In a phone call, President Biden told the israeli Prime Minister of his deep concerns over a planned assault on rafah in southern gaza. In the last hour, the white house has said that a meeting between the us and israel to discuss rafah will likely take place next week. But Benjamin Netyanyahu has just said theres no way to destroy hamas in rafah other than by a ground incursion. All this as talks continue in qatar in a bid to secure a ceasefire deal. Lets get this report from anna foster, injerusalem. At gazas southern tip, the aftermath of another israeli air strike. 1. 4 million displaced people are now sheltering in rafah, and israel has made it clear it wants to go further. A ground offensive, it says, would remove hamas from gaza entirely. But theres International Pressure to avoid even more deaths. The message from israels allies to its leaders is getting stronger. Our position is that hamas should not be allowed a Safe Haven In Rafah or anywhere else, but a major Ground Operati
Programme. Could you hazard a guess as to why Ocean Temperatures are so vastly greater at the moment than they ordinarily would be . Vastly greater at the moment than they ordinarily would be . There are a number of they ordinarily would be . There are a number of theories they ordinarily would be . There are a number of theories being they ordinarily would be . There are| a number of theories being explored at the moment by climate scientists. The first, youve already mentioned, is this transition from La Nina To El Nino. The three years prior to 2023, el nino in the tropical pacific, with cooler surface waters, a rapid transition from La Nina To El Nino in 2023, and that tends to push up temperatures. What we saw was Sea Surface Temperatures in other parts of the world were rising even before el nino kicked in, so there are other potential theories, including things like changes in the amounts of sulphur in shipping fuel over the past few years, influence from the tonga eruption. And
Conspiracies, orjust fuelling them the first pictures of the princess of wales since her surgery, out shopping at the weekend with her husband at windsorfarm shop. It seems her recovery is going well but still the rumours persist. Spin around that one. Got it. The safety of a selfie royal photos have been a tricky issue recently. Today Prince William was in sheffield, trying to shift the focus onto the more serious side of public duty. You think a lot of people think, give people a house and its fixed . Its not been taken care of very well outdoors. He met supporters of homewards, his project to end homelessness in six areas of the uk. How are you . Nice to meet you. He is one of the most famous people on the planet, and a lot of people might say, surely a prince wont care about an issue like homelessness, or a lack of access to housing, because he may not have directly experienced that. But i somewhat feel that is even more impressive about it, not having that direct experience but st
As a Football Governance Bill that will see an independent regulator oversee professional football in the uk has been introduced to parliament for the first time. The legislation would grant powers to a body free from control of government and football authorities to oversee clubs in englands top five mens tiers and ensure long term Financial Stability of the mens professional game. It would in turn help Football Clubs avoid falling under financial mismanagement, like bury football club. The International Olympic committee have confirmed athletes from russia and belarus will not be a part of the parade during the Opening Ceremony at paris 202a. Qualified athletes from those countries will compete under a neutralflag, following russias invasion of ukraine in 2022. Meanwhile, the ioc have also called the russian organised Friendship Games a cynical attempt to politicise sport, describing the event as a purely politically motivated sports event. The inaugural summer Friendship Games are r