This is the Global News Podcast from the BBC World Service.

I'm Alex Ritzen and at 14 hours GMT on Wednesday the 3rd of April these are our main stories.

Israel is under increasing international

pressure to investigate its strike which killed seven aid workers in

Gaza. Rescue workers in Taiwan try to free motorists trapped in road tunnels by a powerful earthquake.

Also in this podcast the top appeals caught in Uganda upholds a controversial anti-homosexuality law considered one of the toughest

in the world. And in France, shared grief is leading to shed healing at an orphanage for the children of police officers.

My dad was my hero, but he never spoke about his job.

I came here a month after he died.

Things were difficult.

I was dropping out of school.

Israel is facing growing international condemnation

over the killing of seven men and women delivering humanitarian assistance in Gaza on Monday night.

The aid workers killed were from the World Central Kitchen which has now suspended its operations in Gaza.

In a statement Israel's Army Chief Lieutenant General Hersey Halevi

called the incident a grave mistake, blaming a misidentification. He also insisted a full investigation would be carried out.

An independent body will investigate the incident thoroughly. We will complete it in the next coming days. We will learn from the

conclusions and implement them immediately. We will share in full transparency the findings of the

investigation with the World Central Kitchen and other international relevant organization.

Heba Tibe is from Care International.

She says agents are used to uncertainty,

but the escalating situation may push more to suspend their operations.

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