A truce cant come soon enough. In rafah, one more day of harrowing loss. Palestinians mourn for 1h members of the abu ansa family, most women and children. They were killed in an air strike, according to Hospital Officials and gazas civil defence. Among the dead, children as old as the wall. They were late down gently with their relatives. Their mother spent ten years trying to have them, and endured three rounds of ivf. Now all she can cradle is their baby clothes. I gave birth during the war, she says. It started on saturday, i gave birth next friday. I didnt get enough of them, i swear i didnt get enough of them, i swear i didnt get enough. I didnt get enough. I have no one else, she says. They have gone with their father. We were sleeping, i swear. Israel continues to say it takes feasible precautions to lessen civilian harm. There were about 35 people in the house, says farouk abu ansa. Most were children. There were no fighters. The house collapsed on them, three or four storeys. In israel as well, families and anguish. Their loved ones trapped in tunnels in gaza. Tunnels in gaza. They need to be released now. Tunnels in gaza. They need to be released now. This tunnels in gaza. They need to be released now. This weekend, tunnels in gaza. They need to be. Released now. This weekend, they have been pleading released now. This weekend, they have been pleading with released now. This weekend, they have been pleading with their have been pleading with their government to do a deal to bring the hostages back home. Ofer is a very warm person. You can see, his smile, he is a family person. He has four children, lovely children. How hard is this time for the family . This wait must seem endless. It is like hell, you know. We are in some kind of loop since the 7th of october. We are living this day every day again and again. We have only one goal all these days, to bring him back alive to his family, to his children. This is the only thing that matters. But there will be no homecoming for ofer or any of the israeli hostages without a ceasefire. And no respite for mothers burying their children in gaza. Orla guerin, bbc news, tel aviv. In the last hour, Vice PresidentKamala Harris has been speaking about the war in gaza. In an event to mark the 59th anniversary of the bloody sunday march in selma, she talked about the humanitarian situation, calling on israel to allow more aid into the strip. They must open new border crossings, they must not impose any unnecessary restrictions on the delivery of aid, they must ensure humanitarian personnel, sites and convoys are not targeted. And they must work to Restore Basic services and promote order in gaza so more food, water and fuel can reach those in need. As i have said repeatedly since october seven, israel has a right to defend itself, and President Joe Biden and i are unwavering in our commitment to israels security. Hamas cannot control gaza. And the threat hamas poses to the people of israel must be eliminated. Hamas is a brutal Terrorist Organisation that has vowed to repeat october seven again and again until israel is annihilated. Hamas has shown no regard for innocent life, including for the people of gaza, who have suffered under its rule for almost two decades. And hamas still holds dozens of hostages for nearly 150 days now. Innocent men and women, including american citizens, who were brutally taken from the homes and from a concert. I will repeat, the threat of hamas poses to the people of israel must be eliminated, and given the immense scale of suffering in gaza, there must be an immediate ceasefire. Gina abercrombie winstanley, former Us Ambassador to malta and president at the middle east policy council, told us more about what she made of Kamala Harriss words. She was speaking with a great deal of force, strength and emphasis on both cases. Of course, she started with the Current Situation in gaza, and she made clear that the United States government is aware of the steps that the Israeli Government has taken to exacerbate the situation in the gaza strip. She talked about the need for allowing order to take place, which referred to is really targeting of palestinian policeman, because they might have contacts with hamas, even though they are trying to maintain orderfor age to get though they are trying to maintain order for age to get into the gaza strip. She spoke about the restrictions that israeli officials have put on aid coming into the gaza strip. Allowing israeli protesters to blockade coming in, which is anotherform of to blockade coming in, which is another form of collective punishment. And she talked about the targeting of gaza, and no one can look at the death and devastation of the last five months and not realise or go back to the initial statement of the israeli Prime Minister, when he spoke about israeli vengeance on the gaza strip. That aside, she spoke very forcefully about the need of hamas to step up and do the things necessary to get their ceasefire in place. She called them out absolutely correctly on the initial attack, out absolutely correctly on the initialattack, on out absolutely correctly on the initial attack, on the lack of concern for civilians, and the fact that that attack led to the israeli retaliation. So she was very strong on both sides, making clear that the United States still once a ceasefire to take place and to take place soon. At to take place and to take place soon. � ,. ,. ,. , soon. A member of the israeli war cabinet is travelling soon. A member of the israeli war cabinet is travelling to soon. A member of the israeli war| cabinet is travelling to washington and meeting with Kamala Harris tomorrow, and the Secretary Of State on tuesday. What do you make of the fact he is coming to washington and having these meetings . What is the significance of that and what to both sides want to get out of that . We have to be careful about what we mean with both sides, insofar as the Prime Minister has said that the proper channels were not followed in having him come to the United States, but mr netanyahu is familiar with that, because he certainly came during the Obama Administration without the proper channels being followed. I believe those that support this visit to the United States are looking for a way to lower the temperature between the United States and israel. 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This| hasjust gone from bad to worse, it has just gone from bad to worse, it is clearly taking a toll on the president s political standing. I dont think it will have an effect when it comes to november, but it is something the administration is watching very carefully. Increasing numbers of americans are dissatisfied with the way that the Israeli Government is prosecuting this war, and keeping in mind that the United States warned them from the United States warned them from the beginning, the president said, we made mistakes, do not make the same ones. There is no one who believes that the government of israel has a clear way forward at this point. And it is making a cache of it for everyone. This point. And it is making a cache of it for everyone. This point. And it is making a cache of it for everyone. Making a hash of it for everyone. Making a hash of it. An Israeli Army Spokesman says the military has completed a preliminary review into the incident last thursday in which dozens of palestinians were killed as an aid convoy arrived in gaza city. Rear admiral Daniel Hagari said the review found that forces did not strike the convoy, and that most palestinians died in a stampede. Palestinian officials have accused israel of a massacre. Mr hagari said the review found that Israeli Soldiers did in his words fire warning shots towards individuals who posed an immediate threat. The idf has concluded an initial review of the unfortunate incident where gazan civilians were trampled to death and injured as they charged to the aid convoy. Our initial review has confirmed that no strike was carried out by the idf towards the aid convoy. The majority of palestinians were killed or injured as a result of the stampede, from the information we gathered. A Houthi Leader in yemen has vowed to continue to sink british ships in the red sea, calling the Uk A Rogue State that is attacking yemen. On saturday a cargo vessel, the rubymar, sank after taking on water two weeks after it was hit by a houthi missile. The iranian backed houthis have been targeting ships in the area for months in protest at israels offensive in the gaza strip. To pakistan next. Shehbaz sharif has been re elected as Prime Ministerfor a second term. It comes weeks after a controversial election, marred by allegations of widespread vote rigging. Mr sharif was elected by 201 votes to 92 hell now preside over a coalition that has shut out followers of the jailed opposition leader, imran khan. Last months election produced no outright winner. Independent candidates backed by imran khans party won the most seats, but failed to get a majority. Our bbc urdu News Reporter in islamabad, sahar baloch, has more. Sharif has been elected as the Prime Minister of pakistan for the second time. I heard a lot of shouting and sloganeering inside the parliament today. As soon as Shehbaz Sharif got elected, as announced by the speaker, a lot of people from especially the candidates from the opposition parties, they surrounded the dais and did not let him speak for a while now. Shehbaz sharif got 201 votes in the parliament today. And this also speaks of the recent elections, the recent general elections in pakistan. They were already being called the most rigged elections by the opposition parties. There was a lot of allegations of frauds and irregularities, especially from the pti backed candidates. So imran khan is currently in prison, but his independent candidates who are backed by his party, his pti party, actually won majority of the seats in the National Assembly as well. So a lot of people were basically waiting to see who will get elected as the Prime Minister. So the pti had nominated omar ayub as their candidate, but he only scored 92 votes. Now, as Prime Minister, Shahbaz Sharif has been elected. Now, the bigger question is how will this polarised and unstable parliament will face all the challenges . Here in the uk, the chancellor says he wants to find a way to bring down the tax burden but insists hell do it in a way thats responsible. Jeremy hunt will set out the governments tax and Spending Plans on wednesday, with growing calls within the Conservative Party to bring down taxes. Labour said there was no measure that could be announced that would improve the conservatives record in power. A chancellor who some said was dealt a terrible economic and. As he prepares to do this again, he is trying to improve his partys fortunes. This morning, jeremy hunt was keeping his cards close to his chest as he told the tv studios, but he gave this hint. I do want, where its possible to do so responsibly to move towards a lower tax economy, and i hope to show a path in that direction. But this will be a prudent and responsible budget for long term growth. With roughly £13 billion to play with, thats less than he had hoped for, the chancellor in scrabbling around for ways to find more cash that would allow him to reduce taxes. Labourare that would allow him to reduce taxes. Labour are not saying whether they would prioritise tax cuts or not. ~. ,. , they would prioritise tax cuts or not. ~. , i. ,. , they would prioritise tax cuts or not. ~. ,. ,. ,. , not. Would you bring down taxes now . We want to bring not. Would you bring down taxes now . We want to bring the not. Would you bring down taxes now . We want to bring the tax not. Would you bring down taxes now . We want to bring the tax burden not. Would you bring down taxes now . 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