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BBCNEWS The July 3, 2024

And heartbroken by the deaths. The foreign secretary David Cameron said its a dreadful event, and he paid tribute to those killed, calling them brave, humanitarian workers. World central kitchen released these pictures of the seven aid workers who killed when a Convoy Carrying Staff from the charity was hit by an israeli strike on monday. The seven were made up of people from britain, australia, poland, a dual us canadian citizen and a palestinian driver. The three british men, john chapman, James Henderson and james kirby, were working as security advisers. Israel said the strike was unintended and promised to investigate. The family Ofjames Kirby one of the three British Nationals killed in the strike said they were heartbroken and they are demanding answers from the israeli government. Theyve been speaking to danjohnson. Humanitarian aid relies on people like this, the three british men killed providing Security Advice in gaza. He has died a hero. You know, they all have. James kirbys relatives share the grief thats reached bristol and six other aid worker families around the world. For him to lose his life in that situation, its just heartbreaking that, you know, hes lost his life doing that. But he knew the dangers. He was selfless in that regard and he just wanted to help people. Their cars were hit by israels military as they returned to their base after escorting food into gaza. The cars look to me to be clearly marked. In todays technology, youd think theyd be able to see that clearly that these vehicles were carrying humanitarian aid workers. This is why we want answers, really, from from the israeli government. John chapmans family said he died trying to help people and was subject to an inhumane act. He was an incredible father, husband, son and brother. James henderson was another former military man using his skills and experience to help feed gazas hungry. We were told that their route was safe. Why wasnt it . Israels been accused of not being careful enough about protecting civilian life. Do you think thats the case . 0h, undoubtedly, yeah. Undoubtedly that needs to change. Humanitarian aid workers need to be able to do their work. This was a terrible accident, israel says. But according to the un, nearly 200 aid workers have died in this conflict. Unconscionable, the Secretary General says, and a result of how the war has been conducted. Obviously now no ones going to be going there to help these people and itsjust going to drop into absolute chaos. Theres International Pressure now. So lets just hope that response is heard by israel. Israels promised transparency and investigation and answers. But theres hope these deaths, after so many thousands in gaza, finally prompt serious change. Danjohnson, bbc news, bristol. The attack has put huge focus on the amount of aid workers killed in this war. The un Secretary General put that figure at 196. Some aid groups have suspended operations in gaza worried for the safety of their staff. One of them is anera an American Organisation which had a staff member of its own killed in gaza last month. It has been providing 130,000 meals a day. The organisations chief development officer, derek madsen, said the attack has worried other aid agencies in the area. You need to be asking whether or not these are intentional. If you look at the numbers, you mentioned the un commissioner stating that 196 humanitarian aid workers have been killed during the course of this conflict. It is consistent. It appears to be a pattern, a consistent problem. I think when we look at the attack on that convoy, clearly marked vehicles, routes that had been conflicted information deconflicted, information had been passed along. Its very hard to understand how those could be categorised as unintentional. And so i think when we start to look at this and we think about the protection of our workers, these kinds of attacks bring a lot of pause, bring a lot of concern, cause a lot of fear for safety on the part of our staff who are putting their lives on the line daily in very uncertain circumstances. Well, what do we know about how the israeli air strikes unfolded, that killed the seven aid workers . Paul adams described what happened late on monday night. It had just collected around 100 tonnes of food aid from its own Temporaryjettyjust South of gaza city. The team escorted the aid to a warehouse in daryl bella the team escorted the aid to a warehouse in Deir Al Belah in the middle of the gaza strip. From there, the team, seven people in three cars headed back to the coast road marked in blue, which is the one of the designated routes israel insists they use and turned south towards their base in rafah. Shortly afterwards, the first car was hit. This is how it looked the following morning. According to the israeli newspaper haaretz. Passengers were seen moving to one of the other two cars, but a few hundred yards further on, that, too, was hit. Here you can clearly see the world central kitchen� s logo on the roof. The same thing happened again. Team members all now moving to the third car. But minutes later, and a mile further down the road, another strike. All Seven Members of the team were now dead with calls for a proper all Seven Members of the team were now dead. With calls for a proper investigation coming in from all over the world, one thing is clear, Israeli Forces are almost certainly using a drone deliberately and very precisely hit all three vehicles. What Everyone Wants and needs to know is why. Lets speak to lord Peter Ricketts former Uk National Security adviser and former permanent representative to nato. Pressure is building from all sides of the uk government. What do you think is going to happen now . How likely is that the uk is going to listen to that pressure . The israelis have listen to that pressure . The israelis have to listen to that pressure . The israelis have to learn listen to that pressure . Tue israelis have to learn some listen to that pressure . Tte israelis have to learn some very hard lessons, its clear from the outset of this conflict they have not been giving priority to the protecting of civilians, special protection of humanitarian workers, medical workers, International Humanitarian law requires it. Israel is the occupying power, hence legal obligations, the scale of casualties, the scale of the deaths of humanitarian workers chose to me they have not been giving that priority. They are one of the most modern, supposedly professional armed forces in the world, and yet these are terrible figures. In the awful events of the last few days just bring that into sharp focus and focusing the worlds attention on it. So the most important thing i think is that israel should understand it has to take a completely different approach to the way they select targets, they go about attacks, much more proportionate, much more targeted and giving priority to avoiding civilian casualties. And giving priority to avoiding civilian casualties. Lets talk a little bit about civilian casualties. Lets talk a little bit about something civilian casualties. Lets talk a l little bit about something thats happening with nato today, the 75th Anniversary meeting of foreign ministers, and very much on the agenda, learned rickets, is ukraine and funding for ukraine and how nato funds itself moving toward. I know that obviously is a former permanent representative to nato, what are your views on where were headed now, particularly in light of what many people are saying could end up being potentially a President Trump presidency in november and that could change things markedly for nato. , �. ~ nato. Yes indeed, while im talking ou from nato. Yes indeed, while im talking you from brussels, nato. Yes indeed, while im talking you from brussels, from nato. Yes indeed, while im talking you from brussels, from the nato. Yes indeed, while im talking you from brussels, from the office | you from brussels, from the office here. We held a conference this afternoon that lord cameron foreign secretary addressed. As you say its the 75th Birthday of nato, thats remarkable, and organisation founded in 1949 remarkable, and organisation founded in 1919 could still be central to our security concerns. But absolutely, ukraine is the number one priority. If, and the whole weight of nato cant prevent putin from prevailing in ukraine then the outlook of security is bleak. The whole alliance, the all the countries have got to get behind the support, the financial support, the weapons that ukraine needs. There are all kinds of problems about that of course. Are we producing enough weapons, what might happen to american support for ukraine. But i think the mood was put over the outcome of the american election, whoever� s in the white house next year, the europeans need to be doing more, do you spend more on defence and then to turn that into useful weapons, ammunition, missiles, partly that we can restock our own supplies with and partly to support ukraine to make sure that putin cant gradually overcome them and get to the position where he can declare a victory. But get to the position where he can declare a victory. Declare a victory. But if russia does turn declare a victory. But if russia does turn the declare a victory. But if russia does turn the tide declare a victory. But if russia does turn the tide in declare a victory. But if russia does turn the tide in ukraine, | declare a victory. But if russia does turn the tide in ukraine, what can nato then do . Can nato then do . Well, first of all, i can nato then do . Well, first of all. I think can nato then do . Well, first of all, i think europeans can nato then do . Well, first of all, i think europeans have can nato then do . Well, first of all, i think europeans have gotl can nato then do . Well, first of. All, i think europeans have got to be ready to fill more of the gap. Whatever happens in washington, and we got to tighten sanctions on russia. I would like to see the frozen assets held in western Central Banks being used to raise money to help fund ukraine, reconstruction of ukraine. So weve got to go on doing what were doing, standing behind ukraine and i think as part of that, europeans have got to do more thats how we would persuade the americans. This is a very important yearfor persuade the americans. This is a very important year for nato, a really strong sense of unity but its got to be translated into real money and real output. Its got to be translated into real money and real output. Thank you so much. Rescuers in taiwan are attempting to reach dozens of people trapped in road tunnels and mines, after the islands biggest earthquake for 25 years. At least nine people were killed, and more than Eight Hundred injured, after the offshore quake struck the east coast. The earthquake was at a magnitude of 7. 4. The deaths all occured in wua lien county a mountainous region near the epicentre with many killed by falling boulders. The moment the earth quake struck was recorded inside a taipei tv station have a look at this. The quake happened in the middle of their morning news you can see the shaking continues for many seconds local residents say the aftershocks continued every half an hour after the intial tremor. Lets take a look at what more we know. Taiwanese authorities have confirmed that over 120 people are known to be trapped as a result of the earthquake with dozens trapped inside tunnels. And thereve been more than 100 aftershocks recorded so far. Japan has pledged to offer any assistance necessary to taiwan our neighbour across the sea in times of difficulty. More now from our correspondent in taipei Rupert Wingfield hayes. This construction site, this big building behind me here under construction, a massive piece of either Construction Equipment or steel came off the top of this building this morning during the quake, crashed into the building beside it and then crashed down into the alleyway behind me, where you can see some workmen 110w. Theyve closed off that road. Remarkably, no one was injured, no one was on the street there at the time. These are some of the latest pictures we have you can see some buildings are leaning dangerously and some train lines have been damaged. People running from a cafe for their lives, leaving her drinks behind. And the tremor continuing there after they left. More now from nga pham who was in taipei when the earthquake happened. Making my coffee. The first thing i do every day when everything starts shaking and rattling. It was really, really scary. I have to admit that i was like thinking, what should i do . What should i do . Normally, before earthquake, we receive so called president ial alerts from the the office of the president telling us what to expect and what to do. But this time there was nothing from them. So it adds to the scariness of the situation. I was holding on my onto my bookcase, trying to steady myself because Everything Else was falling off the bookcase, the books and my glassware and plates, etc. And i could hear people screaming and they were also frantically looking for information. And trying to decide what to do. Brian baptie is a seismologist at the British Geological survey in edinburgh. He explained that taiwan has a long history of earthquakes. Taiwan sits in quite an unstable position between two of earths tectonic plates, and earthquakes happen pretty regularly. However, this earthquake last night was the biggest earthquake to strike taiwan for over 25 years, since 1999. And it was hit by a magnitude 7. 7 earthquake. That earthquake was particularly damaging, resulted in over 2000 people, 2000 deaths. Huge numbers of buildings damaged. I think the number of buildings destroyed was about 50,000. Possibly the impact of last nights earthquake may not be so severe, but at the moment its quite hard to tell. Tell me a little bit more about how you can tell the severity of the earthquake like this. You can measure where it stands on the scale, but there are other measurements, too, that scientists need to look into before they can give a proper evaluation. The risk from an earthquake give a proper evaluation. The risk from an earthquake depends give a proper evaluation. The risk from an earthquake depends on | give a proper evaluation. The risk. From an earthquake depends on how big it is and where it is. So this particular earthquake was quite shallow. It was just offshore the eastern coast of taiwan, but it was very, very close to to the city. So as soon as you have larger earthquakes that are close to where there are lots of people, that starts to spell trouble and there can be casualties, huge amounts of damage even in countries where a lot of buildings are constructed to withstand earthquakes. Still to come on The World Today the former head of Spanish Football who sparked controversy with an unwelcome kiss . With an unwelcome kiss is arrested in a corruption probe. And fighting for the chance to start a new life we take a peek at the film about an iranian refugee thats winning over the swedish critics. Around the world and across the uk. This is The World Today on bbc news. Police investigating the stabbing of an iranianjournalist in london say three suspects left the uk within hours of the attack. Pouria zeraati, who works for the uk based Persian Language tv channel iran international, was attacked last week outside his home. Iran has denied involvement. Our Home Affairs Correspondent tom symonds reports. He survived, but despite the positive picture, Pouria Zeraati is said to be all too aware he could have been killed. Police searching the street where he lives, where he was approached by a man asking for money, another grabbing his arms, the first stabbing his legs, before they ran off. An eyewitness who was just down the road told me that he was walking along here when they came running towards him two young men in their early 20s wearing black hooded tracksuits. He said they looked casual calm, even. They got into a waiting car and drove off. But he got the number plate. The attack happened at wimbledon. Police were able to track the car, a blue mazda, possibly using automatic number plate cameras and cctv, to new malden, where they found it abandoned. It is being forensically examined. From there, the three suspects travelled to heathrow airport. There are regular buses. Its also possible to get a train. Scotland yard said they caught a flight out of the uk. Detectives will have their Passport Details and say theyve been identified. But for now, the police will not confirm where they went or discuss any possible motive. The concern is Pouria Zeraati was targeted as a prominent presenter for a tv station which is banned by the Iranian Regime. Last year an austrian man, magomed husejn dovtae, was convicted of scouting out a possible attack on the headquarters of iran international. Two other presenters have been threatened. Police and the Security Services have foiled 15 plots against critics of iran. This attack looks more like a carefully planned attempt to terrorise than kill. Pouria zeraati has told a friend he wont be silenced. Tom symonds, bbc news, wimbledon. Kasra aarabi is close friend of Pouria Zeraati. Hes also the director of Islamic Revolutionary guard Corps Research at United Against Nuclear Iran a non . Profit think tank and adovacy group. He talked to me about how he is feeling right now. We he talked to me abo

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