the north yesterday, according to israel, after it opened a safe passage on the main road south for a few hours. another window has opened today for them to take the same route. meanwhile, the un s human rights chief has accused both sides of committing war crimes. here s our middle east correspondent yolande knell with the latest. israel s vast military might on display once again. it says hamas has lost control of northern gaza and its troops are battling inside gaza city. this is a critical point in the war. and for the first time the bbc was given access behind israeli lines in gaza, escorted by soldiers. while the bbc had editorial control of the report, these pictures were cleared for use by the israeli military. amid huge disruption, officers showed what they said was a hamas weapons factory, set up below a family apartment. they insisted hamas, not israel, was responsible for civilian loss of life. we know intelligence. we know what we had. we know the targets that ar
that includes almost four children. four four. the number of palestinians killed in the ground is more than one and 70. we ll bring you all the latest from our correspondents on the ground shortly. but first i want to bring you up to date with a developing story happening in the uk. because a political row over pro palestinian protests has escalated, after the home secretary wrote a controversial newspaper article for the times, attacking the police and branding protesters hate marchers . suella braverman said london police are softer on left wing protesters than other groups, largely ignoring what she called pro palestinian mobs even when they break the law. we are hearing that downing street says it did not clear the article, while labour has accused the home 0ur political correspondent peter saull reports. another pro palestinian march like this in london is planned this weekend, on armistice day. but not at the same time as the commemoration and away from the c
will intensify as israel tanks and troops moved deeper into gaza city. after an israeli strike that were digging for survivors. the town is in an area israel has told palestinians to go to stay safe but no one is safe. israel says this is self defence, palestinians call it genocide. this man had 27 members of his family inside the house when it was head. , , family inside the house when it was head- was head. this is the river of israel, kids was head. this is the river of israel, kids inside, was head. this is the river of israel, kids inside, women . israel, kids inside, women inside. it israel, kids inside, women inside. , , inside. it is the mighty vengeance inside. it is the mighty vengeance promise . inside. it is the mighty vengeance promise by| inside. it is the mighty - vengeance promise by israel s prime minister after the hamas attack a month ago. in tel aviv, the empty table set for hostages, the mounting and 24 hour vigil. the national trauma is not listen
as we speak to each other, the world s headlines are being made by the conflict in the middle east between israel and hamas. undoubtedly, too, it has sucked up the attention of the biden administration. what effect do you think it is having on america s wider national security and strategic interests? well, clearly, this is having some considerable effect. and we ve seen, of course, that president biden has linked the two together, both ukraine and israel not just for the purposes of trying to get military support and financial aid through the us congress, but also because he does see a linkage here. and i have to actually underscore that there is one and it does come in the form of russia, but also of iran. i mean, i think perhaps stepping back from all of the horrors that we re seeing on the ground on a day to day basis. and, looking at the broader geopolitical perspective around this, we actually can see the ways that now, the actions in gaza and israel and ukraine are c
Days news, but now it is time for newswatch. Welcome to newswatch. On this weeks programme, they got their envelopes mixed up, but did bbc news get its News Priorities the wrong way round . We discuss complaints that the embarrassment of the oscars was reported on as if it was an event of major global significance but really, was it . Did you know that things did not go entirely as planned at the oscars this year . Thought so. Any bbc News Programme on monday, the strange events on stage were hard to avoid. It really should not have been that difficult, opening the right envelope at the right time and naming the right film, but at the oscars last night in front of a global audience of billions, it all went horribly wrong. Warren beatty and faye dunaway announced to the world that the winner of best film was george best all by la la land, but the only problem, it wasnt. As well as taking a significant airtime, the envelope mix up occupied the first seven or 0 envelope mix up occupied th