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Gaza: many casualties at a camp for displaced Palestinians
Officials from Gaza's Hamas-run health ministry say Israeli strikes on a tent camp for displaced Palestinians to the west of Rafah have reportedly killed at least twenty-one people. The tents that were reportedly hit were in Al-Mawasi. Israel has denied targeting the area. Newshour hears from James Smith, a British doctor working with the NGO Cadus, currently based in Al Mawasi.
Also in the programme: closing arguments in the Trump trial; and why peanut butter can help counter peanut allergies.
(Picture: A girl looks on, while Palestinians travel on foot along with their belongings, as they flee Rafah due to an Israeli military operation, in Rafah, in the southern Gaza Strip. Credit: Reuters) -
Kharkiv city under siege
Increased Russian shelling in the north-east city of Kharkiv has left residents feeling exposed calling into question how far Western allies of Ukraine can support the country by lifting restrictions on armaments.
Also in the programme: a BBC World Service investigation has revealed that children as young as five are working in the fields in Egypt - picking jasmine for a global perfume industry that’s worth billions; and we speak to an Irish Minister about why it's important for Spain, Ireland and Norway to recognise Palestinian statehood.
Image: Sergii Polituchyi, Ukrainian publisher and businessman, stands between shelves with burned books in his printing house, which was badly damaged by a recent Russian missile strike. Credit: REUTERS/Valentyn Ogirenko -
Rafah: Netanyahu says something went 'tragically wrong'
Israel's prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu has spoken of the killing of dozens of Palestinians in a fire in Rafah after an Israeli air strike as a tragedy. We hear from a journalist in Rafah and get reaction from Amir Avivi, a retired IDF brigadier general.
Also in the programme: Norwegian author Asne Seierstad; and China cracks down on influencers.
(Picture: Palestinians search smouldering debris in the aftermath of a fatal Israeli air strike at a camp in Gaza. Credit: EPA-EFE/REX/Shutterstock) -
Condemnation of civilian deaths in Rafah air strike
There's been condemnation by European and Arab countries of Israel's continuing bombardment of Gaza. Last night, Israel launched an air strike in Rafah that killed at least 45 people, according to the Hamas-run health ministry. The Israeli military says it's reviewing the incident. But it said the air strike targeted a Hamas compound, killing two senior members of the group.
Also in the programme: Emergency teams in Papua New Guinea say recovery efforts in the wake of a devastating landslide are being complicated by further ground movement; and the story of the rare painting by the Italian artist Caravaggio that nearly sold for a fraction of its value.
(Picture: Palestinians try to put out a fire at the site of an Israeli strike near an area designated for displaced people, in Rafah on May 27, 2024. Credit: Mohammed Salem/REUTERS) -
UN fears 670 people buried in Papua landslide
About 670 people are buried under a landslide and are feared dead in Papua New Guinea. The United Nations based its estimate on the number of houses believed to have been swamped by up to eight metres of rock, earth and trees. We speak to a reporter in the country.
Also in the programme: Another mass kidnapping in Nigeria. Amnesty International's country director tells us the authorities should be doing more to protect people; and the King of Clay returns to the French open - but could it be game over for Rafael Nadal by year's end?
(Photo: People carry bags in the aftermath of a landslide in Enga Province, Papua New Guinea, May 24, 2024, in this still image obtained from a video. Credit: Andrew Ruing/Handout via Reuters) -
Hundreds feared dead in PNG landslide
Hundreds feared dead after landslide swept villages in Papua New Guinea. Also in the programme; Aid delivery resumes into Gaza; extreme heat in Pakistan; and we ask whether this could be Rafael Nadal’s last clay tournament.
(Photo: Local men digging in Enga province in aftermath of the landslide in Papua New Guinea. Credit: Reuters/Emmanuel Eralia)
Customer Reviews
Food aid to Gaza
While listening to your recent coverage of the smaller efforts attempting to get aid into Gaza (particularly the Catholic(?) charity working to join the maritime effort in the works), this occurred to me:
Your interviewer seemed to want to focus on the smaller size (“drop in a bucket”) of this offering. And how meaningless it seemed to the interviewer that “Only 300,000” would be fed, for one day.
Clearly those 300,000 !! Individuals would differ in their response.
Though I appreciate the insights of your coverage overall, you missed the boat, literally, in under-valuing the intention, commitment and devotion of the group to alleviate suffering, period.
Don’t you know that such efforts are inspiring to the world ?
I live in a small town of 8,000.
300,000 people is us 30+ times over.
You need to work on how you understand and express comments on the term human-itarian.
Respectfully submitted,
Amelia Gage
Sitka, Alaska
Repeat stories
They constantly repeat the same stories. Better than most but still full of fluff pieces like yoga puppies and un-informative trauma porn.
your a biased news source - I used to think of your reporting as factual- not now
I used to consume your reporting as factual-
I know you are a biased media source-
your views on Isreal as well as your
Your hospitals are being infiltrated by Hamas
it is a Hamas/ Terrorist issue-
Speak In a truthful - righteous way and maybe the world would take you seriously-
You are not a trusted source of Media