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of the zulus after a year long family feud. hello and welcome to audiences in the uk and around the world. we re getting reports that security forces in somalia say they ve ended a thirty hour siege of the hayat hotel in the capital mogadishu, where islamist gunmen were reported to be holding hostages. there s been no independent verification, but the building had been targeted by heavy weapons and has been largely destroyed. the somali authorities say all those who remained inside have been killed. with me is our news reporter emily brown. emily, reporter emily brown. a hair raising 30 hours for emily, a hair raising 30 hours for those involved in the siege, what more do we know? this started on friday evening when the group carried out the attack and detonated detonated two bombs. dozens of people were evacuated from the building which is said to be popular with journalists and politicians politicians. it is not yet known how many people died during the siege, w ....
despite a chinese threat that america will pay the price for her visit. liz truss scraps a plan to link public sector pay to local living costs following a backlash from a number of senior conservatives. hello, welcome to bbc news. the energy company bp has reported its second highest quarterly profit in its history. between april and june it made £6.9 billion pounds in profit three times the figure for the same period last year. the company said its oil trading performance was exceptional, and that it expects to pay more than a billion pounds in uk tax this year. the profits come as domestic energy bills are predicted to hit more than £3,500 a year this winter. our business correspondent, caroline davies, reports. from fuel to cooking, lighting to showers rising energy prices bite into household budgets. but the same high oil and gas prices that mean consumers are paying more means that energy companies are also making more money. today, bp announced it has made its ....
the two largest, al shifa and al-quds, have said they are suspending operations. staff claim israeli bombardment plus lack of fuel and medicine, mean patients including babies could die. israel s military said it has offered to evacuate newborn babies, and claims hamas has command centres close to the hospitals. our first report is from lucy williamson. the new map of gaza can t be trusted. safe places becoming empty spaces overnight. this was bani suhella near khan younis this morning in the south of gaza. our correspondent there heard people screaming for help under the rubble. israel has told people to move south, to avoid the fighting in the north. but the search for shelter here is still a deadly gamble of daily life. samira fled south from the bombardment at al shifa hospital in gaza city. translation: we thought the hospital was a safe place, but it wasn t. - if we had stayed there another five minutes, we would have been killed. my son got injured, so i left him ....
there ve been eight airstrikes in and around khan younis today with 23 people killed and around 200 injured. israeli forces have repeatedly told palestinians to leave northern gaza for the south. the bbc s rushdi abualouf witnessed one of the airstrikes while he was buying supplies for his children in the village of bani suhaila. four bombs fell around him in quick succession. he took these pictures, and says a block of about 10 houses had been destroyed. rushdie told us he saw four dead bodies, and more than a hundred injured people in that particular incident. it comes as hamas says the number killed in israel s bombing of gaza has now reached 11,180. it s also suspended talks on freeing the hostages seized during last month s attack on israel, saying this is because of israel s military action around gaza s largest hospital. israel says hamas has bases under the building. the us says it does not want to see firefights in hospitals in gaza. lucy williamson reports. th ....