coming down the steps as he arrives here in israel. what must be going on in his mind? greeting benjamin netanyahu, israel s prime minister. they have known each other for decades and president biden has been coming to this region for 50 years now. the us says over and over again what a close ally israel is and that it will unwaveringly stand by the side of israel, but it has also expressed deep concern about the unfolding and increasing humanitarian crisis in ghana so at the moment. israel has tightened its siege on the gaza strip, no food, water, fuel medicine coming into the strip. and relentless aerial bombardment, following that massive loss of life, the murder of moo israelis inside israel ten days ago by militants who were coming out of gaza. so, we see the two men there, joe biden, with israel s prime minister benjamin netanyahu. they will be going on to hold behind the scenes talks, closed door talks where you can expect a very frank conversation about the ongoing si
starting with the big developments out of a hospital in gaza where thousands were seeking help and refuge. an explosion at the al ahli hospital right in the heart of gaza city is said to have killed hundreds according to health officials there. people sheltering in the hospital had fled 10 days of bombing by israel. the world health organization has condemned the blast, and called for the immediate protection of civilians. israel s prime minister, benjamin netanyahu denied israel was responsible, and blamed what he called barbaric terrorists . israel says its bombing campaign, is targeting members of hamas, responsible for killing around moo israelis last week, and a group designated as a terror organisation by the uk government and other countries. hamas has in turn blamed israel for the blast, and called it a war crime. here s our international editor jeremy bowen with the latest. loud blast the missile hit the hospital not long after dark. man shouts you can hear the
bringing heavy rain and winds to the north and east of uk and this shows the storm moving northwards on wednesday, parking itself across the north of the uk on friday but low pressure is close by and brings further heavy rain even further south so it will be a very unsettled week for the rest of the week and into the weekend and rainfall totals mounting up, you can see on the scale, the brighter echoes in eastern scotland and north east england is where we have concerns for the risk of localised flooding but because of the heavy rain which we have seen in scotland in the past week or so, the ground is saturated so the met office have an amber warning in force but this could be extended further south but that caters for the persistent heavy rain and the risk of localised flooding. heading through tonight, many places will be dry, central, northern and eastern areas have a strong outhwaite south easterly wind. temperatures, no problems with frost, 9 12 point we start the day
there was a reflective mood before kick off here at wimbley, as we observed, as uefa directed, the silence in memory of the swedish visitors who were killed in belgium and that match your member was abandoned to. and the football focus was also looking back, a great deal towards the last euro finals when italy beat england at wimbley. there was a reminder of that result when italy opened the score enough to just 15 minutes on picking the england defence in a way that the new italian manager would ve been very pleased by. england s response was led by the drive and vision ofjude belling government, whether in the white shirt of real madrid or indeed with england. his run into the box won the penalty for harry kane to convert in the first half. his run across a half a line and vision to pick up marcus rashford a good finish from rashford, gave england their second goal. then harry kane with the strength and determination to hold off the defenders and make it 3 1 and secure qu