dozens of people have received hospital treatment for suspected toxic poisoning in serbia after a train carrying ammonia derailed near the southeastern city of pirot. people have been warned not to leave their homes. a state of emergency has been declared after 20 carriages came off the tracks. police investigating the shooting of a 26 year old woman at a pub near liverpool last night have appealed for the public to come forward with any information relating to the incident. merseyside police said it did not believe the victim who was out with her sister and friends at the lighthouse inn in wallasee was targeted by the gunmun. four other people were also injured in the attack one is in a critical condition. 0ur north of england correspondent judith moritz reports. late on christmas eve, the lighthouse pub was full of people counting down the minutes towards midnight. it was a lively scene, butjust before 12:00am the pub s neighbours heard a particularly loud noise. i
Responsibility. Lets get more on tuesdays hospital attack. Heres our international editorjeremy bowen. Loud blast the missile hit the hospital not long after dark. Man shouts you can hear the impact. The explosion destroyed Al Ahli Hospital. It was already damaged from a smaller attack at the weekend. The building was flattened. Shouting very soon video was posted from gaza of bodies laid out near the ruins of the hospital. So many dead and the size of the explosion, together looked to be having a profound impact on what was already the most dangerous crisis in the middle east in a generation. The wounded were taken across gaza city to Shifa Hospital. The israeli armys First Response said hospitals were highly sensitive and not targets of its military and urged caution about what it called the unverified claims of a terrorist organisation. That statement will not be believed by palestinians and by millions of others in the middle east who see these images. The wounded and the dying pou
change are harming the mighty mekong river. and admirable restraint ? or the definition of bad writing ? the final series of the crown divides critics. the flow of fenta nyl. welcome to bbc news. we begin in gaza city, where israel says its soldiers have found the body of a 65 year old hostage. she was one of 240 hostages killed by kidnapped by hamas last month. they say she was found in a structure adjacent to the al shifa hospital. they also found a tunnel shaft and a vehicle containing a large number of weapons at al shifa hospital, as the military operation there continues. israel is under pressure to back up its allegation that al shifa has been used by hamas for military purposes. we begin our coverage with this report from lucy williamson. this is what israel says hamas has been trying to hide. and where. the entrance of an underground work of tunnels they say uncovered today in the hospital grounds. israel wants to show that hamas is using this hospital as a mili
marcel was australia s hero. topping a group that included france too. netherlands will be in the last 16 as one of the best third placed teams. and the austrians leapfrogged kylian mbappe s france. mbappe was wearing a mask after injuring his nose earlier in the tournament and missing their last match. he scored a penalty. but bottom side poland won a spot kick of their own converted after a retake by robert levandowski so france have to make do with second in the group. it means they re now in the same side of the draw with portugal, germany and spain. the second group phase at the men s t20 world cup is already decided and what are story this is. afghanistan all rounder rashid khan says it is an unbelievable feeling to reach the semi finals for the first time in their history by beating bangladesh. and in doing so knocking out the 2021 champions australia. our sports correspondentjoe wilson has the story. on a rainy night in st vincent, afghanistan reached a new level.
a weird, eerie atmosphere. this place is completely frozen in time, a monument to a bygone age when the coal powered everything here. it was the lifeblood of the whole community. this is the abandoned soviet settlement of pyramiden, the world s northernmost ghost town. today, though, it s a stark reminder of what the future might look like for the rest of the archipelago if solutions aren t found quickly enough. with svalbard on the brink and still no answers to its own energy dilemma, what cause for optimism elsewhere? this latest global climate summit will be dominated by the effects of war in europe. 0ur governments will be asked once again what sacrifices they re willing to make today to save tomorrow.