good evening. the government s chief scientific advisor during covid, sir patrick vallance, has revealed more about what went on in downing street during the pandemic. the covid inquiry heard that the then prime mininster, borisjohnson, was clearly bamboozled by the science around covid. excerts from sir patrick s diary at the time were read out at the inquiry and he had plenty to say about these two men he described borisjohnson as inconsistent, indecisive and weak. and he said scientists were not consulted on the eat out to help out scheme l aunched by the then chancellor rishi sunak. sir patrick said it was very obvious that it would increase transmission of coronavirus. here s our political editor, chris mason. images from the pandemic. otherworldly moments we ll never forget. lives lost, liberties crushed an unimaginable new normal for a while at least. the evidence i shall give shall be the truth, the whole truth and nothing but the truth. in his diary in summer
outages at el shifa hospital in north gaza means dozens of premature babies and 45 kidney patients needing analysis can t be treated. the idf now says it s working to transfer incubators. ongoing fighting in the area has continued as israel says hamas s command centres are on hospitals and insists it is not targeting medicalfacilities insists it is not targeting medical facilities themselves. expressing his concern monday, president biden said hospitals must be protected. the un says it ll run out of fuel in gaza as soon as tuesday, making it impossible to distribute aid to the more than 2 million people the more than 2 million people the strip. hamas run health ministry says more than 11,000 people have been killed in gaza since israel began strikes after the hamas attacks on 7 october where talking to people were killed by more than 200 taken hostage. see ta ken hostage. see international correspondent orla guerin has more at a warning that the report contains scenes you ma
power outages at the al shifa hospital in northern gaza mean that dozens of premature babies and 45 kidney patients needed dialysis cannot be treated. the idf now says it is working to transfer incubators. ongoing fighting in the area has continued as israel says hamas has built command centres underneath hospitals and insist it is not targeting the medical facilities themselves. expressing his concern on monday, president biden said hospitals must be protected. meanwhile, the un says it will run out of fuel in gaza as soon as tutor, making it impossible to distribute aid to the more than 2 million people in the street. the hamas run health ministry says more than 11,000 people have been killed in gaza since israel begun its strike on october seven when 1200 people were killed and more than 200 taken hostage. our senior international correspondent orla guerin has more and this report contains scenes that you may find it distressing. war is closing in, and they are running out
to a lack of power. expressing his concern on monday president biden is that hospitals must be protected. at the un also says it will run out of fuel in gaza as soon as tuesday. making it impossible to distribute aid to the more than 2 million people in the strip. see international corresponded orla guerin has more and awarding the report contains scenes you may find distressing. war is closing in, and they are running out of time. these premature babies at al shifa hospital, fighting for life without incubators. since these pictures were taken at the weekend, several babies have died at the hospital, according to health ministry officials. the hospital grounds already look like a war zone. palestinians say this is the aftermath of a recent israeli air strike. israel denies targeting the hospital. but the us presidentjoe biden has intervened, saying al shifa must be protected and he hopes there will be less intrusive action. crammed inside, along with 600 patients, about 2,00