that the country s top civil servant, simon case, will not resign or be sacked over the pa rtygate controversy. iam i am alive here at downing street, bringing you the very latest on the sue gray report and what it means for borisjohnson and his government. i am live. ukraine says its donbas region is facing a massive offensive from russian forces, with attacks on all sides. we report from the front line. and the takeover of chelsea football club is approved. a deal worth £4.25 billion will see a consortium led by american businessman todd boehly become the new owners. hello and welcome if you re watching in the uk or around the world. president biden has issued an emotional appeal for backbone and courage to confront america s gun lobby, after a gunman killed 19 children and two teachers at an elementary school in texas. the shooting at the robb elementary school in the city of uvalde is the deadliest shooting at a us elementary school since 20 children and six adult
the israeli defence force say they have struck over 100 military targets overnight and killed a senior commander. militants have continued to fire rockets into israel, towards tel aviv and other areas in the south. the world health organization has condemned israel s evacuation order. it says forcing hospital patients to relocate would be a death sentence. president biden has spoken with the israeli prime minister, benjamin netanyahu, and urged him to provide safety for civilians amid the bombardment. diplomatic efforts to prevent the violence from spreading have been stepped up, with mr biden s secretary of state, antony blinken, visiting cairo. he s expected to press egyptian officials to restart talks on getting aid into gaza through the border crossing. the us is sending a second aircraft carrier to the eastern mediterranean, near israel. the uss eisenhower will lead a group of ships aimed at deterring further attacks against israel, in particularfrom iran or the lebanese
how is the eclipse regressing? it has gone a bit cold meaning it is getting has gone a bit cold meaning it is getting to has gone a bit cold meaning it is getting to that point, it has gone darker getting to that point, it has gone darker as getting to that point, it has gone darker as well. i have my safe sunglasses on and if you don t mind, i m just sunglasses on and if you don t mind, i m just looking. so an hour ago it said it i m just looking. so an hour ago it said it looked like the moon had nibbted said it looked like the moon had nibbled the sun but now it has a fairly nibbled the sun but now it has a fairly even nibbled the sun but now it has a fairly even in its way in, it is like fairly even in its way in, it is like a fairly even in its way in, it is like a crescent and people are just getting like a crescent and people are just getting so like a crescent and people are just getting so excited. there were loads of cheers getting so excited. t
government, so another thing hostages will come out of rafah, then return into israel through another crossing, so travelling a little further before they come back in again. you might be able to hear the hubbub in the background here, people are desperate for the official information. i think as soon as is well know for sure that they are in a position to confirm this, they will get it out there straightaway. the sense of anticipation, people keep coming around here and i watching pictures on the screen. they are waiting to hear what i m saying, listening to what you re saying, saying that they can pick up any titbits of information. it is really interesting how many people have come here and gathered for this moment in the centre of tel aviv in what has become known as a hostages square. we know that the government have certain details about how this will happen, how the hostages will be flown in helicopters from a military base to various hospitals to receive medical treat
released any time now. a total of 50 are set to be released over the next four days. israel confirmed they were given a list of those names and started to contact the families. as far as we know, families who may have hostages returned in the next few days have not yet had word of whether or not their loved ones names are on the list. in return for that hostage release israel will itself release 39 palestinian prisoners today, that is made up of 2a women, and 15 teenage boys, and that group is the first of 150 palestinian prisoners held in israeli jails who are due to be released as part of this. in the last few hours we have seen trucks rolling through the rafah crossing, in larger number than we have seen at any point during this war so far, taking that desperately needed aid into gaza, you can see there, pictures of the trucks that started to move through, a lot them carrying very basic things, like food and water, also medical supplies as well, but crucially fuel. egypt s