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which the uk and us consider a terror organisation. but more than four months later, and despite israel s overwhelming advantage in technology and firepower, fighting is still taking place across the strip. that includes sporadically in the north, where israel says it has dismantled hamas s command structure. so how feasible is israel s mission and how far has it got? and could the war, which has claimed so many civilian lives, end up mobilising a new wave of fighters? bbc news arabic s dalia haidar reports. the israeli military assault on gaza in response to the october seven in response to the october 7th attacks by hamas has the highest rate of death of any conflict of the 21st century. most of the deaths from both events have been civilians, but israel remains steadfast in its mission. but can hamas really be eliminated, and with worldwide calls for an immediate humanitarian ceasefire, what are israel s chances of victory? tensions have grown over the scope of israe ....
more now on our top story and the argument engulfing the conservatives after its former deputy chairman, lee anderson, was suspended from the parliamentary party. he d refused to apologise for saying the mayor of london, sadiq khan, was controlled by islamists. the deputy prime minister, oliver dowden, declined to call those comments islamophobic, but said he shared concerns they could be taken that way. he s been speaking to laura kuenssberg on her sunday morning programme. well, that s why the prime minister took action. he gave lee anderson the opportunity to apologise, he didn t take that opportunity. words matter. he didn t choose his words correctly and, having failed to apologise, the prime minister took action and removed the whip. i think that was the appropriate course of action to take. do you agree, though, that the remarks were islamophobic, anti muslim? i don t believe that lee anderson said those remarks she was concerned they would be interpreted, and ....
maintained a presence. we are here again to give people water and also to give leaflets concerning the high temperature period here in greece. the heatwave is baking countries like italy in temperatures of at least a0 degrees, and experts are warning the heat is deadly. in croatia, this man lost his home to wildfires breaking out across the west coast of the country. all this in the context of 60,000 lives lost in europe s heatwave last year and another heatwave on its way next week that could bring the continent s hottest ever temperatures. so, as these animals are doing at berlin zoo, the official advice for people is to stay hydrated and keep out of the sun at the hottest part of the day as the heat continues to rise. louisa pilbeam, bbc news. 0ur correspondent, guy hedgecoe, is in madrid. spain, where i am, is one of several countries of southern europe that has seen unusually high temperatures over recent days. although that heatwave is starting to taper off here ....
that the us is not seeking war with iran. as the middle east braces for a us response, some members of congress have called for retaliation against not only iran s proxy forces, but iran itself. others have argued the president does not have the authority for such strikes unless authorized by congress. republican congressman mike turner, who chairs the house intelligence committee, told the bbc the us response was likely to be robust. the provocation is iran. what they are doing and both providing weapons and training and funding for these groups throughout the middle east, they are the source of the instability, i was briefed by the director of national intelligence, our director of the cia met with secretary for nato and he indicated that he understands that this is an attack upon the west and certainly it is effecting commerce, affecting our allies, , our lives, the fact that it was like that we ve seen here in the united states. and as they experience in israel. thi ....
fights behind closed doors. you walk out and wow. willie what? you know. nancy pelosi would never allow this never. to happen. never. you just don t go out there and get humiliated three times in a row. what a contrast. nancy pelosi never went to the house floor. people saying, what it s going to happen? you went to the house floor, you knew if nancy put it on the floor it s going to pass. did all the work before. hear from a lot of people, willie, kevin pl m had a month to lock it up and didn t do it. he didn t flow how to closed deal so humiliated yesterday. i got to say, that marjorie taylor greene fed up saying she s had enough. you had kevin mccarthy attacking members of his own caucus yesterday. you have the wall street journal editorial page, gop chaos caucus. house republicans said they want to drain the swamp and save america, but they can t even get through day one without a display of dysfunction. it s just it s just chaos. new york p ....