Colleagues of mr sobol have posted comments on social media describing how he had taken part in delivering aid to ukrainian refugees following russias full scale invasion of ukraine. And mourners gathered in the Gazan City Of Rafah on tuesday for the funeral of the palestinian, saif abu taha, the driver who was killed in the strike. So, in the last few hours the Foreign Secretary has called on israel to provide a full transparent explanation of the incident. The Foreign Office has in the meantime summoned the Israeli Ambassadfor over the deaths lets hearfrom our Diplomatic Correspondent James Landale who is outisde the Foreign Officee. Its not normally the ambassador for israel, the last time an ambassadorfor israel was summoned to be hauled over the coals at the Foreign Office was 12 years ago over illegal settlements in the occupied palestinian territories. And so that shows how rare it is. And it also shows, i think, a measure of the scale of the british governments concern about wh
Mostly foreign nationals were working for us Aid Organisation world central kitchen. The charity says they were travelling in a deconflicted zone in branded armoured cars, and had co ordinated movements with israeli forces. Those who died were australian, polish, british, palestinian, and a dual us canadian citizen. 44 year old Lalzawmi Zomi frankcom was among those killed. Her family say she was a kind, selfless, outstanding human being. We can now listen to benjamin netanyahu. Translation unfortunately, in the last day there was a tragic incident of an unintended strike of our forces on innocent people in the gaza strip. This happens in war. We are checking this thoroughly. We are in touch with the governments and we will do everything for this not to happen again. 44 year old Lalzawmi Zomi frankcom was among those killed. Her family say she was a kind, selfless, outstanding human being. The australian Prime Minister paid tribute, but also demanded answers. The truth is that this is
We start this hour with what experts are calling a potential game changer in the treatment of skin cancer. The worlds first personalised vaccine for melanoma the deadliest form of skin cancer has begun being tested in britain. Some other countries, including australia, are also trying it on patients. The treatment, which uses the same mrna technology as some covid jabs, works by telling the body to hunt down cancer cells and prevent them from coming back. Researchers say the jab also has the potential to stop lung, bladder and kidney cancers. More details from our health correspondent, sophie hutchinson. Steve young, one of the first nhs patients to take part in the trial for whats hoped will be a Game Changing treatment. Its for melanoma the deadliest of all the skin cancers and it aims to help those at the highest risk of a recurrence. Steve was given the experimental treatment at University College hospital in london. He had a melanoma removed from his scalp last summer. He told us
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