Died of a sudden heart attack in shanghai. Chinas long time second in command, he was known for his pragmatic economic policies and rose through the party ranks despite not having a power base. At one point he was in marked the top role of president. During his ten years of premier, he served under the shadow of xijinping, of premier, he served under the shadow of xi jinping, whose grip on power dominated domestic and international policy. With more on his legacy, i spoke with the chief geo economic analyst at bloomberg, who served as National SecurityCouncil Director with china and taiwan. Li keqiang was premier for ten years, retired earlier this year. What do you see as his legacy . Thank you so much for having me. This news is certainly a shock that he passed away at a relatively young age. Li keqiang leaves behind a legacy of being seen as a premier to xi jinping but also a senior official in his own right, someone who many believe was working to help keep the economy on good footing, a reformer, and a man of the people, as some are calling him. What was the relationship like between li keqiang and president xi jinping . Many think they came from rival political backings in terms of li keqiang coming up through the Chinese Communist youth league, and xijinping coming from a slightly Different Group of folks known as princelings. There were various representations at the highest levels of leadership. Li keqiang was seen as close to the former chinese president hujintao, being one of his main proteges. So a lot of speculation, especially early on in xijinpings tenure, of xijinping essentially moving past li keqiang to take the top leadership role. And then xijinping being a major leader, looking to have full control over the reins of power, questions about whether that was shifting roles that are traditionally leveraged by the premier, in particular when it comes to the economy. When li keqiang retired earlier this year, he gave a retirement speech. There was a lot of commentary at the time, reading between the lines of what he said, that hed been frustrated that he hadnt managed to carry out a lot of those reforms, and in fact power had shifted back to the party during his time. Thats right. It was a really remarkable speech. He was giving it in a very windy atmosphere, and commented on that being emblematic of some of the headwinds he had faced as well. It was seen by many as very careful, very quiet and subtle criticism, but also i think in many ways an attempt by li to frame his career and the accomplishments he had, notjust as premier, but in the many senior roles he had played before that point. How do you think his passing will be marked in china . He will obviously get, ithink, a majorfuneral. It will be very interesting to watch the public reaction to this. Again, it came as quite a surprise. I dont believe people had seen li as having any health conditions. Hes relatively young. A little bit of a shock to the system, so to speak. It is not without precedent that there have sometimes been occasions when senior officials passed away suddenly, and that becomes a moment of broader political and public mourning for them, and a reflection not just on their tenure, but what they represented. It will be very interesting to watch the public reaction to his death. Calls for a ceasefire to allow aid into gaza are growing amid warnings from israel that it is preparing for what it called the next stages of combat against hamas. These are pictures from the Israeli Military as tanks entered Northern Gaza on wednesday. Israel says it was a targeted raid and not the start of a delayed ground invasion. Inside gaza, the humanitarian situation is going dire as fuel and supplies are running low. The Palestinian Red Crescent says it will be forced to shut down Ambulance Services within 2a hours. 12 more trucks entered from egypt with aid on thursday. 7,000 have been killed since the israeli air strikes began according to the hamas health ministry. Israel reports more than 220 people are still being held hostage in gaza. Hamas says about 50 hostages held in gaza has been killed. Jeremy bowen spoke to civilians and soldiers on the ground about what lies ahead. For hours, we could hear the explosions around ten kilometres away in israel. It was the biggest israeli raid into the gaza strip so far in this war. The army released this video, it said of the battlefield being prepared, presumably for the invasion of gaza that the government says is coming. The soldiers pulled back into israel sometime before dawn. In khan younis in southern gaza, more raids and death in a place where israel told palestinians to go to be safe. We want to live beautiful lives, said this girl, not have rockets hitting our heads. The building fell on our heads. The un says nowhere is safe in gaza and the siege violates the laws of war. Israel has killed thousands of palestinian civilians. Just a few miles away in israel, Sally Partrush lives in one of the Communities Hamas attacked. This is me, this is one of my friends, gil, and he was murdered. Im all the time thinking how they. What they did to them, how they suffered. With so much loss, whole families, she is furious that israels response has been questioned. This time we realise that, after that, its us or them. If it is, as you say, us or them, is it ok to ignore International Humanitarian law . Im tired of it, of what the law, the International Law said. The International Law didnt prevent these murders, these brutal murders. Where was the world . People were happy about it. Along the gaza border, civilian volunteers are bringing home comforts to the troops. The soldiers� commanders say theyre ready and that its a waiting game until the War Cabinet Orders them into gaza. The men i spoke to are certain that israels actions since hamas attacked were legal, morallyjustified and vital for the security of their families. Most of the soldiers here were reservists, called out of civilian life. You said youre a social worker. You must deal with people with trauma. How long will it take israelis to process this national trauma, if ever . Generations. I think something is broken here. We want to protect. I we dont want to fight. We dont want to kill. But if we need to do it, so here we are, here we are. Do you want to side with people like you . We are the same, we have the same values of freedom, free speech, womens rights, lgbtq rights. Ahead is complex urban warfare. When might depend on the success or failure of talks to free the hostages. Israelis get behind their soldiers, especially at times like this. Almost everybody has been in the military or has a son or a daughter in uniform. Its a different thing when it comes to politicians. Prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu makes carefully choreographed appearances, but he avoids his Many Political enemies who say he left israel vulnerable to hamas. Israelis, though, are united in their fight against hamas, but their country faces big challenges, and their leader is under crushing pressure. Jeremy bowen, bbc news, in southern israel. Eu leaders have called for a pause in fighting in gaza to allow aid to come in. The 27 Member States expressed their gravest concern in brussels for the deteriorating humanitarian situation. That call came as the General Assembly held an Emergency Session after deadlock in the security council. The General Assembly is debating a draught resolution that calls for an immediate ceasefire for an immediate ceasefire in gaza. Assembly resolutions are not legally binding but do hold the weight of world opinion. Talks are expected to last several days before a final vote. The permanent observer on the State Of Palestine to the un criticised those standing by israel, listing the number killed and saying they were almost all civilians. Is this the war that some of you are defending . Can this war be defended . These are crimes. This is barbarism. If you do not stop it for all those who were killed, stop it for all those whose lives we can still save. But israels ambassador reiterated israels position that it was not the time for a ceasefire. The Resolution Calls for an immediate ceasefire, a ceasefire means giving hamas time to rearm itself, so they can massacre us again. This is not speculation. They will do so. You all know this. Today hamas held a Rare Press Conference in beirut in lebanon and a spokesman told the bbc that the groups attack in israel on October The 7th was intended as a Military Operation and denied it intended to target civilians. Israel says 200 others including women and children are held hostage in gaza. It was a Military Operation, it was directed for military purposes. Hundreds of civilians were killed. And for the military soldiers, imposed sanctions and collective punishment against our people. And i think from the first moment, we declared this operation was not directed to civilians. But i can confirm and assure again and again that there was no combat to kill any civilians. You say this was a Military Operation, but the result is hundreds of civilians were killed. Because the area is many wide, there are many people there and there were clashes and consultations. You invaded houses. I can tell you, we didnt have any intention or decision to kill civilians. You now have more than 200 hostages, many of them civilians. Why dont you just release those civilians . We are willing to deal with the point of these hostages. With highly positive. But i think we have to find suitable circumstances for this. We are not planning is on the first moment to have hostages, as you say, civilians. I think it is a Military Operation. How does it advance the palestinian cause . I dont accept. This is a shame for you to do that. It is not a question. We are fighting for dignity and for freedoms. By killing people in their homes and invading a Music Festival and killing people . Israel as a state, they supply the occupation, they supply them with money, weapons. But how do you. Israel is a state of massacres. How do you justify killing people as they sleep, families . How do you justify that . I want to stop this interview. Some breaking news. The pentagon says us President Joe Biden has ordered what it called Self Defence Strikes against two facilities in syria are used by irans revolutionary guard. We will bring you more on that as it comes. This is bbc news. Some other stories making the news now. The Supreme Court in nigeria has upheld the president s Election Victory in february. His second and third challengers had sought to overturn the result, alleging irregularities. Thejudgment by seven Supreme Courtjudges, which is final, follows the pattern seen in previous challenges to president ial election results, none of which have been successful. British lawmaker Crispin Blunt has named himself as the mp arrested on suspicion of rape. He said he raised the incident with police three weeks ago because he was concerned about extortion. He represents the seat of Reigate In Surrey and said he was confident he would not be charged. He has been suspended as a tory mp. Uk Prime Minister rishi sunak has announced the uk is creating the worlds first Artificial IntelligenceSafety Institute to test new types of ai and new types of risk. He said ai would bring new opportunities for economic growth, but that it would be easier to build chemical and biological weapons. A major manhunt is under way in maine as police searched the home of the gunman suspected of a mass shooting which left 18 people dead and 13 injured. Police consider ao year old robert card to be armed and dangerous. He was a sergeant at the nearby Us Army Reserve base, and Law EnforcementOfficials Say he was temporarily committed to a Mental Health facility over the summer. Local residents are under shelter in place orders and our reporters on the Scene Say Lewiston has become a ghost town. The Us Coast Guard, fbi and other federal Law Enforcement agencies are helping local and state police in the manhunt. Nomia iqbal has more. The latest is we still dont know where the suspected gunman is. More than 2a hours since the shooting in the town of lewiston, nearby. I am in the town of bowden, 20 minutes away, where the suspected gunman is from. Police still dont know where he is. The Us Coast Guard has confirmed to the bbc that they are involved in a search, also officials at the canadian border, given maines proximity to canada, also involved and issuing alerts. People here still very much in lockdown while the manhunt continues. It is more than 2a hours that people have been in lockdown in that region. What is it like there at the moment . At the moment, it is really quiet. When you drive through, and its pretty easy to kind of drive through, because its a small town, the communities in lockdown are pretty close to each other. It almost feels like it was during covid time, it was eerily quiet. Shops are closed, businesses are closed, schools are closed. So it kind og feels really eerie, and on top of that, you know there is a suspected gunman on the loose. People are obviously in huge grief. Earlier today, we spoke to a woman who said she had to tell her two children that their dad was no longer coming home. He was one of the people that died in the shooting. What ive seen, when i have covered high profile Mass Shootings, you have the anger and the grief, and then the politics comes. It always ends up that way. Earlier there was a press conference. Maine senator Susan Collins was in attendance, and i put to her. The yellow flag laws in maine flag up to officials, prosecutors and police if someone has Mental Health problems and if they should be carrying a gun. Police confirmed that the suspected gunman did have Mental Health problems and it was known. So i put to her, did the laws work . She said she doesnt know if the laws were used in that case. She would want to know why they were not used if not. A lot of questions will be asked as the manhunt continues. To discuss the situation we are joined by the former Chief Of Staff at the department of homeland security, miles taylor. Thanks forjoining us. You have unfortunately worked on the federal response to Mass Shootings during your time in the trump administrations. Lewiston and surrounding areas dealing with the death of 18 people, still in lockdown. What is likely to be going on there at the moment . The is likely to be going on there at the moment . At the moment . The Priority Riaht at the moment . The priority right now at the moment . The priority right now is at the moment . The priority right now is finding at the moment . The priority right now is finding the right now is finding the suspect and preventing more danger and more death. What Law Enforcement is doing at this moment is trying to figure out as much as they possibly can, as much as they possibly can, as quickly as they can, about this subject. They are asking themselves, who is this guy . Where does he go . What is his pattern of life . What are his motivations . Who are his associates . Where does he go . When does he do it . To try to piece together where he might be right now, and try to ensure, again, that no one else gets hurt. That is rapidly becoming a sprawling Law Enforcement operation, what we call inter agency coordination. Thats why the coastguard is involved, the fbi is involved, a range of different agencies. They are trying to put out their feelers and create tripwires to find the suspect as soon as humanly possible. Lice and safety of the first priority, and then, as you know, legislation, mistakes, recriminations. That will come later. fist recriminations. That will come later. � , later. At this point, still very much later. At this point, still very much a later. At this point, still very much a hot later. At this point, still i very much a hot situation. Later. At this point, still very much a hot situation. Is it unlimited, the number of resources that would be provided to the folks on the ground locally . Ground locally . This is the e of ground locally . This is the type of moment ground locally . This is the type of moment where ground locally . This is the | type of moment where you ground locally . This is the type of moment where you really see an extraordinary response, that get elevated to the us federal level, and you have those federal departments and agencies that have capabilities that state and local Law Enforcement dont have. I dont want to specifically name some of those capabilities, but there are technical and electronic methods that the federal government can acces