on the israel gaza war. international pressure mounts on israel to reduce civilian casualties. the us secretary of defense, lloyd austin, is in israel, where he s expected to meet officials later. we ve been seeing smoke on the gaza skyline again this morning. it comes as the uk, france, and germany step up global calls for a ceasefire. britain s former defence secretary, ben wallace, has warned that israel risks losing its legal and moral authority for its war in gaza. in a newspaper article, he described israel s tactics as crude and indiscriminate . the hamas run health authority in gaza says israeli air strikes have killed at least 110 people in a single day in the jabalia refugee camp. we re also following the latest from the un security council it s due to convene later today, to disucss the humanitarian situation in gaza. to disucss the humanitarian it s expected to look at a new draft resolution calling on israel and hamas to allow greater humanitarian access to th
which insists it s only targeting what it calls terrorist infrastructure, and is taking care to avoid civilians. joining us now is rushdi abu alouf, our gaza correspondant who is now in istanbul. we arejust we are just getting a line we arejust getting a line in we are just getting a line in from the reuters agency saying four palestinians have been killed in the refugee camp south of the west bank city of tubas, according to the palestinian health ministry. just talk us through what has happened, particularly in gaza jabalia. many still remain in a refu~ee jabalia. many still remain in a refugee camp. jabalia. many still remain in a refugee camp, there - jabalia. many still remain in a refugee camp, there were - jabalia. many still remain in a i refugee camp, there were about jabalia. many still remain in a - refugee camp, there were about four israeli missiles from the air that struck three buildings in a location in jabalia refugee struck three buildings in a location in
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falling to civil servants, and elected officials to decide how northern ireland can balance his books and in a recent budget published by the government in london, there are cuts on the table. so it s really down to senior officials in the light of the packed department of health and the department of health and the department for education who are going to have to decide exactly where cuts are made. officials think that on the whole, northern ireland is going to have to find savings of about £800 million over the next financial year. so what they head of the northern ireland civil service is going to want to talk to politicians about is to get their take on this and if there is going to be a restoration of the devolved government, she would also want to know where politicians were planning on taking policies for the departments that are facing these financial pressures and many pundits and commentators certainly think that after the elections for the local councils which we
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