sequoia, known as the grizzly giant, to protect it from the flames that are ripping through at this hour. this tree, the national park service says it s the second largest tree in yosemite. what we know about this fire is that it has doubled in size in the past 24 hours. nearly 1600 acres have already burned and fire officials are warning that they do expect this fire to continue to grow as they are also expecting continued hot, unusually hot temperatures. escalating drought, climate change, a horrible combination, also adding to this yearly threat of wildfires. how are federal officials dealing with all of that? we have been talking to, on the federal level, the national park service. this is something they are very concerned about as far as the impact of climate change on places like these national parks. most of the national parks across the united states are impacted, if not by extreme temperatures, wildfires, it s the sea level. they are working, on the federal level
we ve seen flashes over the skies of gaza, as israel continues to carry out airstrikes, saying it is targeting hamas fighters, not civilians. but air strikes have killed and injured civilians. the palestinian health ministry says at least 50 people were killed overnight. doctors without borders says hospitals in gaza have only have a few days fuel left in their generators. the world food programme has distributed some aid, but the un has warned that israel is in breach of international law by denying civilians access to essential supplies of food, fuel and water. ii of its own staff there have been killed since saturday. bbc verify is continuing to monitor the impact of the strikes in gaza. one was on the islamic university of gaza, targeted between tuesday and wednesday. several videos released by the israel defense forces have shown their attacks. meanwhile, hamas fighters continue to fire rockets into israel. many have been intercepted by the country s iron dome defence s
much of the territory now a mass of broken buildings and rubble. more than 1,000 people have died, many more are injured, after several days of israeli bombing. we ll get the latest on the ground from rushdi abu alouf in gaza city, and anna foster, on the northern border with lebanon, where tensions are rising with the militant group, hezbollah. here, we ll be speaking to people in the uk desperately worried about family affected by the violence in both israel and gaza. also on the programme. labour leader sir keir starmer tells the bbc he s a yimby not a nimby saying yes to house building in his own back yard. in the us, republicans choose a new speaker of the house of representatives after his predecessor was ousted by a revolt from within his own party. and the handful of dust grabbed from an asteroid and the clues it contains about the creation of the solar system. and the newsnight at 10:30, we will go deeper behind the headlines and speak live to key players on to
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