and some trying to climb over the gates with palestinian flags. meanwhile, israel in israel the idf says its iron dome intercepted a drone coming from lebanon earlier today after taking down rockets from gaza overnight. rachel: iran says u.s. would be, quote, hit hard if washington did not implement a cease-fire in gaza but israel is maintaining a cease-fire is not an option. we re not going to have a cease-fire with hamas it is leak you having a cease-fire after bombing of pearl harbor and cease-fire with isis it is absurd glad to see the administration is not asking for a cease-fire. jonathon hunt is on the ground with the latest. hey, jonathon. hey will rachel, pete good to see you. over the last four hours or so this morning israel paused air strikes to give more civilians in gaza time to head from the north at the center of the war zone down to relative safety at the southern end of gaza and prior to that they made it clear they are not going let up the pressure on h
gaza. closing organs begin and donald trump ultimate cost money trial. we will be live from new york. best closing arguments begin in donald trump s hush money trial. hello, i m martine croxall. the economy has taken centre stage on the campaign trail today. the prime minister says he will protect pensioners from a tax hike if the conseravtives win the next election. rishi sunak launched what s being called the triple lock plus plan which will increase pensioners personal allowance to prevent more people paying income tax. labour says the plan is not credible. meanwhile, the shadow chancellor, rachel reeves, has said that labour is the natural party for british business and unveiled a list of 121 businesses who are supporting them at this election. faisal islam reports. the prime minister was inspecting china in the potteries today, but there are no delicate ming vases in his campaign. the conservatives strategy appears to be move fast and break things, with bold polici
about her vital role in the d day landings ahead of the 80th anniversary. and coming up on sportsday later in the hour on bbc news we ll get the latest from roland garros, in what s been a bad french open for british players so far. can katie boulter reach the second round? good evening and welcome to the bbc news at six. israeli tanks have reached the centre of rafah in southern gaza for the first time the city where hundreds of thousands of displaced people have been sheltering. the hamas run health authority says at least 21 have been killed today after an explosion in a tented evacuation zone on the outskirts of the city. it comes two days after dozens more were killed when an air strike triggered a blaze on another tent camp near rafah. internationaljournalists are prevented from entering gaza by israel and egypt. lucy williamson is in jerusalem for us tonight. israel s allies have warned for months against any operation in rafah that would put siblings at risk and i