this is bbc news with the latest headlines for viewers in the uk and around the world. lam i am sally bundock. 22 people have been killed, including nine children, after israeli air strikes on gaza. countries around the world call for an end to the escalating violence between israel and the palestinians. us regulators have authorised the pfizer vaccine for use in children as young as 12 years old. china's population census shows slowest growth since the introduction of the one—child policy in the 1970s. and the queen is preparing to present the government's

programme of legislation in the state opening of parliament, her first major engagement since the death of her husband the duke of edinburgh. the palestinian health authority says 22 people including nine children have died after israeli air strikes aimed at militant targets in the gaza strip, where rockets were earlier fired towardsjerusalem. israel's parliament was evacuated as sirens sounded, and there were renewed clashes outside — and inside — al aqsa mosque between israeli police and palestinians. in all more than 200 people were injured, as crowds threw stones and officers fired stun grenades in response. yolande knell reports.

"our blood is a cheap price forjerusalem," shouts this bereaved gaza grandmother. while this woman, who lost four children, can only weep. the casualties, mounting, after israeli air strikes. translation: this evening, jerusalem day, gaza's terror| organisations crossed a red line and attacked us with rockets on the outskirts ofjerusalem. israel will react very forcefully. his response to a barrage of rockets fired by palestinian militants. israelis ran for cover when one reached jerusalem for the first time in years. while angry palestinians cheered. tensions were simmering on this holiday, when israelis mark

the capture of eastjerusalem over 50 years ago. there is a party atmosphere, as israelis gather from across the country to head down towards the western wall. for them, this is a big day of celebration. for the palestinians, this march is a provocation. why am i here? because we are not going to let anyone win of when they are going to threaten us and try to stop us from being here and celebrate and dance. it is unbelievable. earlier, inside al—aqsa mosque, ramadan worship had quickly turned into violence. stun grenades and stones on this site, sacred to muslims and jews. at this gate there was frustration as israeli police stopped jews from entering.

tonight, the al—aqsa compound was literally ablaze. the israeli celebrations continued. the fire was put out. what has flared up here may be harder to extinguish. joining me now from rafah, in the gaza strip, is issam adwan. he's project manager for the youth group �*we are not numbers�*. thank you for being on the program. tell us what has been happening where you are in the last 2a hours. happening where you are in the last 24 hours.— last 24 hours. thank you for hosting me- _ last 24 hours. thank you for hosting me. following - last 24 hours. thank you for hosting me. following the l last 24 hours. thank you for i hosting me. following the last couple of days injerusalem have been in a neighbourhood and rage amongst palestinians increase day by day. and this initiated the response from here in gaza to protect the identity of palestinians in the

neighbourhood and launching rockets. the israeli forces responded by hundreds of bombings in the gaza strip and the city of palestinian health authority. there is no hospital there stop this has increased in the numbers, including 22 people died and nine children and one of them 10 years old. such atmosphere, such atmosphere of death gaza has been living through through these past 18 years and this is not new to people who have been following the news. international community is calling for calm, what needs to happen to enable a ceasefire in your opinion? £31 happen to enable a ceasefire in your opinion?— happen to enable a ceasefire in your opinion?— your opinion? of course the olitical your opinion? of course the political parties, _ your opinion? of course the political parties, the - political parties, the resistance parties demanded the full withdrawal of the is rarely army. we have been seeing for the past days forced

expulsions of palestinians in the neighbourhood, as well as invading people and that is provoking for palestinians to handle so i believe the first steps for this to be implemented peacefully is for the withdrawing occupation turning down the forced defections of palestinians in the neighbourhood. this will be the neighbourhood. this will be the very first step for the stage. the very first step for the staue. . ., , stage. of course, given the current situation _ stage. of course, given the current situation in - stage. of course, given the current situation in israel, | current situation in israel, the future for benjamin netanyahu, the politics is pretty unstable at the moment. do you think international help is required to get to the next stage? is required to get to the next staue? , , stage? yes, definitely. the depopulation _ stage? yes, definitely. the depopulation palestinians | stage? yes, definitely. the - depopulation palestinians have been suffering, is not news to people following the palestinian struggle. so what's really isn't new, is that the international community has increased the publicity of the palestinian cause amongst the

people calling for israel to stop and abide by the international laws are not invade human rights. we have seen them being invaded over the last 15 years, including three was happening in the west bank and the putting in object points entertaining and imprisoning and killing are so many other violations of human rights. i am certain the international community has a duty to be done, a duty since 1948 and i believe at this level we should be committed to those duties. pare level we should be committed to those duties.— those duties. are you looking to the new — those duties. are you looking to the new biden _ those duties. are you looking i to the new biden administration to the new biden administration to be more involved now that things have escalated so much and also perhaps aid from arab states in terms of negotiating some sort of ceasefire? unfortunately, as a palestinian living 27 years of my life being under occupation for the last 15 years, being suffocated with international policy to deny my food rights, i have no hopein deny my food rights, i have no hope in any administration because it is not about the

administration but the systematic racism happening against palestinians within the us administration, change or not, we have been witnessing different administrations with different administrations with different localities and different localities and different treatment. but still, the results is absolutely zero impact for the benefit of palestinians. but in worse ways, this dehumanisation has increased, killings are increasing. the tension happening and implementation of checkpoints in the west bank is increasing and deep popularising palestinian lands. it is happening everywhere. not necessarilyjust in gaza. i'm not really keen on hoping for any administration but i hope for the people to rebuild because i believe people have the determination to figure out the determination to figure out the policies of government. issam adwan, we appreciate your time and what is happening on the gaza

strip. just for international viewers, in the next hour we will go live to israel to speak to the former deputy foreign minister and member of the knesset to get there take on what has been going on in recent days injerusalem. us regulators say they will allow children as young as 12 to be vaccinated against the coronavirus. they are being offered the pfizer—biontech jab under emergency use rules. this vaccine had previously been limited to those aged 16 and over. from los angeles peter bowes reports. in age group eligible for the vaccine. nearly 17 million young australians will soon be able to receive the pfizer biontech jab now that has been cleared as safe and effective for 12 — 15 —year—olds by the us food and drug demonstration. it could be in the arms of some children by the end of the week. ~ ~' ., , children by the end of the week. ~ ~ ., , , ., children by the end of the week. ~ ~ ., , , week. we know this is a big ste for week. we know this is a big step for our— week. we know this is a big step for our country, - step for our country, vaccinating a younger population brings us closer to returning to a sense of

normalcy and to ending the pandemic. now, parents and guardians can rest assured that in making our decision, the agency undertook a rigourous and thorough review of all available scientific data as we have with all of the covid—19 vaccine authorisations. have with all of the covid-19 vaccine authorisations. most children with _ vaccine authorisations. most children with covid-19 - vaccine authorisations. most children with covid—19 develop only mild symptoms, or no symptoms at all. but they can become seriously ill and can still spread the virus. this is the first coronavirus vaccine to be authorised in the united states for this age group. it is being seen as an important step in getting children back to school safely, as well as opening up the country during the summer. almost 60% of americans have received at least one covid jab, but vaccination rates are slowing. and health officials are concerned that some parents who are wary of the immunisation program will be even more reluctant when it comes to their children. peter bowes,

bbc news los angeles. china hasjust released data from its 2020 national census — showing population growth has slowed to its lowest rate since the one—child policy was enforced in the 1970s. the total population is now 1.41 billion people. that's a 5.38% increase on the last time a census was held in 2010. this means the population growth rate has slowed by nearly 0.5% let's head to shanghai and speak to our correspondent robin brant. does this mean the demographic timebomb has stopped sticking or not? h0 timebomb has stopped sticking or not? ., ., , �* timebomb has stopped sticking ornot? ., ., , �* ., , or not? no it doesn't. it goes on. or not? no it doesn't. it goes on- the _ or not? no it doesn't. it goes on- the big — or not? no it doesn't. it goes on. the big picture _ or not? no it doesn't. it goes on. the big picture here - on. the big picture here is the world's most populous country according to official government figures remains the world's most populous country. there was a small increase in the number of children under 14. so looking forward more

people going into the workforce, more people to make and buy stuff here in china in the decades ahead. china remains hugely important in terms of world economic growth. but also at the same time there is a sizeable number of people who are shifting into retirement age here, that is over 60 are living longer. that places a significant burden on china as a whole and there is already renewed talk here from officials as they release these numbers of increasing the retirement age here in china as a way to deal with the demands and the costs going forward. i have to say it is important when it comes to official government statistics to point to some doubts about the accuracy. we often have this conversation we talk about gdp and the economy. these numbers were taken last year and delayed in terms of their publication by about a month. 0fficials reportedly working on preparation and helping to set the agenda but they haven't officially —— have been officially —— have been officially released today. in

terms of going forward, having got all of this data now, what will the chinese authorities do next? they have been very proactive in terms of trying to control the demographics. china abounded it's _ control the demographics. china abounded it's one-child - control the demographics. c�*i “ia abounded it's one—child policy abounded it's 0ne—child policy in 2015 as a way to try to deal with this slowing growth in population. it would appear as that has worked slightly. it points to an increase in the number of children under 14 and is calling that a vindication. it says that measure in 2015 has been successful. but the rate of growth here is declining, has been for decades and continues to decline, it is at 0.53% in terms of their senses so like i said there is already talk of increasing the retirement age and officials know that going forward there is a declining rates in terms of growth. there are far more people getting older and there are far more younger professional women in particular down in the cities

on the eastern coast of china, the rich cities in china, choosing not to have any children at all and deciding instead to remain with their partners, remain in work. that is a key part of the problem going forward. particularly for a country overall that is trying to shift its economy to be one very focused on domestic consumption. fewer children being born, more people getting old and stopping work is not good for a country trying to shift towards a focus on growing from domestic consumption.— growing from domestic consumption. growing from domestic consumtion. . ~ , ., , consumption. thank you very much indeed, _ consumption. thank you very much indeed, robin - consumption. thank you very | much indeed, robin therefore consumption. thank you very - much indeed, robin therefore us in shanghai. 1.41 billion. —— there for. stay with us on bbc news, still to come: are the movie awards losing their lustre? tom cruise returns his three golden globes following growing outrage over the organization's lack of diversity. "the pope was shot, the pope will live" — that is the essence of the appalling news from rome this afternoon that, as an italian television commentator put it, terrorism

has come to the vatican. the man they called the butcher of lyon, klaus barbie, went on trial today in the french town where he was the gestapo chief in the second world war. winnie mandela never looked like a woman just sentenced the judge told mrs mandela there was no indication she felt even the slightest remorse. the chinese government has called for an all—out effort. to help the victims - of a powerful earthquake — the worst to hit the i country for 30 years. the computer deep blue has tonight triumphed over the world chess champion, gary kasparov. it is the first time a machine has defeated a reigning world champion in a classical chess match. america's first legal same—sex marriages have been taking place in massachusetts. god bless america!

this is bbc news, our main story: countries around the world have called for an end to the escalating violence between israel and the palestinians. health officials in gaza say 22 people, including nine children, were killed in israeli air strikes yesterday. it would usually be one of the biggest nights of the hollywood calendar but the golden globes ceremony has been rocked after it was announced that nbc has refused to screen the event. tom cruise has returned his three awards and scarlettjohannson has called for reform of the hollywood foreign press association which organises the awards ceremony — which is second only to the oscars in prestige. in a statement, nbc said:

joining me now is stacy perman, from the los angeles times. took from the los angeles times. us through this move the took us through this move on the part of nbc. were you surprised?— surprised? not really. my colleague _ surprised? not really. my colleague and _ surprised? not really. my colleague and i _ surprised? not really. my colleague and i did - surprised? not really. my colleague and i did an - colleague and i did an investigation into the hollywood foreign press club, the group behind the globes, in february. we found a series of ethical and financial lapses and accusations of self—dealing and accusations of self—dealing and influence peddling and also the fact that the group had no black members. this really snowballed and in the industry there was a lot of outrage and calls for reform. and this is on top of a group that has weathered numerous scandals and questions about its legitimacy. it was kind of like, the day had come. but basically, the

group had set a deadline for itself last week in which they were going to unveil a series of reform and once they did that, instead of having the desired effect, it had the opposite effect. the industry kind of turned against them. they didn't like the reforms, the timeline was a problem and sort of one by one, the dominoes began to fall. you had a group of powerful publicists who were already boycotting the globes saying they were going to hold the line. advocacy groupsjoined to hold the line. advocacy groups joined a—list stars like mark ruffalo and scarlett johansson. and then the big guns. amazon —— cut ties, warner bros cut ties, so really, nbc was in a corner and they were waiting for a timeline. they liked that they were reforms in play but had some questions about could they really implement them and they decided to pull the pin. what decided to pull the pin. what does this mean _ decided to pull the pin. what

does this mean for _ decided to pull the pin. what does this mean for the - decided to pull the pin. what does this mean for the golden globes going forward?- does this mean for the golden globes going forward? well, it means massive _ means massive change. they are not going to air them in 2022, they are going to see what happens so there is always a question of what about 2023? i think it is going to change the group behind the globes massively, how they campaign, how they vote, they nominate. the membership involved. it is also going to change the landscape of the awards. there the gateway to the awards. they are first up, they have been a dell weather for years, and it will also change the industry in terms of the amount of money thatis in terms of the amount of money that is put up for these awards —— they have been a bellwether for years. there is an army of consultants that go out and campaign. this is a big shift in hollywood.— campaign. this is a big shift in holl ood. ,, , ., in hollywood. stacey, how could these awards _ in hollywood. stacey, how could these awards be _ in hollywood. stacey, how could these awards be so _ in hollywood. stacey, how could these awards be so backward . in hollywood. stacey, how couldj these awards be so backward for so long, given the fact that for years we have talked about the lack of diversity. i know the lack of diversity. i know the finger�*s been pointed at the finger�*s been pointed at the oscars, in the main,

previously, but how could they not have made a chant —— at change until now? not have made a chant -- at change until now?— not have made a chant -- at change until now? that is an excellent — change until now? that is an excellent question _ change until now? that is an excellent question because i change until now? that is an i excellent question because this is not something new, you are right. there was the oscars so white campaign that they had a couple of years, they could have gotten on—board then. they hadn't. they are a very small group and believe they represent multiple countries and that represents diversity. there is a misalignment and understanding around that. they have been coddled by the hollywood system. the warner bros statement that came out today was actually notable for making mention of that. so they are at the centre of this overlapping universe of interest and money and people have just kind of tolerated it. not anymore, it would seem. we will keep an eye and well done you at the los angeles times. thank you for being on the programme, good to talk to you.

time for all the sport now. hello, i'm marc edwards. it could be a big day for chelsea and manchester city — as they wait to find out where the champions league final will be held. wembley was an option, but portugal has become the strongest contender to host the event, either in porto or lisbon. the final on the 29th may is likely to be moved from istanbul because of the impracticality of fans from england being able to attend — that's after turkey was added to england's red travel list. sadly, it's farewell to fulham. after just one season in the top flight they've been relegated from the english premier league, after a 2—0 defeat to burnley on monday. meanwhile manchester city can potentially be crowned champions later on tuesday if manchester united fail to beat leicester vity. it is second versus fourth at old trafford in what is also united's third game in six days, and on top of that they'll then have their re—arranged match against liverpool taking place on thursday. it's a schedule that's left their manager unimpressed. if i'd do play these 11 again on tuesday and thursday, it is

impossible. i run too much of a risk of injuring them so talking about integrity in the league and stuff, don't blame me when i have to make changes because i have too. it is not safe for them to play all four, so i have to prioritise. in portugal, sporting could wrap up a first primeira liga title since 2002 if they can beat boavista on tuesday. porto did manage to keep the title race alive with a 5—1 thrashing of farense on monday. joao mario with the pick of the goals. the gap with sporting now 5 points. the four time grand slam champion naomi 0saka says she's not sure whether the tokyo 0lympics should be going ahead this summer. the japanese world number two was speaking after a new poll in the country showed nearly 60% of people injapan want the games to be cancelled. tokyo is under a state of emergency amid a surge in covid cases, 10 weeks from the start of the rescheduled games on 23july. i think for me, i'm an athlete,

but of course my immediate thought is i would love to play at the olympics but as a human i would say, we are in a pandemic and... if people aren't healthy and if they're not feeling safe then it is definitely a real cause for concern. the giro d'italia continues on tuesday — a 186 kilometre rolling stage from piacenza to sestola which could well be another day for the breakaway. taco van der hoorn of the netherlands claimed a solo victory on stage three on monday. filippo ganna finished safely in the bunch to keep hold of his leader's pinkjersey. and finally, from politics to puck antics — president putin, the pro puckmaster extraordinaire, showing off his ice hockey skills on monday. the russian leader was on the rink in sochi for a gala match of the night hockey league. and he got on the scoresheet — a lot, as it turned out. he's been credited with eight of his side's goals in a 13—9 win.

surprisingly, bit of an off day for the goalie. in any case, the 68—year—old putin it in the back of the net, impressive from the president. who knew? president putin good at ice hockey. the queen is due to be seen in public for the first time since the death of prince philip — as she attends the state opening of parliament in london. sarah campbell reports. is the world outside disease today for the first time through the eyes of television, begins here at buckingham palace. it begins here at buckingham palace. . , begins here at buckingham palace. " i~ begins here at buckingham palace. " f~ ., palace. it was 1958. the queen was 'ust palace. it was 1958. the queen was just six _ palace. it was 1958. the queen was just six years _ palace. it was 1958. the queen was just six years into - palace. it was 1958. the queen was just six years into her - was just six years into her rain. and for the first time, television viewers were able to watch her give her speech, just as her predecessors have done for hundreds of years. by her side, as he was for so many decades, duke of edinburgh. it

is one of the key notes in the rhythm of royal life. the display of pomp and pageantry and a reminder of britain's long tradition of parliamentary democracy. 0nly pregnancy, first with prince andrew and then edward, has prevented the queen opening parliament. 2016 was the final time she was accompanied to her husband. illness the following year and then his retirement from royal duties, meant prince charles took on the role of escort. just as one day he will read out the speech setting out his government's legislative plan. and so this won't be the first time the queen arrives here at the houses of parliament for the state opening without prince philip by her side, it will be the first royal duty she will have carried out in public since his funeral at windsor castle last month. it will mean that year's ceremony will mean that year's ceremony will look a little different without as many mps are to reduce royal procession, but

the one constant will remain at the one constant will remain at the centre, as she has done since herfirst 169 the centre, as she has done since her first 169 years ago for stops sarah campbell, bbc news, westminster. we will have all the business news coming up. hello. as yesterday, today is shaping up to be a day of sunny spells and showers. the devil is going to be in the detail, though, for the next few days. those showers circulating this large area of low pressure, with still fairly tightly packed isobars today. but as the week goes on, the low pressure remains with us, just slowly meandering southwards, but the winds become lighter, so the showers will become slow—moving. lengthier spells of rain even as we pick up another area of low pressure within our main one. so that means most of us will have some wetter weather as we go through this week, in the form of showers. but you can see those rainfall totals are going to be totting up. for the day ahead, as i say, it's a day of sunny spells and showers. best of the sunshine will be

through this morning but as yesterday those showers will be pretty intense as we go into the afternoon, with thunderstorms around. and we've got more persistent rain. across the north—west of scotland, still further showers to come. they're not easing away everywhere, and it will be a coolish night but largely frost free. a few showers will come into southern and western parts of england, possibly wales as well, towards dawn. and then we're really chasing those showers. the devil really will be in the detail this week, with showers. it might be that we've still got that more persistent rain hanging around in the north—west of scotland, possibly more meandering into western areas. plenty of sunshine to come, as you can see, through the morning hours but won't be long before that strong may sunshine gets to work, bubbling up the cloud, showers develop more widely. still a fairly brisk wind, as i say, in southern and western areas. 0ur rain slow to clear but gradually clearing for the north—west of scotland, but a real rash of showers following behind, with hail, thunder, squally winds. in between, 16 and 17, feeling quite pleasant, but clearly, in those downpours, there could be quite a lot of localised standing water.

and they continue well through the evening and overnight. once again, temperatures falling back into single figures, but largely frost free. and then we're really chasing those showers. the devil really will be in the detail this week, with showers. it might be that we've still got that more persistent rain hanging around in the north—west of scotland, possibly more meandering into western areas. possibly even with a low pressure pushing into the far south of england. but what we do know is there will be heavy downpours around becoming more slow—moving by wednesday. still 15s and 16s between the showers but some lengthy spells of rain when they do come along, with hail and thunder. and as i say, it's a pretty showery picture for much of the rest of the week. as ever, there is more on the website.

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