Bowen joins us from jerusalem. Your assessment, jeremy, after the last few hours of what we might expect in the coming hours and days . Well, hamas say that they are fighting against israeli troops and tanks in the northern part of the gaza strip, that there are some big battles going on there. One big question, is this the invasion people have been talking about for the last three weeks . I think what the last three weeks . I think what the israelis seem to be doing is to cut off one northern part, one slice, one tranche, if you like, and then perhaps, i dont know, move on from that. A lot of reaction coming in. The Palestinian Authority, which is the rival Palestinian Group to hamas, is absolutely condemned what israel is doing as unhinged aggression, which is significant, because there are some people who hope that if israel removes hamas from power, then the Palestinian Authority might be tempted to take Overin Authority might be tempted to take over in gaza. At the way they are ta
said that it was expanding its ground operations there. a spokesman for the israeli government refused to confirm that this heralded the start of a much anticipated ground offensive against hamas. the armed wing of hamas has said it is involved in violent confrontations with israeli forces in northern and central gaza. there has also been rocket fire from the territory into southern israel. aid agencies say they ve lost contact with their workers after all phone and internet services were cut. meanwhile, the un chief has again called for a ceasefire, warning that history would judge us all . this is the scene live in gaza. announcing the expansion of operations, the israeli army spokesman repeated a call for residents of gaza city to move south. translation: over the last few hours, we have translation: over the last few hours, we have intensified - translation: over the last few hours, we have intensified our. hours, we have intensified our airstrikes in gaza. the iaf has
Afield. so, a host of problems. i think we will still see in the course of the day the true shape of this unfolding. thank you. rishi sunak has said that if it s proven that russia has attacked the dam in ukraine, it would represent a new low in aggression from moscow. he made the remarks on his way to washington, ahead of a meeting with president biden. 0ur political editor, chris mason, who s travelling with the prime minister, sent this report from washington. the prime minister arrived are a couple of hours ago, greeted off the plane by a senior us official, the chief of protocol, also or ambassador, dame currently is. it is the fourth time in four months the president and the prime minister had met. i have been trading around behind the prime minister on all four of those visits. there was san diego, belfast, hiroshima injapan, now here in washington. speed dating diplomatic for the two leaders. it is only back in october when rishi sunak became prime minister that mr
I have been traililng around behind the prime minister on all four of those visits. there was san diego, belfast, hiroshima injapan, now here in washington. sort of like speed dating diplomatically for the two leaders. it was only back in october when rishi sunak became prime minister that mr biden was struggling even to pronounce his name. so, what is on the agenda? first and foremost, ukraine. the prime minister telling us on the plane here that if it is proven that russia was behind that explosion at the dam in ukraine, that would be a new low as far as aggression from moscow in this conflict is concerned. also likely to feature in the discussions in the next couple of days, artificial intelligence, the positives associated with it, but crucially, how it can be regulated and what role the uk might play in that on the global stage. other big topic in meeting lots of business leaders, economic cooperation. chris mason in washington.