but the main focus of the strikes were north west and and south west were north west and.and south west of of gaza, where the israel is expanding its ground operation. and now they say they are in control of the coastal road, isolating gaza completely. the air strikes, according to the director of shifa hospital, who i managed to spoke to this morning after the communication, will resume. he said about 200 people were killed in those strikes overnight and they were transported by people. they said people were carrying the dead bodies on the cart by donkeys and their own cars because the communication were cut and people couldn t like talk, communicate with the ambulance services. and they said the hospital is overwhelmed by the number of bodies and the number of injuries. he expects the number to go up again. and he said it s now over 10,000 people have been killed. the strikes were not only in gaza city, where the focus of the israeli operation, but also in the safe area whe
a digital travel certificate the eu suggests a way for holiday makers to prove they ve had a covid vaccination. the former downing street adviser dominic cummings describes the department of health as a smoking ruin in the early months of the coronavirus pandemic. and, why this is so unusual the bird that s now so rare in the wild, it s forgotten how to sing its own song. good afternoon and welcome to bbc news. a damning report into child sex abuse in football says the football association failed to do enough to keep children safe after the scale of the problem came to light. the independent review found the fa was too slow to put protection measures in place following the high profile convictions of abusers in 1995, and identified significant institutional failings , as our sports correspondent, natalie pirks, reports. this is the day survivors have been waiting for, to see black and white what they have always known, the fa should have done more to keep them safe.
we start with brexit and an indication of how much effect the uk leaving the european union has had on trade in both directions across the english channel. figures compiled by the uk government show how british exports to the eu fell byjust over 40% injanuary the first month when the post brexit rules came into force. and imports from the eu were down by nearly 30%. there are of course contributing factors, like earlier stockpiling, and pandemic lockdowns. our economics correspondent, andy verity, has the details. this manchester exporter of branded clothing, much of it for corporate events that haven t been happening, has gone through what it describes as a nightmare yearjust staying in business and keeping staff safe. but now, its boss told me, far from the promised frictionless trade, it s become very difficult to export to europe. transporters and couriers are charging big extra fees to cover much more complex paperwork and taxes, pushing costs up so high that it s ha
no chemotherapy throughout the pandemic. i don t have much of a choice. and john lewis has warned of further store closures after it made a record annual loss of more than £500 million. good afternoon. prince william has insisted the royal family is not racist, in his first comments since the duke and duchess of sussex told us television that a member of the family had questioned what colour their child s skin would be. william also revealed he hasn t spoken to his brother since harry and meghan gave the interview to oprah winfrey, but said he would do. the duke and duchess of cambridge were visiting a school in east london when they were asked by a reporter about the controversy. have you spoken to your brother since the interview? no, i haven t spoken to him yet, but i will do. and can you just let me know, is the royalfamily a racist family, sir? no, we are very much not a racist family. our royal correpsondent, sarah campbell, joins me now. they are the first comments th