control of northern gaza after intense fighting. 50,000 palestinians fled to gaza city yesterday three evacuation routes after israel open a safe passage on the road to the south for several hours. meanwhile, a senior un official has accused both sides of committing war crimes. here is more from yolande knell. israel s vast military might on display once again. it says hamas has lost control of northern gaza and its troops are battling inside gaza city. this is a critical point in the war. and for the first time the bbc was given access behind israeli lines in gaza, escorted by soldiers. while the bbc had editorial control of the report, these pictures were cleared for use by the israeli military. i made it a huge disruption, officers showed what they said was a hamas weapons factory, set up below a family apartment. they insisted hamas, not israel, was responsible for civilian loss of life. we israel, was responsible for civilian loss of life- loss of life. we know intellig
will intensify as israel tanks and troops moved deeper into gaza city. after an israeli strike that were digging for survivors. the town is in an area israel has told palestinians to go to stay safe but no one is safe. israel says this is self defence, palestinians call it genocide. this man had 27 members of his family inside the house when it was head. , , family inside the house when it was head- was head. this is the river of israel, kids was head. this is the river of israel, kids inside, was head. this is the river of israel, kids inside, women . israel, kids inside, women inside. it israel, kids inside, women inside. , , inside. it is the mighty vengeance inside. it is the mighty vengeance promise . inside. it is the mighty vengeance promise by| inside. it is the mighty - vengeance promise by israel s prime minister after the hamas attack a month ago. in tel aviv, the empty table set for hostages, the mounting and 24 hour vigil. the national trauma is not listen
cuts to policing in some areas are putting the public at risk that s the warning from the police standards watchdog. it says there are now too few detectives, leaving a third of police forces in england and wales in a potentially perilous state, with victims being let down, criminal cases not investigated and suspects not followed up. our home affairs correspondent daniel sandford reports. from bedfordshire police, raiding the home of a suspected drug dealer this morning. on a day that inspectors graded the force as inadequate, the worst place in england and wales, a grading the chief constable blames on chronic underfunding. this grading is not correct grading for bedfordshire. if you are going to talk about inadequate, talk about inadequate resources and funding, which has been the case in this force for ten yea rs been the case in this force for ten years now. among the many failings, the inspectors found that anti social behaviour, like this motorbike riding in a park
good evening and welcome to bbc news. the american president donald trump has said he has every confidence in his attorney generaljeff sessions after mr sessions was accused of lying under oath to the senate about his contact with a russian diplomat. the senate hearing to a permanent appointment as attorney general, he said he had not communicated with any russians during the presidential election campaign. after it was confirmed he had two meetings with russia s ambassador to the us in july and september, senior democrats demanded his wreck resignation and called on the fbi to launch a criminal investigation. jon sopel reports. well, that didn t last long. the afterglow from president trump s acclaimed joint address has now been taken over by claims that the newly installed attorney general lied under oath during his confirmation hearings over his contacts with the russians. and that s brought calls forjeff sessions to resign and the appointment of a special prosecutor to in
cuts donald trump has made to the funding of abortion services in developing countries. it has happened in brussels at a multinational conference called she decides. this is donald trump signing the executive board that and it is estimated $500 million a year has been cut by donald trump to campaigns. the belgian deputy prime minister was the host of this confidence and here he is. the impact could be very severe for millions of women and girls, too often we would see a 12 year old who would not have the choice to see i do not want to get pregnant, i do not want to marry a person who is three times older than me and i would love to continue to go to school and become an independent person who is able to ship my own future. f family planning is not being provided, it would mean that a tremendous progress we have had throughout the world over the last 20 years would be reversed and it would be a very bad thing for eradicating poverty throughout the world. one place this funding