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hamas officials in gaza say more than 5,000 people, including 2,000 children, have been killed since israeli airstrikes began more than two weeks ago. the strikes are in response to attacks by hamas that killed more than 1,400 israelis, with more than 200 still being held hostage. israel s armed forces have now intensified their bombardment of the gaza strip military officials say they hit 320 targets overnight ahead of a widely anticipated ground offensive. the defence minister here has warned the military campaign against hamas which is designated a terrorist organisation by the uk and other western governments could take up to three months. lucy williamson has this report which you may find distressing. a single day in gaza is measured in hundreds. israel s army counts targets. more than 300 hit in 2a hours. targeting sites liable to endanger troops in a ground invasion, it says. gaza s hamas run government counts casualties. it says more than 400 people were ....
fascinating move, he s calling on the supreme court to weigh in and decide on donald trump s claim that immunity, once and for all. meanwhile, no trump, no trial, at least for today. the former president s civil fraud trial on hold until tomorrow after he says he will not, in fact, testify as promised. so why the last-minute change of heart? could it impact the judge s thinking as he weighs the future of trump s business empire in new york. plus, it doesn t matter what the other candidates do. it doesn t matter what they say. quote, i m voting for trump. those are the words of an iowa voter backing up the numbers in our new poll showing trump beating everyone else in the race combined. what are the chances any of that changes in the next five weeks? could harvard s governing board cut ties with president claudine gay just a year after she was chosen to lead the school over her remarks about anti-semitism and how over 650 faculty members are on the record wanting her t ....
right now. and secretary of state anthony blinken is about to leave that country after meeting with officials from the country to discuss the escalating tensions in the middle east. he may speak to reporters in the next 10 or so minutes. if so, out at the airport, you will see it live here. bribe? all right. his visit to the middle east comes as israeli force force continue forward in every way possibly. entering gaza city as soon as today. while the idf claims to have taken control of a hamas outpost within the strip. meanwhile, across the globe, pro-palestinian protesters hitting the streets in major cities this weekend. we re in enter gun county. we will talk to folks how it is affecting them in local levels and jewish communities all across the country. ferris check in with trey yingst in southern israel with the latest. hey, trey. trey: hey, giles, good morning. right now we know the israelis are pushing deeper in the gaza strip, they have gaza city surroun ....
he says he wants to renegotiate. the irony is he didn t win pittsburgh. that is ironic. one of trump s central pledges was about jobs, andi trump s central pledges was about jobs, and i think his diagnosis was right but the solution is wrong, it is aboutjobs but the jobs are being taken by the robots no the immigrants. what is really interesting as well is that the chinese are onboard with this. you know, the chinese are the biggest polluter, america comes nec so it would have been really great if america could have stayed onboard for this and obama s reacted angrily about the whole thing, it will take him a few years to get out of the paris accord, so on the basis of that, it may well be. it might not happen. we may have a new president by the time. this is classic trump, he there thinks there are simple solutions to complex problem, nigel said that will be borne out over the few days. it looks as if he is giving the empee ho voted for him what they wanted. but what is ....
out. it s like it s almost forgotten, but it s not. these people are still living through this and living with the aftermath. hello. welcome to the programme. we re live until 11 this morning. do get in touch on all the stories we re talking about this morning use the hashtag #victorialive, and if you text, you will be charged at the standard network rate. our top story today police have warned that they may never be able to identify all those who died in the fire that engulfed grenfell tower in west london in the early hours of wednesday morning. the emergency services will spend a third day searching the block for bodies. 17 people are known to have died, but dozens remain unaccounted for, including entire families. andy moore reports. the first victim of the fire to be officially named is mohammed alhajali, a syrian refugee who came to britain for a better life. his brother was led to safety by firefighters, but, in the chaos and confusion, mohammed got left behi ....