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by an anti tank missile fired by hamas. the raids were also aimed at gaining information on the whereabouts of the more than 200 hostages being held in gaza. a third convoy of more than a dozen aid trucks is at the rafah crossing from egypt, waiting for permission to head into gaza. the head of the main un agency helping palestinians in gaza says hundreds of truckloads of aid are needed every day, rather the few dozen which have been allowed in so far. the agency has called forfuel to be allowed in, with only a minimal supply left for hospitals, water desalination plants and bakeries. israel says it s not permitting fuel deliveries because they could be commandeered by hamas. the hamas run health ministry in gaza says the israeli bombardment of gaza has killed more than 5,000 people there, including 2,000 children. attacks by hamas on israel this month killed more 1,400 people. wyre davies has this report. it s a part of gaza where people should have felt relatively saf ....
time for a look at the business news now with tadhg enright. luxmy gopal, thank you very much. we are going to talk about tax. a new report, funded by the european union, has found that the world s super rich are still able to pay low rates of tax, despite decades of efforts to reduce evasion. the study says there are still too many loopholes and billionaires are able to pay less than 0.5% of their wealth. the eu tax observatory, which is behind the report, is calling for a new global minimum tax on billionaires saying that if the richest 3,000 people in the world paid 2%, then it would raise $250 billion a year. earlier, i spoke to richard murphy a tax reform campaigner and professor of accounting practice, sheffield university management school and asked how feasible that would be. the good news in this report today is that a lot of measures that are being put in place which i campaigned for over the last 15 years are working. for example, tax havens are now cau ....
being held in gaza. a third convoy of more than a dozen aid trucks is at the rafah crossing from egypt, waiting for permission to head into gaza. the head of the main un agency helping palestinians in gaza says hundreds of truckloads of aid are needed every day, rather the few dozen which have been allowed in so far. the agency has called forfuel to be allowed in, with only a minimal supply left for hospitals, water desalination plants and bakeries. israel says it s not permitting fuel deliveries because they could be commandeered by hamas. the hamas run health ministry in gaza says the israeli bombardment of gaza has killed more than 5,000 people, including 2,000 children. attacks by hamas on israel this month killed more 1,400 people. let s get more now from our chief international correspondent lyse doucet, who s in southern israel. this is day 17 of the israel gaza war and israel s defence minister has made it absolutely clear that this military operation could last ....
light to enter. the un agency for palestinian refugees says the situation in southern gaza is so bad, some civilians are returning north, despite israeli warnings to stay away. sport and for a full round up, from the bbc sport centre, here s betty. good afternoon. hello from the bbc sport centre. there will be a minute s silence prior to manchester united s champions league game with copenhagen tomorrow night. players will also wear black armbands as tributes continue to pour in from the world of football following the passing of sir bobby charlton on saturday. eric ten hag has been speaking ahead of that game today, and says charlton s legacy will live on. bobby was a legend, a giant. not only for manchester united, but for football. and so his legacy was also what he left with the standards, the high standards we have to live every day. of course, first our thoughts are with his family, with his wife, with his children and grandchildren. but also for what he meant for ....
is bad holding women and children hostage is bad optics, they know it. quite apart is bad optics, they know it. quite apart from is bad optics, they know it. quite apart from the logistical challenge in the apart from the logistical challenge in the middle of a war where they are being in the middle of a war where they are being bombarded of trying to keep are being bombarded of trying to keep the are being bombarded of trying to keep the location secret and provide baby food keep the location secret and provide baby food and things like that for famiiies baby food and things like that for families who shouldn t be there, they should never have been kidnapped in the first place, these talks are kidnapped in the first place, these talks are at a very sensitive, delicate talks are at a very sensitive, delicate stage. qatar is the mediator, why? they provide, they host the mediator, why? they provide, they host the political leadership of hamas. host ....