely precarious- - - precarious. this is volker turk in geneva, precarious. this is volker turk in geneva. laying precarious. this is volker turk in geneva, laying out precarious. this is volker turk in geneva, laying out his precarious. this is volker turk in geneva, laying out his latest - geneva, laying out his latest findings, saying the large number of civilian deaths cannot be dismissed as collateral damage. there are warnings by his office, and this is where we paused to say goodbye to our viewers around the world. volker turk, the un human rights chief, laying out his findings in geneva after a visit to this region. warning of the large liberal civilian deaths cannot be dismissed, in his words, as collateral damage. warning that the warnings by his office have long been ignored, in his words, by israel and its allies, calling for a collective punishment to end, and for the hostages to be released, and calling for the adherence to
many thousands of people, perhaps tens of thousands of civilians sheltering at the al shifa hospital along with some localjournalists. the world health organization says 20 hospitals in gaza are now non operational. people around al shifa hospital report intense fighting. and in the early hours of friday, there was the sound of a large explosion. there was panic and confusion in the hospital courtyard following the explosion. israel s military says it is investigating reports that the areas around the hospitals have been struck. it s previously said its forces were operating close to shifa hospital, which it says is above hamas headquarters. this in other developments, reuters news agency is reporting agency is reporting that the palestinian authority is ready to assume responsibilities in the gaza strip once the war has ended. territory the pa president, mahmoud abbas, said it would be part of a comprehensive solution for the occupied territories and gaza. also, president
reception and signed a mutual defence agreement with leader kim jong un. the pact would see russia and north korea help each other in the event of aggression against either country. north korea s leader called the agreement a new high level of alliance , sparking concerns in western countries. but the full details of the pact, and its consequences, remain unclear. you during those talks, kim jong un supported moscow s moscow s invasion of ukraine. in response, kyiv has called for a more rigorous global effort to isolate russia and north korea. the bbc sjean mackenzie has more on the view from ukraine. mahela pareja moeaki x10 president zelenskyyclosest advisers and has come out saying this meeting is proof north korea is now providing russia with the resources it needs to kill ukrainians. now what he is referring to is what the ukrainians but also the us, the ukrainians but also the us, the uk, south korea have been saying for some time now, which is that north korea is p