fergal keane, bbc news, jerusalem.inian troops have been killed so far during the two years of war with russia. it's the first time in many months that figure has been revealed. he said tens of thousands of civilians in the russian occupied territories had also died. speaking at a news conference to mark saturday's second anniversary of russia's invasion, mrzelensky said he couldn't reveal the number of people injured because that information would help russia, but the loss was very painful. he was hopeful of a peace summit in the spring and was "sure" the us congress would pass its aid package for ukraine. he also stressed the importance of western support if ukraine is to defeat the threat from russia. our ukraine correspondent james waterhouse was at the press conference in kyiv today, and asked president zelensky this question about delays in military aid. you've received a substantial amount of military aid despite the difficulties discussed. but the issue for ukraine has always been speed. the speed at which it's

fergal keane, bbc news, jerusalem. reduced to tears by the messages of support since he was diagnosed with cancer. he was speaking to the prime minister in his first face to face audience since his diagnosis was made public. our royal correspondent daniela relph reports. the prime minister, your majesty. good evening, your majesty. they usually meet every week, but it has been a disrupted start to the year. wonderful to see you looking so well. well, it's all done by mirrors, you know. well, we are all behind you. the country is behind you. you are kind. i know, because i have had so many wonderful messages and cards. ican imagine. it has reduced me to tears most of the time. clearly moved by the public�*s good wishes, this was a hint of normal royal business for the king. the audience with the prime minister has been an important moment, a sign that the king is coping well with his cancer treatment and can still do those core duties. it is now three weeks since the king left hospital after treatment for a prostate con

fergal keane, bbc news, jerusalem.e today, as both its chief executive and former chairman gave contradictory evidence to mps about the scandal which has engulfed the organisation. the former chairman henry staunton said he's been the victim ofa smear campaign, after claiming he was told to stall compensation for wrongly accused subpostmasters. meanwhile the leader of the subpostmasters, alan bates, told the mps the post office is now a dead duck that should be sold off for a pound. our business editor simonjack watched the hearing. victims of the post office scandal arrived in westminster today to answer questions from mps on whether they thought the compensation had been full, fair and fast. no, no, no, was the answer from three victims, starting with alan bates whose campaign was dramatised by itv. pay people. there's a lot of distractions, a lot of other things were brought up, thrown up all the time. butjust get on and pay people. we were not believed, it was as though we were making this up. you know, this happen

fergal keane, bbc news, jerusalem.ceasefire in gaza all afternoon. there are there a re protests there are protests outside. our deputy political editor vicki young is in the houses of parliament for us. lots of twists and turns this afternoon, explain what has been going on. afternoon, explain what has been auoin on. . ., , ., afternoon, explain what has been uuoinon. . . , ., , going on. there certainly have been. those votes — going on. there certainly have been. those votes are _ going on. there certainly have been. those votes are about _ going on. there certainly have been. those votes are about to _ going on. there certainly have been. those votes are about to start - going on. there certainly have been. those votes are about to start any i those votes are about to start any minute now, but let's be clear about what they are not, these are not binding votes, they're not going to change uk foreign policy, what they are is a chance for mps to voice their opinions, to have a vote, but it is not binding, and somethi

fergal keane, bbc news, jerusalem.expected to show the country has, once again, the lowest birthrate in the world. based on 2022 figures, the average south korean woman is expected to have 0.78 children in her lifetime — for a population to hold steady that number should be 2.1. comparing that to other countries, japan�*s birth rate was 1.26 children per woman in 2022 and decreased by 5.1% in the past year. whereas in the uk, that average number currently sits at 1.49. we'll hear south korea's updated figures in a an hour. —— we'll hear south korea's updated figures in a couple of hours. earlier i spoke with dylan motin, who's a researcher at the centre for international and strategic studies, based in seoul. i asked him why south korea's birth rate is particularly low. there are a lot of different issues, and it has been in the making for the last a0 years. butjust to give you a number of issues, first, the working days in korea are extremely long, and people work very late at night, and even during the weekends, and

our special correspondent fergal keane has been following the family's story.o food for today. explosion. she's been a constant, caring voice from within the siege. and one more day closer to my brother running out of medications and we are still here. tala abu nahla's daily life a relentless struggle, to care for her disabled brother yazeed. three times they tried to escape rafah. like last november, when our cameraman first them at the border. we are trying to do anything that we can to survive, because we just... i simply don't want to die at 24. they didn't get out of gaza then. drone flies overhead. back home, amid the constant noise of drones overhead, tala tried to comfort yazeed. sirens. and then, just a few days ago, we had news from cairo. they'd escaped to the safety of a flat in the egyptian capital. tala described the moment they left. i can't hear drones any more. and i can't see... i can't... i'm sorry. i won't be hearing any bombings or any air strikes. and that felt really surreal. but normality, even being able to boil a kettle for tea, has br

fergal keane, bbc news, lviv.it to britain last november. north korea 5 hacking abilities have become increasingly sophisticated, and this is thought to be the first time it has successfully hacked an official working in the presidents office. our seoul correspondent jean mackenzie has more. this hack was first reported by a newspaper here in south korea this morning which said it had the information from high—level government source. this source had told them that a member of the president�*s team at had their e—mails hacked just before president yoon went on the state visit to the uk in november of last year, where he met king charles and queen camilla and met the british prime minister rishi sunak. this source claimed that not only were the details of mr yoon�*s itinerary leaked but also e—mails from the president himself. we�*ve spoken to the presidential office about this today and they�*ve confirmed to us that, yes, this hack took place but they would not disclose what information was accessed in the hack. t

fergal keane, bbc news, lviv.e been more warnings about the impact that artificial intelligence and so—called deepfake images and videos could have on crucial elections in both britain and the united states. a top us law enforcement official has told the bbc that the technology could incite violence even chaos and that tougher sentences will now be introduced for criminal use of ai. here's our security correspondent gordon corera. making a copy of yourself can take just a few moments, as i learnt in this interactive exhibition. but that means making a copy of someone else, what's often called a deepfake, is also getting easier — thanks to artificial intelligence. that's worrying those in charge of security, especially when it comes to a year in which two billion people are expecting to vote in elections around the world. a few weeks ago, voters in america's new hampshire primary election heard this. it's important that you save your vote for the november election. what sounds like president biden telling them not

fergal keane, bbc news, jerusalem.e renewed calls for a two—state solution, the israeli parliament voted to back prime minister benjamin netanyahu's declaration opposing the unilateral creation of a palestinian state. his likud party says 99 out of 120 members voted to support the declaration, passed earlier this week by the israeli cabinet. it comes amid growing international pressure to revive efforts to reach a two state solution to the decades—long conflict. meanwhile, in another vote — this time in the uk — there have been chaotic scenes in the house of commons, where mps were preparing to vote on whether to call for a ceasefire in gaza. the measure was brought forward by the scottish national party. but a row erupted when the commons speaker, sir lindsay hoyle — in a break with convention — allowed amendments from both the government and labour. labour's amendment went through to loud shouts of "aye", without a formal vote, after the government said it would not take part in protest. 0n the ground, the humanitari

fergal keane, bbc news, jerusalem. an er doctor who works at al shifa hospital in north gaza. he was at al rasheed street when israeli troops opened fire and told the bbc what he saw. this morning, i witnessed the horrible catastrophe hundreds of people dead everywhere and many more injured and that was horrible. a lot of people are dead around me and injured in rationing right now. i forget what i went there and stopping the bleeding and they said to the other people. as we've heard, the hamas—run health authorities in gaza say more than 30,000 palestinians have been killed since israel started its military action in october. bbc verify has been examining how many of those killed were members of hamas. here's frank gardner. they have been covering this war ever since the october the 7th raid on israel. it is a war that is ravage one of the most crowded places on earth and home to over 2 million people. the red arrows on this map so all the parts of because of that have been destroyed since the start of the campaign. a

fergal keane, bbc news, jerusalem. israel defense forces propose a plan for evacuating civilians in the gaza strip from the us, more breaking news, a man has set himself on fire outside the israeli embassy in washington. officers from the us secret service extinguished the flames before the man was taken to hospital with critical life—threatening injuries. washington police department is investigating a long side that the secret service in a statement, the israeli foreign ministry said the man was not known to embassy staff. moving our attention into the uk. the conservative party is finding itself under increasing pressure — after a westminster mp made comments described as "islamophobic, anti—muslim and racist". lee anderson was suspended from the party after saying london's mayor was controlled by "islamists". the suspension was not for the commons but for refusing to apologise. the party's leadership was drawn further into the argument on sunday — the deputy prime minister refusing to say whether he thought they we

fergal keane, bbc news, jerusalem.force has confirmed to several media outlets that a man who set himself on fire in front of the israeli embassy in washington dc is an active duty airman. a video posted online purportedly showed a man wearing a military uniform shouting �*free palestine�* as he burned. us secret service officers put out the fire and the man was taken to hospital with critical injuries. two years and a day since russia launched its full—scale invasion of ukraine, president volodymr zelenskyy has released battlefield estimates to the public for the first time. mr zelensky said sunday that 31,000 ukrainian soldiers have been killed since the start of the war. that number is far lower than an estimate the us released back in august. it put the number of ukrainian combat deaths at about 70,000. in the months since then, fighting has only intensified. and russia is gaining ground in eastern ukraine. ukrainian soldiers are rationing ammunition and artillery, as in the us, republicans in congress continue to

fergal keane, bbc news, lviv.super bowl victory parade at least one of the victims is dead. seven have life—threatening injuries, the police chief speaking a short while back said three suspects were in custody and firearms have been recovered. he said the motive wasn�*t clear yet, it is very much an open investigation. chaos broke out when shots were fired as spouse and celebrated the victory of the kansas city chiefs in american footballs premier event. those visuals from a short while back from the scene where the developments took place. let me also draw your attention to our website where we�*re currently have a life page open which has all the very latest details coming out of kansas city for that as i said, it is in active investigations and we�*re getting updates from officials. that�*s it for the moment. hello there. some very wet, very mild conditions around at the moment. temperatures reached 16.5 degrees celsius in hereford on wednesday and it could turn even warmer still, perhaps, as we head through t

fergal keane, bbc news, jerusalem.s taking place involving the israel—gaza conflict, i spoke to michael singh, managing director at the washington institute for near east policy, and former senior director for middle east affairs at the white house national security council. thank you very much forjoining us again here on bbc news. todayit us again here on bbc news. today it the israeli parliament, the knisset, they overwhelmingly opposed the natural creation of a palestinian state. when do you believe this leaves the united states, the biden administration when we know that that administration wants to see the two state solution? i don't think it comes as a surprise to officials in washington. israeli the events of 7 october and i think from the left to the right of the political spectrum they worry that steps like unilateral recognition of a palestinian state would be somehow a reward for the terrorism on 7 october. this is well known in washington, so this conundrum of how do you move forward diplomatically from her

fergal keane, bbc news, jerusalem.ht on life inside gaza in a special day of coverage. you can find more on the website — that's bbc.co.uk/news — and by using the bbc news app. the time is 6:17pm. our top story this evening. division and disunity at the heart of the post office. mps hear contradictory accounts from its bosses. still to come... the tiny fish capable of making a big noise. and coming up in sport on bbc news... heartbreak for scotland in the pinatar cup as they miss out on the trophy — beaten 5—4 on penalties in the final by finland. community launderette in east london. now it was famously known as britain's wonkiest pub, but its owners have been ordered to rebuild it to just how it was before the suspected arson attack that destroyed it last year. south staffordshire council says it's served an enforcement notice on the owners of the crooked house. they have 30 days to appeal and the notice must be complied with within three years. navtej johal is at the site of the pub near dudley. when this place was

fergal keane, bbc news, jerusalem. party is finding itself under increasing pressure — after a westminster mp made comments described as "islamophobic, anti—muslim and racist". lee anderson was suspended from the party after saying london's mayor was controlled by "islamists". the suspension was not for the comments but for refusing to apologise. well, the party's leadership was drawn further into the argument on sunday — the deputy prime minister refusing to say whether he thought the comments were islamophobic. 0ur political correspondent, iain watson reports. he's known for speaking his mind, but lee anderson kept his lips firmly sealed following his suspension from the parliamentary conservative party. he took himself to this appropriately named pub in his constituency. so, here are the comments about london's mayor that put him in the political doghouse. i don't actually believe that these islamists have got control of our country, but what i do believe is, they've got control of khan, and they've got control of l

fergal keane, bbc news, jerusalem.he hamas—run health authorities in gaza say more than 30,000 palestinians have been killed since israel started its military action in october. bbc verify has been examining how many of those killed were members of hamas, which is designated a terrorist organisation by the uk and other governments. here's frank gardner. bbc verify has been covering this war ever since the october the 7th raid on israel. it's a war that has ravaged one of the most densely populated places on earth — home to over 2 million people who can't leave. so, how has this 30,000 deaths figure been arrived at? it's based on the number of dead bodies brought to hospitals. the world health organization has previously endorsed gaza's health ministry casualty figures as credible. if anything, 30,000 could even be an underestimate, due to bodies still buried under the rubble. so let's break this down. as you can see from this graph here, the vast majority of those killed have been women and children. today, the pentago

fergal keane, bbc news, jerusalem.ar between israel and gaza loomed large this weekend at a conference of world leaders in munich focused on global security challenges — with many hoping that progress would be made towards a peace deal. israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu has rejected calls to hold off on a ground offensive in rafah city in the south of the gaza strip, where around 1.5 million have fled to escape fighting elsewhere. nearly 29,000 palestinians have been killed and tens of thousands injured by israeli strikes since the start of the war on seventh 0ctober, according to gaza's hamas—run health ministry. earlier this weekjoseph borrell, high representative of the eu for foreign affairs and security policy, called on countries to stop sending weapons to israel to stop the mounting death toll. the bbc�*s chief international correspondent, lyse doucet, spoke to him and asked whether he was referring to the us — israel's greatest ally — and about potential resolutions to the conflict. i was thinking loudl

fergal keane, bbc news, lviv.to platform 5 on the bbc iplayer. ten roman gems that were stolen from the british museum will go on display to the public tomorrow. the items are among around 350 recovered after the museum discovered that some of its precious pieces had been stolen and sold on ebay. the thefts came to light last year. our culture editor, katie razzall, has the story. tiny engraved gems made of glass, stolen along with hundreds of others from the storerooms of the british museum. now ten recovered gems, mostly dating back to classical times, are on display as part of a wider exhibition. these are some of the ones that have been recovered recently. sir markjones is the museum's interim director. this one for example isjupiter, this is ganymede. he was brought in to run this place after the british museum announced last year that items from its collection were missing, stolen or damaged. a member of staff was dismissed. how is the recovery process going? it is complicated and it's lengthy. it's going to

fergal keane, bbc news, jerusalem.yemen have promised to step up their attacks on shipping in the red sea, in defiance of the latest us and uk strikes on their military facilities. the allied operation was the fourth combined attack on houthi targets since january. our diplomatic correspondent, james landale, assesses the effectiveness of the us and uk strategy. british war planes taking off from raf akrotiri in cyprus, bound for the skies over yemen. their target — houthi rebels who have been attacking merchant ships in the red sea. the mod said four typhoon jets struck two sites where drones have been launched. theyjoined us war planes taking off from this aircraft carrier in what was the fourth combined allied strike on houthi targets in yemen since january. and this was the consequence, explosions in the night sky over sanaa, the capital of yemen. the us said 18 targets in eight locations had been struck. the houthis have attacked more than 45 merchant vessels since november. these are pictures of its forces actual

fergal keane, bbc news, jerusalem. with more on this, i'm joined by bbc arabic�*s said shehata.his focus on the ongoing peace talks. what more can you tell us? there is no detail about what happened in paris but the israeli wall cabinet approved the terms for a potential ceasefire deal with hamas, based on what happened in paris. so there is a negotiation and negotiation teams will go to qatar and then cairo for two rounds of negotiations and there is hope they will reach something. some israeli media mentioned there is a framework for a return of a third of the hostages over a six—week period which will cover the holy month of ramadan for the muslims and this will potentially be a middle way between what hamas needs and the israelis need because hamas want all israeli troops out of gaza in return for the release of their hostages, and israel want to stay in gaza controlling it and even launch an attack on rafah so the middle way is to have a truce and release some of the hostages, not the whole of the hostages. in hostages, not the whole of the hosta . es. ., hostages. in the m

fergal keane, bbc news, jerusalem. around the world and across the uk. this is bbc news.or his late godfather, king constantine of greece on tuesday. he had been due to give a reading at the service. kensington palace said his absence was due to a "personal matter". the palace would not elaborate further, but said that catherine, princess of wales, continues to progress well following abdominal surgery. sony has announced it will cut about 900 playstation jobs globally, and is shuting down its london studio. the office created several series including karaoke game singstar and the 2000s title this is football. the layoffs come a month after rival microsoft revealed plans to axe one thousnd 900 jobs in its gaming division. and it's one of the bbc�*s most watched videos online. a pod of dolphins was spotted in the river thames near northfleet in kent. volunteers from the royal national life boat institution saw the two adults and a calf on sunday describing the sight as incredible. the river is home to more than 100 species of fish, marine and terrestrial mammals. you're li

fergal keane, bbc news, jerusalem.lomatic correspondent, paul adams, is injerusalem and says facilities at nasa hospital are close to collapse. and says facilities at nasser hospital are close to collapse. the situation remains extremely precarious. it's unclear exactly what's going on there. the israeli military has been there since the early hours of thursday morning. they're arresting members of staff who they believe are connected with hamas. they've discovered some arms that have been hidden away in the hospital. and they're also looking for evidence that hostages may have been held in the hospital at one point or another. they say that, while doing that, they are doing their best to try to keep the hospital functioning, their best to try to keep the hospitalfunctioning, bringing in diesel and oxygen and helping to repair a generator. the head of the who, and gaza's health ministry, have both said that the hospital is essentially not functioning anymore. we've heard reports from inside the hospital suggesting that

fergal keane, bbc news, lviv.he personal emails of a member of the south korean presidents team. the hack happened in the run—up to president yoon 5 state visit to britain last november. north korea 5 hacking abilities have become increasingly sophisticated, and this is thought to be the first time it has successfully hacked an official working in the presidents office. our seoul correspondent jean mackenzie told us more. this hack was first reported by a newspaper here in south korea this morning which said it had the information from high—level government source. this source had told them that a member of the president's team at had their e—mails hacked just before president yoon went on the state visit to the uk in november of last year, where he met king charles and queen camilla and met the british prime minister rishi sunak. this source claimed that not only were the details of mr yoon's itinerary leaked but also e—mails from the president himself. we've spoken to the presidential office about this today and

fergal keane, bbc news, jerusalem.t in mexico city's main square against proposed changes to the body that organises elections. the opposition accuses president andres manuel lopez obrador of trying to undermine the national electoral institute ahead of polls injune. he's been critical of the institute — an autonomous, non—partisan organisation — saying it's biased and has a history of collusion with fraud. the film oppenheimer had a great night last night at the baftas. it won seven awards including best film and director, as well as leading actor for cillian murphy. but the biggest grossing movie of last year — barbie — didn't get any love in the end. they had five nominations and came away with none. our culture editor katie razzall was there. last night, london was a who's who of the film world. britain and america united to celebrate movies with the irish out in force. only the biggest night in the british night in the calendar can deliver. celebrating in front and behind the camera here in britain and across the

fergal keane, bbc news, jerusalem.d, the hamas—run health authorities in gaza say more than 30,000 palestinians have been killed since israel started its military action in october. bbc verify has been examining how many of those killed were members of hamas. here's frank gardner. bbc verify has been covering this war ever since the october 7th raid on israel. it's a war that has ravaged one of the most crowded places on earth, home to over two million people. the red areas on this map show all the parts of gaza that have been destroyed since the start of the campaign. so how has this 30,000 deaths figure been arrived at? it's based on the number of dead bodies brought to hospitals and identified. the world health organization has previously endorsed gaza's health ministry casualty figures as credible — if anything 30,000 could even be an underestimate due to bodies buried under the rubble. so let's break this down. as you can see from this graph, the vast majority of those killed have been women and children. nearly h

fergal keane, bbc news, jerusalem.ce. recent polling by our news partners cbs, shows 65 per cent of democrats across the us thinkjoe biden should encourage israel to decrease or stop its military actions in gaza. and michigan's primary elections on tuesday — will be a key litmus test of his wider support among democrats — and among muslim and arab americans. michigan is a battleground state — its 15 electoral votes could be critical in deciding who wins the us presidential in november. it also happens to have one of the largest muslim and arab populations in the us. many of them are democrats, who along with a lot of progressives nationwide, are opposed to current us policy on israel and gaza. mr biden won the state in 2020 by 2.8 percentage points. mr trump won the state in 2016 by 0.2 percentage points. so president biden�*s path back to a second term in the white house could be injeopardy if voters who previously supported the president — but disagree with his policies in the middle east — sit out the the election o

fergal keane, bbc news, jerusalem. day since russia launched its full—scale invasion of ukraine, president volodymr zelenskyy has released battlefield estimates to the public for the first time. mr zelensky said sunday that 31,000 ukrainian soldiers have been killed since the start of the war. that number is, far lower than an estimate the us released back in august. it put the number of ukrainian combat deaths at about 70—thousand. in the months since then, fighting has only intensified. and russia is gaining ground in eastern ukraine.ukrainian soldiers are rationing ammunition and artillery, as in the us, republicans in congress continue to block billions of dollars in military aid to ukraine. throughout the war, six million people — mainly women and children — have fled the country, according to the un. millions more are being forced to live under russian occupation. little is known about their lives but the bbc�*s has spoken to two teenagers who fled from russian—occupied mariupol and kherson. they look like ordina

fergal keane, bbc news, jerusalem.ece. the prince had been due to give a reading at the service, at windsor castle. kensington palace said his absence was because of what it called a "personal matter" but didn't elaborate. 0ur royal correspondent, daniela relph has this report, and we must warn you it contains flashing images. leading the royal family's walk to st george's chapel. the duke of york, no longer a working royal, and his former wife sarah the duchess of york. this is a royal family whose numbers are down. inside the chapel, queen camilla led the royal party at the service to remember king constantine of greece. the prince of wales was due to be with her. king constantine was his godfather, and prince william had planned to give a reading at the service, but he unexpectedly pulled out around an hour before it was due to start because of an undisclosed personal matter. christmas day at sandringham — this was the last time we saw the princess of wales in public before she was admitted to hospitalfor surgery la

fergal keane, bbc news, jerusalem. let's turn to ukraine.oops have been killed so far during the two years of war with russia. it's the first time in many months that figure has been revealed. he said tens of thousands of civilians in the russian occupied territories had also died. speaking at a news conference to mark saturday's second anniversary of russia's invasion, mr zelensky said he couldn't reveal the number of people injured because that information would help russia, but the loss was very painful. he was hopeful of a peace summit in the spring... ..and was sure the us congress would pass its aid package for ukraine. speaking at a press conference in kyiv, president zelensky stressed the importance of western support if ukraine is to defeat the threat from russia. translation: we cannot lose. what will mean if ukraine loses? it means there will be no us, no us in existence. definitely this is not the end of our existence that we like. if ukraine loses, if it becomes complicated, the number of victims, it will depend on, on our partn

fergal keane, bbc news, jerusalem. let's bring you the latest on ukraine.lves from comments made by president macron of france that the deployment of western troops to ukraine should not be ruled out. german chancellor 0laf scholz said there'd been no change to the agreed position that no european country or nato member state would send soldiers to ukraine. there have been similar comments from other nations, including the uk, spain and poland. in the us, white house officials also pushed back on the idea of any troop deployments. it is a sovereign decision that every nato ally would have to — would have to make for themselves. you have the secretary general stoltenberg say he had no plans or intentions, certainly under nato auspices, putting troops on the ground and president bryden have been crystal—clear since the beginning of this conflict — there will be no us troops on the ground in a combat role there. around the world and across the uk, this is bbc news. let's look at some other stories making news. mps are to receive extra security as part of a £31

for cocaine, bbc news, jerusalem. —— fergal keane. let's get more on that with paul adams.a pathway to that in the wider offering for the region ultimately, but a flat no in the last couple of hours from the knesset. �* �* , ., ., ~ ., ., knesset. and it's a flat know that follows the _ knesset. and it's a flat know that follows the flat _ knesset. and it's a flat know that follows the flat know _ knesset. and it's a flat know that follows the flat know that - knesset. and it's a flat know that follows the flat know that the - follows the flat know that the prime minister benjamin netanyahu uttered very emphatically —— a flat no. so it was very predictable that the knesset would follow suit. it wasn't just members of mr netanyahu's party, it was also opposition members who buy into this idea that israel is in danger of being on the receiving end of what the prime minister calls international gift tax. some i will wreck any chances of a negotiated settlement which is what prime minister is saying —— that will wreck. it's a kind of despair about the extent of the suffering in

fergal keane, bbc news, jerusalem.ellor olaf scholz said there'd been no change to the agreed position that no european country or nato member state would send soldiers to ukraine. there have been similar comments from other nations, including spain, hungary and the uk. in the us, white house officials also pushed back on the idea of any troop deployments. it isa it is a sovereign decision that every ally would have to make for themselves. you have the secretary general say he had no plans or intentions, certainly under nato, putting troops on the ground and president bryden have been crystal—clear since the beginning of this conflict, there will be no us troops on there will be no us troops on the ground in a combat role. recapping our top story: cbs news projects joe biden is the winner of the 2024 michigan democratic primary. this was the expected result. meanwhile, cbs news predicts donald trump is the winner of the 2024 michigan republican primary. the former president continues his dominant sweep over nikki haley

fergal keane, bbc news, jerusalem.rogramme about what is going on in the house of commons, the snp describing it as a pantomime. we will not get into the nitty—gritty but i wanted to ask you this, to help guide our viewers, the labour amendment passed which called for an immediate humanitarian ceasefire, what does that mean in practice, does it change anything of what the government does? he. practice, does it change anything of what the government does?- what the government does? no, it does not change _ what the government does? no, it does not change government - what the government does? no, it i does not change government policy, it is an exchange of opinion by parliament and it does not bind the government. some years ago the parliament passed a motion to recognise the state of palestine but it did not bind government so it doesn't change anything, had the government amendment been passed, that would have been different but tonight we have just a situation where people have seen the scenes they have and will be l

our special correspondent fergal keane has been following their story.within the siege. and one more day closer to my brother running out of medications. and we're still here.

fergal keane, bbc news, jerusalem. clearly distressing details from gaza. an unclear situation.m jerusalem in eight while who has more details as to what went on the last 2a hours. around the world and across the uk, this is bbc news. let's look at some other stories making news. the father of a teenage boy who murdered brianna ghey has been jailed for 15 months after pleading guilty to sex offences. kyle ratcliffe, aged 36, admitted two offences of exposure and one count of taking an indecent photo of a child. his son eddie ratcliffe was convicted alongside scarlettjenkinson of murdering 16—year—old brianna in a park in culcheth, cheshire last year. administrators for the cosmetics and skincare chain of stores the body shop say 116 outlets will stay open in the uk. but they are closing 75 shops over the next six weeks and will cut about 500 jobs as part of a restructuring programme. the uk arm of the global beauty chain was put into administration this month. a bbc investigation has found that millions of chickens sold in uk supermarkets show clear signs of skin burns caused by

fergal keane, bbc news, jerusalem. the war between israel and gaza has been front of mind at this weekend's munich security conference. later this hour, the bbc�*s chief international correspondent, lyse doucet speaks with high representative of the eu for foreign affairs and security polichoseph borrell on a resolution to the conflict. we'll bring you that a little later. meanwhile, israel has condemned brazil's president, after he accused israel of committing genocide in gaza. president lula da silva also compared israel's actions to the holocaust. he was speaking at the african union summit in addis ababa. translation: what is happening in the gaza strip with the palestinian i people has parallel with other historical moments. in fact, it only existed when hitler decided to kill thejews. his comments have sparked strong criticism from israel. prime minister benjamin netanyahu called them "shameful and grave", and a little earlier this evening said the israel defense forces were going to lengths to prevent civilian d

fergal keane, bbc news, belfast.n, particularly iran. although iran has denied any direct involvement in that drone attack, we know there are a number of pro—iranian militias based in iraq, syria, lebanon, the palestinian territories and as far south as yemen. all are opposed to israel and the united states. the bbc�*s analysis editor, ros atkins, takes a closer look now at what we know about iran's alliances, and the so—called �*axis of resistance�*. as the crisis in the middle east escalates, there is one country the us references all the time. we escalates, there is one country the us references all the time.- us references all the time. we do not want this _ us references all the time. we do not want this war _ us references all the time. we do not want this war but _ us references all the time. we do not want this war but if _ us references all the time. we do not want this war but if iran - us references all the time. we do not want this war but if iran or - us references all the time. we do not want this war b

fergal keane, bbc news, jerusalem. around the world and across the uk, this is bbc news.ing in the uk. a woman has been arrested on suspicion of murder after three children were found dead at a house in bristol. the 42—year—old suspect is in police custody at a hospital. our reporter danjohnson has more. we know the police were called here shortly after midnight by someone who was concerned about the welfare of these children. they found three children dead at a semi—detached property just further up this quiet residential street. and a 42—year—old woman was arrested. because there had been previous police involvement, we're told within the last few weeks, the independent office for police conduct has been involved. there has been a referral by avon and somerset police, which will now investigate what the level of that interaction was and whether there's anything further to be investigated there. police say the deaths are an isolated incident and there is no further risk to people in the community. you're live with bbc news. to russia now, where at least 150 people have b

this report from our special correspondent fergal keane begins in rafah, where an estimated 1.5 million may find some of his report distressing. it is mostly a story of exhausted waiting. each long minute, the children seek anything to fight the pain of hunger. and when it is served, the thin soup is eagerly gathered up. hunger, along with so much else. two—month—old mahmoud is one of the vulnerable victims. the doctor examining him told us how he had died. israel says it allows aid into northern gaza and that the un is failing to organise distribution. but the un says law and order has collapsed with the war. drivers are terrified of being attacked and aid looted. in israel, opinion polls suggest many support the views of this man, whose son is a hostage in gaza, and who opposes any aid being sent without the return of the hostages. that sounds very, very harsh, when you are talking about civilians, babies, children dying. yes, but we have babies and women and the elders, 0k? it's very, very simple. give us our people, and we will give you food and medicines. the un is warning of famin

at the start of the conflict — our special correspondent fergal keane reported from the western city out what happened to some of the people he met. they were fleeing europe's biggest refugee crisis since world war ii. people are just crushing all around me, trying to get

fergal keane, bbc news, jerusalem. joining me alive from rafah is a spokesperson from the internationals. i'm very very grateful for you to come to speak to us on the world today. update me on how conditions are where you are. update me on how conditions are where you are-— update me on how conditions are where you are. thank you for having me. unfortunately _ where you are. thank you for having me. unfortunately the _ where you are. thank you for having me. unfortunately the situation - where you are. thank you for having me. unfortunately the situation is l me. unfortunately the situation is changing from bad to worse by the clock. there is several hostilities conducted everywhere across the gaza strip including rafah. as usual since october seven, that translates into casualties and majority of them unfortunately our civilians. giving a closer look at rafah and out where the majority of the population of gazais the majority of the population of gaza is now, displaced, they are living in tents, makeshift tents. they have diseases, vicious diseases spreading amongst them, they are livi

fergal keane, bbc news, jerusalem.—in—residence at the center for israeli studied the american university in washington dc — i asked him if the proposed rafah offensive is a likely scenario. i think that on one hand there are plans to enter rafah for israel and to fight hamas, the four brigades that are that are still there to try and rescue hostages and to try and target the hamas leadership. but i believe that at this point in time, this plan will not be implemented as it's used as a pressure tactic to bring hamas to agree, to compromise and to reach a hostage deal. so i think israel is using this as a pressure tactic, trying to bring hamas to compromise at this point. if it sees that within several weeks there is no progress on negotiations for a deal, then it may seriously consider this offensive. but i don't think that it's something that will happen any time soon. they'll wait to see how hamas responds to this threat. as paul mentioned, the religious holiday of ramadan is just three weeks away. do you expect the

signed the letter, including sky news's alex crawford, the bbc�*s jeremy bowen, 0rla guerin and fergal keane joined by alex crawford whojoins us for more on this i am joined by alex crawford who joins us from iraq. she is sky news's special correspondent and, as we havejust is sky news's special correspondent and, as we have just been saying, is among the signatories of the letter. thank you forjoining us, especially while you are on deployment. just tell us what the rationale was behind this letter to begin with. the main thinking is that we are all terribly frustrated and that we are not really doing ourselves justice, we are not doing the storyjustice, and people aren't hearing particular information because foreign journalists aren't on the ground. this is despite multiple attempts to try to get access to access into gaza since october the 7th, from october seven onwards there have 0ctober seven onwards there have been groups of people, teams of people, media organisations all over the world trying to get access into gaza and we haven't been able to. that definitely compromises what has

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