as we come on air, more developments in the middle east, with reports of the us and uk beginning morejoint airstrikes against houthi targets in yemen. we ll have the latest. it come as israeli hostage families have come to britain to plead with the prime minister to try to help them resolve the regional crisis. we speak to the brother of twins who are held by hamas. mounting anger inside israel, where the families of hostages stormed the knesset, about netanyahu s response to the crisis. i ll bejoined by liran, whose brothers are still being held hostage in gaza. we also hearfrom unicef on the ground in south gaza about the horrors children are facing there. every child in gaza has been traumatised. they have to be. almost every child has been displaced. has witnessed the absolute horrors of war that no child should have to witness. also tonight, millions of parents in england are being contacted by the nhs and urged to have their children vaccinated against measles. from the
party will keep its majority in parliament. and ukrainians gathered in london s trafalgar square this evening for their traditional carol singning service. hello i m tanya beckett. in a sign of the growing hunger and desperation in gaza, crowds of people have looted aid trucks entering the besieged strip through the rafah crossing. for the first time since the war began, israel has also opened one of its crossings into gaza to aid. it s hoped the opening of the kerem shalom crossing will double the amount of food and medicine reaching gazans. until now, aid has only been able to reach the territory through the rafah crossing from egypt. israel has kept up its bombardment of gaza, killing dozens more people. gaza s hamas run health ministry says 90 people were killed injust the jabalia area of gaza city. in a change of tone, the uk and germany havejoined calls for a sustainable ceasefire . prime minister benjamin netanyahu insists israel will fight to the end, but the reuters
in a sign of the growing hunger and desperation in gaza, crowds of people have mobbed and looted aid trucks entering the besieged strip through the rafah crossing. for the first time since the war began, israel has also opened one of its crossings into gaza to aid. it s hoped the opening of the kerem shalom crossing will double the amount of food and medicine reaching gazans. until now, aid has only been able to reach the territory through the rafah crossing from egypt. israel kept up its bombardment of gaza overnight and into sunday, reportedly killing at least a0 people. prime minister benjamin netanyahu has dismissed growing international calls for a sustainable ceasefire . but the reuters news agency is quoting egyptian security sources as saying israel and hamas are both open to a new ceasefire and hostage release but still disagree over details. our correspondent lucy williamson has more. the target for israel in gaza is hamas, for palestinians it is survival. the ra
The aircraft since. And one line of Breaking News for you Iranian State tv are reporting that a turkish drone has identified a source of heat suspected to be the wreckage and turkey has shared the coordinates with iran. The bbc s Caroline Hawley has more on what we know so far. You can see how bad conditions were in the area, as the Rescue Operation was under way. A fleet of ambulances on standby. The army is reported to have ordered all resources needed to be thrown at the search. Members of irans red crescent scoured the rugged landscape on foot for any sign of the missing helicopter, but Poor Visibility made it difficult for the rescue teams to reach the scene of the crash even to locate it. Translation there are i currently three drone teams in the area but due to the thick fog and low visibility, the drones were not able to successfully operate. There are also three teams with rescue dogs in the area. We are searching and we hope well be able to reach positive results very soon. T
Council and an iranian journalist. He explains who Ebraham Raisi is and how he came to power. Raisi was a mid ranking cleric who is in the inner circle of the Supreme Leader and one of his close allies and, you know, he became president after all of the reformist and moderate candidates were pretty much disqualified in an election that was considered illegitimate and many voters stayed away from. In an election that was considered engineered and many voters stayed away from. For more on this, i spooke to our persian correspondent khashayarjoneidi. What is the latest we are hearing from authorities in tehran . One news that came out a few moments ago is that turkeys drone that was dispatched has identified a source of heat which they say may be related to the crash site. It has been a long day and night for Rescue Workers in iran. This is treacherous terrain, mountainous area with thick forest, it has been raining with heavy fog through the day. Sub zero temperatures tonight there and i