Is indeed. We are hearing from the i must run Health Ministry that they were more than 80 People Killed overnight in the gaza strip, most of those actually apparently waiting for aid in gaza city when witnesses there say that there was shelling by israeli tanks. And still an unclear picture about what has happened there. But overall, now this really grim milestone has been passed. The Health Ministry in gaza is really the only official source of data that we have four casualty numbers. And it is the one that is relied on for the un and others and is saying that the majority of those who have been killed are women and children since the 7th of october. And also more than 70,000 people have been injured as well. These figures rely on bodies being brought in to hospitals or seen by medical workers so they can be properly registered. But actually it is thought that the real death toll is going to be much higher than this because there are several thousand people who are still considered as
in the tv station in the port city guayaquil. they ve got grenades with them as well, in the past minutes them as well, in the past minutes the president said that ecuador is now in a state of emergency, but it is now in a state of armed conflict. let s speak to naomi wells who is in sao paulo. saying in the last hour, we ve got a new person who s threatening to take on the drug cartels and they are pushing back forcibly. cartels and they are pushing back forcibl . . v cartels and they are pushing back forcibl . . , ., forcibly. that s right, and the scenes tonight forcibly. that s right, and the scenes tonight demonstrate l forcibly. that s right, and the - scenes tonight demonstrate that, certainly. it is incredibly distressing footage, footage there of staff as they were broadcasting live on air at the television station in guayaquil, with guns being held to some of the staff as they plead please, please, please as they plead please, please, please as they beg for their
all over the world, but bethlehem, where our saviour was born, this is where we wanted to be this year. hello and welcome to bbc news. tens of millions of people in the united states are in the grip of a major winter storm, with blizzards and record low temperatures sweeping the country. around 60% of the us population is currently under a weather warning, on one of the busiest travel weekends of the year. the storm extends from quebec to texas. the us state of montana registered a record breaking low of minus 45 celsius. the authorities say at least 19 people have been killed so far. nomia iqbal reports. for much of america, this is the coldest christmas eve. millions of them had plans to get away for the holidays. but the powerful bomb cyclone has thrown everything into chaos, causing car accidents, destroying power lines, leaving millions without electricity. the warning is, don t travel unless you need to. don t travel under these conditions unless you have to. because an
days of competition. a very warm welcome to the programme. the former us president donald trump has issued a statement saying that the fbi has carried out a raid on his florida home at mar a lago. he was not in the state at the time. mr trump said that a large group of agents arrived at the compound with a search warrant. they even broke into my safe! he said. a spectacular fbi search on former president donald trump s florida home to reportedly seize official papers he has handled. 50 seize official papers he has handled. . seize official papers he has handled- seize official papers he has handled. ., ., , seize official papers he has handled. . ., , handled. so that means the most famous conservative handled. so that means the most famous conservative politician . famous conservative politician in the united states, the former president, likely to be now a candidate for president, is being investigated seriously for a crime. that is unprecedented.- for a crime. that is
Good afternoon and welcome to the bbc news at one. A Ground Breaking vaccine for melanoma skin cancer is being trialled in the uk. The jab, which is personalised, uses the same technology as that in some covid vaccines. Early studies show that when used with another cancer drug it almost halved the risk of recurrence or death after three years. Melanoma is the most serious form of skin cancer and can spread to other areas of the body. The main cause of melanoma is Ultraviolet Light which comes from the sun and is used in sunbeds. Around 17,500 people are diagnosed with melanoma each year in the uk. Its the uks fifth most common cancer, but experts say 86 of these cases could be prevented by taking the right precautions. Heres our health correspondentjim reed. Could a jab like this change the way cancer is treated . Last month, steve young became the first person in the uk to be given this personalised vaccine, not to prevent the disease, but to try to stop a skin cancer returning. At l