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hours ago. you can see large explosions lighting up the night sky. be hamas run health ministry in gaza says more than 9400 people have been killed in the territory. hamas is classed as a terrorist organisation by several western government. member, diplomatic efforts aimed at assisting palestinian civilians continue. arab foreign minister told us secretary of state antony blinken that there must be an immediately ceasefire in gaza. israel insists they will be no temporary truce until ...

you are looking now at live pictures if we can just get them in the direction of gaza city. and the hamas run health ministry in gaza saying more than 9400 people have now been killed. hamas is classed as a terrorist organisation by several western governments meanwhile diplomatic efforts continue. arab foreign ministers told antony blinken there must be an immediate ceasefire in gaza but mr blinken wants humanitarian pauses. israel insists there will be no temporary truce until all ho...

EIGHTEEN MONTHS BEFORE HE CROSSED the river for the final time, Barry Lopez traveled from his home on the banks of the McKenzie to see me in Portland,

Until now, the only crossing open to northern syria is at bab—al hawa. now bab al—salam and al rai, close by to the north east, are opening. elsewhere, there were other crossings used before the war from turkey, iraq and jordan to the south, but no indication these are opening yet. our correspondent, caroline davies, sent this report from turkey. the final glimmers of this familys hope, gone. after days of waiting, a body was found. "father, father," they scream, as they follow the rescuers....

We are working with the turkish doctors and nurses that are here, set up their own tent and they are seeing patients but they are quite overwhelmed because after all the trauma you then have all the people who have their usual chronic illnesses, they are falling off their bikes still or they are doing things, they are still becoming unwell. and it is both young and old in desperate need. now and in the days and weeks to come. nick beake, bbc news, in southern turkey. as rescue teams begin to red...

.0. this gate is open. that is syria. im standing on turkish land. here turkey is working with the u.n. and the u.s. to try to keep this crossing open. russia is trying to close it. this is what she is here to describe. she is talking to refugees. shes talking to non-governmental workers. shes getting briefed by the u.n. but this is the important critical message shes trying to bring back to the security council of the united nations, that millions of people right there in syria down that road w...

Ambassador to the united nations, linda thomas-greenfield. andrea got an exclusive interview earlier today and filed this report. >> this is point zero. this is turkey. that is syria. here turkey is working with the u.n. and u.s. to try to keep this crossing open. russia is trying to close it. she is talking to refugees and nongovernmental workers. she is getting briefed by the u.n. but this is the important critical message she is trying to bring back to the security council of united nations. ...

  BARRY, CAN YOU BELIEVE IT? You and I have been friends for almost forty years now. We’ve donned hip waders and walked together in the whitewater of your beloved McKenzie River. We’ve walked the woods and hills of the Goldstream Valley. One snowy afternoon, in the crepuscular winter light, as we hiked up the mountain above Cynthia’s and my house, you told me at length about your idea for a sprawling book that would somehow encompass the whole earth with the same intensity and specificit...