From the uk john chapman, james henderson, and james kirby. The Israel Defense forces chief of staff, herzi halevi, released this video calling the attack a mistake. I want to be very clear. The strike was not carried out with the intention of harming wck aid workers. It was a mistake that followed a misidentification at night during a war in a very complex conditions. That should not have happened. In response to the aid convoy attack, President Biden released a Statement Saying i am outraged and heartbroken by the deaths of seven humanitarian workers from World Central Kitchen, including one american in gaza yesterday. They were providing food to hungry civilians inthe middle of a war. They were brave and selfless. Their deaths are a tragedy. This conflict has been one of the worstin recent memory in terms terms of how many worked have been killed. Meanwhile, Prime Minister rishi sunak posted on x that israel must explain how this tragic incident happened and take immediate steps to
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five people dead, more than 40 people injured but so many people were taken to hospital by their own cars, by their family and friends and so those totals may be adjusted and we are waiting on the severity of many of those injuries as well. the police department, fire chief and mayor couldn t update us on all of those injuries. a very disturbing scene in the community of waukesha. 70,000 people live there. it s 20 minutes to the west of milwaukee. an suv at 4:39pm local time ploughed through the back end of this parade, walking forward, and this suv came barrelling through the back end of the parade. it did not stop, it ran over so many people and then took off. they found the suv abandoned a short distance away and a short time later that person of interest was taken into custody, but most unsatisfying of all is we may not know the motive of that person.
this is bbc news. the headlines at 11: at least five people are killed and 40 injured after a car drives at high speed into a christmas parade in the us state of wisconsin. today our community faced horror and tragedy in what should have been a community celebration. i am deeply saddened to know that so many in our community went to a parade, but ended up dealing with injury and heartache. deserted streets in austria as the country enters a full national lockdown. the government says it s the only way to cut surging covid infections. some conservative mps urge the government to rethink changes to funding social care in england saying poorer people will be disproportionately affected. a memorial service and procession are to be held later in southend to remember the murdered mp