Declared a major incident. It said its treating several people. About 50 others were assessed at the scene. Police were called to the m53 motorway in the wirral near liverpool just after eight oclock, when the incident happened. The road has been closed ever since. Chief superintendent Graeme Robson confirmed that a girl and the driver were killed. Emergency services were called to report of an overturned bus on the m53 atjust after 8 00 this morning. We can confirm that the bus was a school bus taking pupils to west kirby and calder Grammar Schools on the will. We understand there were 5a people, including the driver on the bus and sadly i can confirm that the driver and a 14 year old Schoolgirl Have died. Two children were taken from the scene to alder hey Childrens Hospital. 50 of the children were taken to an Emergency Training centre where they were medically assessed. And eight of those children have been taken to the Countess Of Chester and arrowe park hospitals. Our thoughts an
Israelis remain in captivity. People are urging their government to reach a deal with hamas for hostages to be freed, and they also want their Prime Minister to go. He should resign after what happened six months ago. The war start, hamas and everything. He claimed that he wants to go to war and make hamas go away and bring all the hostages home, back home. For one israeli family, the hope is over. Elad katzir, kidnapped from kibbutz nir oz, his body returned from gaza today. The Israeli Military says he was murdered in captivity by the Islamichhad Group Injanuary and that Special Forces recovered his body in khan younis overnight. During the attack in october, his father was killed, his mother was abducted but later released. In a facebook post, his sister blamed the Israeli Government for his death, saying, he could have been brought back alive if there had been a deal with hamas and said the israeli leadership was cowardly. In gaza, a desperate wait for food, amid warnings of famine
a senior un official has warned that half of population of gaza are now starving, as israel continues its assault on the territory. the world food programme s deputy director, carl skau, says nine out of ten people are not eating every day. israeli tanks are reported to be advancing slowly towards the centre of khan younis, as intense battles continue in southern gaza. there are reports of house to house fighting in the city. it comes amid fierce criticism of the us, for vetoing a united nations security council draft resolution calling for an immediate humanitarian ceasefire in the israel gaza war. the palestinian president mahmoud abbas says the veto makes the us complicit in what he describes as war crimes against palestinians. in a statement, he condemns the american position as a flagrant violation of all humanitarian principles and values, and he holds the us responsible for the bloodshed of palestinian children, women and elderly people in the gaza strip. the us envoy
the palestinian president mahmoud abbas says the veto makes the us complicit in what he describes as war crimes against palestinians. in a statement, he condemns the american position as a flagrant violation of all humanitarian principles and values and he holds the us responsible for the bloodshed of palestinian children, women and elderly people in the gaza strip . the us envoy said such a ceasefire would be dangerous and unrealistic. every other member of the council backed the resolution apart from the uk, which abstained. israel thanked the us, saying a ceasefire would give hamas which is classed as a terror group by many western governments a chance to regroup. our middle east correspondent hugo bachega reports. in gaza, there s no safe place, says the un secretary general. the health care system is collapsing. hospitals have become battlegrounds, and palestinians have no shelter and everything else needed to survive, he says. this was the scene in khan younis
lets get you the latest on the israel gaza conflict. israel says it has now all but completed its military objectives in the north of gaza and is proceeding aggresively with ground operations in the south. around 170,000 people in khan younis, have the israeli military has again urged people to evacuate from areas they re targeting. around 170,000 people in khan younis, have been warned to leave for their safety. the world health organization says it has been told by israel to move medical supplies out of two warehouses in southern gaza within 2a hours although israel has denied this. these pictures show explosions and fire in gaza on monday evening. a spokesman for the un children s charity, unicef, says there s nowhere safe for people to go. and there are reports from gaza that at least 30 people have been killed at two schools where people were sheltering, including children. earlier reports, from the official palestinian news agency, put the number of dead at 50 i