for such an operation. and to conduct such an operation right now with no planning and little thought in an area where there is a million people sheltering would be a disaster. israeli forces have continued their offensive against hamas in the southern gaza area and there s been reports of large explosions in rafah. people there said israeli missiles hit two houses, causing multiple casualties. aid agencies have warned of a humanitarian catastrophe if israel forces enter rafah, where hundreds of thousands of displaced palestinians have taken refuge. the us secretary of state antony blinken is returning to washington, 2a hours after the israeli prime minister said the war would continue until israel is completely victorious. benjamin netanyahu appeared to reject outright a response from hamas to a proposed cease fire plan, but secretary blinken believes there s still room for negotiation. let s hearfrom our middle east correspondent, nick beake. a senior palestinian official
iran, while already existing domestic politics had a lot to do with iran s shift in government, many experts say that trump s pressure campaign hoisted the hard-liners to the front and the top of the iranian regime. so, when president biden came into power, negotiated with iran was nearly impossible. it wasn t for lack of trying. for the first year of biden s presidency, his administration attempted a resurrect the 2015 nuclear deal, but tehran refused to engage directly with u.s. diplomats. talk about stop and go for several years, then, something happened in 2022, which made matters even worse. the war in ukraine. you see, the original nuclear deal depended on cooperation between the west and russia. but once russia invaded ukraine, any collaboration with moscow was off the table, and now, iran is helping russia in its war. iran s attack drones are a common feature in russia s campaign against ukraine. the 2015 iran nuclear deal built at least a little good faith between ir
russia. ukraine says at least 16,000 children have been forced to live in russia. the icc president said contents of warrants are routinely kept secret to protect the victims, but today an exception was made. nevertheless the judges of the chamber with this case decided to make the existence public to ensure justice and prevent the commission of future crimes. the kremlin calls the warrant outrageous and unacceptable. the chief of staff for ukrainian president zelenskyy said this is just the beginning. just hours before putin s warrant was issued china s ministry announced its president xi jinping will go to russia to see putin on monday as part of a three-day visit. u.s. intelligence has asesd china is considering giving russia lethal military supplies for its war in ukraine. cnn s chief international correspondent clarissa ward is there and spoke with the prosecutor of the international criminal court. what have you learned? reporter: i think everybody here feels that
police in the united states who are investigating a mass shooting at a primary school in nashville say the attack appears to have been carefully planned and targeted. audrey hale, a former pupil, shot six people dead, including three children all nine years old, before being shot and killed by officers. there ve already been 130 mass shootings in the us this year alone. a mass shooting is when at least four people are shot in one attack. since january, nearly 10,000 people have died at the hands of firearms. and more than 400 of those have been children under the age of 18. earlier, us presidentjoe biden spoke to reporters. the majority of american people think having assault rifles is bizarre. i can t do anything but plead to the congress. let s hear from nashville s chief of police. we have interviewed the parents of audrey hale and we determined that audrey bought seven firearms from five different local gun stores here legally. they were legally purchased. three of those
welcome back to bbc news. we bring you some breaking news that s come in the last few minutes. the confederation of british industries has in the last few minutes announce its suspending all policy injune. this comes after dozens of firms paused or even cancelled their membership. a number of huge names have ditched the cbi and moved on. this includes bmw, john lewis, avi, mastercard, virgin media, lloyd s of london, schroders. these have either paused or cancelled their membership completely. the business lobbying group has been at the centre of all what only could be described as varying degrees. there really has taken a toll on the organisations. we ve seen its share resigning, stepping down. a new chair is do to take over, but we have had a lot of companies who rely on the cbi to not only lobby for them, but also to give best practice for businesses, to advise businesses on what is best practice. we ve seen one of those companies who are really the bread and butter of the