some aid continues to get through a royaljordanian air force cargo plane has dropped several containers of humanitarian relief supplies over the gaza strip. the update was shared in a tweet by thejordanian king. jordan s state news agency said the consignment was urgent medical aid for thejordanian field hospital in gaza. israeli media reports say the air drop was carried out in co ordination with the israeli military. meanwhile, the us has stepped up diplomatic efforts in the region. secretary of state antony blinken is now in turkey, for meetings with the country s foreign minister. the country s cia director william burns is also now in israel urging greater effort to avoid civilian casualties. and in the last few hours, the white house has said vice president kamala harris will discuss the conflict in a phone call with unnamed foreign leaders today. this is live looking across at the gaza strip, where it s currently just after iiam. we ll bring you more on all of th
up diplomatic efforts in the region. secretary of state antony blinken is now in turkey for meetings with the country s foreign minister. the country s cia director william burns is also now in israel, urging greater effort to avoid civilian casualties. and in the last few hours, the white house has said vice president kamala harris will discuss the conflict in a phone call with unnamed foreign leaders on monday. this is live, looking across at the gaza strip. it s just after 7am. in a moment, i llspeak to my colleague, mohamed taha, for the latest developments. but first lets hear from our correspondent, yogita limaye. the bombing over gaza has intensified tonight. communication lines have also been cut off, which means tomorrow will likely begin for many gazans like today did digging through rubble, looking forfamilies and survivors. this was a crowded refugee camp. it s not one of the areas that israel had asked civilians to leave. hamas says it was an israeli air strike
singapore, this is bbc news. it s newsday. hi there. thank you for being with us. wheat will have the latest as prince william visits singapore later but we will begin with our daily update on the situation in gaza. it is now overfour situation in gaza. it is now over four weeks since the start of the war by hamas and our correspondences tonight bombardment is the most intense in the campaign so far. israel s military said it has split gaza into two parts, north and the south. a humanitarian pause has been one of the main points on the agenda by the us secretary of state antony blinken. he said the force would advance several priorities including getting more aid into gaza and getting the hostages out. we begin our coverage with this report from yogita limaye. the bombing of gaza has intensified tonight, communication lines have also been cut off, which means tomorrow will likely begin for many gazans like today did. digging through rubble, looking for families and survivors.
a thought about your youth, because when you were young, you were a revolutionary. you wanted dramatic change, to destroy the status quo. i just wonder if you ve brought that spirit into your physics, into your study of the universe. yes. it was not.notjust me. it was a big chunk of my generation that had this dream of changing the world, right? and then making a world better without wars, without borders. we got disappointed. we sort of thought, well, the rest of the planet, the rest of the people doesn t really want to change the world so much. and i think it s a moment of disappointment that i found something else which was revolutionary, which was modern physics. so i shifted from political revolution to scientific revolution. and what sense can you describe physics as potentially revolutionary? because we have a worldview in which we think we know everything. right? this is up, this is down, the earth is flat, nothing is moving. this is solid, continuous. and then we lea
the north of the territory and reports of huge explosions. israel says it s now effectively divided gaza into two parts north and south. 11 un agencies and six humanitarian groups have called for an immediate ceasefire, urging israel to protect civilians and allow more food, water, medicine and fuel into gaza. they also called on hamas to release the hostages captured on october the 7th. some aid continues to get through a royaljordanian air force cargo plane has dropped several containers of humanitarian relief supplies over the gaza strip. the update was shared in a tweet by thejordanian king. jordan s state news agency said the consignment was urgent medical aid for thejordanian field hospital in gaza. israeli media reports say the air drop was carried out in co ordination with the israeli military. meanwhile, the us has stepped up diplomatic efforts in the region. secretary of state antony blinken has held talks with his the turkish foreign minister in ankara. the c