hello, i m rajini vaidyanathan. welcome to verified live three hours of breaking stories, and checking out the truth behind them. more than 100 people have been killed and scores of others injured in two explosions in south eastern iran near the grave of a top revolutionary guards commander. state television says the blasts occurred in quick succession in the city of kerman, during a ceremony to mark the anniverssary of the killing of qassem soleimani. he was iran s most powerful military commander and was killed in 2020 by a us air strike in iraq. local officials say two bags containing explosives were detonated by remote control at the entrance to the burial site. with more on this, our bbc persian reporter, parham ghobadi, is in the newsroom. good to talk to you. bring us up to date on what war we know. figs good to talk to you. bring us up to date on what war we know.- date on what war we know. as you mentioned. date on what war we know. as you mentioned, this date
Hello, im samantha simmonds. Welcome to the daily global, where well bring you the top stories from around the world. We start with the war between israel and hamas which is centre stage at an Emergency Session of the United Nations General Assembly in new york. The aim to agree on a resolution to secure a pause in the fighting to get meaningful aid into gaza. The palestinian ambassador, riyad mansour, called on members of the un to in his words choosejustice, not vengeance and vote to stop the killing in gaza. The israeli un ambassador, gilad erdan, spoke of what he called barbaric Hamas Terrorists launching an invasion on israel. He said the Special Un Session had nothing to do with peace. Hamas is a proscribed Terror Organisation by both the uk and the usa. Well hear from both later israel has continued its air strikes have today, this the scene in khan younis. Gazas hamas . Controlled Health Ministry says more than 7,000 people have been killed since the bombardment began an increa
Soon as we get them. Meanwhile Palestinian Civilians have started leaving parts of Eastern Rafah in gaza, after israel told A Hundred Thousand people there to leave the area. Officials in gaza say israeli air strikes have targeted parts of rafah, just hours after the Evacuation Order was issued. Pictures weve received show thick smoke rising as displaced palestinians try to flee Eastern Rafah. Those Palestinian Civilians closest to the Israeli Border are being urged to move to what the Israeli Military calls expanded humanitarian zones in the al mawasi and khan younis areas. Back to the live pictures of people in the centre of gaza getting the news that it looks like hamas, who have confirmed that the have accepted the cease fire proposals, no confirmation of that from israel. Lets speak to our security correspondent, Frank Gardner who is in jerusalem. Hamas saying they have accepted the cease fire proposals, we dont know what israel thinks about it, but what israel thinks about it, b
welcome to the programme. a quick update on the developments in the israel gaza conflict. developments in the israel- gaza conflict. developments in the israel- gaza conflict. president biden has appealed gaza conflict. president biden has appealed for gaza conflict. president biden has appealed for a gaza conflict. president biden has appealed for a less - has appealed for a less intrusive military attack. it comes following a warning that the biggest hospital in gaza, our shifa is now nearly a cemetery with the lack of power doctor saying many patients, including dozens of premature babies cannot be careful properly. al shifa hospital is in northern gaza. meanwhile, israel says it s found evidence of hamas activity within the grounds of another hospital in gaza. 0rla guerin has the very latest from jerusalem. and a warning her report contains some distressing images. war is closing in, and they are running out of time. these premature babies at al shifa hospital, f
to see that spill over. so they have been trying to engineer these talks to try to settle this, get some of the hostages out, get a ceasefire in place, leading to an eventual deal that stops the gaza hamas israel war. that is now on pause. it will almost certainly be resumed at some stage because it is an everybody s interest to stop this. stage because it is an everybody s interest to stop this. interest to stop this. indeed, and it is notjust interest to stop this. indeed, and it is notjust about interest to stop this. indeed, and it is notjust about getting - interest to stop this. indeed, and it is notjust about getting as - it is notjust about getting as hostages released, but also getting more aid into gaza, isn t it? you have just more aid into gaza, isn t it? you havejust come back more aid into gaza, isn t it? you have just come back from the region yourself? have just come back from the region ourself? , , have just come back from the region ourself? . . . , yoursel