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the full aukus details here on breakfast. full forecast details. it s sunday may 19. our main story: there s been a spike in demand for hepatitis c tests in england since bbc news revealed that more than 1,700 people were unknowingly infected with the virus after receiving contaminated blood transfusions decades ago. tomorrow, the long awaited report into what s been described as the biggest treatment disaster in the history of the nhs will be published. our health editor hugh pym has more. a home testing kit for hepatitis c, thousands were infected with the virus after blood transfusions dating back to the 19705, and bbc news analysis showed that more than 1700 have the virus and still don t know it. demand for hepatitis c test kit in england has soared since our story began. more than 12,800 kit were ordered between thursday the ninth of may and friday the 17th of may. that compare5 ninth of may and friday the 17th of may. that compares with 2300 for the whole of april, ....
is currently unclear whether the president was on board the helicopter that state media says was involved in the accident, so there were three helicopters in this convoy. one of them had what state media are calling a hard landing. there is a lot of heavy rain and fog in the area and we are just seeing the mp for the city where the convoy was heading has told reporters in tehran that emergency rescue workers have yet to find the location of the president s helicopter, and heavy rain and fog has made the rescue very difficult. they are saying of the three helicopters, to have landed safely but there is no news on the third. some reports do say they were carrying the president and foreign minister but we have had no confirmation of that at the moment and i amjoined in confirmation of that at the moment and i am joined in the studio by mike colleague. you have been monitoring the state media in iran. what is the latest as we know? you have presented what is the latest as ....
as is relapse war with, stretches into its 15th day, it is 10:00 p.m. in israel where hours ago, members of benjamin netanyahu s war cabinet towards southern israelites preparations for an expected ground invasion are finalized, this as the first aid trucks enter gaza and the us elevates the release of two american hostages held by hamas. we begin our coverage in tel aviv where lucas tomlinson is standing by. reporter: is relapse top general says his forces are ready to enter the gaza strip and he ordered them to prepare for ground combat soon. translator: gaza is complicated. gaza is densely populated. the enemy is preparing a lot of things but we are preparing for them. all capabilities are for the maneuver. be brave with that thought. reporter: as you mentioned earlier today, the first 20 trucks carrying humanitarian aid entered gaza through egypt. president biden pledged $100 million to gaza, we spoke in tel aviv this week in israel s defense forces say hama ....
hello and welcome to our viewers joining us here in the united states and all around the world as we continue our breaking news coverage of israel at war. i m rosemary church at cnn headquarters in atlanta. and i m becky anderson in tel aviv for you, where we are standing by for u.s. president joe biden s arrival here. biden is stepping directly into a geopolitical mind field made even worse by a blast at a hospital in gaza that the palestinians say has killed hundreds of people. the subject matter and the video that we are about to show you are graphic. palestinian officials say the hospital was hit by an israeli air strike. israeli military officials blame a rocket misfired by palestinian islamic jihad. they are presenting video evidence, which they say backs up their case. the world health organization says that the hospital has been caring for patients and sheltering thousands of people displaced from their homes. the hospital blast has brought condemnation from a ....
difficult mission that the president was embarking on became even more complicated just yesterday afternoon amid the blast at that hospital in gaza. the second portion of the president s trip ultimately was canceled. he was set to travel to jordan to talk about establishing humanitarian aid, establishing a corridor to get aid into gaza. but that trip was up ended in the aftermath of the blast. white house officials have down played the expectations of concrete deliverables. of course the president is hoping to press both benjamin netanyahu as well as others on trying to alleviate some of the humanitarian concerns. but it is unclear what specific announcements the president might leave israel with. but part of his agenda while he is on the ground there today is to try to ascertain what exactly the israelis need as they continue to try to root out hamas. the u.s. of course has said israel has the right to defend itself, but we have also seen the white house in recent days ....