to israel, while condemning the latest toll of civilian casualties in gaza where 8,796 people have now been killed, according to the hamas controlled health ministry. there was another huge explosion today in the jabalia refugee camp, the second in as many days. the eu s foreign policy chief josep borell said he is appalled by the reports he s getting. is the steely determination to track down the hamas leaders, blinding israel to its responsibilities under international law? we will discuss that tonight with our panel, from boston the democratic strategist mary anne marsh and from london, the former education secretary justine greening. republicans have put forward an emergency funding bill that includes iii billion dollars for israel but does not include any funding at all for ukraine. we ll get reaction tonight from kyiv. and did a sexist, macho culture in downing street hamper the uk government s response to coronavirus? the rafah border crossing finally opened today to
palestinians have been allowed to leave gaza via the rafah crossing into egypt. these pictures from egyptian media show what they say are the first foreign nationals to cross. palestinian and egyptian officials say at least 320 foreign passport holders have crossed into egypt from southern gaza. the territory was besieged by israel after it was attacked over three weeks ago by hamas, which is classed as a terrorist organisation by the uk and other western governments. in northern gaza, another large airstrike has hit jabalia a day after an israeli attack killed dozens of people in the same refugee camp. there is been no comment from the israeli military, but it did say 15 of its soldiers have been killed in gaza over the last two days. earlier, i asked lalah ali faten from manchester about her daughter zaynab, who is trapped in gaza after travelling there for a wedding. she gave me the latest from her daughter they heard that the board was going to be open to and notification
we will get reaction tonight from msf, whose doctors are working both inside gaza and on the outside, in egypt. qatar has played a crucial role in these negotiations. but the officials in doha say the uptick in israeli attacks is complicating the process. there was another huge israeli strike today in the jabalia refugee camp. amid unverified reports from hamas that seven hostages were killed. we will hear tonight from the former hostage negotiator, oliver mcternan on what he makes of the israeli governments tactics. good evening. the gates of the rafah crossing opened today to peoplebut the flow the gates of the rafah crossing opened today to people, but the flow across the border was more a trickle, than a flood. over 400 people with dual nationality are thought to have crossed the border, that is a fraction of the 5,000 dual nationals thought to be currently in gaza. the foreign office says the first british nationals are among those that have made it across today. more wi
the first people to leave since israel s siege began. sport and for a full round up, here s the bbc sport centre. hello from the bbc sport centre. we ll start with the cricket world cup, where south africa are on the brink of securing a semifinal spot. it s after they thrashed new zealand by 190 runs in pune, a win which takes them to the top of the table. new zealand won the toss and must soon have regretted putting south africa into bat. opener quinton de kock tore into the black caps bowlers, racing to a century. he shared a partnership of 200 with rassie van der dussen, who also quickly reached three figures as south africa piled up 357 4. new zealand were never in the hunt and slumped to 167 all out, four wickets for spinner keshav maharaj. it means they drop to fourth after a third straight defeat, with crucial matches against pakistan and sri lanka to come. england s david willey has announed he ll retire from international cricket following the world cup. the bowler i
dominic cummings had written about helen macnamara on whatsapp. he said he would personally handcuff her and walk herfrom the building. we cannot keep dealing with this horrific meltdown of the british state while dodging stilettos from that he wrote. in fact, he used the c word. helen macnamara was asked what she made of that. it s been disappointing to me that the prime minister didn t pick him up on the use of some of that violent and misogynistic language. the fact that there were no women contributing to the policy discussions is a problem in itself because there were some expert women who were not being listened to. and also, women were being looked over. just an interesting copy that s been dropped on my desk, justin, relating to what she was saying. a witness statement published by the inquiry, that officials had sought to obscure how seriously ill boris johnson that officials had sought to obscure how seriously ill borisjohnson had become after he was admitted to