hamas, palestinian authorities and other arab nations have blamed israel for the explosion which has triggered protests across the middle east. meanwhile britain s foreign office is advising its citizens against all travel to lebanon due to the risks associated with the conflict between israel and the occupied palestinian territories. to discuss all this with me tonight is our panel tom peck a political sketch writer for the independent and amanda renteria, a democratic & policy strategist and former top campaign aide to hillary clinton. us presidentjoe biden has promised solidarity with israel but his trip is overshadowed with a the us presidentjoe biden has today pledged solidarity with israel, during a whirlwind eight hour visit. but, his trip was overshadowed by last night s blast at a hospital in gaza. which the gazan health ministry says killed a71 people. it has inflamed tensions and sparked protests across the region. israel has maintained it was not responsible,
by an explosion last night at a hospital in gaza city. the health ministry says a71 people were killed. israel and hamas are blaming each other for the blast, which has inflamed tensions and sparked protests across the region. israel says the blast was caused by a rocket misfired by the palestinian militant group islamichhad. a senior us official says it s high confidence that israel did not do it. but hamas, palestinian authorities and other countries blame israel for the explosion. the bbc is trying verify the claims from both sides. after talks with benjamin netanyahu, president biden warned israel not be consumed by rage and to learn from mistakes the us made after 9/11. israel s prime minister called biden a true friend and commended his deeply moving decision to visit israel during a time of active war. he also said he would not block aid deliveries from egypt to gaza where food, water and fuel are running out after nine days of total siege. we ll have the very la
welcome to bbc news, broadcasting to viewers in the uk and around the world. president biden, on a high stakes visit for talks with israel s prime minister benjamin netanyahu, in tel aviv, has secured a deal, allowing aid into gaza, via egypt, bringing in much needed food, water and medicine to more than a million people. he said egypt has agreed to open the rafah crossing, into the territory, allowing in 20 trucks carrying aid. but mr biden s trip was overshadowed by tuesday s blast at a hospital in gaza, which the gazan health ministry says killed a71 people. it has inflamed tensions and sparked protests across the region. israel has maintained it was not responsible, saying the blast was caused by a rocket misfired by the palestinian militant group islamichhad. on wednesday, us president biden agreed with the israeli leader, saying it appears the blast was done by the other team. but hamas, palestinian authorities and other arab nations have blamed israel for the explosi
it has inflamed tensions and sparked protests across the region. israel has maintained it was not responsible, saying the blast was caused by a rocket misfired by the palestinian militant group islamichhad. today president biden agreed, saying it appears the blast was done by the other team. but hamas, palestinian authorities and other countries blame israel for the explosion which triggered protests across the middle east. the bbc is trying verify the claims from both sides. after their talks, mr neta nyahu called biden a true friend , saying he commends his deeply moving decision to visit israel during the war. but, it s been a rare day of hope for the people of gaza, after their talks, mr neta nyahu called biden a true friend , saying he commends his deeply moving decision to visit israel during the war. but, it s been a rare day of hope for the people of gaza, withjoe biden securing access for aid to the territory, via egypt, bringing in much needed food, water
president trump has said a us supreme court ruling to allow parts of his controversial travel ban to come into effect, is a victory for national security. the court said the ban could be temporarily implemented pending its final decision. that is expected in october. mr trump s executive order sought to bar people from iran, libya, somalia, sudan, syria and yemen and to suspend the us refugee programme. the bbc‘s tim allman begins our coverage. it was one of donald trump s first acts as president. his controversial travel ban. the reaction was immediate. protests springing up at airports across america. soon, the court stepped in, suspending the ban and forcing the president to rewrite his executive order. now, the supreme court has said parts of that order can be implemented, at least for now. travellers from the named countries, who don t have what is described as a bonafide relationship with a personal entity in the united states, can be barred from entering america. t