happens going forward. the stunning set back of the omicron variant sweeps across the nation. president biden saying he is sending americans a half billion testing kit. the new york times reporting the contract to buy the tests isn t even signed yet. good morning, everyone. i m julie banderas. benjamin is here. benjamin: i am benjamin hall and this is america s newsroom. if that weren t enough, the newspaper also reports that the website to order the testing won t be up and running until next month meaning the president dialing back his comments that the u.s. was near victory in the fight against covid. now admitting his efforts so far are falling short. president biden: nothing has been good enough. but look, here we are. last christmas we were in a situation where we had significantly fewer people vaccinated, emergency rooms were filled. you had serious back-ups in hospitals that were causing great difficulties. benjamin: rich edson is live at the white house with
clarence house by car this afternoon en route for sandringham. earlier in the day prince harry arrived in london to visit his father, there is no news on if he too has travelled to norfolk. the palace have not given any further details on what type of cancer king charles has been diagnosed with. only that it was found during his recent treatment for a benign enlarged prostate. butjudging by what the prime minister said earlier on bbc radio it would appear they have caught it early. well, like everyone else, shocked and sad and just all our thoughts are with him and his family. and you know, thankfully this has been caught early and now everyone will be wishing him. that he gets the treatment that he needs and makes a full recovery. that s what we re all hoping and praying for, and i m of course in regular contact with him, and will continue to communicate with him as normal. and those who know him say he will reflect on this, through his faith. the most reverend stephen cottr
his speech was heckled by the families of hostages who were watching. some shouted now as they demanded the immediate release of their loved ones. these images show the aftermath of an air strike on the al maghazi refugee camp which reportedly killed more than 70 people. israel says it is investigating. the gaza health ministry says at least 250 people have been killed in the last 2a hours. local health officials say the number of dead is likely to rise. shaimaa khalil s report contains images some may find distressing. pointing to her pain, overcome with distress. it hurts here, mama, she says. her mother is trying to console her. late at night, tteir homes were bombed. the wounded kept coming to the nearby al aqsa hospital, already overwhelmed, with no fuel or water and minimal supplies. in gaza, there is no respite for the people, or those trying to save them. for many, it was too late. the writing on these body bags says remains of al maghazi. abdul rahim survived t
we will be live in israel and also in kyiv in the next few minutes. sport and for a full round up, from the bbc sport centre, here s ollie foster. hello from the bbc sport centre. we ll start with the masters golf, because there s been a big move at the top of the leaderbaord. the american brook koepka has moved three shots clear on ten under. he was one of the early starters at augusta and birdied the par five second to move to eight under. he had beenjoint leader withjon rahm and victor hovland who dont start their second round for another few hours. koepka has just eagled the eighth. ten under at the moment. he is one of 17 rebel liv series golfers who are taking part at augusta. jason day has made a strong start, two under for his second round, he s up to seven under, tied for second. a lot of golf to be played on friday. scotland s women failed to qualify for this years world cup but they have claimed a morale boosting victory over the co hosts australia. they won i nil,
near a seaside park. the attacker has been shot dead. israel s prime minister, benjamin netanyahu, has ordered the mobilization of police and army reserves. earlier, in the occupied west bank, two british israeli sisters were killed and their mother injured in a gun attack on a car. here s israel s defence minister. translation: we will settle | the account with whoever tries to hurt citizens of israel and we will bring them to the cemetery or prison after investigation. anyone who tried to turn the days of israel holiday into days of morning will regret this matter greatly. this all comes after a week of escalating tensions between israelis and palestinians. on wednesday and thursday, israeli police stormed jerusalem s al aqsa mosque. israeli forces fired stun grenades and clashed with palestinians as they gathered for ramadan prayers. on thursday rockets were fired from lebanon into northern israel, the biggest such attack in 17 years. israel responded with air strikes