Elsewhere in the territory. The Israeli Military had previously urged civilians to go there but now, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu says he has approved plans for an assault on hamas militants believed to be based there. The un issued this warning. The consequences of a Ground Operation in the current circumstances would be catastrophic for the people of gaza, for the palestinians. Catastrophic for the humanitarian situation. It would be catastrophic all round. The us is one of israels most important supporters but it seems that the Israeli Government has not shared details of the planned assault on gaza with officials in washington. Heres Us National Security council spokesman, john kirby. We have not seen it. We certainly welcome the opportunity to see it. As i said, we cannot support a major offence in rafah the doesnt also include a credible, achievable an executable plan to take care of the safety and security of malt in a million gazans. To move on right now in a major way wit
To egypt, as International Condemnation grows over the attack on their aid convoy. The head of the Israeli Military says it was a grave mistake due to misidentification. An investigation is now under way. More than 100 people are missing in road tunnels and mines following a powerful earthquake in taiwan. At least nine people are known to have been killed and more thani,000 injured. It was the islands most powerful quake for a quarter of a century a proposal put forward by the nato Chiefjens Stoltenberg for a ioo billion euro five year fund for ukraine has met with a mixed response at talks in brussels. The long term Military Aid Plan was welcomed by ukraine allies such as poland and the Baltic States but theres reported to be some scepticism among other nations. A State Of Emergency in haiti is due to end today with the country still in a state of limbo after the Prime Minister was forced to resign, leaving an interim government in place. Businesses are still being attacked by gangs i
Kitchen charity arrived at the hospital after their car was hit by an air strike. The Israeli Military says its investigating the incident. In a statement on X Formerly Twitter world Central Kitchen said it was aware of the reports. They described them as a tragedy , saying humanitarian aid workers and civilians should never be a target. Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has confirmed one australian woman was among those killed Lalzawmi Zomi frankcom who you can see on the left here. Mr albanese said hes contacted israels ambassador to ask for accountability. The truth is that this is beyond, beyond any reasonable circumstance that someone going about providing aid and humanitarian assistance should lose their life. And there were four aid workers as well as palestinian driver in this vehicle. This is a Human Tragedy that should never have occurred. That is completely unacceptable. With me is mohamed taha from bbc arabic service. Various details are coming through, what more
Lila rose, in southern california, welcome to hardtalk. Thanks for having me, stephen. Its a great pleasure to have you on the show. Ijust wonder if, right now, you feel you are wrestling with the law of unintended consequences. You welcomed that Supreme Court decision to overturn roe v wade, but since that happened a couple of years ago, its become clear that most americans do not want to see a womans right to choose an abortion to be outlawed and overturned. Thats become a big problem for you, hasnt it . Well, to be clear, the majority of americans actually support abortion restriction, stephen, which is not the case for pro abortion activists in this country. So those that are bewailing the overturning of roe v wade and Planned Parenthood are some of these very activistic, pro abortion groups. They dont want any Abortion Restrictions. And as you know, even in most european countries, abortion is largely restricted after the first trimester. Thats not so in the United States. In fact
chiefjens stoltenberg has been discussing the importance of nato s strength and for europe sticking together and remaining strong. we also heard from the ukrainian foreign secretary, talking about the importance of military aid to ukraine. so there isjens stoltenberg walking in there. let s have a listen to what he said earlier. to nato, the united states has more friends and more allies than any other major power. i don t believe in america alone. just as i don t believe in europe alone. i believe in america and europe together in naito. i believe in america and europe together in nato. that was jens stoltenberg speaking aefrlier. earlier. you can see the live scenes in brussels, where he is continuing to meet other foreign representatives there. the british foreign secretary lord cameron has said he s working to get ukraine and nato into the best possible shape by november, ahead of the us election. speaking to the lucy hockings and vitaly shevchenko for bbc s ukrainecast p