helena humphrey _ and arise thereof. helena humphrey thank- and arise thereof. thank you - and arise thereof. helena humphrey thank you so l and arise thereof. helena - humphrey thank you so much. i spoke about the unrest with professor dov waxman, who teaches israeli studies at ucla, and he discussed why theres so much pressure to clear the encampments. first of all, there is a concern for safety. what we saw last night was something that was completely unacceptable and the administration have to assure the safety of all students, both of those inside the practice encampment and all other students on the campus. there is a concern this is creating a dangerous environment essentially on the campus and the other concern the administration and is to ensure student, faculty and staff can go about the business and take classes. today's classes were cancelled. class probably will not happen in person tomorrow and they are likely to go online. but that cannot continue for long. the university has to students and do its business and if the protesters and particularly t

helena humphrey, in washington, _ well. helena humphrey, in washington, dc, _ well.ings well. helena humphrey, in - washington, dc, many things for that update. —— many thanks for there've been violent clashes between riot police and thousands of protestors after the parliament in georgia voted through a so—called foreign agents bill after weeks of protests. critics are likening the bill to legislation in neighbouring russia — used to stiffle dissent and silence criticism of the kremlin. our correspondent rayhan demytrie is in georgia — she sent this report. they marched in with a warning against the protesters who have been demonstrating outside parliament for weeks. protesters stood defiantly, refusing to move away... ..and then violence... ..all in the name of a contentious law which protesters fear will mark the end of georgia's democracy. you get a sense, now, they are moving more intensely. and the protesters are beginning to boo. they're being pushed away from the square. we will be in the eu. we will be in the eu. freedom to the georgians! georgian people are

helena humphrey, thank you i population safer. helena i humphrey, thank you very population safer.k you very much for that and we will be keeping an eye on those protests that you see. we are waiting to see what will happen next as the police are called in. the lapd have said that they have not and will not use force but we will see what happens next after it was declared unlawful assembly. as we mentioned riot police in the state of texas riot as we mentioned riot police in the state of texas have broken up a similar encampment, accusing the demonstrators of breaching trespass law. our correspondent, tom bateman, was at the university of texas in dallas, as the authorities moved in, and sent this report. this particular spot was where there was a tented encampment, a very peaceful protest when we arrived, people were singing and chanting. they are around 12 or more gazebos on the spot here. the protesters were then handed a written note from the university administrations saying that they were breaching criminal trespass laws and if the tents were not removed, that would be forcib

helena humphreys is there for us.— humphreys is there for us.far as we can get _ humphreys is there for us. this is as far as we can get right - humphreys is there for us. this is as far as we can get right now. i humphreys is there for us. this is. as far as we can get right now. you can see those police lines, you can see the moving forward of the police. what you can see there is... explosion. we police. what you can see there is... explosion-— explosion. we can hear explosion flares now. — explosion. we can hear explosion flares now. and _ explosion. we can hear explosion flares now, and you _ explosion. we can hear explosion flares now, and you can _ explosion. we can hear explosion flares now, and you can see - explosion. we can hear explosion flares now, and you can see more | flares now, and you can see more police running, you can see the hustle and bustle of what is going on. police have broken through that perimeter. they are dragging away the barricades. you can hear what appears to be fireworks right now. more of the california high

i'm helena humphrey. it's good to have you with us. us speaker of the house mike johnson is reportedly considering legislation to sanction the international criminal court, a day after the court requested arrest warrants for the israeli prime minister and defence minister over accuastions of war crimes. arrest warrants were also issues for three hamas leaders, including yahya sinwar. the us denounced the icc�*s decision. speaking at a senate foreign relations committee hearing, us secretary of state antony blinken was critical of the move, and said the decision will only draw out the war in the middle east. the extremely wrong—headed decision by the icc prosecutor yesterday, the shameful equivalents implied between hamas and the leadership of israel, i think that only complicates the prospects for getting such an agreement. we will continue to forge ahead to do that, but that decision, as you've said, on so many levels, is totally wrong—headed, and we'll be happy to work with congress, with this committee, on an appropriate response. t

i'm helena humphrey. it is good to have you with us. we begin in the middle east, where thousands of protesters have gathered in israel, amid anger over prime minister benjamin netanyahu's failure to secure the release of hostages still being held in gaza. these are the scenes in tel aviv. police have arrested some demonstrators and used water canon to disperse two rallies, which had merged. in the latest development, the israel defense forces say that they have recovered the body of another hostage — identified as ron binyamin. in the latest sign of divisions within mr netanyahu's war cabinet, benny gantz has threatened to bring down the prime minister's government, unless he agrees to a far—reaching plan for gaza — with a deadline to do so in around three weeks�* time. meanwhile, the united nations says more than 800,000 people have now fled rafah, in southern gaza. many have been forced to head northwards, to areas which the united nations says have little clean drinking water or sanitation, as the israeli offensive continues. 0ur di

i am a helena humphrey in washington, dc. the top of the hour. in the meantime, of course, you can whisk a two hour app all the website, bbc .com. greater detail on some extraordinary reporting from the bbc�*s quentin sommerville after spending a month in myanmar embedded in the conflict. stay with us here on bbc news. hello, there. hello, thanks for joining hello, thanks forjoining me. we had some wet weather today but wednesday for some of us will be a wash—out, persistent rain, heavy at times on the way, and it's starting this evening. now, here's the forecast. it has already been quite wet in east anglia and the south—east. the rain will spread into the midlands and the night, merge into the peak district, and then spread into northern england by the early hours of wednesday morning. it could reach ali —— eastern parts of wales too but scotland and northern ireland, apart from a few showers here and there, actually looking generally dry. so tomorrow's forecast, then, this is the morning, a widespread area of rain, we will

as we keep an eye on those, we can cross to my colleague, helena humphreys who was at the scene for uslena, just before we get started, could you let us know the lay of the land, where you are, and why it is we are looking out behind you, and where you are? give us a sense of the geography. you are mentionina us a sense of the geography. you are mentioning exactly _ us a sense of the geography. you are mentioning exactly how— us a sense of the geography. you are mentioning exactly how authorities . mentioning exactly how authorities decided to go about moving in, and so what you can see behind me, perhaps, just where those three police officers are right now, they are moving to one side, but you can see that was thick gap they managed to create in the encampment, by turning away at those barricades. the plywood that has been reinforced, throughout the course of the day, after scenes of violence last night, they had been hammering away at it and they moved through this area. they previously tried on the other side, all the way back, from the other side of the encampment, but the speakin

hello, i'm helena humphrey. glad you could join us. of north—west iran, where a helicopter carrying its president and foreign minister has gone missing. here are the two men believed to have been on board. president ebrahim raisi on the left, and the country's foreign minister, hossein amir—abdollahian on the right. russia and turkey have joined the search for the helicopter. these are the latest pictures from a turkish surveillance drone which has identified a source of heat suspected to be the wreckage. turkey has shared the co—ordinates with iran. and this is footage from russia showing a rescue helicopter being loaded onto a plane, which is headed to the mountainous terrain as bad weather is hampering the search. borzou daragahi is a senior fellow at the atlantic council and an iranian journalist. he explains who ebraham raisi is and how he came to power.

hello, i'm helena humphrey. glad you could join me.ays there's fierce fighting along a large part of the kharkiv region border in the northeast of the country. russia says it captured another four villages in the region — an area where russian troops had been pushed back nearly two years ago. since russia launched their surprise offensive two

i'm helena humphrey. �*s didavi with us. —— it's good to have you with us.sanction the international criminal court, a day after the court requested arrest warrants for the israeli prime minister and defence minister over accuastions of war crimes. arrest warrants were also issues for three hamas leaders, including yahya sinwar. the us denounced the icc�*s decision. speaking at a senate foreign relations committee hearing, us secretary of state antony blinken was critical of the move, and said the decision will only draw out the war in the middle east. the extremely wrong—headed decision by the icc prosecutor yesterday, the shameful equivalents implied between hamas and the leadership of israel, i

hello, i'm helena humphrey. good to have you with us. tuesday, after an israeli airstike killed dozens of people in rafah. video shows the aftermath of the strikes, as a massive fire ripped through tents near the southern gazan city. at least 45 people were killed — including women and children — at a camp for displaced people. that's according to the hamas—run health ministry.

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hello i'm helena humphrey. glad you could join me., as donald trump's defense team rested its case on tuesday. closing arguments in the historic hush—money trial are set to begin next tuesday. then, the jury will begin weighing the evidence on whether mr trump illegally covered up a payment to adult film star stormy daniels. the former president faces 3a felony counts of falsifying business records. as he left the courthouse earlier, mr trump characterized the trial as political interference. this is all about biden. can't campaign so he's trying to injure his opponent. they're trying to hurt the opponent because they can't win it fair and square. it's law.

hello, i'm helena humphrey. glad you could join us.here a helicopter carrying its president and foreign minister has gone missing. here are the two men believed to have been on board. president ebrahim raisi on the left, and the country's foreign minister, hossein amir—abdollahian on the right. they'd both been on a trip to iran's border with azerbaijan, inaugurating a new dam project shown here. this is the image of president raisi on the ground at the site of the dam before he boarded the helicopter. a convoy of three helicopters were believed to have then travelled across iranian territory. two returned safely, but the one carrying the president and foreign minister dissappeared after what authorities described as a �*hard landing' in mountainous territory under heavy fog. there has been no contact with the aircraft since.

hello, i'm helena humphrey. glad you could join me.eadly air strike on an area for displaced people near rafah in southern gaza. video show a large explosion and intense fires burning. the hamas—run health ministry in gaza says

hello, i'm helena humphrey. glad you could join me.e fighting along a large part of the kharkiv region border in the northeast of the country. russia says it captured another four villages in the region — an area where russian troops had been pushed back nearly two years ago. since russia launched their surprise offensive two days ago, they claim to have taken nine villages altogether — something the bbc has not been able to verify. there have also been strikes on the russian side

i'm helena humphrey. glad you could join me.e to leave the city of rafah in southern gaza, as it presses on with its military campaign there against hamas. the israel defense forces have declared a narrow coastal strip at al—mawasi to be a safe humanitarian zone, but the un says it has no running water or proper sanitation. israel says that since monday, about 300,000 palestinians

i'm helena humphrey. it is good to have you with us.protesters have gathered in israel, amid anger over president netanyahu's failure to secure the release of hostages still being held in gaza. these are the scenes in tel aviv. police have arrested some demonstrators and used water canon to disperse two rallies, which had merged. in the latest development, the israel defense forces say that they recovered the body of another hostage, identified as ron binyamin. in the latest sign of division within mr netanyahu's war cabinet, benny gantz has threatened to bring down the prime minister's government, unless he agrees to a far—reaching plan for gaza —

hello i'm helena humphrey. glad you could join me.owded superstore is an act of �*russian madness'. officials say at least six people were killed and more than 30 others injured on saturday

hello, i'm helena humphrey. glad you could join me.after an israeli airstike killed dozens of people in rafah. video shows the aftermath of the strikes, as a massive fire ripped through tents near the southern gazan city. at least 45 people were killed — including women and children — at a camp for displaced people. that's according to the hamas—run health ministry. the israel defense forces say the air strike killed two

hello, i'm helena humphrey. glad you could join me.y says there's fierce fighting along a large part of the kharkiv region border in the northeast of the country. russia says it captured another four villages in the region — an area where russian troops had been pushed back nearly two years ago. since russia launched their surprise offensive two days ago, they claim to have taken nine villages altogether — something the bbc has not been able to verify. there have also been strikes on the russian side

with more from washington, here's our correspondent helena humphrey.partment has effectively opened the door to boeing facing criminal prosecution over two deadly crashes in 2018 and 2019, in indonesia and then in ethiopia, involving its 737 max aircraft, through which, 346 people were killed. and after those two crashes, essentially, there was a deal between prosecutors and boeing. it was contentious, and boeing paid out some $2.5 billion, but also agreed to come up with a new framework, a new ethical framework, also with regards to safety measures as well. now, that deal was set to last for three years and actually expire injanuary. just a few days before it did expire, we saw that incident with the alaska airlines 737 max airliner as well, when a panel on that aircraft blew out. and of course, during that incident, it immediately renewed the spotlight on boeing, on its quality assurances, its safety controls. and in this ruling, the us justice department on tuesday said that boeing had violated the terms of that agreement. that is something that boe

hello i'm helena humphrey. glad you could join me.southern gaza — as it presses on with its military campaign there against hamas. the israel defense forces have declared a narrow coastal strip at al—mawasi to be a safe humanitarian zone, but the un says it has no running water or proper sanitation. israel says that since monday, about 300,000 palestinians have

i'm helena humphrey. glad you could join us. have reached the wreckage site of the helicopter, which was carrying president ebrahim raisi and the foreign minister. reaching the site, the red crescent said that the situation was "not good", with an iranian official telling reuters that expectation are low for president raisi to be alive after the crash. these are the two men believed to have been on board. president ebrahim raisi on the left, and the country's foreign minister, hossein amir—abdol—lahian on the right. they'd both been on a trip to iran's border with azerbaijan. authorities described the helicopter as making a �*hard landing' in mountainous territory after it got into difficulties in heavy fog.

hello, i'm helena humphrey. glad you could join me.krainian president volodymyr zelensky says there's fierce fighting along a large part of the kharkiv region border in the northeast of the country. russia says it captured another four villages in the region — an area where russian troops had been pushed back nearly two years ago. since russia launched their surprise offensive two days ago, they claim to have taken nine villages altogether — something the bbc has not been able to verify. there have also been strikes on the russian side of the border in belgorod on sunday. the russian military claimed a ukrainian airstrike destroyed a section of a 10—storey apartment block. with the latest on the conflict, our defence correspondentjonathan beale reports from vovchansk in kharkiv — under russian attack. the road to russia, just a few miles from the border. and proof that the russians are back in the kharkiv region again. the town of vovchansk was liberated in a surprise ukrainian offensive less than two years ago. now it's at risk of fal

i'm helena humphrey at the university of california, los angeles, where there is a growing police presence — allowing more humanitarian aid into the famine—threatened territory. disgraced hollywood film producer, harvey weinstein, will be re—tried after one of his rape convictions was overturned. and the face of 75,000—year—old neanderthal woman revealed. scientists at cambridge university recreate a 3d model from a crushed skull discovered in iraq. hello and welcome to bbc news. i'm lukwesa burak. pro—palestinian protesters in an encampment at the ucla

hello, i'm helena humphrey.e were killed and more than 30 others injured on saturday

hello, i'm helena humphrey. glad you could join me. we begin in the middle east.n israel amid anger over prime minister benjamin netanyahu's failure to secure the release of hostages still being held in gaza. these are the scenes in tel aviv. police have arrested some demonstrators and used water canon to disperse two rallies, which had merged. in the latest development, the israel defence forces say that they recovered the body of another hostage — identified as ron binyamin. in the latest sign of divisions within mr netanyahu's war cabinet, benny gantz has threatened to quit the government, unless he agrees to a far—reaching plan for gaza — with a deadline to do so in around three weeks time. meanwhile, the united nations says more than 800,000 people

hello, i'm helena humphrey.aine's president, volodymyr zelensky, says a deadly air strike on a crowded superstore is an act of �*russian madness�*. officials say at least six people were killed and more than 30 others injured on saturday when two glide bombs struck the diy store in ukraine's second city, kharkiv. an air raid warning sounded moments before explosions tore through the building, starting an intense fire. the ukrainian leader again urged western allies to send more air defences to ukraine. ukraine's military says the two glide bombs that hit kharkiv were among a0 that russia dropped on ukrainian army positions and civil infrastructure saturday. the ukrainian military says russian forces are continuing their offensive in the kharkiv region, with six attacks repelled by the ukrainian military. the bbc�*sjeremy bowen is in kharkiv — i spoke to him a short while ago. very good to have you with us. this airstrike took place on a crowded superstore there in ukraine's second largest city. what more can you

i'm helena humphrey. glad you could join me.sters have gathered in israel amid anger over prime minister benjamin netanyahu's failure to secure the release of hostages still being held in gaza. these are the scenes in tel aviv. police have arrested some demonstrators and used water cannon to disperse two rallies, which had merged. in the latest development, the israel defence forces say that they recovered the body of another hostage, identified as ron binyamin. in the latest sign of divisions within mr netanyahu's war cabinet, benny gantz has threatened to quit the government, unless he agrees to a far—reaching plan for gaza, with a deadline to do so in around three weeks�* time. meanwhile, the united nations says more than 800,000 people

hello, i'm helena humphrey. glad you could join me.alestinian officials have accused the israeli military of carrying out a deadly air strike on an area for displaced people near rafah in southern gaza. video show a large explosion and intense fires burning. the hamas—run health ministry in gaza says at least 50 people were killed — including women and children. the israel defense forces confirmed it targeted a hamas compound in the area. in its most recent statement, the idf said it killed two senior hamas commanders. in an earlier statement, it said: the us state department says it is aware of the reports and is gathering more information. earlier on sunday, hamas launched a missile attack on israel for the first time in months. the israeli military said at least eight rockets were launched from the rafah area towards tel aviv. all the projectiles were either intercepted by air defence systems or fell in fields. meanwhile, our partner cbs news is reporting that us diplomatic efforts to broker a deal to release hostages held in gaza b

hello i'm helena humphrey. glad you could join me.srael has ordered thousands more people to leave the city of rafah in southern gaza — as it presses on with its military campaign there against hamas. the israel defense forces have declared a narrow coastal strip at al—mawasi to be a safe humanitarian zone, but the un says it has no running water or proper sanitation. israel says that since monday, about 300,000 palestinians have already fled rafah. the us is still urging israel not to mount a full—scale assault on the city. and in the north — there are evacuations in the city of jabalia as the idf says that it has been carrying out air strikes. it says hamas fighters are regrouping there. from jerusalem, here's our middle east correspondent, yolande knell. another desperate exodus. palestinians fleeing in their thousands, as israel signals it is now set to push further into gaza's southernmost city, issuing new evacuation orders. "what should we do?" hanan asks. "do we wait until we all die on top of each other? "we've decided it is

hello, i'm helena humphrey. glad you could join me.xplosion and intense fires burning. the hamas—run health ministry in gaza says at least 50 people

i am a helena humphrey. thank you for your company. goodbye for now. hello, there.e the seasonal average for most. lots of sunny spells around, but it will be turning cooler and then wetter and windier as we head through the middle part of the week. with heavy, more persistent outbreaks of rain, temperatures returning back to the seasonal average. now, this is how we're starting off monday morning. a fresher feel to things. there are some patches of mist and fog around. lots of low cloud, particularly towards these eastern coastal areas. some fret and haar have moved in from the north sea. but the strong may sunshine will get to work on that low cloud and murk. despite the grey start, there'll be some sunny spells coming through — even, perhaps, for eastern areas of scotland, down through northeast england, where it's been cloudy and cool of late. a feed of cooler, drier air, but with the onshore breeze, it's always going to feel a little colder here. a scattering of showers across northern ireland, perhaps for north wales, and a few showers for southern england. bu

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hello, i'm helena humphrey. glad you could join me. the city of rafah in southern gaza as it presses on with its military campaign there against hamas. the israel defense forces have declared a narrow

hello, i'm helena humphrey. good to have you with us. the un security council will convene for a closed—door emergency meeting on tuesday, after an israeli airstike killed dozens of people in rafah. video shows the aftermath of the strikes, as a massive fire ripped through tents near the southern gazan city. at least 45 people were killed — including women and children — at a camp for displaced people. that's according to the hamas—run health ministry. the israel defense forces say the air strike killed two senior members of hamas. appearing before the knesset on monday, israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu called it a "tragic mishap". mr netanyahu said israel will follow policy as it looks into the matter. translation: and ralph, we already evacuated _ translation: and ralph, we already evacuated about - translation: and ralph, we already evacuated about a - already evacuated about a million uninvolved residents. and despite our best efforts not not harm the uninvolved, a tragic incident occurred yesterday. we are investigating the

hello, i'm helena humphrey. good to have you with us. the un security council will convene for a closed—door emergency meeting on tuesday, after an israeli airstike killed dozens of people in rafah. video shows the aftermath of the strikes, as a massive fire ripped through tents near the southern gazan city. at least 45 people were killed — including women and children — at a camp for displaced people. that's according to the hamas—run health ministry. the israel defence force say the air strike killed two senior members of hamas. appearing before the knesset on monday, israeli prime minister, benjamin netanyahu, called it a "tragic mishap". the united nations secretary general antonio guterres responded to the strike, saying... sunday's air strike happened near a un facility in the tal al—sultan area, about two kilometres north—west of the centre of rafah. 0ur middle east correspondent lucy williamson has more on the attack — and a warning, her report contains some upsetting images. morning didn't end the nightmare, but it brought the c

i'm helena humphrey. glad you could join me. rafah in southern gaza, as it presses on with its military campaign there against hamas. the israel defense forces have declared a narrow coastal strip at al—mawasi to be a safe humanitarian zone, but the un says it has no running water or proper sanitation. israel says that since monday, about 300,000