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good evening and welcome to the bbc news at six. the man who was the governments chief scientific advisor during the coronavirus pandemic, sir patrick vallance, has been revealing more details about what went on in downing street as covid took hold. sir patrick told the covid inquiry that the then prime minister, borisjohnson, was clearly bamboozled by the science around covid. he says he was not consulted on the eat out to help out initiative it was very obvious that the eat out to he...

i will now share concrete evidence for hostages. one from the pole one from inaudible. after ruthlessly massacring and taking people hostage, the terrorists fled to al—shifa hospital, they went to the hospital to hide. here you can see hamas terrorists drove back from the massacre. this is an israeli militaryjeep they brought into the hospital. i want to repeatjust brought into the hospital. i want to repeat just to brought into the hospital. i want to repeatjust to make everybody un...

information and advice. we often shared papers and they had asked us about the circuit breaker idea and we sent them the papers, i have no idea whether that is what triggered them to take action or not. just above we _ them to take action or not. just above we see — them to take action or not. just above we see an _ them to take action or not. just above we see an extract we looked at earlier, apparently the cabinet office are now cautious about putting things to sage, because we pub...

of progress on a deal, to free some of the 239 israelis, being held hostage in gaza by hamas. orla guerin has this report from jerusalem, and a warning it contains distressing images from the beginning. every day, more dead in gaza. some who barely started living. this footage was filmed for the bbc today in khan younis, in the south. israel told people to flee here, to be safer. the bereaved get one last look. and a father, one last embrace. the agony of samirjamil aga, cradling his f...

air traffic control restrictions at heathrow airport on sunday have been lifted. national air traffic control services blamed staff absence and strong winds for the decision to limit the number of flights. passengers reported disruption, but the airport has not yet given any confirmation on the number of services which were delayed or cancelled. the british chancellorjeremy hunt says any tax cuts in this weeks autumn statement to parliament will be done in a �*responsible way�* tha...

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officials spent an hour at the al—shifa hospital and reported evidence of shelling and gunfire, and the site of a mass grave. hundreds of people left the hospital yesterday but around 300 critically—ill patients are still there. israel is seeking to eliminate hamas, which is designated a terror group by most western governments, after its fighters killed more than 1,200 israelis and took around 230 hostage on october 7th. 0ur correspondent mark lowen reports from jerusalem. the ech...

in coordination with un agencies. the head of the world health organization posted this picture of one of the babies on x — he said they were �*very sick�*. the israeli military remain inside the complex. last week, benjamin netanyahu said they had found a hamas �*command and control�* centre underneath the hospital. hamas, which is designated a terrorist organisation by many western governments, has denied they have a base at al shifa. on saturday, hundreds of people, includ...

the hospital in a mission co—ordinated with the israel defense forces to ensure safe passage and now, they are drawing up plans for a full evacuation of al—shifa. hundreds of people had already left gaza citys main hospital, where the israeli military has been conducting raids this week. those fleeing the hospital include the sick, the injured, medical staff and people who had been sheltering at the facility, with some seen waving white flags. some medical staff claimed israeli for...

the world health organization has described the al shifa hospital in gaza as a "death zone" after a visit by a un team. international doctors spent an hour at the site, and reported evidence of shelling and gunfire. they say there is a mass grave at the entrance. the palestinian red crescent has evacuated 31 premature babies by ambulance from the hospital, in coordination with un agencies. the head of the world health organization posted this picture of one of the babies on x — he sa...