i'm caitriona perry. thanks so much for watching. caitriona perry. thanks so much forwatching.some of the showers heavy with some hail mixed in. and with colder air moving in across the country, we saw a bit of snow return to the top of the cumbrian fells. this is the top of helvellyn, snow—covered there in cumbria. now, so far this february, it has been a bit of a wash—out across england and wales. cardiff and coventry have had well over double the average rainfall so far this month. parts of east anglia, houghton hall in norfolk, have had three times the average rainfall, and there is more to come as well. now, on the satellite picture, all of this white speckled cloud you can see to the north and west of the uk is shower cloud, and there are loads of those. so we are looking at more showers working in. and over the next few hours, by and large the showers are most likely to be across northern and western scotland, a few for the north and west of northern ireland, one or two for wales and the south—west of england. but otherwise, particularly across inland areas, we'll have c

i'm caitriona perry, that is if— website. i'm caitriona perry, that is if the _ website.f the moment. stay with here on bbc news. hello. a powerful storm passed to the north of the uk on wednesday — storm ingunn, named by the norwegian weather service. across the faro islands, it brought wind gusts in excess of 120mph. then it slammed into the west coast of norway with gusts of more than 100mph. there's our storm system moving away as we head into thursday. now, across shetland, we saw wind gusts of 78mph, but even those winds have been easing a little. and through thursday, it's a quieter day ahead. some hazy sunshine, dry for many, still quite windy up towards the north, but not as windy as it has been. some wintry showers across the northwest of scotland. and a touch of frost for some of us first thing. for the majority, we'll see spells of hazy sunshine with high cloud streaming across the sky. thicker cloud into northern england, northern ireland and scotland, with rain returning to the northwest of scotland later. temperatures across the board, eight, nine or ten de

hello and welcome to world news america, i am caitrÍona perry.rnational pressure on israel to account for the actions in gaza increases, members of the israeli parliament have backed a resolution by the prime minister rejecting any unilateral recognition of palestinian state. 99 of the 100 20 members voted to support the declaration passed earlier this week by the cabinet. it follows efforts by leaders around the world to examine fresh ways to reach a two state solution to the decades long conflict. >> people of israel and the elected representatives are united today as never before, voting overwhelmingly to oppose any attempt to impose a palestinian state on israel. such attempts will only endanger israel and prevent the genuine peace we all seek. peace can only be achieved after we achieve total victory over hamas and through direct negotiations between the parties , direct negotiations without preconditions. caitrÍona: paul adams has the latest in jerusalem. reporter: after weeks of pessimism about the prospects of a deal to release the remain

i am caitriona perry in washington.is bbc world news america. the u.s. blocks another resolution calling for an immediate cease-fire in gaza while circulating an alternative resolution. major eight agencies stop deliveries to gaza due to deterioration of security conditions. and julian assange back in court making a final bid to the u.k. courts to avoid extradition to the u.s. ♪ hello and welcome to world news america. i am caitriona perry. pressure is mounting on israel. the countries most important ally the united states proposed an alternative resolution to the united nations security council calling for a temporary cease-fire before vetoing an earlier resolution. until now the united nations has avoided using the word cease-fire during votes on the poor and comes as the united nations world food program is pausing deliveries to northern gaza because of conditions on the ground. because the proposed resolution is still being circulated, the american resolution opposes plans to invade the overcrowded city of rafa sayi

i am caitriona perry.l's military spokesperson says hostages in gaza are dead as negotiations to secure the release of hostages, captured by hamas in october 7, are believed to still be in gaza pure hamas was presented with a proposal last week and today has responded to the details of that response are not yet clear. the u.s. secretary of state antony blinken is on a tour of the middle east, speaking to leaders trying to broker the deal. in cairo, he met egypt's president. at a press conference afterwards, secretary blinken gave an update on the negotiations. sec. blinken: we are reviewing that response now, and i will be discussing it with the government of israel tomorrow. there's a lot to be done. but we believe an agreement is possible and essentialwe will wo achieve it. caitriona: to discuss today's development's is our state department correspondent tom bateman. do you know anything about what is in it? tom: we don't know the details, but they believe they have a positive response. we know that from

i'm caitriona perry. buckingham palace says king charles has been diagnosed with cancer.y released a statement saying , during the king's recent procedure for benign prostate enlargement, an area of concern was noticed. tests have identified a form of cancer his majesty has commenced his schedule of regular treatments, during which time he has been advised to postpone public facing duties. his majesty will undertake state business and official paperwork as usual. the statement continues, the king is grateful to his medical team for their swift intervention, made possible thanks to his recent hoital procedure. he remains positive about his treatment and looks forward to returning to full public duty as soon as possible. it continues, his majesty has chosen to share his diagnosis to prevent speculation and in the hope it may assist public understanding for all those around the world who are affected by cancer. buckingham palace has not said how advanced the cancer is or what kind it is. just that it is not prostate cancer. the queen consort will support the king while he un

i'm caitriona perry.ngton sanctioning more than 500 people and entities it has are helping moscow invade -- evade existing sanctions. they were announced a day before the russian invasion of ukraine and followed the death of alexei navalny. among the targets announced by the u.s. department of treasury, russia's main payment card network, which the u.s. says is helping russia stay connected to the global financial system. a manufacturing hub where the u.s. says russia is assembling uranium built drones. and three german nationals said they help evade sanctions on precious gems. they are also aimed at firms involved in 3d printing. the u.s. claims russia is using that technology to build planes and weapons. in a statement, the u.s. treasury secretary said russia's economy and military industrial base are showing clear signs of weakness. but we must sustain our support for ukraine even as we we can russia's war machine. the support she is referring to is u.s. military aid which has been held up in congress

hello, i'm caitriona perry. you're very welcome.air strikes against iranian backed targets in iraq and syria, hitting 85 positions in total. the white house says manned and unmanned aircraft struck three targets in iraq and four in syria. these are new pictures released by us central command of b1 bombers taking off to carry out the air strikes. president biden has issued a statement, saying... the strikes are in retaliation for the drone attack on sunday that killed three us soldiers and injured dozens more. iran denies involvement, calling the accusations if baseless, and saying it was not involved in the decision—making of resistance groups.

hello, i'm caitriona perry. you're very welcome.t retaliatory air strikes against iranian backed targets in iraq and syria, hitting 85 positions in total. the white house as aircraft struck three targets in iraq and four in syria. these are new pictures released by us central command of b one bombers taking off to carry out the air strikes. president biden has issued a statement, saying... the strikes are in retaliation for the drone attack on sunday that killed three us soldiers and injured dozens more. iran denies involvement, calling the accusations are baseless, and saying it was not involved in the decision—making of resistance groups. now, the us said it did inform the iraqi government about the strikes

hello, i'm caitriona perry. france's president emmanual macron signaled he isn't ruling out sending western troops to ukraine, after meeting european leaders in paris. macron declined to provide details about which nations were considering sending troops, saying he prefers to maintain some strategic ambiguity. it's the first time there has been such an open discussion of western nations collectively looking at providing troops to support the ukrainian military — which has struggled on the battlefield in recent months. mr macron warned russia is looking to take more terrority and presents a danger beyond ukraine. translation: there is no - consensus today to send ground troops in an official, endorsed and sanctioned manner but in dynamic terms, nothing should be ruled out. we will do whatever it takes to ensure that russia cannot win this war. european leaders agreed to increase funding for ukraine in its war against russia. mr macron says the coalition will supply ukraine with longer—range missiles. he also says

i'm caitriona perry. you're very welcome. our us media partner cbs news projects that republican donald trump and democratjoe biden have won their respective party primaries in the state of michigan. on the republican side, former president donald trump has claimed his latest victory over rival nikki haley telling michigan republicans he's proud of the results. for democrats, president biden�*s victory was all but assured but the margin could be an important indicator of his strength in this critical battleground heading into november. at least 14% of democratic voters however declared themselves to be uncommitted, not favouring any candidate. this is seen as strong pushback to biden from key demographics that he might need to win the state again — progressives, voters of color, and arab and muslim voters concerned by his stance on the the israel—gaza war. activists in the state had been organising to send president biden a message — "no ceasefire, no vote," and encouraged voters to select the "uncommitted" option instead of

i'm caitriona perry. you're very welcome. here in washington, we have two major developments for you on capitol hill. congressional leaders have reached a deal to avoid a partial government shutdown. the agreement includes six annual spending bills and a temporary spending measure to postpone two new shutdown deadlines into march. leaders are aiming to release text of the agreement this weekend and pass the spending bills later next week. and the other major news today is that senate minority leader mitch mcconnell announced he will step down from his post in november. mr mcconnell, who turned 82 last week, made the surprising announcement on the senate floor. one of life's most underappreciated talents is to know when it's time to move on to life's next chapter. so i stand before you today, mr president and my colleagues, to say this will be my last term as republican leader of the senate. for more on both mcconnell�*s stepping down and the spending deal, here's our north america correspondent gary o'donoghue. after repeated

hello, i'm caitriona perry. we begin the program with two new developments from the biden administration in dealing with events in the middle east. first, presidentjoe biden has approved sanctions on four israeli settlers accused of attacking palestinians in the occupied west bank. biden signed the executive order saying violence in the region had reached intolerable levels. israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu says the vast majority of settlers are law abiding — but israel takes action against law—breakers and there was no need for the measures by washington. violence against palestinians in the west bank has spiked since hamas launched an unprecedented attack on israel on october 7. the united nations estimates about 370 palestinians have been killed in the west bank since then. here in washington, the us state department urged israel's government to do more to stop the violence against civilians. there is no justification there is nojustification for extremist violence against a billions whenever the nat

hello, i'm caitriona perry. the heads of five of the world's biggest social media firms faced nearly four hours of aggressive questioning at a us senate hearing on child safety online. senators accused the companies of providing platforms for sex offenders and failing to protect minors. meta's mark zuckerberg and his peers insisted that they already have robust protections in place and are investing billions of dollars in safety features. it was a rare chance for us senators to question the tech bosses. but while it created an opportunity to air grievances and offer strident defences — there's been little sign of concrete progress on the issues at play. the bbc�*s technology editor zoe kieinman has more. today's vast social media empires are managed by a handful of big names — meta, snap, tiktok, discord and x. their bosses faced angry lawmakers in washington for a tense grilling about why children continue to be exposed to harm on their platforms. as a mother, this is personal and i share the sense of urgency.

hello, i'm caitriona perry. for the first time in 150 years, the us house of representatives has impeached a member of the president's cabinet. tueday�*s vote marked the second push by republicans to charge department of homeland security secretary, alejandro mayorkas with willfully refusing to enforce border laws and breaching the public�*s trust. a vote last week fell short. tuesday's margin was thin, just 214 �*for�* and 213 �*against�*. two republicans and two democrats did not participate in the vote. after the vote house speaker mikejohnson said in a statement. "from his first day in office, secretary alejandro mayorkas with willfully refusing to enforce president biden put out his own statement, saying "history will not look kindly on house republicans for their blatant act of unconstitutional partisanship that has targeted an honorable public servant in order to play petty political games. instead of staging political stunts like this, republicans with genuine concerns about the border should want congre

hello, i'm caitriona perry. there has been an outpouring of grief around the world for alexei navalny, russia's most prominent opposition leader, after russian officials announced that the 47—year—old died in prison. known as president vladmir putin's most outspoken critic, mr navalny was recognised internationally for risking his own life to stand up to mr putin's regime. it is still unclear how mr navalny died. on friday people came together at vigils around the world, laying flowers and lighting candles next to photos of navalny. this included gatherings in the former soviet bloc, like this one in georgia, as well as armenia and lithuania. hundreds gathered here in washington outside the russian embassy to pay respects to navalny and speak out against vladimir putin. many world leaders on friday condemned mr putin for navalny�*s death. the british government said it has summoned representatives of the russian embassy to make clear it held russian authorities fully responsible. he faced what many international

hello, i'm caitriona perry. we begin in the middle east. israel says it's informed the families of 31 hostages held in gaza that their loved ones are dead. this as talks continue to get the remaining hostages released. hamas is believed to have given a positive response to a framework proposal for a new ceasefire in gaza. the details of the deal set out by israel, the us, qatar and egypt have not been released. but it's reported to include a six—week truce, when more israeli hostages would be exchanged for palestinian prisoners. israel and the us have both said they are reviewing hamas�*s response. meanwhile, us secretary of state antony blinken arrived in tel aviv in the past few hours where he's set to meet israel's leaders. before departing from qatar earlier, mr blinken showed optimism that a deal was in sight. we put forward a proposal that was aimed at not simply repeating the previous agreement but expanding it. as the prime ministerjust said, hamas responded tonight. we are reviewing that response now and i'll be discussing it with

hello, i'm caitriona perry. you are very welcome.ram with two new developments from the biden administration in dealing with events in the middle east. first, presidentjoe biden has approved sanctions on four israeli settlers accused of attacking palestinians in the occupied west bank. biden signed an executive order saying violence in the region had reached intolerable levels. israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu says the vast majority of settlers are law abiding, but that israel takes action against law—breakers and there was no need for the measures by washington. violence against palestinians in the west bank has spiked since hamas launched an unprecedented attack on israel on october 7th. the united nations estimates about 370 palestinians have been killed in the west bank since then. here in washington, the us state department urged israel's government to do more to stop the violence against civilians. there is no justification for extremist violence

hello, i'm caitriona perry. you're very welcome. we begin with a developing story — the ukrainian army says it has withdrawn from a key eastern town to avoid encirclement by russian forces. the town of avdiivka is a gateway to the russian occupied city of donetsk. the retreat comes after months of fierce fighting. it's the biggest change to the conflict's front lines since may of last year. in a post on facebook, ukraine's commander in chief, oleksandr syrskyi said: a ukrainian soldier had recently said that the situation in avdiivka had, at times, been worse than in bakhmut — a town that fell to the russians last may. just a day ago, we aired a report by the bbc�*s andrew harding from avdiivka. given these latest events, we wanted to show you a clip from that report that foreshadowed the withdrawal. have a look. these troops are increasingly pinned down and struggling. in the ditch here, a wounded soldier needing urgent help. so, what's going wrong for ukraine after two years of war? a simple answer can be found a few kilometres aw

hello, i'm caitriona perry. we begin the programme with a developing story in kansas city, where a time of celebration turned into a scene of violence. local officials say 22 people were hit by gunshots following a super bowl parade on wednesday. police say at least one person is dead and eight more are in hospital with life threatening injuries. at one of the three hospitals treating patients, 11 of the 12 victims recieving treatment for gunshot wounds are children. in their latest press conferece, police said three suspects have been detained. but they have not determined a motive for the shooting. the parade was to honour the kansas city chiefs, who won the nfl�*s super bowl on sunday. officials say all members of the team are safe. kansas city mayor quinton lucas was on the street when the shooting broke out, reflected on what happened in his city. we became part of a statistic of too many americans. those who have experienced or been connected to a mass shooting. that is something that i hope we all recogni

hello, i'm caitriona perry.d he isn't ruling out sending western troops to ukraine, after meeting european leaders in paris. macron declined to provide details about which nations were considering sending troops, saying he prefers to maintain some strategic ambiguity. it's the first time there has been such an open discussion of western nations collectively looking at providing troops to support the ukrainian military — which has struggled on the battlefield in recent months. mr macron warned russia is looking to take more terrority and presents a danger beyond ukraine.

hello, i'm caitriona perry. you're very welcome. kansas city, where a time of celebration turned into a scene of violence. local officials say 22 people were hit by gunshots following a super bowl parade on wednesday. police say at least one person is dead and eight more are in hospital with life—threatening injuries. at one of the three hospitals treating patients, 11 of the 12 victims recieving treatment for gunshot wounds are children. in their latest press conferece, police said three suspects have been detained. but they have not determined a motive for the shooting. the parade was to honour the kansas city chiefs, who won the nfl's super bowl on sunday. officials say all members of the team are safe. kansas city radio station kkfi says one of its djs was killed in the shooting. in a post on facebook the station said...

hello, i'm caitriona perry. you're very welcome. firms faced nearly four hours of aggressive questioning at a us senate hearing on child safety online. senators accused them of providing platforms for sex offenders and failing to protect minors. meta's mark zuckerberg and his peers insisted that they already have robust protections in place and are investing billions of dollars in safety features. it was a rare opportunity for the us senators to question the tech bosses. but while it created an opportunity to air grievances and offer strident defences, there's been little sign of concrete progress on the issues at play. the bbc�*s technology editor zoe kleinman has more. today's vast social media empires are managed by a handful of big names — meta, snap, tiktok, discord and x.

hello i'm caitriona perry.n administration in dealing with events in the middle east. first, presidentjoe biden has approved sanctions on four israeli settlers accused of attacking palestinians in the occupied west bank. biden signed the executive order saying violence in the region had reached intolerable levels. israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu says the vast majority of settlers are law abiding — but israel takes action against law—breakers and there was no need for the measures by washington. violence against palestinians in the west bank has spiked since hamas launched an unprecedented attack on israel on october 7th. the united nations estimates about 370 palestinians have been killed in the west bank since then. here in washington, the us state department urged israel's government to do more to stop the violence against civilians. there is no justification for extremist violence against a billions whenever the national origin,

hello, i'm caitriona perry. you're very welcome.wednesday after gunshots rang out at a super bowl parade, killing at least one person, and injuring 22. police say eight people are in hospital with life—threatening injuries, and at least nine children were among the wounded. three suspects were detained, police say, but there's still no word on the motive. the shooting happened minutes after a victory parade wrapped up, honouring the kansas city chiefs, who won the nfl's super bowl on sunday. thousands of fans had gathered for the celebrations. officials say all members of the team are safe. star player travis kelce posted on x — formerly twitter — to say he was "heartbroken over the tragedy." kansas city radio station kkfi says one of its djs was killed in the shooting. in a post on facebook the station said...

hello, i'm caitriona perry. you are very welcome.y marks two years since russia began its invasion of ukraine, even as the fallout from alexei navalny�*s death only intensifies. in response to both those events, the us and eu are imposing over 500 new sanctions on russia. russia's main card payment system, its financial

hello, i'm caitriona perry. we begin in the middle east.ed to have given a "positive" response to a framework proposal for a new ceasefire in gaza.

hello, i'm caitriona perry. you're very welcome.eal to avoid a partial government shutdown. the agreement includes six annual spending bills and a temporary spending measure to posptone two new shutdown deadlines into march. leaders are aiming to release text of the agreement this weekend and pass the spending bills later next week. and the other major news today is that senate minority leader, mitch mcconnell, announced he will step down from his post in november. mr mcconnell, who turned eighty two last week, made the surprising announcement on the senate floor. one

hello i'm caitriona perry. you are very welcome. we begin in the middle east.e dead. this, as talks continue to get the remaining hostages released. hamas is believed to have given a "positive" response —

hello, i'm caitriona perry., us military officials have confirmed that at four pm eastern time, so about three hours ago, forces began aistrikes against iranian—backed targets in iraq and syria. they hit 85 targets in total. white house national security spokesmanjohn kirby also added that three facilities were hit in iraq and four were hit in syria. president biden has issued a statement on the strikes, saying, "this afternoon, at my direction, us military forces struck targets at facilities in iraq and syria that the irgc and affiliated militia use to attack us forces. our response began today. it will continue at times and places of our choosing." "the united states does not seek conflict in the middle east or anywhere else in the world. but let all those who might seek to do us harm know this — if you harm an american, we will respond." "the strikes are in retaliation for the drone attack that

hello, i'm caitriona perry. we begin in the middle east.get the remaining hostages released. hamas is believed to have given a positive response to a framework proposal for a new ceasefire in gaza.

i'm caitriona perry. you're very welcome. and democratjoe biden have won their respective party primaries in the state of michigan. 0n the republican side, former president donald trump has claimed his latest victory over rival nikki haley telling michigan republicans he's proud of the results. for democrats, president biden�*s victory was all but assured but the margin could be an important indicator of his strength in this critical battleground heading into november. at least 14% of democratic voters however declared

i'm caitriona perry. you're very welcome.cratic and republican presidential primaries are being held. these are live pictures of vote counting in detroit right now where workers are tabulating the votes. 0n the republican side, former president donald trump is expected to claim another victory against nikki haley. and for democrats, president biden is expected to sail through, but tonight's margin could be an important indicator of his strength in this critical battle ground heading into november.