hello, i m lucy hockings. welcome to bbc news now. the head of gaza s biggest hospital says nearly 180 people are being buried in a mass grave there after it ran out of fuel. fighting between the israeli military and hamas continues around the al shifa hospital. that s prompted growing international concern, with president biden saying he wants less intrusive action . medical staff at al shifa say the lives of 36 premature babies are hanging in the balance. this is an image of some made public by the hospital on sunday. it said they had been placed on a bed after the fuel ran out to power the generators to keep their incubators going. their current condition is not known, although a hospital spokesperson on monday said three of the original 39 babies had died. israel insists it is only targeting hamas, and that their command centre is in tunnels beneath the hospital. it has also released these images, which it says are of incubators which it is offering to supply to al shi
in sport, officially the best footballer in the world christiano ronaldo wins fifa s best male player award for the second year running beating messi and neymar. and we meet the man who wants to become the first person to walk across the antarctic alone and unaided. and carol has the weather. good morning. today for many of us, it s going to be a fairly cloudy day. there is rain or drizzle in the forecast, but there are bright spells and i ll tell you where in 15 minutes. good morning. first, our main story. hospitals in england could carry out 280,000 extra operations a yearjust by making better use of operating theatres. analysis by the watchdog nhs improvement, due out later this week, suggests that more than two hours a day on average are lost because of late starts and other delays. here s our health editor, hugh pym. waiting lists for routine operations are growing and there s a continuing debate over whether more money is needed for the nhs or whether it could be mor
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major funding for the pbs newshour has been provided by: and by the alfred p. sloan foundation. supporting science, technology, and improved economic performance and financial literacy in the 21st century. supported by the rockefeller foundation. promoting the well-being of humanity around the world by building resilience and inclusive economies. more at rockefellerfoundation.org carnegie corporation of new york. supporting innovations in education, democratic engagement, and the advancement of international peace and security. at carnegie.org. and with the ongoing support of these institutions: and individuals. this program was made possible by the corporation for public broadcasting. and by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. thank you. sreenivasan: paris is on high alert again, after a gunman killed one policeman and wounded two more, before being killed himself. the attack came just three days before voting starts in france s presidentia
in his traditional easter vigil in an almost deserted st peter s basilica . and the legendary british motor racing driver, sir stirling moss, has died aged 90. hello and welcome to audiences in the uk and around the world. we re covering all the latest coronavirus developments here in britain and globally. the number of people who ve died in the uk from coronavirus, has passed 10,000. the health secretary, matt hancock, said this is a sombre day, that reinforced why the public must adhere to social distancing rules. it comes after one of the government s senior scientific advisers said the uk could become the worst affected country in europe. 737 people died in hospital in the uk in the last day, bringing the total to 10,612. but that number doesn t include deaths in care homes or in the community. in other developments, the british prime minister boris johnson was discharged from hospital after being treated for coronavirus. he will not immediately return to work. italy has