saying it wasn t informed by russian authorities. and king charles is said to be doing well after undergoing treatment for an enlarged prostate. he was admitted this morning to the private london clinic, where the princess of wales is also recovering from abdominal surgery. good evening. the united nations highest court says israel must take action to prevent acts of genocide by its forces in gaza and must let more aid into the enclave to alleviate the suffering. but the provisional ruling from the international court ofjustice, in the hague, stopped short of demanding a ceasefire. joan donoghue, the president of the court, issued their 29 page ruling, but she did not draw conclusions as to whether there had been violations under the convention. that, she said, will happen at a later stage of the process. in the court s view, at least some of the acts and omissions alleged by south africa have been committed by israel in gaza appear to be capable of falling within the prov
ten people were killed in the mid morning blast that flattened a building in the mazzeh district of the city. state media in iran said it was the residence of iranian military advisers in the syrian capital and blamed israel. tehran played a key role in supporting president assad during the civil war in syria. there has been no comment from israel. dr rim turkmani is a syrian academic at the london school of economics. she believes the regional escalation in the middle east has to be stopped. syria s relationship with iran is not a secret. but i think right now with the right context to focus on is the regional one and notjust the syrian one. we have to see this attack and the attack that you just reported from lebanon in the context of an increased number of such strikes and attacks in syria and the whole region since october 7th. and although this attack now comes as part of an israeli/iranian war that has played in syria, iran, iraq and lebanon, but i mean, look at what wa
hello, i m lewis vaughanjones, welcome to the programme. a un human rights official has accused israel of beating, blindfolding and stripping palestinians detained during its military operation in gaza. the head of the un human rights office in occupied palestinian territories claimed that some of the former detainees he met during a visit to the territory had been held for nearly two months in often cramped conditions. during my time here, i managed to meet a number of police detainees. these are men who were detained by the israeli security forces in unknown locations for between 30 to 55 days. they described being beaten, humiliated, subjected to ill treatment and to what may amount to torture. they reported being blindfolded for long periods, some of them for several consecutive days. one man said he had access to a shower only once during his 55 days in detention. there are reports of men who were subsequently released, but only in diapers without any adequate clothing i
i m lewis vaughan jones. reports from syria say a suspected israeli air strike has hit a residential building in the capital, damascus. according to iranian media, at least two high ranking military advisers from iran s revolutionary guards were among those killed. the building was reportedly used by iranian advisers to the syrian government, who have played a key role in keeping president assad in power during the civil war in syria. here s our middle east analyst sebastian usher with more details. pictures show a really large plume of smoke. the blast was heard across much of damascus. this is a very upmarket residential district, much to the west of damascus. there are embassies there, missions there. the un has an office there, lots of restaurants. so this is very much the residential heart of damascus as far as figures and who was killed, there are different reports coming. iranian media started to report that two senior revolutionary guards members were killed, potentia
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