a magnitude of 5.9. chinese state media also reports that some water, electricity and road networks are damaged. the chinese government has dispatched teams of rescue workers to assist local emergency personnel. we ll bring you more details as they come in. now, international pressure is growing for israel to ease its military campaign in gaza. on monday, the us defense secretary was the latest to add his voice during talks with prime minister benjamin neta nyahu and israel s war cabinet. the department of defense says mr austin underscored the need for concerted efforts to protect civilians and urged israel to plan for transitioning to the next phase of operations. his israeli counterpart said israel would not control gaza in any civilian way after the war. here s the defense secretary earlier. protecting palestinian civilians in gaza is both a moral duty and a strategic imperative. so we will continue to stand up for israel s bedrock right to defend itself. and we will al
republicans have criticised president biden over the amount of time it took to shoot down a chinese observation balloon that flew across the united states. china has said shooting down the balloon was an obvious over reaction. the diplomatic fall out is continuing, as warships try to recover the debris. secretary of state antony blinken was due to be in beijing this week, but he cancelled the trip after the balloon was discovered. barbara plett usher reports from beijing. for days, this solitary object floated serenely through us airspace, putting a diplomatic crisis onto television screens in real time. was it a harmless weather balloon, as the chinese claimed, or a spy in the sky? moments after it arrived over the atlantic, the us brought an explosive end to the drama. that trail of white vapour you see on the left of the screen is an american fighterjet heading for the balloon. the second vapour trail is from a heat seeking missile fired from the jet, easily finding its ta
Hello, im lewis vaughanjones, welcome to bbc news now, three hours of fast moving news, interviews and reaction. There has been plenty of reaction to the announcement from israel for a Million People to effectively move from the north of the gaza strip, down to the southern end. We were to use in pictures now from inside gaza in the last, these are live pictures right now, the scene looks relatively calm, very different picture at times overnight with air strikes continuing. We can show you some pictures from inside gaza. Some of the latest images we have from the streets. The devastation. We will bring you those in a few moments. While we wait for those pictures these are the pictures that i was just referring to. This gives you an idea of some of the destruction inside, some of the problem is therefore of asking people to move, a Million People to move in these conditions. Palestinian groups, United Nation groups have been talking about the impossibility of a Million People moving in
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