this is bbc news, and these are the top stories developing at 11am. palestinians begin to bury their dead, 3 day after israeli troops killed dozens of people and injured thousands in gaza. meghan markle‘s half sister says their father was taken advantage of by the media and she hopes he will still attend the wedding. my father has really suffered at the hands of the media. and they have presented him in the most horrible ways, highly inaccurate, and the goal of those photographs was basically because he was feeling defenceless. wages overtake inflation for the first time in more than a year, as unemployment falls to its lowest rate since the 1970s. privacy campaigners find a failure rate of more than 90% in facial recognition systems used by police at major events. also, breeding like rabbits? perhaps not — the number of rabbit sightings has dropped by 60% in the last 20 years.

# you can't always get what you want... the rolling stones say they'll reclaim their song, you can't always get what you want from donald trump. they're starting their first tour of britain and ireland for a decade. good morning. it's tuesday 15th may, i'm ben brown. welcome to bbc newsroom live. the first funerals have taken place of 60 palestinians killed by israeli troops in gaza yesterday, in the deadliest day of violence there since 2014. the situation remains tense, as today marks the 70th anniversary of what palestinians call the catastrophe, when hundreds of thousands of people

fled or were expelled from their homes as a result of the creation of israel. the palestinian president, mahmoud abbas, called the deaths a massacre and called for the un security council to act. but the us defended israel, saying it was protecting its borders. andrew plant reports. it was a day of violence that saw dozens of people killed and hundreds more injured. palestinian protesters hurled stones, israeli security forces opened fire in return. israel's prime minister said his military was acting in self defence, saying palestinian group hamas had mixed armed fighters in with the civilian protesters. america has also blamed hamas for the violence. the responsibility for these tragic deaths rests squarely with hamas. hamas is intentionally and cynically provoking this response. this violence has brought international attention.

these protesters took to the streets in turkey. the united nations has talked of outrageous violations of human rights. russia has been highly critical of america's decision to move its embassy. we have given our negative assessment of this decision on several occasions. 0ne assessment of this decision on several occasions. one cannot change the agreement set by the international community. germany said israel had a right to defend itself, while france's president emmanuel macron condemned the violence. three days of mourning have now been declared by the palestinian president mahmoud abbas. the fear is the violence may not be over with more protests planned this week. israel's ambassador to the uk, mark regev told radio 4's today programme that the response of israeli troops was measured. you've got people charging the border fence with wire cutters,

with explosives, with molotov cocktails, with other weapons. their goal is clear and hamas articulated the goal. the leader of hamas said, our goal, and i'm quoting him, is to breach the border to get inside israel and to kill israeli citizens. he said openly, "we want to tear out their hearts," his words, not mine. we arejust we are just hearing there's going to be an urgent question in the commons on this to the foreign secretary. fikr shalltoot is the gaza programmes director of the charity medical aid for palestinians uk. shejoins us now from gaza. thank you very much indeed for being with us. so many people killed yesterday, many more injured as well, what sort of injuries did they suffer from? a chilly, all types of injuries. the injuries we have seen

have included injuries to the chest, the abdomen. lower limbs and upper limbs, all types of injuries. so far, there are more than 130 injuries described as very critical cases, and a number of these are connected to die over the next few days. however, i have to indicate that a great number of these injuries are in the lower legs, however the type of these injuries, it is live ammunition, so it was severe destruction of the blood vessels and arteries. and it will require long hours of surgery. it's believed that these patients will require long—term treatment and a number of surgeries until they will be able to hopefully return to the

normal life, if they manage to succeed. how have the hospitals in gaza been coping with so many casualties? we gather there was a call for people to donate blood, because blood supplies were running out. actually, it's not only the blood supplies, everything has won out in the hospitals. the capacity in all gaza hospitals is slightly a bove two in all gaza hospitals is slightly above two 2000, and the injuries yesterday were 2721 injuries, including 1760 who had to be admitted. so a massive number of people had to be hospitalised and operated on, we need emergency drugs, items and medical teams to

support them. the hospitals in gaza called all the hospitals, doctors, nurses, paramedics, staff and technicians, everybody was there at the same time and honestly there was a big concern is that if the situation continues like this, how they would cope with the additional cases. this morning, the minister of health called for an urgent meeting in which we participated and they said, we cannot hope with this number —— cope with this number of casualties. they were calling for opening the borders and allowing people to travel out of gaza to be referred to other hospitals in egypt 01’ referred to other hospitals in egypt or elsewhere. thank you very much, for being with us. 0ur correspondent feras kilani is in gaza. we saw so much violence there

yesterday, are their fears of more violence today? nothing yet, it is calm so far, as you can see, we don't know why. but according to some sources we talked to, it seemed like hamas removed all its activists from these positions, we are talking about different positions here in gaza and at the israel border. yesterday evening, after 60 people had been killed by israeli fire, we understand hamas asked all their supporters to withdraw from the borders and this is what happened in front of us. we expected something bigger today as it is the 70th anniversary of nakba, the date of the creation of israel, palestinians call it nakba, or the catastrophe we expected thousands but nothing so far. according to other palestinian

factions, they were very angry at hamas's position because they have been preparing for this for weeks 110w. been preparing for this for weeks now. it seems like nothing big is going to happen because of egyptian mediation. the political bureau chief of hamas had met the chief of intelligence in egypt are couple of yea rs intelligence in egypt are couple of years ago, and they promised hamas to at ease the siege. we think there is an investigation happening. so many people killed yesterday, dozens of people killed, and the funerals of people killed, and the funerals of those taking place today? nothing, as i said, is organised. we understand at 3pm michael tone, two hours from now, some might come to this area. —— 3pm local time. at hamas has not said anything about the situation. this is because what

happened yesterday, an egyptian mediation. at the border here, just a few kids here. at the same time yesterday, there were thousands of people, across the fence in front of us, and dozens of them got killed or injured in front of our camera. the israelis are very calm on the other side, so i don't know if it is going to stay like this, or two hours from now, something will change. but we do not think it will be that large. thank you for bringing us right up to date, from gaza. it is ten minutes past 11 exactly. kensington palace says prince harry and meghan markle have appealed for "understanding and respect" for ms markle's father, following a report that he's decided not to attend their wedding on saturday. thomas markle was accused at the weekend of posing for photographs which had appeared to have been taken without his consent. 0ur correspondent, richard lister is in windsor. we are still, as the preparations

continue, still not entirely sure who is going to walk meghan markle down the aisle. that's true, and i think it's also true of kensington palace, which we understand is dealing with this information much as we are. it was just reported within the last 2a or 48 hours as we are. it was just reported within the last 24 or 48 hours that mr markle will not be attending. we understand that meghan markle hopes he will be attending so we understand conversations are going on behind the scenes to see if that can be arranged. kensington palace says this is a deeply personal message for meghan markle and that message for meghan markle and that message put out by her and put harry said they asked again for the respectably extended, by presenting frustration on the amount of

attention that has been on mr markle who is 73 years old. her half sister has been talking about what she regards as press intrusion on behalf of her father. he has really suffered, the goal of the photographs was basically because he was feeling defenceless. they have v advantage of portraying him entirely inaccurately however they wanted. i think a person has a right to say wait a think a person has a right to say waita minute, think a person has a right to say wait a minute, enough is enough, i wa nt wait a minute, enough is enough, i want to be portrayed howl wait a minute, enough is enough, i want to be portrayed how i really am. the mistake that he made was refusing to do interviews and allowing the media to absolutely ra ke allowing the media to absolutely rake him over the calls, to the extent that he was defenceless and they had distorted his image. it was entirely unjust, and i think he had the right to defend himself and get to the point where he wants to say,

no, they have an obligation, and ethical obligation to allow me to be portrayed as i am. living a healthy life style, portrayed as i am. living a healthy lifestyle, not court in unflattering positions, as media vultures had done, and that was the goal. meghan markle is understood to be distressed and concerned about her father's well—being. he has not been in the rest of health, there were reports that he had had heart attack a few days ago, and that has not been concerned. samantha stosur addressed those points as well. —— she addressed those points as well. he was really having heart pains and suffered a heart attack. it was an unbelievable amount of stress, by his report, they were stabilising him,| his report, they were stabilising him, ithink his report, they were stabilising him, i think he wanted to go to the hospital and get checked out, i don't know as of today what his plans are. but there is a very real

concern, plans are. but there is a very real concern, i wanted to see him go. i didn't want him to be deprived of that. but clearly, the priority should be whether or not it's safe for him to do that. so that's where we're at. of course, prince harry has not yet met meghan markle's father. this was supposed to be the week when that was all going to happen, he would be introduced to the queen and the other members of the queen and the other members of the royal family and the queen and the other members of the royalfamily and have the queen and the other members of the royal family and have a few days settling in before the big event on saturday. whether that still happens, we do not know. but time is running out for the kind of orderly and careful arrangement and planning that was put in place before this possible announcement was made on monday. many thanks, richard, from windsor. a report has found a failure rate of more than 90% in facial recognition systems used by police at major events. the civil liberties group, big brother watch, has described the technology as "dangerous and inaccurate". police forces are defending it.

our technology correspondent rory cellan—jones has more. the champions league final in cardiff last year, and south wales police are trying out a new way of monitoring the crowd. but facial recognition technology isn't a great success — it ends up wrongly identifying people as being on the police database 93% of the time. at the notting hill carnival, the same technology has performed even worse for the metropolitan police, with a 98% failure rate in identifying people on the watch list. now a civil liberties group says the whole experiment should end. what we're building is essentially a mass surveillance system that can biometrically track, locate, and identify, or misidentify people everywhere they go. and i think we need to stop and ask ourselves the question, is this something that we want? technology to identify faces in a crowd is pretty hit and miss at the moment. but it's making rapid progress and the police say they need to work

out whether it can help them protect the public at major events. metropolitan police say they always make additional checks to confirm whether someone has been incorrectly identified by the technology. south wales police released this video showing how their system works and defended it against its critics. those very lurid headlines we have seen, and very negative reports really don't the full story of how much it does help us. really don't tell the full story of how much it does help us. china is way ahead in the use of facial recognition, with a vast database of its citizens. but big brother watch is asking whether the uk really wants to go down the same path. the latest figures on the economy show that unemployment has fallen again. the number of people out of work dipped by 46,000

betweenjanuary and march — to a total of 1.42 million. at the same time the number of people in work rose by 197,000, to its highest in nearly five decades. average earnings, not counting bonuses, rose in the 12 months to march by 2.6% and they've slightly overtaken the inflation rate for the first time in more than a year. the government says these figures cement the turnaround in the economy. the headlines on bbc newsroom live. palestinians begin to bury their dead — a day after israeli troops killed dozens of people and injured thousands in gaza. meghan markle's half sister says their father was taken advantage of by the media and she hopes he will still attend the wedding. wages overtake inflation for the first time in more than a year as unemployment falls to its lowest rate since the 1970s. and in sport, fulham are into the

championship a final after beating derby. they meet kyle edmund came through a tough three setter to get to the second round at the italian open in rome. and darren campbell says he is believed to be alive. the 44—year—old is recovering in hospital after suffering a bleed on the brain. i will be back with more at half—past. the scottish parliament is expected to reject a key part of the uk government's brexit legislation today. under the eu withdrawal bill, some devolved powers would be temporarily retained by westminster after brexit. after months of wrangling with westminster, the scottish government has submitted a motion making clear it does "not consent to the european union bill".

the greens, scottish labour and the liberal democrats say they'll back the snp. 0ur scotland correspondent lorna gordon is in glasgow for us now. another brexit headache for theresa may? yes, and a constitutional headache as well if as expected the scottish parliament this afternoon but to refuse consent to the uk's —— votes to refuse consent to the main piece of the uk's brexit legislation. it is all about devolved powers and what happens in 23 0dyssey areas, in things like agriculture and fishing, to do with the position after brexit. nicola surgeon says this is a power grab by the westminster government on those powers that should return from

brussels after brexit. theresa may rejects this saying that in order for regulations to stay the same throughout the united kingdom, they have two first return to london. what we have this afternoon is this vote in the scottish parliament which will be backed by labour, the greens and the liberal democrats but it is likely that the scottish conservatives will vote against, what it will then result in is that it will be the first time that holyrood has ever refused consent to westminster legislation. they do not have the power to block the brexit bill, theresa may could impose the legislation but in turn, that would be the first time that westminster has pushed through legislation against the holyrood parliament's wishes. so you can see that there's a big argument, a big stand—off

brokering. nicola sturgeon said that this would be unprecedented and uncharted waters. the scottish secretary david mandel has refused to a nswer secretary david mandel has refused to answer questions on whether they would go ahead and pushed through the legislation without consent from holyrood, instead saying he's focusing on trying to find agreement. no one quite knows what will happen after this vote this afternoon if as expected they vote against the withdrawal bill. the chief inspector of prisons, peter clarke, has expressed concerns at the excessive use of restraint of detainees during an inspection of an immigration removalflight. inspectors say staff had been given a briefing before the operation that focused solely on control and not on detainees' treatment or welfare. there were also concerns that escort staff resorted to force and pain compliance too quickly without sufficient de—escalation. the chief inspector of prisons, peter clarke, joins me now from central london.

thank you for being with us. just described for us what exactly happened to the deep pain ease. this is one of —— these people. this was a charterflight, is one of —— these people. this was a charter flight, and is one of —— these people. this was a charterflight, and the is one of —— these people. this was a charter flight, and the objective was to deport 23 detainees from this country on one flight which were taken to country on one flight which were ta ken to france, country on one flight which were taken to france, austria and bulgaria. what we found was the use of force on these detainees was disproportionate and unnecessarily. it should always be based on an individual assessment of risk and quite simply it was not. asking somebody who is being deported for the case of their asylum claim in another country being result, whether they want to go there, and saying no, they do not, assuming thatis saying no, they do not, assuming that is meaning that is going to make them resist and putting them in

a way to straight belts, we think thatis a way to straight belts, we think that is —— in restraining belts, we think that is disproportionate and unnecessary. you suggesting this is a regular occurrence? we can say last summer that another flight last summer which was monitored not by us by an independent monitoring board, they found a similar situation. they wrote to the then immigration minister and they acknowledged that the procedures had not been carried out properly and there had not been an individual assessment of each detainee's risk and he wrote to the effect that things would change. this is the same contract last summer as we observed injanuary this year so they have not changed. what's really puzzling is that in response to this report, today the home office have said, yes, they called the report very troubling and they are going to increment the conditions and take them very seriously. the contract has said that everything they did was in accordance with home office

guidelines and subject to individual risk assessment. they can't both be right, someone has it wrong and it needs to be looked at. pretty maybe there are times occasionally when these sort of restraints, these waste belts or what ever are needed? of course they are needed sometimes, people do resist because they are resisting the dictation process. and in those circumstances, if it is —— the deportation process. in this circumstance, they can and should be restrained for the sake and safety of everybody, staff and everyone on the aircraft. when it is done on a generalised bases on the back of a rather ineffective and insubstantial and frankly inaccurate briefing, before the flight, and then everybody is put in a restraint belts, that is not good enough. thank you for your time. the husband of nazanin zaghari—ratcliffe, the british—iranian woman jailed in iran for spying, says his wife could be facing fresh charges.

richard ratcliffe has urged the foreign secretary, borisjohnson, to raise her case when he meets his iranian, french and german counterparts in brussels today. they will be discussing whether they can salvage the iran nuclear deal, after the united states withdrew from it last week. the rolling stones say they will reclaim their song "you can't always get what you want" from donald trump this week, when they start their first tour of britain and ireland for a decade. the us president used the band's music without their permission throughout his election campaign. more from our entertainment correspondent colin paterson. # you can't always get what you want... when donald trump was elected us president, his acceptance speech ended with a blast of you can't always get what you want by the rolling stones. the band had not given their permission. and mickjagger says he thought it was a very strange choice. when he finished the speech, he played out on this sort of doomy

ballad about drugs in chelsea. it's kind of weird if you think about it! but he couldn't be persuaded to use something else. it was an odd thing, really odd. keith richards confirmed that he had his own run—in with donald trump back in 1989 when they were playing a show at one of his casinos. when we got to atlantic city, it was, donald trump presents the rolling stones! that was the last time i got angry. i pulled out my trusty blade, stuck it in the table and said, you've got to get rid of this man. now america has to get rid of him. don't say i didn't warn you. the rolling stones say that the song donald trump appropriated, you can't always get what you want, will be on their set list when their tour starts in ireland this thursday. time for the weather with simon king. thank you, many of us at the moment

enjoying some blue skies and sunshine. this is just enjoying some blue skies and sunshine. this isjust one of enjoying some blue skies and sunshine. this is just one of our weather watchers from earlier on in hampshire, blue skies, pretty nice. cloud around coastal areas particularly around coastal norfolk and suffolk, some mist a will burn back rights to the coast. a bit of cloud around the irish sea coast as well, thickening cloud with northern ireland and scotland, bringing outbreaks of rain moving south eastwards. temperatures 16 to 20 degrees, but for england and wales, it will be warmer than yesterday. temperatures higher, except in that coast with the mist continues. this area of cloud and rain will continue to move south and eastwood. it means that when state will be a cloudy start for england and wales. by the afternoon, sunnier spells developing. sunshine for northern ireland and scotland right the way

through on wednesday, a cooler day compared to today. loyal fa n this is bbc news, our latest headlines: palestinians begin to bury the dead after violent clashes in gaza yesterday. israel's military is bracing for further confrontations today, the 70th anniversary of the creation of israel. meghan markle's half—sister claims the media has taken advantage of their father who posed for paid paparazzi photographs. it's unclear now whether he'll attend the royal wedding on saturday. privacy campaigners reveal a failure rate of more than 90% in facial recognition systems which are being trialled by police at major events. in a moment: when was the last time you spotted a rabbit in the wild? new figures suggest they're defying their reputation as breeders with sightings falling 60% in 20 years. sport now with hugh. good morning.

it's often described as the most lucrative game in english football — the championship play—off final at wembley — and fulham are there. they trailed derby 1—0 going into the second leg at craven cottage before ryan sessegnon squared the tie in the second half, before denis 0doi brought the house down with the second, to give fulham a 2—1 aggregate win. they'll meet either aston villa or middlesbrough in the final. their second leg is tonight, with villa 1—0 up in that. manchester city manager pep guardiola is expecting a relaxing summer after their stunning premier league season left them dubbed the centurions. he and his team celebrated with some 100,000 city fans last night — and after that record—breaking season in which they amassed 100 points. so it's far overdue that pep puts his feet up for a bit. now it's time to enjoy, i'm sorry, i'm not going

to speak about next season. believe me, we are going to see the world cup on the sofa, good beer, good red wine, and enjoying the season. when we come back, we'll come back stronger than this season. gareth southgate will have to make some big phone calls. he is ready... in russia begins and gareth southgate will have to make some big calls and some phone calls in the next 24 hours. he's already given fifa details of his provisional 35—man squad. and tomorrow he'll trim that down and name the 23 players he will be taking to russia. former england captain gary neville is trying to be positive about england's chances. world cups are really tough, and it would be wrong to put huge pressure on the team, but it would be wrong

to say it would be great to get out of the group. i always remain optimistic. it is the nature of the englishman to always feel spirited. the wales and lions full—back lee halfpenny will miss the scarlets' pro14 semifinal against glasgow on friday. he's failed to recover from a hamstring tear but it's not thought to be too serious so he could be fit in time for the final in 11 days' time, if scarlets get there. british number one kyle edmund has produced another strong performance, this time in the first round of the italian 0pen. he had to fight hard for a three—set win over world number 64 malikjaziri and it's good to see he's in such solid form on clay, as we head towards the french open. the chairman of the england and wales cricket board has attracted criticism for suggesting that children aren't interested in the game. colin graves says the new 100 ball format will definitely be introduced in two year's time, in a bid to make the game more appealing to young people who aren't already involved in cricket. the younger generation, whether you

liked it or not, ijust not attracted to cricket. all the research we have done about the younger generation, they won something different, more exciting, simpler. those other things that we've learned for new competition. the former british olympic champion darren campbell says he's relieved to be alive, as he recovers from suffering a bleed on the brain. campbell is 44 — and he's a regular part of the bbc‘s athletics coverage — most recently for the commonwealth games last month. he had a seizure at home a week ago and he told us he won't be working at all this summer, so he can concentrate on getting better. that's all the sport for now. you can find more on all those stories on the bbc sport website. the government is still holding

internal debates about the kind of customs relationship it wants with the european union after brexit. a lot of it boils down to how open borders can be once the uk leaves the eu customs union and its single market. technology can help limit disruption at borders, but it cannot yet make them entirely frictionless. chris morris from our reality check team has been looking at a few examples. as we have often reported, one of the most difficult issues in the entire brexit process is how to ensure there is no return to a hard border between northern ireland and the irish republic, once this becomes the external border of the european union, the single market and the customs union. that is what has been promised, no physical infrastructure for checks of any kind at the border. so they continue to look much like this. so, what can we learn from other eu

external borders around europe? first of all, let's head north to the border between norway and sweden. sweden is in the eu, here in blue, norway isn't. it is part of the single market but not the customs union. this is one of the simplest customs borders to cross in the world. lorries only ever have to stop once at the main border crossing. norwegian customs say they deal with about 1300 lorries every day, which is less than a tenth of the number that pass through dover. the average time from when a lorry arrives to when it leaves here is about 20 minutes. impressive but certainly not entirely frictionless. next we go south to the border between turkey and bulgaria. bulgaria is in the eu and turkey isn't. turkey does have a customs union with the eu for most manufactured goods. the delays here are much longer.

huge queues of lorries are normal. it takes hours for goods to cross the border and sometimes drivers have to wait for more than 24 hours, so being in a customs union doesn't automatically make your border with the eu disappear if you're outside the single market and its common set of rules and regulations. then, our third border right in the middle between france and switzerland. france is a founder eu member while the swizz aren't in the eu but are part of the single market, thanks to a series of bilateral agreements. they are not in the customs union. this is often held up as an example of what could be achieved in ireland, but here too there is physical infrastructure at all the main crossings. it is still a hard border and the average waiting time for lorries carrying goods, according to the international road transport union, from 20 minutes to more than two hours if full inspections have to be carried out. in other words, technology is improving things and streamlining

customs procedures at borders. it will do more of that in the years to come but if the uk leaves all the's economic structures, there is currently no example anywhere around europe or further afield that can keep the irish border after brexit as open as it is now. 0n 22nd may last year, the worst terror attack in the uk since 7/7, took place at an ariana grande concert in manchester. for those that went, the memories of that night are still vivid. a week before the anniversary, ricky boleto has been to mid—wales, to meet two teenagers who were at the show. they're taking part in a scheme designed to help young survivors come to terms with what has happened. lake clywedog in mid—wales. a place of natural beauty and calm.

it is a world away from what happened at the manchester arena last year. and today some of the teenagers who were at the concert have come together. a five—day programme set up by a charity is helping young survivors of the manchester attack come to terms with what happened. 0k, you're off, you're right? get this rudder down. ben was at the concert with his mum, michelle. i've lost a lot of friends since and that's why i'm happy to come down to climbing out and meet new people. the reality is if you're in something like that at such a young age, there's no getting over it. yeah, you might grow out of the problems you get from it and you might healfrom it, but it's still going to be there, it'll still be a problem for the rest of your life. how has your life changed

since the attack a year ago? errr, just sleeping and eating. i've became slightly more violent and aggressive towards people. what about school life, has anything impacted it? errrm, it was a bit hard at first because people didn't really understand it but now my teachers have got a better understanding and i'm getting helped out a lot. how's your school going? teachers are understanding, it's just the students. for many caught up in the attack, the last 12 months have been very difficult. many of those involved were children, young people who struggled to return to school, and that's why a programme like this is helping children get back on their feet and just to have a distraction. and for ben and louise, it's been life changing. kelda wood came up with climbing out. she says young people need all the support they can get. a lot of the young people came with nightmares, panic attacks, flashbacks. really interestingly we didn't get one single nightmare all through the week.

we had kids sleeping that didn't normally sleep. i think one of our biggest aims is to let young people accept what's happened to them, we're not asking them to forget it, 0r helping them to accept it but still continue living life despite it. louise was diagnosed with post—traumatic stress disorder. can you talk to me about kelda and what she means to you? errm, she's just amazing. she's helped me so much with everything and she's basically given me my life back. sharing experiences has been the aim of this trip. when it comes to sailing, a few more lessons might be needed. what are you doing? ben, you did a good job, mate. shall i shake your hand or shall i wait till we get to shore? thanks very much. sorry. for ben, louise and theirfamilies, this has been a lifeline, but they say they need more help to come to terms with what

happened on the 22nd of may, 2017. ricky boleto, bbc news. in a few hours, the deadline for the athletes who disappeared during the commonwealth games to leave australia will expire. more than a dozen competitors from african countries had until today to leave orface deportation. the bbc understands several are planning to seek refugee status, in fear of persecution. 0ur correspondent, hywel griffith, has been trying to find out what happens when athletes disappear.. 4500 athletes came to the gold coast in search of medals and, for a few, the chance of a new life. eight members of cameroon's team disappeared, some without competing. athletes from the uganda, rwanda and sierra leone are also missing. to stay, they must seek asylum. it's a path simplice ribouem understands after competing

for cameroon at the 2006 melbourne games, he walked out of the athlete's village into an uncertain future. we don't know where to go, we don't know how to speak in place, —— to speak english, —— to we do know how to write, nothing at all. i just sleep on the street. what did you do for food? for that three days, nothing. i was just drinking water. simplice now lives in melbourne and represents australia but he says he doesn't know where the latest missing athletes would have gone. i understand the feeling, i understand the pain. i don't even know them particularly because they're all—new. those guys made a decision to leave the village. they are making a huge commitment. australia's home affairs minister is also made a commitment to track down and deport athlete

if there ever stay, but finding them may not be easy. we've spoken to contacts across australia and understand some of the athletes are in hiding, being suppoted by community groups. i've just spoken to someone who is in direct contact with a missing athlete from rwanda but she's too scared to speak to us directly, she's worried about the repercussions herfamily, but it does sound like she may be planning to seek asylum. she's clearly fearful of going back home. to claim asylum, they will need legal help. this man runs the support service in melbourne and is certain most of the missing athletes are in the city. i can tell you now with assurance that there will be about 60 to 70% of them will be in melbourne because the community is larger here. the problem in this country to live without money, it's not easy. the number of missing athletes is small compared to previous games.

at the sydney 0lympics, more than a hundred grand a wall. at the sydney 0lympics, more than a hundred went awol. the australian government says it is determined to send home anyone who has outstayed their welcome. in a moment a summary of the business news this hour but first , the headlines on bbc newsroom live: palestinians begin to bury their dead — a day after israeli troops killed dozens of people and injured thousands in gaza. meghan markle's half sister says their father was taken advantage of by the media — and she hopes he will still attend the wedding. wages overtake inflation for the first time in more than a year — as unemployment falls to its lowest rate since the 1970s. i'm rachel horne, in the business news: wages are rising faster than inflation for the first time

in more than a year — that's according to the office for national statistics. in the three months to march wages grew at 2.9% while inflation was 2.7%. we'll have more on this in a moment. vodafone's chief executive vittorio colao is to step down in october after a decade at the helm. he will be replaced by chief financial officer nick read. vodafone released a positive set of full—year results this morning but, in what could be seen as an endorsement of the departing ceo, the share price has fallen. fashion chain new look says it will review its prices after customers expressed dismay that for some garments prices seemed to rise with size. the chain said it was hoping to "ensure pricing differences like these" did not happen in future. the "fat tax" row began after one shopper noticed a pair of trousers in its curves range was being sold for 15% more than an identical pair in the main collection. wages are finally rising faster than the cost of living — but it could a while before

we really start to feel better off. for the first time in more than a year figures from the office for national statistics show wages beating inflation — but incomes have been so weak for so long that there's a lot of catching up to do. joining us is sarah hewin, she is europe chief economist at standard chartered. we had a hint of this in the last set of figures but now it's official? yes it is and it's good news. it is ahead of inflation which has risen by 2.5%. for the first time in over a year, people should be starting to feel better. it is going to take a long time. you'll biggest catch up.

wagesjust long time. you'll biggest catch up. wages just haven't been keeping pace. we see that reflected in some of the retail sales data showing that shoppers are much more cautious now and it will take a while before we see a return in spending. we also had unemployment figures. unemployment was down, the number of jobs had increased. it sounds good but it depends on the type ofjobs they are, doesn't it? overall it is good news, we did see quite a big surge in employment. newjobs being created and unemployment lead is is ata created and unemployment lead is is at a very low level. we see that the number of underemployed people want to work more hours than they are currently working. 0verall to work more hours than they are currently working. overall i think this is a pretty positive set of data. what about product to the tea?

—— productivity? data. what about product to the tea? -- productivity? although the economy has been very good at creating jobs, the output from those jobs has been growing at a very slow pace. that's a big worry for the bank of england as it means that our economy went the growing as fast as it could be. you mentioned those figures at the top, wages up to .9% for the three months to march. wages ahead of inflation, do you think that gap will widen going forward?” think it might. we've seen energy prices rising in recent weeks and thatis prices rising in recent weeks and that is vented feed through into the inflation rate. 0verall work likely to see a further pick—up... it's likely that will eased slightly higher public sector wages. that should mean that wages are rising at

a faster pace than prices. thank you. a £68 million loss over 6 months might not sound great but for easyjet it's boosted their share price almost 3%. the budget carrier cut its losses, expanding capacity and integrating the parts of air berlin it bought last year. easyjet chief executive johan lundgren says the airline has benefited from the demise of monarch airlines and air france's struggles. seattle has voted to impose a new tax of $275 a year per employee on the biggest companies based there, which include amazon and starbucks in a bid to tackle a housing crisis and homelessness. both amazon and starbucks have expressed their disappointment at the move, but seattle's mayor says the tax strikes a balance that will allow innovation to continue. us retailer gap has apologised for selling t—shirts which it said showed an "incorrect map" of china. the design featured just the mainland and not territories that china also claims, such as taiwan. a picture of the t—shirt was posted on chinese social media network,

weibo, generating hundreds of complaints. the ceo of vodafone ‘s leaving. easyj et, the ceo of vodafone ‘s leaving. easyjet, a the ceo of vodafone ‘s leaving. easyj et, a loss the ceo of vodafone ‘s leaving. easyjet, a loss of 68 million. it's definitely moving in the right direction. it looks like there may be more scope for legalised gambling in the us. william has a subsidiary in the us. william has a subsidiary in the us. william has a subsidiary in the us. it's down today because we are hearing more about these fixed odds, betting terminals, something that the gambling industry relies heavily on. you can bet up to £100. we are waiting to yes that cap

can fall as low as £2 and william hill thing that could cause their business to suffer. can you remember the last time you saw a rabbit in the wild? there's been a 61% drop in the number of sightings in the last 20 years according to a recent survey. to try and help keep track of their numbers, the mammal society wants members of the public to help gather information about wild bunnies with the use of a new app. tim muffett was on lookout in lackford lakes in bury st edmunds. we are looking out for a rabbit. morning and the reason doing that is because the british trust for logy because the british trust for mythology monitors mammals as well as birds. there have been quite a few of them but there have been disappearing as of been on air. paul, what can of drugs have you noticed in rabbit numbers? we have

noticed in rabbit numbers? we have noticed a lot of rabbit population across the uk. what is the reason for this? it is a disease that is driving it which is called amaretto krabbe disease. the rabbits dying underground. we're not seeing rabbits littering the countryside. we arejust rabbits littering the countryside. we are just noticing fewer rabbits. they are here but in smaller numbers. we'lljust have a quick chat to samantha because many people consider rabbits pests. they could crops, damaged trees. what are the positive aspects of rabbits? they've been here for a very long time and been here for a very long time and been introduced by the romans. there are an important part of the ecosystem. we have got some very

lovely tiny plants and bees actually are here because of the grazing of the rabbits and so they prevent other vegetation, more invasive pla nts other vegetation, more invasive plants from growing on these rarest sights. and also through the ground disturbance is as well, through their digging disturbance is as well, through theirdigging and making disturbance is as well, through their digging and making their warrants. they creating these lovely patches of soils. we are there people getting in touch with us this morning saying that rabbits are a pain as they are eating their crops. wages for the line? we have affected the landscape so much before rabbits we re year the landscape so much before rabbits were year that actually now they are integral to maintaining these habitats. the 60% decline over 20 yea rs, habitats. the 60% decline over 20 years, that is a big drop. what kind

of numbers have you noticed? we have lost u p of numbers have you noticed? we have lost up to 95% of the rabbit population and that is huge and because of that we have lost two thirds of the heath and there. it is usually concerning because a lot of the species are associated there, some of which are only found in that area. and there is an app being launched today by the mammal society where people can identify rabbits if they see them out and about. i important are these? they are important are these? they are important because the ones that are declining rapidly, we don't know where to put the emphasis. without knowing exactly where the problems are, we can't follow it up. hopefully we will see a few more rabbits. there's a programme on at 330 today and they are discussing

this issue in more detail. and then to turn around and i thought there was going to be a mass of rabid right behind me as a farewell to eve ryo ne right behind me as a farewell to everyone watching at home, but never mind. who knows, hopefully those declines. full. a group of hikers camping on a volcano in indonesia had a lucky escape when it started to erupt. the group were cooking breakfast on mount merap — indonesia's most active volcano — when a huge plume of thick smoke emerged a short distance from the campers. the eruption sent a giant ash column 18 thousand feet into the sky, forcing families living nearby to evacuate their homes. there were no immediate reports of casualties. the headlines are coming up on the bbc news channel. in a moment we say goodbye

to viewers on bbc two — first we leave you with for a look at the weather... we have got lots of sunshine across the uk at the moment. it has been a lovely start of the day. in wimbledon, this 1's own signature enjoying the blue skies and sunshine. it is warm and it was yesterday. there is some cloud around, much of it around scotland and northern ireland. a bit of cloud and northern ireland. a bit of cloud and missed along the iris moc. the cloud across northern ireland and scotla nd cloud across northern ireland and scotland will gradually move its way south woods. for england and wales, blue skies and sunshine and warm than yesterday. a bit cooler further

north and west. 0vernight, that area of cloud and patchy rain will move its way further south and east would into england and wales. clear skies scotla nd into england and wales. clear skies scotland and northern ireland. two to three celsius in england and wales. england and wales start off rather cloudy. patchy rain moving south eastwards. we will see some sunshine coming through northern england and certainly for scotland there will be some sunshine into the afternoon. apart from the central belts, temperatures getting up to 16,17 degrees. belts, temperatures getting up to 16, 17 degrees. cooler in wales compared to today. the cooler areas come on in india and the weather front. temperatures will be in the mid—to the high teens. for many of

us mid—to the high teens. for many of us it is cant be a fairly bright day was some sunshine and a bit of cloud. temperatures in the mid—teens. some areas will be a bit below and some that be have delete above. a high pressure in charge of the weather for saturday. dry weather and some cloud. for the royal wedding, or indeed for any street parties, most of us are looking at a dryer picture was some cloud developing in the afternoon. temperatures in the weekend getting into the high teens or the low 20s. goodbye. this is bbc news, and these are the top stories developing at midday. palestinians begin to bury their dead a day after israeli troops killed dozens of people and injured thousands in gaza. inside the hospital, there are a lot

of people with gunshot wounds. there is shock here in gaza at the scale of the killing. yes, they were expecting casualties, but more than 50 isa expecting casualties, but more than 50 is a lot. palestinian territories remain tense. this is the scene now on the israeli border with gaza. meghan markle's half sister says their father was taken advantage of by the media and she hopes he will still attend the wedding. my father has really suffered at the hands of the media. and they have presented him in the most horrible ways, highly inaccurate, and the goal of those photographs was basically because he was feeling defenceless. wages overtake the cost of living for the first time in more than a year as unemployment falls to its lowest rate since the 1970s. privacy campaigners find a failure rate of more than 90% in facial recognition systems used by police at major events.

also, breeding like rabbits? perhaps not — a call for walkers and cyclists to look out for them as the number of sightings drops by 60% in 20 years. # you can't always get what you want... the rolling stones say they'll reclaim their song, you can't always get what you want from donald trump. they're starting their first tour of britain and ireland for a decade. good afternoon. it's tuesday 15th may. i'm ben brown. welcome to bbc newsroom live the first funerals have taken place of 60 palestinians killed by israeli troops in gaza yesterday,

in the deadliest day of violence there since 2014. the situation remains tense, as today marks the 70th anniversary of what palestinians call the catastrophe when hundreds of thousands of people fled or were expelled from their homes as a result of the creation of israel. the palestinian president, mahmoud abbas, called the deaths a massacre and called for the un security council to act. but the us defended israel, saying it was protecting its borders. andrew plant reports. it was a day of violence that saw dozens of people killed and hundreds more injured. palestinian protesters hurled stones, israeli security forces opened fire in return. israel's prime minister said his military was acting in self defence, saying palestinian group hamas had mixed armed fighters in with the civilian protesters.

america has also blamed hamas for the violence. the responsibility for these tragic deaths rests squarely with hamas. hamas is intentionally and cynically provoking this response. this violence has brought international attention. these protesters took to the streets in turkey. the united nations has talked of outrageous violations of human rights. russia has been highly critical of america's decision to move its embassy. translation: we have given our negative assessment of this decision on several occasions. one cannot change the agreement set by the international community. germany said israel had a right to defend itself, while france's president emmanuel macron condemned the violence. three days of mourning have now been declared by the palestinian president mahmoud abbas. the fear is the violence may not be over with more

protests planned this week. 0ur middle east editorjeremy bowen is at gaza's main hospital where staff are treating the many people injured in the in the violence yesterday. this is the outside wall of gaza's main hospital, celebrating paramedics, firefighters. emergency services were very busy yesterday. and inside the hospital are a lot of people with gun shot wounds. there is shock here in gaza at the scale of the killing. yes, they were of course expecting casualties, but more than 50 is a lot. that's the biggest number killed since the war of 2014. the thing about gaza, the thing about the conflict between israelis and palestinians, is that the issue at the heart of it doesn't change. and that issue is that there are two peoples on one piece of land,

and until they can find a way to share it, they will continue to suffer. 0ur correspondent feras kilani spoke to us from gaza a little earlier. it is calm so far, as you can see, we don't know why. but according to some sources we talked to, it seemed like hamas removed all its activists from these positions, we are talking about different positions here in gaza and at the israeli border. yesterday evening, after 60 people had been killed by israeli fire, we understand hamas asked all their supporters to withdraw from the borders and this is what happened in front of us. we expected something bigger today as it is the 70th anniversary of what the palestinians call al—nakba, the date of the creation of israel, palestinians call it al—nakba, or the catastrophe. we expected thousands to protest,

even dozens of thousands but nothing so far, it's 1pm local time. according to other palestinian factions, they were very angry at hamas's position because they have been preparing for this for weeks now. it seems like nothing big is going to happen because of egyptian mediation. the political bureau chief of hamas had met the chief of intelligence in egypt a couple of days ago, and egyptians officials promised hamas to ease the siege. we are not sure what happened exactly, but i think this is the reason, this mediation. as you can see this is the border here, just a few kids here. at the same time yesterday, there were thousands of palestinians trying to cross the fence in front of us, and dozens of them got killed or injured in front of our camera. the israelis are very calm

on the other side, so i don't know if it is going to stay like this, or two hours from now, something will change. but we do not think it will be that large. let's just show you the scene on the israel gaza borderless, relatively calm compared to yesterday, clearly, when we had around about 60 people killed. the funerals of those who we re killed. the funerals of those who were killed yesterday taking place today. and all of that coinciding yesterday, of course, with the opening by the united states of their new embassy, very co ntroversially, their new embassy, very controversially, injuries to them. this -- in controversially, injuries to them. this —— injerusalem. this was the

bloodiest day for palestinians since the 2014 gaza conflict. but the moment at the israel gaza border, quite a lot, today. it is more calm today. kensington palace says prince harry and meghan markle have appealed for "understanding and respect" for her father following a report that he's decided not to attend their wedding on saturday. thomas markle has been accused of posing for photographs for the paparazzi. richard lister who's in windsor said it was unclear who walk meghan markle down the aisle. he is with us right now. preparation is just he is with us right now. preparation isjust a he is with us right now. preparation is just a few days away, we still do not really know who is going to walk out down the aisle? we don't, and i think anybody who has been through a wedding on any scale will sympathise with the fact that at this moment, just a few days before the wedding is due to take place, it's still not entirely clear whether the father of

the bride will be here. kensington palace says this is a deeply personal moment for meghan markle, you can understand that a few days before the wedding. we also understand that she is hopeful her father will be able attend, it is her wish that he will attend. things are influx, her wish that he will attend. things are in flux, behind the scenes there are in flux, behind the scenes there are negotiations and discussions under way to see if there can be an outcome everybody is happy with. we have heard from meghan markle's half sister samantha, she spoke on good morning britain this morning, she has spoken about what she regards as press intrusion that her father suffered. my father has really suffered. my father has really suffered at the hands of the media. they have presented him in the most horrible ways, highly inaccurate and to the call of those photographs was basically because he was —— the goal of the photographs was basically because he was feeling defenceless. they have the advantage of

portraying him however they wanted which was entirely inaccurate and i think a person has a right to say wait a think a person has a right to say waita minute, think a person has a right to say wait a minute, enough is enough, i wa nt wait a minute, enough is enough, i want to be portrayed howl wait a minute, enough is enough, i want to be portrayed how i really am. the mistake that he made was refusing to do interviews and allowing the media to absolutely ra ke allowing the media to absolutely rake him over the coal to the extent that he was defenceless and they had distorted his image. it was entirely unjust and i think he had the right to defend himself and get to the point where he wanted to say no, they had an obligation, an ethical obligation to allow me to be portrayed as i am. living a healthy life style, portrayed as i am. living a healthy lifestyle, not an unflattering positions, as the media vultures had done. and that was the goal. it's understood that meghan markle is distressed and concerned about the well—being of her father. distressed and concerned about the well—being of herfather. he is not a well man, there were reports that he'd had a minor heart attack a few days ago although those reports have

not been independently confirmed. there is a great deal that we really don't know. samantha markle did refer to the speculation about her father's health. he was really having heart pains and suffered a heart attack. it was, it was an unbelievable amount of stress, by his reports they were stabilising him. ithink his reports they were stabilising him. i think he wants to go to the hospital and get checked out, i don't know as of today what his are plans but there's a very real concern, i wanted to see him go. i didn't want him to price of that. but cleared — — didn't want him to price of that. but cleared —— deprived of that. clearly the priority should be whether or knot it is safe for him to do that. that's where we are at. prince harry has of course not actually met his prospective father—in—law, this was the week when both meghan's mother and father

we re when both meghan's mother and father were supposed to be in the country so they could lead prince harry and other members of the royal family and get some sense of what life was going to be like for their daughter. those plans are up in the earth, time is running out but clearly kensington palace will be keen to make sure this is need good in a way thatis make sure this is need good in a way that is good for everybody. the latest figures on the economy show that unemployment has fallen again. according to the office for national statistics, the number of people out of work dipped by 46,000 between january and march to a total of 1.42 million. at the same time the number of people in work rose by 197,000 to its highest in nearly five decades. average earnings, not counting bonuses, rose in the 12 months to march by 2.6%, and they've slightly overtaken the inflation rate for the first time in more than a year. the government says

these figures cement the turnaround in the economy. the scottish parliament is expected to reject a key part of the uk government's brexit legislation today. under the eu withdrawal bill, some devolved powers would be temporarily retained by westminster after brexit. after months of wrangling with westminster, the scottish government has submitted a motion making clear it does "not consent to the european union bill". the greens, scottish labour and the liberal democrats say they'll back the snp. 0ur scotland correspondent, lorna gordon told me the vote could pile more pressure on the prime minister. a brexit headache and a constitutional headache as well if as expected the scottish parliament this afternoon votes to refuse consent to the main piece of the uk's brexit legislation. it is all about devolved powers and what happens in 23 policy areas, in things like agriculture

and fishing, to do with the position after brexit. nicola sturgeon, scotland's first minister, calls this a matter of principle. she says this is a power grab by the westminster government on those powers that should return from brussels after brexit. theresa may rejects this saying that in orderfor regulations to stay the same throughout the united kingdom, they have to first return to london. what we have this afternoon is this vote in the scottish parliament which will be backed by labour, the greens and the liberal democrats but it is likely that the scottish conservatives will vote against, what it will then result in is that it will be the first time that holyrood has ever refused consent to westminster legislation. they do not have the power to block the brexit bill, theresa may could impose

the legislation but in turn, that would be the first time that westminster has pushed through legislation against the holyrood parliament's wishes. so you can see that there's a big argument, a big stand—off brewing. nicola sturgeon said that this would be unprecedented and uncharted waters. the scottish secretary david mandel has refused to answer questions on whether they would go ahead and pushed through the legislation without consent from holyrood, instead saying he's focusing on trying to find agreement. no one quite knows what will happen after this vote this afternoon if as expected they vote against the withdrawal bill. meanwhile at westminster, the cabinet‘s brexit sub—committee has met this morning as discussions continue about customs arrangements after the uk leaves the eu. at their last meeting, two weeks ago, ministers

were divided over the two options put forward by theresa may. she has said the uk will withdraw from the customs union. let's go back to the situation in the middle east, where the first funerals have taken place of people killed in the violence at the israeli gaza border. we are now hearing that the death toll has risen to 60, including an eight—month—old baby who died from tear gas, which her family eight—month—old baby who died from tear gas, which herfamily said she had inhaled at a protest camp yesterday. yollande knell is on the israeli side of the border with gaza. we are hearing it a bit quieter this morning, a little quieter and, after those dreadful scenes we saw yesterday. so here, we are opposite

one of the palestinian protest camps, off in the distance, you can see a palestinian flag and one of the white tents that has been set up. that is a protest site i have been at in recent weeks and even here you can see there are not some of the numbers we have seen at previous occasions on the border. but there have been, inside gaza, large crowds turning out for the funerals of those several dozen people who are killed. there was an expectation afterwards that many of those mourners would come back to the border protests. this was always supposed to be the culmination of six weeks of protest because it is the traditional date when the palestinians commemorate what they call the nakba, or the catastrophe. they are remembering how back in 1948, hundreds of thousands of palestinians were forced of lead from their homes in the fighting that followed the creation of the state of israel. —— they were forced or fled from state of israel. —— they were forced orfled from their

state of israel. —— they were forced or fled from their homes. we saw some israeli tear gas being fired, before the wind blew it away, also some black smoke coming from burning tires on the palestinian side. at the moment things are relatively calm and there is a lot going on diplomatically to try and ease the situation in gaza, to try and calm things down. there has been a lot of international condemnation about what has happened, international calls for restraint but at the same time, israel has been defending its force's action, saying they are defending israel itself, its borders and its sovereignty, and many people here are worried about a mass in full traction across the perimeter fence by hundreds of palestinians entering into israeli territory. washington back to them up, they both said it was hamas who controls gaza who were stirring up violence

along the border. is it clear why fewer palestinians have turned up at the border to demonstrate today, has there been an instruction by hamas four example for longer people not to go and protest? and they have not been ordered not to protest but there have been not as miracles for people to go and turn up for the protest. —— there have not been as many calls. it is natural people would stay awake after at day of intense violence and that is the same as what we have seen before in the last six weeks. in terms of the casualties, clearly the hospitals in gaza have been struggling to cope with so many casualties. there have been calls for people to donate blood and so on. that's correct, more than 2000 people injured, many of them with live fire and shot in the legs. we were told doctors were struggling to cope with that in the

hospitals in gaza. 0n struggling to cope with that in the hospitals in gaza. on sunday, some medical supplies went in. now the commercial crossing between israel and gaza, after that was damaged by protesters in previous weeks, israel saying this was an act of sabotage by palestinians, particularly last friday. even burning some of the fuel lines which takes fuel into gaza, and of course the hospitals rely on that with all the electricity shortages to run their generators. some goods have been going through that crossing once again and we are told to medical supplies is something that is being prioritised. and on the israeli side where you are, what have the government been saying? clearly there has been a lot of international in condemnation once again of the actions of the israeli security forces, but what have the government been saying? the israeli government been saying? the israeli government has been very firm and very consistent in terms of defending what they say is of the

regular rules of engagement used by the israeli military along the border. they point out that some hamas militants have been killed in recent weeks, they say there were attem pts recent weeks, they say there were atte m pts to recent weeks, they say there were attempts to find things like improvised explosive devices along the fence, and they accused some of the fence, and they accused some of the militants in gaza of using their thousands of people who turned out as almost a human shield so they could carry out attacks. thank you very much. the un human rights office has condemned what it described as ‘appalling deadly violence' by israeli security forces in gaza yesterday and called for an independent investigation. spokesman rupert colville said the use of lethal force was not justified. we condemn the appalling violence

yesterday in —— we condemn the appalling violence yesterday. of those injured, 155 are in critical condition. six children and a health worker are among those who lost their lives, and ten journalists suffered gunshot wounds. we already crumbling health care system in gaza has been placed under incredible strain. and those suffering lice —— life—threatening injuries are suffering greatly. the headlines on bbc newsroom live. palestinians begin to bury their dead — a day after israeli troops killed dozens of people and injured thousands in gaza. meghan markle's half sister says their father was taken advantage of by the media and she hopes he will still attend the wedding. wages overtake inflation for the first time

in more than a year as unemployment falls to its lowest let's get all the latest sports news. a great night for fulham last night. we will show you some of the goals ina we will show you some of the goals in a moment. good afternoon. some tra nsfer in a moment. good afternoon. some transfer speculation of saud, managerial speculation, marco silva is the leading candidate to take over from is the leading candidate to take overfrom sam is the leading candidate to take over from sam alla rdyce is the leading candidate to take over from sam allardyce at everton. we understand they approached the former watford manager after sacking ronald koeman in november. he was eventually sacked by watford in january with the club blaming everton for unsettling their results and affecting their results. alla rdyce has and affecting their results. allardyce has another year on his contract that he has admitted he does not feel confident about keeping hisjob with

does not feel confident about keeping his job with fans generally not impressed with the team's style of play under him even though they did geta of play under him even though they did get a top half finish. fulham have reached the championship play—off final, the first wembley appearance since 1975. they trailed derby 1—0 into the second leg of the semifinal at craven cottage before their star man this season squared their star man this season squared the tie in the second half. the houseis the tie in the second half. the house is brought down with the winner, they go into the final 2—1 on aggregate. they will meet either aston villa or middlesbrough in the final, their second lector night, villa 1—0 up. pep guardiola is expecting are relaxing summer after his team was dubbed the centurions this week. they had a record—breaking season, in which they amassed 100 points. pep guardiola deserves a rest,

probably. i'm not going to speak to the next season. this summer is, believe me, we're going to see the world cup, on the sofa, good beer, good red wine, enjoying the season. and we start, when we start, we will come back stronger. the wales and lions rugby union full—back leigh halfpenny will miss the scarlet pro 14 semifinal this sunday. he is failed to recover from a hamstring tear, not thought to be too serious so he could be fit in time for the final in 11 days' time if scarlet ‘s debt through. former british olympic champion darren campbell says he is relieved to be alive. he suffered at bleed on the brain. he regularly appears on the brain. he regularly appears on the bbc‘s athletic coverage, most recently a month ago. he told us he

will not be working at all this summer as he will not be working at all this summeras he can will not be working at all this summer as he can concentrate on getting better and spending time with his family. you can follow a thrilling final day of ireland's debut test against pakistan just outside dublin, pakistan just outside dublin, pakistan chasing 160 to win but they have had an almighty wobble, they are currently 30—3. that is on the bbc sport website. we will have more after the one pmqs. —— to 1pm news. the husband of nazanin zaghari—ratcliffe, the british—iranian woman jailed in iran for spying, says his wife could be facing fresh charges. richard ratcliffe has urged the foreign secretary, borisjohnson, to raise her case when he meets his iranian, french and german counterparts in brussels today. they will be discussing whether they can salvage the iran nuclear deal, after the united states withdrew from it last week. discussions around end of life wishes for cancer patients are not being had until it is too

late, according to a new study. research by macmillan cancer support found maintaining a "fighting attitude" can have a negative effect on the care preferences of terminally ill patients and creates a barrier to vital conversations about dying. new look is under fire for charging customers more for larger sized clothing. angry customers have criticised the high street brand, claiming it's put a fat tax on plus—size clothing. for example, a size 12 pair of pants costs £19.99 while size 18 is three pounds more. the company is reviewing its pricing structure. a report has found a failure rate of more than ninety per cent in facial recognition systems used by police at major events. the civil liberties group, big brother watch, has described the technology as "dangerous and inaccurate". police forces are defending it. our technology correspondent

rory cellan—jones has more. the champions league final in cardiff last year, and south wales police are trying out a new way of monitoring the crowd. but facial recognition technology isn't a great success — it ends up wrongly identifying people as being on the police database 93% of the time. at the notting hill carnival, the same technology has performed even worse for the metropolitan police, with a 98% failure rate in identifying people on the watch list. now a civil liberties group says the whole experiment should end. what we're building is essentially a mass surveillance system that can biometrically track, locate, and identify, or misidentify people everywhere they go. and i think we need to stop and ask ourselves the question, is this something that we want? technology to identify faces in a crowd is pretty hit and miss at the moment. but it's making rapid progress and the police say they need to work out whether it can help them protect the public at major events.

metropolitan police say they always make additional checks to confirm whether someone has been correctly identified by the technology. south wales police released this video showing how their system works and defended it against its critics. those very lurid headlines we have seen, and very negative reports really don't tell the full story of how much it does help us. china is way ahead in the use of facial recognition, with a vast database of its citizens. but big brother watch is asking whether the uk really wants to go down the same path. louise lear has the weather now. let's go let's go back to the situation in the middle east. let's talk to the representative from the israeli prime minister's office, a

former ambassador to the united states, who joined us former ambassador to the united states, whojoined us from former ambassador to the united states, who joined us from tel aviv. thank you for being with us. just explain what happened yesterday when 60 palestinians, it now seems, were killed by your thesaurus security forces on the border with gaza including an eight—month—old baby? they declare their intentions to send terrorist to our border, to bring the border and destroy our state. it is that simple. 0ur soldiers are entrusted and carried out orders to defend the country. mighty mac simply put, if anybody, those who were killed or injured, are all that blames polls on one set of shoulders, that is hamas. wildlife by really the only way to deal with those protesters? 40,000

present pleat protesters, the answer the army has repeatedly given, and i cast theirjudgment, the army has repeatedly given, and i cast their judgment, is unequivocally yes. chris has backed the yugo regretted those deaths? and regret any deaths, certainly of civilians anywhere. right now the syrian army killing hundreds or thousands of palestinians in the refugee camps outside of damascus, not that anyone seems to care. i regret those as well. this is not israel's fault, in either case. we are not sending these surveys up to the fence to break two 8p and try to kill off the billions. we are not responsible for the humanitarian crisis in gaza, hamas has created that. it is starting its own population. israel has the only "and into gaza. we are moving 200 trucks a day, hamas bond down and now the duke of bedford tried to get through with food were turned back by hamas. they want a great despair and these

demonstrations so that we can have this interview. let me tell you what the un human rights commission office has been saying. its spokesman says, it was appalling, deadly violence by israeli security forces. what is your response? the un human rights council condemns israel more frequently than all other states in the world combined. far more frequently than north korea or assad in syria. i don't think it isa or assad in syria. i don't think it is a really objective source. the united states has stood with us, us still has stood with us, many countries understand that what israel is doing on the gaza border is defending its citizens and right to exist. but what they say is that legal for may only be used as a last resort,

not a first resort. they say it seems that on the garter is really border, it seems, anyone is liable to be shot dead. again, the un human rights council is not an objective source in any way for the state of israel, and the word seems is the right one. they are not there, they are not israeli soldiers charged with defending a border assaulted by 40,000 people, many of them armed and coming for the express purpose of killing israeli civilians. that isa of killing israeli civilians. that is a situation in gaza. the fault lies solely with hamas, they are bringing these people and creating the despondency in gaza by denying people food and electricity. hamas has 24/7 electricity. whatever money they have goes to the tunnels to build more israelis. it is a radical jihadist terrible totalitarian

organisation. a terrorist organisation. a terrorist organisation. why anyone is blaming israel for this is a mystery to me. what is the israeli government doing right now to rebuild the peace process ? right now to rebuild the peace process? yesterday we had an historic event, the inauguration of the us embassy, i was present. and talked about the need to restore and resume peace negotiations, president trump thought about it, has close adviser also, repeatedly. trump thought about it, has close adviseralso, repeatedly. president trump has appointed not one but has many are three different peace envoys here to the region, they are working and i am working with them, they are serious, we are serious. we need partners, palestinian partners to come back to the table. they have not sat with us for nine years. i was at that last round, they lasted all of six hours. palestinians did not avail themselves of eight years on the most pro—palestinian president in history, barack 0bama. they still do not come to the table.

we hope it will do so now know that israel's relationship of this suny harrop countries is closer. we are poised for a breakthrough. thank you for joining poised for a breakthrough. thank you forjoining us. as we've been hearing, doubts remain about whether megan markle's father will attend his daughter's wedding to prince harry on saturday. the couple have appealed for "understanding and respect", following reports that thomas markle posed for papparazzi pictures. let's get moe on this from victoria howard. she's the editor of the crown chronicle and joins us by webcam. we still don't know who is right to

walk meghan markle down the aisle. who would've thought this have happened? who would've thought this have happened ? the who would've thought this have happened? the palace will not have a contingency plan for this. it is a military operation in a royal wedding. but no one expects thomas to pull out in the last few days. we will see. i personally think it would be lovely to see meghan boss mike mother to walk down the. meghan and how am disposed to go in the car together to winter. it was at that point that thomas was going to take her arm at the chapel door. i think it would be a nice touch for glory and to do that, they are very close. it would not be an unprecedented royal move. queen victoria and two of her own daughters down the aisle, because prince albert was not around. and unusual move but not unheard of. do you feel sorry for meghan? it must be quite distressing, just a few days before the wedding. i am sure many people will relate to her predicament. there is not a little niggle in the family, this kind of wedding. if it

proves how normality, but they have heard from some other markram, and her half brother thomas. they been had critical of her, saying she does not take care of that side of the family. it seems to boil down to money and fame. i am sure a lot of the public feel for her. do they get will disrupt preparations for the wedding? i am sure the palace is scrambling right now to rectify the situation get thomas back on board. i possibly think that the wedding might be overshadowed by this. hopefully everything goes to plan and thomas will block his daughter down the aisle. i deftly think the wedding be remembered for this. it is not a scandal but definitely a news story. you are still looking forward to the big day? yes, i have got plenty of work coming up in terms of appearances with people

like yourself, the bbc, and we will be doing lots of coverage on it. it will be a happy day but all the doom and gloom that we have had recently, trump, korea, the royal baby had now a wedding. it is a nice upbeat story for the spring. the as we've been reporting, the government is still holding internal debates about the kind of customs relationship it wants with the european union after brexit. a lot of it boils down to how open borders can be once the uk leaves the eu customs union and its single market. technology can help limit disruption at borders, but it cannot yet make them entirely frictionless. chris morris from our reality check team has been looking at a few examples. as we have often reported, one of the most ethical issues in brexit is how to ensure there is no great time toa how to ensure there is no great time to a hard border between northern ireland and the irish republic. 0nce

this becomes the external border, the single market and the customs union, that is what has been promised, no physical infrastructure or checks of any kind at the border. it continues to look much like this. what can we learn from other ee due external borders around europe? first of all, let's head north. the border between norway and sweden. sweden is in the eu, here in blue, norway is not. it is part of the single market but not the customs union. this is one of the simplest customs borders to cross the world, lorries only ever have to stop once. at the main border crossing, norwegian custom said a deal with around 1300 lorries every day, which is less than a tenth of the number that passed through dover. the average time from when a lorry arrived in italy's 20 minutes. impressive but not entirely frictionless. next we go south to

the border between turkey and bulgaria. again, bulgaria is in the eu and turkey is not. but turkey does have a customs union with you foremost manufactured goods. here the delays are much longer, huge queues of lorries are normal. it ta kes queues of lorries are normal. it takes hours for goods to cross the border, and sometimes drivers have to wait for more than 24 hours. being ina to wait for more than 24 hours. being in a customs union does not automatically make your border with ee you disappear. if you are outside the single market and it is common set of rules and regulations, our third border in the middle between france and switzerland. france is a founding eu member, the swiss are not in the eu but are part of the single market. thanks to a series of bilateral agreements. again they are not in the customs union. this is often held up as an example of what could be achieved in ireland. here there is physical infrastructure at

all the main crossings. it is still all the main crossings. it is still a hard border. the average waiting time for the lorries carrying goods, according to the international road transport union, from 20 minutes to more than two hours. if the inspections had to be carried out. technology is improving things, and streamlining customs procedures and borders. it will do more of that in the years to come. but if the uk leaves all the eu's economic structures, there is currently no example anywhere around europe or further afield that can keep the irish border after brexit as open as it is now. live to the house of commons where labour's shadow foreign secretary, emily thornberry mp, will ask the goverment to make a statement on the violence in gaza and the impact on the middle east peace process. we now know that 60 people in all

wear killed, 60 palestinians including an eight—month—old baby. who died of tear gas inhalation. these are live pictures from the west bank. on gaza, on the gaza israel border, a bit quieter today. no sign of a repetition of anything like the scale of the bios that we saw yesterday. in the commons, there is going to be a question in the next couple of minutes, and urgent question about the gaza situation will stop the shadow foreign secretary emily thornberry will be asking that. the foreign office minister alistair burt is going to be answering that. there has already been a lot of international condemnation of the scenes of violence that we saw yesterday. let's listen in to the commons, that urgent question. it impact on the

middle east peace process. thank you, mr speaker. as i said it in the statement i put out from the foreign and commonwealth office yesterday, the bias in gaza and the west bank has been shocking. the loss of life, large numberof has been shocking. the loss of life, large number of injured palestinians including children, is tragic. it is extreme the worrying that the number of those killed continues to rise. such myers is destructive to peace efforts. we have been clear that the united kingdom supports the palestinians right to peaceful protest. it is deplorable but we'll that extremist elements had been exporting these protest for their own violent purposes. we will not waver from our support for israel's right to defend its borders, but the large volume of life i is extremely concerning. we continue to implore

israel to show greater restraint. the united kingdom remains committed toa the united kingdom remains committed to a two state solution with jerusalem as a shared capital. all sides now need to show real leadership and courage, promote calm, refrain from the inflaming tensions further and show with the dude urgency that a part of a two state solution is through negotiation and peace. we agree with united nations secretary general public envoy that the situation is desperate and deteriorating. the international community must step up efforts. we call on the un special representative of the secretary general to bring forward proposals to address the situation in gaza. these should include easing the restrictions on access of movement, international support for infrastructure and economic development projects. we also reiterate our support for the egyptian led reconciliation process and the return of the pa to full administration of the gaza strip. we must look forwards and work are gently towards a resolution of the

long—standing issues between israel and the palestinian people, now more than ever we need a clinical process that delivers a two state solution. every death and every winding casts a shadow for the future. the human tragedy should be used not a small building blocks for in the rubble positions which will lead to more confrontation but as a spur for urgent change. yesterday demonstrates why peace is urgently needed. i am very grateful for granting this urgent question. yesterday's horrific massacre in the gaza border left at least 58 bed and almost 3000 injured. but bots today with those palestinians mourning their loved ones or waking with life changing injuries. ——, thoughts today. what makes it worse is that they did not come as a result of accidental overreaction to one—day's protest, but as the result of a

culmination of six weeks and a p pa re ntly culmination of six weeks and apparently calculated and deliberate policy to kill and maim an armed protesters. who pose no threat to the forces on the gaza border. many of them shot in the back of my many of them shot in the back of my many of them shot hundreds of metres from the border, and many of them children. if we are in a doubt about the lethal intent of the israeli snipers working on the border, i'm afraid we only need to look at the wounds suffered by their victims. on hunting websites, in america, they regularly debate the merits of 7.6 millimetres bullets, versus the 5.5 millimetres bullets, versus the 5.5 millimetre bullet. the letter they say is effective when you want a wounded multiple internal organs. the former is preferred by some because it is designed to mushroom and fragment. to do maximum internal damage. it was this ammunition that

was used in gaza yesterday against men, women and children. on the very first day of the violence, the un secretary—general called for an independent investigation into this incident, and last night the kuwaiti government asked the un security council to agree a statement doing the same. only to be vetoed by the united states. while i agree with every word of that statement, it is easy to see why the usa vetoed, because that is critical of their jerusalem embassy move. can i ask the minister of state today if he will take the initiative notjust in supporting a new security council statement, but in helping draft a new statement, making no criticism of any party and a link to any other issue, but simply calling for an urgent and independent investigation into the violence in gaza, to assess whether international law has been broken, and to hold those

responsible to account. a statement that note country could object to, not even the us unless they are prepared to make the case that there is one rule for the government of israel and another one for everyone else. i believe that the investigation must be the start of an effort at the un and elsewhere to bring urgent and concerted international pressure on the netanyahu government to lift the illegal blockade on gaza and comply with the un resolutions ordering them to remove their illegal settle m e nts them to remove their illegal settlements and end the illegal occupation of palestinian territories. if yesterday's death can act as a catalyst for that action, then at least able not have beenin action, then at least able not have been in vain. in the interim, especially as the protest resumed today, would be minister of state join me in urging the israeli forces serving on the gaza border to show some long overdue responsibility to their fellow human beings and stop

this vicious slaughter.” their fellow human beings and stop this vicious slaughter. i am grateful to the honourable lady for both of the question and for her response. ijoin with her in relation to the victims. we have no side here except with the victims. all i concern should be how to prevent and stop there being more victims. the honourable lady made a series of allegations in relation to the use of live rounds and the like. it is precisely because of such allegations that there should be an investigation into this. the uk has been clear in calling for urgently a need to establish the facts of what happened, including by such a volume of life i was used. we are supportive of that independent transparent investigation. already our team at the united nations are working with others in relation to what we can do with that. there are different forms of enquiry that are

possible through the lighted nations. we have to find the right formula. it is important to find out all the facts and we will work in relation to that. in terms of gaza asi relation to that. in terms of gaza as i indicated, i spoke just this morning to the un special envoy in relation to gaza, about looking forward in relation to gaza, because as she indicates and we know, the years in relation to gaza which comes from ever writing of different sources, notjust the blockade. it does involve the governorship and leadership in gaza is self. it has contributed to the most desperate of situations, i'm sure she has been there recently has i have, and as i said, compared to when i was last there in 2014, the situation is more hopeless and more desperate. they need to address that urgently is clear. if i might say in conclusion, there was an element missing in her

response. that is not to mention at all any possible complicit involvement hamas with the events. in all fairness, if we are to look at these circumstances of this, we need to take that into account. it is very easy and tempting to take one side or the other. if any of us have made statements about this in the last 24 hours, it is very clear the last 24 hours, it is very clear the views out there are completely binary, no acceptance of those who support the state of israel of an understanding in the circumstances of gaza, and no understanding of those who supported the palestinian cause of any circumstances that might affect israel and the impact should be border be breached and a tax on the israeli side of the border. the uk will not get into that, we will be clear that unless there is a political solution to this, that at some stage the sort of

people in the past who did understand both sides and were prepared to work together, the voices that were still not by their promise but by extremist is the inside that killed those working for peace in the past, let me hear those voices for peace again, we've not resolve it. we will be back again and i'm sure she will help as well her colleagues in taking the view, because as we started, we have to think of the victims first as he held we prevent them being more victims in the future. we will leave that debate there. we heard from emily thornberry, talking about the greater slaughter and the horrific massacre on the israel gaza border yesterday. she said it was a deliberate policy by the israelis to kill and deliberate policy by the israelis to killand maim on deliberate policy by the israelis to kill and maim on protesters, many of whom were children. she said many we re whom were children. she said many were shot in the back, and alistair burt said it was a shocking tragic loss of life, condemning palestinian

extremists, and also on the israeli side condemning or saying that he thought the large volume of live fire was concerning and urging restraint by both sides. the rolling stones say they will reclaim their song "you can't always get what you want" from donald trump this week, when they start their first tour of britain and ireland for a decade. the us president used the band's music without their permission throughout his election campaign. more from our entertainment correspondent colin paterson. # you can't always get what you want... when donald trump was elected us president, his acceptance speech ended with a blast of you can't always get what you want by the rolling stones. the band had not given their permission. and mickjagger says he thought it was a very strange choice. when he finished the speech, he played out on this sort of doomy

ballad about drugs in chelsea. it's kind of weird if you think about it! but he couldn't be persuaded to use something else. it was an odd thing, really odd. keith richards confirmed that he had his own run—in with donald trump back in 1989 when they were playing a show at one of his casinos. when we got to atlantic city, it was, donald trump presents the rolling stones! that was the last time i got angry. i pulled out my trusty blade, stuck it in the table and said, you've got to get rid of this man. now america has to get rid of him. don't say i didn't warn you. the rolling stones say that the song donald trump appropriated, you can't always get what you want, will be on their set list when their tour starts in ireland this thursday. a cure for the common cold may soon be in sight. scientists at imperial college london say the treatment involves

blocking a key protein in lung cells that cold viruses normally hijack to replicate and spread. the researchers say the drug seems harmless to human cells and could be administered through an inhaler. human trials could start within two years. in a moment, the news at one. first, the weather. for many others, a promising day with lots of blue sky and lots of sunshine. beautiful weather watchers pictures sent in, this is a selection from wakefield, showing that glory theme. a slightly different story further north and west, a weather front arriving in the far north west of scotland, bringing cloud. that will bring some bits and pieces of rain as well. the cloud will slowly drift eastwards as

go through the range of the day. not affected to many of us, a good slice of sunshine to be found and temperatures will respond with light wind, quite pleasant out there in the sun, attempt is peeking into the low 20s. that will start to change as we see the weather front moving through overnight. bringing chalets have bags of rain, heavy bursts through north—west england overnight, cloud will get its way steadily southwards. that is going to prevent temperatures falling to load to prevent temperatures falling to loa d a cross to prevent temperatures falling to load across england and wales, 9-12dc. load across england and wales, 9—12dc. cleaner skies further north, chilly there, but that is where the sunshine will be first thing in the morning. as the weather front continues to move its weight southwards, it is going to introduce something slightly cooler, the blue tones returning across the uk and the wind direction started to come from a northerly. never warm. it will be cloudy start, in comparison to tuesday, a lot of cloud and some spots of rain as we go into the

afternoon from the dying weather front. the best of the sunshine further north, scotland, northern ireland, northern england, kemp get more subdued at 12—17dc. we keep those clearer skies through the night so there could be kicked out of light grass force first thing in a morning across scotland. it also northern ireland and northern england, when the best of the touch and we'll also be on thursday, but generally speaking a dry day with a breeze coming off the north sea, a little more cloud here and thames is more subdued with 11—12dc, but highest values of 16 or 17. the driving stays with us, not only for the end of the working week but into the end of the working week but into the weekend, and if you have got outdoor plans to celebrate the royal wedding, it looks as though the weather will be a bit self. fingers crossed that this forecast based to, because that looks as though it will because that looks as though it will be dried. fa amateur cloud around with highs of 19 celsius. thousands of people have been attending funerals for palestinians killed in the protests in gaza.

tensions are high and clashes have continued, after up to 60 people were killed and thousands injured in yesterday's violence. there is shock here in gaza at the scale of the killing. yes, they were of course expecting casualties. but more than 50 is a lot. we'll be live on the israel—gaza border. also this lunchtime. will meghan markle's father be at the royal wedding? her half—sister says their dad has been misrepresented by the press. i think my father has really suffered at the hands of the media. i mean, they have presented him in the most horrible ways, highly inaccurate, and the goal of those photographs was basically because he was feeling defenceless. an end to the wage squeeze? salaries are rising faster than inflation for the first time