Territory again has been heavily bombarded by israeli airstrikes which Palestinian Health officials have killed at least to,000 750 people in just one week. This is after the attacks last week in israel that killed at least moo people. Israel says it is Targeting Members of hamas, the group designated as a Terror Organisation by many western governments including the united kingdom. Thousands of palestinians who have fled hoping to escape and cross into egypt have found that the Rafah Crossing is still closed. Negotiations are ongoing to open it for aid and dual citizens trying to leave gaza so far no progress has been made on that front. We start our coverage with this report from our international editor, jeremy bowen. Anotherwar, of words, has started over who is responsible for the suffering of Palestinian Civilians in gaza. Israel is dropping the bombs. It says blame hamas for killing and kidnapping and, says israel, hiding behind civilians. Gazans crowded into un schools after israel told them to move south towards the egyptian border. They are supposed to be protected by the laws of war. America has felt it necessary to deliver repeated reminders of that to israel, along with military aid. This grandmother blames israel, then speaks of tragedy, hunger, death, fear, horror and destruction. In rafah, at the closed border with egypt, palestinians with foreign passports are hoping to get out, to escape the pressure israel has imposed on civilians, amid reports of another air strike in the area tonight. You cannot ask people to move out of harms way without assisting them to do it, to go to places of their choice, where they want to be safe and with the humanitarian aid that they need to make that journey safely. And right now, the movement that has happened has not had those provisions. Antony blinken, us Secretary Of State, returned to israel after a rapid tour of americas arab allies. The us is giving israel all the military aid it wants. But it is trying to stop the war spreading. As for benjamin netanyahu, in Parliament Today he is under great pressure. Some of his Many Political enemies say he was so preoccupied with staying Prime Minister that he neglected israels security. Lets ta ke you across to Antony Blinken and speaking in tel aviv. The president will reaffirm the solidarity of the United States with israel and our ironclad commitment to its security. President biden will again make clear as he has done unequivocally since the mass slaughter of people including 30 americans, that israel has the right and indeed the duty to defend its people from hamas and other territory rests and prevent future attacks. The president will hear from israel what it means to defend its people as we continue to work with congress to meet those needs. Second, President Biden will underscore a message to any actor, state or nonstate, trying to take advantage of this crisis to attack israel. Do not. To that end, he has employed to Aircraft Carrier groups and other military assets to the region. Third, the president will continue to co ordinate closely with israeli partners to secure the release of hostages taken by hamas including men, women, small children, Holocaust Survivors and american citizens as an indispensable humanitarian effort. Fourth, President Biden will receive a comprehensive brief on israels warring and strategy. Fifth, the president will hear from israel how it will conduct its operations in a way that minimises civilian casualties and enables humanitarian assistance to flow to citizens in gaza in a way that does not benefit hamas. To that end, today, and at our request, the United States and israel have agreed to develop a plan that will enable humanitarian. We willjust try, we will try and get you back to those live pictures of the us Secretary Of State, Antony Blinken in speaking there injerusalem. In fact, 0k, we can go back across to secretary clinton. To secretary clinton. Including by seizing to secretary clinton. Including by seizing the to secretary clinton. Including by seizing the aid to secretary clinton. Including by seizing the aid itself to secretary clinton. Including by seizing the aid itself will i by seizing the aid itself will be the first to condemn it and we will work to prevent it from happening again. We recommend that we welcome plans to work on this and President Biden will discuss it in more detail when he is here. Will discuss it in more detail when he is here. That was the us secretary when he is here. That was the us secretary of when he is here. That was the us Secretary Of State when he is here. That was the us Secretary Of State antony l us Secretary Of State Antony Blinken and speaking there in jerusalem soon after conducting meetings and setting up a big president ial visit to israel, as he said, President Biden will visit on wednesday and, essentially, reiterating the us commitment and support for israel at this time and also talking about israel having to conduct its operations to ensure that there are minimum humanitarian issues there. That is a story that we will be looking at very closely and counting down to the us president visit as well. Altering focus on the ground to what is happening in and outside gaza as we have been reporting, several videos and images are coming out to be analysed by the bbc, one appearing to show an air strike at the Rafah Crossing. Thousands of people are waiting there to try and escape into egypt and our correspondent is in the area and updated us on the damage caused by the strike. The place has been bombed for the third time, according to the local authority here. They show me a footage from the crossing itself, cc camera. The damage is in the external hall and also, most important, the road that leads between the palestinian side of the crossing into the egyptian side of the crossing. I was shown a footage that there is, like, four holes in the road and the road itself is damaged, so its not easy to move people from this side to the egyptian side. Well, the scale of damage i saw is not a great damage, and the local authority here, they said they can repair it fairly quickly, but they are waiting for egypt to reopen the crossing. I understand from different sources in doha, in egypt and in other places that this negotiation is still fruitless and no progress has been made to allow the humanitarian aid which gaza need the most. Im in khan yunis here, in the city where Hundreds Of Thousands of people fled here. The city is overwhelmed by the number of people who are displaced here, which the city is already suffering from a blockade and a lack of fuel, electricity and water. They have to treat and accommodate 1. 2 million people. That is where the concern really is. The United Nations says israels total siege of gaza, cutting off fuel, food and electricity supplies, is causing a deepening humanitarian crisis. Its warning more help is needed to support the Hundreds Of Thousands of palestinians whove moved from the north of the territory, to the south. We can go ahead now and speak to a doctorfrom we can go ahead now and speak to a doctor from the World Health Organization regional director for the Eastern Mediterranean region. He directorfor the Eastern Mediterranean region. Hejoins mediterranean region. He joins us mediterranean region. Hejoins us live now from cairo. Thank you for your time here on bbc news and newsday. I appreciate that it news and newsday. I appreciate thatitis news and newsday. I appreciate that it is early for you so thank you for waking up to answer some critical questions. How critical is the situation on the ground . Good morning. Thank you for giving me the opportunity. The situation is very critical. There are Hundreds Of Thousands of people whove in a push to go to already crowded shelters with a severe lack of resources like water, food and hospitals are full of patients, many of them with severe injuries. Icu beds are fully occupied. In addition to that there is a severe shortage of medical supplies, Blood Product is, hospitals sufferfrom Blood Product is, hospitals suffer from a shortage of water, fuel and electricity. There are Tens Of Thousands of pregnant ladies who lack delivery services. There are hundreds of patients who are in icu in the northern part of hospitals, in the northern part of gaza including women and children so the situation is very severe and critical. Based on everything very severe and critical. Based on everything you very severe and critical. Based on everything you have very severe and critical. Based on everything you have just i on everything you have just mentioned, time is of the essence. Do you see these needs and your demands humanitarian being met anytime soon . Based on auo being met anytime soon . Based on age sessions being met anytime soon . Based on ago sessions with being met anytime soon . Based on ago sessions with the on ago sessions with the israeli side they opened the corridor yesterday for a few hours to get fuel inside but unfortunately medical supplies are waiting on the other side of the egyptian border with some food and Water Supplies that could not make it. So we hope today that they will reopen the corridor to make sure that these supplies can get through otherwise it will lead to the severity of the situation there of the people. They suffer from a lack of water and people are now using water and people are now using water which is not clean and it is worrying us that it will bring a Public Health threat in terms of diseases that affect children because of infectious diseases, it will affect Chronic Diseases like diabetes who suffer from a lack of basic services. ,. , services. Hospitals in the north have services. Hospitals in the north have received services. Hospitals in the north have received evacuation instructions. Have you been in touch with your people all teams over there . Touch with your people all teams over there . What do they tell ou . Teams over there . What do they tell you . The teams over there . What do they tell you . The situation teams over there . What do they tell you . The situation is teams over there . What do they tell you . The situation is very i tell you . The situation is very bad. There are 21 hospitals serving too thousand patients. Many of them are critically ill and if we move them, to us this is like issuing a premature Death Certificate because we cannot move them because they do not have the support. 0n the other side there are no beds in the south to receive them. Weve been going through different channels on the israeli side to reverse that and we are hoping that they will accept it. Indie and we are hoping that they will accept it. And we are hoping that they will accept it. We will have to leave it there. Will accept it. We will have to leave it there. But will accept it. We will have to leave it there. But thank i will accept it. We will have to leave it there. But thank you | leave it there. But thank you very much for your time and your input. It is appreciated. Staying with the story in the conflict unfolding, the Israeli Army Says it is evacuating 28 towns and villages around its northern border with lebanon because of threats from hezbollah of rocket fire which, like hamas, is designated a Terrorist Group by the uk, the us and other countries. Israels military spokesman has accused iran which backs hezbollah of ordering recent attacks. But the Army Continues to conduct strikes within lebanon. 0ur correspondent anna foster is on the israel lebanon border, and a warning, this report contains flash imagery. They sing. A family says goodbye to theirfallen soldier, murdered by hamas. Inabs grief at her nephews death is still raw. And now, shes packing to leave home, too. It isnt safe here any more. Translation we cant. Stay here now, the bangs are very serious. Its really scary. I have to get out of here. Ive prepared my suitcases and im ready. Nearly 30 israeli towns and villages along the lebanese border are being evacuated. Even the government doesnt know what lies ahead. Mr gantz, bbc. Youre concerned enough to move lots of people from the border, do you think there will be a war with hezbollah here in the north . I hope for them that not, but we do all of preparations needed. Thank you very much. Most people didnt wait for the order to leave. As the firing intensified, day after day, they fled. You can see how empty it is and that is why communities right along the northern border look like this now. All way from west to east, people are being told they are not safe. That is why they are leaving in such big numbers. Well, this is the playground. Guy is one of the few thats left. In normal times during this hour, we should be packed, especially on vacation time. Its about lunchtime now, isnt it . There is nobody here at all. About 80 or 90 of people are left. Its a shame. Its heartbreaking to see this place like see my place like this. Even as Tens Of Thousands of people are moved away, fierce exchanges of fire continue. And despite words of diplomacy, its actions that will decide whether this border ignites. Anna foster, bbc news, on the israel lebanon border. Around the world and across the uk, this is bbc news. Lets look at some other stories making news. More foreign prisoners are now to be deported to their home countries to tackle overcrowding injails. Figures show thatjails are approaching full capacity with the number of inmates at an all time high. Under current rules foreign offenders can be sent home up to a year before the end of the sentence. Further School Strikes are due to take place in scotland after a union voted to reject the latest pay offer for support staff. Unison, the union that represents administrators, Catering Assistants and janitors, said a Rolling Programme of strikes in schools and nurseries will take place in the coming weeks, with dates announced within days. Figures obtained by the bbc show that A E Waiting Times at wild hospitals have been seriously underreported for the past decade. According to the Royal College of emergency medicine thousands of bases were excluded from their visual statistics recorded every month. The Health Minister previously claimed that wales outperformed england. You alive with bbc news. Youre live with bbc news. Two swedish nationals have been shot dead in brussels in what belgiums Prime Minister has said is a Terror Attack. The gunmen is at large, and a Football Match in the city, between sweden and belgium, has been called off mid way through. Belgium has raised its terror alert to the highest level. Sofia bettiza reports from the scene of the shooting. What we know so far is a gunman opened fire here in central brussels at around 7pm in the evening. He had an Assault Rifle and he shot dead two people in that street, which has been cordoned off by the police, as you can see. A short while ago, we were sent a video, and in that video, a man is filming himself on a scooter, and he claims to have carried out the attack. And speaking in arabic and he says that he killed three people in the name of god. Now the motive of the attack at the moment is unclear. But what a few people are pointing to is that the two victims were wearing sweden football shirts, so they could have been football fans. There is a match tonight in brussels, sweden versus belgium, and that has been suspended and fans were asked to stay in the stadium for security reasons. Now, the federal prosecutor here in belgium is treating this as a Terror Attack and we should say that the gunman is still at large. The police are still at large. The police are still looking for him. Because of that the alert level has been raised to four for brussels, which is the highest level. And it means that a threat could be imminent. To the other developing story. The russian president Vladimir Putin is in beijing for talks with his chinese counterpart and to take part in xi jinpings pet project the belt and road forum. With the kremlin ever more isolated on the world stage, the Chinese Government has offered it significant moral backing, but refused to criticise its invasion of ukraine and said it will Boost Trade Relations with russia. But has trade between the countries really increased that much . 0ur china correspondent Stephen Mcdonell reports. Beijing and moscow say trade between their countries is growing, along with a closer political alliance. The port where russian goods cross the river into the chinese Border City Of Heihe seems to have a lot of activity. Translation im carrying | soybeans, wheat and barley, all from russia, and its busier than before. The Truck Drivers tell us theyre getting plenty of work. Translation im transporting sand and coal from russia. I others are moving containers with food. Chinese tourists come here for a peek into neighbouring blagoveschchensk, where russian coastguard officers exercise in the autumn sun. You can see how close we are to russia here you could swim across that river to the blocks of flats where russian people live and so you would think this would be the obvious place to Build Trade Relations between the two countries. And yet, when you speak to Business People on this side of the border, many are saying that, actually, it hasnt been that great. Large Shopping Centres here have either closed or never opened because of a lack of customers. Former stallholders, now operating out of their cars, say trade has been flat for years but even worse recently. Translation after covid, the borders havent been i open for long. There arent enough russians coming across. They are poor and they are at war. A woman shows us her hats, which once sold very well. Translation the fur is from russia, but theyre made in china. She says she used to have many chinese and russian customers. Translation just take a look at the streets l empty. In the past, they were filled with potential buyers. You cannot compare now to the past. Elsewhere, the Provincial Capital Harbin was a century ago dominated by russian residents and russian culture. And local tourists visiting here seem well disposed to the man in charge at the kremlin these days. Translation putin has iron fists, hes tough. I do you know why hes at war with ukraine . , i ask. Translation ordinary people dont comment on such things. | back near the border, as part of its so called no limits partnership, beijing is helping out an isolated moscow by piping in more russian natural gas. But economic links still have a Long Way To Go for chinas trade with russia to match what it has with many other countries. Stephen mcdonell, bbc news, heihe. In more news ahead in the day on tuesday, Indias Supreme Court is said to give a ruling on petition seeking to legalise Same Sex Marriage in the country. The government and religious leaders have strongly opposed same sex unions, saying they are against indian culture. Now, the ruling could potentially give indias Tens Of Millions of lgbtq people the right to marry. The petitioners argue not being able to marry violates their constitutional rights. 0ur south asia editor Anbarasan Ethirajan has more on this. About 21 petitioners, mostly from the lgbtq community, they filed this petition in the Supreme Court asking the court to give legality to Marriage Equality for them because they are facing discrimination and stigma in the vast sections of indian society, which is considered conservative socially and religion was. The court held several sittings in april and may and it was referred to a constitution bench, which means more important cases are listened to a five judge group who listen to these arguments and then they reserve the verdict and they reserve the verdict and the people here, the millions of people in india, especially from the Lgbt Community are eagerly waiting for this verdict. Now, what they argue is, according to the constitution, they are being discriminated against, they should be given the right to live together so they can marry each other. That will open other avenues for them, for example, to open a bank account or to buy a house or in issues like divorce and inheritance. There are so many legal issues, thatis there are so many legal issues, that is why they want to legalise Same Sex Marriage. However, the religious groups, as well as the government, the government particularly argued against it, than first of all the Supreme Court should not be hearing this case because it job of parliament and the religious leaders argue that it is against indian cultures on both sides say it was merely an urban elitist view and thats why this is going to be an important verdict for millions of people. It can change the way the society looks at the lgbtq people. They have significant milestones as well as certain sections of indian law had been reversed when it came to laws on homosexuality in india, isnt it . In india, isnt it . That was a colonial in india, isnt it . That was a colonial era in india, isnt it . That was a colonial era law in india, isnt it . That was a colonial era law that in india, isnt it . That was a colonial era law that was i colonial era law that was abolished in 2018 that allowed, legalised gay sex. Until that time these people are facing social stigma and it was a tribute to even talk about about within families even among friends, people would laugh at them, people would criticise them, and then the courts Historicjudgement Change that saying is not illegal to have gay sex. Now, moving from that, how they can make this situation permanent and that is why they were trying to get one of the acts within the Indian Constitution called a special marriages act, where they can become, you know, you marriages can become illegal and that was the argument of these petitioners. You have been watching newsday. A quick reminder of the breaking story this hour. Us President Joe Biden will be visiting israel on wednesday for talks with the israeli Prime Minister benjamin netanyahu. The visit was confirmed just a few minutes ago by Secretary Of State Antony Blinken, was back in israel for talks. Antony blinken, was back in israel fortalks. He Antony Blinken, was back in israel for talks. He was in jerusalem. As a President Biden will reaffirm solidarity with israel as it prepares for a Ground Offensive against hamas militants in gaza. We are keeping a close watch on all those developments on the ground. That is all for the moment. But to stay on. Hello there. Its been a fine start to the week, thanks to a ridge of high pressure. Weve had some sunshine, chilly nights, mind you, with some frost and fairly cool days. Tuesday, the last of this settled, chilly weather, because by wednesday onwards, we start to see low pressure taking over, bringing gales, heavy rain, but also milder air too. Now this area of low pressure has been named Storm Babette by the met office. Thats going to continue to push northwards, affects our shores wednesday, thursday, merges with a larger area of low pressure and that area of low pressure itself will affect us for the end of the week and into the weekend. So Rainfall Totals really mounting up across the board, but particularly so across more northern and eastern parts of the country. And we do have some concerns for eastern scotland, which could see heavy and persistent rain throughout this week, which could lead to localised flooding. Of course, the ground is pretty saturated here as well. However, for tuesday, its a fine day. Chilly start there, therell be some early mist and fog, plenty of sunshine around. The breeze picking up across southern britain, and well start to see this Weather Front bring some patchy rain to southwest england, southwest wales, then push up towards Northern Ireland later in the day. And temperatures will be a little bit higher than monday, 12 to 16 degrees. But the winds will continue to pick up through tuesday night. Rain will splash its way northwards, into Northern Ireland and scotland. Elsewhere, largely dry, variable cloud, some clear spells. There will be some further rain pushing into the southwest by the end of the night, but nowhere will see frost. Its going to be a much milder night, nine to 12 degrees. Wednesday, then, we see Storm Babette start to push up in towards southern britain, bringing gales and heavy rain. Initially, well start off with that early rain across scotland. That will tend to clear away. Much of central and Northern Britain will have a fine day on wednesday. Quite windy, though, those winds picking up through the day from the southeast, and it turns much wetter across south wales, Southern England later in the day. Some heavy, thundery rain here as Storm Babette pushes northwards. Widespread gales developing as well. But on the mild side, 13 to 17 or 18 degrees in the south. On thursday, Storm Babette will be affecting the north of the uk, rain piling into eastern scotland, strong and gusty winds here. Further south on thursday, something a little bit quieter, but its going to stay quite windy, with sunny spells, showers or longer spells of rain, and temperatures up to 18 or 19 degrees here, mid teens further north. But we see further very wet and windy weather on friday, certainly across the south and the east of the country. That lasts as we head into the weekend as well. See you later. They are not safe. Ten yea rs ten years of belt and road. On the anniversary of chinas multinational Investment Initiative we look at the winners and the losers. Plus australia has plans to end the exploitation of Migrant Workers but the problem could be bigger thanit but the problem could be bigger than it seems. Hello and welcome to Asia Business report. We will begin the programme with chinas belt and Road Initiative because this month marks ten years since beijing kicked off that massive Infrastructure Project designed to Link Beijing With Asia and the rest of the world by following the old silk route. These are all the countries that have signed up for the initiative and it has been a massive undertaking with some winners and some losers. Nick marsh has more. The first thing you need to know about the bri is the sheer scale. In the bri is the sheer scale. In the last ten years more than 145 countries have signed up, three quarters of the world population, over half of
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