this is bbc news. i'm david eades, with the latest headlines for viewers in the uk and around the world. explosion the moment an israeli airstrike destroys an apartment block in gaza city. residents had been warned to leave. as rockets reach a suburb of tel aviv, benjamin netanhayu says the palestinians will pay a heavy price. some 30 people, israelis and palestinians, have been killed. a teenage gunman in russia opens fire at a school, killing at least seven children and two adults. relatives of ten people killed in the ballymurphy area of belfast in 1971 win a fifty—year legal fight to clear their names. we have an audience, we have

got dancers, we have popstars — we are back! and, no masks, no social distancing — just a negative test is the ticket required for 4000 people at tonight's brit awards in london. hello and welcome. there's been a major escalation in the violence between israel and the palestinians, the worst in seven years. the united nations has warned the conflict is escalating towards full—scale war. after weeks of protests 28 people, including 10 children, were killed in gaza following israeli airstrikes, and rockets fired into israel from gaza have killed 3 people there. the israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu said the palestinians would pay "a very heavy price". a hamas spokesman told

the bbc israel should stop what it was doing or palestinians would react. 0ur middle east correspondent tom bateman has this report from jerusalem, which contains scenes that some may find disturbing. a street ablaze on israel's normally bustling coastline. people run for shelter. others have a lucky escape. but in a nearby suburb, a woman was killed as a building took a direct hit. in a single barrage, militants fired i30 rockets from gaza, deep into israel. a clear sign both sides are into a round of steep escalation. translation: hamas and islamichhad have paid, and i tell you here, they will pay a very heavy high price for their aggression.

i say here tonight, their blood will be on their heads. earlier, israel struck a gaza tower block which had been evacuated. it was home to members of the palestinian militant group hamas, which warned it would target tel aviv if the building was hit. israeli air strikes have pounded gaza. panic arrives here just after the war planes. inside this block, says israel, three militant leaders were killed. some of the worst fighting in years is leaving lives scattered. among gaza's victims, ii—year—old hussein hamad. "why did you kill him?", asks his uncle. "they kill and there is no one to make them answer for it, the whole world is watching." israel says hamas is endangering civilians on both sides, with its rocket fire. it follows weeks of boiling

tensions injerusalem, always at the heart of this conflict. it spilled over at al—aqsa mosque compound, with further confrontation before dawn today. with the fighting reaching a fierce level of intensity tonight, both sides are vowing to continue their attacks. that is tom bateman and the indications are that is precisely what is happening. these are life pictures of gaza. reports coming into us of the sounds of explosions the area. it is a fairly picture as to what we are getting at the moment but we wanted to bring that to you and also the news from the bbc producer in gaza who is quoting hamas militants who is quoting hamas militants who say they have fight a hundred rockets into beersheba

in the course of the last 20 minutes. the armed wing of hamas say we direct a large missile strikes with a hundred rockets to occupy beersheba in response to the enemy's presumptions of bombing of civilian towers and the next is greater. that is what the statement says. also in the last few hours, prime minister benjamin netanyahu has declared a state of emergency in the central city of lod — as police accused arab residents of waging "wide—scale riots". lod is an ethnically mixed israeli town, less than 30 minutes south of tel aviv. these pictures show some of the damage from clashes on monday night. the city's mayor told local media "we have lost control

of the city and the streets." that gives you some sense of the situation across the area right now. let's speak to shoshana bryen, senior director of the washington based jewish policy center. she's in silver springs maryland. thank you very much indeed for joining us. it has run out of control very quickly, that much is clear, despite weeks of tension we knew where there. is there of pulling this back at there of pulling this back at the moment?— there of pulling this back at the moment? no, not at the moment— the moment? no, not at the moment and _ the moment? no, not at the moment and it _ the moment? no, not at the moment and it is _ the moment? no, not at the moment and it is out - the moment? no, not at the moment and it is out of - moment and it is out of control. violets like this almost always alludes control. it is gone now but part of that is things that are responsive to american policy, responsive of weeks and weeks of incitement and the payment of an siting writing and —— inciting writing. an siting writing and -- inciting writing.- an siting writing and -- inciting writing. most people

have recognised _ inciting writing. most people have recognised that - inciting writing. most people have recognised that the - have recognised that the prudden administration has a low profile. what more would you have expected? it is low profile. what more would you have expected?— low profile. what more would you have expected? it is not a low profile- — you have expected? it is not a low profile. the _ you have expected? it is not a low profile. the bided - low profile. the bided administration determined to upend the trump administration policies here and in foreign countries. they took the houthis of the terror list, restore palestinian authorities. he empowered at least politically and mentally and emotionally people who were enemies of israel and frankly of the united states. the infusion of money helps to incite violence.— infusion of money helps to incite violence. some of that money is _ incite violence. some of that money is aid _ incite violence. some of that money is aid money - incite violence. some of that| money is aid money intended incite violence. some of that . money is aid money intended to assist palestinians and in gaza the economic conditions are pretty desperate. for

the economic conditions are pretty desperate.— pretty desperate. for some eo - le pretty desperate. for some people they _ pretty desperate. for some people they are _ pretty desperate. for some people they are desperate l pretty desperate. for some l people they are desperate for the hamas leadership it is quite nice. take a look at the gaza coast. organisations designed to help palestinian people, that is a separate conversation. hamas insights violence against dues. —— jewish people. the first thing you can do in my opinion is insight children to go out and commit acts of violence. this is not simply aid.— is not simply aid. your point is not simply aid. your point is made- — is not simply aid. your point is made- in _ is not simply aid. your point is made. in what _ is not simply aid. your point is made. in what way - is not simply aid. your point is made. in what way do - is not simply aid. your pointj is made. in what way do you think that the current administration might be able to persuade some of the violence taking place in the region in simple terms? frankly, are they going to be bystanders? the

white house _ going to be bystanders? tue: white house put going to be bystanders? tte: white house put out going to be bystanders? tt2 white house put out a letter today to the israeli government say, please, de—escalate. however it is unclear what they can do. 2, however it is unclear what they can do. . , however it is unclear what they can do. . ., can do. that message was to both sides? _ can do. that message was to both sides? no, _ can do. that message was to both sides? no, there - can do. that message was to both sides? no, there are i can do. that message was to i both sides? no, there are three sides. to have _ both sides? no, there are three sides. to have relations - both sides? no, there are three sides. to have relations with . sides. to have relations with the united states, one does not. y , the united states, one does not. ~ , , . the united states, one does not. g , ., not. my point being that was also a message _ not. my point being that was also a message to _ not. my point being that was also a message to israel - not. my point being that was also a message to israel as i also a message to israel as much as palestinian parties. however one palestinian party is not influenced by the american government. yes, it was to the israelis but also to fattah but no—one controls hamas. shoshana bryen. at least seven children and two adults have been killed in a shooting at a school in russia.

more than 20 others were injured, many seriously. some childrenjumped out of third floor windows to try to escape. police have arrested the suspected attacker — a 19 year—old former pupil. he'd been carrying an automatic weapon, and was wearing an explosives vest. moscow correspondent steve rosenberg reports. a day of learning turned into a day of bloodshed. school number 175 had come under attack. this cctv footage shows the gunman on his way there, looking completely calm, weapon at the ready. when the shooting began, there was panic. some children barricaded themselves in classrooms, and then escaped this way — down a ladder. there were screaming children running under your apartment. the children were running on the sports grounds and they were running to the fence and getting over the fence, screaming,

"oh my god, they're killing us." the little girls screamed. that was the moment i realised that it was not some sort of accident. some of the schoolchildren waited inside to be rescued. tenth grader elisa says she felt stress and panic as she hid in a room. at one point the gunman had banged on the door. the attacker, former student, ilnaz galyaviev, was eventually arrested. under interrogation, he is said to have claimed he believed he was god and consumed by hatred. all day, people have been coming to the school to honour the victims. set up outside, this makeshift shrine. flowers, soft toys and and one russian word — "skorbim" — "we mourn." what happened here has shocked not only the city, but the entire country. in russia, school shootings are relatively rare,

and in response to this tragedy, president putin has ordered an urgent review of gun control laws. kazan is struggling to come to terms with this tragedy. the question you hear most here is "why?" steve rosenberg, bbc news, kazan. that is so often the glaring question. i'm joined by alexandra lysova, assistant professor of criminology at the simon fraser university, in vancouver. thank you very much forjoining us. do you have any insight into they, the motive for this? thank you for having me. there are probably some indicators. in many of the mass shooting, the primary motives are revenge and power. revenge, people feel they are victims of injustice and they actually look for

somebody to target to get the payback and they sometimes target specific individuals and maybe in this case, we do not know, maybe there was somebody in the school because he was a former student, somebody he was actually trying to attack or it was just a setting, a place, actually trying to attack or it wasjust a setting, a place, so school was the target. in some cases it is power. some individuals feel they do not have enough in the world, they feel very angry at everything that happens and if they feel that happens and if they feel that the world is an evil place and they want to take control. obviously, it is a very early in the aftermath of this appalling incident nonetheless they have been pictures, some footage of the interrogation of the suspected government already. the suspected government alread . , 2, the suspected government alread . , . ., , already. yes, and i have seen that footage _ already. yes, and i have seen that footage and _ already. yes, and i have seen that footage and it _ already. yes, and i have seen that footage and it appears i that footage and it appears that footage and it appears that he declares himself a god

and says he decides his parents. he believes his mother is not his mother, and expresses a lot of hatred towards everybody. it appears it could be a manifestation of some kind of mental disorder so we will have to wait and see what the investigation finds out but, yes, that is another important potential explanation for this horrific incident. president perton has been quick to say we will have a look at gun control, —— putin. what is your expectation of what might come from a statement like that? ., , , , that? some have expressed it may cause — that? some have expressed it may cause limitations - that? some have expressed it may cause limitations on - that? some have expressed it may cause limitations on gun | may cause limitations on gun ownership and the types of guns that are legal in russia but the situation is that gun ownership is not that brought in russia compared to other

countries and these incidents are extremely rare so in the experience and research coming from the united states, it is not always the most effective measure because people in russia often kill with other measures or other means so it is not always the panacea for preventing this type of incident, unfortunately. thank ou ve incident, unfortunately. thank you very much _ incident, unfortunately. thank you very much indeed - incident, unfortunately. thank you very much indeed for - incident, unfortunately. thank you very much indeed for yourj you very much indeed for your insight and analysis. and thank you for being with us. stay with us on bbc news. still to come: the requirement to attend this year's brits awards as 4,000 people watch the ceremony in london. we will see how it went. "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 to six years injail. 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.

i'm david eades. the latest headlines: an israeli airstrike has destroyed an apartment block in gaza city as the unrest intensifies. residents had been warned to get out. the israeli prime minister, benjamin netanhayu, says the palestinians will pay a heavy price. some 30 people, israelis and palestinians, have been killed. fifty years after they died, a coroner has ruled that ten people who were killed in belfast in 1971 — almost all of them by british soldiers — had been entirely innocent. a catholic priest who was helping the wounded and a mother of eight children were among those killed over the course of three days during street violence which erupted in ballymurphy after an operation by the british army to detain paramilitary suspects without trial. our ireland correspondent emma vardy reports. northern ireland's past continues to be carried into its present. a fresh inquest into the deaths of the ballymurphy victims

was brought about by theirfamilies' campaign. today marked the culmination of a 50—year search for truth. in 1971, the army went into a housing estate in the ballymurphy area of west belfast to arrest and imprison ira suspects without trial — known as internment. the main target of the present operation is the irish republican army, which has been responsible for recent acts of terrorism, and whose victims have included protestant and catholic alike. it sparked violent clashes over three days. by the end, ten people lay dead — among them, a local priest, and a mother of eight. soldiers from the parachute regiment, now given anonymity, claimed they opened fire after being attacked by ira gunmen and rioters. i saw this chap with

a petrol bomb in his hand. i opened my cab door and fired one round from my gun, it's a submachine gun, fired it at him. he dropped. you killed him? i think so, yeah. well, i know so now. ifound out later on. soldiers at the time said those killed were armed. their relatives always maintained they were innocent civilians. these were the people who died. today, the coroner acknowledged the army had come under fire from gunmen in the area, but she concluded in most cases the use of force by the parachute regiment was disproportionate, and that all of those killed were entirely innocent of any wrongdoing. inside court, relatives had applauded as the findings were read out. you pray and you pray and you ask forjustice. you got all the detail you were hoping for in that verdict? we knew, we always knew. it's just unbelievable. to hear the words. and the world will know they are innocent. all along, people said they were this and they were that, but now it is all

cleared up for us all. the findings bring new clarity to one of the most brutal episodes in northern ireland's past. for decades, families felt their loved ones�* names were tarred. today they have been publicly exonerated. today is a great day for our families, but it's also a bittersweet day. today, personally, ithink of my dear brother, frank, whose young life was taken by british paratroopers. he gave his life helping others, and, as one of our witnesses said, he was very brave. the parachute regiment only had hate in their hearts when they gunned down her and the others. they were not peacemakers, they were not brave soldiers, they were nothing but cowards. the ministry of defence said it will review the findings. the former head of the army suggested it may warrant an official apology. there is no getting away

that these ten deaths should not have happened, and it was poor decision—making by a number of soldiers, probably poor leadership at thejunior level, operating at a time of great violence, amidst a poor strategic policy that led to this. and it is shameful. on the streets that saw such bloodshed, tonight, celebration. there are still hundreds of killings from the troubles that remain unsolved. but for the families of ballymurphy now a new sense of vindication. emma vardy there. let's get some of the day's other news. a former soldier who has confessed to killing an eight—year—old girl in a case that horrified france has been sentenced to 20 years in prison on charges of murdering another manjust months before. police initially said after nordahl lelandais was arrested in 2017 that they were looking again at 40 unsolved disappearances and cold cases. but nothing has emerged

to back the theories that he was a serial killer. he has insisted that both killings were accidental. the venezuelan opposition leaderjuan guaido has proposed a progressive lifting of us sanctions in return for the country's president, nicolas maduro, agreeing to hold new general elections. mr maduro has remained in power despite the us saying he has no authority. the us state department has said president biden is �*in no rush�* to lift the sanctions. the british government has said its priority for the next 12 months will be national recovery. ministers have promised in the queen's speech to support businesses and growth and to level up opportunities across the united kingdom. manchester city has won the english premier league title after the only other team which could finish ahead of them, manchester united, lost their game to leicester. it's city's third title in four seasons. later this month, they'll hope to add their first champions league trophy, when they play fellow english side chelsea in the final.

actor, producer, and director norman lloyd has died aged 106. he was best know for the title role in hitchcock's saboteur and as dr daniel auschlander on nbc�*s st elsewhere. during his 80—year career he also collaborated with legends such as charlie chaplin and orson welles. the brit awards have been held at the o2 arena in london in front of an audience largely made up of key workers. the ceremony is being used by the government to test the impact of gatherings on the transmission of covid. colin paterson reports. a jewel your leafa. she performed ajewel your leafa. she performed with 50 dancers, gave a nod to geri halliwell with her dress, and one best female an album of the year for future nostalgia. released last much

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a tubman pilot scheme to help live music return. to gain entry tonight everyone had to provide a negative covid test, both the audience... negative. clear. both: negative! and the stars. it sticks down the back of _ and the stars. it sticks down the back of your _ and the stars. it sticks down the back of your neck - and the stars. it sticks down the back of your neck a - and the stars. it sticks down the back of your neck a little bit. ., , ., the back of your neck a little bit. ., i. ., ., bit. not your normal preparation - bit. not your normal preparation for - bit. not your normal preparation for the l bit. not your normal - preparation for the awards. more than 4000 mastery fans were inside with half the tickets going to covid frontline staff.- tickets going to covid frontline staff. , ., ., , frontline staff. these gorgeous faces belong — frontline staff. these gorgeous faces belong to _ frontline staff. these gorgeous faces belong to none _ frontline staff. these gorgeous faces belong to none other - frontline staff. these gorgeous| faces belong to none other than key workers!— key workers! cheering. such a pleasure - key workers! cheering. such a pleasure to - key workers! cheering. such a pleasure to have | key workers! cheering. . such a pleasure to have you key workers! cheering. - such a pleasure to have you in room tonight.— such a pleasure to have you in room tonight. and if this event hels room tonight. and if this event helps bring _ room tonight. and if this event helps bring about _ room tonight. and if this event helps bring about the - room tonight. and if this event helps bring about the return i room tonight. and if this event helps bring about the return toj helps bring about the return to live —— of live music to the uk, then all fans will be the winner. colin patterson, bbc news. on our main story the bbc team in gaza have said how must millitants put out statements as though they have fired more

than 100 rockets at the city of tel aviv, the israeli city of tel aviv, the israeli city of tel aviv. that is the latest on bbc news. hello there. we saw plenty of showers across the country on tuesday. particularly for the midlands, wales and northern england where we had some thunderstorms as well, producing very heavy hailstones like this weather watcher picture shows, in flintshire in north wales. now, for today, it's going to be another one of sunshine and showers, but they shall resume not be quite as intense as what we had on tuesday. but our area of low pressure, which has been sitting on to the west of ireland and the uk for the last few days, will slowly start to fill. weakened as it pushes its way eastwards across the country. so we will start off again, good deal of sunshine around, but then the showers will start to get going. a bit more cloud, though, for the northern half of scotland. we've seen showery bursts of rain here. and this area of rain in the channel is going to bring some wet weather through the channel islands through the day and start to push northwards into central southern england, south—west england at times. again, temperatures pretty much what they have been the last

few days, around the mid—teens celsius for those. a bit colder than that across the northern half of scotland. now, that wet weather across the south pushes further north into parts of wales, the midlands. it could be quite wet through wednesday night across the south. elsewhere, the showers will tend to fade. there will be some clear spells, but also quite a bit of cloud across northern scotland. and again, for most of us, it's going to be another frost free one. so for thursday it could start rather cloudy, quite wet for parts of wales, the midlands into southern england. it will eventually ease away and then it's another one of sunshine and showers, and the odd shower could be on the heavy side again with a rumble of thunder. but a bit more cloud again from the north and east of scotland. temperatures again range from around 14—17 degrees, particularly where we have the sunshine, but the cloudy skies across northern scotland, there it will feel cooler than that. the airflow turns quite slack on friday. we are almost in between weather systems. and it could be friday will be a cloudier day across. that will inhibit the showers that develop. but where we get some sunshine across northern ireland, wales, southern england, this is where we could see some of the showers there developing which could be on the heavy side again.

it is here where we will see temperatures reaching around 15 or 16 degrees, otherwise a bit cooler across the board where we have the cloud. so that's how was looking for thursday and friday. if i run the sequence on through the weekend and into the start of next week dominated by low pressure. so we are likely to see spells of rain followed by sunshine and showers. and this temperatures remaining around orjust below the seasonal average. notjust for the weekend, but even as we head throughout much of next week.

this is bbc news, the headlines: an israeli airstrike has destroyed an apartment block in gaza city as the unrest intensifies — residents had been warned to get out. with palestinian rockets reacheing a suburb of tel aviv, with palestinian rockets reaching a suburb of tel aviv, benjamin netanhayu said they would pay a heavy price. some 30 people, israelis and palestinians, have been killed. seven school children and two adults have been killed in a shooting at a school in the russian city of kazan. security forces stormed the school and detained the suspected attacker — a 19 year—old former pupil. there have been long queues at petrol stations in the united states, as some drivers have been panic—buying fuel in case prices rise in the days ahead. it's a knock—on effect of last week's cyber attack on a major fuel pipeline. the colonial pipeline says it hopes to have substantial operations back underway by the end of the week.

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