time for a look at the weather. we have some strong winds on the way for the uk but before that we have seen damp conditions for many of us and the worst of the rain is clearing eastwards followed by heavy showers, the heaviest across north east england and wales. showers, the heaviest across north-east england and wales. hefty downpours around. the winds are starting to turn north westerly dragging in coolerairand starting to turn north westerly dragging in cooler air and otherwise it isa dragging in cooler air and otherwise it is a mild afternoon. overnight we will continue with breezy weather and a few showers. some patchy cloud as well. it will not be the coldest of nights. we are going to see some big developments taking place in the atlantic. looking at the jet stream which makes our areas of low pressure, it is going to get strong over the next 2a hours, reaching winds of 180 miles per hour. an area of low pressure form is just here and start spinning around the north
israeli air strikes in gaza and focusing on gaza city where israel s defence minister now says that the israeli troops are operating in the heart of gaza city which the minister claims is the heart of terrorism. the area is the one of the most densely populated parts of the territory, and has frequently been hit by the israeli military in the last month it says it is targeting hamas, which israel, along with many other countries, considers to be a terrorist organisation. in this bulletin we will bring you the developments from right across this region, from here in israel, inside gaza and from lebanon as well. but we will start this hour with the latest developments from our middle east correspondent yolande knell. flares hanging in gaza s night sky are ominous warnings of incoming israeli fire. but, increasingly, the israeli prime minister s being pressed for a pause in fighting. i did ask him for a pause yesterday. this is a key moment. israeli troops are now said to be i
from the west bank where 100 palestinians have been forcibly moved from their homes, amid rising tensions fuelled by the war. good evening, there was a five hour window today in which the palestinians were allowed to walk out of gaza city, through a humanitarian corridor, across the front lines, to the south. they left after weeks of furious bombardment and in defiance of a hamas order to remain. the group later accused unwra the united nations relief agency of facilitating the forced evacuation of palestinians. the civilians are the shield and the shield was being taken away. where these people go next and what will be provided for them is now the critical factor. many are eating just one meal a day, they queue for hours at water pumps, the shelters are full. 1.5 million people are displaced. and barely 650 trucks have crossed the rafah border since the conflict began. in tokyo the group of seven foreign ministers voiced support for a humanitarian pause in gaza, but the
demeaning him and his company. just moments ago the former president walked out of court for lunch break. his scorched earth political playbook is very familiar and has been successful in the court of public opinion. but could trump s behavior spell the end of his business empire in new york? the staggering financial stakes. the bloodiest part of the war between israel and hamas may be happening right now. israeli engaged in what s described as close quarters urban warfare, trapping hamas fighters inside along with thousands of desperate civilians. so what s next? a lot to get to, but we start in new york city where just a short time ago donald trump s testimony went from combative to, in the ends of our nbc news producer inside the courtroom, completely out of control. the former president ranting on the witness stand, attacking the judge for finding him guilty of committing fraud saying, quote, the fraud is on the court, not me. it follows several hours of repeated clas
foreign minister abdallah bou habib in beirut, welcome to hardtalk. thank you. mr foreign minister, ijust wonder whether right now it feels to you like this conflict is spiralling out of control. you are watching it from beirut as the war rages in gaza between israel and hamas. but do you fear it is going to spread much wider? well, we are afraid that it may spread. but i can say that i am now less pessimistic than i was at the beginning. i think here there is a conviction, at least in lebanon, that we don t want war. we have a lot of problems, economic, political and social problems, and everyone in lebanon does not want war. but it all depends on israel. israel also threatened us many times, to have a pre emptive strike on lebanon, and what s happening in gaza. i mean, you cannot.you know, the people here are interrelated. we have half a million palestinians in lebanon. and, you know, there are a lot of people that are resistance minded. they re not only in lebanon. in syri