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to search for 19—year—old jay slater, a week after he went missing in tenerife. and an artist is given the royal seal of approval, after his work depicting the red arrows is approved by the king. hello, i'm catherine byaruhanga. welcome to the programme. the un has accused israel of using a wounded palestinian as a human shield after a video emerged of a man tied to the bonnet of a military vehicle. the israel defence forces have admitted its forces violated protocol during what it's calling a "counterterrorism operation" in the city ofjenin in the west bank on saturday. a warning viewers may find the video we're about to show distressing. the wounded man can be seen
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lying on the hood of a vehicle as it drives past two ambulances. we've decided to blur the image. his family said he was injured during the raid by israeli soldiers. the idf confirmed the incident, saying it "violated orders", adding that it would be investigated and dealt with accordingly. it comes as anti—government protesters clashed with israeli police in tel aviv. tens of thousands of people demonstrated near the headquarters of prime minister's benjamin netanyahu's likud party on saturday, demanding new elections, as well as the return of the 116 remaining hostages who were taken by hamas militants on october 7. at least 38 people were killed in israeli attacks in several neighbourhoods of gaza city on saturday. israel says its fighter jets struck hamas infrastructure. hamas says the attacks targeted civilians. separately, the international committee of the red cross says its field hospital is treating badly wounded people, including children, after explosions in a tent camp on friday, which also
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damaged its gaza office. as the war rages on, there continues to be growing unrest on israel's northern border with lebanon. the two sides have exchanged cross—border exchanges of fire for months, fuelling fears of a wide conflict. our middle east correspondent, lucy williamson sent us this report from the border war empties neighbourhoods. here on israel's northern border, many say war is also the way to get residents back. were you hurt, did it hit you? yes, i was here, i stood here. david has refused to leave, even when rockets landed right in front of his house a few weeks ago. shrapnel slicing through the walls, missing him by inches. you see the wall? it's made him even more determined to stay. every day, every night, bomb — problem. and i born here. what i say? look, hezbollah.
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kill hezbollah. rockets hit kiryat shmona every week. this slipped past israel's defences last friday, hitting a street outside the mayor's office. the us is pushing hard for a diplomatic solution here, but the mayor says full—scale war is the only way out. translation: sitting - here like lambs to slaughter, just waiting for the day they attack us, like we saw in the south, it's unacceptable, and everyone understands the choice is between war now oi’ war later. israel has been striking back across the border and talking up preparations for a full—scale offensive against hezbollah. hezbollah has vowed that nowhere in israel would be spared. tough talk is part of both sides�* strategy of deterrence, but it can also spotlight the path to war. looked like a missile. i don't know. it looks like they shot it to the middle...
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tom was out when a hezbollah rocket hit his house in kibbutz malkiya, right on the border. look what one rocket can do to a house. it just. .. everything ruined. it's c r azy , n 07 he says israel's leadership has failed. they lost it. they need to quit. all of them. yeah. the biggest failure of our army and our country was on the seventh of october, and they were the leaders. protests for a ceasefire in gaza that would also calm tensions in the north aren't working on israel's prime minister. mortgaged by his promise to far right government allies to destroy hamas before ending the gaza war. playing for time is his speciality, but this, many say, the longer it goes on, is playing with fire. lucy williamson, bbc news, the israel—lebanon border. let's speak to benjamin
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radd — political scientist at the ucla burkle center for international relations, and expert on government and politics in the middle east. thank you forjoining us on the programme. following on from lucy's reporting about those tensions on the border between lebanon and israel. how likely is it we will see an escalation in the conflict? fix, is it we will see an escalation in the conflict?— in the conflict? a lot of this is in the — in the conflict? a lot of this is in the hands _ in the conflict? a lot of this is in the hands of _ in the conflict? a lot of this is in the hands of the - in the conflict? a lot of this is in the hands of the is - is in the hands of the is lanark republic. how they are on, when it fires, how it operates against israel, we could go a revolutionary guard corps official said they represent the production of iran will stop they could control this and how much pressure is applied to israel from the north, went to pull back and went to increase the pressure. in the meantime we will see israel responding in the way they have, targeting
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specific sites and individuals in southern lebanon and members of hezbollah. find in southern lebanon and members of hezbollah-— of hezbollah. and as pressure on benjamin _ of hezbollah. and as pressure on benjamin netanyahu - on benjamin netanyahu domestically and also from allies. how much room for men ever does he have and what you think his strategy is going forward? , think his strategy is going forward?— think his strategy is going forward? , ., , forward? very little at this oint. forward? very little at this point. would _ forward? very little at this point. would not - forward? very little at this point. would not only - forward? very little at this| point. would not only seen defections in his war cabinet leading to the dismantling of the covenant we now saw in the last few days senior military officials, the rare apple of the idea of who was his spokesperson coming up and seeing israel's focus needs to be on skewing hostages and putting aside a secondary the dismantling of hamas. —— saving hostages. the pressure has now mounted on all sides within his government also for the public which continues to hold large protests outside of his office. mentioning those protests there, how significant is the pressure internally within israel as we see more people
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staging protest over the weekend? 50 staging protest over the weekend?— staging protest over the weekend? so long as he maintains _ weekend? so long as he maintains the _ weekend? so long as he maintains the right - weekend? so long as he j maintains the right flank weekend? so long as he i maintains the right flank of his coalition his government remains intact and that is really where the whole thing is precarious. as much as the military would like to see the hostages rescued as the primary focus, and the dismantling of hamas as a secondary objective, as long as he continues on the path he is on he is able to hold onto his right flank in parliament and keeping the coalition intact. that's the sensitive point, the pressure point is whether or not he takes any shift in policy that will cause the two parties that are holding his coalition together, whether it will cause them to defect or not. the calls for — them to defect or not. the calls for a _ them to defect or not. the calls for a ceasefire - them to defect or not. the calls for a ceasefire continue within israel but also around the world. where do we stand on that dealfor a the world. where do we stand on that deal for a ceasefire the world. where do we stand on that dealfor a ceasefire in the conflict in gaza? it reverts _ the conflict in gaza? it reverts back to the three point plan joe reverts back to the three point planjoe biden had laid out in the united nations approving of 16 to nothing and it's whether or not at this point hamas will
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agree to release all hostages as part of its first phase. hamas right now has led the precondition of having a permanent ceasefire and enter all hostilities in phase i and what israel had wanted to see was hamas leadership at least removed and taken out of operation. right now the sticking point remains what objectives will be met in the first phase of the operation and it remains to be seen whether either sidewalk budget any further from the position is now holding.— any further from the position is now holding. ben'amin, thank ou for is now holding. ben'amin, thank you forjoining _ is now holding. ben'amin, thank you forjoining us _ is now holding. benjamin, thank you forjoining us on _ is now holding. benjamin, thank you forjoining us on bbc - is now holding. benjamin, thank you forjoining us on bbc news. | russia launched an air attack on kyiv and its surrounding region this night, forcing the engagement of air defence systems to repel the strikes. earlier, ukraine's president zelenskyy has called on international allies to stop the wave of russian glide bomb attacks after three people were killed in kharkiv on saturday. the authorities say nearly a0 others have been injured in the attack — some of them critically. more than 2,400, of these russians bombs have been dropped on ukraine this month alone.
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mr zelenskyy has once again called for more air defence systems and what he called "a sufficient range" of weapons to counter the threat from moscow. the attack on the area continued also all night. with the air alert in the kharkiv region lasting for almost 17 hours. let's switch our focus now to the general election in the uk, and nigel farage says he "won't apologise "for telling the truth" — after saying the west had "provoked" russia into invading ukraine by the expansion of the eu and nato. the prime minister rishi sunak has joined other politicians in criticising the reform uk leaderfor his comments, but writing in today's telegraph newspaper, mr farage said he was not an "apologist or supporter of putin." with more, here's our political correspondent gary 0'donaghue. this was vladimir putin today
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marking the nutty inversion of his country during world war ii. his invasion of ukraine is largely united politicians from all parties. nigel farage, the leader of the former uk and the man who says he wants to be a leader of the opposition after the election questions the consensus around the wall. in his bbc panorama interview with nick robinson he claims the west had provoked vladimir putin's invasion of ukraine, in other words caused the war. there's been no official reaction from the ukrainian leader, recently pictured here at a summit in switzerland and sources inside his office describe nigel farage as being infected with the virus of putinism. writing in the telegraph, nigel farage says vladimir putin's invasion was outrageous, immoraland
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outrageous, immoral and indefensible but outrageous, immoraland indefensible but he stood by his comments. back here on the election trail, rishi sunak so often reluctant to criticise nigel farage was categorical in his condemnation.— farage was categorical in his condemnation. ~ . ., , condemnation. what he said was completely _ condemnation. what he said was completely wrong _ condemnation. what he said was completely wrong and _ condemnation. what he said was completely wrong and only - condemnation. what he said was completely wrong and only plays| completely wrong and only plays into vladimir putin's hands. this is amanda deployed nerve edges on the streets of britain. ., ., ., , britain. the labour leader was cuick to britain. the labour leader was quick to follow _ britain. the labour leader was quick to follow suit. _ britain. the labour leader was quick to follow suit. his - quick to follow suit. his comments _ quick to follow suit. his comments about - quick to follow suit. h 3 comments about russia and ukraine are disgraceful. i've always been clear that vladimir putin bears responsibility, sole responsibility for the russian aggression in ukraine. the live dam weetah out on a chicken farm set only vladimir putin is responsible for the debts of civilians in ukraine
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and the snp leader says nigel farage was a traitor to the interest of the peoples of these islands. nigel farage knows how to shatter a consensus and his words have put ukraine firmly in the election spotlight. meanwhile, another senior conservative party official is reportedly being looked into by the uk's gambling commission over bets allegedly placed on the date of the general election. the allegations were first reported in the sunday times newspaper. here's our political correspondent, helen catt. now, the paper is saying that a spokesman for the official has denied any wrongdoing. the bbc previously reported. two party candidates and an election official also being looked at. previously a spokesperson for the party has told the bbc it had been contacted by the gambling commission about a small number of individuals and as the gambling commission is an independent body, it wouldn't be proper for the conservative party to comment further until any process is concluded.
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egypt has stripped 16 travel agencies of their licences for organising illegal hajj pilgrimages. nearly 2 million muslims undertake the journey to mecca annually, but this year, more than 1,000 people have so far reportedly died — many because of searing temperatures of over 50 degrees. it's feared the death toll could be much higher. unregistered pilgrims do not have access to proper facilities such as air conditioned tents and official transport, as caroline hawley reports. a teenager's dream. constant sunshine and a beach in full of bars. it was jay's first holiday abroad without his parents. and this is something every parent feels. now, even teenagers are wary. we literally heard it on the news the day before
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we came here and then obviously it's a bit shocking. i think all our families were a bit shocked, a bit scared. yeah, very worried about us coming here after that news. we did make sure, like, once we heard about it, you know, we're always going to be together, no one is going alone. we were making rules. a bit scary but i've got my boyfriend, so it's fine. we got here the same day as he went - missing and obviously, like, a lot of conspiracy theories. saying about, like, - where he's gone, why's he done it and all stuff like this. . most of it doesn't really add up, to be fair. - this time last week, jay was enjoying himself with thousands of other people here at playa de las americas, at a three—day music festival. then, in the early hours of monday morning, he came to this bar to an after party and left with two men and took a ito—minute car journey to a holiday home, but it wasn't a normal car journey, it was up a winding mountain road. why did he decide to do that in the early hours of the morning? the police haven't revealed what they think happened that night. they say they don't comment
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on ongoing investigations. their searches continued near the holiday home today. to onlookers it seemed like there were less people than in previous days, but this area is vast. all we know for sure is this, jay should have been back home in lancashire this weekend. instead, his family are here, hoping someone, something will help police find him. fiona trott, bbc news, tenerife. apologies for that technical error, that was a report by fiona. 0n the police search for the 19—year—old jay slater who is missing in tenerife and as promised, here is a report on the deaths during this years hajj pilgrimage. it's a sacred duty for muslims to perform the pilgrimage once in their lifetime, if physically and financially able. and it's a colossal logistics operation for the saudi authorities. they've been criticised in the past for the way
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they've handled the hajj, for deadly stampedes. but this year, the danger came from blistering heat. there was water on hand, large sprinklers and some air—conditioned areas for the more than 1.8 million pilgrims. but it was more than 50 degrees in the shade and the scorching temperature took a terrible toll. ather hussain is imam of leicester's central mosque. he'sjust returned home from saudi arabia, scarred by what he saw. it was undoubtedly a traumatic experience. you would walk and you simply wouldn't know where to look. because everywhere you turned, you would see someone struggling in some way or the other. people completely drowned in sweat. it's not just the frail and elderly who were affected. i saw perfectly fit individuals, who were struggling just to make 50 yards. in a village in northern egypt, a family mourns.
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70—year—old effendiya sold jewellery to pay for the pilgrimage. she had a tourist visa and, like many others, wasn't officially registered for the hajj. her children say she was left to walk for miles, taken advantage of by an unscrupulous tour operator. she called home as she was dying. translation: i screamed and couldn't believe it. - she phoned my brother and told him she felt her soul was leaving her body. i wish i was with her. the casualties come from many countries, and there are fears that climate change will, in future, make the hajj even more dangerous. the charity islamic relief has called for urgent steps to inform pilgrims of the risks and to ensure that their safety is paramount. caroline hawley, bbc news. let's get some of the day's other news now. three people are missing after floodwaters swept through the south—eastern swiss town of misox in the alpine valley. a massive thunderstorm caused
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rivers to break their banks, flooding streets and causing several dozen residents to be evacuated from their homes. further west, the alpine resort of zermatt has been cut off by floodwaters. footage from the town, which lies at the base of the iconic matterhorn mountain, shows water raging through the streets. the president of argentina javier milei will meet german chancellor olaf scholz later today. this is president milei's first official visit to germany, since taking office six months ago. but the visit has already been accompanied by protests and controversy. president milei was due to receive military honours during his visit but the ceremony was cancelled at the last minute at the request of the argentinians. and rehearsals for the opening ceremony of the paris olympics have been postponed due to heavy rain. authorities say the river seine is flowing five times faster than usual for this time of year.
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the paris 2024 games will be the first olympics in history where the opening ceremony will take place outside of its traditional setting of a stadium. gang violence in haiti has now displaced more than 500,000 people. that's according to a un report released this week, highlighting what it calls "spiralling violence" in the caribbean nation. armed gangs control large parts of the capital port—au—prince — but clashes are also on the rise in the country's north. the un says many of the displaced are living in areas with limited access to basic services like clean water. the un's migration agency says nearly 580,000 people are now internally displaced across haiti — that represents a 60% increase since march of this year. and finding safety outside haiti's borders is a challenge. the neighbouring dominican republic has built a 250—mile border wall, while its
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government deported at least 175,000 haitians last year alone. philippe branchat is from the un's international organization for migration in haiti. well, the violence has been quite traumatic since — since end of february, march, beginning of march, with an increase of synchronised attacks from the gangs, which generated massive displacement. already, the situation was already bad. we have 360,000 displaced. and what has been significantly different is the widespread idps, the displacement throughout the country, and putting a lot of pressure on public services, on education, schools. so the — the people in the south are now supporting half of the idp population, and they do not have the capacity to support longer.
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and so our concern is to see the capacity to absorb such populations being severely eroded in the coming weeks, coming months, and the situation not improving. a self—taught artist says it was "mind blowing" to have his work depicting the red arrows approved by the king. matthew emeny painted the aerobatic aircraft for a collectors�* set of 50p coins to mark the team's 60th anniversary. a special set was carried by each pilot during their last flypast for the trooping the colour, as debbie tubby reports. the aircraft already in the air and air include the red arrows. this year are celebrating their 60th anniversary. one of the world's premier aerobatic display team flying at the
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weekend for trooping the colour. now they anniversary has been captured not on campus but commitment of coins. painted by a suffolk artist. when i was painting and if anyone said you would be asked to design a coin, i think what. especially as a self—taught artist, i got a b in art at school. talfive, is amazing, really. i'm shocked. this is a set of postcards my father—in—law andrew gave me and this was the very first aircraft a painted. i had to research the colour scheme and everything followed on from that. , . . everything followed on from that. , ., ., ., , ., that. he started drawing as a child and _ that. he started drawing as a child and now _ that. he started drawing as a child and now he _ that. he started drawing as a child and now he depicts - child and now he depicts aircraft through history. his paintings are even used as jigsaws, his profession like the red arrows, relies on precision and attention to detail. b. precision and attention to detail. �* , , precision and attention to detail. ~ , , . detail. a painting is very much different to — detail. a painting is very much different to something - detail. a painting is very much different to something like - detail. a painting is very much different to something like a l different to something like a spitfire, very bright red and
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the way that the sunlight captures the metalwork i wanted to depict that well in a painting. you want to give a sense of speed with them, definitely. it's all about movement and painting the red arrows. .., , ., movement and painting the red arrows. _, , ., ., movement and painting the red arrows. , ., ., ., arrows. the coins are not for circulation. _ arrows. the coins are not for circulation, our— arrows. the coins are not for circulation, our collector's i circulation, our collector's item, a 22 carat gold sat carried in each pilots flying suit at the weekend. i flown teddy bears. _ suit at the weekend. i flown teddy bears, and _ suit at the weekend. i flown teddy bears, and flakes - suit at the weekend. i flown teddy bears, and flakes on | teddy bears, and flakes on operations. it's something americans like to do, you take it and file operations and get a certificate to sign that your teddy bear has flown in a was about never flown a coin. their desiun about never flown a coin. their design had _ about never flown a coin. their design had to _ about never flown a coin. their design had to be _ about never flown a coin. their design had to be approved - about never flown a coin. their design had to be approved by l design had to be approved by king charles. it’s design had to be approved by king charles.— design had to be approved by king charles. it's 'ust amazing that he got h king charles. it's 'ust amazing that he got to — king charles. it'sjust amazing that he got to see _ king charles. it'sjust amazing that he got to see the - king charles. it'sjust amazing that he got to see the work. l that he got to see the work. and as an artist, that is way up and as an artist, that is way up there on the scale of things and it gives you a nice feeling. and it gives you a nice feeling-— and it gives you a nice feelint. ~ ., , ., ., feeling. the red arrows had not be celebrated _ feeling. the red arrows had not be celebrated the _ feeling. the red arrows had not be celebrated the official - be celebrated the official birthday of our sovereign, they've commemorated the anniversary of coins drawn by a
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suffolk artist and approved by the king. debbie tubby, bbc news. and finally, a pair of penguins have hatched a baby gentoo at an aquarium in the north east of england. the chick weighed a healthy three ounces and keepers are delighted with its development. simon spark has been to meet the new arrival. at the deep hole there's plenty of excitement in the penguin enclosure not because it's feeding time. it's because there is now more peaks to feed. stanley has just become a proud father and nessie is keeping her latest arrival all warm and protected. because this little thing has to on sunday, ninejune. the first gentoo check here in five years. gentoo check here in five ears. �* , ., ., years. it's quite rare, we have a small colony _ years. it's quite rare, we have a small colony of— years. it's quite rare, we have a small colony of 14 _ years. it's quite rare, we have a small colony of 14 and - years. it's quite rare, we have a small colony of 14 and not . a small colony of 14 and not everyone is paired together, you have unsuccessful hatches and non— incubated eggs and
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crushed eggs, damaged eggs. add to go through a few processes and stages to get to a successful hatch and even then the first week or so which we have now passed can be quite critical for the development as well. �* , ~ critical for the development as well. , ~ well. because mum has tucked awa in well. because mum has tucked away in the _ well. because mum has tucked away in the corner— well. because mum has tucked away in the corner they - well. because mum has tucked away in the corner they have i away in the corner they have set up a special camera so we can have a look closely and nessie has stood up for us just so we can have a look at her check. just a little pig at a little bit. it seems nessie and stanley have all the gentoo will remark busy with plenty of nest building but to find out whether this is a boy or a girl there will need to do a dna test because it is too difficult to tell. at that point, they could give this little chick a name. you are watching bbc news. stay with us. hello. the next few days look set
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to bring the warmest weather of the summer so far. 24 degrees was our top temperature on saturday, but over the next few days, as this warm and rather humid air surges northwards, we can expect higher temperatures than that, perhaps into the high 20s celsius. some good spells of sunshine, but not necessarily clear blue skies all the time. there will be some areas of cloud. indeed, on sunday mornings, some areas of cloud, mist and murk for parts of western england and wales, particularly over some of the hills and around some of the coasts. we'll keep some patches of cloud through the day on sunday. sea breezes developing around some of the coasts. northern ireland having a nice—looking day, spells of sunshine. similar story for scotland, although a little bit breezy in the western isles — 16 celsius for stornoway, but more generally 19 to 25 celsius, a very warm—feeling day. and quite a warm night, actually, sunday night into monday. still some areas of cloud, a bit of mist and murk here and there, but those temperatures in the centre of london, no lower than 15 degrees, maybe getting down to ten in aberdeen and glasgow and in newcastle. but with this area of high
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pressure in charge for monday, it's going to be mainly dry and actually even warmer. this frontal system out to the west — we'll have to keep an eye on that — will start to bring a little bit more cloud, i think, into parts of northern ireland and western scotland with just a small chance for a shower. but elsewhere, some spells of sunshine, a bit of patchy cloud at times. but look at the temperatures — 24 for parts of northern ireland, 26 in northern scotland, across england and wales, widely into the mid—20s, 27 or 28 across the southeast corner. now through monday night into tuesday, that weather front in the west will start to make inroads — more cloud, perhaps some outbreaks of rain across northern ireland, parts of scotland, maybe into the north of england as well. so here a little bit cooler for tuesday, but further south and east, if anything, those temperatures climbing further, 28, perhaps 29 celsius. now, the big uncertainty in our weather story is about how quickly things will change, because it looks like our area of high pressure will loosen its grip, fronts pushing in from the west, low pressure drifting up from the south.
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one or both of those features will bring something more unsettled and a little bit cooler by the end of the week, but there is huge uncertainty about how quickly that change will take place and before it does some very warm weather on the way.
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this is bbc news. the headlines: the united nations has criticised israeli troops for strapping a wounded palestinian man to a military vehicle and driving him through the west bank. the idf confirmed the incident, saying it "violated orders". russia launches an air attack on kyiv overnight, hours after president zelensky called on international allies to help stop the recent wave of glide bomb attacks, after three people were killed in kharkiv on saturday. another senior conservative party official is reportedly being looked into by the uk's gambling commission over bets placed on the date of the general election. the official allegedly placed dozens of bets, which could have generated winnings of thousands of pounds. egypt strips more than a dozen travel agencies of their licences for organising illegal hajj pilgrimages.

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