meanwhile, the united nations says more than 800,000 people have now fled rafah, in southern gaza. many have been forced to head northwards, to areas which the united nations says have little clean drinking water or sanitation, as the israeli offensive continues. 0ur diplomatic correspondent paul adams sent this report. street battles injabalia. israeli forces have been fighting here for days. gunfire hamas, they say, is back, and needs to be dealt with. this is dangerous urban warfare, at close quarters. the israelis were here months ago and moved on. these, some warn, early signs of an insurgency that could last for months. israel has been attacking from the air too. scenes today reminiscent of the war s terrifying early stages. buildings flattened, bodies trapped under the rubble. gunfire more street battles this time, in the south. the israeli army still advancing on rafah, the only city yet to experience a full scale assault. but 800,000 palestinians have already fled
about a quarter of the amount of air defences it needs to fight off russian attacks. he said ukraine needed up to 130 of the western f 16 fighter jets. dozens are due to arrive sometime this yearfrom european donor countries and ukrainian pilots are currently being trained. mr zelensky also said the military was still short of manpower and russia could increase its attacks in ukraine s north east following its recent gains near the city of kharkiv. translation: we need to staff the reserve. - there are a serious number of brigrades which a large number of them are empty. we need to do this so the guys can have a normal rotation, then their morale will be improved. our ukraine correspondent james waterhouse outlined how desperate this need is for air defences. well, he always plonks air defences at the top of his wish list, that s been the case for the last year or so, because of two things russia has continued to launch missile attacks on cities across ukraine, but russia
known as the foreign agents law, described by protesters as of the russian law. for weeks they have been coming out to protest, and here you see banks of the security forces in different stages in the last hour also, they have been trying to disperse the crowds. and now we see that this bill has become law, there is the prospect of the president overruling that but that in itself will eventually be overruled itself. let s bring rayhan back in, she is on the streets amongst the protesters. tremendous reporting over the last hour or so, give me a sense of the sorts of conversations you have been having, why there is so much anger where you are? we “ust soke to so much anger where you are? we “ust spoke to anotherfi so much anger where you are? we “ust spoke to another 18-year-old so much anger where you are? we ust spoke to another 18-year-old and h so much anger where you are? we just spoke to another 18-year-old and i - spoke to another 18 year old and i was mentio
and thousands of homes destroyed by majorflooding in northern afghanistan. thousands of demonstrators in georgia have again taken to the streets of tbilisi in the latest protest against legislation that would force organisations to declare foreign funding. and the most powerful solar storm in 21 years triggers celestial light shows in many parts of the world, with scientists expecting another display later this evening. hello, i m samantha simmonds. the israeli military says about 300,00 palestinians have left the city of rafah since monday, when israel told them to move to a nearby district of gaza. the israel defence forces have declared a narrow coastal strip at al mawasi to be a safe humanitarian zone, but the un says it has no running water or proper sanitation. israel is planning an assault on hamas fighters in rafah and has ordered tens of thousands more residents from eastern districts of the city to leave. residents from eastern districts evacuation orders have also