israel to stop targeting the houses of the islamichhad activists.intensified in the last two days or so. they have completely destroyed four or five houses. rushdi, i wonder if you could just remind us why is this spate of violence kicked off? we've had five days of it. what kicked it off? well, as they have traded rockets, both sides traded accusations about who started this. but what has happened is last thursday at two o'clock in the morning, israel killed three senior islamichhad commanders. they are members of their military council. islamichhad next day started to fire rockets, they fired hundreds of rockets towards israel. they said in retaliation for the killing of their leaders. and then escalation was mounting for a couple of days until we reach today a ceasefire. egypt was there from the beginning, pushing for the ceasefire, trying to de—escalate the situation. they offered three drafts. the first one was rejected by israel, the second one was rejected by islamichhad and the third one tonight egypt succeeded to hopefully end this round of

israel has been demanding a complete halt to rocket fire by islamichhad at its civilians. gaza, rushdi abualouf, has the latest on the ceasefire. ten minutes before the ceasefire went into effect, islamichhad fired a barrage of rockets towards the israeli southern city. and some of the rockets were quite close to the southern city of tel aviv. the ceasefire agreement has gone into effect ten minutes ago, brokered by egypt. according to islamic jihad, it was a veryjihad, it was a very difficult discussion for about two or three days. egypt offered first a proposal that was rejected by islamic jihad and israel. they kept a delegation in egypt, talking and pushing for it until they brokered this deal tonight. as we speak, probably another rocket was fired. so we fear that this ceasefire is fragile from the very beginning. but it's still early to judge whether the ceasefire will hold or not. people are hoping the ceasefire could end five days of fighting, where 35 people were killed. half of them are civilians. and several injuries. over 1,200 rockets at least were fired from

i know what islamichhad would say | i know what islamichhad would say that gaza is a dense territoryere are a lot of open areas where they choose not to and they fire indiscriminately into israel and israel cancelled operations, we know this, because of more collateral damage which would have been happening, but i should point out correctly, innocent people have died this year as well, the israeli army will say they want to eliminate it with these got —— guys are not easy to catch and they have cancelled some operations but felt they needed to get those cases where they have been innocent people who have died. and so on the issue of hamas not being involved, it does not want to comment says, risk a return to full—scale conflict and an israeli military spokesman saying that israel is not interested in war. yet, what we've seen so far is the deadliest conflict in what, three years? deadliest conflict in what, three ears? ,, . ::' deadliest conflict in what, three ears? ,, . ii' ., deadliest conflict in what, three ears? ,. ::' years? since may 2021, so two years, that was the _ years?

they have targeted 400 targets for islamichhad.ails of the deal, according to the senior officials. they say that they managed to get it guaranteed. israel started this wave of escalation by killing three islamichhad leaders stop also, they want israel to stop targeting the houses of the islamic jihad, which we have seen in the past two days or so. they have completely destroyed four or five houses. i completely destroyed four or five houses. ., , ., _, completely destroyed four or five houses. ., , ., u, , houses. i wonder if you could 'ust remind us — houses. i wonder if you could 'ust remind us mi houses. i wonder if you could 'ust remind us why this i houses. i wonder if you could 'ust remind us why this spate �* houses. i wonder if you could 'ust remind us why this spate of h houses. i wonder if you could just i remind us why this spate of violence kicked off. we have had five days of it. what kicked it off?— it. what kicked it off? well, both sides traded _ it. what kicked it off? well, both sides traded accusations - it. wha

islamichhad were targeted. facilities for islamichhad were tarueted. ~ , ., ~' were targeted.you think we are seeing israeli forces - we are seeing israeli forces target islamichhad now? islamichhad was quite active in the attacks in the west bank and quite recently we had a situation where one of the prisoners was on hunger strike with the islamichhad targeting the prison a few days ago and is an extra hard fight about a hundred rockets into southern israel and clear mediation was that announced if the cyber everybody believed it was fragile and we had this morning a sudden attack by israel, hamas, the group who is governing gaza also saying we would retaliate for this what they call a bucha massacre on civilians and islamichhad in kaiser. “ v , civilians and islamichhad in kaiser. “ �*, , ~, ., ., kaiser. bbc's rushdi abualouf s - eakin . kaiser. bbc's rushdi abualouf speaking to — kaiser. bbc's rushdi abualouf speaking to us _ kaiser. bbc's rushdi abualouf speaking to us from _ kaiser. bbc's rushdi abualouf speaking to us from gaza - kaiser. bbc's rushdi abualoufj speaking

a ceasefire between israel and islamichhad militants in the gaza strip appears to be holding, despite reports of minor breaches on both sides. volodymyr zelensky and the pope hold talks at the vatican — but the pontiff stops short of directly condeming russia's invasion of ukraine. # instead i wrote a song # bout how you did me wrong # i could've cried at home # and spent the night alone # instead i wrote a song...# and — injust moments — the grand final of the 2023 eurovision song contest is about to crown a winner. we'll bring you the results and the reaction. hello, i'm carl naussman. a ceasefire between israel and palestinians in the gaza strip appears to be holding, despite some reports of fighting. the agreement was brokered by egypt — it follows five days of violent exchanges which have killed at least 33 palestinians in gaza and two people in israel. the truce, which as you see here prompted celebration in the streets, includes a commitment by israel to stop so—called "targeted assassinations". in return, israel reportedly demanded a complete halt to rocket fire by palestinian

give us some context.— islamichhad last august. give us some context.tion between islamichhad and israel. what is really key at the moment is whether there is going to bejoining forces from hamas. the different groups in gaza have talked about treacherous aggression against the people in gaza, saying that those responsible should be prepared to pay the price. on the israeli side, the israeli defence minister has said that israelis should be prepared for the possibility of a prolonged campaign, certainly, south of israel, in the south, people have been told to stay close to bomb shelters, that is where people live closest to the gaza strip. it's also been cancelled until at least wednesday evening. a number of army reservists have been called up. this is a very delicate moment, when we wait to see to what extent things here will escalate. yes, you are explaining that one of the significant factors could be the extent to which macro to are involved in the fighting. —— hamas. that is right, we have a background of high tensions to the occupied west bank wh

military has carried out air raids in the gaza strip, killing 12, among them three leaders of the islamichhad militant group. and this is the scene there now. we'll be bringing you all the latest with our correspondent in the next few minutes. not my kingdom! london's metropolitan police says it regrets arresting six anti—monarchist campaigners at the king's coronation on saturday. and for eurovision fans, the wait is over. the first of the semi—finals takes place in liverpool today. hello, i'm sally bundock. welcome to the programme. we begin with breaking news, a story developing overnight. the israeli military has carried out air raids in the gaza strip, striking targets belonging to the islamichhad militant group. palestinian officials said three commanders of the group were among at least 12 people killed. several others have been wounded. powerful explosions were heard throughout gaza city and rafah in the south of the gaza strip, causing panic among residents. in a statement, the al quds brigade, the military wing of islamichhad, said resistance to israel would continue. the death in i

the death of an islamichhad hunger striker last week — whilst in israeli custody — was followed by thecorrespondent yolande knell has more. they carried out these strikes in the morning in the early hours and three of the leaders of this group were killed as well as weapons manufacturing sites targeted, and one of the leaders they said was responsible for islamichhad operations in the occupied west bank although he was based in gaza and the other was responsible for a lot of the rocket fire we have seen coming out of the gaza strip in the past month. both last week in the response to the death of the palestinian prisoner in the israeli jail who was on hunger strike, he was a member of islamichhad himself and there was also rocket fire during ramadan following an israeli raid on a mosque. at least 13 people have been killed and four of the dead were men including these three leaders and also a dentist and a civilian who live close to one of them who was killed and the remainder of the dead are the wives and children of those men. the funerals are now taking place and israel is bracing i

islamichhad denied that.the violence, israel targeted and killed a number of members of islamichhad in gaza while they slept, alongside their wives and children. work the women and children simply collateral damage? in women and children simply collateral damae? ii i women and children simply collateral damae? ., , ., women and children simply collateral damae? ., j~:::: damage? in the last two days, 800 rockets were _ damage? in the last two days, 800 rockets were fired _ damage? in the last two days, 800 rockets were fired to _ damage? in the last two days, 800 rockets were fired to as _ damage? in the last two days, 800 rockets were fired to as wrought i damage? in the last two days, 800 rockets were fired to as wrought by| rockets were fired to as wrought by the islamicjihad. i will answer your question.— the islamicjihad. i will answer your question. please do, we do not have much — your question. please do, we do not have much time. _ your question. please do, we do not have much time. we _ your questio

the death of an islamichhad hunger striker last week — whilst in israeli custody — was followed by thet talk us through what we know that these air strikes. the funerals have taken — that these air strikes. the funerals have taken place _ that these air strikes. the funerals have taken place of— that these air strikes. the funerals have taken place of those - that these air strikes. the funerals have taken place of those 13 - that these air strikes. the funerals l have taken place of those 13 people have taken place of those 13 people have been killed. we saw large crowds out on the streets of gaza in both gaza city and in rafah. now there is a strange mall waiting to see what happens next because there has been that a very strong language coming from islamicjihad, saying they will avenge those who were killed, scorning any efforts being made by mediators as well. as we have seen at the funerals, whilst israel says that these were precision strikes against three seniorfigures in islamic to hard, there were also dead women and children —— islamic islamichhad. they were the wives of thes

islamichhad will want to avenge its latest lost leader, and it's also saying it wants israel to end itswill agree to quiet. let's get some of the day's other news now. the warring parties in sudan have signed a deal to help the civilian population. the agreement includes commitments to allow civilians to flee the conflict zone. it also guarantees the safety of humanitarian workers. the two sides have been unable to reach a peace deal, but us representatives at the talks said they hoped this agreement would create momentum. manhattan district attorney —— italy's falling birth rate is set to shrink its school population by 1.4 million pupils over the next ten years. the warning by the education minister comes as italy registered a 14th—straight yearly fall in births last year, reaching a historic low. last week, the government introduced a tax package to help encourage largerfamilies. spain is to introduce a ban on some outdoor working during extremely hot weather betweenjune and september. street cleaners, refuse collectors and people working on farms will be affected by the new rules. s

and then, of course, islamichhad responded with various barrages of rockets.her of these two sides have a particular good record in terms of keeping their commitments to ceasefires. we've seen a number of outbreaks in the past couple yea rs. and all of this kind of speaks to the absence of... you know, at the end of the day, there is no military solution to whatever the problems are. israel can't impose a quiet simply by bombing gaza, and certainly palestinian rockets aren't going to achieve anything other than more death and destruction brought on by israel's military. but all of this kind of points to the fact that there is no political process, there's no diplomatic process, and there aren't really even any responsible third—party actors beyond the egyptians, let's say, who clearly have a direct stake in stability in gaza because they have a border with gaza. but one glaring absence is the role of the united states. i think this outbreak has been met with sort of a collective shrug, and besides kind of boilerplate statements. should the us be doing more? is

as the funerals came, so did islamichhad pathmark vowed to avenge the death.ath. it was less clear how farfrom us willjoin in. the critical factor watched by israel and how far things could escalate. translation: ,, ., , translation: up principle is clear, whoever _ translation: up principle is clear, whoever harms - translation: up principle is clear, whoever harms us - translation: up principle is clear, whoever harms us we l translation: up principle is i clear, whoever harms us we will strike at them and with force. our long arm will reach every terrorist at a place of our choosing. we are in the midst of a campaign choosing. we are in the midst ofa campaign and choosing. we are in the midst of a campaign and we are prepared for all possibilities. i suggest our enemies must not test this. ~ . .,, i suggest our enemies must not test this. ~ . , ., i suggest our enemies must not test this. ~ . ., ., test this. while close to gaza, in southern — test this. while close to gaza, in southern israel, _ test this. while close to gaza, in southern israel, the - tes

israel has been demanding a complete halt to rocket fire by islamichhad at its civilians.ore on this i spoke earlier to khaled elgindy, senior fellow at the middle east institute and the director of its programme on palestine and palestinian—israeli affairs. it would seem the ceasefire is being welcomed. what is your sense? there's no doubt, particularly in gaza, which has been under bombardment for five days. gazans have been all over social media talking about the terror that they've felt over the past five days, and so there's no question that there is a huge sigh of relief there in gaza. in particular since, obviously in terms of firepower, what israel possesses and can unleash is far greater than any single or group of palestinian actors could ever inflict on israel. how fragile of a truce is this likely to be? i think it's very fragile. i think we have to remember the way things began five days ago. eight days before that we had a ceasefire agreement, and then this week israel unilaterally broke that ceasefire agreement because it — apparently for a combination of re

israel said the islamichhad leaders it targeted overnight were involved in recent attacks on israelian diplomat from its country. it follows canada's own decision to expel a chinese diplomat. he was expelled for allegedly intimidating a canadian member of parliament and his family. china issued a formal protest saying it �*reserves the right to react�*. the us—based investment bank goldman sachs is to pay 200 and 15 million dollars to settle claims that it discriminated against women, by offering female staff lower pay and fewer opportunities. the agreement comes a month before a long—standing class—action lawsuit was meant to be brought to trial. and it resolves claims from almost 3000 female staff who worked at the bank in the us. ten acts have made it through the first eurovision song contest semifinal in liverpool and will compete in saturday's grand final. luxmy gopal has been following all the day's excitement and filed this report. behind me, you can see the fan village illuminated, and it's here that huge crowds gathered earlier to soak up the last of the evening sun and to e

israeli military has carried out air raids in the gaza strip, striking targets belonging to the islamichhad militant group. hello, i'm sumi somaskanda. we start tonight with a developing story. the israeli military has carried out air raids in the gaza strip, striking targets belonging to the islamichhad militant group. palestinian sources told the bbc that at least nine palestinians were killed in the air strikes which targeted the homes of three of the top commanders of the al quds brigade, the armed wing of islamichhad. civilians are reportedly among the dead. a bbc correspondent in gaza said explosions were heard throughout gaza city and rafah in the south of the gaza strip, causing panic among residents. we'll have more next hour. we'll be speaking to our correpondent in gaza city. to the us state of texas, where the driver of a car that struck a group of people at a bus stop killing eight, has been charged with manslaughter. it happned in the city of brownsville, texas, it happened in the city of brownsville, texas, which is right near the mexico border. police have identified the dri

after days of deadly exchanges, a ceasefire between israel and islamichhad militants in the gaza strip appears to be holding. and turkey's president faces his biggest challenge yet ahead of sunday's presidential election. 215 points — we have a winner! a historic end to eurovision, with sweden's loreen becoming the first woman to win the contest twice. hello, i'm carl nasman. a ceasefire between israel and palestinians in the gaza strip appears to be holding, despite some reports of fighting. the agreement was brokered by egypt. it follows five days of violent exchanges which have killed at least 33 palestinians in gaza and two people in israel. the truce, which as you see here prompted celebration in the streets, includes a commitment by israel to stop so—called targeted assassinations. in return, israel reportedly demanded a complete halt to rocket fire by palestinian militants at its civilians. however, just hours after islamichhad militants confirmed a ceasefire was in effect, a rocket was fired from the gaza strip, prompting rocket warning sirens across a region of southern israel

israel said the islamichhad leaders it targeted overnight were involved in recent attacks on israeliws canada's own decision to expel a chinese diplomat. he was expelled for allegedly intimidating a canadian member of parliament and his family. china issued a formal protest saying it �*reserves the right to react�*. leaders of eight south east asian nations are meeting today in indonesia's flores island for the first asean summit of the year. susannah patton leads the southeast asia programme at lowy institute in sydney australia — she explained the key discussions that would take place at this year's asean summit. the issues that they would like to be discussing, such as economic integration and how the region can recover from the covid—19 pandemic. but then the issues of the day, especially myanmar, are going to be the ones that preoccupy them the most. and especially with violence escalating in myanmar and reports that a convoy delivering humanitarian assistance from asean countries was attacked in myanmar in recent days, it's going to be really hard for them to overlook that as b

israel said the islamichhad leaders it targeted overnight were involved in recent attacks on israelicanadian diplomat from its country. it follows canada's own decision to expel a chinese diplomat. he who was expelled for allegedly intimidating a canadian member of parliament and his family china issued a formal protest saying it �*reserves the right to react�*. the first semi— final of the eurovision song contest has been held in liverpool. the competition — considered the world biggest music event — is being hosted this year by the 2022 runner— up, britain, on behalf of the winner, ukraine. ten acts including favourites from finland and sweden have gone through. luxmy gopal has more. behind me, you can see the fan village illuminated, and it's here that huge crowds gathered earlier to soak up the last of the evening sun and to enjoy the first eurovision semifinal on the big screens. now, the biggest cheer of the night here in the fanzone came after finland's performance with their song, cha cha cha. it was the closing act of the night and seemed like a fan favourite, and no surpris

a series of airstrikes from israel aimed at islamichhad militants in gaza began on tuesday.e francis and president zelensky have held talks at the vatican — with both men agreeing on the need for continuing humanitarian efforts to support ukraine's population. while failing to directly condemn russia — the pope stressed the urgent need for "human gestures" towards the most fragile people. the eurovision song contest grand final has got underway in the english city of liverpool. acts from 26 countries will vie for the title. the united kingdom is hosting eurovision on behalf of last year's winners ukraine — who can't stage it because of the war with russia. now on bbc news it is time for amol rajan interviewing richard branson. hi. yes. hello. my goodness. wow. the shy schoolboy who became a global celebrity. sir richard branson is a very british bundle of contradictions. the dyslexic who set up a student magazine, the record label founder who didn't listen to music, the 60s hippie who became a multi—billionaire. today he's got his own island and his brand has dozens of compa

however, just hours after islamichhad militants confirmed a ceasefire was in effect, a rocket was fired a southern israel. it's not yet clear who fired the rocket, but several smaller militant palestinian groups are opposed to the truce brokered earlier in the day. 0ur reporter in gaza, rushdi abualouf, has more details about the ceasefire. agent was there from the beginning pushing for the ceasefire trying to de—escalate the situation. they offered three drafts in the vessel was rejected by israel in the second by islamichhad and the third one tonight was egypt succeeded to hopefully and this round of fighting. until now, until now, we can hear the fighting still going on but we can see it in the past, this is the fifth stage of escalation in the last three years so there is always hard to tell in there is always hard to tell in the first hours but it is difficult but egypt is a team that will come together maybe tomorrow to put forward an end tomorrow to put forward an end to the fighting and make the ceasefire work. let's get some of the day's other news now. the most powerful cyclon

palestinian officials say three leaders of the islamichhad militant group have been killed in israeli air raids on the gaza strip. the us state of texas is preparing for an influx of migrants, days after a mass shooting and car crash left 16 people dead. russia has launched its biggest wave of drone attacks on ukraine in months. ten regions were targeted overnight, and at least three civilians were killed. we start with a developing story tonight. you're looking at a live shot in gaza city, where just hours ago. the israeli military has carried out air raids in the gaza strip, striking targets belonging to the islamichhad militant group. palestinian officials said three commanders of the group were among at least nine people killed. several others have been wounded. civilians are reportedly among the dead. airstrikes are going on in different areas, also across the gaza strip. it started at two o'clock in the morning with the airstrikes targeting three locations, two in gaza city, the main city, and one in the south, rafa, quickly the news was spread around with bombs, everyone was aw

in other news: at least 15 palestinians, including three commanders of the militant group islamichhadight women and children were among the dead. israel said the islamichhad leaders it targeted overnight were involved in recent attacks on israeli civilians. the number of people displaced inside sudan by fighting between rival military factions has more than doubled in the past week to over 700,000, a un agency has said. the increase in displacements has raised fears of an escalation in violence despite current ceasefire talks being held in saudi arabia. us federal prosecutors have filed criminal charges against republican congressman george santos, whose finances and financial disclosures have been under investigation. the charges were filed in the eastern district of new york. santos is expected to turn himself in and be arraigned tomorrow in new york and return to dc in the afternoon, according to a congressional source familiar with the matter. the exact nature of the charges have not been revealed. stay with us here on bbc news. hello. if, like me, you're a fan of a big cloud scap

israel has been demanding a complete halt to rocket fire by islamichhad at its civilians.aled elgindy, senior fellow at the middle east institute and the director of its programme on palestine and palestinian—israeli affairs. thank you so much forjoining us. we were looking at some of those scenes in the gaza strip, people in the streets celebrating. it would seem the ceasefire has been welcome. what is your sense because hello there is no doubt, particularly in gaza, which has been under bombardment for five days. been under bombardment for five da 5. . , . , been under bombardment for five da s. . , ., , ., been under bombardment for five da 5. . , . , . ., days. gazans have been all over social media _ days. gazans have been all over social media talking _ days. gazans have been all over social media talking about - days. gazans have been all over social media talking about the l social media talking about the terror that they've felt over the past five days and so there is no question that there is a huge sigh of relief there in gaza. in particular since, obviously in

tensions between israel and palestianian islamichhad in the gaza strip continue to escalate.hursday fired hundreds of rockets into israel in response to the latest killing of their military leaders. while most rockets were intercepted by israel's iron dome air defence system, one hit a residential building in rehovot and killed an elderly man. this comes as israel's operations costed 28 lives in gaza including women and children. our correspondent yolanda knell has more. the people saw repeated barrages of rockets yesterday when more than 400 were fired palestinian militants in gaza towards southern israel stopping many of them were intercepted by israeli air defences but not all, i have been to a healthier it was badly damaged when it was hit, the owner was in her bomb shelter at the time. now the expectation is of more rocket fire because israel has been carrying out further airstrikes inside the gaza strip and also the funeral has taken place for the funeral has taken place for the fourth leader of islamic jihad to have been killed in the three days of this israeli operati

well, khader adnan was a 45—year—old member of islamichhad, which of course is viewed as a terroristn the organization and had become a kind of household name for many palestinians, really because over the past two decades he'd been in and out of israeli detention, often held very controversially in a state of administrative detention without charge. that had led to him previously going on hunger strike and sometimes being able to use it as leverage in order to get his release from israeli prisons. he was last picked up by the israelis in february. actually, on this occasion, he had been charged with belonging to a terrorist group, supporting terrorism and incitement. he was due in court later this month. and what are the israeli authorities saying about his death? they have said that he refused medical treatment. there have been some threats to other palestinian prisoners, there are more than 4,000 of them in israeli prisons. from the far right national security minister itamar ben—gvir saying that other palestinian prisoners should not now go on hunger strike or start any disturban

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continuing its efforts to try to mediate a cease—fire here but that is going to be difficult as islamichhadts israel to end its policy of targeted assassinations before it will agree to quiet. thursday marks the anniversary of the murder of, told the bbc that his family still being denied justice while her chillers injury impunity and he to our correspondent. a year ayearon, it a year on, it is still being blocked. a reporter killed under fire and her brother tony is still fighting. fire and her brother tony is still fi . htinu. fire and her brother tony is still fiuuhtin. , ., fighting. the support we got was amazin: fighting. the support we got was amazing and _ fighting. the support we got was amazing and give _ fighting. the support we got was amazing and give us _ fighting. the support we got was amazing and give us lots - fighting. the support we got was amazing and give us lots of- fighting. the support we got was - amazing and give us lots of comfort. people know that she was a simple reporter and probably in every home and abroad. the reporter and probably in every home and abroad-

and the al quds brigade — that's the military wing of islamichhad — said resistance to israel would continuean see in pictures, that car was on fire. the isreali military says that they were transporting anti—tank missiles but it's a confusing picture because no militant group in gaza has said they were members of their organisation. there are some local sources saying that perhaps these two men were just relatives who were farmers in that area. at the same time, we've had the israeli prime minister coming out in the past two hours, speaking about israel's operation in the gaza strip, saying that he had ordered military action as early as last week in response to the rocket fire that took place just over a week ago. he said the idea was that this cuts off the top of the organisation. "we are in the middle of a campaign," he said. adding to this idea that there could be fighting and retaliation from gaza which leads to fighting carrying on over several days. residents close to the gaza strip in the south of israel have been told to stay close to their bomb shelters and schools have been close

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after days of deadly exchanges, a ceasefire between israel and islamichhad militants in the gaza strip election. 2a3 points, we have winner! a historic end to eurovision with sweden's loreen becoming the first woman to win the contest twice. welcome.

from washington, this is bbc news after days of deadly exchanges, a ceasefire between israel and islamichhadpoints — we have a winner! a historic end to eurovision, with sweden's loreen becoming the first woman to win the contest twice. hello, i'm carl nasman. palestinians poured out on the streets in gaza city as a ceasefire between israel and the militant islamichhad went into effect.

the islamichhad group is listed as a foreign terrorist organisation by the us, the uk and others.stration of george w bush. he joins us from washington. nice to be with you. what do you make of this latest round of escalation in violence? i make of this latest round of escalation in violence? i think we have seen _ escalation in violence? i think we have seen the — escalation in violence? i think we have seen the israelis _ escalation in violence? i think we have seen the israelis i _ escalation in violence? i think we have seen the israelis i felt i escalation in violence? i think we have seen the israelis i felt that l have seen the israelis i felt that the palestinian islamichhad which is backed largely by iran was trying to change the rules of the game. there was a palestinian prisoner who died from a hunger strike a few weeks ago and they send a few rockets into israel. i think israel decided if the islamichhad could go this way and change the rules there will be more and more threats. they have gone after key leaders in islamichhad in gaza and you can see they are tiring tar

islamichhad militants have confirmed a ceasefire is in effect in the gaza strip.t was brokered by egypt. egypt said the deal included an end to targeting civilians and house demolitions. the truce follows five days of violent exchanges which have killed at least 35 people. pope francis and president zelensky have held talks at the vatican — with both men agreeing on the need for continuing humanitarian efforts to support ukraine's population. while failing to directly condemn russia — the pope stressed the urgent need for "human gestures" towards the most fragile people. the eurovision song contest grand final has got underway in the english city of liverpool. acts from 26 countries will vie for the title. the united kingdom is hosting eurovision on behalf of last year's winners ukraine — who can't stage it because of the war with russia. results on the website. now on bbc news — political thinking with nick robinson. who was the star of the coronation? apart that is, from their majesties the king and queen. the answer most watching would surely agree is the beare

military has carried out air raids in the gaza strip, killing 12, among them three leaders of the islamichhadhere now. we'll be bringing you all the latest with our correspondent in the next few minutes. not my kingdom! london's metropolitan police says it regrets arresting six anti—monarchist campaigners at the king's coronation on saturday. and for eurovision fans, the wait is over. the first of the semi—finals takes place in liverpool today.

palestinian officials say three leaders of the islamichhad militant group have been killed in israelits, days after a mass shooting and car crash left 16 people dead. russia has launched its biggest wave of drone attacks on ukraine in months. ten regions were targeted overnight, and at least three civilians were killed. we start with a developing story tonight. you're looking at a live shot in gaza city, where just hours ago. the israeli military has carried out air raids

a series of air strikes from israel aimed at islamichhad militants in gaza began on tuesday.e francis and president zelensky have held talks at the vatican — with both men agreeing on the need for continuing humanitarian efforts to support ukraine's population. while failing to directly condemn russia — the pope stressed the urgent need for "human gestures" towards the most fragile people. the eurovision song contest grand final has got under way in the english city of liverpool. acts from 26 countries will vie for the title. the united kingdom is hosting eurovision on behalf of last year's winners ukraine — who can't stage it because of the war with russia. now on bbc news, click. this week, we have a mix of medical marvels. go gently, it can feel that! how e—skin could give robots a sense of touch. so, just lean forward ever so slightly. whoa! that's good. keep going. the machines are going off—road. we ride the wheelchair that can help you through a rocky patch. and on another note, a final note to blow your mind. yeah, we're with the rock singer who's got his voice back.

the likes of hamas and care more about killing israelis than promoting any kind of peace —— and islamichhad. the original sin is the israeli occupation, _ forward. the original sin is the israeli occupation, that - forward. the original sin is the israeli occupation, that is - forward. the original sin is the israeli occupation, that is the l forward. the original sin is the - israeli occupation, that is the root cause of the instability of the violence, and as long as there is a military occupation and as long as people, millions of people are systematically denied basic rights, over decades, over generations, then you would expect to see some form of resistance, sometimes that resistance, sometimes that resistance will be legitimate and sometimes it is not, but israel's response, israel is the occupying power, is the more powerful party and all of this, their response also has got to be within the bounds of international law. and cannot simply respond to terror with more terror. around the world and across the uk. this is bbc news. harriet is about to meet a beauty practitioner, to prepar

at least 33 people have been killed in gaza since tuesday, including six islamichhad leaders and a numberwhich is acting as a mediator, presented its latest ceasefire proposal. the un has raised concern about the worsening humanitarian situation in gaza. in pakistan, the opposition leader, imran khan, has been greeted back at his home in lahore by thousands of supporters after his release on bail by the islamabad high court on corruption charges. rejoicing followers set off fireworks and showered his car with rose petals. it caps a week of high drama for mr khan in which pakistan has seen violent unrest triggered by the latest attempt to have the former prime minister arrested. mexico has said it will limit the number of deportees it accepts from the united states, after the us brought in new rules for migrants trying to cross its southern border. a law known as title 42, which was brought in during the pandemic, expired yesterday. 0ur west coast correspondent, sophie long, sent this report from the southern border city of el paso. ——the tiny swiss village of brienz is now empty after its

islamichhad militants have sworn to avenge the deaths.reclaim, a party set up by actor laurence fox. mr bridgen was kicked out of the conservative party last month after comparing covid vaccines to the "biggest crime against humanity since the holocaust". mr bridgen said he had been "a prisoner" in the conservatives and is resisting calls for a by—election. the ruling body of the welsh nationalist party, plaid cymru, has been meeting this evening, as the future of its leader, adam price, hangs in the balance. last week, a damning review alleged there was misogyny, harassment and bullying in the party. there are reports that mr price has already agreed to resign. our wales correspondent, hywel griffith, is outside the senedd in cardiff. what is the latest? this meeting bean at what is the latest? this meeting began at 8pm — what is the latest? this meeting began at 8pm and _ what is the latest? this meeting began at 8pm and we _ what is the latest? this meeting began at 8pm and we were - what is the latest? this meeting - began at 8pm and

israel launched a campaign of so called targeted killings last week against islamichhad leaders, which into israel. but concerns remain about rising tensions in the coming days, with an israeli ultra nationalist flag march due to take place in occupied eastjerusalem on thursday. our middle east correspondent tom bateman reports from the gaza strip. some of those hit by the latest round of destruction had no chance of escaping by themselves. this block bombed by israel's warplanes housed a family with disabilities. when the warning came, they had to be carried out. eight families were left homeless. translation: people saw disabled people fleeing the house. _ they were asking, why did the house have to be destroyed? have these disabled people fired rockets? we have nothing to do with what is going on. now neighbours and charities gather in solidarity. another set of homes in gaza gone. people uprooted again in the land of the dispossessed. israeli intelligence had called and told them to get out. translation: they said you have five minutes to evacuate the house. - i told them you're mi

israeli strikes against gaza have killed at least two palestinians, including a commander of the islamichhadome reports say three people died, all of them senior members of the same group. it follows two days in which israeli air strikes on gaza were met with a barrage of rockets from militants. more than 20 palestinians have died. the us republican congressman, george santos, has pleaded not guilty to 13 charges before a federal magistrate. they include wire fraud, money laundering and stealing public money. mr santos is accused of pocketing campaign funds. state prosecutors in brazil have charged 16 people, including seven footballers, with match fixing. it threatens to be one of the largest such scandals since brazil legalised sports gambling in 2018. prosecutors allege that players were offered up to $100,000 to commit infractions. the pakistani army has warned that strong action will be taken against people attacking military installations and public property. the warning came after supporters of the former prime minister, imran khan, clashed with security forces and attacked government

almost a year. 0vernight, israel killed a fourth senior member of the palestinian militant group, islamichhadrvice is taking to the road in scotland from monday, in what is believed to be a world—first. the autonomous vehicles, with two members of staff on board, travel on pre—selected routes using sensors. 0ur scotland correspondent lorna gordon has been on board the service travelling over the forth road bridge near edinburgh. high-pitched beep. the sound alerting passengers that this vehicle is switching into self—drive mode. the safety driver is monitoring the sensors, keeping an eye on other traffic. his hands, though close, are not touching the steering wheel of this full—size bus travelling on a major route into edinburgh. so it drives itself. it can manage about 90% of the route. from when the trial starts on monday morning at half past seven, the only bits that are manually driven will be the two bus stops. as a passenger here it feels a bit strange, but it's completely safe? yes, that feeling will wear off very quickly actually because if you're not thinking about the safety driver

in other news: the palestinian militant group islamichhad on thursday fired hundreds of rockets intone hit a residential building in rehovot and killed an elderly man. this comes as israel's operations killed 28 people in gaza including women and children. a former us marine is set to be arrested on friday and charged with second—degree manslaughter after he applied a deadly chokehold to a homeless man on the new york city subway. daniel penny said he acted in self—defence. witnesses said the victim, jordan neely, had been acting aggressively and erratically but didn't attack anyone. his death has prompted protests. the united kingdom has become the first country to send longer—range missiles to ukraine as its forces prepare to launch a counter offensive against the russian invasion. our correspondent hugo bachega sat down with ukrainian president volodymyr zelensky to discuss the upcoming attack. so, mr president, i've been here for a few weeks, and i think every almost every conversation i've had has touched on the issue of this much anticipated ukrainian counteroffensive. are you

further air strikes inside the gaza strip and the funeral has taken place of the fourth leader of islamichhadbeen killed, including women and young children. egypt is continuing efforts to mediate a ceasefire here but that will be difficult because islamic jihad we want to avenge their latest lost leader and they want to say israel to end their policy of targeted assassinations. ih israel to end their policy of targeted assassinations. in the uk after months _ targeted assassinations. in the uk after months of _ targeted assassinations. in the uk after months of cancelled - targeted assassinations. in the uk after months of cancelled trains i targeted assassinations. in the uk i after months of cancelled trains and repeated complaints of poor service, the company that runs services in the company that runs services in the north of england has been stripped of its contract. the network will now be run by the government and it is the fourth rail operator to be nationalised since 2018. katy austin now has the details. this comes after months and months of complaints from passengers about daily c

for example, a five day campaign of air strikes by israel to kill senior leaders of palestinian islamichhad the context and that is why internationally it has been a huge amount of pressure for moments like this to not make things worse. we saw the israeli forces saying that they were going to put thousands of police out to try and contain things so far, despite the confrontations that we saw earlier. so far things now are pretty calm.— that we saw earlier. so far things now are pretty calm. reporting there from jerusalem. _ around the world and across the uk. this is bbc news. robbie, what happened to your dad? two and half years ago injanuary 2021, my dad went out for a dog walk. in the first he did so for our dog and the dog went into the sea, my dad went in after her and they both never came out. they both drowned. .. . both never came out. they both drowned. ., . , , ., drowned. you have seen this on cctv because some _ drowned. you have seen this on cctv because some people _ drowned. you have seen this on cctv because some people have _ drowned. you have seen this on cctv because som

they include women and children, as well as three leading members of islamichhad.ossibility of an expanded campaign and what he called harsh strikes against gaza. live now to gaza and our correspondent rushdi abualouf. we have had the fatality numbers and seen the numbers of rockets going both sides, talk to me about what is happening right now on the ground, given that hamas has said so far it will not take part in this escalation? i am just going to try to re—establish contact with you, hopefully you can hear me now, i wondered if you could bring us up—to—date on the situation right now where you are? hat up-to-date on the situation right now where you are?— up-to-date on the situation right now where you are? not ten minutes aro now where you are? not ten minutes auo there now where you are? not ten minutes ago there was _ now where you are? not ten minutes ago there was israeli _ now where you are? not ten minutes ago there was israeli air— now where you are? not ten minutes ago there was israeli air strikes - now where you are? not ten minutes ago there was is

now, in other news, a ceasefire between israel and islamichhad militants in the gaza strip appears toches on both sides. the agreement, brokered by egypt, follows five days of violent exchanges which have killed at least 35 people — all but one of them palestinians. people in turkey will vote today in one of the most important elections in the country's modern times. president recep tayyip erdogan, who's been in powerfor 20 years, says he will accept whatever the outcome will be. our senior international correspondent orla guerin reports. going wild for erdogan. supporters flocked to his final rally in istanbul, segregated, as usual. they were treated to a singalong by their leader. too many, hear, hear �*s family. translation: i leader. too many, hear, hear 's family. translation:— leader. too many, hear, hear 's family. translation: i call him dad. we call him the _ family. translation: i call him dad. we call him the boss _ family. translation: i call him dad. we call him the boss - _ family. translation: i call him dad. we call him the boss - my _ family. translation: i call him d