warned israel s prime minister that no military operation should go ahead in rafah in southern gaza unless there s a plan to ensure the safety of the population. president biden has become the latest leader to voice his concern about israel s proposal to invade the city. rafah, on the border with egypt, has become the last refuge for palestinians fleeing the bombardment elsewhere in gaza, which has been going on since the hamas attacks of october the 7th last year. hamas is designated a terrorist organisation by the uk. prime minister benjamin netanyahu has insisted an evacuation plan for the city is being prepared. with the latest here s the bbc s international editorjeremy bowen. at the southern end of gaza, this is the heavily guarded border fence with egypt. for palestinian refugees, there is no further to go. laila abu mustafa fled here with her two handicapped daughters. getting on for 1.5 million palestinian civilians have been forced into southern gaza, living in dr
and let us take no notice of what s happening in the red sea because we can see oil prices maybe have seen upward pressure. majorspike maybe have seen upward pressure. major spike would have been expected ten to 15 years ago. the plain fact is because those attacks in the red sea had not really resulted in any supply disruption. did not see a loss in supply, we saw being diverted but we did not see a loss in the market. after that, the fact that it s not booming, when i see a tight market. that by itself as it justifies the level where prices have been trading over the last few months and they are where they are today. i5 are where they are today. is that slow slow down affecting the overall outlook in china? china, if you look at opec expectation for that year they expectation for that year they expect 90% of demand growth for oil to come from asia and largely driven by china. china s largest oil importer in the world. whatever happens to china will have a major impact on pr
interestingly, when you look at oil price development you think and they take no notice of what s happening in the red sea because we can see oil prices maybe have seen upward pressure. not really the major spike would have been expected ten to 15 years ago. the plain fact is because those attacks in the red sea had not really resulted in any supply disruption. we did not see a loss in supply, we saw tankers being diverted but we did not see a loss in the market. after that, the fact that it s not booming, when i see a tight market. that by itself as it justifies the level where prices have been trading over the last few months and they are where they are today. is that slow down affecting the overall outlook in china? china is the biggest wild card, if you look at opec expectation for this year they expect 90% of demand growth for oil to come from asia and largely driven by china. china s largest oil importer in the world. whatever happens to china will have a major impact o
are coming in from rafah in southern gaza saying the israeli army has carried out its heaviest bombardment of the city since the conflict began four months ago. as well as that, dozens of air strikes, local residents saying that helicopters were participating in that attack. he was presidentjoe biden has warned the israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu that no military operation should go ahead in rafah in southern gaza and leicester was a plan to ensure the safety of the population. mcallister was. he has become the latest data to voice concern about israel because my proposal to invade the city. rafah has become the last refuge for palestinians fleeing the bombardment elsewhere in gaza, which has been going on since the hamas attacks of october the 7th last year. hamas is designated a terror organisation by many western governments the uk. prime minister netanyahu has insisted that an evacuation plan for the city is being prepared. with the latest, here is jeremy pre
ground troops enter. the united nations says there is nowhere safe to go for the 1.5 million palestinians sheltering in rafah. but speaking to abc, mr netanyahu defended the potential military offensive. the areas we have cleared north of rafah, patio areas there, but we are working out a detailed plan to do so and that s what we ve done up to now. we are not cavalier about it, it is part of our war effort to get civilians out of harm s away and part of the hamas effort to keep them and harm a s way but we have succeeded so far and we will succeeded so far and we will succeed again. those who say we should not enter rafah are basically saying lose the war, keep hamas their command their command hamas has promised to do the top of the seven massacre over and over and over again. rafah has become the last refuge for many palestinians fleeing bombardment elsewhere in israel s four month war against hamas, since the group s attack on october the 7th. hamas is designated a terrori