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lucy williamson, bbc news, jerusalem. >> we can speak now to an associate professor. great to have you back on the show. i want to start by asking you about this icj ruling. can you help us understand what it means to be legally binding if there is no enforcement mechanism? >> that is a very important distinction. the decisions of the icj are binding on all members and the court has a high level of legitimacy with all member
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lucy williamson, bbc news, jerusalem. i'm joined now by brian katulis — senior fellow for us foreign policy at the middle east institute. i want to get your thoughts on what we just heard. thousands of trucks have arrived since the erez crossing, but thousands are continuing in rafah crossing. it’s continuing in rafah crossing. it's aood continuing in rafah crossing. it�*s good news, and what we heard for months now. concerns about recent crossing close because of military operations in the south, so still very dicey. quite considerable, because i think they are trying to get citizens to evacuate. . ~ , they are trying to get citizens to evacuate. ., ~ , , ., evacuate. that the key question. i don't feel it _ evacuate. that the key question. i don't feel it there _ evacuate. that the key question. i don't feel it there many _ evacuate. that the key question. i don't feel it there many places. i don't feel it there many places. there was a place they are mentioned. not enough cooking gas. there are some basic issues
lucy williamson, bbc news, jerusalem. i'm joined now by brian katulis — senior fellow for us foreign policy at the middle east institute. i want to get your thoughts on what we just heard. thousands of trucks have arrived since the erez crossing, but thousands are continuing in rafah crossing. it’s continuing in rafah crossing. it's aood continuing in rafah crossing. it�*s good news, and what we heard for months now. concerns about recent crossing close because of military operations in...
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lucy williamson, bbc news, jerusalem. brian katulis is a seniorfellow for us foreign policy at the middle east institute and has been speaking to me about the situation. even though it's good news that another crossing has opened, what we've heard for months now is that there's not sufficient crossings and not enough aid getting in. enough aid getting in there. signs of famine in northern gaza and then concerns about recent crossings that had been closed because of the military operations in the south. so, it's still very dicey for many ordinary palestinians who are simply caught in the cross hairs in the crosshairs here between hamas and israel. yeah, the implications of this promise of salt on rafah are quite considerable. i mean, they're trying to get civilians to evacuate, that's the key question. it doesn't seem like there are many places. there's this place, masawi, that your report mentioned, but a lot of people just don't have the means to get there. there's also concerns i'm hearing from friends who live in gaza
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lucy williamson, bbc news, jerusalem. i'm joined now by ben scott — former australian representative to the palestinian authority and senior advisor at the australian national university's national security college. hejoins us now from canberra. depite warnings from the us and others, israel is already carrying out military operaions in rafah. are they getting close to their end game or wiping out hamas? i think israel is a very long way from its and game of trying to wipe out hamas and i think there is increasing recognition in israel that that is not a realistic objective, if we're talking about out hamas altogether. doing serious damage with militate abilities is a realistic goal but not much plan of what happens on the day after. what has been underlined by the fact that we see more fighting northern gaza and areas as your reporter said which is villa that were cleared, hamas is coming back, giving rise to much more frustration inside israel's national security establishments and more general, speaking more openly a
lucy williamson, bbc news, jerusalem. i'm joined now by ben scott — former australian representative to the palestinian authority and senior advisor at the australian national university's national security college. hejoins us now from canberra. depite warnings from the us and others, israel is already carrying out military operaions in rafah. are they getting close to their end game or wiping out hamas? i think israel is a very long way from its and game of trying to wipe out hamas and i...
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lucy williamson, bbc news, jerusalem. mexico is coming to the end of the most violent election campaign in the country's modern history. candidates and politicians across the country have been murdered or threatened in the run up to the vote as the country's powerful drug cartels put their stamp on the election. on tuesday, some 12 bodies were discovered in the coastal city of acapulco in the latest explosion of violence. guerrero is one of the most dangerous states in the country and acapulco is one of its worst affected cities. our correspondent will grant reports. another grisly discovery on acapulco violent on acapulco's violent streets. in just 2a hours, police found 12 bodies scattered across the city where not a night goes by without a murder. and in this most brutal of elections, scores of candidates have also been in the firing line. even a leading candidate for city mayor was murdered as he ate dinner. cynthia juarez, who's standing as a local opposition candidate in place of a murdered friend, knows full well t
lucy williamson, bbc news, jerusalem. mexico is coming to the end of the most violent election campaign in the country's modern history. candidates and politicians across the country have been murdered or threatened in the run up to the vote as the country's powerful drug cartels put their stamp on the election. on tuesday, some 12 bodies were discovered in the coastal city of acapulco in the latest explosion of violence. guerrero is one of the most dangerous states in the country and acapulco...
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our middle east correspondent lucy williamson has the latest from jerusalem. today, israel and hamas found themselves attacking the same target. their leaders listed side by side at the international criminal court. international law and the laws of armed conflict apply to everyone. no foot soldier, no commander, no civilian leader, no—one can act with impunity. prosecutors accuse israel of a state sanctioned attack against gaza's civilian population, including extermination and using starvation as a weapon of war. and hamas of extermination, hostage—taking, torture and sexual violence, including rape. tonight, a very personal rebuttal from israel's prime minister. mr khan creates a twisted and false moral equivalence between the leaders of israel and the henchmen of hamas. this is like creating a moral equivalence after september 11 between president bush and osama bin laden. hamas also strongly denounced what it said was an attempt to equate the victim with the executioner, and that the palestinian people, like all those under occupation, had the right t
our middle east correspondent lucy williamson has the latest from jerusalem. today, israel and hamas found themselves attacking the same target. their leaders listed side by side at the international criminal court. international law and the laws of armed conflict apply to everyone. no foot soldier, no commander, no civilian leader, no—one can act with impunity. prosecutors accuse israel of a state sanctioned attack against gaza's civilian population, including extermination and using...
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lucy williamson, bbc news, jerusalem. protests against israel's military operations in gaza continue on us college campuses. this time at duke university in north carolina. as you can see here, dozens of graduates walked out ahead of comedian jerry seinfeld's address at the university's commencement on sunday. mr seinfeld has been a vocal supporter of israel's war in gaza since hamas' attack on 7 october. he was at the commencement as a keynote speaker and to receive an honorary doctorate degree. students continue to call for their universities to divest from israeli—linked companies. such protests have caused universities including columbia in new york and the university of southern california cancel their main commencement ceremonies this month. student protests have also taken place at ireland's oldest university. at trinity college in dublin, students and university officials agreed last monday to divest from three israeli companies. it ended a five—day encampment that blocked access to the famed medieval book of
lucy williamson, bbc news, jerusalem. protests against israel's military operations in gaza continue on us college campuses. this time at duke university in north carolina. as you can see here, dozens of graduates walked out ahead of comedian jerry seinfeld's address at the university's commencement on sunday. mr seinfeld has been a vocal supporter of israel's war in gaza since hamas' attack on 7 october. he was at the commencement as a keynote speaker and to receive an honorary doctorate...
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lucy williamson has sent this report from jerusalem. rafah was once gaza�*s refuge, the safest place in a dangerous war. today, the city�*s west and centre was emptying, those still sheltering here fleeing again amid air strikes and artillery fire. taking whatever they need to survive, whatever they can�*t leave behind. there has been no evacuation order from israel�*s army and for many, no sense of where to go. translation: i'm just walking in the street, l i don�*t know where to go, there is nowhere safe. where should we go? this is not a life, this is not a life. they were packing up also in the displacement camp at tal al—sultan to the west of the city, still scarred by fires triggered in an israeli air strike on sunday. dozens dead, survivors spent. there is more than one way to lose a life. israel says its operation in rafah is key to defeating hamas and that the strike on sunday on hamas commanders in the camp was carried out with precise munitions that would not, by themselves, have caused so many deaths. we are talk
lucy williamson has sent this report from jerusalem. rafah was once gaza�*s refuge, the safest place in a dangerous war. today, the city�*s west and centre was emptying, those still sheltering here fleeing again amid air strikes and artillery fire. taking whatever they need to survive, whatever they can�*t leave behind. there has been no evacuation order from israel�*s army and for many, no sense of where to go. translation: i'm just walking in the street, l i don�*t know where to go,...
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lucy williamson, bbc news, jerusalem. meanwhile, protests over the war in gaza continue at universities around the world including at ireland's oldest university. at trinity college in dublin, students and university officials agreed last monday to divest from three israeli companies. it ended a five—day encampment that blocked access to the famed medieval book of kells. it's a major tourist attraction on campus and a reliable source of income for the university. trinity originally fined the students about $230,000 for blocking it. for more on this, i spoke to david wolfe, editor in chief of trinity news, the university's student newspaper. we saw pro—palestinian protesters at trinity college in dublin: for the university to divest financial ties from israel. they managed it, tell us more about how they did achieve that. it us more about how they did achieve that.— achieve that. it set up last friday evening _ achieve that. it set up last friday evening and - achieve that. it set up last friday evening and set - ach
lucy williamson, bbc news, jerusalem. meanwhile, protests over the war in gaza continue at universities around the world including at ireland's oldest university. at trinity college in dublin, students and university officials agreed last monday to divest from three israeli companies. it ended a five—day encampment that blocked access to the famed medieval book of kells. it's a major tourist attraction on campus and a reliable source of income for the university. trinity originally fined the...
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lucy williamson, bbc news, jerusalem. for more analysis, here's luis moreno ocampo — he's a former prosecutor of the international criminal court. he says israel's leader should go the court to plead his case. the prosecutor has a role. he investigated hamas crimes, and he considered, on the hamas crimes, hamas leaders are responsible. he's not charging israel for the crimes committed on october 7 — he's charging netanyahu for different crimes, including starvation — and that is his activities, not hamas activity. so he's basically presenting at the same time different crimes committed by different people. and, if i may, ithink it's an opportunity, mr netanyahu, to receive an arrest warrant he's still innocent — as are hamas leaders, they're not convicted. so they could call the judges and say, "look, don't issue an arrest warrant against me. i will go voluntarily to the hague and give you all my explanations." he can do that — in fact, the kenyan leaders did that years ago. so he can do that. if he wants to avo
lucy williamson, bbc news, jerusalem. for more analysis, here's luis moreno ocampo — he's a former prosecutor of the international criminal court. he says israel's leader should go the court to plead his case. the prosecutor has a role. he investigated hamas crimes, and he considered, on the hamas crimes, hamas leaders are responsible. he's not charging israel for the crimes committed on october 7 — he's charging netanyahu for different crimes, including starvation — and that is his...
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lucy williamson, bbc news, jerusalem. the us defence secretary lloyd austin held a call with his israeli counterpart, difference mr there, and israeli counterpart, difference mrthere, and in it, he was advocating for an effective mechanism to separate the humanitarian and military operations in gaza. with me is said shehata from bbc arabic. after this stern warning, how could it play out on the ground in and around gaza? it is very difficult to separate the conflict and humanitarian because both of them are intertwined. because israel has started this limited military operation in rafah two weeks ago and it is affecting, forcing about 900,000 people to move from there to be displaced in other areas, about a dozen places called safe areas, and they are urging egypt to let it 90, they are urging egypt to let it go, they controlled about two—thirds of the crossing, the corridor, but egypt officials are saying they cannot let the aid inside rafah unless it is palestinians on the other side because they consider what israel
lucy williamson, bbc news, jerusalem. the us defence secretary lloyd austin held a call with his israeli counterpart, difference mr there, and israeli counterpart, difference mrthere, and in it, he was advocating for an effective mechanism to separate the humanitarian and military operations in gaza. with me is said shehata from bbc arabic. after this stern warning, how could it play out on the ground in and around gaza? it is very difficult to separate the conflict and humanitarian because...
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lucy williamson, bbc news, jerusalem. meanwhile, protests over the war in gaza continue at universities around the world including at ireland's oldest university. at trinity college in dublin, students and university officials agreed last monday to divest from three israeli companies. it ended a five—day encampment that blocked access to the famed medieval book of kells. it's a major tourist attraction on campus and a reliable source of income for the university. trinity originally fined the students about $230,000 for blocking it. however, in a move that nearly all us colleges david wolfe is the editor—in—chief of trinity news, the university's student newspaper. he told me the protests at trinity didn't cause the same level of upheaval as in the us. they knew what they didn't want, they knew what images they didn't want coming from the campus. there was a commitment very early on the cards, that the police would not be involved, that they were treated as an internal matter. they were already on the back foot in te
lucy williamson, bbc news, jerusalem. meanwhile, protests over the war in gaza continue at universities around the world including at ireland's oldest university. at trinity college in dublin, students and university officials agreed last monday to divest from three israeli companies. it ended a five—day encampment that blocked access to the famed medieval book of kells. it's a major tourist attraction on campus and a reliable source of income for the university. trinity originally fined the...
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lucy williamson, bbc news, jerusalem. for more on this, let's bring in middle east scholar andrew thomas, from deakin university, in australia. i want your reaction, what's your main thought when you see these images of what's taking place, these many people reported dead in a shelterfrom israeli actions — and you hear words from the israeli prime minister, calling it a tragic mishap? minister, calling it a tragic misha? , ., _ minister, calling it a tragic mishap?— mishap? obviously it's horrific, _ mishap? obviously it's horrific, it's _ mishap? obviously it's horrific, it's probably l mishap? obviously it's l horrific, it's probably the worst that's happened that we've seen so far. it also, it shows us a couple of other things. it shows us something that was echoed by the court last week — the israeli government and israeli military seems to be losing some sort of control over its operations, and some sort of discipline over its military personnel. but also, the words of benjamin netanyahu, that this was a mistak
lucy williamson, bbc news, jerusalem. for more on this, let's bring in middle east scholar andrew thomas, from deakin university, in australia. i want your reaction, what's your main thought when you see these images of what's taking place, these many people reported dead in a shelterfrom israeli actions — and you hear words from the israeli prime minister, calling it a tragic mishap? minister, calling it a tragic misha? , ., _ minister, calling it a tragic mishap?— mishap? obviously it's...
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lucy williamson, bbc news, jerusalem. here, the communities secretary, michael gove, has accused organisers of pro—palestinian marches of not doing enough to stop some demonstrators spreading anti—jewish messages. in a major speech on tuesday in london, the conservative mp and cabinet minister warned that rising anti—semitism threatened to cause a "profound breach in the west's collective defence". mr gove claimed that many pro—palesinian marches included chants calling for the "annihilation of israel". let's have a listen to some of what he had to say. now, of course, i know that many on these marches are compassionate people, driven by a desire for peace and an end to suffering. but they're side by side with those who are promoting hate. the organisers of these marches could do everything in their power to stop that, but many, the majority, don't. and we know now that it is genuinely dangerous for people to be openly, clearly, proudlyjewish near these marches. at a time when we're all encouraged to be our whole
lucy williamson, bbc news, jerusalem. here, the communities secretary, michael gove, has accused organisers of pro—palestinian marches of not doing enough to stop some demonstrators spreading anti—jewish messages. in a major speech on tuesday in london, the conservative mp and cabinet minister warned that rising anti—semitism threatened to cause a "profound breach in the west's collective defence". mr gove claimed that many pro—palesinian marches included chants calling for...
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lucy williamson, bbc news. flash floods triggered by heavy rains have killed at least 50 people in afghanistan. officials in the province of ghor in central afghanistan say thousands of houses have been damaged or destroyed and about 2,000 shops shops are under water. many key roads have been cut off. the un says more than 300 people died last week after flash floods caused by the unusually heavy seasonal rains devastated villages in the north. now tojohannesburg, where jacob zuma is officially launching the manifesto for his new party at a rally today. the former south african president was previously barred from running for the upcoming general elections, but the decision was later overturned. the elections will be held on the 29th of may. earlier, i asked our deputy africa editor anne soy how jacob zuma was viewed in the country. he's quite a divisive figure here in south africa, which is why when he launched this new party, which is barely four months old, we have seen ipsos polls, for instance, show that i
lucy williamson, bbc news. flash floods triggered by heavy rains have killed at least 50 people in afghanistan. officials in the province of ghor in central afghanistan say thousands of houses have been damaged or destroyed and about 2,000 shops shops are under water. many key roads have been cut off. the un says more than 300 people died last week after flash floods caused by the unusually heavy seasonal rains devastated villages in the north. now tojohannesburg, where jacob zuma is officially...
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lucy williamson reports. shani louk, yitzhak gelernter and amit buskila, killed near the nova music festival on the 7th of october. their bodies, taken hostage and brought back home this week by israeli forces. our hearts go out to them, to the families, at this difficult time. we will leave no stone unturned, we will do everything in our power to find our hostages and bring them home. israel's prime minister has vowed to bring home the remaining hostages — the living and the dead. but that promise is wearing thin with many hostage families as the war in gaza continues. today, israel's army said it had found this hamas arsenal, with a stockpile of heavy weapons. hamas released this video, from the samejabalia neighbourhood, weeks after israel said the area was cleared. the un says aid to gaza has plummeted as southern routes are blocked by israel's operation in rafah, and that more than half a million people have fled in search of safety, shelter and food. today, the first test of a new temporary pier and c
lucy williamson reports. shani louk, yitzhak gelernter and amit buskila, killed near the nova music festival on the 7th of october. their bodies, taken hostage and brought back home this week by israeli forces. our hearts go out to them, to the families, at this difficult time. we will leave no stone unturned, we will do everything in our power to find our hostages and bring them home. israel's prime minister has vowed to bring home the remaining hostages — the living and the dead. but that...
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lucy williamson, bbc news, jerusalem. the israeli defence minister, yoav gallant, has described a request by the international criminal court prosecutor for arrest warrants against him and prime minister benjamin netanyahu as a "disgraceful" bid to interfere in the gaza war. the prosecutor said they, and a number of senior leaders in hamas, should all face charges linked to war crimes. mr netanyahu said he was disgusted that a �*democratic israel�* had been compared with what he called �*mass murderers'. hamas has said it denounces at attempt to equate the victim with the executioner. hamas is designated a terrorist organisation by the us, uk and many other countries. no warrants can be issued unless a panel ofjudges at the international criminal court agree. the israeli defence minister, yoav gallant, has described a request by the international criminal court prosecutor for arrest warrants as a "disgraceful" bid to interfere in the gaza war. 0ur correspondent, danjohnson, has been giving us the latest reaction fro
lucy williamson, bbc news, jerusalem. the israeli defence minister, yoav gallant, has described a request by the international criminal court prosecutor for arrest warrants against him and prime minister benjamin netanyahu as a "disgraceful" bid to interfere in the gaza war. the prosecutor said they, and a number of senior leaders in hamas, should all face charges linked to war crimes. mr netanyahu said he was disgusted that a �*democratic israel�* had been compared with what he...
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lucy williamson, bbc news, jerusalem. 0ur diplomatic correspondent paul adams, who's injerusalem, says israel is once again facing international condemnation. israeli officials have been scrambling all day to try and figure out what went wrong in rafah. how was it that a precision strike involving what they called reduced weapons resulted in a fireball that killed dozens and wounded scores more? the scenes from rafah were truly appalling. many of those who died were burned beyond recognition. the israelis are saying that they are investigating closely. the prime minister, benjamin netanyahu, has said that it appears to have been a tragic mishap — stopping short of admitting responsibility for this, but clearly indicating that, in the view of the israeli military, something appears to have gone wrong. was this an intelligence failure? how did they not know that so many people were living in that area, in flimsy shelters, in tents and under plastic? what was the source of the flammable material that resulted in a fireball that lasted for more than two hours? all of these questions need
lucy williamson, bbc news, jerusalem. 0ur diplomatic correspondent paul adams, who's injerusalem, says israel is once again facing international condemnation. israeli officials have been scrambling all day to try and figure out what went wrong in rafah. how was it that a precision strike involving what they called reduced weapons resulted in a fireball that killed dozens and wounded scores more? the scenes from rafah were truly appalling. many of those who died were burned beyond recognition....
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lucy williamson, bbc news, jerusalem. with me is hani almadhoun, the director of philanthropy of unrwa usa — the united nations agency for palestine refugees. thank you for being with us once again. i want to begin with the statement we sought from benjamin netanyahu, the prime minister of israel, calling what happened near rafah on a displacement camp a tragic mishap — what's your reaction to that, your assessment of that? $5 assessment of that? as a palestinian, _ assessment of that? as a palestinian, these words | assessment of that? as a - palestinian, these words mean very little. these words are cheap, talk is cheap. i'd love to see an action where there is an actual cease—fire. my folks, it might colleagues at ingres are under threat and constant attacks, they lack safety and food. those were areas where we needed to have with us for palestinians. when we talk about we got caught, sorry, this is a mistake, group c, you don't kill a0 people and say "it's an group c, we didn't mean to," we've lost many of our f
lucy williamson, bbc news, jerusalem. with me is hani almadhoun, the director of philanthropy of unrwa usa — the united nations agency for palestine refugees. thank you for being with us once again. i want to begin with the statement we sought from benjamin netanyahu, the prime minister of israel, calling what happened near rafah on a displacement camp a tragic mishap — what's your reaction to that, your assessment of that? $5 assessment of that? as a palestinian, _ assessment of that? as a...
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lucy williamson, bbc news, jerusalem. earlier, i spoke to hani almadhoun, the director of philanthropy of unrwa usa — the united nations agency for palestine refugees. i began by asking him what he made of mr netanyahu's description of the air strike as a "tragic mishap". asa as a palestinian, these words made merry little. because words are cheap, talk is cheap. i'd love to see an action where there is an actual cease—fire. —— very little. my folks, my colleagues at unwra are under threat and constant attacks, and lack safety and food. and those are areas we need help with as palestinians. when we talk about "we got caught, a mistake, oops," you don't kill 40 mistake, oops," you don't kill a0 people and say, "it's an oops, we didn't need to." we've lost many of our family members, and we know it's a mistake, they have nothing to do with any of this. but sadly, no press releases to say "sorry we killed your family by accident," we are not really interested in apology to us right now, what we need is more aid to go
lucy williamson, bbc news, jerusalem. earlier, i spoke to hani almadhoun, the director of philanthropy of unrwa usa — the united nations agency for palestine refugees. i began by asking him what he made of mr netanyahu's description of the air strike as a "tragic mishap". asa as a palestinian, these words made merry little. because words are cheap, talk is cheap. i'd love to see an action where there is an actual cease—fire. —— very little. my folks, my colleagues at unwra are...
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lucy williamson, bbc news, jerusalem. new evidence has been uncovered that the british government was warned by its own embassy staff in the united states, about the risk of hiv from contaminated blood in the early 1980s. it's now thought more than 12,000 nhs patients with the blood disorder haemophilia were infected with the virus, many after being given a treatment made from american blood plasma. our health reporter jim reed has this report. from the 1970s to the early �*90s, tens of thousands of patients in the nhs were infected with hiv and hepatitis c. something that should have saved their life...killed them. and still, a0 years later, there's no answers to that. as a child, laura's brother, stuart, was given a new treatment for his blood disorder, haemophilia. but factor viii was made from thousands of mixed blood donations. ifjust one donor was carrying a virus, the whole batch could be contaminated. we went in for an appointment and we went into this room, and we were informed that it was hiv positive. we were
lucy williamson, bbc news, jerusalem. new evidence has been uncovered that the british government was warned by its own embassy staff in the united states, about the risk of hiv from contaminated blood in the early 1980s. it's now thought more than 12,000 nhs patients with the blood disorder haemophilia were infected with the virus, many after being given a treatment made from american blood plasma. our health reporter jim reed has this report. from the 1970s to the early �*90s, tens of...
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lucy williamson, bbc news, jerusalem. as the war rages on, there's growing pressure on the biden administration over its approach to the war. in a cbs news poll released in april, approval of the president's handling of the war was at 33% — down 11 points from when the war began. that discontent is having a direct impact on the president's bid for re—election, while his rival, former president trump, appears to be picking up steam. the poll, from the new york times, philadelphia inquirer and siena college, shows donald trump leading joe biden in five of six battleground states. president biden leads in wisconsin byjust two percentage points. while mr trump leads in the states of pennsylvania, arizona, michigan, georgia and nevada. in the latter two, mr trump is ahead by 10 and i2 percentage points respectively. president biden�*s appeal among young voters in particular is dwindling. he is almost tied with mr trump. it's a group democrats have carried by at least 18 points in every election since 200a. joining me now
lucy williamson, bbc news, jerusalem. as the war rages on, there's growing pressure on the biden administration over its approach to the war. in a cbs news poll released in april, approval of the president's handling of the war was at 33% — down 11 points from when the war began. that discontent is having a direct impact on the president's bid for re—election, while his rival, former president trump, appears to be picking up steam. the poll, from the new york times, philadelphia inquirer...
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lucy williamson, bbc news, jerusalem. one of the hostages shown in that report is agam berger. the 19 year—old israeli soldier was abducted by hamas gunmen along with six other young women from the nahal oz military base on october 7th. the video was filmed by hamas and shown to the families by the idf. but it was released publically wednesday by the hostages' families, in a bid to push for their release. earlier i spoke with agam's father, shlomi. we saw that video about one month ago. ok. the idf showed it to us. for me, the hardest thing is to see my daughter and all the other young girls, five of them — there were seven, ok, and it was taken to gaza at the start and surrounding them, all of these terrorists that are very aggressive, shouting on them. you see the translation of what they spoke of, that they can get them pregnant and then they want to kill them and they're so beautiful. i see in her eyes that she is thinking, ok, i am her eyes that she is thinking, ok, iam in her eyes that she is thinking, ok, i am in that situation, what should i do? what am i doing here
lucy williamson, bbc news, jerusalem. one of the hostages shown in that report is agam berger. the 19 year—old israeli soldier was abducted by hamas gunmen along with six other young women from the nahal oz military base on october 7th. the video was filmed by hamas and shown to the families by the idf. but it was released publically wednesday by the hostages' families, in a bid to push for their release. earlier i spoke with agam's father, shlomi. we saw that video about one month ago. ok....
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lucy williamson, bbc news, jerusalem. myanmar is in the grip of a war, largely forgotten by the outside world. rebel forces there are fighting an intense battle against the military regime. the country's transition to democracy was cut short, three years ago, by a military coup. people took to the streets in protest but were met with a brutal crackdown. in october, several disparate rebel groups united to form a single, nationwide insurgency, which has now conquered large swathes of territory. the fighters, known as the kndf, are presenting the myanmar military with the biggest threat to it's rule in years. the united nations says the civil war has left thousands dead, and forced more than 2.5 million people to flee their homes. press freedom in the country is restricted, but the bbc�*s quentin sommerville spent a month with the rebels in karenni state, at theirjungle bases, and on the front line. a revolution is rising across myanmar. hidden from the world by its remoteness, few countries are more isolated, few conflic
lucy williamson, bbc news, jerusalem. myanmar is in the grip of a war, largely forgotten by the outside world. rebel forces there are fighting an intense battle against the military regime. the country's transition to democracy was cut short, three years ago, by a military coup. people took to the streets in protest but were met with a brutal crackdown. in october, several disparate rebel groups united to form a single, nationwide insurgency, which has now conquered large swathes of territory....
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lucy williamson, bbc news, jerusalem. let's turn to the french pacific territory of new caledonia, where president emmanuel macron has arrived for talks, aimed at taking control of the unrest triggered by a contested electoral reform. you can see president macron speaking here. he is speaking in french and will bring you the highlights later on or bbc news. the territory is under a state of emergency after the worst civil disturbances in a0 years. it's unclear if pro—independence groups from the indigenous kana community will agree to meet mr macron. the unrest was started by separatists angry at paris's plan's to widen new caledonia's franchise to more non—native people. speaking to reporters at the airport, mr macron said ensuring peace and security to the territory was his government's main priority. for weeks, all commercial flights have been halted, cutting the island off from the rest of the world. the australian royal air force has evacuated australian nationals from the territory, but others remain stranded. a
lucy williamson, bbc news, jerusalem. let's turn to the french pacific territory of new caledonia, where president emmanuel macron has arrived for talks, aimed at taking control of the unrest triggered by a contested electoral reform. you can see president macron speaking here. he is speaking in french and will bring you the highlights later on or bbc news. the territory is under a state of emergency after the worst civil disturbances in a0 years. it's unclear if pro—independence groups from...
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lucy williamson, bbc news, jerusalem. the first ever trial of a former us president is nearing its end, as donald trump's defence team rested its case on tuesday. closing arguments in the historic hush money trial are set to begin next tuesday. then, the jury will begin weighing the evidence on whether mr trump illegally covered up a payment to adult film star, stormy daniels. the former president faces 3a felony counts of falsifying business records. he has pleaded not guilty. ned the topic has the latest. the defence offers their case, and donald trump decides not to take the stand. trumps�*s lawyers wrapped up their case early on tuesday, after calling two witnesses. donald trump had previously said he would testify in his own defence, but doing so would have opened him up to potentially damaging questions from prosecutors. it is no surprise that he opted not to. butjurors cannot hold that against him, as the burden is on prosecutors to prove their case. thejudge will remind thejury of that. trump's fifth amendment r
lucy williamson, bbc news, jerusalem. the first ever trial of a former us president is nearing its end, as donald trump's defence team rested its case on tuesday. closing arguments in the historic hush money trial are set to begin next tuesday. then, the jury will begin weighing the evidence on whether mr trump illegally covered up a payment to adult film star, stormy daniels. the former president faces 3a felony counts of falsifying business records. he has pleaded not guilty. ned the topic...
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lucy williamson, bbc news, jerusalem. with me is now is said shehata, from bbc arabic. thanks for being with us. benjamin that yahoo describing this air strike and the consequences as a tragic mishap —— netanyahu. but despite the international criticism there's been of the israeli operation in rafah, not least from the un's top court, he says he will carry on regardless? i un's top court, he says he will carry on regardless?— un's top court, he says he will carry on regardless? i think mr netanyahu _ carry on regardless? i think mr netanyahu made _ carry on regardless? i think mr netanyahu made it _ carry on regardless? i think mr netanyahu made it clear - carry on regardless? i think mr netanyahu made it clear that l carry on regardless? i think mr. netanyahu made it clear that he would carry on the offensive in gaza until he achieves what he calls total victory over hamas. but indicators on the ground since more than seven months ago, the israeli army couldn't dismantle hamas. even if there is no damage, according to the israeli authorities, there are still indi
lucy williamson, bbc news, jerusalem. with me is now is said shehata, from bbc arabic. thanks for being with us. benjamin that yahoo describing this air strike and the consequences as a tragic mishap —— netanyahu. but despite the international criticism there's been of the israeli operation in rafah, not least from the un's top court, he says he will carry on regardless? i un's top court, he says he will carry on regardless?— un's top court, he says he will carry on regardless? i think mr...
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lucy williamson, bbc news, jerusalem. the pope has apologised for using an offensive word for gay people during a meeting with a group of bishops during which he was asked if gay men should be allowed to train for the priesthood. in a statement, the vatican said pope francis "never intended to offend or express himself in homophobic terms." giving smooth peanut butter to babies and throughout early childhood could give lifelong protection against peanut allergy, say researchers. teenagers who ate it up to age five were almost three quarters less likely to develop an allergy than if the food was shunned. 0ur health correspondentjames gallagher has the details. atticus is now a 6'7" a—level student. it's good for you — protein. but as a baby, he was given a regular diet of peanut butter to try to prevent an allergy. doctors thought he was high risk. he had eczema and had already had a severe reaction to wheat. that was pretty terrifying in itself, so if there was a chance that we could ensure that not happening again la
lucy williamson, bbc news, jerusalem. the pope has apologised for using an offensive word for gay people during a meeting with a group of bishops during which he was asked if gay men should be allowed to train for the priesthood. in a statement, the vatican said pope francis "never intended to offend or express himself in homophobic terms." giving smooth peanut butter to babies and throughout early childhood could give lifelong protection against peanut allergy, say researchers....
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lucy williamson has sent this report from jerusalem. rafah was once gaza's refuge, the safest place in a dangerous war. today, the city's west and centre was emptying, those still sheltering here fleeing again amid air strikes and artillery fire. taking whatever they need to survive, whatever they can't leave behind. there's been no evacuation order from israel's army and for many, no sense of where to go. translation: i'm just walking in the street, l i don't know where to go, there is nowhere safe. where should we go? this is not a life, this is not a life. they were packing up, too, in the displacement camp at tal al—sultan to the west of the city, still scarred by fires triggered in an israeli air strike on sunday. dozens dead, survivors spent. there's more than one way to lose a life. israel says its operation in rafah is key to defeating hamas and that the strike on sunday on hamas commanders in the camp was carried out with precise munitions that would not, by themselves, have caused so many deaths. we're talking about munition
lucy williamson has sent this report from jerusalem. rafah was once gaza's refuge, the safest place in a dangerous war. today, the city's west and centre was emptying, those still sheltering here fleeing again amid air strikes and artillery fire. taking whatever they need to survive, whatever they can't leave behind. there's been no evacuation order from israel's army and for many, no sense of where to go. translation: i'm just walking in the street, l i don't know where to go, there is nowhere...
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lucy williamson, bbc news, jerusalem. let's speak to benjamin radd, a senior fellow at the burkle center for international relations at ucla. hello relations at ucla. and welcome to the programme, hello and welcome to the programme, benjamin. put hello and welcome to the programme, benjamin. programme, ben'amin. put this into context, — programme, benjamin. put this into context, has _ programme, benjamin. put this into context, has significant - into context, has significant is it? the court has no jurisdiction, no ability to impose anything on the israeli government and israel has indicated that they will not be bound by any pressure from external sources, with may be the exception of the united states, which provides a huge source of military and funding for its operations. so this will have no material impact, i believe. there is a lot of talk about this adding to israel's growing isolation. diplomatic isolation doesn't seem to be a concern for benjamin netanyahu. h0. for benjamin netanyahu. no, because of— for be
lucy williamson, bbc news, jerusalem. let's speak to benjamin radd, a senior fellow at the burkle center for international relations at ucla. hello relations at ucla. and welcome to the programme, hello and welcome to the programme, benjamin. put hello and welcome to the programme, benjamin. programme, ben'amin. put this into context, — programme, benjamin. put this into context, has _ programme, benjamin. put this into context, has significant - into context, has significant is it? the court...
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lucy williamson has the latest from jerusalem. gunshots. israel's soldiers have been ordered to push into rafah. israel's leaders have been ordered to stop. footage from both sides shows the fighting, as israeli troops edge closer to the city centre. but the un's highest court today focused on civilians, those still there, and the 800,000 who have fled. israel must immediately halt its military offensive and any other action in the rafah governorate which may inflict on the palestinian group in gaza conditions of life that could bring about its physical destruction in whole or in part. israel says this is a precise and limited operation, but satellite pictures of rafah show the destruction, less than two weeks after the assault. today, israel's army said it had recovered the bodies of three hostages from northern gaza — michel nisenbaum, 0rion hernandez and hanan yablonka. one member of the war cabinet said israel had to keep fighting to return its hostages and safeguard its citizens, and would continue to act according to international l
lucy williamson has the latest from jerusalem. gunshots. israel's soldiers have been ordered to push into rafah. israel's leaders have been ordered to stop. footage from both sides shows the fighting, as israeli troops edge closer to the city centre. but the un's highest court today focused on civilians, those still there, and the 800,000 who have fled. israel must immediately halt its military offensive and any other action in the rafah governorate which may inflict on the palestinian group in...
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lucy williamson reports from jerusalem. israel's soldiers have been ordered to push into rafah. israel's leaders have been ordered to stop. footage from both sides shows the fighting as israeli troops edged closer to the city centre. but the un's highest court today focused on civilians, those still there, and the 800,000 who have fled. israel must immediately halt its military offensive. and any other action in the rafah governorate which may inflict on the palestinian group in gaza conditions of life that could bring about its physical destruction in whole or in part. israel says this is a precise and limited operation, but satellite pictures of rafah show the destruction less than two weeks after the assault. today, israel's army said it had recovered the bodies of three hostages from northern gaza. one member of the war cabinet said israel had to keep fighting to return its hostages and safeguard its citizens, and would continue to act according to international law. foreign criticism of israel's actions in gaza is growing. but prime minister benjamin netanyahu, or bibi, as
lucy williamson reports from jerusalem. israel's soldiers have been ordered to push into rafah. israel's leaders have been ordered to stop. footage from both sides shows the fighting as israeli troops edged closer to the city centre. but the un's highest court today focused on civilians, those still there, and the 800,000 who have fled. israel must immediately halt its military offensive. and any other action in the rafah governorate which may inflict on the palestinian group in gaza conditions...
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lucy williamson, bbc news, jerusalem. so, as mentioned — the israeli air strike was on a camp for displaced palestinians iin rafah�*s tal palestinians in rafah�*s tal al—sultan area as seen here. the red zone in eastern rafah is where palestinians were officially told to evacuate from by the idf into the yellow zone around khan younis. however the uncoloured zone where this strike occurred is undesignated and hamas says it was a "safe zone", to which the idf says they had told civilians in eastern rafah to flee as well. there was no leafleting drop ahead of the air strike. joining me now is the executive director of msf, natalie roberts. thank you for coming on the programme. obviously the headlines were about who was killed, but there were about who was killed, but there were dozens of people who were about who was killed, but there were dozens of people who were injured and some of them very seriously. what have your team's been dealing with?— seriously. what have your team's been dealing with? absolutely. as
lucy williamson, bbc news, jerusalem. so, as mentioned — the israeli air strike was on a camp for displaced palestinians iin rafah�*s tal palestinians in rafah�*s tal al—sultan area as seen here. the red zone in eastern rafah is where palestinians were officially told to evacuate from by the idf into the yellow zone around khan younis. however the uncoloured zone where this strike occurred is undesignated and hamas says it was a "safe zone", to which the idf says they had told...
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lucy williamson, bbc news, jerusalem. funerals have begun for iran's president days after he and the country's foreign minister were killed in a helicopter crash. thousands of iranians turned out to mourn president ebrahim raisi in tabriz on tuesday. despite the huge crowds broadcast on state television, not all iranians supported the president, with many celebrating his death on social media. mr raisi will be buried in his birthplace, mashhad, on thursday. one person is dead and at least seven critically injured, after a flight from london to singapore hit extreme turbulence. the pilot diverted to bangkok in thailand, where our south east asia well, we saw some of the passengers that had gathered their belongings and were greeted by members of the singapore air staff here. one by one, they took them out and we saw them reunited with their families. there were some real emotional moments and some big hugs after such an arduous trip. they met each passenger individually as they got them from their luggage all the way true
lucy williamson, bbc news, jerusalem. funerals have begun for iran's president days after he and the country's foreign minister were killed in a helicopter crash. thousands of iranians turned out to mourn president ebrahim raisi in tabriz on tuesday. despite the huge crowds broadcast on state television, not all iranians supported the president, with many celebrating his death on social media. mr raisi will be buried in his birthplace, mashhad, on thursday. one person is dead and at least seven...
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lucy williamson, bbc news, jerusalem. the us is repeating the message that the air strike was a tragic mistake. joe biden had previously called an invasion of rafah a red line for us support for israel but on tuesday a white house national security spokesman said the recent deadly strikes do not constitute a major ground operation which would be crossing the red line. mr kirby also noted it killed two senior hamas officials but said israel must do more to protect innocent civilians. a spokesperson for the israeli government told bbc that israel is making the efforts and the blame lies with hamas for all casualties in the war.- blame lies with hamas for all casualties in the war. none of this takes _ casualties in the war. none of this takes away _ casualties in the war. none of this takes away from - casualties in the war. none of this takes away from the - casualties in the war. none of this takes away from the fact | this takes away from the fact civilians have been killed and thatis civilians have been killed and that
lucy williamson, bbc news, jerusalem. the us is repeating the message that the air strike was a tragic mistake. joe biden had previously called an invasion of rafah a red line for us support for israel but on tuesday a white house national security spokesman said the recent deadly strikes do not constitute a major ground operation which would be crossing the red line. mr kirby also noted it killed two senior hamas officials but said israel must do more to protect innocent civilians. a...
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lucy williamson, bbc news, jerusalem. the us is repeating its allies suggestion it was a tragic mistake. joe biden had previously called an invasion of rafah a red line for israel but national security spokesman john kirby said the deadly strikes do not constitute a major ground operation which will be crossing the red line set byjoe biden. he also cric -- cric —— strike killed the strike killed two hamas leaders. a spokesman for the government earlier said israel was making the efforts and the blame lies with hamas for all casualties of the war.- blame lies with hamas for all casualties of the war. none of this takes _ casualties of the war. none of this takes away _ casualties of the war. none of this takes away from - casualties of the war. none of this takes away from the - casualties of the war. none of this takes away from the fact | this takes away from the fact civilians have been killed and thatis civilians have been killed and that is certainly tragic and not our intention but it is the hammer strategy. this
lucy williamson, bbc news, jerusalem. the us is repeating its allies suggestion it was a tragic mistake. joe biden had previously called an invasion of rafah a red line for israel but national security spokesman john kirby said the deadly strikes do not constitute a major ground operation which will be crossing the red line set byjoe biden. he also cric -- cric —— strike killed the strike killed two hamas leaders. a spokesman for the government earlier said israel was making the efforts and...
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lucy williamson, bbc news, jerusalem. now to the country of georgia. pro—europe demonstrators are on the streets of tblisi again, ahead of the government's plans to adopt a new bill that's seen by many as a crackdown on civil society in the ex—soviet country. the legislation would force ngos and media to register as foreign agents if more than 20% of their funding comes from overseas. the government says the bill would increase transparency and defend georgia's sovereignty. demonstrators say georgia will see the same clampdown on media as in russia — where similar legislation is already in place. earlier i spoke to batu kutelia, former georgian ambassador to the usa and former head of georgia's foreign intelligence service. you have been out protests that are stretching into tuesday morning in georgia. tell us what you have seen.- what you have seen. these protests — what you have seen. these protests have _ what you have seen. these protests have been - what you have seen. these protests have been one - what you have seen. these protests have
lucy williamson, bbc news, jerusalem. now to the country of georgia. pro—europe demonstrators are on the streets of tblisi again, ahead of the government's plans to adopt a new bill that's seen by many as a crackdown on civil society in the ex—soviet country. the legislation would force ngos and media to register as foreign agents if more than 20% of their funding comes from overseas. the government says the bill would increase transparency and defend georgia's sovereignty. demonstrators...
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lucy williamson, bbc news, jerusalem. one of the hostages shown in that report is agam berger. the 19—year—old israeli soldier was abducted by hamas gunmen military base on 7 october. the video was filmed by hamas and shown to the families by the idf. but it was released publicly wednesday by the hostages' families in a bid to push for their release. earlier, i spoke with agam's father, shlomi. asa as a parent you are living through an unimaginable time right now. tell us a little bit about your daughter, about agam. b5 about your daughter, about auam. �* , about your daughter, about auam. a ., about your daughter, about aam. m ., , agam. as you have seen the icture, agam. as you have seen the picture. a — agam. as you have seen the picture. a young. _ agam. as you have seen the picture, a young, beautiful. picture, a young, beautiful girl. she is a teenager, 19. well, now19 girl. she is a teenager, 19. well, now 19 one half. when she finished high school she decided to do one year with kids with special needs and volunteers to help the community. so after she finished
lucy williamson, bbc news, jerusalem. one of the hostages shown in that report is agam berger. the 19—year—old israeli soldier was abducted by hamas gunmen military base on 7 october. the video was filmed by hamas and shown to the families by the idf. but it was released publicly wednesday by the hostages' families in a bid to push for their release. earlier, i spoke with agam's father, shlomi. asa as a parent you are living through an unimaginable time right now. tell us a little bit about...
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lucy williamson, bbc news, jerusalem. rescuers are still struggling to reach a remote village in papua new guinea hit by a landslide on friday. the authorities estimate as many as 2,000 people could be under the rubble. people have been using their hands and whatever they can find to try to dig people out. cases of melanoma skin cancer are at an all—time high in the uk, with more than 20,000 people expected to be diagnosed with it this year. the charity cancer research uk is warning people to do more to protect themselves from the sun and say there's been a particularly big increase in cases among older people. chi chi izundu reports. going to take a locating photograph. these are just some of the examples of what melanoma skin cancer can look like and, according to cancer research uk, the number of cases of this serious and often most dangerous form of the disease is on the rise. rates of melanoma have increased by almost a third over a decade. it is more common in the elderly. among those aged over 80, there was a 57%
lucy williamson, bbc news, jerusalem. rescuers are still struggling to reach a remote village in papua new guinea hit by a landslide on friday. the authorities estimate as many as 2,000 people could be under the rubble. people have been using their hands and whatever they can find to try to dig people out. cases of melanoma skin cancer are at an all—time high in the uk, with more than 20,000 people expected to be diagnosed with it this year. the charity cancer research uk is warning people to...
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lucy williamson, bbc news, jerusalem. let's go live now tojerusalem and our correspondent danjohnson. hello. let's talk first of all about the news from the international criminal court, they have talked about the fact they are looking into issuing arrest warrants for the israeli prime minister, benjamin netanyahu, and also yoav gallant. i am looking at wires now and yoav gallant has just issued a statement saying he is accusing the icc prosecutor of trying to deny the israeli right to self—defence and to recover hostages, so clearly a very strong response from israel to this news from the icc?— strong response from israel to this news from the icc? yes, a strong and furious response. _ news from the icc? yes, a strong and furious response. it _ news from the icc? yes, a strong and furious response. it is _ news from the icc? yes, a strong and furious response. it is in _ news from the icc? yes, a strong and furious response. it is in the - news from the icc? yes, a strong and furious response. it is in the main - fur
lucy williamson, bbc news, jerusalem. let's go live now tojerusalem and our correspondent danjohnson. hello. let's talk first of all about the news from the international criminal court, they have talked about the fact they are looking into issuing arrest warrants for the israeli prime minister, benjamin netanyahu, and also yoav gallant. i am looking at wires now and yoav gallant has just issued a statement saying he is accusing the icc prosecutor of trying to deny the israeli right to...
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lucy williamson, bbc news, jerusalem. in the uk, the labour leader has pledged to "stop the chaos" and "rebuild the country" in his first major speech of the election campaign. sir keir starmer appealed to undecided voters, and urged people to trust him to deliver economic stability and protect national security. rishi sunak, also out campaigning today, dismissed the speech as "waffle", saying it does not contain "a single plan for the future". we'll have more in a few minutes. here's our political editor chris mason on keir starmer�*s speech. a man waiting, waiting for his moment, waiting, he hopes, to be prime minister. if you've ever wondered what this man is all about, today was his attempt to give you an answer. the leader of the labour party, keir starmer. applause. this, the village hall in lancing in west sussex, as sir keir spoke of his own background. if you're working class, you're scared of debt. you're scared, my mum and dad were scared of debt. so they would choose the bill that they wouldn't pay rather th
lucy williamson, bbc news, jerusalem. in the uk, the labour leader has pledged to "stop the chaos" and "rebuild the country" in his first major speech of the election campaign. sir keir starmer appealed to undecided voters, and urged people to trust him to deliver economic stability and protect national security. rishi sunak, also out campaigning today, dismissed the speech as "waffle", saying it does not contain "a single plan for the future". we'll have...
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lucy williamson, bbc news, jerusalem. a woman in her 505 has died after being mauled by her two xl bully dogs. the metropolitan police said she was found at her home in east london this afternoon. frances read is here. what more can you tell us? the met olice has what more can you tell us? the met police has told _ what more can you tell us? the met police has told us _ what more can you tell us? the met police has told us the _ what more can you tell us? the met police has told us the attack - police has told us the attack happened this afternoon and sadly a woman in her 505 died opened medics from the london ambulance service desperately try to save her life but said sadly could not and armed police actually attended such was the threat police felt the dogs posed. officers seized two dogs which were apparently registered xl bully dogs and the family of the woman who was the owner is now being supported by officers. ownership of these american xl bully dogs is restricted under the dangerous dogs act so in england and wal
lucy williamson, bbc news, jerusalem. a woman in her 505 has died after being mauled by her two xl bully dogs. the metropolitan police said she was found at her home in east london this afternoon. frances read is here. what more can you tell us? the met olice has what more can you tell us? the met police has told _ what more can you tell us? the met police has told us _ what more can you tell us? the met police has told us the _ what more can you tell us? the met police has told us the attack -...
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lucy williamson, bbc news, jerusalem. around the world and across the uk, this is bbc news. let's look at some other stories making news in the uk. survivors and families of the victims of london's grenfell fire will have to wait until at least 2026 for a final decision on whether anyone will face criminal charges. the metropolitan police and crown prosecution service say the delay of almost ten years since the tragedy happened is down to the increasing "scale "and complexity" of the investigation. the separate public inquiry into the fire is expected to publish its final report this summer or autumn. wylfa on anglesey in wales has been chosen as the preferred site for a large—scale nuclear power plant, which the uk government says will bring thousands ofjobs to the area. wylfa's previous power station stopped generating energy in 2015. international energy companies have begun talks with the government to start building the new plant. junior doctors across northern ireland have walked out for a two—day strike over pay. the department of health has warned that services w
lucy williamson, bbc news, jerusalem. around the world and across the uk, this is bbc news. let's look at some other stories making news in the uk. survivors and families of the victims of london's grenfell fire will have to wait until at least 2026 for a final decision on whether anyone will face criminal charges. the metropolitan police and crown prosecution service say the delay of almost ten years since the tragedy happened is down to the increasing "scale "and complexity" of...
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lucy williamson, bbc news, jerusalem. the labour leader has pledged to "stop the chaos" and "rebuild the country", in his first major speech of the election campaign. sir keir starmer appealed to undecided voters, and urged people to trust him to deliver economic stability and protect national security. rishi sunak, also out campaigning today, dismissed the speech as "waffle", saying it contained "not a single plan for the future". we'll have more about the prime minister in a few minutes, but first here's our political editor, chris mason, on keir starmer�*s speech. a man waiting, waiting for his moment, waiting, he hopes, to be prime minister. if you've ever wondered what this man is all about, today was his attempt to give you an answer. the leader of the labour party, keir starmer. applause. this, the village hall in lancing in west sussex, as sir keir spoke of his own background. if you're working class, you're scared of debt. you're scared, my mum and dad were scared of debt. so they would choose the bill that the
lucy williamson, bbc news, jerusalem. the labour leader has pledged to "stop the chaos" and "rebuild the country", in his first major speech of the election campaign. sir keir starmer appealed to undecided voters, and urged people to trust him to deliver economic stability and protect national security. rishi sunak, also out campaigning today, dismissed the speech as "waffle", saying it contained "not a single plan for the future". we'll have more about...