studio. newsday. hi there, thank you for being with us. we begin in gaza, where fighting is intensifying and communications are down for a third time. our correspondent rushdi abualouf in gaza has told us that tonight s bombardment seems to be the most intense since the beginning of the war, targeting the north west of the gaza strip, in particular. and in the last few hours, the idf said it has now split gaza into two parts north and south. it comes as the us secretary of state, antony blinken, has visted iraq and the west bank. and in the last hour, he has landed in turkey s capital, ankara, for a round of talks with leaders in the region. he has said that discussions are ongoing about a humanitarian pause in the fighting. mr blinken said the pause would advance several priorities, including getting more aid in to gaza, and getting the hostages out. yogita limaye reports. the bombing of gaza has intensified tonight, communication lines have also been cut off, which mean
ijust wonder if it continues a theme that i see in so much of your work over a very long time that is, trying to make visible people, communities, things, which are so often invisible to most of us. would that apply to what you ve done here? yes, i think i m trying to do two things, probably more than two things, but i m certainly trying to do two things. i m trying to make a set of artists, who are making really interesting work, more visible, and i m trying to show some of the things that those artists and i have seen, observed, discovered in manchester. rooted here in this place, so what do you think this exhibition tells us about manchester, its past and its present, that might not be familiar to even people who live here? well, i think they might be things that are familiar to people who live here. i see audiences as people who bring their stories to an exhibition. so an exhibition is a place where knowledge is exchanged. but most of the things we re talking about in t
lubaina himid, welcome to hardtalk. thank you. it s a great pleasure to be here at this exhibition, which you have curated. ijust wonder if it continues a theme that i see in so much of your work over a very long time that is, trying to make visible people, communities, things which are so often invisible to most of us. would that apply to what you ve done here? yes, i think i m trying to do two things, probably more than two things, but i m certainly trying to do two things. i m trying to make a set of artists who are making really interesting work more visible. and i m trying to show some of the things that those artists and i have seen, observed, discovered in manchester. rooted here in this place, so what do you think this exhibition tells us about manchester, its past and its present, that might not be familiar to even people who live here? well, i think they might be things that are familiar to people who live here. i see audiences as people who bring their stories to
strikingly densely populated refugee camp for days prompting international outcry. jeremy bowen has the latest. tank rumbles. tonight, israel says it has surrounded gaza city. an army statement said that soldiers were attacking hamas positions. explosion. gunfire. ..places where it launches rockets, and killing terrorists. israel has increased the tempo of its ground war in gaza. the army said its soldiers needed to be resilient is the coming weeks, and a ceasefire was not on the table. the troops have been visited by israel s prime minister benjamin netanyahu. translation: icall- on the uninvolved, get out - get out, move south because we will not quit our efforts to eliminate the hamas terrorists. we will advance, we will advance and win. hamas has released its own video, it said, of an attack against an israeli tank in the zeitoun area east of gaza city. hamas said it would make gaza a cursed place for israel and send more of its troops home in body bags. israel hit bure
lubaina himid, welcome to hardtalk. thank you. it s a great pleasure to be here at this exhibition, which you have curated. ijust wonder if it continues a theme that i see in so much of your work over a very long time that is, trying to make visible people, communities, things which are so often invisible to most of us. would that apply to what you ve done here? yes, i think i m trying to do two things, probably more than two things, but i m certainly trying to do two things. i m trying to make a set of artists who are making really interesting work more visible. and i m trying to show some of the things that those artists and i have seen, observed, discovered in manchester. rooted here in this place, so what do you think this exhibition tells us about manchester, its past and its present, that might not be familiar to even people who live here? well, i think they might be things that are familiar to people who live here. i see audiences as people who bring their stories to