The un Secretary General has called for a ceasefire in gaza to mark ramadan, the muslim month of fasting. Antonio guterres also called for the release of hostages held by hamas, and the Speedy Delivery of aid to the palestinian territory. The us secretary of state, antony blinken, Hasjoined Leaders Of Caribbean Nations Injamaica for Emergency Talks on the crisis in haiti, where gang leaders are demanding the resignation of the Prime Minister. The World Food Programme has warned of Famine Conditions in the haitian capital as armed gangs terrorise much of the city. Authorities in new zealand say 12 people have been admitted to hospital following whats been described as a mid air technical problem on a flight between sydney and auckland. Witnesses described people being thrown through the cabin, as the plane suddenly lost altitude during severe turbulence. A Flag Raising Ceremony has taken place in brussels to Mark Swedenjoining nato. Sweden formally applied to join along with finland aft
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hello, i m christian fraser. hello, i m ben thompson. you re watching the context on bbc news. tim scott becomes the latest republican to quit the race to be president as a new poll shows joe biden trailing to donald trump. we ll talk about that poll in just a moment. donald trumer has returned to the witness stand for a second time in a civil fraud trial in new york. former us president donald trump and his two eldest sons are accused of fraudulently over stating the value of their real estate empire, to obtain favourable loans. the defence has argued that banks made money from mr trump, and they didn t rely on his financial statements. they also say prosecutors have failed to prove that banks wouldn t have loaned him the money even if they had known about inflated assets. our correspondent nadia tawfik joins us from new york. today more quotes. interestingly donald trumpjunior describes his donald trump junior describes his father as donald trumpjunior describes his father
strikingly densely populated refugee camp for days prompting international outcry. jeremy bowen has the latest. tank rumbles. tonight, israel says it has surrounded gaza city. an army statement said that soldiers were attacking hamas positions. explosion. gunfire. ..places where it launches rockets, and killing terrorists. israel has increased the tempo of its ground war in gaza. the army said its soldiers needed to be resilient is the coming weeks, and a ceasefire was not on the table. the troops have been visited by israel s prime minister benjamin netanyahu. translation: icall- on the uninvolved, get out - get out, move south because we will not quit our efforts to eliminate the hamas terrorists. we will advance, we will advance and win. hamas has released its own video, it said, of an attack against an israeli tank in the zeitoun area east of gaza city. hamas said it would make gaza a cursed place for israel and send more of its troops home in body bags. israel hit bure
also left the country and i too have come here. saeed sometimes posts videos on tiktok showing his life in italy and the journey he took to get there. are you not feeding that cycle where people are looking at these videos and saying, yeah, i m going to take that route too? people often get confused by the pictures. when people are here, they sometimes wear good clothes, make videos and upload on tiktok. and this gives people an impression of a dreamland. but the reality of this route is very different. it s just a form of art to make and upload videos on tiktok. do you regret the route you took to get to italy? do you regret doing it? look, i want to say that taking this route is not the right way at all. no one should take this route. it s best that you come here legally. go to another country if need be. but legally. but this route is not good. it s a journey of death. this filtered view of a life europe can offer is tempting people to make dangerous journeys that smuggler