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the new images come as tens of thousands of palestinians are streaming into rafah city, near the gaza strip s southern border with egypt, trying to escape intense fighting elsewhere. the head of humanitarian affairs for the united nations says there is no longer any humanitarian operation worthy of that name in the south of gaza. from jerusalem, here s our international editor, jeremy bowen. a warning you may find some of the images upsetting. video emerged this afternoon off palestinian men taken for interrogation. bbc staff recognised the town in northern gaza and we have geo located the video there, too. palestinian diplomats said these were savage images evoking humanity s darkest times. the israeli army said only that suspects were being interrogated. posts on social media said the men had been sheltering with their families at a un school and that others were killed during the israeli raid. in this photo the men had been moved to another location, which we have no ....
over the pennines, increasingly across the north of scotland over the hills, turning back to rain as the hills, turning back to rain as the milder air moves on. very blustery, gales in the southwest, surveyor tails inaughty scotland and northern ireland, heavy and persistent rain severe gales in north west scotland. double figures later in the day, increasing for the rest of the country, as the rain moves north. very wet and windy weather confined to the northern isles tonight. many places turning clearer with blustery showers, mostly in the north and west. a frost free night to come for most. i milder start to friday. some sunshine, plenty of showers, longer spells of rain in northern and western areas, fairly strong winds. south east england, faring best with drier and brighter weather. temperatures, double figure play mat in north london, much of england and wales. feeling noticeably milder double figures for northern ireland. sunday, another low, heavy rain an ....
wife, a mother, a daughter, a sister and a dear friend to so many people. she died 11 months ago tomorrow. her death has left an un fillable hole in all of our lives. today, the coroners s conclusion validate what our family has known all along coroners s conclusion validate what ourfamily has known all along high say that ruth took her own life as the direct result of the process, outcome and consequences of an ofsted inspection of the school she led and loved. caversham primary school. the inquest into ruth s death has shown the brutal inhumanity of the system of the ofsted inspections. ofsted likes to judge people with a single word labels. we could judge the current ofsted system with our own labels. callous, perverse, inhumane. ruth s death and this inquest have laid bare the imbalance of power that exists in our education system. schools and teachers should be accountable to the families and communities they serve. ruth of all people understood this. she was let d ....
hello, i m matthew amroliwala, welcome to verified live, three hours of breaking stories, and checking out the truth behind them. the united nations says it no longer has a humanitarian operation presence in gaza that is worthy of that name. the un s aid chief, martin griffiths, has just been speaking. he says the pace of the military operation in the south has replicated the speed of the north, meaning there was no safe space left for aid agencies to work. he was speaking to reporters in geneva, his bleak assessment was that while aid agencies would remain and not abandon people, they have no sense of clarity, no ability to plan and no sense of where this would actually end. at one stage he describes the humanitarian opportunism, that is how he described it, saying work was being done on the fly, a few lorries getting in, but they had to go through roads that were mined, to get to anybody that they could. that is how they described the operations on the ground. let s h ....
good evening. in a video call with g7 leaders last night, president volodymyr zelensky warned that moscow was counting on a collapse of western support for ukraine. russia believes america and europe will show weakness , he said, and will not maintain their support at the proper level. he has legitimate cause for concern. last night, the us senate blocked a bill that included financial aid for ukraine, increasing the likelihood that congress will fail to approve more funding before the year end. the bill would provide about $50 billion in new security assistance, but it will not pass, say republicans, unless it comes with substantial immigration reform. here s our analysis editor ros atkins. commitments of aid to ukraine are at their lowest since the war began. ukraine has been relying on western support since russia invaded in february 2022, and new data shows an 87% fall in new commitments this graph shows us the total aid that s been promised each month. it peaked l ....