and two romanian women are being investigated on allegations of rape, people trafficking and forming an organised crime group. they all deny any wrongdoing. now on bbc news, global questions: lula s new brazil. hello, iam lyse hello, i am lyse doucet. welcome to global questions in rio dejaneiro. a city is famed for its soaring sugarloaf mountain and starting copacabana beach. at the big story in brazil now is it s highly charged political transition. last year s narrow election victory of leftist president lula da silva over his rival, jair bolsonaro, highlighted brazil s depolarisation. injanuary, depolarisation. in january, thousands depolarisation. injanuary, thousands of bolsonaro supporters supported just like attach the heart of the brazilian government. those tensions linger and there are questions as well about the loyalties of brazil s military in a country with a past history of military dictatorship. president miller provides many prizes at home, including rising
israel says its troops in gaza are engaged in face to face combat with fighters from hamas. the israeli military says its troops have now completely encircled gaza city, in the north of the territory, almost four weeks since the start of this war. the us secretary of state, antony blinken, is back in tel aviv, as washington increases the pressure for a humanitarian pause. antony blinken talked about israel s right to defend itself, but also the need for concrete steps to minimise harm to civilians in gaza. meanwhile, the leader of hezbollah like hamas a proscribed terrorist organisation has been speaking in lebanon. hassan nasrallah praised the hamas attacks and said the possibility of total war is realistic . one other important line to update you on more foreign nationals have been getting out of gaza at the rafah crossing point into egypt. 92 british nationals are on the list of people who are being allowed to leave. the hamas run health ministry in gaza says mo
state, antony blinken, is back in tel aviv as washington increases the pressure for a humanitarian pause. antony blinken talked about israel s right to defend itself, but also the need for concrete steps to minimize harm to civilians in gaza. meanwhile, the leader of hezbollah like hamas a proscribed terrorist organisation has spoken in lebanon. hassan nasrallah praised the hamas attacks and said, the possibility of total war is realistic . one other important line to update you on more foreign nationals have been getting out of gaza at the rafah crossing point into egypt. 124 british nationals are on the list of people, who are being allowed to leave. the hamas run health ministry in gaza says, more than 9,000 people have been killed in the strip since october the 7th after hamas killed 14 hundred people, in the attacks in southern isreal. the us seretary of state antony blinken held talks with the israeli war cabinet a closed door gathering. he also met the
palestinians have been allowed to leave gaza via the rafah crossing into egypt. these pictures from egyptian media show what they say are the first foreign nationals to cross. palestinian and egyptian officials say at least 320 foreign passport holders have crossed into egypt from southern gaza. the territory was besieged by israel after it was attacked over three weeks ago by hamas, which is classed as a terrorist organisation by the uk and other western governments. in northern gaza, another large airstrike has hit jabalia a day after an israeli attack killed dozens of people in the same refugee camp. there is been no comment from the israeli military, but it did say 15 of its soldiers have been killed in gaza over the last two days. earlier, i asked lalah ali faten from manchester about her daughter zaynab, who is trapped in gaza after travelling there for a wedding. she gave me the latest from her daughter they heard that the board was going to be open to and notification
with a pickaxe and an molotov cocktail, close to a fanzone at the euro 2024 football tournament, in central hamburg. the attacker was injured in the leg and has been receiving medical care but his condition is not life threatening. these pictures show a man wielding an axe, being confronted by police. they use pepper spray, and then fire several shots. this video doesn t capture all of those shots fired, there were more. we ve paused them at the moment when some of those gun shots were fired. those are images that people bring you. here s a spokesperson for the hamburg police, speaking shortly after the incident. translation: according to what we know now, i a man came out of a restaurant. he obviously had a molotov cocktail in his hand and also pickaxe. he also apparently tried to set fire to this molotov cocktail and then walked towards several people with it, including police officers who were on duty here at the time. and the police officers then made use of their firearm