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australia, poland, a dual us/canada citizen, as well as palestinians. in a statement, it said the convoy was hit as it was leaving the deir al balah warehouse after unloading aid, and that it had coordinated movements with the israeli military. it said. the australian prime minister anthony albanese confirmed one australian woman, zomi frankcom, was among those killed. while polish officials named damian sobol as another of those killed. here in the uk, the foreign, commonwealth & development office said it was aware of reports of the death of a british national in gaza and was urgently seeking further information. our first report this hour is from our correspondent graham satchell. the bodies of aid workers being taken to a hospital in central gaza. they worked with the charity world central kitchen. they were travelling in armoured cars, branded with their charity logo, when they were hit by an israeli air strike. the charity says seven were killed from all corners o ....
shot dead tells us america needs better gun control. and, nearly a0 years after the first successful separation of conjoined twins at great ormond street hospital, some of the children it s helped meet up and share their experiences: like, we obviously do fight a lot. we do scream at each other a lot. we get mad at each other. but then we always have that bond that we know we ll be sisters forever, and we ll love each other forever, and we ll care for each other forever. on bbc london, the mayor sadiq khan calls for a ceasefire in gaza. stay with us here in bbc news for continuing coverage and analysis from our team of correspondents in the uk and around the world. good evening from jerusalem. large explosions have been seen in the gaza strip tonight as the israeli army says it s increasing the number of air strikes on the territory and expanding its ground force operations. communications in gaza including mobile phone and internet have been cut off. in response to ....
inside the cabin of flight 50321 from london to singapore, after it hit extreme turbulence in the skies over myanmar. it led to the death of a british passenger in his 70s who had a suspected heart attack and more than 50 other people on the singapore airlines flight were injured, seven of them critically. and just look at this graph that shows the altitude of the plane over several hours you can see how the plane plummeted by around 6,000 feet in just a few minutes. not everyone had a seat belt on, and objects and passengers were hurled around the cabin by the turbulence. the plane then made an emergency diversion to bangkok in thailand, from where our south east asia correspondent jonathan head joins us. here at bangkok airport they have sent a special flight to pick up those passengers who did not need medical treatment to help but get on to their ultimate destination in singapore but we believe more than 70 people needed to be treated in hospital here in thailan ....
this is still very much an ongoing operation. these teams have so far rescued around about 50 residents this morning. no one knows for sure how long this water will remain here, but it is thought it might stay flooded for the next couple of days. and listen to this. just a0 miles up north in aberdeen winds of up to 70mph. along the coast, these homes were submerged and damaged. yesterday, the body of a 57 year old woman was rescued from a river in angus. within the last hour, police have confirmed the death of a 56 year old driver after a falling tree hit the van near forfar. some parts of scotland have now been issued a new red danger to life weather warning for tomorrow. but for today it has been downgraded to amber as it travels south. parts of northern england at the midlands are now bracing themselves for what is to come. fiona lamdin, bbc news. our reporter louise cowie is also in brechin and gave us this update. the rain has literallyjust stopped before we came o ....
are still missing, most likely held in gaza. we ll be hearing from the brother of one of them, inbar haiman, who was kidnapped from the supernova music festival. what s the best chance of getting her and the others back home? good evening. in the last hour there have been developments in the middle east which have sparked new concerns at the prospect of a widening conflict, directly drawing in actors from beyond the borders of israel and gaza. speaking in the pentagon, american officials confirmed they had shot down three missiles and several drones it said had been fired from yemen heading along the red sea, potentially towards israel. it is currently too soon to know for sure who fired the missiles, but of course yemen is the base for houthi rebels who are backed by iran and supportive of the palestinians. the development comes after another day of diplomacy, with rishi sunak visiting first israel and then saudi arabia as part of a two day trip. we ll discuss the dipl ....