BBC News Briefing

10 July, 2025

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Alex Binley

Hello. Eight children are amongst 15 people killed by an Israeli strike while waiting outside a clinic for nutritional supplements in Gaza, a hospital has said. BBC Verify explains what video from the scene shows. In the US, a Donald Trump supporter tells the BBC why she still backs the president, despite the threat of deportation hanging over her. Plus, take a look at the world's most expensive handbag which has set records at auction.

TOP OF THE AGENDA

Children queuing for supplements killed in Israeli strike in Gaza, hospital says

A young child wearing a red T-shirt with blue sleeves crouches down in the street and cries. He is being hugged by a woman wearing a leoard-print headscarf, who is also crying. A woman dressed all in black crouches down next to them and clutches her head.

The clinic where people were queuing said patients were waiting to receive treatment for malnutrition, infections, chronic illnesses and more. Credit: Reuters

Eight children and two women are amongst at least 15 Palestinians killed by an Israeli strike while queuing for nutritional supplements outside a clinic in central Gaza, a hospital says. BBC Verify's Merlyn Thomas explains what video tells us about the strike in Deir al-Balah. US-based aid group Project Hope, which runs the clinic, said the attack was a blatant violation of international law which saw "innocent families... mercilessly attacked". The Israeli military said it struck a "Hamas terrorist" and regretted any harm to civilians. Another 37 people were reportedly killed in Israeli strikes elsewhere in Gaza, as Israel and Hamas continue talks on a ceasefire deal, although there in no indication that the two sides are close to a breakthrough.

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GET UP TO SPEED

An image from CCTV shows a man wearing a black T-shirt and jeans on the stps outside a building. He looks to be heading towards a car park

Ukrainian intelligence officer shot dead in Kyiv

The senior agent from Ukraine's spy agency was gunned down in a car park in broad daylight on Thursday morning.

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Olympian in partial win in rights battle over eligibility

Caster Semenya has not raced since rules were brought in restricting testosterone levels for some track events in 2019.

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Six things Trump should know about Liberia

After praising Liberia's president's "good English", here's what else Donald Trump needs to know about the African nation.

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Slovak festival featuring Kanye West called off

Protest groups had raised a petition against the rapper's appearance, following antisemitic statements he has made.

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AT THE SCENE

Los Angeles, US

Detained in ICE raids, Maga mum still has faith in Trump's deportation plan

A family of five pose for a selfie taken by the dad Arthur who is wearing a red Make America Great Again hat. Two of the young boys wear MAGA/Trump hats as well. The mom and dad and all three children are wearing football jerseys from different teams and their faces are blurred

Arpineh Masihi's children are US citizens, something she hopes will be taken into consideration when her fate is decided. Credit: Arthur Sahakyan

Arpineh Masihi has lived in the US since she was three. Following a conviction for burglary and grand theft in 2008, the now-39-year-old's Green Card was revoked, but as a Christian Armenian Iranian she was allowed to stay in the country. Since then she's turned her life around, started a successful business and is a mother to four children. But in June, she was detained in immigration raids and now faces potential deportation. Her husband fears her life would be in danger if she were sent back.

Regan Morris, US reporter

If Arpineh could vote, she would have cast her ballot for Trump. She's a devout supporter of the US president – even now that she's locked up as an illegal immigrant. "He's doing the right thing because lots of these people don't deserve to be here," Arpineh told the BBC over the phone from the Adelanto immigrant detention centre in California's Mojave Desert. "I will support him until the day I die. He's making America great again."

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Trump was elected in part because of his promise to "launch the largest deportation programme of criminals in history" - a promise Arpineh, her husband, Arthur, and mother say they all still believe in. Yet her family says they have faith that Arpineh will be released, and believe that only hardened, dangerous criminals will actually be deported. "I don't blame Trump, I blame Biden," Arthur says. "It's his doing for open borders, but I believe in the system and all the good people will be released and the ones that are bad will be sent back."

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'Trump was right': Democrats allowed the US-Mexico border to be "under siege" during Joe Biden's presidency, former US Secretary of State John Kerry has told the BBC.

Birthright citizenship: A US judge has once again blocked Trump from implementing an executive order ending birthright citizenship for some US residents as a legal challenge moves forward.

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And finally... in Paris

How much would you spend on a handbag? What about if it were perhaps the most famous in the world? A new record was set at Sotheby's in Paris on Thursday when the original Hermès Birkin bag, which set the template for arguably the most coveted accessory in fashion history, was bought for €8.6m (£7.4m; $10.1m). While the bag might have seen better days, that's probably not a concern for the new buyer from Japan, who after spending a few million, likely won't be using it to cart around their phone and keys.

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