内容摘要：It claims he has longstanding ties with the illegal trade in "blood diamonds."

It claims he has longstanding ties with the illegal trade in "blood diamonds."

On another report, he instructs: "Let me have proposals for a more abundant supply from Great Britain".Less than a fortnight before D-Day, health officials could report that sufficient supplies had been obtained, most from the US, but only for battle casualties.

Dr Jessamy Carlson, modern records specialist at The National Archives, said: "The files give a glimpse into the extraordinary levels of preparation undertaken in advance of the D-Day landings."Only six weeks before, penicillin is just reaching our shores in quantities which will allow it to play a major role in improving the outcomes for service personnel wounded in action."But what's now seen as the first true antibiotic would not be fully available to the general public till 1946.

A telegram in the same files shows a doctor from Cornwall, who was treating a 10-year-old child in 1944, pleading with the authorities for the medicine: "No hope without penicillin".The plea was rejected, with supplies said to be only available for military use.

With antibiotics now part of everyday life (and arguably too widely used), the documents seen by the BBC shed new light on the urgent efforts by Churchill and others to secure enough of one such drug for the first time to save lives during the struggle to liberate northern Europe.

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has confirmed that Israel is arming clans in Gaza that he says are opposed to Hamas.The US and Israel say the GHF's system will prevent aid being stolen by Hamas, which the group denies doing.

Separately, the Israeli military said itduring the Hamas-led attack on southern Israel on 7 October 2023.

Israel launched a military campaign in Gaza in response to the attack, in which about 1,200 people were killed and 251 others were taken hostage.At least 54,677 people have been killed in Gaza since then, according to the territory's Hamas-run health ministry.