forces reportedly hit more than 90 targets including the homes of senior hamas leadership this overnight strike killed 42 palestinians. 16 women and ten children lost their lives in the attack. at least 188 palestinians have been killed so far including 55 children. that is according to the local health ministry. the reported death toll is far lower in israel. ten people are known to have died there in this latest violence. meanwhile, some nations are pushing to stop the fighting. today, the united nations security council held an emergency meeting. secretary general antonio called for the violence to end immediately. israel s prime minister made it clear that won t happen. we ll do whatever it takes to restore order in quiet and on the security of people were trying to degrade how losses abilities and degrade their will to do this again, so it will take some time. it won t take long but it is not immediate. president biden was working the phones this weekend. he has spok
like because it, in effect, puts a border down the irish sea. now on bbc news, it s time for dateline london. shaun chuckles. hello, and welcome to the programme which brings together leading uk commentators with the foreign correspondents who write, blog and broadcast from the dateline london. this week political apologies and their consequences. 40% of borisjohnson s mps say it isn t enough to say sorry he should quit. we ll be discussing why history may be on the british prime minister s side. and in africa, the king of belgium voices his deepest regret over the abuse and humiliation caused in what is now the drc by his family and other belgians. why do those who colonised find it so hard to say sorry? in the studio are stefanie bolzen, uk and ireland correspondent for the german media group die welt, marc roche, who writes for the french news magazine le point, and adam raphael, who began reporting on uk politics in 1976 the last year to date in which a british
in glasgow to 21 degrees in norwich. hello, this is bbc news. the headlines. prince charles is reported to have described the government s rwanda asylum scheme as appalling . his office say he remains politically neutral. police in brazil searching for a missing britishjournalist say they ve found possible human remains in a river. borisjohnson urges ministers to do everything in their power to secure the release of two british men sentenced to death for fighting russian forces. the maximum interest rate on student loans in england is being cut by almost 5%. ministers hope it will provide peace of mind for graduates. a father and son have been killed in a crash at the isle of man tt. five riders have died in this year s event. as you can see, this eye is not blinking. and singerjustin bieber reveals the reason he cancelled his performances this week he s experiencing facial paralysis. now on bbc news, dateline london with shaun ley. hello, and welcome to the programme
and human dignity. hello. the white house says israel has turned the water supply to southern gaza back on, after it was switched off following the hamas attack eight days ago. it said the decision followed a conversation between president biden and the israeli prime minister, binjamin netanyahu. the israeli energy minister insisted the decision is in line with israel s existing policy, which is to block all food, fuel, and waterfrom entering gaza until hamas agrees to hand back more than 100 hostages seized in last saturday s assault. people in the northern half of gaza are continuing to flee the area ahead of an expected israeli incursion. thousands of troops are already massed on the border with gaza. the israelis say they hit over 100 military targets in air strikes overnight. hamas has continued to fire rockets into israel, including towards tel aviv. the us secretary of state, antony blinken, has been in egypt, where he s been pressing for humanitarian aid to be allowed
october, 14th. i m alicia mendes. just hours ago, it was announced that it would allow safe passage for evacuees among two roads in gaza from 10 am to 4 am local time. it just passed four pm and gaza, and an expressive expected grounded nation by israeli forces could begin at any moment. it comes one week after hamas executed a series of horrific terror attacks inside israel, killing more than 1000 people, taking more than 100 hostages, making it the deadliest single day for jews since the holocaust. a u.s. official familiar with gaza vaccination plans says that the u.s., egyptians, and israelis have reached a tentative agreement to use the rafah border with egypt to allow safe passage for u.s. citizens seeking to leave gaza. but the official stretches the situation on the ground remains fluid and that is unclear whether hamas will even allow people inside gaza to reach the border crossing. nbc news has spoken to one american mothers on the ground with her three children, s