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On military recruitment. We need to staff the reserve. There are a serious number of brigrades which a large number of them are empty. We need to do this so the guys can have a normal rotation, then their morale will be improved. Lets speak to our ukraine correspondent James Waterhouse in kyiv. James, good to have you. When the war began there are so many recruits volunteering. What is the war began there are so many recruits volunteering. What is the morale like now . It volunteering. What is t...

Water or sanitation. More than a million palestinians had taken refuge in the city after it was designated a safe zone early on in the conflict. This Development Comes as israels military says its recovered the body of another hostage inside gaza. The remains have been identified as ron binyamin, who the military says was killed in the october 7th attack by hamas. And in a further development, the israeli war cabinet minister, benny gantz, is threatening to bring down Prime Minister Benjamin Net...

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To the victims� families. Our hearts go out to them, to the families, at this difficult time. We will leave no stone unturned. We will do everything in our power to find our hostages and bring them home. We will not rest until we do. Meanwhile lawyers for israel have told the International Criminal court that south africa is making a mockery of genocide. It comes after south africa implored the uns top court to order israel to stop its incursion in rafah, citing the Genocide Convention. Now th...

Israel has sealed its borders with gaza imposing a total siege on the strip 12 days ago. The Rafah Crossing between egypt and gaza is the only way right now to allow vital supplies in. One big question is whether foreign Passport Holders and dual nationals at least 600 of whom are american according to the Us State Department will be allowed out. For more on this, i spoke to our reporter at the Rafah Crossing, rushdi abualouf. The palestinian employees who are supposed to coordinate, they were i...

In his tv interview, mr zelensky also said ukraine has just a quarter of the air defences it needs to hold the front line against russia. The situation on the frontline is tough. The Regional Governor of ukraines northeastern Kharkiv Region said that nearly 10,000 people have been forced to leave their homes, since russias Ground Attack there last week. Lets hearfrom president zelensky about those troop shortages. Translation we need to staff the reserve. There are a serious number of brigades w...

Us President Joe Biden spoke with the two women after their release on friday, telling them that their government will fully support them as they recover and heal. And Secretary Of State Antony Blinken said hes relieved the women have been released, but reminded reporters that many others are still being held. Theres still ten additional americans who remain unaccounted for in this conflict. We know that some of them are being held hostage by hamas, along with an estimated 200 other hostages hel...

From just outside of the gaza border. Dozens of israeli tanks, armored personnel carriers, and bulldozers are gathered in this area, and several other groupings are nearby. Israeli troops are waiting to storm into gaza after days of agonizing delays, humanitarian aid house rolled into gaza for the First Time Since the war began two weeks ago. The Border Crossing between egypt and gaza is closed again, we should note, after the 20 truck convoy made its way through. Police agencies say that many m...

Later~ its saturday the 18th of may. Our main story. More than hundreds of thousands of unpaid carers are being forced to repay £250 million, after being wrongly overpaid their carers allowance. On average, that means they owe £1800 each money that many of them say they dont have. Radio 4s moneybox reporter, Dan Whitworth has more. Unpaid carers do an incrediblejob caring for loved ones, often day in and day out, we can and week out, with few if any breaks but thousands of them unwittingly or ...

Meanwhile, the United Nations says more than 800,000 people have now fled rafah, in southern gaza. Many have been forced to head northwards, to areas which the United Nations says have little clean Drinking Water or sanitation, as the Israeli Offensive continues. 0ur Diplomatic Correspondent paul adams sent this report. Street battles injabalia. Israeli forces have been fighting here for days. Gunfire hamas, they say, is back, and needs to be dealt with. This is dangerous urban warfare, at close...