accusations of war crimes have been made against both sides. so what laws do apply here? our analysis editor ros atkins explains. it s clearly a humanitarian catastrophe and obviously, there can be. the parties must always not deliberately attacked civilians. they must ensure that civilian casualties are not excessive. you can t launch indiscriminate attacks which while targeting a military objective might be equally liable because of the nature of the weapon you use. also, killing civilians in the is a treaty under national law. which means when launching a military attack on a military objective, an attacking force must not launch an attack because this would cause excessive civilian casualties. what that basically means is that you have to weigh up the military importance of the target against how many civilians you think might be likely to be injured or killed and if that strike were to go ahead you then need to make a decision whether there is justification for the strik
it comes as seven un mandated human rights experts have said that they believe that the palestinians in gaza are at grave risk of genocide, and that time is running out to prevent this. the special rapporteurs alleged that israel was planning to decimate the gaza strip. joe inwood reports. israel says it has gaza city surrounded. its ground forces, supported by heavy armour, are pushing into the crowded, urban centre of the strip. but no one thinks this will be quick or easy. they are on hamas s territory. the group put out their own footage, showing an attack on an israeli tank. they said they would make gaza a curse of the place for israel. cursed place of israel. caught in the middle are ordinary palestinians. the un human office has said so many civilians have been killed and wounded in israeli air strikes, it has serious concerns that these are disproportionate attacks that could be war crimes. israel blames hamas. designated terrorists by many governments, includin
good evening and welcome to the bbc news at six. a powerful storm, with wind gusts of more than 100 miles an hour in places, has swept through the channel islands and across southern england, leaving thousands of homes without power, hundreds of schools closed and widespread travel disruption. this was newhaven in sussex this afternoon. in a moment we ll find out the latest on the situation across england but first danjohnson reports from jersey one of the hardest hit places. just look at the state of it. trees down, roof tiles everywhere, cars smashed, gardens blown to pieces. but then there are the houses. people s homes. we thought these seafront flats had been abandoned, torn apart. but then we heard the voice of bob, sheltering beneath the ruins of his neighbour s home. my word! iz ruins of his neighbour s home. my word!’ ~ ruins of his neighbour s home. my word! ~ ., ruins of his neighbour s home. my word! ~ . , word! 12 o clock, we hear this miah word! 12 o
good evening from jerusalem. israel s prime minister says the country s ground forces are now at the height of the battle as they make advances in the northern half of the gaza strip. this evening the military announced that troops have now encircled gaza city. it comes as the jabalia refugee camp in northern gaza has been hit by a deadly israeli air strike for a third day running. hamas, designated as a terrorist organisation by the uk, say more than 9,000 people have been killed in the gaza strip since the present conflict began on 7th october when it launched a series of deadly attacks on israel. 0ur international editor jeremy bowen has this report. tank rumbles. tonight, israel says it has surrounded gaza city. an army statement said that soldiers were attacking hamas positions. explosion guns fire ..places where it launches rockets, and killing terrorists. israel has increased the tempo of its ground war in gaza. the army said its soldiers needed to be resilient is th
that happened when silken s responsible partner was, you guessed it, luther denis. when you look at the official documents stored here at companies house in cardiff, it looks like luther denis must be some sort of shipping magnate or serial entrepreneur. and he signs documents which give away the ultimate control to the real owners. that leaves a gaping loophole where companies house won t tell us who really owns these companies. to me, it s a shock that the government hasn t used the opportunity of the economic crime bill to close down every loophole of which it is aware. and it certainly is aware of this one and, frankly, really can t even be called a loophole. i mean, it s so wide you can drive an oil tanker through it. the government has the chance to close it down with this legislation. it s choosing not to. we asked luther denis to comment, but he declined to say anything publicly. alpha consulting told us. alpha consulting s involvement in uk based limited partnerships