so some warm spells of sunshine around on saturday. sunday, cloudier with rain at times. bye for now. this is bbc news. the headlines. at least eight people are killed during violence in pakistan, sparked by a corruption case against the former prime minister imran khan. in the uk, the publisher of the mirror newspaper has apologised to prince harry for unlawful information gathering, at the start of a trial over alleged phone—hacking. deadly airstrikes engulf gaza city as israeli military and palestinian militants continue their assault. sport and for a full round up, from the bbc sport centre. what a fixture at the san

siro in italy later. manchester city or real madrid await the winner of the the second champions league semi—final which sees ac milan play inter milan, the first meeting between the two city rivals in the competition since 2005. they share the stadium, but ac milan are the home team for this leg. they've been sweating on the fitness of rafael leao, their star forward trained away from the group on tuesday. inter�*s attack looks to be back to its best ahead of what they're calling the �*euroderby�*. translation: we know - we are playing in the semifinals of the champions league. this is the derby, not a derby. we are not hiding the importance this match has for us, for the fans, for the club. we want to face it in the best possible way. a derby in the semifinal — doesn't get much bigger. we are really excited for it. the last round against napoli, a lot of people were counting us out for it and we managed to put two great performances, we played three times in ten days and we didn't lose.

a lot of people know, for ourselves we know what we can do and i think a lot of people are starting to see milan are a good team and we just have to try and put our best foot forward and try to win that game. west ham fans are dreaming of their first silverware since 1980 and on thursday they take on dutch side az alkmaar in the first leg of their europa conference league semi—final. david moyes�* side picked up a massive win over manchester united in the premier league on sunday to move them seven points above the relegation zone with three games to play. mark noble says four decades without a trophy is far too long. for me, growing up a west ham fan and playing for west ham for so many years and still my life surrounded by west ham fans and people wherever i go, it would just be a thank you and a bit of payback for the support they have given for this many years. it is not easy to win trophies,

we understand that. but we are in a great place to do that and playing against a very good team, but you look at it, you have got three games to win a trophy, that's it. barcelona captain sergio busquets has confirmed he'll leave the club at the end of the season after 18 years at the camp nou. the former spain midfielder has played 718 matches for barcelona — the third—most in the club's history winning eight la liga titles, seven copa del reys, seven spanish super cups and three champions leagues. busquets says "it's been an unforgettable journey, reality has exceeded all my dreams." the first footballer to play at five world cups, has died aged 93. mexico's legendary goalkeeper antonio carbajal, known as "la tota", played at the tournaments in brazil, switzerland, sweden, chile and england between 1950 and 1966. carbajal held the record alone for 32 years until it was equalled by germany's lothar matthaus in 1998.

philadelphia 76ers are just a game away from the conference finals after they beat boston celtcis by 115 points to 103. joel embiid continued his incredible hit streak for philadelphia by scoring 33 points while tyrese maxey added 30 for the 76ers who now lead the best of seven series 3—2. they can secure a place in the conference finals for the first time in 22 years on thursday. it is just one more game. the series isn't over. we still need one more game to move on to advance to the next round, so that game is behind us and we have to lock in and focus, whatever day we play. we have to focus and lock in. it will be a dogfight. they will play extremely desperate and we know that and we have to be the better team because it is a close game at home and it is hard to close a team out. and that's all the sport for now.

palestinian militants in gaza have fired more than 350 rockets and mortars towards israel as the israeli military continues to carry out air strikes on targets in the palestinian enclave. explosions have been heard in the sky as most of the rockets have been intercepted by israel's iron dome air defence system. the israeli airstrikes have killed at least 19 palestinians over the past two days. they include women and children, as well as three leading members of islamichhad. the israeli prime minister, benjamin netanyahu, has said that israel is ready for the possibility of an expanded campaign — and what he called harsh strikes against gaza. here is the scene, live in garda —— gaza. live now to david makovsky, a distinguished fellow at the washington institute, and director of the koret project on arab—israel relations.

thanks for being with us. and i want to first one to wonder what you make of this escalation because we heard from benjamin netanyahu saying any escalation from militants would be met with a crushing response. both sides ratcheting up the tensions. it's always good to be with the bbc. the key factor and sometimes with what is happening or not happening is it looks like hamas is staying out of the fight and islamichhad is on its own. we saw it last august in 2022, the operation back and forth between israel and islamic jihad went quicker and fewer people were killed or injured on either side as hamas has more lethality and have their own rivalry with islamic jihad on the hamas approaches to light up the west bank and keep gaza

quiet, so i don't think they like the islamichhad approach and the signals are that things could change, its the middle east and you have to be cautious and and we would see a widening of scope on both sides. i see a widening of scope on both sides. ., ., . ., see a widening of scope on both sides. ., ., _, ., ., see a widening of scope on both sides. ., ., ., ., ., sides. i want to come onto that element in _ sides. i want to come onto that element in a — sides. i want to come onto that element in a moment. - sides. i want to come onto that element in a moment. but - sides. i want to come onto that| element in a moment. but let's sides. i want to come onto that - element in a moment. but let's talk about the targeting. israel says it is solely targeting islamichhad but the air strikes killing at least 19 palestinians including women and children. so unusually targeted approach but a higher death toll, which means both groups under pressure to respond.— which means both groups under pressure to respond. that's correct. i know what — pressure to respond. that's correct. i know what islamic _ pressure to respond. that's correct. i know what islamichhad _ pressure to respond. that's correct. i know what islamichhad would - pressure to respond. that's correct. i know what islamichhad would say | i know what islamichhad would say that gaza is a dense territory and we operate from the city but there are a lot of open areas where they choose not to and they fire indiscriminately into israel and

israel cancelled operations, we know this, because of more collateral damage which would have been happening, but i should point out correctly, innocent people have died this year as well, the israeli army will say they want to eliminate it with these got —— guys are not easy to catch and they have cancelled some operations but felt they needed to get those cases where they have been innocent people who have died. and so on the issue of hamas not being involved, it does not want to comment says, risk a return to full—scale conflict and an israeli military spokesman saying that israel is not interested in war. yet, what we've seen so far is the deadliest conflict in what, three years? deadliest conflict in what, three ears? ,, . ::' deadliest conflict in what, three ears? ,, . ii' ., deadliest conflict in what, three ears? ,. ::' years? since may 2021, so two years, that was the _ years? since may 2021, so two years, that was the big — years? since may 2021, so two years, that was the big one. _ years? since may 2021, so two years, that was the big one. and _ years? since may 2021, so two years, that was the big one. and then - that was the big one. and then august 2022, now this. hamas's to

use to light up the west bank or try to keep gaza quieter and i think israel has also acted in a reasonable way in the last government started on the government is to continuing to have more jobs for palestinians in israel and the income they can get is between nine or ten times what they are learning gaza so it gives hamas something to lose and that is what works great and the only time hamas has been at the forefront of rocket strikes is when there has been on the temple and then hamas feels it cannot stay out but that is not the case this time. it is a rivalry between hamas and islamichhad and if hamas wants to stay out, israel will be happy and does not want to widen the conflict. ,., ., ., ., ~ ., and does not want to widen the conflict. ., ., ~ ., i. and does not want to widen the conflict. ., ., ~ ., ., conflict. good to talk to you at the washington _ conflict. good to talk to you at the washington institute. _ conflict. good to talk to you at the washington institute. thank- conflict. good to talk to you at the

washington institute. thank you. | us republican congressman george santos has turned himself in to authorities after being charged with fraud, money laundering and theft of public funds. in court documents unsealed this morning after santos handed himself in, prosecutors allege he participated in an elaborate fraud scheme. they claim he defrauded those who gave him money for his house of representatives campaign, instead using the funds for personal expenses including luxury designer clothing and credit card payments. let's get some of the day's other news now from around the uk. heavy storms have caused flash flooding and widespread disruption across large parts of england. homes have been evacuated, schools closed and roads shut after rivers broke their banks following a deluge of rain. dozens of flood warnings and alerts remain in place as further rain is forecast. delayed health checks for people with diabetes may have contributed to 7,000 more deaths than usual in england last year. that's according to the charity diabetes uk, which says nearly two million people missed out on routine checks in 2021 to 2022.

it says the pandemic is the most likely cause of the disruption but said too many people are still having to manage their condition alone. a baby has been born using three people's dna for the first time in the uk. the pioneering technique is an attempt to prevent children being born with mitochondrial diseases. the baby's dna comes from its two parents; less than1 per cent is from a female donor. around the world and across the uk. this is bbc news. the atlantic ocean, eternally gnawing at the north cornish coast, presenting something of a problem for buildings close to the ever retreating edge. built in 1835, the

lookout tower above bude would have faced a coastguard in storms but because of coastal erosion, it has been taken down one piece at a time and moved inland. it’s been taken down one piece at a time and moved inland.— and moved inland. it's fairly complicated _ and moved inland. it's fairly complicated in _ and moved inland. it's fairly complicated in terms - and moved inland. it's fairly complicated in terms of - and moved inland. it's fairly complicated in terms of the | complicated in terms of the recording process of numbering the stones and rebuilding it like for like in the new location. the tower, known locally _ like in the new location. the tower, known locally as _ like in the new location. the tower, known locally as the _ like in the new location. the tower, known locally as the pepper - like in the new location. the tower, known locally as the pepper pot, i like in the new location. the tower, l known locally as the pepper pot, has been moved before, back in 1881, again because of cliff erosion. this time it will travel 100 metres back along the cliff, back inland, to this spot where local worthies were on hand to prepare the ground. police forces in the netherlands, germany and belgium, together with interpol, have launched a campaign to try to solve the cases of some of europe's unidentified murdered women. it will be the first time that interpol has published a "black list".

it's normally only circulated among police. anna holligan has been looking into the case of a woman found hidden in a waste container. this is where yan found the body in the bin. translation: the bin was in the water. - so i tried lifting it out, but it was too heavy. as he struggled to reel the container onto his deck, the rotten stench caused him to call for help. because of that smell, i rang the police and they came straightaway. ramon was the young officer who responded and was first on the scene. due to the nature of his work he preferred not to be fully identified. can you still picture what you saw that day? yes, very well. the first thing we saw was like concrete in the bin. it looked a little bit like a sand sculpture and you could not see whether it was a man or a woman. you couldn't see the face because

the face was between the legs. it was a quite overwhelming, overwhelming experience. so i will never forget it. along with the young woman's body, her clothes, clues as to who she was and these items, probably what the gunman was wearing when he shot her in the head and chest. thanks to advances in forensic technology, a new image has been generated. here everything started. it was when cold case detective corinna van leeuwn decided they should exhume the body to take fresh dna samples of the nameless woman, she discovered there were many, many more cases like her. and then the caretaker of the graveyard asked me, "will you come back for the rest, for the others?" a colleague came up with the idea of publishing a blacklist. what's really great about this is that everyone can help. there's one place you can look at. you can look at the photos of the victims, look at their clothing, and maybe

you recognise something. and i really hope that everyone will grab this opportunity because we think it's really a big chance to solve cases like this. since 1992, five unidentified women aged between 15 and 30 have been found murdered in amsterdam. the blacklist features 22 young women killed and then forgotten. everybody deserves a name, because if you don't have a name, you'rejust a number and you have no story and everybody has a story of their lives, no matter how it ends. but that story needs to be told, because you're worth it. you need to have your story told. the family needs to know what happened to these women. they need closure, because being missed is worse than being dead. anna halligan, bbc news, amsterdam.

live now to carina van leeuwen a forensic detective who we just heard from in that vt. ami am i right you are saying the cold case team in 2005 and it was then when you started to piece together these missing women, notjust in the netherlands but across europe? were you shocked by what you found? i was kind of shocked _ you shocked by what you found? i —" kind of shocked because all of these women, they had no name, nobody knew who they were and we don't know their story and of course we do not know who was the perpetrator, so we were kind of shock. this know who was the perpetrator, so we were kind of shock.— were kind of shock. as you said, in some of these _ were kind of shock. as you said, in some of these cases, _ were kind of shock. as you said, in some of these cases, so _ were kind of shock. as you said, in some of these cases, so little - were kind of shock. as you said, in some of these cases, so little was| some of these cases, so little was known about the victims, not even their name, so give me a sense of —— a sense of how difficult it is to piece together what happened? it’s piece together what happened? it's ve piece together what happened? it�*s very difficult because in a lot of the cases they had been badly mutilated and in some cases we don't their head or hands are gone and we cannot take their fingerprints

sometimes we have nothing and sometimes we have nothing and sometimes we have special things about their body like a tatty wallace car, but it's very difficult to find their name, and we also have the experience that, a lot of times things we saw, we found out that the bodies were deposited in another country than where they came from. this is aboutjoining forces, not just in the netherlands but germany and belgium alongside interpol and the first time that this blacklist has been released publicly. what will that allow you to do? what will it allow you to get from the public? we hope we can do an appeal to the public tojoin us in investigating who these women are there's a lot of

possibilities for people to look at the blacklist which was not possible before because it was for police forces and i hope we get we get a lot of cruise and tips and may be in the end the names of the women. find the end the names of the women. and briefl for the end the names of the women. and briefly for us. — the end the names of the women. and briefly for us, the importance of technology. we heard in the report about how that could be game changing, but it could make a huge difference. . �* , changing, but it could make a huge difference. ., �* , ., ., difference. that's true. in one of the cases _ difference. that's true. in one of the cases we _ difference. that's true. in one of the cases we could _ difference. that's true. in one of the cases we could make - difference. that's true. in one of the cases we could make new i difference. that's true. in one of. the cases we could make new facial reconstruction of the moment and and of course we can do a lot of things with dna and the isotope investigation, so during the years we investigated these techniques became available and we have tried always to enter die —— identify them. always to enter die -- identify them. . ., always to enter die -- identify them. ., ~ i. ., always to enter die -- identify them. ., ~ ., always to enter die -- identify them. ., ., ., ., ~ them. thank you and so good to talk to ou and them. thank you and so good to talk

to you and we _ them. thank you and so good to talk to you and we wish _ them. thank you and so good to talk to you and we wish you _ them. thank you and so good to talk to you and we wish you the - them. thank you and so good to talk to you and we wish you the best - them. thank you and so good to talk to you and we wish you the best of l to you and we wish you the best of luck with the investigation that could take some time, but an important first step. thank you. a rare example of politics and religion being mixed, here in the uk today with the archbishop of canterbury using his role in the house of lords to criticise the government's proposed illegal migration laws. they're being debated in the upper house of parliament — and would see some migrants being sent to what are described as �*safe' third countries, such as rwanda, to have their asylum claims processed. ministers say it's the best way of deterring people from risking their lives crossing the english channel in small boats. here's archbishopjustin outlining why, in his opinion, the uk government's proposals don't tackle the long term and global nature of the problem. evenif even if this bill succeeded in temporarily stopping the boats, it won't stop conflict or climate migration. the ipcc forecasts that climate change by itself, let alone

the conflicts it has already caused, will lead to at least 800 million more refugees a year in total by 2050. and what if other countries follow suit? the unhcr has warned that the bill could lead to the collapse of the international system that protects refugees. is that what we want? the united kingdom contribution to be in our leadership? with more on this, let's cross to the bbc home editor mark easton. how significant or rare is this sort of intervention?— of intervention? rare it certainly is, of intervention? rare it certainly is. significant. — of intervention? rare it certainly is, significant, remains - of intervention? rare it certainly is, significant, remains to - of intervention? rare it certainly is, significant, remains to be - of intervention? rare it certainly i is, significant, remains to be seen. this is a bill that really divides politics and you have, for instance, in the same debate where we saw the archbishop of canterbury, two very seniorformerjudges archbishop of canterbury, two very senior formerjudges speaking out and the former master of the rolls

of saying that the government was increasing barriers to refugees and imposing them with an ultimatum, with a goal of preventing all refugees coming. you very much as opposed to the bill but then you have the former supreme courtjudge lord browne saying that mps, peers should harden their hearts and support the bill to stop the boats and limit light —— migration. it's a very controversial proposal and it's likely that we know it will table an amendment and post in the house of lords. that is before it goes back to the commons.— lords. that is before it goes back to the commons. good to talk to you and mark easton, _ to the commons. good to talk to you and mark easton, with _ to the commons. good to talk to you and mark easton, with the _ to the commons. good to talk to you and mark easton, with the latest i to the commons. good to talk to you and mark easton, with the latest on | and mark easton, with the latest on the intervention as far as illegal migration bill is concerned. more details on the website. let's go back to our extremely talented russia editor, steve rosenberg in liverpool — where he is entertaining people

at a bar in the city, and taking eurovision requests. he isa he is a brilliant pianist and has an encyclopaedic knowledge of eurovision song so he is taking requests, so let's have a listen into some of his playing. music a little bit of euphoria for you. very good. a little bit of euphoria for you. very good-— a little bit of euphoria for you. ve aood. ,., ., ., a little bit of euphoria for you. ve ood. ,., ., ., ., very good. ok, so, what have we got? sonia. very good. ok, so, what have we got? sonia- better — very good. ok, so, what have we got? sonia. better the _ very good. ok, so, what have we got? sonia. better the devil— very good. ok, so, what have we got? sonia. better the devil you _ very good. ok, so, what have we got? sonia. better the devil you the - very good. ok, so, what have we got? sonia. better the devil you the and i sonia. better the devil you the and it was in the sea. something like... music

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teardrops, a win for denmark in 2013, i think. teardrops, a win for denmark in 2013, ithink. let's teardrops, a win for denmark in 2013, i think. let's see. music applause

0nly teardrops. thank you very much. thank you very much. david on facebook asks for rise like a phoenix by conchita. a win for austria and it's something like this. music if you want to watch more of steve's eurovision piano party on the website, youtube and facebook, we will see you with the headline shortly. goodbye. hello, there. it's another day where we're going to see pretty widespread showers around. and some of the biggest storms are likely to be affecting parts of east anglia and southeast england. hard to believe really, when we started off the morning with skies like these and fairly innocuous looking clouds.

now, the satellite picture does show quite a nice curl of cloud towards the north west of the uk, an area of low pressure here with a weather front wrapped around it and with the winds kind of aligned with these bands of heavy showers across southern counties of northern ireland, southern and eastern areas of scotland, it's here where we'll have some fairly lengthy downpours through the course of the day. further southwards, the showers across england, wales, moving at about 20 miles an hour or so today. but some of the biggest ones will be across eastern areas of england, particularly east anglia and southeast england, capable of bringing 20 or 30 millimetres of rain in the space of an hour or two. we could see some localised flooding from those heaviest downpours later on today. 0vernight tonight, it's going to take a time for those showers to ease away. and with the area of low pressure moving southwards across northern ireland, here will see further showers and rather cloudy skies overnight. temperatures for most overnight between around six and eight degrees celsius. and tomorrow it is another kind of day of sunshine and showers. showers to start off with through the morning in northern ireland. some of the heaviest showers i think

through the day develop across parts of wales and across the midlands as well, whereas across eastern areas of england where you could see a few storms around for the early part of the afternoon, they'll probably die away as we head towards the evening time as we start to develop a cooler easterly wind across the east. 0n into friday's forecast, where we're going to start to get our winds coming in from the east or northeast across england and wales, whereas high pressure will start to build in across the north. so scotland and northern ireland having a fine day with some sunny spells developing. should be dry here. showers or some longer spells of rain work eastwards across england through the day. and with those east to northeasterly winds, it's going to start to feel a good deal colder across eastern areas with temperatures around 1a, 15 degrees or so with the highest temperatures high teens or so in the west. the weekend weather prospects starting off not badly with an area of high pressure around. doesn't last, though. the second half of the weekend, we are going to see the cloud thicken up with rain on the way. so some warm spells of sunshine around on saturday.

sunday, cloudier with rain at times. bye for now.

live from london, this is bbc news. at least eight people are killed during violence in pakistan, sparked by a corruption case against the former prime minister imran khan. in the uk, the publisher of the mirror newspaper has apologised to prince harry for unlawful information gathering, at the start of a trial over alleged phone—hacking. palestinian militants fire hundreds of rockets and mortars into israel, following a wave of israeli air strikes in gaza. hello, i'm ben thompson. we start in pakistan, where the former prime minister imran khan