harry farley.oys, aged 15 and 16, were killed in a stabbing in bristol last night. avon and somerset police say they were attacked by a group of people who fled the scene in a car. a 44—year—old man and a 15—year—old boy are in custody, but police are looking for more suspects. a vehicle has also been seized. people from around the area have come out to pay their respects and lay flowers in tribute. locals have said they are shocked by the incident. dan johnson reports. another street turned crime scene after a deadly knife attack. everyone here is trying to work out why two young lives were taken late last night. that poor boy's family. so many people affected. it needs to stop, it really needs to stop. i don't want my girls to grow up. i don't want them to grow up. do you worry that it's getting out of control? yeah. yeah, a lot. yeah. i thought it was bad when we were young. then, but, no, it wasn't hard. that double decker bus marks where this attack happened, but we don't believe that was invo

our political correspondent harry farley has the latest.sea, not the first time that hms diamond has been targeted by houthi drones. the statement from the ministry of defence in london saying that this was an intolerable and illegal attack, which is completely unacceptable and the ministry of defence says it is our duty to protect freedom of navigation in international waters. and as you say, the defence secretary grant shapps also condemning this attack. he says that the uk remains undaunted. so what happened, we understand, yesterday afternoon, the houthi group in yemen launched a drone targeting hms diamond. the crew on hms diamond activated the ship�*s sea viper missile system, a missile system that costs more than £1 million per missile, and destroyed the drone. they say that there was no damage or injuries to anyone on board. but of course this isn�*t the first time that hms diamond has been attacked and it does raise questions about whether the uk will be drawn into future air strikes. of course, the uk is already has already struck

harry farley. to turkey next.lic church in istanbul. two masked attackers struck during morning mass. local media reports say one suspect has now been detained. in the last hour the islamic state group has claimed responsiblity for the attack. our senior international correspondent orla guerin reports from istanbul, and a warning her report contains some distressing images. two attackers in masks, captured on cctv, walking casually towards the church. a man enters. the gunmen follow and appear to target him. the congregation, ducking for cover. the victim had intended to become a christian, according to a relative, but was not baptised yet. police move in to seal off the streets around the i9th—century church, as a manhunt gets under way. a morning mass here became a scene after terror. a morning mass here became a scene of terror. police are still here and there is a real sense of shock in the community. local officials and government ministers have rushed to condemn the attack and the search is still going on to

with the latest, harry farley in our newsroom, many thanks. been killed and several injured in an attack by masked gunmen on a catholic church. the shooting happened at the church of santa maria during sunday morning mass at around 11:a0 in the morning local time. turkey's interior minister has condemned the "vile attack" and said an investigation has been launched. police are still searching for the suspects. live now to the scene — our correspondent orla guerin is outside the church. bring us up—to—date with what more you know. there is a real sense of shockin you know. there is a real sense of shock in the community about what has happened. turkey's interior ministerjust left, he made a visit to the church behind me, offered condolences to the congregation and to the priest. as he was leaving he said those who are trying to destroy the unity that exists between different religions in turkey wouldn't succeed. local officials here have been stressing to us that this is an area where christians and muslims have lived together in harmony. one l

harry farley there.litary operation with tanks advancing into khan younis, in southern gaza, where thousands of people have been forced to flee. gaza's health ministry says 174 palestinians have been killed in israeli strikes in the past 24 hours. that takes the total reported killed in gaza since the war started to at least 26,257. the head of the cia is expected to meet officials from israel, egypt and qatar in the coming days, in an attempt to negotiate the release of hostages held by hamas, which many western governments consider a terrorist organisation. let's hear more from mark lowen — here he is on those upcoming talks. they are due to begin, we understand, as early as sunday, tomorrow, in france, there are reports, but the cia has not confirmed the location or the start date. and they will involve bill burns, the head of the cia, who's meeting with his opposite numbers at mossad, israel's intelligence agency, and the egyptian spy agency, as well, and top officials from qatar, to try to revive at

harry farley speaking to me earlier.el is pressing ahead with its military operation, with tanks advancing into khan younis, in southern gaza, where thousands of people have been forced to flee. gaza's health ministry says 174 palestinians have been killed in israeli strikes in the past 2a hours. that takes the total reported killed in gaza since the war started to at least 26,257. ——to at least 25,257. the head of the cia, the us�*s central intelligence agency, is expected to meet officials from israel, egypt and qatar in the coming days, in an attempt to negotiate the release of hostages held by hamas. let's hear more from mark lowen — here he is on those upcoming talks. they are due to begin, we understand, as early as sunday, tomorrow, in france, there are reports, but the cia has not confirmed the location or the start date and they will involve bill burns, the head of the cia, who's meeting with his opposite numbers at mossad, israel's intelligence agency, and the egyptian spy agency, as well, and top officials fro

that is harry farley. more on that story on the bbc news website.rt with a captivating men's final at the australian open, where italianjannik sinner fought back from two sets down against daniil medvedev to win a first grand slam title. the russian, who was looking for his second grand slam title, dominated the first set taking it 6—3. and while the second set felt closer, medvedev also took that by the same score line. however, then sinner, who was playing in his first final recovered. and started to impose his game on medvedev. with the 22—year—old winning the next three sets 6—4, 6—4, 6—3 to take the title. it was another bitter experience for medvedev, who also blew a two—set lead against rafael nadal in the 2022 final. sinner becoming the first australian champion for a decade not to be named novak djokovic, rafa nadal or roger federer. now to cricket where tourists england managed one of their best ever away wins, stunning india with a 28—run victory in a dramatic finish to the first test in hyderabad. india had lost only three of their previ

live now to our political correspondent, harry farley.last week's itv drama. now she is handing it back. what has she said? this really drama. in the last hour paula vennells had maintained a silence as she faced growing calls to hand back her cbe. in the last hour she has said that she was truly sorry for the devastation caused to the sub—postmasters and their families and she confirmed she would be handing back her cbe with immediate effect. she said she wouldn't be commenting further until the public inquiry into the whole post office scandal has concluded. so confirmation in the last hour that paula vennells has said she will hand back her cbe. that was amid growing pressure on her to do just that. rishi sunak�*s official spokesperson said that he would strongly support that honour being stripped from her. she has taken that move proactively and decided to have that back today in the last hour or so. you also learned that paula vennells was shortlisted to be bishop of london in 2017. as well as being the head of the post office, paula

live now to our political correspondent, harry farley.ernment has gone down the route of this law to overturn the convictions. it is a huge move, isn't it? it convictions. it is a huge move, isn't it? , , ., , isn't it? it is. it is really difficult _ isn't it? it is. it is really difficult to _ isn't it? it is. it is really difficult to overstate - isn't it? it is. it is reallyl difficult to overstate how significant this is. this is the government, the politicians and the house of commons overturning and intervening in matters of the criminal courts, which in the uk, courts are independent from the government. this is the government say they will introduce a new law, a new bill, to overturn convictions reached in the criminal courts. we've been hearing in the last few moments from rishi sunak�*s spokesman, from downing street, and they say this bill will overturn those convictions on a blanket basis. they say they are doing that because to allow individual claims would take too long. they say this as exceptional circumstances, and it de

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live now to our political correspondent, harry farley.hat is the advantage for rishi sunak to make this statement at this point? sunak to make this statement at this oint? ,, . ., ., sunak to make this statement at this oint? ,,, . ., ., ., sunak to make this statement at this oint? . ., ., ., , sunak to make this statement at this oint? ,, . ., ., ., , ., point? speculation had been mounting on westminster _ point? speculation had been mounting on westminster for _ point? speculation had been mounting on westminster for the _ point? speculation had been mounting on westminster for the last _ point? speculation had been mounting on westminster for the last couple - on westminster for the last couple of weeks about when an election would be. we knew it was highly likely to be this year at some point and what we have seen over the last few days as the opposition party, labour, liberal democrat piling on pressure to hold a may election, an election in the spring at some point. and what rishi sunak has done is address it for the first time an

farley. hasn't been approved? we don't know for sure why shoaib bashir didn't get a visa along with the other members of the glen cricket squad, what we know is this isn't the first time that a cricketer of pakistani heritage has had difficulty getting it visa to india. the australian opening batsman had difficulties around this time last year when australia toured india, the bb sports on commentator has had difficulties as well —— bbc sports. so, not the first cricketer to experience difficulties, not the first cricketer of pakistani heritage to have such difficulties, india and pakistan have not played a bilateral match against georgia since 2016 because of difficulties, i put this to prime minister spokesperson this afternoon and you ask questions in these context people are good at ducking and weaving and not giving an answer but when i put the case to the prime minister deputy oppressed spokesperson, they said" we have previously raised the issue of which is citizens of pakistani heritag

harry farley there.is a political analyst and former middle east adviser at the pentagon. she served under three secretaries of defence. welcome to bbc news, jasmine. what is your reaction to the fact that funding has been pulled by a number of countries including the united states? it is incredibl including the united states? it 3 incredibly disturbing to me to hear this news. 0bviously, incredibly disturbing to me to hear this news. obviously, the allegations are extremely serious and should be taken extremely seriously and unrwa is doing just that. as we heard from your correspondence, they have fired the 12 employees accused of these allegations, pending an investigation. now, we have to wonder, what is the point of stopping assistance to our future funding to an organisation that provides life—saving support to palestinians at this really critical time? you have basically almost 2 million people in gaza, 93% of the population is facing crisis levels of hunger in the dead of winter. you have 1.9 mill

harry farley reporting there. to turkey next.n istanbul. two masked attackers struck during morning mass. turkey's interior minister says that both have been arrested. our senior international correspondent orla guerin sent this report from istanbul. two attackers in masks, captured on cctv, walking casually towards the church. a man enters. the gunmen follow and appear to target him. the congregation, ducking for cover. the victim had intended to become a christian, according to a relative, but was not baptised yet. police move in to seal off the streets around the i9th—century church, as a manhunt gets under way. a morning mass here became a scene of terror. police are still here and there is a real sense of shock in the community. local officials and government ministers have rushed to condemn the attack. the local mayor told us there was no tension in the area between different religions. "the church doors are always wide open," said sukru genc, "even during mass." "muslims visit the church, as well as christians. "from time

our political correspondent harry farley told me more.f air force jets they say that four ref air forcejetsjoined us they say that four ref air force jets joined us forces they say that four ref air forcejetsjoined us forces in the attacks on who the targets in yemen tonight. they say they launched a paved way for precision guarded bombs targeting multiple targets across two different sites. the statement says that the locations they targeted were used to enable those who these two attack shipping in the red sea. and the statement says the ministry of defence conducted a rigorous analysis of the targets before and to make sure that civilian casualties were limited. we've also in the last half hour had a joint statement from the country supporting, australia, bahrain, the nettle is it as well as the uk and the us. that statement ends with this warning to the houthi leadership they say we will not hesitate to defend lies in the free flow of commerce in one of the worlds most critical waterways. —— defend lives. this is a second time the uk

live now to our political correspondent harry farley — and harry there'll be questions for rishi sunaknsult parliament in advance of that military action? yes, that is right. the liberal democrats have called for a new law which would mean mps must have a vote before military action is launched. they say that rishi sunak, in not allowing the commons to vote, is riding roughshod over democratic convention. but it is just that, a convention. the prime minister does have a right to launch military action without consulting parliament first and the government said in this case, the timing and security meant the debate in the commons beforehand was not possible. he will face questions around the bases and reasoning for the strikes, what legal advice, what intelligence did he receive. and as we heard in the package just there, the he receive. and as we heard in the packagejust there, the possibility of further action. the prime minister's spokesman said this morning that the strikes last week had had the intended effect but we have seen the houthis more missiles in the red sea since then. gr

live now to westminster and our political correspondent harry farley.? the motion the peers in the house of lords have backed this - house of lords have backed this evening is advisory and not binding on the government a month so the government has to respond but doesn't have to listen to what the peers have voted for, they have backed cause to delay the rectification of a treaty between the uk and rwanda, the governments plan was to send some asylum—seekers to rwanda was defeated, was ruled unlawful by the supreme court last year, and the government, in response to that, said they would institute annual bill that declared rwanda to be a safe country. that bill it was based on the street we are talking about today, a treaty which includes a number of new measures that do rewind up government says they would introduce to persuade the uk that rwanda is a safe country and what peers in the house of lords are voted today is saying to delay rectifying that treaty until those measures have come into place. as i said, it is advisory and not binding on the gove

farley explains.tmasters and mistresses prosecuted because of the faulty horizon software system that made it look as though money was disappearing from post office accounts when of course it wasn't, and many more were having to pay out of their own pockets to make up the shortfalls that the horizon error made it look as though was happening. as you say, there is a keenness in government to be seen to be proactive, to be seen to be doing something on this and kemi badenoch the business secretary was out this morning explaining why she had sacked the post office chairman yesterday, henry staunton. he's been in post forjust over a year, so he wasn't in post over the key period when the horizon scandal was ongoing but yesterday afternoon, it emerged that kemi badenoch had removed him from his post. she explained this morning that it just wasn't working. there were various disagreements within the board, and when i looked at it, i thought that a change of personnel was what was required. i don't want to d

with more on this is our political correspondent, harry farley.r comments from the secretary. this comes in response _ comments from the secretary. this comes in response to the public fury at the post office scandal, more than 700 sub—postmasters and mistresses prosecuted because of the faulty horizon software system that made it look as if money was disappearing from post office accounts when it wasn't and many more having to pay out of their own pockets to make up the shortfall is that the horizon error made it look what's happening. there is a keenness on government to be seen to be proactive in doing something on this and kemi badenoch the business secretary was expelling why she had sacked post office chairman henry staunton who had been imposed just over a year. —— she was explaining. she explained this morning itjust wasn't working. there were various disagreements within the board and when i looked at it, i thought a change of personnel was what was required. i don't want to do hr live on tv, these are human beings we're talking about. it

harry farley there.ost office is reeling from the fallout from the horizon scandal, which has been called the biggest miscarriage ofjustice in uk history. it's been thrown out and i've... that's me, i'm free! rab thomson sharing the emotional news this week with his sister that his 2006 conviction for embezzlement had been overturned. it's the moment all wrongfully convicted sub—postmasters are hoping for. there's been much debate over the quickest and fairest way to achieve that. now the chair of the post office, this man, henry staunton, has stepped down. it poses the question, did hejump or was he nudged? there were various disagreements within the board, and when i looked at it, i thought that a change of personnel was what was required. i don't want to do h out on live tv. these are human beings we are talking about. it's very difficult to be asked to stand down from a position. —— h are on live tv. but i decided that given all of the difficulties the post office is having, it's notjust about horizo

live now to westminster and our political correspondent harry farley. hello, harry.d it it was just breaking as i hello, harry. as i understand it it wasjust breaking as i came hello, harry. as i understand it it was just breaking as i came to the studio, this is the treaty on which the bill is based. so what does it suggest about the attitude of the lords towards the bill?— suggest about the attitude of the lords towards the bill? well, yes, that is right- _ lords towards the bill? well, yes, that is right. this _ lords towards the bill? well, yes, that is right. this is _ lords towards the bill? well, yes, that is right. this is the _ lords towards the bill? well, yes, that is right. this is the treaty - that is right. this is the treaty that is right. this is the treaty that the government signed with rwanda to put in place or add a legal way to a number of measures that aim to address the concerns from the supreme court, judges here in the uk. thosejudges from the supreme court, judges here in the uk. those judges said that the government's plan to send asylum se

live now to our political correspondent harry farley. what can you tell us about this?from the ministry of the defence here in the uk, confirming hms diamond, a british naval destroyer in the red sea, was attacked again by the houthi groups, the iranian—backed group in yemen at the iranian—backed group in yemen at the moment. the statement from the mod said these intolerable and illegal attacks are completely unacceptable and it is our duty to protect freedom of navigation in the red sea. it is not the first time hms diamond has been attacked by the houthis and the uk hasjoined hms diamond has been attacked by the houthis and the uk has joined the hms diamond has been attacked by the houthis and the uk hasjoined the us twice now in launching air strikes against both the targets in yemen. grant shapps added to the state in nz the uk remains undaunted after yesterday�*s illegally attack on hms diamond. it begs the question, does that mean we will see further strikes against houthi targets in yemen from the uk, as well as us air forces and armed forces and the uk governmen

our political correspondent harry farley explains.rs and submistresses prosecuted because of the faulty horizon software system that made it look as though money was disappearing from post office accounts when of course it wasn't, and many more were having to pay out of their own pockets to make up the shortfalls that the horizon error made it look as though was happening. as you say, there is a keenness in government to be seen to be proactive, to be seen to be doing something on this and kemi badenoch the business secretary was out this morning explaining why she had sacked the post office chairman yesterday, henry staunton. he's been in post forjust over a year, so he wasn't in post over the key period when the horizon scandal was ongoing but yesterday afternoon, it emerged that kemi badenoch had removed him from his post. she explained this morning that it just wasn't working. there were various disagreements within the board, and when i looked at it, i thought that a change of personnel was what was required. i don't want to do h

live now to our political correspondent harry farley in westminster.g on the government, isn't it? the government is ve , government, isn't it? the government is very. very — government, isn't it? the government is very. very close _ government, isn't it? the government is very, very close to _ government, isn't it? the government is very, very close to finding _ government, isn't it? the government is very, very close to finding a - is very, very close to finding a solution. it might possibly come today. we don't actually know that. the government is trying to find a mechanism to rapidly overturn hundreds of criminal convictions that sub—postmaster is, these people who ran post office branches. because of the faulty it system it looked as though manny was disappearing from their accounts when it was not. they were pursued through the criminal courts by the post office and hundreds were convicted. the government is trying to find a way to overturn these convictions. this has all come to the fore again. we had known about it for years but it has come to

with me is our political correspondent, harry farley.all, tells more about the foreign office has said about this decision. i have been speaking to sources in the foreign office and in the last hour or so the, uk has committed 60 million so far to the humanitarian situation in gaza. that is not all been paid. that goes out in tranches, in different instalments. the next instalment is due in april and what the foreign office is saying is they opposing that future funding, so the future of this tolerance of that money that the uk government has committed, they opposing that until this investigation is concluded. spokesman said that the uk is appalled by these allegations against unrwa staff that they were involved in the attack on the 7th of october, 18 this act of terrorism that the government has repeatedly condemned. that's the foreign office statement this afternoon. what more do we know about the background in terms of how long the government have been funding unrwa and what relationship is? unrwa is the main united nations body that

live now to our political correspondent, harry farley.m opposition parties, labour and the lib dems, has been to attack this and they have accused rishi sunak of dithering and delaying, and they have said he is squatting in downing street. that because rishi sunak said his working plan is to have the general election in the second half of the year. there was no obligation or even any expectation that the government would call the election before then in may or in the spring, and opposition parties talked up the prospect and really in order to enable them to use the attack line that rishi sunak is by delaying the election until the second half of the year, they can use this attack line that he is delaying and dithering and squatting in downing street. but the choices as to when to hold the election is down to the prime minister and it must be held before the 28th of january next year but before then it is totally up to him and he said he is assuming, is working basis is it will be the second half of this year. what are the political _ seco

we're joined now by our political correspondent harry farley.s a keenness in government to be seen to be doing something, to be proactive. we understand that the departure of henry staunton was not directly related to the post office scandal but when he oversees as board of directors one of the reported disagreements between him and the government was over the appointment over a new independent senior director on one of their roles was to oversee the horizon it shortfall scheme, one of the number compensation schemes for sub— postmasters and post— mistresses. we put a number of questions of the government over the exact reason for the departure of henry staunton, the timing of replacement and whether can expect further changes at the top of the post office. answers were not forthcoming, and kemi badenoch, the business secretary, is speaking this morning to laura kuenssberg on bbc one. brute this morning to laura kuenssberg on bbc one. ~ ., ., ., bbc one. we will look out for that. thank ou bbc one. we will look out for that. thank you very _ bbc

live now to our political correspondent, harry farley who's at westminster and will be watching primesday so the prime and struck another response to questions he could be getting any minute now from mps, and also the leader of the labour party, sir keir starmer, from what the government is doing. the government says they are very close to finding a solution. but they are trying to do is overturn the hundreds of convictions that still remain, criminal convictions that still remain for those sub—postmasters. they were wrongly convicted after the horizon it system made it look like money was disappearing from branch accounts, when it wasn't. what the government has talked about was possibly, they are actively considering a bill, a new law that would quash all of those convictions in one go. i think it'sjust would quash all of those convictions in one go. i think it's just worth stressing how extraordinary and unprecedented, even, that would be. it would be politicians, the government, overturning a decision, evenif government, overturning a decision, even if the decision was wrong, made

farley is in the london newsroom.al, victoria prentice, who provides legal advice for the government, will look at the sentence valdo calocane received, and indefinite detention in a high security hospital and check whether that was overly lenient and whether he should be in prison instead. of course, valdo calocane charge for manslaughter on the grounds of diminished responsibility but not murder. sir keir starmer is backing calls from the family to go further. they want to see a wider public investigation into other failings around this case, in particular that valdo calocane had been detained four times by mental health services and previously had violent outbursts and previously had violent outbursts and at the time of the killing he was under an arrest warrant. sir keir starmer saying he's worried about a number of missed opportunities. rishi sunak says he wants agencies to learn lessons from this and though not backing it is not ruling out a public enquiry. us politicians have called for new laws to criminalise