:00:00. > :00:00.This is BBC World News Today with me, Philippa Thomas.
:00:00. > :00:09.It's been one of the bloodiest days so far of the conflict over Gaza.
:00:10. > :00:13.The bombardment continues, and Gaza's only power station is
:00:14. > :00:16.hit, as Israel says it's stepping up the pressure on Hamas.
:00:17. > :00:26.As the EU announces the toughest sanctions yet on Russia
:00:27. > :00:29.And what it calls terrorist targets. This is Hamas
:00:30. > :00:30.infrastructure. As the EU announces
:00:31. > :00:33.the toughest sanctions yet on Russia over Ukraine, we'll bring you
:00:34. > :00:35.reaction from Moscow. A war crimes investigator says some
:00:36. > :00:37.former members of the Kosovo Liberation Army should face
:00:38. > :00:43.charges of crimes against humanity. Too much unhealthy food, too much
:00:44. > :00:47.drinking, and too nationalistic - youngsters around the world give
:00:48. > :00:50.their views on Britain. But it's not all bad - find out
:00:51. > :01:06.what they did like a little later. More than 100 Palestinians are said
:01:07. > :01:12.to have been killed in Israeli air strikes on Gaza,
:01:13. > :01:15.after one of the bloodiest days Israeli airstrikes have targeted
:01:16. > :01:20.sites associated with Hamas, Among the dead, are members
:01:21. > :01:27.of the UN Relief and Works agency. Since the current conflict began,
:01:28. > :01:32.1,156 Palestinians have been killed. 55 Israelis have been killed,
:01:33. > :01:36.most of them soldiers. Israel's Prime Minister has warned
:01:37. > :01:40.that the conflict will continue as This report from our correspondent
:01:41. > :02:04.Ian Pannell, who is in Gaza. Gaza trembled with the few real last
:02:05. > :02:05.night. Dash-macro Furia of war. Israel warned it would act
:02:06. > :02:17.aggressively. It did. People were forced from their homes.
:02:18. > :02:28.Out into a city with few safe places to hide. Israel wants to weaken
:02:29. > :02:34.Hamas anyway it can. This includes hitting Gaza's only power station.
:02:35. > :02:39.Adding to the misery of those who live here.
:02:40. > :02:50.Through the night, and into the day. Across large parts of the Gaza
:02:51. > :02:55.Strip, the bombing is relentless. It is still early in the morning in
:02:56. > :02:58.Gaza, and there were a large number of attacks overnight, and as you
:02:59. > :03:03.just heard, the attacks are continuing throughout the day.
:03:04. > :03:10.Israel says it is hitting a number of what it calls terrorist targets,
:03:11. > :03:14.Hamas infrastructure. Those are things that belong to the militants,
:03:15. > :03:19.but as we have seen, civilians are increasingly being caught in the
:03:20. > :03:23.crossfire. The front line edges ever closer. As
:03:24. > :03:33.whole neighbourhood is empty. Today, one more family fled. Tens of
:03:34. > :03:46.thousands of people have already been forced from their homes.
:03:47. > :03:50.Others have been buried beneath. Neighbours and family scramble to
:03:51. > :03:54.rescue the injured and the dead. More than 100 people were killed
:03:55. > :03:59.last night. People have suffered, and they have grieved. So far, it
:04:00. > :04:07.has brought them nothing. Not even funerals here are sacred.
:04:08. > :04:17.Nor are mosques. Israel says they have been used to hide weapons. But
:04:18. > :04:22.if this is supposed to weaken people's resolved, it does not. We
:04:23. > :04:26.have been blockaded for the last seven years. We have been deprived
:04:27. > :04:30.of all this for the last seven years. Don't talk to me about
:04:31. > :04:38.rockets that are so tiny, small. Look at this! Look at this.
:04:39. > :04:46.Entire areas of Gaza are being eviscerated. Both sides are under
:04:47. > :04:50.pressure to talk. Rumours swirl of possible deals. And all the while,
:04:51. > :05:00.the conflict grows. 500 more people sought shelter at
:05:01. > :05:13.this school last night. It already houses thousands. One of them was
:05:14. > :05:15.born at 5am today. Ibrahim. His new home is a classroom that he
:05:16. > :05:31.and his mother share with 80 others. TRANSLATION: After eight years
:05:32. > :05:39.waiting for him to come, we are now living here in a school. The more
:05:40. > :05:39.they lose, the more they are determined it should be for a
:05:40. > :05:44.reason. Our correspondent Jon Donnison
:05:45. > :05:54.is in Jerusalem. I want to ask you about public
:05:55. > :06:01.opinion on both sides. First, what people in Israel are saying as they
:06:02. > :06:04.also watch these pictures. Look, I think the government here has
:06:05. > :06:08.overwhelming support. If anything, there is pressure for them not to
:06:09. > :06:14.stop. When you look at the opinion polls, I think it is around 80%
:06:15. > :06:19.supporting the government operation in Gaza. There is a rally taking
:06:20. > :06:25.place in Israel's biggest city, Tel Aviv, this evening, which is urging
:06:26. > :06:28.the military to finish the job, as they put it. It is going to be
:06:29. > :06:33.interesting to see what the turnout is. We had a peace rally at the
:06:34. > :06:37.weekend in Tel Aviv, and that just attracted a few thousand. I suspect
:06:38. > :06:42.we could end up with a view more tonight.
:06:43. > :06:46.And what about the people of Gaza? Because so many essentials of their
:06:47. > :06:49.life are now being dismembered, whether water supplies or power
:06:50. > :06:56.supplies. Can we tell whether they still strongly support Hamas?
:06:57. > :07:00.Is of course there are people who support Hamas in Gaza, and
:07:01. > :07:06.generally, when we have had conflict in the past, I was based in Gaza for
:07:07. > :07:12.nearly four years, Hamas gets a short-term boost from the conflict,
:07:13. > :07:17.because usually, after each conflict, they try to sell it as a
:07:18. > :07:21.victory to them, but it tends not to last too long, and also, when you
:07:22. > :07:25.delve a little bit deeper, you do meet a lot of people who say, look,
:07:26. > :07:29.this is pointless, it happens every two or three years, they get
:07:30. > :07:34.pummelled, and much they don't like what Israel is doing, there are some
:07:35. > :07:40.who think Hamas is it upon themselves. -- bringing it upon
:07:41. > :07:43.themselves. But in terms of what people are thinking at the moment, I
:07:44. > :07:47.would say not only in Gaza but in the West Bank, there is overwhelming
:07:48. > :07:48.sympathy with the people of Gaza amongst Palestinians. Thank you very
:07:49. > :07:52.much. Fighting is intensifying
:07:53. > :07:54.in eastern Ukraine in several of the rebel-held towns and cities
:07:55. > :07:57.surrounding the crash site These are the latest pictures
:07:58. > :08:01.from Donetsk - one person was killed when this apartment block was hit
:08:02. > :08:03.by artillery fire. Ten Ukrainian soldiers and at
:08:04. > :08:07.least 22 civilians have reportedly And for a third day, the fighting
:08:08. > :08:12.has stopped international investigators from reaching
:08:13. > :08:19.the crash site of flight MH17. The EU has announced the toughest
:08:20. > :08:22.economic sanctions so far imposed on They'll be put in place almost
:08:23. > :08:29.immediately, targetting the defence, finance and oil industries.
:08:30. > :08:32.The sanctions include: barring some Russian state-run banks
:08:33. > :08:36.from raising funds in European An embargo
:08:37. > :08:44.on future arms sales to Russia. Restrictions on the export
:08:45. > :08:48.of certain technologies used And adding more names to the list
:08:49. > :08:57.of those subjected to travel bans and asset freezes,
:08:58. > :08:59.including more members of President Well a little earlier,
:09:00. > :09:03.US secretary of State John Kerry gave a news conference in
:09:04. > :09:05.which he strongly criticised The Russians and their so-called
:09:06. > :09:09.volunteers are continuing to ship arms and funds and personnel
:09:10. > :09:13.across the border, we see this, We now have clear evidence
:09:14. > :09:20.of artillery and rocket fire, And while the Russians have said
:09:21. > :09:27.they want to de-escalate the conflict, their actions have
:09:28. > :09:31.not shown a shred of evidence that they really have a desire to end
:09:32. > :09:43.the violence and end the bloodshed. Moscow is
:09:44. > :10:06.Dimitry Babich, political analyst Moscow is no country likes of
:10:07. > :10:08.sanctions, but I think the main problem is that these sanctions are
:10:09. > :10:11.pointless. It is not clear what these sanctions
:10:12. > :10:16.are meant to achieve. It is obvious that the West and their leaders have
:10:17. > :10:20.talked themselves into believing that we have in Ukraine is not a
:10:21. > :10:25.civil war, but just a Russian intrusion, so if you pressure Mr
:10:26. > :10:30.Putin, the war will stop. But the problem is, it is indeed a Civil
:10:31. > :10:33.War. There are some Russian citizens participating, so-called
:10:34. > :10:39.volunteers, but it is mainly a war among Ukrainian citizens. So, by
:10:40. > :10:43.imposing more and more sanctions on Russia, the West is not going to end
:10:44. > :10:45.this war. What John Kerry had to say today was
:10:46. > :10:50.that the Russians and their so-called volunteers are continuing
:10:51. > :10:54.to ship arms and volunteers across the border. He says the Americans
:10:55. > :10:56.have clear evidence of that. The Russians may say they want to
:10:57. > :11:00.de-escalation is conflict, John Kerry says, but their actions show
:11:01. > :11:05.not a shred of evidence that they want to do so. His point is that
:11:06. > :11:09.President Putin could be escalated as, could stop arms going across the
:11:10. > :11:14.border, but he is choosing not to. I mean, Mr Kerry made lots of
:11:15. > :11:18.statements. It is clear that he is biased on many issues, including,
:11:19. > :11:24.for example, the investigation of the disaster that flight. It is not
:11:25. > :11:32.clear why the black boxes have not yet been published, the information
:11:33. > :11:34.from them. It is not quite clear why the Iranian government has not
:11:35. > :11:40.publish the records of the talks between air traffic controllers in
:11:41. > :11:43.Ukraine, and the plane. -- the Ukrainian government. So Mr Kerry is
:11:44. > :11:46.biased, and I honestly don't believe that you can, for example, stop the
:11:47. > :11:51.flow of arms from Pakistan and Afghanistan. In the same way, I
:11:52. > :11:55.think it is very difficult to prevent all the Russians who
:11:56. > :11:57.sympathise with the people of Ukraine from crossing the border.
:11:58. > :12:02.You have seen from the pictures that you have shown, how many people have
:12:03. > :12:06.been killed there by bombs, so Russians sympathise with them, very
:12:07. > :12:09.much like, for example, the people of the West Bank sympathise with the
:12:10. > :12:13.people in Gaza. How much damage to you think these
:12:14. > :12:18.sanctions will do to Russia and Russians?
:12:19. > :12:22.I think the damage will equal the damage done to the European Union,
:12:23. > :12:26.because EU is actually punishing its banks. The banks of the European
:12:27. > :12:30.countries will not be able to lend money to Russia and get an
:12:31. > :12:35.interest, so I think the losses will be mutual.
:12:36. > :12:37.And, of course, they will be felt in a few months, maybe, or if you
:12:38. > :12:41.years. Thank you.
:12:42. > :12:43.Now a look at some of the day's other news.
:12:44. > :12:45.An influential cousin of Afghanistan's outgoing
:12:46. > :12:47.president, Hamid Karzai, has been killed in a attack in Kabul.
:12:48. > :12:50.Hashmat Karzai died when a suicide bomber blew himself up while hugging
:12:51. > :12:54.him, on the pretext of greeting for the Muslim festival of Eid.
:12:55. > :12:58.Mr Karzai was a prominent member of the election campaign team
:12:59. > :13:01.for Ashraf Ghani, one of two presidential candidates in
:13:02. > :13:07.England batsman Moeen Ali has been warned not to wear wristbands
:13:08. > :13:12.showing support for Gaza during the third Test with India any more.
:13:13. > :13:16.The 27-year-old wore bands saying "Free Palestine" and "Save Gaza" on
:13:17. > :13:23.International Cricket Council rules state players should not wear
:13:24. > :13:28.messages relating to "political, religious or racial activities
:13:29. > :13:32.Libya says Italy has offered to help extinguish a huge blaze that has
:13:33. > :13:35.engulfed the biggest fuel depot in the capital, Tripoli.
:13:36. > :13:39.It's to send seven aircraft and a team of firefighting experts.
:13:40. > :13:42.Libyan officials blame clashes between rival militias
:13:43. > :13:46.for starting the fire, described as "out of control".
:13:47. > :13:50.Most of the 1,200 people evacuated in Northern California,
:13:51. > :13:54.where a wildfire destroyed 20 homes, have been told they can safely
:13:55. > :13:58.return after a series of steady gains in the firefight.
:13:59. > :14:02.In Yosemite National Park, a relentless air assault helped
:14:03. > :14:06.limit the spread of flames that had spread through more than six square
:14:07. > :14:14.A European Union war crimes prosecutor says that some former
:14:15. > :14:18.leaders of the Kosovo Liberation Army should face charges of crimes
:14:19. > :14:22.against humanity against ethnic Serbs in the wars 15 years ago.
:14:23. > :14:26.Clint Williamson has been detailing findings from his investigation,
:14:27. > :14:30.including evidence that a number of people were killed to harvest
:14:31. > :14:46.From Belgrade, Guy Delauney reports. The Kosovo conflict left the mixed
:14:47. > :14:49.judicial legacy. Senior Serbian figures have been prosecuted, and
:14:50. > :14:55.some conflict it, for atrocities against ethnic Albanians. But
:14:56. > :15:03.justice for ethnic Serbs who suffered has been in short supply.
:15:04. > :15:11.That may change. Certain sectors intentionally targeted members of
:15:12. > :15:18.the population. That included abductions, sexual violence, forms
:15:19. > :15:24.of the new mean treatment, forced displacement of individuals from
:15:25. > :15:27.their homes and communities, desecration and destruction of
:15:28. > :15:36.churches and other religious sites. In Kosovo's B have been bracing
:15:37. > :15:50.themselves for this -- in Kosovo's capital they have been. We hope for
:15:51. > :15:56.more clarity, but we understand the process is a complicated, difficult
:15:57. > :16:00.one. Again, this is why we remain open for a further cooperation in
:16:01. > :16:08.the future. Here in Belgrade people have long will -- long since become
:16:09. > :16:17.cynical about international justice. They say that it has not been good
:16:18. > :16:22.at holding those who committed crimes against ethnic Serbs to
:16:23. > :16:25.account. TRANSLATION: At this point we cannot say definitely whether
:16:26. > :16:35.something happened or not. There are suspicions, strong evidence, and
:16:36. > :16:40.also evidence of organ trafficking. But we will wait. The forthcoming
:16:41. > :16:44.tribunal is likely to cause political turmoil in Kosovo, but in
:16:45. > :16:51.the long term it may aid reconciliation in the region of
:16:52. > :16:53.April can be convinced that justice -- if people can be convinced that
:16:54. > :16:56.justice is possible. In Sierra Leone,
:16:57. > :16:58.the country's lead Ebola doctor has become the latest person to die
:16:59. > :17:01.in the outbreak that has killed Dr Sheik Umar
:17:02. > :17:04.Khan contracted the Ebola virus He has been described
:17:05. > :17:08.as a national hero in Sierra Leone. Two airlines
:17:09. > :17:09.in the region have now banned flights to Liberia and Sierra Leone
:17:10. > :17:27.after a man who flew to Nigeria It has been more than a week since
:17:28. > :17:31.the first case of the Ebola virus was recorded. The patient's death
:17:32. > :17:38.has raised concerns here about whether the virus could have spread
:17:39. > :17:44.to other people. The hospital where he died, in an isolation ward, has
:17:45. > :17:50.also been closed temporarily. We have contacted over 30,000 people in
:17:51. > :17:56.this area, because anybody and everybody who has contacted this
:17:57. > :18:00.person is going to be treated as a suspect. The current outbreak of the
:18:01. > :18:04.Ebola virus in West Africa has killed hundreds and the Nigerian
:18:05. > :18:08.public is hoping this single case within these borders will be the one
:18:09. > :18:16.they won. My concerns is that this is a very densely populated city. I
:18:17. > :18:24.am not certain about this state of affairs of our health care system.
:18:25. > :18:28.If the top hospitals can... These are the places people will normally
:18:29. > :18:34.visit. If they go on strike and we have a situation like this then that
:18:35. > :18:41.is a cause for concern. I do not eat anything, I do not have any food
:18:42. > :18:45.outside, I sit in my house. I do not know how you can contract the
:18:46. > :18:51.disease so I am very much afraid. I do not even like to be talking to
:18:52. > :18:54.people. To use these fears the government is advising the public to
:18:55. > :18:59.take a cautionary measures against infection. It has also set up
:19:00. > :19:06.isolation wards at the country's major airports to keep this deadly
:19:07. > :19:10.violence A-star virus from creating an international health crisis. --
:19:11. > :19:13.this deadly virus. The former Governor of Alaska
:19:14. > :19:16.and 2008 Republican Vice President candidate, Sarah Palin,
:19:17. > :19:18.has launched her own news channel. The conservative politician's online
:19:19. > :19:20.subscription channel, which costs She says her channel is
:19:21. > :19:24.a way to sidestep the mainstream US media and build a community with
:19:25. > :19:26.like-minded conservatives. The channel features online video
:19:27. > :19:40.chats and a look into life This is a news channel which is much
:19:41. > :19:44.more venues. This is a community or we will be able to share ideas and
:19:45. > :19:50.discuss the issues of the day, and we will find solutions. Are you
:19:51. > :20:00.tired of the media filters? I am, I always have been. So I am going to
:20:01. > :20:08.do something about it. NASA's Mars Rover Opportunity has
:20:09. > :20:12.broken the record for space travel. The American space agency says that
:20:13. > :20:17.it was never meant to drive further than about 800 metres from its
:20:18. > :20:21.landing site. It has found evidence of water in Mars and is still
:20:22. > :20:26.continuing its work. The previous record was set in 1973 by a Soviet
:20:27. > :20:29.Union moon rover. The UK - a place of culture,
:20:30. > :20:32.good manners and good humour. That's according to a new study
:20:33. > :20:34.by the British Council, who asked 5,000 young people from
:20:35. > :20:37.China to Brazil what their opinion But it is important to be balanced,
:20:38. > :20:42.of course, so they also asked what 27% of those who answered said they
:20:43. > :20:47.thought the British drank too much. Prince Charles wasn't named
:20:48. > :20:51.in person, of course. Just under a quarter of people,
:20:52. > :20:53.23%, But who doesn't love a fried
:20:54. > :20:58.breakfast every now and then? And one in five thought British
:20:59. > :21:02.people were too nationalistic. Though that won't stop us cheering
:21:03. > :21:04.for home nations at the We felt it was important to conduct
:21:05. > :21:11.our own research into this matter. So we took to the streets of London
:21:12. > :21:31.to ask what people liked, and didn't I hate the traffic jams. Sometimes
:21:32. > :21:37.they do not move. I do not really like the people, I find them quite
:21:38. > :21:45.rude. British people are a bit pale. But we're not that different,
:21:46. > :21:51.British and Norwegian 's. We found the food a bit challenging
:21:52. > :21:55.sometimes. It is often very grey, to wake up in the morning and it is
:21:56. > :22:03.grey and cold, it is not a nice way to start the day. The weather is
:22:04. > :22:16.pretty bad. Ren?e. Grey and probably the feed as well. They are very good
:22:17. > :22:18.at queueing up. It is lovely. Even the GPS said, please do this, please
:22:19. > :22:20.make a U-turn. With me is Mark Moulding, a
:22:21. > :22:33.spokesman for the British Council. Welcome to world news today. Why did
:22:34. > :22:37.you choose the countries that you chose for your survey? These
:22:38. > :22:42.countries are very important for the future of the UK on the world stage.
:22:43. > :22:47.They are big economies. They are also the big emerging economies as
:22:48. > :22:51.well. The UK's green to have a lot to do with those countries in the
:22:52. > :22:54.future if we are to be competitive. It is very important to know what
:22:55. > :23:00.attracts them to us but also what is pushing them away at the moment. We
:23:01. > :23:06.need to impress them. Top of that is culture. What does that mean?
:23:07. > :23:10.Culture means a lot of things. We asked people to identify a figure
:23:11. > :23:15.that they linked with British culture. Shakespeare came out on
:23:16. > :23:20.top. The Queen was in second place, David Beckham was in third place. Mr
:23:21. > :23:27.been and the Beatles were in the top ten. I delved the singer, JK
:23:28. > :23:33.Rowling. Quite an eclectic mix. We're not pigeonholed into one sort
:23:34. > :23:37.of racket, theatre, high culture, anything like that, it is a real
:23:38. > :23:44.spread of things that mean a lot of different things to a lot of French
:23:45. > :23:52.people. -- to a lot of different people. What are the things that put
:23:53. > :23:57.people of Britain? We could be nicer about the weather, because it is
:23:58. > :24:01.nice at the moment. Food is the second least attractive feature in
:24:02. > :24:06.the eyes of the world, but I think that is probably based on some
:24:07. > :24:11.outdated impressions. 1970s stodgy food, that is not the case these
:24:12. > :24:18.days. We have a wonderful culinary scene. It has been a long time since
:24:19. > :24:21.food has changed around, it has become very multicultural, that
:24:22. > :24:26.implies that we are not getting the message out. People are working hard
:24:27. > :24:30.to get the message out onto the world stage. I was speaking to a
:24:31. > :24:34.manufacturer in Somerset who has been out to China to try to sell
:24:35. > :24:41.bear meet over there. That is something we need to do much more
:24:42. > :24:45.of. Things like the way that they view as personally. They think that
:24:46. > :24:48.we are intolerant of other cultures and ignorant of other cultures and
:24:49. > :24:55.countries and I think that there is a lot that we can do there to
:24:56. > :25:01.address that. That is political, there is a lot in current political
:25:02. > :25:09.debate about migrants, benefits, tourism and health tourism. That
:25:10. > :25:13.bleeds into this. Yes, but what a lot of it comes down to is how we
:25:14. > :25:20.conduct ourselves as people. We are notoriously bad about speaking
:25:21. > :25:24.foreign languages. The stereotype is British people going abroad and
:25:25. > :25:28.speaking very slowly in English to make themselves understood. That is
:25:29. > :25:32.terrible, that belies an unwillingness to connect with other
:25:33. > :25:37.cultures. Learning another language could help to challenge those
:25:38. > :25:38.stereotypes. I would like to thank you in Mandarin, but I cannot and I
:25:39. > :25:42.am guilty! If you happened to have
:25:43. > :25:44.a spare half a million dollars, Would a bottle
:25:45. > :25:48.of ketchup be a wise investment? Not just any bottle of ketchup,
:25:49. > :25:50.though, As you can tell,
:25:51. > :25:53.it doesn't actually hold any It's been standing on the side
:25:54. > :25:58.of a road in California next to a former ketchup factory since the
:25:59. > :26:01.late 1940s, and now it's for sale. If you did want to fill it up,
:26:02. > :26:22.we're told there's room there for Just tamed to remain June of our
:26:23. > :26:26.main news. More than 100 Palestinians are said to have been
:26:27. > :26:34.killed after Israel recommenced its bombardment of Gaza. The European
:26:35. > :26:40.Union has agreed the toughest sanctions so far against Russia over
:26:41. > :26:45.its support for rebels in Ukraine. That is all from the programme.
:26:46. > :26:50.Thank you very much for being with us on World News Today.
:26:51. > :27:02.It has been another pretty hot day across the south-east corner of the
:27:03. > :27:08.United Kingdom. More in the way of clade across the south-west. Most
:27:09. > :27:09.places she'd be fine and dry. Still