Everything i can to ensure that the former president never again gets near the oval office. And. How to sell the Astra Zeneca jab, france tries to get rid of its huge stockpiles of the british vaccine. Hello and welcome. The un has expressed fears of a full Scale War as the deadly conflict between israeli forces and palestinians continues for a third day. Israels prime minister, benjamin netanyahu, warned palestinian militants that this wasjust the beginning threatening to strike with blows they havent dreamed of. Tonight president biden said he had spoken to Mr Netanyahu and said he hoped the violence would end sooner rather than later. At least 65 palestinians including 15 children and six israelis are reported to have been killed since monday. In the past few days palestinian militants have fired a Mass Barrage of rockets into israel, including on tel aviv. Israel has carried out a heavy bombardment of gaza launching hundreds of Air Strikes. Tensions have been growing injerusalem partly fuelled by a long Running Threat to evict palestinians from their homes in eastjerusalem. It all came to a head on friday at Al Aqsa Mosque the site where it stands is highly sensitive, sacred for both muslims and jews. Israeli police used Cs Gas and Stun Grenades at the mosque and palestinian youths threw rocks at them. And israeli representatives but we begin our coverage with this report from our middle East Correspondent tom bateman. The worlds asking if the region is on the brink of war. People who woke to this feel its already here. Palestinians in gaza faced the fiercest Israeli Bombardment since the last all out conflict. Israel says its going after militant leaders. Some were killed in their homes. But civilians died in this strike, say palestinian health officials. In gaza, a territory under blockade, grief quickly turns to anger. Dozens have now died since the violence erupted on monday. Rocket fire from gaza has continued deep into israel, and the sirens are near nonstop in towns close by. Sirens wail. Ok, thats an interception lets get in. As weve heard Air Strikes pound the Gaza Strip just a couple of miles away throughout the course of this morning and into the afternoon, more retaliation, more fire, from gaza. Underfire, asha and his son ran for the safe room. But their neighbour, an 89 year old woman, didnt make it. She is seriously injured. Her carer died in the strike. There are growing international calls for restraint, but for now it seems that no one here is listening. It is the intensity of these attacks that has led both sides to say they will step up their strikes in retaliation. A descent into much further violence seems inevitable. More rockets are shot down in israels skies, jewish arab town of lod, where a state of Emergency Violence is spiraling. Herejewish Extremists Attack in ambulance. And then check a car to see if arabs or dues are inside. Along the town Israels Leader calls it anarchy. A wave of anger that started in jerusalem it anarchy. A wave of anger that started injerusalem has spilt out to the occupied territories and into israel itself. The country is engulfed in multiple flashpoints. It may be too late to contain it now. Lets hear now from both sides in this conflict starting with Lieutenant Colonel Jonathan conricus, the international spokesperson for the Israel Defence forces. I asked him what was driving israels actions. Our primary concern is the safety of israeli civilians and how to provide defence for them while they are being constantly bombarded by rockets. And while hamas is trying to emerge from tunnels along the border or to fire anti tank missiles along the border. Thats our primary concern. Thats what were busy doing and thats why we have been retaliating against hamas and attacking Military Targets, not civilians but Military Targets inside gaza. After all its our obligation, thats what were here to do. And as long as hamas continues to fire together with other Terrorist Organisation at our civilians, that is what we will keep on doing. Let me ask you finally, what is your anticipation for the coming days . Because clearly the un is worried this may accelerate and this may the law of Unintended Consequences that we end up in a situation where we had this full scale military conflict. On one hand we dont seek to escalate the situation. We have said that from the get go and its been very clear. And we didnt start these, we werent the ones who attacked from the beginning. On the other hand, Sinse Hamas continues to fire rockets at our civilians we are left with no choice but to continue our operations and to prepare for in escalation. Those are our directives that have been given by the security cabinet. Thats what were doing. And we have as you said the abilities, the manpower and the equipment to do so. Lets hope for the sake of the regiOn And from my perspective and most israeli civilians that that doesnt in effect happen and that calmer minds on the palestinian side, on the Gaza Side will decide that this is enough and that they have gone way beyond their borders with their aggression against israel. And then maybe things will be different. From a military perspective, ourjob is to defend, ourjob is to be ready for whatever these terrors try to do against our civilians. And that is our focus. Thats the israeli point of view. Lets hear now from Khaled Elgindy A senior fellow at the Middle East institute. He previously served as an advisor to the palestinian leadership in Ramallah On Permanent Status Negotiations with israel. He explained what the international community could do to ease tensions. We need to really put pressure on all sides to immediately de escalate and then to begin to tackle the root causes for this sort of violence that we see recurring in east Jerusalem And Gaza in particular. Its almost on a regular basis. And thats because you have a situation where palestinians in eastjerusalem and Palestinians In Gaza are faced with tremendous pressure by israel, very aggressive campaigns. These are the festering wounds of the israel, palestine conflict at the international community has basically neglected and left to israel to deal with. And imposed its own realities on the ground. There is a role to play here. Clearly for all sides. Is a role to play here. Clearly for allsides. But is a role to play here. Clearly for all sides. But we cannot have a credible, responsible palestinian actor emerge in a situation of death and destruction. So there needs to be a third Party Intervention was a particularly by the united states to reign in israel and others like egypt can influence hamas decision making. And then people need to start addressing the underlying causes which is 53 years of occupation that five and half million palestinians live under. And thats just not sustainable indefinitely. So when you have people who are denied their freedom for generation after generation you are going to get periodic episodes of violence. Because people will read this repression. You can find much more on this story on our website including this analysis from our middle East EditorJeremy Bowen on the long standing causes of the conflict between israel and the palestinians. Just log on to bbc. Com news republicans in the us House Of Representatives have sacked Liz Cheney, a vocal critic of Donald Trump, from the partys third highest position. Ms cheney had been chair of the house republican conference, but her vote to impeach the former president and her continuing criticism over mr trumps false claims that the 2020 election was stolen has made her Persona Non Grata in the republican ranks. Her colleagues voted to strip her of her title, in a closed door vote. This was her response shortly after. I will do everything i can to ensure that the former president never again gets anywhere near the oval office. We have seen the danger that he continues to provoke with his language. We have seen his lack of Commitment And Dedication to the constitution. And i think its very important that we make sure whomever we elect is somebody who will be faithful to the constitution. Daughter of the former republican Vice President dick cheney. After the annoumcement, former president Donald Trump has hit back with the following statement Liz Cheney is a bitter, horrible human being. She has no Personality Or Anything good having to do with politics or our country. I look forward to soon watching her as a paid contributor on Cnn Or Msdnc which of course is ms nbc. But they call it that because they think it is a front for the democratic national committee. Those last two sets of initials referred to us networks which republicans feel are biased against them. Republicans feel are biased against them. The White House press secretary, jen psaki, was asked for president joe biden� s response to ms cheneys speech. Here is what she had to say. Its disturbing to see any leader regardless of party being attacked for simply speaking the truth. And as the president said last week, its hard to understand. But our belief, his belief is that the american people will have to make their own decisions about whether their own decisions about whether the reaction by the people they elected to represent them should be and praising and elevating conspiracies against attacks on a democracy or should be standing up for ideals that have been historically owned by both democrats and rep two republicans representing the country throughout history. Thats the White House not surprisingly supporting Liz Cheney. Youd expect them to support anything that attacks onjohn. In some ways he remains a very serious political threat from the Biden Point of view. Political threat from the Biden Point of view. Im joined now by our north america correspondent, peter bowes. Thats the issue here for many republicans that Donald Trump is still a powerfulforce in the republican party. On balance Liz Cheney represents a minority view. Yes. It really does seem to be like open warfare doesnt it be doing that within the republican party . Members facing some would say quite a simple choice. Either you back Donald Trump and everything he stood for and continues to stand for with a very powerful voice that he has or you turn your back on Donald Trump and move forward. And move forward and move forward. And move forward and talk about the policies that the republicans stand for, policies that may well be different of course to those Ofjoe Biden as they look ahead to the next Election Cycle at The End of next year. In the meantime, theres going to be a lot of rancour, a lot of disagreements and i think a lot of Bad Taste between republicans is they really try to resolve this. They have two of course replace Liz Cheney. She as we heard her tonight are pledging to go On AndOn And on in terms of her campaign to keep Donald Trump out of the White House should he decide to stand again. 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Those of the issues that many republicans would rather focus on but frankly they are it seems afraid to turn their backs on Donald Trump because he remains the kingmaker. He is off twitter, our Social Media but he still has a voice. And when he speaks in favour of someone they believe that thats going to do them a lot of good come the elections of 2022. More elections the elections of 2022. More elections to the elections of 2022. More elections to look the elections of 2022. More elections to look forward i the elections of 2022. More elections to look forward to | the elections of 2022. More l elections to look forward to in the elections of 2022. More elections to look forward to in the united states is always the case. Thank you very much for that. Stay with us on bbc news, still to come New Zealand looks at how it can make tourism more environmentally reponsible as it re opens its Travel Bubble with australia. The pope was shot, the pope will live. Thats the essence of the appalling news from rome this afternoon that, as an italian Television Commentator put it, terrorism had come to the vatican. The man they call the butcher of lyon, klaus barbie, went on Trial Today in the french town where he was the Gestapo Chief in the second world war. Winnie mandela never looked like a woman just sentenced to six years injail. The judge told Mrs Mandela there was no indication she felt even the slightest remorse. The chinese government has called for an all out effort to help the victimsl of a powerful earthquake. The worst to hit the I Country for 30 years. The computer Deep Blue has tonight triumphed over the World Chess Champion garry kasparov. Its the first time A Machine has defeated a reigning World Champion in a classical chess match. Americas first legal same sex marriages have been taking place in massachusetts. God bless america cheering. This is bbc news, the latest headlines for a second straight day, a Tower Block in gaza is destroyed by israeli Air Strikes. Hamas confirm some of its senior leaders have been killed. Palestinian militants have fired waves of rockets into israel hitting an Apartment Building in the israeli city Of Sderot and seriously wounding a young child. From today, france is allowing anyone under the age of 50 to take unused vaccine appointments up to a day ahead. Its the latest move to speed up the roll out, but it won T Help shift the country s stockpile of Astrazeneca Vaccines, as the jab is not approved foranyone under55. Lucy williamson has been looking at the latest twist in france S Problems with the british vaccine. Less dangerous than a flight across the atlantic according to frances Health Minister. Its one way to sell the Astrazeneca Vaccine. But months of mixed messages here means that 63 year old isnt sure he wanted. He still asking about alternatives in the vaccine chair. 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Ti 3 doctor is one of those who told us hes had to throw away his leftover Astrazeneca Vaccine even as younger patients were asking for it. We asked the Health Ministry about this, they told us that astrazeneca could be used in younger adults if the alternative was throwing it away. But pharmacists say thats not what theyve been told. If concern was that consumers here are confused about astrazeneca medics are now too. Next Wednesday France will reopen cafe terraces, theatres and museums. A Key Stage in itsjourney out of lockdown. But its Vaccine Roll out still lags behind much of europe and there are more than 17,000 new infections each day. Its now vaccinating millions of people each week. One of them yesterday by the Health Minister personally. A medical doctor by training. Injecting a bit of confidence into the system. But delivering injections at a national level will be harder without increasing supply or relaxing the rules. New zealand was receiving almost 4 Million visitors a year. But when the country shut borders to stop the virus in march last year the number of overseas tourists dropped to almost zero overnight. Now there s excitement about the recently opened Travel Bubble with australia 7 its biggest market. But some say its the perfect moment to rethink how tourism can be made more environmentally responsible. As shaimaa khalil reports. Its the kind of high Octane Adventure in New Zealand is famous for. A mix of dramatic scenery, Adrenaline Rush and a whole lot of cold water. Its very busy here today because of School Holidays which is a welcome change but still nothing like it was before Covid 19 hit. Pre pandemic operators rent a boat rides an hour. This past year it was down to only one. The grounds of sailboat. In this Tourist Town some operators have gone out of business since the country closed its borders. Others go by relying on locals. ,. , , its borders. 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When more visitors eventually return, theyll find a country taking a fresh look at how to protect the natural wonders that millions have come to enjoy. The pipeline that supplies almost 50 of fuel on the us East Coast is still offline after the weekends cyber hack. And now there are concerns about supply. The company hopes to have operations back underway by The End of the week Take A Look at these pictures. Take a look is a Gas Station in florida, you can see long lines of cars forming, as customers try to fill up their tanks in Case Prices rise. And this is virginia, where the disruption to supply has prompted a state of emergency. Heres how people there have been reacting. Its been crazy. I gotta admit, im not Panic Buying Atjust been getting a little over the last couple days and i knew i shouldve filled up a week ago. I was granted overdue anyway. All the starts going On And its like the Toilet Paper Fiasco all over again. On and its like the Toilet Paper Fiasco all over again. 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Away from the North And East of scotland, which will be rather grey through the day today, northern ireland, Southern Scotland and the rest of northern and Eastern England will see some sunshine. But then the showers will get going again into the afternoon. And like the last few days, some will be heavy with a mix of Hail And Thunder in places. Temperatures reaching 1a 15 celsius for most, but rather cool again across the far northeast of scotland. Now, as we head through thursday night, it looks like the showers will tend to fade away from most areas, and that Weather Front will clear away completely. So, many places will be turning dry, but we will start to see some Cloud Rolling into northern and eastern areas, so that should stop temperatures from falling much below 6 7 celsius, so another frost free night for most. As we head on into friday, we are in between weather systems, low pressure to the east, a new area of low pressure slowly encroaching in off the atlantic. And you will also notice the blue colours across the north of the uk. This colder air tries to get into the northeast of the country but doesnt get too far, but it will bring enough chill to the North And East of scotland, and in northeast england it will be quite noticeable there. But a rather grey, cloudy day for most, away from northern ireland, wales, the West Midlands and the southwest where we will see some sunny spells. And that will set off a few showers again here, again, some of them will be on the heavy side. Temperatures in the sunny Spells 1a 15 celsius, but noticeably cooler, like i mentioned, across the northeast. Then as we move into the weekend, we see this Weather Front sweep across the country to bring a band of rain, and then our new area of low pressure starts to push across the uk for the rest of saturday and into sunday. So its back to square one with sunshine and showers once again. Now, some of the showers again over the weekend will be heavy, there will be the risk of Hail And Thunder, and there will be some sunshine in between these showers. And the sun, of course, this time of year is strong, so it will feel fairly warm. Low pressure, though, wants to hold on into next week too, so unfortunately, its looking pretty unsettled for much of the country, further showers at times. Those temperatures below the seasonal average. This is bbc world news, the headlines. Israeli missiles have destroyed another high Rise Tower in Gaza City and killed top commanders in the military wing of hamas. The Health Ministry in gaza says that at least 65 people have been killed since monday. In that time, six israelis have been killed after palestinian militants fired rockets from gaza towards israeli cities. One hit an Apartment Building in sderot, seriously wounding a young child. In other news us republicans have voted to remove one of their senior team in congress Liz Cheney over her continued criticism of Donald Trump. She was one of the republicans to vote to impeach him. An independent report into the Worlds Response to the Coronavirus Pandemic has concluded that there were serious failures by both the World Health Organisation and governments. It says Europe And America wasted time before declaring an emergency