their first ever major tournament. welcome to bbc news, broadcasting to viewers in the uk and around the world. our top story for you today: scientists say there s compelling evidence that a market selling live animals in the chinese city of wuhan was the early epicentre of the covid 19 pandemic. it s a significant contribution to what s always been the dominant theory that the outbreak began with the coronavirus spreading from animals to humans at the so called wet market . this is the seafood wholesale market in wuhan. one of the studies just published in the journal science says genetic information suggests there were two crossover events where animals infected humans in late 2019. a second study also in science shows the earliest known cases in the city were clustered, around that market. i spoke to dr michael worobey, one of the lead authors of that study and professor of ecology and evolutionary biology at the university of arizona. he took us through the resea
[gunfire and explosives] [screams] . also in a place far away from the window. [explosions] jesse: tonight, israel teeing up a major ground invasion of gaza. 35 ba tal johns, tens of thousands of infantry, hundreds of tanks ready to roll. the war plan? cut the head off the snake. these medieval jihadists are burning babies, raping women, spraying automatic fire into concert crowds. 27 americans dead. 14 americans missing. we fear they re held hostage inside the tunnels beneath the gaza strip. well over a thousand israelis are dead. the country seeking retribution. pummeling hamas hideouts, devastating artillery strikes. [explosions] jesse: the before and after pictures of gaza are stark. hamas territory reduced to a cement grave yard. but this war won t be won by shelling. israeli combat specialists have already ripped hamas cells from within their own country. [gunfire] jesse: hamas is trapped in gaza. the electricity and water, they ve been shut off. trained israeli
this incredible project. hello, i m matthew amroliwala, welcome to verified live, three hours of breaking stories, and checking out the truth behind them. israel s prime minister says the country s troops are now advancing into gaza city, after pushing through hamas s front lines in the north of the gaza strip. the bbc understands that five different battles have been taking place in northern gaza, with the biggest in the north west of the strip, but this can t be independently verified. in a statement, prime minister benjamin netanyahu says, we re at the height of the battle. we ve had impressive successes and have passed the outskirts of gaza city. israel s intense bombardment of gaza has also continued. the hamas run gaza health ministry says 27 people have been killed in an israeli strike near a un school, the third deadly strike in as many days on the densely populated jabalia refugee camp. it says more than 9,000 people have now been killed in gaza since the seventh 0