has left a massive hole in their family. as the us military shoots down mysterious objects out of the sky, we ask what they might be. the small town of darvel in ayrshire is mounting an extraordinary challenge to the big names in scottish football. later in the air and the bbc news channel, we get the latest from and filled with so much writing of the merseyside derby between liverpool and everton. into his home. the londoner who has converted a skip into his home. good evening. a week ago today, as the world looked on in dismay, two huge earthquakes in turkey and syria shattered the lives of millions of people. tens of thousands are known to have died, and hundreds of thousands have been left homeless. there have been extraordinary tales of endurance under the rubble, but there is now little hope of finding more survivors. and this image, of a man holding the hand of his dead 15 year old daughter, has come to symbolise the agony of the victims. you ll remember the first v
new zealand declares a national state of emergency for the third time in its history after cyclone gabrielle ravaged the country s north island. it s seven in the morning in singapore, and 6 pm in washington where the white house has been explaining why the us military has shot a series of objects out of the sky over american territory in recent weeks including a suspected spy balloon from china. officials say the objects posed a threat to commercial flights and were brought down in the interest of safety. following a wave of speculation on social media and elsewhere the white house said there was no evidence of alien or extra terrestrial life being involved. there was john carew there wasjohn carew being there there is no, again, no indication of aliens if is operating during the have been studying me to learn as much as we can. much as we can. note that these surveillance much as we can. note that these surveillance balloon much as we can. note that these surveillanc
washington has stepped up its criticism of the way israel is carrying out its military offensive in gaza. antony blinken said there was a gap between the government s declared intentions to protect civilians and the casualties and what was happening on the ground. the ceasefire deal ended just over a week ago now. take a look at this map, which shows what is happening at the moment. it comes as the un s top aid official has said there s no longer any meaningful humanitarian operation in southern gaza. it does appear, however, that the israeli border crossing, kerem shalom, could soon be opened to improve the flow of aid. also, new images appear to show dozens of palestinian men stripped to their underwear with their hands tied behind their back, being held by israel defence forces. this report and it s disturbing is from jeremy bowen. video emerged this afternoon of palestinian men taken for interrogation. bbc staff recognised the town of beit lahiya in northern gaza and
in kigali, welcome to hardtalk. thank you for having me. it s a great pleasure to talk to you. ijust wonder, would you accept the basic proposition that in the last.almost three decades, rwanda has become one of africa s great success stories? yes, there is some achievement in development in our country, but the development that the people praise the administration of kagame to have achieved is only in kigali, the capital. it is really the cleanest city in the country and with beautiful buildings. but in rural areas, we have the poverty. the people live in abject poverty. i understand what you re saying, that, of course, one can get a false impression looking at kigali and all of the new development. but look at the words, the words that come from former us president bill clinton, who hailed paul kagame as one of the great leaders of our time. look at the words that come from the world bank, which over recent years has consistently given your country, rwanda, a stamp of appro
up its criticism of the way israel is carrying out its military offensive in gaza. antony blinken said there was a gap between the government s declared intentions to protect civilians and the casualties and what was happening on the ground. it comes as the un s top aid official has said there s no longer any meaningful humanitarian operation in southern gaza. it does appear, however, that the israeli border crossing kerem shalom could soon be opened to improve the flow of aid. currently making its way into gaza. also in the less 2a hours, we have seen new images from inside gaza. these are pictures of palestinians being held by the israel defense forces, many of them kneeling, many of them stripped to their underwear with their hands tied behind their backs. our international editor jeremy bowen has this report and i should warn you, you may find some of the images in the report distressing. video emerged of palestinian men taken for interrogation. bbc staff recognised the t