US President Donald Trump has arrived in the UK for his unprecedented second state visit.
Air Force One touched down at London Stansted Airport on Tuesday evening.
The President is travelling with First Lady Melania Trump and called the King "an elegant gentleman" when speaking to reporters before his departure from Washington.
Trump described the King as “my friend” and noted it was “the first time it has ever happened where somebody was honoured twice” with a state visit.
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Israel’s Defence Minister said "Gaza is burning" after heavy strikes overnight targeted Gaza City, killing 69 according to the city’s hospitals.
The intensifying bombardment came as Israel prepares to launch a full-scale ground invasion of the Gaza Strip’s biggest city, in an operation called ‘Gideon’s Chariots II’.
On Tuesday morning, the Israeli military announced its expanded operation in Gaza City, "to destroy Hamas’ military infrastructure," had begun and warned residents to move south.
The military has not given a timeline for the offensive, but Israeli media suggested it could take months.
Israel has been warning the famine-stricken Gaza City residents to evacuate for the past month ahead of the operation, but many have said they are unable to evacuate due to overcrowding in Gaza’s south and the high price of transport.
An estimated 1 million Palestinians were living in the region around Gaza City before the evacuation warnings. The Israeli military estimates that 350,000 Palestinians left the city before the ground offensive began.
Long lines of traffic stretched down Gaza’s coastal road Tuesday as the offensive began, with vehicles loaded down with mattresses and people’s belongings and others fleeing on foot.
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