pop star and actor olly alexander is to be the united kingdom's entry for next year's eurovision song contest. hello, i'm catherine byaruhanga. we start with the latest on the israel—gaza war. the israeli prime minister, benjamin netanyahu, says israel is working with egypt and qatar to try and secure the release of hostages held by hamas. relatives of the hostages staged a big rally in tel aviv on saturday night. many carried placards bearing large pictures of their loved ones. they said the current policy of using military force wasn't working. mr netanyahu insisted that the military campaign would continue, but said israel is working for a possible deal. hamas, which is deemed a terrorist organisation by the us, uk and other western governments, says it will not agree to another deal for the release of hostages, unless what it calls the aggression against palestinian people stops "once and for all". meanwhile, the world health organisation says it has delivered crucial medical supplies to gaza's al shifa hospital which has been working under much reduced capacity following israel's

and some exciting news from olly alexander!hit back at rishi sunak, saying she was honest with the government over contracts for ppe. she admits lying to the media about her links to a company that supplied millions of pounds' worth of ppe to the government during the covid pandemic. she said she regrets not being fully open about it. hindsight�*s a wonderful thing. i wasn't trying to pull the wool over anyone's eyes and i regret and i'm sorry for not saying straight out, "yes, i am involved." some other stories now. people trapped in a church in gaza are living in a huge sense of fear. fibi sabasa's sister is trapped inside the holy family church and said people were scared to move out of fear of being shot. two women were killed inside the church on saturday. israel's army said it was reviewing the incident. next, around 4,000 xl bully owners have applied for exemption from an upcoming ban. they are being urged to do this before it becomes illegal to own one in the uk from february. and time now for ten seconds of some exciti

and time now for ten seconds of some exciting news from olly alexander!l be representing the uk at the eurovision song contest... cheering the years and years singer will be doing that next year in sweden. he said he's beyond excited for this and he's been watching the show since he was a kid. you're all caught up now. see you later. sports news at the bbc sport app oui’ our website. hello, welcome to sportsday. i'm katherine downes. coming upfor coming up for you on the programme... holders manchester city will play copenhagen in the last 16 of the champions league. brazilian side fluminense have made the final of the fifa club world cup. and anthonyjoshua tells us how he's preparing for his next fight. i'm focused on my opponent, i'm focused on the bigger picture and i'm using it as a source of motivation every day i'm in the gym. hello there. good evening. earlier today, we had the draw for the champions league last 16. at this stage, teams from the same country or who came through the same group are kept apart.

olly alexander. >> yeah . look, i'll just let you >> yeah.all gold. and you've nicely encapsulated all the issues in one winston thank you one go. so, winston, thank you very much. to have you on very much. great to have you on the love you the show. we'd love to have you back point soon. it's back on at some point soon. it's the marshall the wonderful winston marshall there former mumford and there is a former mumford and sons frontman. so look, we're going gonna a going to we're gonna have a debate studio debate with this in the studio now, the bbc drop olly now, should the bbc drop olly alexander as our eurovision alexander as as our eurovision contestant? labour advisor, former stellar hokkaido . and former stellar hokkaido. and chair of the national jewish assembly, gary moen joins me now. stella your views, you know, think was an know, do you think it was an anti—semitic he anti—semitic letter? should he be i don't think it was an >> no, i don't think it was an anti—semitic letter. i think it was nuanced a person who was a nuanced as a

pop star and actor olly alexander is announced as the united kingdom's entry for next year's eurovisionong contest. hello, i'm lewis vaughanjones. we start with the latest on the israel—gaza war. britain and germany are calling for an urgent sustainable ceasefire in gaza. last week, both countries abstained on a united nations resolution demanding an immediate humanitarian ceasefire. but in a change of tone which echoes a shift in the us, the foreign ministers of both countries say too many civilians have been killed in israel's war against hamas and the sooner a truce comes, the better. israel's prime minister benjamin netanyahu has strongly reiterated his opposition to a ceasefire. speaking before a cabinet meeting, he insisted they will fight till the end to eliminate hamas — which many countries consider a terror group. israel stepped up its bombardment of gaza overnight and into sunday, reportedly killing at least a0 people. and these pictures, filmed on sunday morning from israel, looking into gaza, show large plumes of smoke burning, with many damaged buildings in sight. communic

pop star and actor olly alexander is announced as the united kingdom's entry for next year's eurovision contest. hello, i'm tanya beckett israel has opened one of its crossings into gaza to aid for the first time since it began its war and stepped up its siege of the strip. it's hoped the opening of the kerem shalom crossing will double the amount of food and medicine reaching gazans. until now, aid has only been able to reach the territory through the rafah crossing from egypt. aid trucks entering through rafah were mobbed by crowds of people earlier — highlighting the growing hunger and desperation in gaza. vehicles were boarded and stripped of their supplies. the un says hungry people helping themselves to food is making it almost impossible for them to distribute aid. israel kept up its bombardment of gaza overnight and into sunday, reportedly killing at least a0 people. gaza's health ministry says almost 19,000 palestinians have now been killed since israel started bombing gaza in october. the french foreign minister has called for an immediate and durable ceasefire during a visit

and pop star olly alexander will represent the united kingdom at next year's eurovision song contestn sweden. hello, i'm tanya beckett. benjamin netanyahu has said his country is in a war for its existence, which it would continue, despite what he called the �*heavy price�* paid by israel. he was speaking after the israeli army shot dead three hostages in gaza by mistake. an israeli soldier opened fire on the men as they emerged from a building in the suburbs of gaza city, holding a white flag. an official investigation said the shots were fired in breach of the army's rules of engagement. alon shamriz, yotam haim and samer el—talalka were killed in the north of the territory. mr netanyahu called the incident a disaster which broke his heart. he said the troops in gaza were risking their own lives as they tried to rescue hostages, and warned the military operation was necessary to force hamas to free them. but hinted at possible talks. translation: since the tragedy occurred yesterday, _ i am haunted by one thought — what would have happened if only something would have been differen

olly alexander. >> yeah . look, i'll just let you >> yeah.s all gold. and you've nicely encapsulated all the issues in one winston thank you one go. so, winston, thank you very much. to have you on very much. great to have you on the love you the show. we'd love to have you back point soon. it's back on at some point soon. it's the marshall the wonderful winston marshall there former mumford and there is a former mumford and sons frontman. so look, we're going gonna a going to we're gonna have a debate studio debate with this in the studio now, the bbc drop olly now, should the bbc drop olly alexander as our eurovision alexander as as our eurovision contestant? labour advisor, former stellar hokkaido . and former stellar hokkaido. and chair of the national jewish assembly, gary moen joins me now. stella your views, you know, think was an know, do you think it was an anti—semitic he anti—semitic letter? should he be i don't think it was an >> no, i don't think it was an anti—semitic letter. i think it was nuanced a person who was a nuanced as

pop star and actor olly alexander is announced as the united kingdom's entry for next year's eurovisiong contest. welcome to the programme. we start with the latest on the israel—gaza war. britain and germany are calling for an urgent sustainable ceasefire in gaza. last week both countries abstained on a united nations resolution demanding an immediate humanitarian ceasefire. but in a change of tone, which echoes a shift in the us, the foreign ministers of both countries say too many civilians have been killed in israel's war against hamas and the sooner a truce comes the better. france meanwhile has also called for an immediate and durable ceasefire. israel's prime minister benhamin netanyahu has strongly reiterated his opposition to a ceasefire. speaking before a cabinet meeting, he insisted they will fight till the end to eliminate hamas — which many countries consider a terror group. israel stepped up its bombardment of gaza overnight and into sunday, reportedly killing at least a0 people. these pictures, filmed on sunday morning, looking into gaza from israel, show large plumes of

pop star olly alexander will represent the united kingdom at next year's eurovision song contest in swedenis is bbc news. now on bbc news, covid inquiry: life and death decisions. i have got an appalling feeling that i am in one of those historic catastrophes. jeers. the covid inquiry has seen revelations... this matters massively to people in this country. ..interruptions... mr gove, i ask the questions here, please. ..and accusations... you call ministers morons. i'm sorry, if you don't sit down i will ask the ushers to get you to leave. there was powerful testimony from the most senior politicians in charge, along with officials and scientists advising them. the lockdown and restrictions might be over, but for many, life will never be the same. how'd you get the big calls right when we had one of the highest rates of death within western europe or in any of the big economies? i am deeply sorry for the pain and the loss and the suffering of those victims. the whole inquiry is set to last for years and is broken down into different parts. coming up are the key moments from part two, the l

well our music correspondent mark savage sat down with olly alexander to get his reaction to the newse, i don't know. i feel excited to be part of it now. it's such a celebration ofjoy and fun. i love how the theatrics, the drama — there is such amazing chaos of a mixture of musical styles, all these different performers. you get so much on one night, it's so fun. and camp. the whole thing — what you can get on the stage in that short amount of time. that quick turnaround. how you can wow everybody. you only have a certain amount of time, a certain amount of people. what is he going to look like, what are you going to do? so, yeah, i'm thinking more about it now. you haven't announced the song yet. is there anything you can tell us? the song... i wrote the song with danny l harle and it will be coming soon, next year. and it's really good. arsenal legend ian wright has annouced he will step down announced he will step down as a pundit from match of the day at the end of the season. wright made his debut on the bbc programme as a player in 1997 and, following his retirement in 2000, we

pop star and actor olly alexander is announced as the united kingdom's entry for next year's eurovision contest. hello. we begin in gaza, where in a sign of the growing hunger and desperation there, aid trucks entering the strip have been mobbed and looted by crowds of people. vehicles carrying vital aid in through the rafah border crossing from egypt were boarded and stripped of their supplies. the un says hungry people helping themselves to food is making it almost impossible to distribute aid. there are hopes more aid will start arriving each day, after israel opened the kerem shalom crossing into gaza for humanitarian aid trucks for the first time since the war started in october. until now, aid has only been able to reach the territory through the rafah crossing. israel stepped up its bombardment of gaza overnight and into sunday, reportedly killing at least a0 people. gaza's health ministry says almost 19,000 palestinians have now been killed since israel started bombing gaza in october. france's foreign minister has called for an immediate and durable ceasefire during a visit to

pop star olly alexander will represent the united kingdom at next year's eurovision song contest in swedenhello, i'm tanya beckett. benjamin netanyahu has said his country is in a war for its existence which it would continue, despite what he called the "heavy price" paid by israel. he was speaking after the israeli army shot dead three hostages in gaza by mistake. an israeli soldier opened fire on the men as they emerged from a building in the suburbs of gaza city, holding a white flag. an official investigation said the shots were fired in breach of the army's rules of engagement. alon shamriz, yotam haim and samer el—talaqa were killed in asha—jiga, in the north of the territory. mr netanyahu called the incident a disaster which broke his heart. he said the troops in gaza were risking their own lives as they tried to rescue hostages, and warned the military operation was necessary to force hamas to free them, but hinted of possible talks. translation: since the tragedy occurred yesterday, _ i am haunted by one thought — what would have happened if only something would have been differen

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now i'm loathe to criticise olly alexander here because i believe he is a product of his time.ressive and gay, and they are told if you are any one of those things, particularly if you're all three of those things, you must support palestine. there's like a rule book, isn't there? so anyone who sits on the progressive side things, progressive side of things, which got which is why tiktok got got mentioned because i use tiktok and weari mentioned because i use tiktok and wear i could be this could and i wear i could be this could be a conspiracy , but tiktok be a conspiracy, but tiktok does.i be a conspiracy, but tiktok does. i never see any pro—jewish stuff on tiktok. i only see pro—palestine because you're an anti—semite. >> because i because of all the i get, i get sent tons of it. >> josh. he gets sent . >> josh. he gets sent. >> josh. he gets sent. >> but he's a he is a product of a time. i mean, there could be another option here. uh, olly could stupid and he could be could be stupid and he could be stupid, but also , let's just say stupid, but also, let's just say he stup

pop star and actor olly alexander is to be the united kingdom's entry for next year's eurovision song

pop star and actor olly alexander is announced as the united kingdom's entry for next year's eurovisiong contest. now on bbc news, talking business. hello, everybody. a very warm welcome to talking business weekly with me, aaron heslehurst. let's go and take a look at what's on the show. what's in store for 202a? another year of struggle for the global economy. but are things about to get brighter? how much we spend in the shops, jobs and interest rates as well as elections and war are all on the agenda for the next 12 months. but what will it mean for our cost of living? i'm going to tackle those questions with these two, there they are, the chief economist atjp morgan, one of the world's biggest banks, who tells me why the us is still leading the way, but europe is the big worry. and the boss of the world's biggest recruitment firm, randstad, is going to give me the lowdown on what might change in the world of work. plus, coming out of the clouds, the head of the global airline body, iata, tells me why the cost of flying is one thing that won't be getting cheaper next year. wherever y

pop star and actor olly alexander is announced as the united kingdom's entry for next year's eurovision contest. hello, i'm rajini vaidyanathan. britain and germany are calling for an urgent sustainable ceasefire in gaza. last week both countries abstained on a united nations resolution demanding an immediate humanitarian ceasefire. but in a change of tone which echoes a shift in the us, the foreign ministers of both countries say too many civilians have been killed in israel's war against hamas and the sooner a truce comes, the better. france meanwhile has also called for an immediate and durable ceasefire. israel's prime minister benjamin netanyahu has strongly reiterated his opposition to a ceasefire. speaking before a cabinet meeting, he insisted they will fight till the end to eliminate hamas — which many countries consider a terror group. israel stepped up its bombardment of gaza overnight and into sunday, reportedly killing at least a0 people. these pictures looking into gaza from israel, show large plumes of smoke burning, with many damaged buildings in sight. aid trucks enterin

pop star and actor olly alexander is to be the united kingdom's entry for next year's eurovision song contest. now on bbc news, talking business. hello, everybody. a very warm welcome to talking business weekly with me, aaron heslehurst. let's go and take a look at what's on the show, what's in store for 202a? another year of struggle for the global economy. but are things about to get brighter? how much we spend in the shops, jobs and interest rates as well as elections and war are all on the agenda for the next 12 months. but what will it mean for our cost of living? i'm going to tackle those questions with these two, there they are, the chief economist atjp morgan, one of the world's biggest banks, who tells me why the us is still leading the way but europe is the big worry. and the boss of the world's biggest recruitment firm, randstad, is going to give me the lowdown on what might change in the world of work. plus, coming out of the clouds, the head of the global airline body, iata, tells me why the cost of flying is one thing that won't be getting cheaper next year. wherever you

now i'm loathe to criticise olly alexander here because i believe he is a product of his time.e and gay, and they are told if you are any one of those things, particularly if you're all three of those things, you must support palestine. there's like a rule book, isn't there? so anyone who sits on the progressive side things, progressive side of things, which got which is why tiktok got got mentioned because i use tiktok and weari mentioned because i use tiktok and wear i could be this could and i wear i could be this could be a conspiracy , but tiktok be a conspiracy, but tiktok does.i be a conspiracy, but tiktok does. i never see any pro—jewish stuff on tiktok. i only see pro—palestine because you're an anti—semite. >> because i because of all the i get, i get sent tons of it. >> josh. he gets sent . >> josh. he gets sent. >> josh. he gets sent. >> but he's a he is a product of a time. i mean, there could be another option here. uh, olly could stupid and he could be could be stupid and he could be stupid, but also , let's just say stupid, but also, let's just say he stupid. he

pop star and actor olly alexander is announced as the united kingdom's entry for next year's eurovision contest. hello, i'm rajini vaidyanathan. britain and germany are calling for an urgent sustainable ceasefire in gaza. last week both countries abstained on a united nations resolution demanding an immediate humanitarian ceasefire. but in a change of tone which echoes a shift in the us, the foreign ministers of both countries say too many civilians have been killed in israel's war against hamas and the sooner a truce comes the better. france meanwhile has also called for an immediate and durable ceasefire. israel's prime minister benjamin netanyahu has strongly reiterated his opposition to a ceasefire. speaking before a cabinet meeting, he insisted they will fight till the end to eliminate hamas — which many countries consider a terror group. israel stepped up its bombardment of gaza overnight and into sunday, reportedly killing at least a0 people. gaza's health ministry says almost 19,000 palestinians have now been killed since israel started bombing gaza in october. these pictures lo

empathizers plus the uk's eurovision act olly alexander is in hot water after calling israel a genocidalear's contest ? singer from next year's contest? that's tonight's head to head.

now we've got it with olly can't expect olly alexander.ngs. >> no, i know, i don't know. i don't know how i feel about that, ellie. i mean, what i am confused about this is, i mean, the that he signed is you the letter that he signed is you know, queer community, we know, as a queer community, we cannot while the cannot sit idly by while the israeli government continue to wipe out our, um, entire palestinian families. and of course, is supporting course, no one is supporting palestinian families being run out. way gay out. but the way the gay community is treated by hammerstein. >> is by is just >> yeah. is by hamas is just appalling . appalling. >> and in many of those countries, so can quite countries, so i can never quite balance up the, you know, the can't really marry the two, um, you know, saying , you know, not you know, saying, you know, not obviously what israel was doing is, is appalling and we don't want to see more bloodshed. but it's supporting supporting hamas and palestine in this way. it's very confusing. but you know , ver

alexander, uh, he is, um, he's won like a bafta award or he's nominated for a bafta award.t, but well. yeah, you're right, but it's pretty good. uh, he's got his own wax work. uh, and he's saying he's going to he's going to he's going to smash it. uh. good luck. >> is this sign that the >> is this a sign that the eurovision is now eurovision song contest is now becoming outlet for becoming a credible outlet for proper stars ? proper stars? >> well, it is in the rest of europe. >> and we want to get closer to europe. >> joke. please don't tweet me after this week . after this week. >> yeah. do you know what, nick? >> yeah. do you know what, nick? >> it's ostensibly quite silly, but you think about sweden. but then you think about sweden. you actually be but then you think about sweden. you a actually be but then you think about sweden. you a brave actually be but then you think about sweden. you a brave gesture lly be but then you think about sweden. you a brave gesture lly do quite a brave gesture to do anything in very way, in anything in a very gay way, in parts of sweden

alexander, uh, he is, um, he's won like a bafta award or he's nominated for a bafta award.t, but well. yeah, you're right, but it's pretty good. uh, he's got his own wax work. uh, and he's saying he's going to he's going to he's going to smash it. uh. good luck. >> is this sign that the >> is this a sign that the eurovision is now eurovision song contest is now becoming outlet for becoming a credible outlet for proper stars ? proper stars? >> well, it is in the rest of europe. >> and we want to get closer to europe. >> joke. please don't tweet me after this week . after this week. >> yeah. do you know what, nick? >> yeah. do you know what, nick? >> it's ostensibly quite silly, but you think about sweden. but then you think about sweden. you actually be but then you think about sweden. you a actually be but then you think about sweden. you a brave actually be but then you think about sweden. you a brave gesture lly be but then you think about sweden. you a brave gesture lly do quite a brave gesture to do anything in very way, in anything in a very gay way, in parts of sweden

olly alexander, idiot . carol. alexander, idiot. carol. >> idiot. >> idiot. >> what's he been? he signed it. a statement . um, he signed it. a statement. um, it was caught by a group called voices for london. and it was an lgbt direct action pressure group . and it was citing it was group. and it was citing it was anti—israeli and pro—palestine . anti—israeli and pro—palestine. oh, sorry, carol, what was that? i know, i know , are you all i know, i know, are you all right? >> do you want sam to accusing israel of genocide ? israel of genocide? >> basically. so. so. and i saw this young man on he was on strictly. he was on the street and he was very, very excited about the fact he'd been chosen. he announced then he'd he announced it then that he'd been contest been chosen to be in the contest . and now that now lots of people are saying you should be taken out of it, the bbc look like they're not to do like they're not going to do anything obviously anything about it. obviously not, because the last eurovision entry, said. not, because the last eurovision entry, saidiid. not, b

alexander isak with a penalty after he was fouled in the box.alised for nottingham forest. two matches kick off at three. bournemouth against fulham and sheffield united are at home to luton, more on that game in a moment. leaders arsenal aren't playing until thursday so there could be a change at the top of the table. liverpool are the first with a chance of doing that. they will find themselves top if they avoid defeat at second from bottom burnley. i think burnley could have easily had much more points because they had so many good spells in the games where they then don't finish the situation off from the young players in some positions. so i knew before that they are much better than the position and the points they have. we all know, if you win once and have the chance to play three days later again and you will want to win again, and that's exactly what we expect. aston villa could also finish the day on top. they're level on points with liverpool. they go to old trafford later, to play manchester united, who are in action for the first t