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the move was announced after a closed meeting of the security council at which sunday s deaths at a displaced persons camp were discussed. palestinian officials say twenty one people were killed by strikes on a refugee camp in al mawasi, west of rafah, yesterday. israel has denied firing at the area. lucy williamson has sent this report from jerusalem. rafah was once gaza s refuge, the safest place in a dangerous war. today, the city s west and centre was emptying, those still sheltering here fleeing again amid air strikes and artillery fire. taking whatever they need to survive, whatever they can t leave behind. there s been no evacuation order from israel s army and for many, no sense of where to go. translation: i m just walking in the street, l i don t know where to go, there is nowhere safe. where should we go? this is not a life, this is not a life. they were packing up, too, in the displacement camp at tal al sultan to the west of the city, still scarred by fires ....
creative vision? emel mathlouthi, welcome to hardtalk. thank you. now, you have had phenomenal success around the world since the arab spring, which propelled you to global fame. what is it now that still drives you to want to shake people? so many things. i guess, first of all, my passion for people and music and connecting. i feel that nowadays, more than ever, we need to connect with each other, and i feel that if we have this sense of union and empathy towards each other, i feel that the world could be a much better place. well, let s go back to 2010, 2011, and at that time your music was banned in tunisia. you were on avenue habib bourguiba in tunis, you were surrounded by crowds who were all chanting and then this happened. she sings in arabic. we are seeing you there, singing, with a candle lit in front of you, and to the crowds. when you watch it, how do you feel about that moment now? i ve always felt, um, kind of distant because ijust.me, i just remember the t ....
the hamas run health ministry. the israel defense forces say the air strike killed two senior members of hamas. appearing before the knesset on monday, israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu called it a tragic mishap . mr netanyahu said israel will follow policy as it looks into the matter. translation: and ralph, we already evacuated translation: and ralph, we already evacuated about - translation: and ralph, we already evacuated about a - already evacuated about a million uninvolved residents. and despite our best efforts not not harm the uninvolved, a tragic incident occurred yesterday. we are investigating the case and will draw the conclusions and rafah. 0ur diplomatic correspondent paul adams, who s injerusalem, says israel is once again facing international condemnation. israeli officials have been scrambling all day to try and figure out what went wrong in rafah. how was it that a precision strike involving what they called reduced weapons resulted in a ....
cancer this year and says peopple should do more to protect themselves from the sun. and how yellow became orange. coldplay thrill fans with a special song dedicated to luton town football club. sport and for a full round up, from the bbc sport centre, here s ben croucher. day two of the french open is well under way and though a soggy parisian day has thwarted play on the outside courts for the best part of five hours, the matches under the roofs have seen the big names all safely progress most notably iga swiatek who is bidding for a fourth title in five years. she underlined her favourites tag with a crushing 6 1, 6 2 victory over home qualifier lolia jeanjean. swiatek wrapped up the win in just 61 minutes to set up a mouthwatering second round clash with unseeded four time grand slam champion naomi 0saka. meanwhile in the men s singles, the australian open champion jannik sinner is safely into round two despite some concerns over his physical condition. he s bee ....
this is bbc news. the headlines: in his first major speech of the uk election campaign, the labour leader, sir keir starmer, says his party will deliver security and stability. we will also provide the certainty that working people, businesses and communities need. a clear direction, not the endless spinning around that successive tory governments have subjected us all to. french president emmanuel macron is in germany as the first official state visit to the country in 2a years. he is expected to deliver a major speech on the continent s future. rescue crews in texas say they ve witnessed an unprecedented rate of drownings as more people are trying to make a deadly river crossing over the borderfrom mexico. south africa has seen much less electricity blackouts in the last few months, but some people say it could be an attempt to buy more votes for the upcoming general election. let s get more on the uk election campaign, now in its first full week. in his first major s ....