in a statement, foreign minister gideon saar cited ireland's decision to recognise a palestinian stateannouncement of support for south africa's legal action accusing israel of genocide over its assault on gaza. ireland's taoiseach simon harris called the move �*deeply regretable�* and said he �*utterly rejects the assertion that ireland is anti—israel�*. here in the uk, the home secretary, yvette cooper, has refused to set out a timetable to reduce the number of small boats crossing the channel, despite admitting the figures are "far too high". it comes as the home office said it was on track to return the highest number of failed asylum seekers in five years, with more than 13,000 people sent to their home countries since the election injuly. damian grammaticas reports. immigration enforcement, raids seeking to root out those in the uk without the right permissions. this is one arm of the government�*s strategy. it says deportations have gone up. and in italy this weekend, the other arm of the strategy. the home secretary shared the stage with ministers from the front—line mediterran

in a statement, foreign minister gideon saar cited ireland's decision to recognise a palestinian states year and dublin's announcement of support for south africa's legal action accusing israel of genocide over its assault on gaza. irish prime minister simon harris has reacted, calling israel's decision "deeply regrettable" and saying that he "utterly rejected" the assertion that ireland is anti—israel. "ireland is pro—peace, pro—human rights and pro—international law," he has tweeted. the foreign secretary, david lammy, says the uk has made diplomatic contact with the rebel group in syria that ousted president assad. hts remains a proscribed terrorist organisation — but mr lammy said officials would deal with the group "where we have to". hts remains a proscribed organisation, but we can have diplomatic contact, and so we do have diplomatic contact, as you would expect. we want to see a representative government, an inclusive government, we want to see chemical weapon stockpiles secured and not used, and we want to ensure that there is not continuing violence. and so, for all of those

in a statement, foreign minister gideon saar cited ireland's decision to recognise a palestinian stateegal action accusing israel of genocide over its assault on gaza. irish prime minister simon harris has reacted calling israel's decision "deeply regrettable" and saying that he "utterly rejected" the assertion that ireland is anti—israel. "ireland is pro—peace, pro—human rights and pro—international law", he has tweeted. two people have been arrested after what police called �*a hazardous drone operation�* near boston's logan airport airspace. the arrests come after a spate of drone sightings in recent weeks across six states in the north eastern united states. 0ur north america correspondent rowan bridge has more. this follows an operation by boston harbour police run half past four yesterday afternoon, boston police say they were alerted to an object flying dangerously close to boston's local international airport and they use detection devices to work out and is coming from one of the islands off the coast of boston and they went out to the island where there were three people who

in a statement, foreign minister gideon saar cited ireland's decision to recognise a palestinian statent of support for south africa's legal action accusing israel of genocide over its assault on gaza. irish prime minister simon harris has reacted calling israel's decision "deeply regrettable" and saying that he "utterly rejected" the assertion that ireland is anti—israel. "ireland is pro—peace, pro—human rights and pro—international law", he has tweeted. the first aid flight has arrived in the french indian ocean territory of mayotte, which has been devastated by cyclone chido. local authorities say several hundred people have died. residents have spoken of apocalyptic scenes there. the mayor of the capital, mamoudzou, said nothing had been spared. houses have been destroyed, along with schools and the hospital. french emergency personnel are now on mayotte to assist. (00v) french emergency personnel are now on mayotte to assist. chido has now reached northern mozambique after picking up strength crossing the mozambique channel. earlier, i spoke to richard kagoe, our africa regional e

in a statement, foreign minister gideon saar cited ireland's decision to recognise a palestinian stateannouncement of support for south africa's legal action accusing israel of genocide over its assault on gaza. ireland's taoiseach simon harris called the move �*deeply regretable'. here in london — a woman has died in a triple shooting that has left a man fighting for his life in hospital. police were called to harlesden, in north—west london, just after nine o'clock last night, where a woman, believed to be in her 405, died at the scene. two men, both in her 30s were also injured. police have described the incident as "truly shocking" and say a team of experienced detectives are working to identify who is responsible. no arrests have been made. 0ur reporter anisa kadri spoke to us about this. no arrest has been made but a murder investigation has been launched. people in this area, in harlesden, north—west london, are very shocke.d that a woman is dead and died they said they haven't seen anything like this. one person said they heard the shots last night. and they thought they though

in a statement, foreign minister gideon saar cited ireland's decision to recognise a palestinian statepport for south africa's legal action accusing israel of genocide over its assault on gaza. irish prime minister simon harris has reacted, calling israel's decision "deeply regrettable" and saying that he "utterly rejected" the assertion that ireland is anti—israel. "ireland is pro—peace, pro—human rights and pro—international law," he has tweeted. now it's time for a look at today's sport with karthi. hello from the bbc sport centre. a busy weekend of sport, and a fascintating manchester derby in the premier league with a dramatic final few minutes giving macheser united victory. gvadiol had given manchester city a first half lead, but united hit back with two goals in two mintues right at the end of the game at the etihad stadium — the first a penalty scored by bruno fernandes, the second from amad diallo to complete the turnaround and give the new united manager ruben amorim an important derby win. we were in the game for 90 minutes, and that is very good. and ifeel that minutes, an

foreign minister gideon saar announced the closure in a statement due to the, quote, extreme anti—israelicies of the irish government. irish premier simon harris said he was deeply disappointed by the move, with the deputy premier, micheal martin stating there are no plans to close the irish embassy in israel. mr harris also said he utterly rejected the assertion that ireland is anti—israel. elsewhere, at least seven tourists in fiji are fighting for their lives after a suspected mass alcohol poisoning at a luxury resort. witnesses have described the scenes as terrifying, claiming up to 12 people collapsed. one victim was seen suffering seizures and foaming at the mouth, while a young girl who took a sip of her mother's drink is reportedly fighting for her life. four australians, aged 18 to 56, are among those rushed to hospital. the incident comes just weeks after the deaths of six tourists in laos, also from suspected alcohol poisoning, with british tourist simone white among those killed. and two russian oil tankers have sunk in the black sea, spilling oil and leaving 29 crew members