Million palestinians sheltering there, most of whom are already displaced from other parts of gaza. And following developments from washington is our Us State Department correspondent tom bateman. What we know is that there was a pause as the administration has described it on one consignment of weapons from The Americans to the israelis that was put in place last week. This is on a consignment that includes a batch of 2000 pound bombs, among the most destructive munitions, Air Dropped Musicians Western Military is hard and capable of wiping out multiple buildings at the same time. Israels argument having those as it needs to attack hamas below and above ground but they have been at the heart of complaints of criticism and controversy relate raised by human Rights Groups when they have looked at the catastrophic high numbers of civilians killed by the israelis in gaza because of the Destructive Force that these weapons. The americans specifically have said that it is the past use of th
Hostages are released. Israeli forces went into rafah on monday night in defiance of international pressure, seizing the Border Crossing with egypt. The un secretary general, antonio guterres, has warned that a full scale assault on rafah would cause a humanitarian nightmare. Qatar has called for International Intervention to prevent the city from being invaded. Our middle east correspondent, yolande knell, is injerusalem. We know that for weeks now the us has been warning israel against a full scale offensive of rafah. This really because of the high numbers of displaced people who are living in that city, crammed up next to the border with egypt. And the us had been talking to israel about more limited options for going in there to tackle the hamas presence. Now, this does look to be a really significant development, the idea that a us shipment has been halted to israel. Its the first time weve heard of such a thing in seven months of war. And it really does reflect, i think, the lev
Preventing the growth of native organisms. Scientists say it appears to thrive in our warmer waters. It shows just how fragile some of our marine ecosystems can be. Justin told us more, from anglesey in wales. All these records are important because what they tell us is the story of ever increasing temperatures, but the run of records that we have had isjust extraordinary. As you say, 11 months and a new Monthly Record for temperatures in the air, and new treatment year where every single day has been a Record Temperature for the day, and these have not been broken by a small margin, theyre not being edged past, they being smashed, so around 47 days over the course of the last year, the temperature, the previous High Temperature, the previous High Temperature was exceeded by no. 3, a third of a degree, celsius. That may not sound much, but we are talking about a global average of all the oceans are nice, so that is a huge margin, it tells us is steadily over the years Global Temperatur
Now, all the latest sport. Hello from the bbc sport centre. Borussia dortmund await either a german rival or a team on a Historical Mission in the Champions League final. Itll be bayern munich, who dortmund lost to the last time they reached the final, or real madrid. With the score 2 2 heading into their second leg later at the bernabeu, whoever wins will no doubt be the favourite at wembley in june, with real attempting to win a record extending 15th european cup, having not been at their best in the first game in munich, according to their manager, carlo ancelotti. They got the draw thanks to two goals from viniciusjunior, who is very much on the bayern bosss mind. You can still hurt any team in the world and i think a big part of it is accepting it. That not everything, it is possible that not everything, it is possible that not everything will be perfect for us tomorrow but its still possible to overcome, its still possible to overcome, its still possible to overcome difficulties,
A couple of hours ago. Hes charged with 3a counts of fraud, relating to hush money allegedly paid to the former adult film star Stormy Daniels before the 2016 president ial election. Hes now in the courthouse itself for the start ofJury Selection. Prosecutors accuse him, of arranging payments to Stormy Daniels in an effort to buy her silence. Donald trump has pleaded not guiltydescribing the case as a witchhunt. He spoke to the media just before heading into the courtroom. Hes been in the courts for around an hour and a half. Lets hear what he had to say. Something like this has never happened before. Theres never been anything like it. Every legal scholar said this case is nonsense, it should never have been brought. It doesnt deserve anything like this. There is no case, and theyve said it. People that dont necessarily follow or like donald trump said this is an outrage that this case was brought. This is political persecution. This is a persecution like never before. Nobodys ever se