john sudworth at _ symbolism is the substance. john sudworth at the _ symbolism is the substance.he french family who let alex batty, the british teenager who disappeared six years ago and was found at the end of last week, stay with them in their guesthouse in the mountains of the french pyrenees have been speaking today about the last time they saw him. the last time we saw him, it was approximately, i think it was the 11th or something, and he told us he was going tojoin his mother in order to go back to the uk or to find a solution with his id. we already proposed him several times to go to the british consulate in montpellier in order to get proper id, because we realised a couple of weeks ago that he didn't have id. why? because we really wanted him to be educated, and he's very gifted in computer science. he's a very smart guy. pope francis has approved a landmark ruling that allows same—sex couples to be blessed by roman catholic priests. the vatican says the ruling does not change its stance on gay marriage. 0ur correspondent harry farley is here. harry, how significant a

john sudworth, many thanks.nman who killed 14 people at a university in prague yesterday shot himself as they were closing in on him. david kozak, who was a student there, is thought to have acted alone in what was the worst mass shooting in the country's history. police have released bodycam footage showing armed officers responding to the attack. our eastern europe correspondent sarah rainsford reports from prague. shouting. hunting for a killer. this is the moment when armed police burst into a prague university to stop the gunman who was stalking the corridors and shooting students. an officer's body cam footage was released today by police. frenzied images of a horrifying attack. in a classroom, they shout for stretchers and tourniquets to treat students with terrible injuries. others had barricaded themselves into lecture halls, hiding until they could be evacuated by police. they first put us on the floor, they searched everyone and then it was all hands up. we werejust taken outside the building. as i wa

here's our north america correspondent, john sudworth. following the ruling, president trump made no direct reference to the legal shockwave now reverberating through america's political system, but the significance is hard to overstate. the colorado supreme court itself spoke of the magnitude and weight of the case and the need to decide without fear or favour before going on to rule by majority decision that president trump is disqualified from holding the office of president. the landmark case was brought by six voters in colorado, some of them republicans, and although it removes mr trump from the primary ballot in that state only, the political ramifications are far wider. these six individuals, i cannot overstate how courageous they are, to bring a lawsuit like this and to bring it out and basically say that the united states constitution stands for the fact that this country is a rule of law country, and that is what they believed in. crowd chants the case centred on the former president's actions on 6th janary 2021 when his suppor

john sudworth reports. long drawn—out diplomacy, the drafting and redrafting, finally, the moment of truth. the wide show of support from most security council members was no surprise. the resolution the uae has put in blue this morning responds to the calls for a sustainable cessation of hostilities and a massive scale—up of humanitarian aid. often in diplomacy, the challenge is meeting the moment in the world we live in, not in the world we want. all eyes were on the us and russia. in the end, they both abstained. but it wasn't a veto, and so the resolution passed. guns fire on the ground, its immediate practical implications may be limited. the us did much to tone down the language, motivated by what it sees as israel's right to keep fighting. so, the call for an immediate ceasefire has gone, replaced instead with a call only for the conditions that might eventually lead to one. and the insistence in earlier drafts that the united nations take control of the delivery of aid has also been struck out. the

john sudworth, bbc news, washington.uman rights over its decision to ban new prosecutions relating to the troubles. the british government has granted immunity to anyone who co—operates with a new commission on the violence in northern ireland. 0ur ireland correspondent chris page is in belfast. explain more about what this all means. ireland is taking the uk to court for what it claims is a breach of international human rights law and it has done this only once before in the 19705 at the height of the conflict known as the troubles in which more than 3500 people were killed, and earlier this year westminster passed legislation to change the way killings from that period are investigated, and former paramilitary i5 period are investigated, and former paramilitary is a member of the state forces who give truthful information to the new commission will not be prosecuted. mo5t victim5 groups 5ay5 will not be prosecuted. mo5t victim5 groups says that amounts to an amne5ty groups says that amounts to an amnesty for murder and

john sudworth in _ remains as unclear as ever. john sudworth in washington, thank you.ighters since the one—week truce collapsed at the start of this month. tonight they released this video, showing the demolition of what they say was a vast network of tunnels in northern gaza used by hamas — designated a terrorist organisation by the uk government. the health ministry in gaza says more than 20,000 people have been killed there since the israeli offensive began. and thousands have fled their homes. they include a cameraman who works for the bbc�*s arabic service — jehad el—mashhrawi. last month his family left their home in northern gaza and headed south along the salah al—din road, a route that israel's military said was a safe corridor. theirjourney took them to khan younis and then on to rafah in the south, by the egyptian border. this is his story, voiced by a bbc colleague. dada. i didn't want to leave my home. we were comfortable. we had power, food and water. all my bbc colleagues had already fled south. they told me how bad the situation was. no electricity, no

here's our north america correspondent, john sudworth.has been no direct reaction from donald trump to the legal shock wave now reverberating through america's political system — just more of the same general complaints about the mounting legal pressure. the colorado supreme court spoke of the magnitude and weight of the decision and the need to decide without fear or favour, before going on to rule, by a majority, that president trump is disqualified from holding the office of president. the landmark case was brought by six voters in colorado, some of them republicans, and although it removes mr trump from the primary ballot only in that state, the political ramifications are far wider. standing for the fact that this is a rule of law country and that is what they believed in. crowd chants: stop the steal! the case centred on the former president's actions that day when his supporters stormed the us capitol. as well as an obscure section of the 14th amendment to the us constitution, dating back to the civil war, which bars insurrectionis

for more on the day's events, our correspondent there, john sudworth sent this update from washingtonexplained that while they're happy that this was stepping up humanitarian aid, they were happy that the council did not include the condemnation of a mosque towards the october seven attacks and said that is what led them to eventually abstain and it is worth noting that the draught was humanitarian in nature and those in the council discussed must be a kind of all parties if one is named and ultimately, the united states, he did not use the veto to block this draught scam after intense negotiations at the highest level in capitals to try to reach an agreement next year the secretary—general today, there should not be a judgment about the aid and how much is getting in by the number of trucks at the board is crossing into gaza and israel problem of the way israel is conducting its military operations in these international calls for cease—fire are growing loudly and while the uae did to this resolution, they did acknowledge the ambassador running the survey that it is not perfect and w

john sudworth, bbc news, washington.rom southern israel, where the humanitarian situation remains dire. the united nations says the entire territory�*s population is short of food and half—a—million people are facing "catastrophic risk" of starvation. israel has told palestinians remaining in central gaza to move south as its military expands its operations. some 2—million palestinians have already been displaced since the war began. israel continued its bombing operations on friday. in the southern city of rafah, video shows a destroyed vehicle with bloodstains covered up by a large sheet in the aftermath of a strike. one child was reported killed in friday�*s strike. the latest video released by the israel defense forces is the view from a camera strapped to a dog, running through what the idf says is a tunnel route, used by hamas as a base in gaza city. the idf says it discovered multiple levels inside the underground network, including hideout rooms and blast doors. it say the tunnel spans hundreds of meters. we�*ve

john sudworth is at the white house. john, what impact will this have?, to be frank, on the ground, you have to say very little immediate sense. this was a compromise resolution, a reflection of the world at the end rather than you would want, one diplomat said ahead of the vote. america is angry that he resolution that contain explicit condemnation of hamas. the russians, as you say, were angry that there was not this call for an immediate ceasefire rather than a line which eventually passed, working towards a ceasefire, the conditions for a ceasefire. both of those countries abstained, but they were not vetoes, it has gone through. i think that is the significance. after weeks of intense negotiations, we have been ps standing behind, if nothing else, an expression of intent, a recognition of the planetary increases and as, the beginnings, many people hope, of the beginnings, many people hope, of the exploration of methods to get a win to address it. when uncle tom, thank you. the fault of that scene was the time. —— more on that. police have launched a

john sudworth, bbc news, washington.onstitutional law at new york university school of law gave us some clarity on constitution laws. well, it's not totally unforeseen, though. it still is something of a surprise. a number of state courts had been asked to do the same thing up till now. all of them had declined to do so for various reasons. so this is the first time a state court has ruled that former president trump is disqualified from office from running for the presidency again. so there's two points. i just want to spend a bit of time focusing on the issue of whether insurrection does apply to president donald trump and whether he was involved as sufficiently or not. and secondly, whether this whole area of law applies to the president or presidential candidates at all. so let's deal with the first one first. they ruled that donald trump was sufficiently involved in what was an insurrection and therefore he can't stand. is that right? yes, that's correct. i mean, there are two separate questions there, as you sugges

john sudworth, bbc news, washington. new wave of appreciative audiences giving the performers a standing ovation. audiences on their feet used to be a rarity, but theatre—goers are now literally increasingly on the rise. noor nanji has been finding out why. # good night and join me...# it's a west end show, it's just about to finish, and then this happens. cheering and applause. in the balcony... in the stalls, it is the same picture. everyone is on their feet and this is not a one—off. here at the choir of man, they say they are seeing standing ovations most nights of the week. did you give a standing ovation? absolutely, yeah. why did you give one? it was just a great show and i think it just shows appreciation. because they were amazing. fabulous voices, such entertainment and so different. did you just go along with it? peer pressure! no, i... - no, no, no, you're swept along with it, aren't you? a few roads away, at sunset boulevard, starring the american singer nicole scherzinger, audiences have even been getting t