one medical source saying that more than 50 people had been treated so far, and the nature of some of their injuries means that the number of dead could well increase. now, this operation in the city of khan younis started about a week ago. the israeli military say they ve been carrying this out. we know that tens of thousands of people have fled the fighting there. this recent operation that started in terms of what happened tonight, the israeli military say they re looking into reports, but what we ve seen is four attacks on schools in the past four days. and in the previous three cases, the israeli military acknowledged that they hit these particular places, saying that they were home to hamas fighters, hamas politicians and also hamas police officers, the israelis saying that they seek to minimize civilian casualties in all of their operations. hamas is saying that this sort of operation and the number of people dying means that it s really undermining prospects of a peac
chairman schiff introducing formally new sweeping legislation to deal with exactly this. my reason for being here is as simple as the title: protecting our democracy act. it shouldn t matter who the president of the united states is. we should want that president not to be able to abuse that office to enrich themselves. we should want them to maintain independence from the justice department, not use it as their own private law firm, not use it to go after their adversaries. the plan here is not partisan as emphasized. the legislation would have rules to limit how presidents use or, again, potentially abuse pardon power. deal with the deadlines that might prevent otherwise prosecution of rogue presidents. that s obviously a look at the legal presidency of trump. and to enforce the ban on presidents who aren t allowed to enrich themselves. also ideas to better protect doj independence. this is all part of congress broader efforts at accountability, deal with what trump
good afternoon, and welcome to bbc news. the business secretary s been holding crisis talks with energy firms this morning, amid worries of big rises to energy bills in the coming weeks. five smaller energy suppliers have already gone bust, unable to cope with a 70% hike in the cost of wholesale gas since august. it s understood the government is considering offering emergency state backed loans to companies. 0fgem has confirmed british gas has agreed to take on an extra 350,000 customers from the collapsed firm people s energy. and the uk s sixth largest energy company, bulb, is seeking new funds to try to stay afloat. downing street says it wants to fix the issues as fast as it can. our business correspondent emma simpson reports. gas, the cornerstone of our energy supply and the cost of it is rocketing. there has been a surge in global demand and not enough supply. energy firms here are now battling to stay afloat. in the current market as it is we are not going to see it
their possessions just to put food on the table. and emma raducanu back home in bromley and reliving that match all over again. last night i actuallyjust re watched the final and tried to relive a couple of the moments and remember how it felt. so it is sinking in a little bit more. and coming up on the bbc news channel. new zealand s men s cricket team have abandoned their tour of pakistan following a new zealand government security alert . good afternoon and welcome to the bbc news at one. the government is expected to announce big changes today to the coronavirus rules for international travel. initially, the changes will apply to people arriving in england. there s been speculation that the traffic light system of red, amber and green lists will be simplified, with the amber list effectively dropped. and fully vaccinated travellers may no longer have to take costly pcr tests our transport correspondent caroline davies has the latest. sunshine, but no one s sunbathing.
u.s. service members. two high-profile isis targets were killed. zero civilian casualties. meantime, the mission to get american forces and their allies out of afghanistan reaches its final phase. we continue to evacuate american citizens and vulnerable afghans to meet the mission requirement by august 31st. and judges in texas and florida push back against bans on mask mandates. the school districts are violating straight law. they re not without some reasonable limitation. i m pamela brown in washington. you are live in the cnn newsroom on this saturday. a monster named ida. the hurricane is rapidly intensifying and drawing chilling comparisons to katrina. specifically and ominously, ida is charging straight towards louisiana. right now as we speak, it is due to make landfall tomorrow as a category 4 storm. near new orleans and on the 16th anniversary of katrina s catastrophic siege of the gulf coast. this afternoon, louisiana s governor doubled down. he says