they were protesting in support of elor azaria, the israeli soldier. se and condemning the trial. donnie dymond spoke to me about it earlier. for a lot of israelis, elor azaria was a young construct caught in a hostile military situation without clear orders from his commanding officers, who saw a friend of his being injured by a palestinian attacker and who snapped. the other side of the argument from the israeli defence force is that the army has a moral standing that needs to be upheld. but many israelis felt he should never have faced trial and should not have been found guilty of manslaughter and that he should not be facing 18 months in prison. those we re be facing 18 months in prison. those were represented by the small but vocal group of protesters that i spent much of the day with today in tel aviv. there are significant disquiet amongst israelis about the sentence. there is also enormous hostility from palestinians towards the sentence, because they see a very different situation. they see this as an example of what they say goes on the whole

an israeli soldier, elor azaria, has been sentenced to 18 months in jail.who was outside the court in telaviv. nearly correspondent who was outside the court in tel aviv. nearly everyone here serves in the israeli defence force. nearly everybody‘s children serves in the force and it was an action involving the israeli defence force in march 2016 that saw elor azaria come across what had been a hostile action. two pollard —— palestinians had approached a checkpoint, they approached collea g u es checkpoint, they approached colleagues of elor azaria. as he came to the scene ten minutes later, tended to his college who had been injured, then loaded his weapon and shot one of the attackers in the head, killing him immediately. he was convicted of manslaughter in january and today was sentencing. the prosecution had asked for a sentence of 3—5 years but in the end thejudges gave a sentence of 3—5 years but in the end the judges gave a lower sentence than that. 18 months. outside the court, you can see the protests. people have come to express their very vocal su

none of the soldiers pay him much attention, except for one, 19-year-old elor azaria. he caulks his gun, steps forward and fires. in hebron today, al-sharif's family watched as azaria celebrated. the prosecutor had asked for three to five years, but the sentence was less than half that. the judge citing mitigating circumstances, that hebron was hostile territory and the suffering the azaria family had experienced throughout the trial. >> ( translated ): getting a year and a half is a joke. this is not a sentenced. if one of us killed an animal, they would put us in jail for god knows how long. they're just making fun of us. >> to azaria's supporters, he's a hero, no matter the rules of engagement. >> he's already spent a year in jail dealing with this. his family has been broken. his father had a stroke. his mother collapsed. and he's got no backing from our government. i don't blame the army. i blame bibi. >> bibi, israel's prime minister, benjamin netanyahu, has gone from backing the military on azaria's case for last month asking for him to be pardoned. >> woodruff:

a military court convicted elor azaria of manslaughter for shooting dead abdul fatah al—sharif as heary situation without clear orders from his command masters, who saw a friend of his being injured —— injured by palestinians, and to start. the other side of the argument from the israeli defence force is that the army has a moral standing that needs to be upheld. but many israelis feel he should never have a strath zero found guilty for manslaughter, and that he should not be facing 18 months in prison. and those were the views of a small but vocal group of protesters that i spent much of the day with today in tel aviv. i think there were significant disquiet amongst israelis about the sentence. there is also a novelist hostility from palestinians towards the sentence, because they see a very different situation. they see this as an example of what they say goes on the whole time, which is the israeli military are reacting in shooting and killing palestinian citizens, some of whom are involved in attacks, serving, some of them up potential attackers. —— involved in attacks, some of t

a military court convicted elor azaria of manslaughter for shooting dead abdul fatah al—sharif as heank. some israelis have called for the soldier to be pardoned, palestinians have condemned the sentence as too lenient. the prime minister, theresa may, has held talks with the french presidential candidate, emmanuel macron. the presidential frontrunner said he would like uk banks and workers to move to france after brexit. this evening, mr macron held a rally to addressed some of the 200,000 french voters in the capital who make london effectively france's sixth largest city. the government took in more money that it spent last month, according to the office for national statistics. the first month of the year traditionally sees a surplus because of the high level of receipts from income tax. but at £9.4 billion, the surplus last month was the biggest for 17 years. i'm joined by our economics editor, kamal ahmed. what can we draw from this? how many times have we sat on this set and said a barrowing black hole for the government. today, there seems to be borrowing green shoots. it's d

elor azaria was convicted by a military court of killing abdul fatah who was lying on the ground, badlye case has divided israel — the prime minister benjamin netanyahu had led calls for the soldier to be pardoned. police have begun excavation work at two properties in swindon in wiltshire, one of which is believed to be the former home of christopher halliwell, who's serving a life sentence for the murder of two young women. halliwell, who's 53, murdered becky godden in 2003 and sian o'callaghan in 2011. our correspondent, duncan kennedy, is in swindon. explain what's been happening today? we have had a police operation going on since late last night, continuing this morning. they have been operating behind this blacktop paulin and you can see from our hair short, there is lots of activity going on behind me, they have erected black tents and that black tarpaulins to cover up what is doing. they have said new information has led them to this and address, and address that christopher halliwell lived in between 2006 —— 1996 and 2000. they say they are looking the gardens in the garage, n

on tuesday, a military panel sentenced israeli sergeant elor azaria to 18 months in prison and a demotion in rank. video of the killing last march shows palestinian abdel fattah al-sharif lying immobilized on the ground as azaria fires a single shot into the man's head at close range. the killing took place in hebron, in the israeli-occupied west bank. the father of al-sharif said -- "if someone is arrested for throwing a rock, they get a two-year sentence. in this case, a soldier murdered and got a year and a half." this is wasel abu yousef of the palestine liliberation organization. >> today's sentencing for the murder of the martyr who was murdered by one of the occupations fascist soldiers come a murder that was filmed and broadcast on most of the world satellite channels, this deliberate murder of a wounded person who was not able to move and was shot in the head and killed in cold b blood, today, a fake court decided to hand down a light sentence to the soldier, which illustrates a disrerespect of palestinian lives and international laws. amy: a british muslim schoolteacher is speak

elor azaria was convicted by a military court of killing abdul fatah who was lying on the ground, badlyr. the case has divided israel — the prime minister benjamin netanyahu had led calls for the soldier to be pardoned. the bodies of at least 74 migrants have been washed ashore on the coast of libya, according to the red crescent. the aid organisation said the bodies were found near the town of zawiya and will be taken to the capital tripoli for identification. the united nations estimates that 5000 migrants drowned trying to cross the mediterranean to europe last year. government finances were £9.4 billion in surplus injanuary, according to the office for national statistics. the first month of the year traditionally sees a surplus, because of the high level of income tax receipts — but this is the biggest january surplus for 17 years. our business editor, kamal ahmed explained why this is good news for the government. the main reason since the referendum the economy has performed better than people thought which means we are paying more taxes, whether we are paying more taxes, whether

elor azaria was convicted by a military court of killing abdul fatah who was lying on the ground, badlyime minister benjamin netanyahu had led calls for the soldier to be pardoned. police in barcelona have arrested a man after shooting at a truck loaded with butane gas canisters that was speeding the wrong way along a busy road. authorities now say the man has a history of psychiatric problems and they do not believe the incident was terrorist related. mps have warned of a worsening shortage of teachers in english schools, particularly in maths and science. the education select committee has called on the government to find ways of making teaching more attractive, to stop people leaving the profession. frankie mccamley reports. maths class for these children, with mr walton. but professionals like him are increasingly hard to come by. that's according to a group of mps who says school teacher shortages in england are getting worse. i'm into my fourth year of teaching now. i know some people have dropped out now. i think that's mainly due to workload and pressure, and things like that. t