the hamas run health ministry is that the air strike hit a densely populated residential block in central gaza. several buildings in very close proximity to one another. one man who had lost his daughter, his grandchildren and his son in law had said that his family was ordered to evacuate from gaza city because of the israeli military operation. he said, we came to central gaza only to die. he said, there s just no safe place. there are two big challenges ahead after this. one is that the palestinian red crescent said because of the air strike has caused the main road connecting these refugee camps to shut down. that s going to make it very difficult for rescue teams, for ambulances to get through. but also remember that most hospitals in gaza are struggling, whether it s fuel or lack of supplies or water. so as this rescue operation struggles, so will the medical situation. the world health organization has described the situation at gaza s largest hospital, as absolut
as soon as possible. the launch prompted neighbours south korea and japan to briefly issue then rescind alerts to millions of residents. japan has condemned pyongyang s actions. south korea correspondentjean mckenzie has more from seoul. there was panic and confusion in seoul this morning as we awoke to the sound of this air raid siren which is extremely rare. and messages from loudspeakers telling people to prepare for an evacuation, only to be told 20 minutes later it was a mistake. north korea did fire a missile this morning. it was believed to be carrying a spy satellite. but we now know it was a failure and the rocket exploded in midair and crashed into the sea. this will be a big disappointment for the north korean leader kim jong un. he has been working to give north korea its first ever spy satellite and he announced this week he was planning the launch. a spy satellite would give north korea a strategic advantage to allow it to monitor its enemies from the sky, s
wording of the resolution. it comes down to aid and the monitoring mechanism that is in the draft resolution. our north america correspondent nada tawfik has more from new york. diplomats are in consultation and what i heard from one diplomat is that they have made more progress today and they have all week and they are narrowing the gap and we have received the latest draught resolution and it is different and key aspects from the last proposals and the suspension of hostilities the draught now calls for urgent steps to allow safe and unhindered humanitarian access with creating conditions for sustainable station of hostilities and from the original draught in the resolution on the table now also appoints senior humanitarian and reconstruction coordinator that will appoint a mechanism to try to speed up aid into gaza. it s quite a mouthful but these are the proposals on the table and this was made to try to prevent a veto to get the united states on board with this resolutio
and palestinians. there has been deadly violence in recent days, with palestinians and israelis being killed on the west bank and in eastjerusalem. now on bbc news bbc 100 women in conversation: rita moreno. there is a rare status only a few achieve in hollywood. it s called egot when you win all four of the major american entertainment awards, an emmy, a grammy, an oscar and a tony. it s even more rare if you re an ethnic minority. legendary actress rita moreno is the only latina who holds that status. many would recognise her from anita in west side story, but she has a career spanning seven decades. it s not been an easyjourney, though, as she tells me in this interview for bbc 100 women. hi, rita. hi, there. how are you? i am so terrific it s disgusting. that s good. i am one of the happiest 90 year old persons you ve ever met. well, we re so excited to talk to you. so, welcome to this conversation with bbc 100 women. why are you so happy? tell me. well, think of it t
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