It comes as israel continues to expand its Ground Offensive in gaza, with the Hamas Run Health Ministry there saying almost 200 palestinians have been killed in the past two days, bringing the total to over 21,000. Hamas is designated a Terrorist Organisation by the uk government. Shamaa khalil reports. No funeral, no dignified burial, no tombstone. A bulldozer carries their bodies into a mass grave. Their final resting place. Israeli forces are expanding their Ground Offensive into the Densely Populated Urban Refugee Camps in central gaza. And this is the scene at the neighbouring al aqsa hospital. 0verwhelmed, they have had to treat the injured on the floor and in hallways. Across gaza at the moment, Health Capacity is at about 20 of what it was 80 or so days ago. So almost all of the hospital beds, almost all of the hospital services, have stopped functioning. 0n foot, donkey carts or crammed onto the back of trucks, those who fled from Northern Gaza Have come here for safety, but t
It is 7 00am in singapore, midnight in london, and 7 00am in the morning in beijing, where china is digesting the detail of president xi jinpings marathon speech to the communist Party National congress. He spoke for 3. 5 hours. Among the highlights his claim that, under his leadership, chinas gdp had grown by nearly 50 in the last five years. He also said more than 1,500 reform measures had been introduced. That is nearly one for every day he has spent in office. And the president promised to build a Prosperous Society through socialism with chinese characteristics. 0ur china editor Carrie Gracie reports on what mr xi described as the start of a new era. Like no other Party Conference nearly 90 million members, more than 2,000 of them here, and they are all tight lipped on the way in. Speaking mandarin. The first time i came to one of these was 25 years ago, and the striking thing is that the choreography just doesnt change. China has changed it now has more billionaires than the unit
The world of his dark materials, Philip Pullman tells us why hes bringing the cult series back to life. Live from our studios in singapore and london. This is bbc world news. Its newsday. Its 8am in singapore, 1am in london, and 8am in the morning in beijing, where delegates are gathering for the second day of Chinas Communist Party congress. Many are still digesting the detail of president xi jinpings marathon opening speech on wednesday when he spoke for three and a half hours, promising to build a Prosperous Society through socialism with chinese characteristics. Our china editor Carrie Gracie reports on what mr xi described as the start of a new era. Like no other party conference. Nearly 90 million members, more than 2,000 of them here, and they re all tight lipped on the way in. Speaking mandarin the first time i came to one of these was 25 years ago, and the striking thing is that the choreography just doesnt change. China has changed, it now has more billionaires than the unite
Where theyd faced a military offensive after claims that militants were guilty of attacking police checkpoints. More than 500,000 Rohingya Muslims have now fled across the border. 15,000 of them have been stranded for three days with limited food and water. From the border, clive myrie sent this report. In the distance in myanmar, where rohingya villages have burned in recent weeks, and the people have been driven out, there is another fire. Its ethnic cleansing, says the un. And the purged are fleeing for their lives into neighbouring bangladesh. Translation in my village, many were killed. But my son had just been born, so we have only now been able to escape. We havent had time to name him. What is going on in myanmar, why have you had to flee . Another man we came across spoke of violence and murder. Translation on the way, we saw many dead people, their heads and limbs chopped off. The slaughter took place house by house. As we drew closer to the border, nothing had prepared us fo
Left their homes in myanmar, where theyd faced a military offensive after claims that militants were guilty of attacking police checkpoints. More than 500,000 Rohingya Muslims have now fled across the border. 15,000 of them have been stranded for three days with limited food and water. From the border, clive myrie sent this report. In the distance in myanmar, where rohingya villages have burned in recent weeks, and the people have been driven out, there is another fire. Its ethnic cleansing, says the un. And the purged are fleeing for their lives into neighbouring bangladesh. Translation in my village, many were killed. But my son had just been born, so we have only now been able to escape. We havent had time to name him. What is going on in myanmar, why have you had to flee . Another man we came across spoke of violence and murder. Translation on the way, we saw many dead people, their heads and limbs chopped off. The slaughter took place house by house. As we drew closer to the borde