good afternoon. israel says its troops in gaza are engaged in face to face combat with fighters from hamas, designated a terrorist organisation by the uk government. israel says its troops have now completely encircled gaza city, here in the north of the territory. meanwhile, 92 british nationals are on a list which means they could escape the fighting and leave gaza today through the rafah crossing into egypt. jon donnison reports from jerusalem. israel says it s at the height of its battle with hamas. its ground offensive in northern gaza is pushing forward, with the military claiming gaza city is now completely encircled. translation: we discovered encircled. translation: - discovered today a recording call with a health official in gaza who spoke with our forces and described how hamas controls fuel supplies and a hospital. while supplies are running out, they are stealing from sick patients for terror aims. we will continue to expose to the world the act of hamas and h
So that is a statement coming from the taliban. the mp in charge of the foreign select committee has been telling me his concerns about the situation unfolding in afghanistan. it is heartbreaking. these are people who i and many other british soldiers and airmen served alongside. i lived there for four years and these showed enormous courage in standing up and fighting. these are not foreigners, these other afghan brothers and sister and to see this destruction is heartbreaking, especially when so unnecessary. i0,000 nato soldiers mainting 400,000 afghan mainting 400,000 afghan troops