there s growing international pressure on israel to reduce civilian casualties in the war in gaza. tonight at the un, the security council is due to vote on a demand for israel and hamas to allow aid into the territory. and here, the prime minister rishi sunak has again called this morning for a sustainable ceasefire, saying too many civilian lives have been lost. on the ground in gaza, fierce fighting continues with at least one child killed in a strike on the nasser hospital according to the hamas run health ministry. the bbc has been filming there, as our middle east correspondent, yolande knell, reports from jerusalem and a warning you may find some of the images in her report distressing. panic at the nasser hospital last night. wounded children brought in for treatment were newly injured by an israeli artillery strike, the hospital says. one 13 year old, who had already lost her parents, her sibling her leg, lost her life. recently, she had spoken tojournalists, app
it looks like australia might have had its wettest day on record, thanks to the cyclone. back home, it s not as bad as that, but it s not looking particularly festive. through the week we will see further rain at times, and we will also become very windy. it may be later in the week that some of us do see some snow. but i think it will only be some of us. we are in a battle ground right now. cold air to the north, mild airto ground right now. cold air to the north, mild air to the south. in between, the winds high in the atmosphere, driving weather systems around the world. the strong jet stream will spin up a various weather systems through the next few days. as cold air digs in from time to time, that is where we may see a little bit of snow. patchy rain across england and wales. northern ireland and scotland, a little bit brighter, at least for a time, and it is mild out there. temperatures up it is mild out there. temperatures up to around 13 or 1a degrees. through this e
though there have been varying reports on the number of casualties. the us geological survey says the quake had a magnitude of 5.9. chinese state media is also reporting that some water, electricity and road networks are damaged. a second quake struck neighbouring xinjiang hours later on tuesday. the damage from that 5.5 magnitude strike was not immediately clear. in a statement, chinese president xi jinping said: he has ordered full rescue efforts to gansu, one of the country s poorest regions. we ll bring you more details as they come in. now, international pressure is growing for israel to ease its military campaign in gaza. on monday, the us defense secretary was the latest to add his voice during talks with prime minister benjamin netanyahu and israel s war cabinet. the department of defense says mr austin underscored the need for concerted efforts to protect civilians and urged israel to plan for transitioning to the next phase of operations. his israeli counterpart sai
firefighters, soldiers and police are searching for survivors as the temperature hits 13 degrees celsius that s about 9 degrees fahrenheit. those efforts carried on into daybreak as authorities warned that more aftershocks may occur. a second quake struck neighbouring xinjiang hours later. the damage from that 5.5 magnitude strike was not immediately clear. in a statement, chinese president xi jinping said: he s ordered full rescue efforts to gansu, one of the country s poorest regions. taiwan president tsai ing wen has expressed condolences to china on the gansu earthquake. the islands presidential office added that taiwan is willing to provide assistance to china. now, international pressure is growing for israel to ease its military campaign in gaza. on monday, the us defense secretary was the latest to add his voice during talks with prime minister benjamin neta nyahu and israel s war cabinet. the department of defense says mr austin underscored the need for concerted
a magnitude of 5.9. chinese state media also reports that some water, electricity and road networks are damaged. the chinese government has dispatched teams of rescue workers to assist local emergency personnel. we ll bring you more details as they come in. now, international pressure is growing for israel to ease its military campaign in gaza. on monday, the us defense secretary was the latest to add his voice during talks with prime minister benjamin neta nyahu and israel s war cabinet. the department of defense says mr austin underscored the need for concerted efforts to protect civilians and urged israel to plan for transitioning to the next phase of operations. his israeli counterpart said israel would not control gaza in any civilian way after the war. here s the defense secretary earlier. protecting palestinian civilians in gaza is both a moral duty and a strategic imperative. so we will continue to stand up for israel s bedrock right to defend itself. and we will al