News reports that the Foreign Office says they are willing to provide Disaster Relief assistance. I spoke to ourjapan correspondent Shaimaa Khalil about how this might impact the region. Authorities are warning people to evacuate as quickly as they can. I have personally been quinoa and they are very close to taiwan on a good day, if you stand on some of these islands you can see the horizon in taiwan and because of the magnitude of the earthquake in taiwan, the biggest in over two decades, there are these worries about the effect it will have lodges here injapan in the south Western Region but also in the philippines. That is a fastmoving also in the philippines. That is a fastmoving story also in the philippines. That is a fastmoving story and l also in the philippines. That is a fast moving story and we will review the latest developments as they come in. Israel is facing International Condemnation over an air strike that killed seven aid workers monday night, including sharp rebuke
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
Israel has admitted that it carried out the airstrike in Gaza Last Night that killed seven people working for the food aid Charity World central kitchen, including three british nationals. The bbc has learned their names arejohn chapman, James Henderson and james kirby. The Prime Minister, benjamin netanyahu, said Israeli Forces had caused Unintentional Harm to innocent people and called it a tragic incident this despite the charity having coordinated its movements with the israeli military. The strike has been condemned by governments around the world and raised fears that the already fragile system of delivering aid to starving palestinians could collapse completely. The Hamas Run Health Ministry in gaza claims nearly 33,000 people have been killed there since the war began in october. From jerusalem, our correspondent Lucy Williamson reports. Hey, this is zomi. Were at the Deir Al Balah kitchen. They came from australia, poland, the us and the uk. Their mission to feed people, one o
Next hour. We, the air this hour. U. S. Officials say their intelligence over the last half hour, hundreds of iranian drones headed in the direction of israel, Cruise Missiles as well as Ballistic Missiles. We are waiting to see if in fact those drones make their way through the a multiple layers of anticipated intercepts that are going to take place over the next several hours. As i mentioned, we are coming on the air with the breaking coverage of irans retaliatory strikes against israel. This comes after the Israeli Military confirmed more than 100 Drone Strikes were launched by iran today, marking the first time iran has launched a direct Military Attack on israet. Obviously, risking a regional conflict that could draw the United States and its military forces into direct confrontation with iran and its proxies across the region. A senior by an Administration Official is warning iran could launch dozens ofansss Cruise Missiles, not just adding that the u. S. And israel have been clo