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starting with the big developments out of a hospital in gaza where thousands were seeking help and refuge. an explosion at the al ahli hospital right in the heart of gaza city is said to have killed hundreds according to health officials there. people sheltering in the hospital had fled 10 days of bombing by israel. the world health organization has condemned the blast, and called for the immediate protection of civilians. israel s prime minister, benjamin netanyahu denied israel was responsible, and blamed what he called barbaric terrorists . israel says its bombing campaign, is targeting members of hamas, responsible for killing around moo israelis last week, and a group designated as a terror organisation by the uk government and other countries. hamas has in turn blamed israel for the blast, and called it a war crime. here s our international editor jeremy bowen with the latest. loud blast the missile hit the hospital not long after dark. man shouts you can hea ....
of arrest and prosecution. but women s health advocates are fighting back and they just won a key victory. i will call to order this week s meeting of the book club. the legendary low of lowry joins me to discuss her classic the giver on another hour of velshi which starts right now. . good morning. it is saturday, may 11th. a particularly tough week in court for donald trump. the republican party disgraced and embattled presidential nominee. for about a day and a half, his criminal trial was overshadowed by stormy daniels, the former adult film actress for who he is alleged to have an affair. her testimony dredged up many salacious details that could hurt him politically but the former president gets a reprieve from all of that this weekend as he gets on the campaign trail. tonight he will find himself in a more familiar and welcoming setting as he hold a rally in wildwood, new jersey. since he kicked of his political career nearly a decade ago, trump s rallies h ....
in the past 2a hours. and in tel aviv on saturday evening, thousands gathered demanding a deal to secure the release of the remaining hostages held by hamas since the 7 october attacks. our correspondent hugo bachega is injerusalem and gave us this update. this is the deadliest incident involving the israeli military since january and one of the deadliest in this war. so the military gave some details about what happened earlier today. it said these soldiers were members of an engineering unit and their armoured vehicle was hit by a large explosion. and this explosion then triggered the detonation of explosive material, engineering material in the car. so this is under investigation. apparently, this was in breach of the standard practice, and an investigation continues. but daniel hagari, a military spokesman, said that this initial explosion was most likely caused by an explosive device in the area or by an anti tank missile. and we know that earlier today, the armed ....
ukrainian children and civilians. more than 90 heads of state and governments are attending. it makes it the largest world leader gathering solely focused on ukraine since the invasion began more than two years ago. but russia has not been invited and china is not attending. sarah rainsford filed this report from day one at burgenstock. shattering the peace of a swiss mountainside for the cause of peace in ukraine. volodymyr zelensky came to meet delegations from all over the world, coming together here to begin seeking out a path towards ending the war waged by russia. talking peace is new territory for kyiv, but now, it s seizing the initiative, hoping for a broad global alliance that can help push for a settlement on ukraine s terms. 101 states and international organisations are now at this summit and this is a tremendous success, our success, the common success of all those who believe that a united world, united nations, are stronger than any aggressor. russia was ....
we start this hour with the latest on the israel gaza war. in the last few hours the israeli military has announced what it s calling a daily tactical pause in part of southern gaza, but not the city of rafah. that the city of rafah. is where the focus of the military that is where the focus of the military operation is. it says the halt in operations will be during daylight hours to facilitate the delivery of aid. aid organisations have repeatedly warned of a humanitarian crisis in gaza. israel has released the names of the eight soldiers killed by a hamas rocket in rafah on saturday, the deadliest incident for its troops in months. israel s prime minister benjamin netanyahu addressed and has vowed to continue the war against hamas. here is the latest from our news correspondent in jerusalem jon donnison. well, to be honest, it s not really clear because initially we had a statement from one branch of the idf saying that indeed there was going to be a tactical military ....