Hello, im samantha simmonds. Welcome to the daily global, where well bring you the top stories from around the world. We start with the war between israel and hamas which is centre stage at an Emergency Session of the United Nations General Assembly in new york. The aim to agree on a resolution to secure a pause in the fighting to get meaningful aid into gaza. The palestinian ambassador, riyad mansour, called on members of the un to in his words choosejustice, not vengeance and vote to stop the killing in gaza. The israeli un ambassador, gilad erdan, spoke of what he called barbaric Hamas Terrorists launching an invasion on israel. He said the Special Un Session had nothing to do with peace. Hamas is a proscribed Terror Organisation by both the uk and the usa. Well hear from both later israel has continued its air strikes have today, this the scene in khan younis. Gazas hamas . Controlled Health Ministry says more than 7,000 people have been killed since the bombardment began an increa
With wonderful pip tomson. With the wonderful pip tomson. A very good morning. It is a very good morning. It is just coming up to 10 02. Im pip tomson in the gb news bringing you the very latest on the israel Hamas Conflict. And we can report that an raf flight carrying british nationals from israel has now landed in cyprus. The air force is assisting the Foreign Office arranging repatriation flights due to the Current Limited availability of commercial flights. What youre commercial flights. What youre looking at now are live shots from gaza , where airstrikes from from gaza, where airstrikes from israeli, the Israeli Military have been continuing ahead of that inspected invasion , that that inspected invasion, that massive Ground Invasion expected in the next few hours. Some in the next few hours. Some 1 Million People living in northern gaza have been told to evacuate. Many are fleeing by evacuate. Many are fleeing by vehicle. They are going on foot. Vehicle. They are going on foot.
Thomas has the weather. Be prepared for a bit of snow this morning. Quite tricky on some of the roads. The snows will not be the same everywhere. More later. Good morning, first our main story. The authorities in afghanistan say a siege of a luxury hotel in kabul has come to an end, more than twelve hours after it was attacked by gunmen. An interior Ministry Spokesman said five civilians including one foreigner were killed at the Intercontinental Hotel, along with all three attackers. More than 100 people have been rescued. Andrew plant reports. The Intercontinental Hotel in kabul, at dawn on sunday morning, blackened and smoking after an 11 hour siege thats seen at least five People Killed and several more wounded. The shooting started after nightfall on saturday, several gunmen armed with grenades and automatic weapons. Translation at first, i heard some gunfire and then, after 15 minutes, a worker from the hotel approached and said that suicide attackers entered the hotel. Security
To bbc world news. The movie producer Harvey Weinstein has been expelled from the prestigious film academy that organises the oscars. In the last ten days, there have been numerous Sexual Assault allegations, including rape. Harvey weinstein has been fired by his company and criticised through sausage by many celebrities. Today he was called a depraved predator by his own brother. Laura bicker sent this report from la the glitzy veneer which has hidden hollywoods darkest secrets has now been peeled back. Harvey weinstein was credited with over 81 oscar wins nominations, awards which now seem tarnished. This is a key moment for an industry which stands accused of developing a culture which made women feel that exploitation was a price they had to pay to get a job. Harvey is not in the academy because everyone thought he was a nice guy or even played fair, its because he has been a genius at picking and promoting films and so in that way, he has helped a lot of filmmakers. Now hes also p
From the organisation that runs the oscars the academy said he no longer merited the respect of his colleagues. It follows a series of Sexual Assault accusations against the producer including rape some of which he has denied. Mr weinstein has already been fired by the company he founded, denounced by many of the celebrities he launched to stardom and called a depraved predator by his own brother. Laura bicker reports from la where the meeting of the academy has been taking place. The glitzy veneer which has hidden hollywoods darkest secrets has now been peeled back. Harvey weinstein was credited with over 81 oscar wins and over 300 nominations, awards which now seem tarnished. This is a key moment for an industry which stands accused of developing a culture which made women feel that exploitation was a price they had to pay to get a job. Harvey is not in the academy because everyone thought he was a nice guy or even played fair, its because he has been a genius at picking and promotin