内容摘要："In the Cauca Valley there are so many different armed groups you never really know who's behind the attacks, who's carrying them out, who's ordering them," says Zenón Escobar, another sugar cane worker and local representative of Sintrainagro.

"In the Cauca Valley there are so many different armed groups you never really know who's behind the attacks, who's carrying them out, who's ordering them," says Zenón Escobar, another sugar cane worker and local representative of Sintrainagro.

, claims which are also being examined by the International Court of Justice.Israel launched a military campaign in Gaza in response Hamas' cross-border attack on 7 October 2023, in which about 1,200 people were killed and 251 others were taken hostage.

At least 54,056 people have been killed in Gaza since then, including 3,901 over the past 10 weeks, according to the territory's Hamas-run health ministry.Half a million people face starvation in the coming months, according to an assessment by the UN-backed Integrated Food Security Phase Classification (IPC).Responding to the accusation of genocide made by rights group Amnesty International in December, Israel's foreign ministry described the group's 295-page report as "entirely false and based on lies", while the Israeli military said the claims were "entirely baseless and fail to account for the operational realities" it faces.

The authors' letter is entitled Writers Demand Immediate Gaza Ceasefire and organised by writers Horatio Clare, Kapka Kassabova and Monique Roffey.It notes that Amnesty and Human Rights Watch, as well as independent experts appointed by the United Nations human rights council, have, it says, "clearly identified genocide or acts of genocide in Gaza, enacted by the Israel Defence Force and directed by the government of Israel".

The authors call for the "immediate unrestricted distribution of food and medical aid in Gaza by the UN", and a ceasefire "which guarantees safety and justice for all Palestinians, the release of all Israeli hostages, and the release of the thousands of Palestinian prisoners arbitrarily held in Israeli jails".

Sanctions should be imposed, the letter argues, if the Israeli government does not take action.The government said there were "high safety standards in place" and BESS were a protection against "future energy shocks".

BESS hold excess energy generated by wind and solar farms and then release it into the grid when the power is needed most.Lithium-ion batteries - found in phones, e-bikes and electric vehicles - are used in large numbers.

Mr Griffin warned the scale of BESS meant firefighters were having to learn new techniques."There can be complications with vapour clouds and fires will last a long time," he added.