hello, i'm christian fraser. this is the context. 51 people have been rescued from the waves because they've responded so quickly, but he did say that amongst the 12 were a pregnant woman and also a number of children. translation: it is very dangerous, but that's i all they have left. they hand their lives over to whoever, but that's all they have left. they feel a responsibility to provide a future for their families. translation: and we need a trea , a translation: and we need a treaty, a migration _ translation: and we need a treaty, a migration treaty - treaty, a migration treaty between _ treaty, a migration treaty between the _ treaty, a migration treaty between the uk and - treaty, a migration treaty between the uk and the i treaty, a migration treaty- between the uk and the european union _

another tragedy in the channel. at least 12 migrants dead, in the worst loss of life since 2021. the labour government says the europeans have a mutual interest in disrupting the criminal gangs that send the boats. we will get the view tonight from germany. "shameful" is how benjamin netenyahu describes the uk government's decision to cancel some arms exports. but what is he doing to reign in the settler violence in the occupied west bank? we will have a special report on the expanding number of illegal settlements. and could mobile phone companies do more to stem the sudden rise in snatch thefts on our streets? good evening. the french interior minister says at least 12 people have died and two are still missing, after a boat carrying migrants capsized in the english channel. ten of them were female, six of them said to be young girls. there's been a large search and rescue operation under way since this morning. a spokesperson for the french

coastguard says 50 people have been saved. all of them were in the water when they were rescued and are now being treated at french hospitals, several in critical condition. the french authorities said many of them are thought to be asylum seekers from eritrea. it's understood to have happened off a stretch of coastline between boulogne and calais, the shortest distances from the english coast. our correspondent andrew harding is in boulogne, where an emergency care centre has been set up. french rescue helicopters busy once again today, bringing casualties from the sea to the shore. this the scene this afternoon at a harbour in the big port city of boulogne — bodies of stretchers, —— port city of boulogne — bodies on stretchers, many survivors already taken to hospital for emergency care. this is now the deadliest incident in the channel since november 2021, when 27 people died. today's incident happened in choppy seas halfway between boulogne and calais,

near a headland that juts out towards dover. it appears that a flimsy boat simply tore apart. earlier this morning, other small boats made it across the channel, people landing here in dover — a voyage both illegal under british law and increasingly dangerous. earlier this year, five people died in one overcrowded boat, including a young girl trampled to death. so far this year, over 20,000 migrants have reached the uk in small boats — that's slightly more than at the same point last year. just last week, the french and british governments promised tougher and better coordinated action to break up the smuggling gangs. the french authorities have warned that their forces patrolling the beaches are facing growing violence and charities say a more nuanced approach is needed. it needs a much more multipronged approach that of course includes policing and smashing the gangs but — critically — also includes safe

ways for people to reach the uk or to have their case heard before they have to take a dangerous crossing. meanwhile, the death toll this year is already more than double last year's — a grim trend, but not enough to stop tens of thousands of people from attempting to cross the channel. andrew harding, bbc news, on the french coast. tonight, the minister for asylum and border security, angela eagle, said that, increasingly, the boats are being filled with many more people than we've seen in past times and that the quality of those boats is deteriorating. you will recall that the prime minister was in germany last week to discuss measures to tackle the criminal gangs with the german chancellor. many of the boats are coming from germany. nina haase is deutsche welle's chief political correspondent. good to have you on the programme. why is there a link with germany? what intelligence

is there that these boats are coming from germany? {iii is there that these boats are coming from germany? of course, germany is — coming from germany? of course, germany is a _ coming from germany? of course, germany is a country _ coming from germany? of course, germany is a country that - germany is a country that shares a border with nine countries. we have a long stretch of a green border, if you will, so germany is increasingly also dealing with people who come here via other eu countries, from the balkan route or via the south. so we have temporary border controls in place at the moment. it is also because we hosted the arrows, and there is a pic discussion at the moment about whether or not these current temporary measure should in fact also be turned into something that is more permanent, because germany is very aware that it is at the core of the european continent and keir starmer, when he was in berlin, he actually talked to 0laf scholz about their joint efforts to tackle irregular migration and that britain and germany need to work more closely together on that. i

work more closely together on that. ., , ., that. i wonder if there is a political — that. i wonder if there is a political moment, - that. i wonder if there is a - political moment, approaching, because the prime minister when he was in berlin last week was saying that tackling these channel crossing is critical for him, to seeing off the challenge from reform uk, and of course the chancellor is facing a similar challenge with the afp as we saw with the election that the weekend. how do you think he is working with a labour government on this post—brexit was yellow i think germany has gotten the message that the uk is not going to return to the eu soon. he said keir starmer stress again britain will not rejoin. however, having said that, these two leaders of people were very similar in style, they come from the same political family, from the social democrats, they are very few and far between on the european continent at the moment so they do get on, so this is a good moment in time to say, ok, let's see what we

can do outside of eu rules about what we can do in terms of bilateral deals that we can find and let's start by increasing intelligence and data sharing for example and let's get down to the bottom of the problem where people exchange information for they embark on those dangerous routes. this is something we britain and germany have not worked together in the past, now they have said they want to work on what they call a landmark economic and defence agreement, bilateral one, and of course migration is also an issue when it comes to security. issue when it comes to security-— issue when it comes to securi .�* , ., security. be asleep european union would _ security. be asleep european union would like _ security. be asleep european union would like the - security. be asleep european union would like the uk - security. be asleep european union would like the uk to i security. be asleep european | union would like the uk to be working through brussels, but given the clinical threat there is to the german chancellor and also to emmanuel macron from marine le pen and the national rally, do you sense that we are now looking at coordinated and better approaches to this problem through paris and through berlin, the three

capitals working closer together?— capitals working closer touether? ., ., ., together? irregular migration definitely is _ together? irregular migration definitely is the _ together? irregular migration definitely is the topic - together? irregular migration definitely is the topic of - together? irregular migration definitely is the topic of the l definitely is the topic of the hour, and a lascelles and his governments are under tremendous pressure to deliver. —— 0laf scholz and his government. you mentioned those regulations. forthe government. you mentioned those regulations. for the first time since the second world war a far—right party won the most votes in a state election. that is a big deal. they campaigned very strongly on that anti—migration topic and also another party, a new party on the horizon, took away a lot of votes as well, they are also on the anti—migration platform, so this is something 0laf scholz feels he and his partners need to do a lot more, they have already tightened asylum policies, but tonight for example they held cross party talks with the opposition parties of that with the conservatives, saying, we need everybody to get on board, there are some a4,000 people

here in germany who were actually supposed to leave the country, but germany can't deport 80% of them for various reasons, simply because afghanistan and syria are not countries we want to deport people to, or you can stop having said that, last friday, the very first partition flight to afghanistan directly from germany to miss of the government is trying to show they are doing a lot to curb irregular migration —— very first deportation flight. irregular migration -- very first deportation flight. nina, thank you — first deportation flight. nina, thank you very _ first deportation flight. nina, thank you very much. - ukraine's president, volodymyr zelensky, says 51 people have been killed and more than 200 injured. it was in a missile strike on the city of poltova. he said two ballistic missiles partially destroyed a building belonging to the institute of communications. if is one of the deadliest single strikes of the war to date. the country's defence ministry called it a "barbaric attack against an educational establishment". will vernon has this story.

another ukrainian city battered by russian missiles. scores were killed and injured in what was the deadliest attack in almost a year. just minutes after air raid sirens started blaring, the missiles hit. the authorities say many people were still making their way to bomb shelters. translation: we were at home at the time. . it was nine in the morning and there were two very strong explosions. we were very scared. we don't have a basement in our house so we could only sit and wait. and this appears to have been the target. the poltava military communications institute, seen here in an earlier photo. pro—kremlin military bloggers, some with links to the authorities, today called it a military training centre. translation: i have ordered| a full and prompt investigation into the circumstances of what happened. all necessary services are involved in the rescue operation. i am grateful to everyone who has been saving lives from the very first moments following the strike.

poltava is a city that's been largely spared the destruction seen elsewhere in ukraine. it's far from the front line in the east, where the russian military says its forces are advancing. and attacks on cities across ukraine have intensified in recent weeks following kyiv�*s successful incursion into russian territory. the message from the kremlin — russia's response has begun. will vernon, bbc news. with us now, illya aleksandrov. he is a resident in poltova. thank you very much for being with us. what can you tell us about the search and rescue that's still ongoing in the city? that's still ongoing in the ci ? . , ., that's still ongoing in the ci ? ., , ,, that's still ongoing in the ci ? ., , ~' city? the air strike was about at 9m, city? the air strike was about at 9pm. and _ city? the air strike was about at 9pm, and about _ city? the air strike was about at 9pm, and about 12, - city? the air strike was about out the blockages and were trying to fint about ied people. out the blockages and were trying to fint about 12, people. out the blockages and were at 9pm, and about 12, there l at 9pm, and about 12, there were a lot of volunteers who trying to fint about 12, there e. at 9pm, and about 12, there were a lot of volunteers who were a lot of volunteers who were willing to start taking were a lot of volunteers who were willing to start taking out the blockages and were out the blockages and were trying to find wounded people. trying to find wounded people.

after 12 o'clock, there were services, emergency services that came down on the site. they forced all the volunteers to leave and they've been doing all the rescue work from that time. i know that every 20 minutes there is a minute of silence, where they try to hear any kind of noises of people who are injured and under the blockages and trying to ask for help. as far as i know, they are going to be working there all night. are going to be working there all niuht. are going to be working there all niht. ,, ., , are going to be working there allniaht. , all night. the russians say they were _ all night. the russians say they were targeting - all night. the russians say l they were targeting military communications. can you tell us in little bit more about that facility and what it is used for? �* , ,

facility and what it is used for?_ lot - facility and what it is used for?_ lot of... institute, there a lot of... usually, you can see a lot of freshman people are willing to join the committee k should warfare —— communication warfare —— communication warfare defence and defend our country in this kind of a system. yeah, so it's been on—site all this time, it's not pretty much secured or obscure from the citizens's vision, and it... �* , ., , . it... it's not eight secret facility or _ it... it's not eight secret facility or anything - it... it's not eight secret facility or anything like l it... it's not eight secret - facility or anything like that? no, and there's a hospital nearby?— no, and there's a hospital nearb ? , ., , ., nearby? there is, a hospital nearb . nearby? there is, a hospital nearby. usually _ nearby? there is, a hospital nearby. usually you - nearby? there is, a hospital nearby. usually you can - nearby? there is, a hospital nearby. usually you can see| nearby. usually you can see people 18, 22 years old, freshman, enrolled in this university, and there is no professionals... university, and there is no professionals. . ._ university, and there is no professionals... there were some reports _ professionals... there were some reports that -

professionals... there were some reports that there - professionals... there were | some reports that there was professionals... there were i some reports that there was a roll call that was under way this morning. some people were saying maybe there should not have been a roll call when the threat of russian missile attacks is around. do you know anything about that? would that explain the number of casualties we are seeing? i know that there was education going on. definitely, we are a country that is at work, and unfortunately there was not enough time for people to get to the shelter ashman that is .as faras .asfarasi . as far as i know, there was a minute when the sirens went up and the strike on this facility, so, yes, it... it's... i am just really sorry to hear what has happened in your city today and i'm glad for you to come on and talk to us about it. thank you. illya

in the city of act i, where that search and rescue continues —— city of poltava. around the world and across the uk, this is bbc news.

welcome back. the british government is defending its decision to ban some arms sales to israel. benjamin netanyahu called the decision "shameful" today and accused the government of emboldening hamas. the defence secretary, john healey, says the uk remains a staunch ally of israel but must follow the law. around 30 licences out of 350 have been withdrawn because ministers say there is a clear risk the weapons could be used to violate international humanitarian law. here's our political editor chris mason. the decision announced here is a signal that this government is acting differently from its predecessor. it is worth keeping a sense of proportion. around 10% of the uk's arms export licences have been suspended to israel. and the uk is not a big

arms exporter to israel. but a small percentage of a small amount can still provoke a big reaction, at home and abroad. israel's prime minister benjamin netanyahu said... we are a staunch ally of israel, we remain a staunch ally of israel. we've made this legal judgment as a result of a process we're required to follow. 0ur determination to stand with israel, to be part of the collective defence if they come under direct attack again, as they have done before, remains resolute and absolute. so what is the process that governments follow? uk law sets out that goods that could be used for military purpose or even potentially for a military purpose cannot be exported if they could be used in a violation of international humanitarian law.

the government has concluded that in this instance, they might, by israel in gaza. we haven't seen the legal advice that led them to that conclusion, and nor have we seen the legal advice that led to the previous conservative government to the opposite conclusion. having read the government's memorandum, it is not clear precisely what has changed which would justify an arms embargo against israel. could you have done the same thing? should you have done the same thing? well, all governments must follow the rule of law. we don't publish the legal advice. but if the advice was as it was when we were in government, i do not think that would havejustified an arms embargo. the government's decision provoked this protest outside the foreign office today, but far from thinking ministers have gone too far, some left—wing mps think they have not gone far enough. so on the one hand,

the government is saying that they are stopping arms that might be used in gaza, except f—35 fighterjets, and it's a bit like saying you've given up gambling except you're placing bets each way at cheltenham. for much of the last year, since the hamas atrocities in israel and the killing of so many in gaza, labour has felt political pressure from some who have argued that it's been too supportive of israel. and we saw the consequence of that in some places at the general election. ministers insist this decision is about upholding uk law and international law, but the political danger for labour is that this pleases very few, whatever their view. chris mason reporting for us. john deverell was a former senior british officer in the occupied palestinian territories. you're welcome the programme. as chris says, the wording of the law is clear but the application of the law is less than clear, especially when you consider the 40,000 people who have been killed in gaza, so

why now?— why now? thanks for the question- _ why now? thanks for the question. it's _ why now? thanks for the question. it's entirely i question. it's entirely straight forward to me for the much better tojump them straight forward to me for the much better to jump them to straight forward to me for the much better tojump them to be pushed —— jump then to be pushed. if this new british government had continued to proceed in the way that the less government did, it would have been taken to court, as with the case of her weapons to saudi if a few years ago, and they would've lost that case a better to be jumped would've lost that case a better to bejumped —— jumped better to be jumped —— jumped to better to bejumped —— jumped to be pushed. fin better to bejumped -- “umped to be pushed-fl to be pushed. on the allegations _ to be pushed. on the allegations regarding j to be pushed. on the - allegations regarding the conduct of hostilities, because of lack of evidence, he went on, from jerusalem. we normally determine our sale on with the buyer say they are being used for or do we take an external evidence?— for or do we take an external evidence? ~ ., ., ~ ., ., , evidence? we look a whole slew of evidence. _ evidence? we look a whole slew of evidence. as _ evidence? we look a whole slew of evidence. as has _ evidence? we look a whole slew of evidence. as has been - evidence? we look a whole slew of evidence. as has been going. of evidence. as has been going on for ten months plus, to my mind, there is ample evidence that not only weapons have been used at risk of violating ihl,

but they have indeed, so my view is the bridge government's decision is absolutely sensible, and we've been there before, as i said just now. there is a view that the israeli defense forces and british forces might have a different view about the tolerance in terms of division casualties. i don't accept that. proportionality is not infinitely elastic. in terms of either the weapons used or the civilians who become casualties of those weapons being used. irate of those weapons being used. we have talked about that on the programme before and we have had weapons experts on who talk about the risk and tolerance of the civilian casualties, and there's been suggestions as you say that the israelis have a greater tolerance for civilian casualties than a nato country would using the same weapons. is that because they are operating in gaza or is that because of the desperation to reach targets that don't often appear? i reach targets that don't often a- ear? ., _ reach targets that don't often a- ear? ., .,, reach targets that don't often auear? ., ., appear? i would say, as far as any outsider _

appear? i would say, as far as any outsider can _ appear? i would say, as far as any outsider can do, - appear? i would say, as far as any outsider can do, it - appear? i would say, as far as any outsider can do, it is a - any outsider can do, it is a product mainly of the current israeli government. having got to know in the past many senior israel defense force officers, during previous invasions or actions against gaza, mike's parents of idf officers is they are very often quite weary about what they're being asked to do —— my experience. these decisions are largely political. in terms of personality and weapons use, and also indeed, at targets which are essential for support of human life, eg water, and again, from my knowledge, internationally of both our own forces and of the other forces, to target such sites would itself be in dereliction of ihl, so that's another aspect as well which is certainly not elastic at all.— elastic at all. really interesting. - elastic at all. really interesting. john i elastic at all. really - interesting. john deverell, thank you for coming on the programme. thank you for coming on the programme-— thank you for coming on the rorramme. ., ~ i. .

in more positive news from gaza, the world health 0rganization says it's ahead of its targets for polio vaccinations, day three of a mass campaign, and so far has inoculated about a quarter of the children under the age of ten. the programme began over the weekend ? it will take place in three locations, gaza city, rafah and then in the north of the strip, with localised ceasefires being arranged. dr hareen de silva is a doctor working for uk—med. it's one of the uk's medical ngos. he's in gaza and has been deeply involved with the polio vaccine programme. thank you very much for coming on. we've been talking about the challenge of reaching traumatised children to be getting them to come forward with theirfamilies. are getting them to come forward with their families. are you encouraged by the progress you've made in recent days? i am very encouraged, actually. it's very surprising, with how the system is set up here in terms of the destruction of water, hygiene, etc, the ability to move freely. 0ver ability to move freely. over the past three days we have vaccinated 1600 children and it's going fantastically well and we are hoping tomorrow is our last day here, and we will

have more children vaccinated ljy have more children vaccinated by the end of that day. i have more children vaccinated by the end of that day.- by the end of that day. i am lookin: by the end of that day. i am looking at — by the end of that day. i am looking at these _ by the end of that day. i am looking at these pictures i by the end of that day. i am looking at these pictures of| looking at these pictures of the children. when you see them face to face, how do they appear to you, how do they present?— present? it's a range of things- _ present? it's a range of things. unfortunately,| present? it's a range of - things. unfortunately, most of the children here are malnourished, very thin, some are stunted depending on the age they are. again, it's just the look of destitution as well which is quite shocking and tragic when you see children up close, and most of the children that have seen conditions, because of the destruction of water and hygiene, we are looking at bad cases of fungal infections. looking at bad cases of fungal infections-— infections. the work you're doinu infections. the work you're doing relies _ infections. the work you're doing relies on _ infections. the work you're doing relies on this - infections. the work you're doing relies on this eight i infections. the work you're i doing relies on this eight hour positive fighting in the specific areas you are working, has been certainly observed? we have has been certainly observed? - have seen of the two field hospitals that uk—med runs, our operations have been working as normal, and for us we are very

grateful we are able to get m, in, send the community engagement team to talk to families and bring their children back to the taxation centre we are running. 2.8 million people _ centre we are running. 2.8 million people in _ centre we are running. 2.8 million people in gaza. anyone of any age unvaccinated can contract the disease. are you satisfied the wider populations protected? it’s satisfied the wider populations rotected? �* , , satisfied the wider populations rotected? v , ' . protected? it's very difficult to see. before _ protected? it's very difficult to see. before this - protected? it's very difficult to see. before this conflict. to see. before this conflict started, there is great vaccination acceptance, 99% in the population, is dropped onto 89%, and obviously with the unvaccinated population who have been born throughout this conflict, and the younger children, i'm hoping that the 95% vaccine coverage that's needed to prevent the spread of the polio virus will be met. dr hareen de silva, it's great work you're doing. thank you for coming on and you stay safe. dr hareen de silva, who was working there in gaza on

the who vaccination programme. we are taking a short break. back after this. hello. today has been a very mixed affair weather—wise across the uk. we've seen some spells of warm sunshine in place, but also some sharp showers. high pressure, this big area of high pressure tantalisingly close to us in the atlantic, but not quite close enough to kill off these various frontal systems, these old weather fronts, if you like, just bringing bands of clouds and bits and pieces of showery rain, some clear spells in between. it'll be quite misty and murky in places. not as muggy as last night across the southeast corner — 14 in london, maybe dropping all the way to four in the highlands. so, as we head on into tomorrow, we will still have those old weather fronts bringing areas of cloud, some showers which will break out through the day, some heavy ones across eastern england. this cluster of heavy showers drifting southwards across scotland, but there will be one or two showers elsewhere, some spells of sunshine, too, and it will be quite a cool,

fresh day compared with some we've had recently. 14—20 degrees covers things for most of us. now, into thursday, this little weather system here drops its way southwards and tends to combine with this broad area of low pressure spinning over continental europe, and that is going to bring some rain. in fact, could be quite a lot of rain that affects southern england, wales, the midlands as we go through the day on thursday. further north, perhaps quite a lot of cloud feeding in, especially across eastern parts. some spells of sunshine, particularly for western scotland and for northern ireland. breezy, in fact quite blustery in the south, lighter winds further north and it will start to feel a bit more humid. that will continue into friday. our low still swirling to the south, still bringing some outbreaks of rain, particularly across southern parts. but with the winds coming from the near continent where it has been very warm of late, it is going to feel really quite warm and humid as we end the week. so, friday looks like this — outbreaks of rain, particularly across parts of southern england, the midlands,

into wales further north. areas of cloud, yes, but some spells of sunshine. and with that feed of humid air, we will see some pretty high temperatures on friday, widely into the 20s, mid 20s for some including western scotland. we could get up to 25 degrees with some sunshine across that western side of scotland. what about the weekend? well, still rather warm and humid, at least for a time. some rain, particularly down towards the south, drier and brighter further north.

hello, i'm christian fraser. you're watching the context on bbc news. band and both israeli and international law but rapidly expanding during the war in gaza. we bring you a special report on the illegal settler outpost appearing in the west bank. now for sport and for a full round—up, from the bbc sport centre. hello from the bbc sport centre. starting with football, and in the last hour, leicester city have won an appeal against a decision that could have led to a points deduction for an alleged breach of premier league profit and sustainability rules. leicester's appeal was based on the fact they were playing in the english football league — not the premier league —at the time the charge was issued. the independent panel has now found the premier league

did not have the jurisdiction to punish the club