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this is bbc news. welcome if you're watching in the uk or around the globe. the headlines: israeli police say a 13—year—old boy has shot and injured two people in eastjerusaelm, a day after seven people were shot dead near a synagogue. nojustice! no peace! protests have been taking place across the united states after the killing of a black man by five police officers in memphis. british regional airline flybe ceases trading for a second time. hundreds of staff have been made redundant. and a seven—day state of emergency has been declared in new zealand's largest city, auckland, after three people are killed in severe flooding. this is an unprecedented event in recent memory.
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in the aftermath, will have plenty of time to evaluate the response. israeli police say that two people have been wounded in a terrorist attackjust outside the old city in occupied eastjerusalem. it comes a day after a palestinian gunman killed seven people near a synagogue. israeli police say they've arrested 42 people in connection with friday's shooting. the gunman was killed. israel's prime minister benjamin netanyahu has urged israelis not to take matters into their own hands. on thursday, nine palestinians were killed during an israeli military raid in the west bank town ofjenin. our middle east correspondent yolande knell reports. another victim of a jerusalem
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shooting being treated by medics. an israeli father and son were injured in a new attack this morning. police saying they were shot by a palestinian boy aged just 13. meanwhile, this was the scene of last night's attack, the deadliest israelis have seen in years. here, a palestinian gunman opened fire after prayers in a packed synagogue at the start of the jewish sabbath. as people rushed to help the injured, one witness said they were shot too. translation: i went out and saw my neighbour- running to the scene. he told me to call the police. i told him not to go, he only got married a year ago. he was a good neighbour, like a brother to me. i saw him drop down from a bullet, rest in peace. after police shot dead the attacker, israeli politicians were quick to arrive at the scene. as locals shouted "death to arabs,"
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the veteran prime minister netanyahu promised new security measures. translation: i urge people not to take the law _ into their own hands. for this purpose, we have the army, police and security forces, and they will act and continue to act according to the cabinet's instructions. but there was sweets and celebrations as news spread around palistinian towns that seven israelis had been killed. overnight, israeli police made more than a0 arrests, leading away a line of suspects from the home of the 21—year—old palestinian gunman. his attack came a day after the deadliest israeli military raid in the occupied west bank in years. nine palestinians, two of them civilians, were killed injenin�*s urban refugee camp. the isreali armed forces say they are acting on intelligence to prevent
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islamichhad fighters here carrying out major attacks. in response, palestinian militants fired rockets from the gaza strip. in recent months, amid rising violence, there have been international calls for calm, but now fears are growing of wider unrest. i would say the israelis in general are extremely shocked. it's not so easy to gauge the mood right now because it's still the jewish sabbath, jerusalem is pretty quiet. but in that neighbourhood where the attack happened, we heard from witnesses who were really talking about the grief that they felt. we're expecting the funerals of those who have been killed to take place later on. they were making clear there were people who left their dinner for thejewish sabbath and rushed to help those on the street, only to get killed themselves.
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we understand there was a married couple among the dead. the israeli prime minister was telling people to be restrained in their response but at the same time, there is a lot of pressure on his security cabinet, which does include some known hardliners, to come up with a very strong response to what's happened. some of those the bbc spoke to in the neighbourhood where the synagogue attack happened were being a very critical of the national security minister, he is someone who has a lot of supporters in that area ordinarily, he came into last year's elections promising he would restore order and bring back security, and people were saying, where is that security? it will be later this evening, benyamin netanyahu saying there are measures that are already being discussed and we are already
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seeing that the police are very high level of alert and have made more than a0 arrests in the past few hours. they've rounded up a lot of people at the house of the palestinian attacker, many of them his family and friends. they are desperately searching for anyone who may have helped him to carry out the attack. i'm joined now by dr atef alshaer, a senior lecturer on arabic language and culture at the university of wesminster, who is a british palestinian. huge concerns that there could be more loss of life. how do you bring restraint into a situation like this, when emotions are so high? unfortunately, i wish to say there would be restraint and there would be calm but it does seem it is going towards escalation, this situation. in the first place, the israeli policies that have been entrenching
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on the occupied territories, killing people, and constantly and regularly, they have been imposing a very harsh measures on the palestinians which don't bode well for now and the future. it's an escalating situation that's got out of hand and i think the ultimate and sole responsibility for this, is the israeli occupation and apartheid. we saw in response to what happened in jenin the palestinian authority entered security coordination with the israeli government, do you think there is any hope of restoring that? i think the security coordination is almost a raison d'etre of the palestinian authority, it's part of its structure. maybe it's part of lip service to show some sort of
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retaliation, but as far as the pistil unit authority is concerned, it is —— the palestinian authority, is concerned, it is part of the occupation as well. it would have to change its function totally to do that. maybe it will under the pressure in palestine, particularly to deal with this situation, to do with the fact that the israeli government, which is now, not to say that all previous israeli governments were pro—piece, but the recent ones wire, but this one is so untidy fine piece, —— this one is so untidy fine piece, —— this one is so untidy peace, they are creating measures on the ground that are so contrary to the idea that you can establish a palestinian state, which is what palestinian authorities are calling for, or to have a one—state solution, which is what people are talking about, and thoroughly two
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solutions, particularly the one—state solution that can perhaps provide justice and peace for all. secretary of state antony blinken is due to visit israel, is anything america can do in this situation by way of diplomacy, by way of persuasion to restore it some restraint, some water, some calm? i think that's they hope, that there will be able to pressure the israeli government with some of the measures they ain't been taking, so some measure of peace and calm could be restored, but i doubt this very much, because it is really governments, particularly certain elements within it so, our very intent on accepting nothing but the submission and surrender of the palestinians, which is unlikely, they been resisting for a very long time and they are not likely to stop now. . ~ , ., time and they are not likely to stop now. . ~' ,, y . ., time and they are not likely to stop now. . , . ., now. thank you very much for your
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time today- _ and in the next hour, we will be joined by hen mazzig, an israeli writer who is a senior fellow with the tel aviv institute. graphic footage has been released of police officers in the us city of memphis beating a black motorist, who died three days after his arrest. the video shows tyre nichols, who was 29, being repeatedly kicked, punched and pepper—sprayed as he lies on the ground, calling out for his mother. a warning, you may find the footage in nada tawfik�*s report distressing. video of the incident is disturbing right from the start. everything about the officers' approach is aggressive in this initial traffic stop. taken aback, tyre nichols is heard protesting his innocence. i didn't do anything! turn around! all right, all right, all right, all right. after officers wrestle him to the ground, he seems to comply with their commands. all right, i'm on the ground. lay down! but as this encounter continues,
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tyre nichols breaks away and flees. the next videos capture the moment five black officers charged with his murderfind him, and what follows is extremely graphic. at this point, they surround him and brutalise him. repeatedly, they kick him in the head, strike him with a baton and punch him. in distress, he calls out for his mother. footage from later shows the officers talking to one another and recounting their version of events. tyre nichols was ultimately taken to the hospital in a critical condition and died three days later from his injuries. officials warned about the video's horrific nature in advance, but nothing could prepare the people we met in memphis for what they would see. as a man of colour, it was extremely hard because it could have been me. i've been pulled over for speeding, you know, five, ten miles over, nothing excessive, but you never know what kind
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of situation that could turn into. nojustice! no peace! protests have been peaceful, perhaps a result of the family's call for calm and the fact that all five black police officers have been charged in tyre nichols�* death. after the video's release, the shelby county sheriff announced two deputies who responded to the scene had been relieved of duty. president biden said he was outraged and deeply pained by the video and echoed tyre nichols�* family's calls for a peaceful protest. what's at stake here is, first of all, innocent people's lives, number one. number two, it has a lot to say and do with the image of america. it's an image not helped by these videos. the need for police reform is again at the forefront of people's minds.
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dr de lacy davis is the founder of the group black cops against police brutality. he said this case is unusual but not surprising. black—on—black violence is a misnomer because each racial group commits crime against the same group members — white people kill white people, black people kill black people, hispanic people kill hispanic people. but my experience has been that black officers would not dare to think they would treat a white suspect in the manner that black people have been treated, which is why we talk about the culture of policing, because what happens is that black police officers, some of them have to deal was what is called double marginality. i have to balance my racial group against my employment group, as well as expectations of the black community, being a black man on the police force, versus my white counterparts and how they see black people as a culture. a teenage boy has been arrested on suspicion of murder after a 15—year—old girl was stabbed
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to death in northumberland, in northeast england. the incident happened in the town of hexham on friday evening after reports that a teenage boy and girl were injured in a suspected assault. they were both taken to hospital but the girl died later. the boy suffered serious, non—life—threatening injuries. detectives have started a murder investigation. the airline flybe, which operated across 23 mainly uk routes, has ceased trading. passengers due to travel with the company today have been told not to go to the airport. flybe had resumed operations less than a year ago after a previous incarnation of the business collapsed. i'm joined now by louise haigh from the uk opposition party, labour. she is shadow secretary of state for transport. thank you for your time today. we're seeing reports of people turned up to the airport unaware that this has happened, only finding out at the very last moment, talking of being able to book flights were flybe just able to book flights were flybe just a couple of days ago, to discover
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this happening today. what are your thoughts on how this has been handled? , ., , , �*, ., handled? obviously, it's devastating for the thousands _ handled? obviously, it's devastating for the thousands of _ handled? obviously, it's devastating for the thousands of people - handled? obviously, it's devastating for the thousands of people that - for the thousands of people that work for flybe and in the wider supply chain, and for the thousands of people had flights booked and then announcing them cancelled, who are potentially stranded overseas, unable to get them back into the country at the moment. six years ago, the government promised it would bring in something called airline insolvency legislation, promised in the wake of the collapse of monarch and later thomas cook. that has never happened and that means all of these tens of thousands of passengers are now stranded without the right automatic compensation and even more importantly without the ability to get back, because what that legislation would have allowed is for airlines in exactly this position to carry on operating even while insolvent and help get passengers back into the country.
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i'm afraid it's another pattern of chaos in the ruling party that has allowed this legislation not to pass and passengers now and paying customers are paying the price. figs customers are paying the price. as this is mainly a regional airline, do you have concerns about connectivity now for different parts of the uk? connectivity now for different parts ofthe uk? , ., , , connectivity now for different parts ofthe uk? , ., _ �*, ., connectivity now for different parts oftheuk? ,., _ �*, ., of the uk? obviously, it's a massive blow for uk — of the uk? obviously, it's a massive blow for uk conductivity, _ blow for uk conductivity, particularly the route with belfast, a real blow for that northern ireland/great britain conductivity. we were quite disappointed to see that cook. labour have been calling for a council to come together to look at the long—term structural issues within aviation because frankly it is still suffering post—covid and it was starting from a low base as it did not get that sector specific support that some of our european competitors in particular provided. we want to see industry come together and support
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airlines like this and our regional airports as well. we just lost doncaster sheffield airport in south yorkshire, so this is a real blow for the uk aviation industry, which supports thousands ofjobs. fix, supports thousands ofjobs. a question on your party leader sir keir starmer�*s speech yesterday, saying that labour has to show it's different from the party britain rejected at the last general election. labour has agreed in the polls but do you think this issue will help kier starmer cut through more than a personal level as the person that people look to as the leader of the labour party? i think so. he leader of the labour party? i think s0- he was — leader of the labour party? i think so. he was setting _ leader of the labour party? i think so. he was setting out _ leader of the labour party? i think so. he was setting out very - leader of the labour party? i thinkj so. he was setting out very clearly changes he has made, the enormous strides that his leadership has made on rooting out the evil of anti—semitism in the party and demonstrating to the country again that we have the they're out for, that we have the they're out for, that we have the they're out for, that we are to be trusted on the
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economy, and public services, and that we are a true alternative to, frankly, the chaos in the very, very poor delivery we've seen with the conservatives over the last few months and indeed the last 13 years. thank you very much. ajudge has adjourned legal proceedings against a 21—year—old serving soldier in the british army who is accused of terror offences. this is so the attorney general can approve the case should go ahead. 21—year—old daniel khalif from stafford appeared at westminster magistrates�* court earlier today. our correspondent robin brant is at westminster magistrates�* court, in central london, where the hearing has taken place this morning. private khalif came into court but proceedings against him were very brief in terms of what we heard this morning. that is because when the prosecutor stood up, he told the judge that one of the charges private khalif faces requires the
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attorney general to give their permission for proceedings to go ahead. so, proceedings have been adjourned until next friday, and at that point, the lawyers of daniel khalif will be back here in the court room for things to go further. we did hearare court room for things to go further. we did hear are few more details about the circumstances of his ref. private khalif, one of the charges he faces is placing its three canisters with wires in what was a hoax bombing at a location in raf stafford, which is in staffordshire, the base where he lives and the base where he works. the other allegation he faces is that he elicited information, this relates back to august 2021, about another serving member of the armed forces, information that could be used by someone in acts of preparing for terrorism winding down its outcome he faces two charges, one of those
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the attorney general has to approve for proceedings to go ahead, we wait for proceedings to go ahead, we wait for that. for proceedings to go ahead, we wait forthat. private for proceedings to go ahead, we wait for that. private daniel khalif, who stood in the dock with dark hair, light greyjeans and a light grey top, he has been remanded in custody and will stay there for a week. there was an application for bail, it is not... a man who spoke to some of the waiting judges afterwards said he was a private khalif�*s father, he revealed that he is lebanese but private khalif was born here in london, in the uk, back in 2001, and as faras here in london, in the uk, back in 2001, and as far as we know, he remains a serving soldier at this time. . ~' ,, sport and for a full round—up from the bbc sport centre.
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24—year—old lost the first set to the current wimbledon champion at but held her nerve to take the final two sets. she struggled to convert three championship points but finally got over the line to take the fourth. i finally got over the line to take the fourth-— finally got over the line to take the fourth. ., ., _, ., ., the fourth. i want to congratulate her for an incredible _ the fourth. i want to congratulate her for an incredible two - the fourth. i want to congratulate her for an incredible two weeks, l her for an incredible two weeks, your such a great player and we are going to have many more battles but hopefully, in the of grand slams. and ephedra to congratulate your team, you are amazing, you have done such a good job at mangling down earlier today britain's alfie hewett- secured his l first australian open singles title — just a day after winning the doubles with partner gordon reid. the 25—year—old lost the melbourne final in 2021 and last year but beat his japanese opponent 16—year—old tokita oda 6—3 6—1. it�*s his seventh grand slam singles title but says it means the world to him. it�*s been a long time coming, all
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the hard work, to lose this tournament in the final couple of years was heartbreaking and immensely challenging, so to get the opportunity be back here and playing in a singles final is something i was extremely motivating for, really delighted to be able to get over the line at this time. it�*s a massive weight off my shoulders. it�*s the fourth round of the fa cup and there are 11 games today with the potential for some big upsets. league 2 walsall and championship side preston north end will both hoping to bring down premier league opponents leicester city and tottenham hotspur respectively. the late kick—off sees manchester united play reading at old trafford. manager erik ten hag says they�*re not taking any chances. we had to be ready for every game, every opponent will be tough and especially in the cup, for them that is the perfect chance, we have to be aware of that, so we have to be front foot, fully focused and full
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of energy. in the tie�*s early kick—offs, jack harrison gave the leeds the early advantage, against accringon stanley, of the third tier league one. four teams remain in the battle to reach the super bowl as the philadelphia eagles and san francisco 49ers face off for the chance to meet either the kansas city chiefs or cincinnati bengals. kansas city�*s patrick mahomes suffered a high ankle sprain in last week�*s win overjacksonville, but is in full training ahead of sunday�*s afc championship game with the bengals, who won when these two met at the same stage last season. mahomes hopes he�*ll be at full pelt come game time. i would say i feel like you can still do a lot of things but we�*ll see as it gets closer and closer, we�*ll see during the game. you can�*t
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to exactly what you were quickly going to be during those moments of the game but our quagga proponents of the best way possible, if you hope you can make those throws when you need to. that�*s all the sport for now. a pilot has died in an apparent mid—air collision of two indian air force fighterjets while on exercises south of new delhi. both aircraft had taken off from the gwalior air force base on a training mission. two other pilots were injured in the crash. an investigation is under way to determine the cause of the collision. a tropical storm followed by heavy rainfall has killed at least 16 people in madagascar. 17 people remain missing and more than 60,000 people have been displaced since the storm reached the island just over a week ago. new zealand�*s prime minister chris hipkins has described the flooding in the country�*s largest city, auckland, as unprecedented. he�*s surveyed some of the worst—hit parts by helicopter.
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at least three people have died following torrential downpours. more than 100 people have been rescued from flooded cars and homes. giving an assessment of the situation, mr hipkins said new zealand would have to consider whether its emergency response was adequate to the challenges posed by new weather patterns. the met service has confirmed that yesterday was auckland�*s wettest day on record. having just surveyed some of the extensive damage, both on the ground and in the air, it�*s clear that it�*s going to be a big clean—upjob. this is an unprecedented event in recent memory. in the aftermath, we will have plenty of time to evaluate the response. i�*m sure that all appropriate actions and communications have occurred in a timely way, but for now, our focus is on making sure that we support aucklanders through this.
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you can get in touch about any of our sorrows that we�*ve been covering today, you�*re watching bbc news. hello there. for many of you today it is going to be quite cloudy. there�*s a lot of dry weather to come, but we�*ve seen some sunshine break through the cloud across parts of yorkshire and lincolnshire. later on, more of wales and into the midlands as well. even though with that front, most places won�*t notice anything and stay dry. a good deal of cloud around, limited brightness, northern ireland and scotland keeping further sunny spells and if you are in the north—northwest of
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scotland, the odd passing shower on the breeze. not much difference in temperature, if you want a particularly grey cloud, that major stick around for five celsius and it will feel chilly. keeping a lot of cloud around england and wales overnight, patchy drizzle in places, limiting the potential for frost as what the freshening breeze in scotland. northern counties of northern england and scotland may end up in close to freezing on sunday morning. winter in scotland with gales and at the northern isles, gusts of up to 60mph possible for a time as rain moves south through scotland come into northern ireland, reaching parts of northern england into the evening. i did that, a lot of cloud, perhaps some rain in southern england through the day, that will ease away and brighton. miles on sunday but cold air into scotland on sunday night will bring towers in places. for
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much now, looking dry, sunshine around during the first part of the day, in particular they will be brisk winds initially easing, clarity from the west and then rain pushing back in what is scotland. is for another area of low pressure that will come as it gets closer to scotland, through tuesday into wednesday, bring other strengthening winds and may turn potentially quite strong across parts of scotland for a time next week. we will be colder, wintry showers across northern areas, mainly on hills and perhaps snow to lower levels in eastern scotland before things settle again towards the end of the week.
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this is bbc news. i�*m annita mcveigh and these are the headlines. police in israel say that a 13 —year—old palestinian has carried out a shooting attack outside the old city injerusalem in which two people — a father and son — were seriously wounded. the teenage attacker was shot and wounded. graphic footage is released showing the moment tyre nichols was arrested and beaten by five police officers in the us city of memphis. president biden described the video as "horrific". british regional airline — flybe — ceases trading for a second time — cancelling all flights to and from the uk after going into administration. hundreds of staff have been made redundant a seven—day state of emergency has been declared in new zealand�*s largest city,
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