Victim to an Armed Robbery and suffered a health scare but finally the end is in sight. Russell should cross the finish line in tunisia this afternoon, and our reporter ellie price has been looking back at his journey. Lets go day three day four day six his nickname on social media is hardest geezer. Day 349 of running the entire length of africa. After more than 350 days, 10,000 miles and 19 million steps, hes probably earned it. Hes run through deserts, rainforests, savannahs, mountains, jungle and 16 countries, and hes raised well over £500,000 for the Running Charity and sandblast, posting updates on his progress on social media. 0riginally, hed planned a mere 9,000 mile trip, but complications with visas, health scares, geopolitical issues and even an Armed Robbery meant the 26 year old was forced to extend the challenge. But hes taken it all in his stride. I was absolutely bricking it, to be totally honest. Everything goes through your head in those moments. And i was. I was pre
The legal advice, that the government had been given on whether israel was acting within international law, and of course that will have an impact on uk arms sales to israel, which have become a very, very live political issue here in the uk. So the deputy Prime Minister, as you say, 0liver Dowden, interviewed on sunday with Laura Kuenssberg here on the bbcjust a short while ago. Here is what he had to say. Have specific concerns about different areas of israels conduct. We are raising those concerns with israel. By the way, it is so important to remember this, we have gone from the horrors of six months ago to Holding Israel to extraordinary high standards. It is right that we do so and it is right that we raise these concerns where we say, look, what will you are doing in respect of not getting aid in, or what you are doing in respect of your targeting raises concerns for us, and we need you to engage with. Now, some mps in the House Of Commons in westminster calling for arms sales t
Katzir. 47 years old, he was seized from nir oz in the early hours of October The 7th in Southern Israel. During that assault, his father was murdered, while his mother was abducted then later released. The israeli army said the body of elad katzir was retrieved from the khan younis area of southern gaza. It once a day more to do bring the hostages home but also change the way it is fighting the war. President joe biden of the United States, one of israels strongest allies from the beginning of the war has in the past few days significantly toughened his language. In what was widely described as a very tense Telephone Conversation on thursday, israels rai mr Benjamin Netanyahu, he warned if israel didnt change the way that they were fighting the war, america would have to change its s policy. The us and many other countries around the world are asking israel to do much more to get aid into gaza, protect civilians, and bring about a ceasefire which could bring the hostages home. Is this
And that his body was found in khan younis overnight. During the attack on a kibbutz in october, elads father was killed and his mother was abducted but freed in a deal in november. In a facebook post, his sister blamed the Israeli Government for his death. In gaza, a desperate wait for food amid warnings of famine. Aid deliveries have been, at best, sporadic, but when help does arrive, people rush to get it. Translation when we were displaced at the beginning, we used to eat rotten bread because of the high prices of food here. This is the only place where i can get food for my children. The attack on a convoy that killed seven aid workers this week has put even more pressure on israel. From the us came a warning it should do more to boost humanitarian assistance and protect civilians and aid workers or risk losing american support. The World Food Programme has been able to serve 1 Million People every month with food because they completely depend on us. But we have challenges. We do