between the government s declared intention to protect civilians and what is actually happening on the ground. israel says it s hit more than a50 targets from land, sea and air in the last 2a hours. the main un agency there says society is on the verge of a full blown collapse . but the flow of aid could soon improve, after israel agreed to a us request to open its kerem shalom border crossing for the inspection of aid trucks and their cargo. also, new images appear to show dozens of palestinian men stripped to their underwear, with their hands tied behind their back. those are not those pictures, we will bring those to you, those are funerals taking place today for six palestinians killed by israeli forces in an operation at the al faraa refugee camp north of nablus. some of those killed are believed to be members of the militant group known as the al fara a brigade. we canjoin our correspondent anna foster in jerusalem. take us through what has been happening in the west b
are on the cusp of what could be a critical moment in the course of the war. israel s prime minister, benjamin netanyahu, has been meeting his cabinet to vote on a proposed deal that would see hamas release dozens of israeli hostages over the next few days. they were seized at gunpoint when hamas designated a terrorist organisation by the uk government launched its attacks on israel on october 7th. it s thought, in return, israel would release more than 100 palestinian prisoners and there would be a four day pause in fighting. let s get the latest from our senior international correspondent, 0rla guerin, who is in tel aviv. tonight, the talking continues at the israeli government. ministers are having their say. this deal was carefully prepared over weeks of negotiation involving mediation by qatar and egypt. it has strong backing from the united states and there is a strong desire fear among israelis to see the hostages brought home. so, when the talking is finished in t
hello, i m rajini vaidyanathan. you re watching the context on bbc news. london s free newspaper, the evening standard, is to scrap its daily print edition and move to a weekly publication instead. let s return to that breaking news from new york and donald trump s hush money trial. we heard earlier that thejury we heard earlier that the jury had returned to ask further questions. they wanted to hear some of the evidence again as they continue their deliberations. our north america correspondent nada tawfikjoins us now. just bring us up to date on what s been happening where you are. yeah. been happening where you are. yeah, well, the jury been happening where you are. yeah, well. the jury has been happening where you are. yeah, well, the jury has been been happening where you are. yeah, well, the jury has been sent been happening where you are. ir u well, the jury has been sent home now. they have not reached a verdict yet. they are still about nearly five hours int
first, the latest headlines. in the last hour, the jury in donald trump s hush money trial has requested some further evidence after beginning deliberations. the former president is now close to learning his fate after becoming the first american president to face a criminal trial. the polls have now closed in south africa s general election. the vote is being seen as the most pivotal in three decades and is considered a test of the ruling anc s the african national congress hold on the country. the dutch authorities are investigating the death of a person who fell into the spinning turbine blades of a departing passengerjet at amsterdam s schiphol airport. the death occurred outside the busy hub s terminal as a klm flight was ready to depart for billund in denmark. and breaking news a father and son from cheshire are missing after a hillwalking trip in the scottish highlands. tom parry and his 12 year old son richie were due to return home on wednesday after visiting g
which started the year at under $500 a share and closed on wednesday at over $1,200 a share. that is just such a huge jump in a short time. it rose over 5% in value on wednesday alone, giving it the market cap of just over $3 trillion. let s hear more from our north america business correspondent erin delmore. wall street s on a record breaking run. the latest all time high closes for the s&p 500 and the nasdaq. the latter powered by you guessed it nvidia. the chip makerjoined the $3 trillion club on wednesday, overtaking apple as the world s second most valuable company. microsoft is still the world s number one. nvidia is only the third company to ever exceed $3 trillion in market value. it s leading in the race to develop the chips needed to enable new artificial intelligence applications. and that s where the other tech giants and a lot of companies are spending big bucks right now. nvidia shares ended the trading day up more than 5%. alphabet, amazon, apple, meta,