medic correspondentjames landale. level of tipple medic messages, haven't we, today —— diplomatic. it messages, haven't we, today -- diplomatic— messages, haven't we, today -- dilomatic. , , , . diplomatic. it has been pretty much one voice. those _ diplomatic. it has been pretty much one voice. those countries - diplomatic. it has been pretty much one voice. those countries with - diplomatic. it has been pretty much one voice. those countries with the | one voice. those countries with the nationals affected have been pretty unanimous in making it very clear that not only do they condemn the attack, and they are pretty horrified by it, but also their demanding not suggesting, but demanding not suggesting, but demanding of israel a quick, transparent investigation with what they call full accountability. 0n they call full accountability. 0n the british side, we havejust seen the british side, we havejust seen the british side, we havejust seen the british prime minister has spoken to the israeli prime minister, and wha

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james landale, live in jerusalem. _ americans. james landale, live in jerusalem, thank _ americans.e in jerusalem, thank you very - americans. james landale, live in jerusalem, thank you very much l americans. james landale, live in i jerusalem, thank you very much for that analysis. i am back with more headlines here arejust that analysis. i am back with more headlines here are just a moment or two. hello there. a cold crisp starts to our morning for some of us. in fact, temperatures got down to as low as minus four in the lake district. so, yes, there was some frost. however, the cloud arrived and we've got some rain pushing in to scotland. this high pressure will gradually influence the story into the weekend, but toppling across that high as well. the fronts that's bringing some rain, showery outbreaks of rain as it moves its way across scotland. it's going to push its way into northern england and north wales this afternoon. a lot more in the way of cloud. but we cling onto some sunshine in the southeast corner and a degree or so warmer than yesterday with lighter winds here, 1

james landale in jerusalem, thank you. _ prove an exception. james landale in jerusalem, thank you.lem, thank you. now the - prove an exception. james landale in jerusalem, thank you. now the rest l jerusalem, thank you. now the rest of the day's news. lancashire police have confirmed they're reviewing information about allegations against the mp, mark menzies, who's accused of misusing campaign funds. mr menzies was suspended by the conservative party after the times newspaper reported that he had asked a party activist for thousands of pounds to pay what he called "bad people" who had locked him inside a flat. it's believed the lancashire force had received a call from labour for the matter to be investigated. mr menzies has told the times he strongly disputed the allegations. it's emerged that the government was involved in secret medical trials on children who had the blood clotting disorder haemophilia. the trials were carried out on boys without the consent of their families in the 1970s and �*80s, and using a blood product known to possibly be infected with hepatitis. the chi

editor, thank- out yet. james landale, our| diplomatic editor, thank you out yet. james landale, ourou very much forjoining us. our international editor, jeremy bowen, gave us his assessment of the situation. i think the big question is whether or not this is it, whether or not israel plans to do anything else. i think that if this is all israel is going to do, then it seems that it might be possible, as the americans and others were hoping to draw a line under this whole section of the saga, however, what i would say is that that is not yet certain, and if it is the case, it doesn't mean that this entire crisis is over, far from it. it started on the 1st of april with that attack by the israelis on the iranian diplomatic compound in damascus, and then since then, i think both sides have shown that they, for all the obsessive interest they take in each other, they really don't get it, as far as each other is concerned, they can't read each other very well, i think as a result of that, they both miscalculated, iran and israel, about the others' intentions, and that is not a good omen

james landale - bloodshed is huge. thank you for that context. james landale in i that context.e for us. the palestinian red crescent says one of its drivers was killed in the occupied west bank while trying to treat people injured by gunshots fired by israeli settlers on friday. the health ministry in the territory gave a similar account of the death of 50—year—old mohammed awad allan. some hebrew—language media reports said he was killed by firing from the israeli armed forces, others that he was shot by armed settlers. there was no immediate comment from the idf. and don't forget you can get much more analysis from the middle east on the bbc news website. it includes bbc verify latest analysis of satellite images that appear to show that an iranian air defence site was damaged in friday's air attack by israel. you can read that online or on the bbc news app. let's go back now to the funding for ukraine. let's speak to the bbc�*s james waterhouse — who's in kyiv. it's good to have you. can you tell us more about russia's reaction to this aid finally coming through? well, dmitr

countryjust 48 hours ago. 0k, james landale live _ this countryjust 48 hours ago. 0k, james landalend even from the pentagon in the last few moments sojust bring us up to the pentagon in the last few moments so just bring us up to date on what we have been hearing in washington today. we have been hearing in washington toda . ., , , we have been hearing in washington toda . . , , ., ., ., today. there has been a lot of discussion. — today. there has been a lot of discussion, particularly - today. there has been a lot of discussion, particularly about | today. there has been a lot of. discussion, particularly about this question— discussion, particularly about this question of the extent to which iran may or— question of the extent to which iran may or may— question of the extent to which iran may or may not have warned the us and israel— may or may not have warned the us and israel about what it was planning. we know there was a great deal of— planning. we know there was a great deal of expectation around some kind of attack— deal of expectation around some kind of attack coming, bu

james landale reporting _ a pause. james landale reporting in _ a pause.ting in jerusalem l a pause. james landale l reporting in jerusalem for a pause. james landale - reporting in jerusalem for us, reporting injerusalem for us, our diplomatic correspondence. thank you. with me is christina ruffini, former state department correspondent. i want to talk about what we and set the scene. maybe 200 drones and missiles fired by iran towards israel. what you make of what had been telegraphed many days by iran about the response on the way it took place tonight. it about the response on the way it took place tonight.— it took place tonight. it was very slow-moving, - it took place tonight. it was l very slow-moving, deliberate very slow—moving, deliberate response. there is a reason that those screens were used. these drones we have seen a lot in ukraine being used by the russians, they are not sophisticated, they don't have an on—board guidance system, you set them, put on a gps target and they go and if nothing stops them they were hurt when you tell them to.

injerusalem, james landale in jerusalem, what james landale injerusalem, what do you make of that statement guterres. it secretary general? -- antonio guterres— guterres. it reflects very much the view of _ guterres. it reflects very much the view of other _ guterres. it reflects very much the view of other countries - guterres. it reflects very much the view of other countries to l the view of other countries to that the riskier is about wider escalation in other words, not just an escalation between iran and israel but a wider conflict that draws in other countries that draws in other countries that have to take sides and into a full—scale regional war and everybody says they don't want that and nobody says they will act to try and prevent that but, we are closer to that tonight and we have ever been before. now it might be that once again, these countries stand on the edge of the abyss and then the step back but there is a risk of further miscalculation. once we've seen before, this process began in the short term with the airstrike that was launched against neurons consulate, the capita

our correspondent in i washington and james landale today.on that breaking news from paris. and french authorities have arrested a man after surrounding the iranian consulate there. well, with more on this let's cross live to our news reporter courtney ben rich has been monitoring what has been happening from the newsroom. courtney, we are not really clear what exactly who this man is our why exactly he was inside the consulate, but what more can you tell us?— can you tell us? that is right. no clear details _ can you tell us? that is right. no clear details yet _ can you tell us? that is right. no clear details yet on _ can you tell us? that is right. no clear details yet on who - can you tell us? that is right. no clear details yet on who this - can you tell us? that is right. no j clear details yet on who this man can you tell us? that is right. no i clear details yet on who this man is what he was doing or whether it is a link to these escalating tensions between iran and israel. but i wanted to show you this area. this is the iranian con

correspondent james landale injerusalem there. political affairs, as well as ambassador to pakistan, lebanon, and jordan. he's now a global fellow at the wilson center, a think tank, partly funded by the us government. he told me what response we can expect from israel. well, we don't know. 0bviously, israel is a democracy. it has a complex cabinet, it is a coalition government, the prime minister is one amongst equals, so we will see what they decide. i think that, if i were advising them, i would suggest that they pause, for now, but not declare their intentions. 0bviously, not declare their intentions. obviously, if you're going to re—establish deterrence, which is what is necessary now for both israel and the united states, a certain level of ambiguity about how we're going to behave is important, so the iranians understand they could be further costs for their aggression. be further costs for their aggression-— be further costs for their aggression. what is your assessment _ aggression. what is your assessment of _ aggression

james landale, thank ou ve play this down.very much- _ and we can go now to our correspondent in washington, nomia iqbal. nomia — the us is israel's closest and most powerful ally — what is its response to this attack? at the moment we haven't heard from president biden or the white house. mr biden is attending an election campaign later today so i am sure that will change. but america's top diplomat, secretary of state antony blinken, was very short in his response at the g7, but the words that he used really stood out — deescalation. and that has been the message from the biden administration since the attack by iran last weekend on israel. mr biden, otherworld iran last weekend on israel. mr biden, other world leaders, iran last weekend on israel. mr biden, otherworld leaders, have been urging israel not to respond in a way that would inflame a wider war in the middle east. as some reports in the middle east. as some reports in the middle east. as some reports in the us suggested that mr biden privately had said that he wou

the bbc's james landale in - you. the bbc�*s james landale in jerusalem for us.tates, across nebraska and iowa, destroying homes and injuring at least three people. this tornado was filmed in the town of lincoln in nebraska. at least 11,000 homes are without power. media reports say the area is also grappling with gas leaks, downed trees and unstable structures. there's a severe weather warning in place for millions of people from nebraska to texas with violent storms forecast. joe biden says he is ready to take on donald trump in a presidential debate ahead of their likely november rematch. the biden campaign has for months been non—committal on the matter. however, that all changed on friday as the president confirmed his intention. meanwhile, mr trump has said he's ready to face mr biden "anytime, anywhere, any place. " will vernon sent this update from washington. this wasn't the first time president biden has been asked whether he'll take part in televised debates with donald trump. the biden campaign has been tight—lipped about this for some time now. so mu

rajini: james landale, thank you very much for that update.ight to my colleague gary o'donoghue joining me from washington. there has been a lot of reaction coming in this evening from the white house, even the pentagon and the last few moments. bring us up-to-date on what we have been hearing in washington today. gary: there has been a lot of discussion particularly about this question of the extent to which iran may or may not have warned the u.s. and israel about what it was planning. we know there was a great deal of expectation around some kind of attack coming. but the white house has been pushing back very hard on this, saying they were not told when this was going to happen. no timescale, no targets. they may have had indications from their own intelligence. i think what they are trying to say is look, if you think iran was just sending a message by putting, as john kirby the spokesman said, this amount of metal in the air, then you are wrong. they set out too a lot of damage and they set out to kill as many people as possible. that is

james landale, bbc news, injerusalem.e in the us, police in boston shut down a student protest demanding a ceasefire in gaza after university authorities said the demonstrators were using "virulent anti—semitic slogans". northeastern university said about 100, a mix of students and outsiders, were detained. one of the student organisations involved in the protest rejected the university's statement. at columbia university in new york, the epicentre of the nationwide protests, one student leader was barred from the site and officials are looking into how the protests there are being handled. the situation has also been tense at the university of southern california in los angeles. these are scenes from earlier this week as skirmishes broke out between protesters and police. dozens of demonstrators were arrested on wednesday. the university has also cancelled its main graduation ceremony and the valedictorian speech by a muslim student due to "security concerns." i've been speaking about the fallout of those protests withjo

james landale there injerusalem. we are keeping an eye on that g7 gathering in capri. this is bbc news. a juror in the criminal trial of former us president donald trump has been excused after saying she felt intimidated because some aspects of her identity had been made public. thejuror had been one of seven selected this week. live to new york and our correspondent nada tawfik. tell us a bit more about what we've learned about this one insurer? matthew, thisjuror learned about this one insurer? matthew, this juror had learned about this one insurer? matthew, thisjuror had called into the parties last night and in court today said she slept on it and said she couldn't feel she could be fair and impartial because she said the outside influence would affect her opinions. that's because there were details revealed about her and other jurors about where they worked, their ages, so this young woman who was a nurse said that family and friends found out that she was a juror on this case. really quickly, thejudge decided to juror on this case. really quickly, the judge decid

the bbc�*s james landale injerusalem for us.plans that could see the british forces possibly deployed to gaza to help deliver humanitarian assistance via a new sea route. the former head of the palestinian desk at israel's ministry for strategic affairs, kobi michael, has told me earlier about the progress of the ceasefire talks. i'm a bit sceptical about any progress. it looks like the leadership of hamas in the gaza strip still believe that the time works in favour of them, and not only the time but the us and the entire international community by pressuring israel and criticising israel, i assume they have no real incentive for them to make some further concessions with regard to the negotiation. i hope i'm wrong in my assessment. but i believe that the main goal of hamas is to survive and to remain the sovereign power in the gaza strip in the days after the war. this would be the ultimate victory for them. and therefore, they intend to keep hostages as a sort of insurance policy, and even if there will be a sort of appeal, t

james landale, bbc news, injerusalem. us, police in boston shut down a student protest demanding a ceasefire in gaza after university authorities said the demonstrators were using virulent anti—semitic slogans. northeastern university said about 100 people — a mix of students and outsiders — were detained. one of the student organisations involved in the protest rejected the university's statement. at columbia university in new york, the epicentre of the nationwide protests, one student leader was barred from the site and officials are looking into how the protests there are being handled. our north america correspondent will vernon has more. there have also been arrests today at indiana state university. 69 people, we understand, detained there — at indiana university, too. and negotiations are ongoing at columbia university in new york over the protest camp there. and that's what really sparked this latest escalation in the protests, really. pro—palestinian demonstrations have been going on for several months now at a n

james landale, bbc news over gaza.east and ukraine took centre stage at a high—level meeting in washington between america and britain's top diplomats. the british foreign secretary, david cameron, says his government has grave concerns about humanitarian access in gaza, but would not be suspending arms exports to israel. he also defended his earlier meeting with former president donald trump as entirely in line with precedent. meanwhile, secretary of state, antony blinken, says the us does not have a date for a potential israeli military operation in rafah but added the state department is working closely with qatar and egypt to establish a ceasefire. no, we do not have a date for any rafah operational at least not one indicated to us by the israelis. on the contrary, what we do have is an ongoing conversation with israel about any rafah operation. the president has been very clear about our concerns, our deep concerns, about israel's ability to move civilians out of harm's way, to care for them once they are out of h

james landale, bbc news over gaza.e east and ukraine took centre stage today at a high—level meeting in washington between america and britain's top diplomats. uk foreign secretary david cameron says his government has "grave concerns" about humanitarian access in gaza, but would not be suspending arms exports to israel. he also defended his earlier meeting with former president donald trump as "entirely in line with precedent". meanwhile, secretary blinken says the us does not have a date for a potential israeli military operation in rafah, but added the state department is working closely with qatar and egypt to establish a ceasefire. no, we do not have a date for any rafah operational is not one indicated to us by the israelis. on the contrary, what we do have is an ongoing conversation with israel about any rafah operation. the president has been very clear about our concerns, how deep concerns about israel's ability to move civilians out of harm's way, to care for them once they are out of harm's way, and to have

and that was our diplomatic correspondent, james landale, in jerusalem.min netanyahu has criticised reported american plans to sanction a unit of the israeli military that's accused of human rights violations in the west bank. mr netanyahu said he was working to prevent sanctions he called the height of absurdity. the netzah yehuda battalion of ultra—orthodox soldiers has been at the centre of several incidents of violence against palestinian civilians. there's been no official comment from washington. let's hear some of what mr netanyahu had to say. translation: i will fiercely defend | the idf, our military and warriors. | if someone thinks they can sanction an idf unit, i will fight this with all my strength. it comes as the palestinian red crescent says one of its drivers was killed in the occupied west bank while trying to treat people injured by gunshots fired by israeli settlers on friday. the health ministry in the territory gave a similar account of the death of 50—year—old mohammed awad allan. some hebrew—language media reports said he was kille

james landale, bbc news.s from its investigation in the deaths of the seven aid workers are still some weeks away. the world central kitchen staff and security personnel were from a number of different. the polish prime minister, donald tusk, has this morning called on israel to provide compensation for the polish citizen killed. the aid group's founder was blunt in his assessment. they were a target, systematically, car by car, so this was not bad luck, a situation where, works, we dropped a bomb in the wrong place. no, this was over 1.8 kilometres with a very defined monetarily in convoy that had signs in the roof. a very colourful logo that we are very proud of and it is very clear who we are and what we do. let's speak to nick waters, open—source analyst at bellingcat. he's been investigating this incident. welcome to the programme. i know you have been locating the vehicles. what have you actually established? how far apart where these three vehicles? ,., ., ., ., ., . how far apart where these three veh

james landale, bbc news, jerusalem. the most serious offences could lose parental rights over their own children. it follows an amendment to a bill passing through parliament tabled by the labour mp, harriet harman. she was responding to a report on the issue from our correspondent sanchia berg, whojoins me now. and, sanchia, it was your reporting from family courts that shone a spotlight on this? that is right, from last year certain family courts have allowed journalists to report in a much more meaningful and detailed way than before provided we keep people anonymous. so inkatha family court i followed the case of a young mother who was trying to remove parental rights from her former husband because he had recently been convicted of multiple serious paedophile offences. and while he was barred from any contact with other children he still had parental rights over his own child and that meant he had a say over her health, education, travel and also could in future when released from prison have contact with her. so t

james landale, bbc news.ituation, i spoke to former ambassador to malta and president of the middle east policy council, gina abercrombie—winstanley. always have you here. how serious a warning is this do you think from the us and from president biden? president biden did exactly what he needed to do. he has been saying for several weeks now and communicating to the israeli prime minister that the united states is not satisfied with how they are conducting the war, with how they are prosecuting it and quietly, behind—the—scenes, has been giving exactly what we needed to see from them in regard to the treatment of civilians, with regard to providing humanitarian assistance and, of course, protecting health workers and aid workers and journalists. and without much to show for it. so at this point the president is being increasingly embarrassed by the prime minister and the prime minister has shown, previously, he is willing to do and it was a time to come to heel on what the us president wanted from the israeli

james landale in jerusalem there for us. the importance of the us aid both to ukraine and israel to niall stanage, who is white house columnist for us political website, the hill. as the war was dragged on, we have seen republican support really eb very considerably for the notion of aiding ukraine particularly at the intensity that we have seen so far. you see this in opinion polls, it's not only limited to elected officials, over half of republican voters believe the aid to ukraine should be decreased. we saw that reflected in the house of representatives vote where, in fact, slightly more republicans voted against aid for ukraine then voted for it but overall it passed comfortably because it had overwhelming democratic support. how does the candidate for the republicans, the presidential candidate donald trump fit into all of this? it is partly his influence that is creating a bit of division within the republican party on this as well, isn't it? 100%. notjust on ukraine but on the general issue of how engaged the united

let's get more on all of this — with our diplomatic correspondent james landale who's injerusalem.bout this plan that is being discussed thatis this plan that is being discussed that is sending some british troops to gaza. this is going to be a huge and complicated logistical exercise. the american say that about 1000 of their servicemen and women will be involved. they are making a floating platform in the sea. there will be a causeway attached to the beach. there will be a complex. the american say they will not drive the trucks down the causeway onto the beach into the holding area that the israelis say they are going to secure, where the aid will be off—loaded and distributed through gaza by the aid agencies. that is because the american say they will because the american say they will be no us boots on the ground. somebody has got to drive these trucks. the uk is considering a possibility that they might send troops to do that. it is only a possibility, just an option. no decision has been taken. this hasn't been past the prime minister's desk. it is being considered as an opt

but first, our diplomatic correspondent james landale has the story.t killed international aid workers in gaza have prompted global condemnation, and now they're shaping political choices. more than 600 lawyers have written to the government, urging it to suspend arms sales to israel, because they believe there is a risk it's breaking international law. they said, "serious action is needed to avoid uk complicity in grave breaches of international law, including potential violation of the genocide convention." "to continue the sale of weapons and weapon system to israel falls significantly short of your government's obligations under international law." the whole framework of international law, governing war, it dictates that the fact that you have been provoked and attacked, however outrageously, does not mean to say that you can do whatever you like. it doesn't mean to say that you can indiscriminately slaughter innocent civilians and children. it doesn't mean to say that you can attack aid convoys. british arms sales to israel are small — some of it

and that was our diplomatic correspondent james landale, in jerusalem.s one of its volunteer paramedics has been killed from settlers violence in the occupied west bank. the aid organisation said mohammed awad allan was providing medical assistance to those wounded by settlers' gunfire in nablus. he served as a volunteer as part of an initiative to offer ambulance services to the area's residents. and don't forget you can get much more analysis from the middle east on the bbc news website. it includes today bbc verify analysing satellite images that appear to show that an iranian air defence site was damaged in friday's air attack by israel. you can read that online or on the bbc news app. here, the policing minister has said he is "deeply concerned" after a met police officer described an antisemitism campaigner gideon falter as "openlyjewish" and suggested his presence at a pro—palestinian demonstration in london last week might antagonise protesters. the incident has prompted campaigners to call for the metropolitan police commissioner, sir mark rowle

james landale, bbc news over gaza.military aid to israel, saying its history means israel's security must be at the core of its foreign policy. lawwyers for the german government were making their case tuesday to the world's highest court. nicaragua, whose governement is strongly pro—palestinian, brought the case to the court, accusing germany breaching the genocide convention and international humanitarian law by supplying israel with weapons. anna holligan has more from the hague. shortly after the hearing and, germany's legal team came out and gave a very short statement to the media in which they said germany was striving to do justice to both sides and was well aware of its responsibilities under international law. during the hearing, germany took each one of nicaragua's allegations and presented its site so on the subject of funding, cut supporting palestinians in gaza, is that humanitarian assistance and aid has increased threefold since october 23. through organisations like the red crescent but directly throug

james landale in jerusalem there for us. to niall stanage, who is white house columnist for the hill. thank you so much for your time. when it comes to ukraine funding. as the war has been dragging on, this has been a sticking point for republicans.— has been a sticking point for republicans. has been a sticking point for reublicans. , , a republicans. gas. absolutely. as the war was dragged _ republicans. gas. absolutely. as the war was dragged on, _ republicans. gas. absolutely. as the war was dragged on, we _ republicans. gas. absolutely. as the war was dragged on, we have - republicans. gas. absolutely. as the war was dragged on, we have seen . war was dragged on, we have seen republican support really aired very considerably for the notion of aiding ukraine particularly at the intensity that we have seen so far. it's not only unlimited to elected officials, over half of republican voters believe the aid to ukraine should be decreased. we saw that reflected in the house of representatives vote where, in fact, slightly mo

james landale with that report.ficer in the royal navy and nato — he was an amphibious commander — meaning he was in charge of sea—to—land operations. he explained how this might work... what we have to imagine is the coastline at gaza doesn't have any port facilities, and so, if anybody can remember what d—day was like we had piers pontoons that lead from deep water into the shallow zone and also the shore. what this is called by the americans is called joint logistics over the shore, jlots. it is essentially a floating pier and it enables you to put heavy trucks and other loads ashore from ships that can only go into deep water. during the construction of this pontoon pier people are going to stay in rfa cardigan bay, which is a 15,000 tonne auxiliary ship that works for the royal navy. i think we have heard already that a third party is going to be driving these trucks, and i suspect the interface would best be served by an arab country rather than any british troops going ashore. i suspect we are going to be lim

the bbc�*s james landale injerusalem for us. former british naval officer. how would an operation like this work? what british naval officer. how would an operation like this work?— operation like this work? what we have to imagine _ operation like this work? what we have to imagine is _ operation like this work? what we have to imagine is the _ operation like this work? what we have to imagine is the coastline . have to imagine is the coastline doesn't have any port facilities so if anybody can remember what d—day was like we have pontoons that lead from deep water into the shallow zone and also the shore. what this is called by the americans is joint logistics over the shore. it is essentially a floating pier and it enables you to put heavy trucks and other loads ashore from ships that can only go into deep water. find can only go into deep water. and there will be _ can only go into deep water. and there will be a _ can only go into deep water. and there will be a real questions about there will be a real questions about the s

our diplomatic coreespondent james landale has the story.ir strikes that killed international aid workers in gaza have prompted global condemnation, and now they're shaping political choices. more than 600 lawyers have written to the government, urging it to suspend arms sales to israel, because they believe there is a risk it's breaking international law. they said, "serious action is needed to avoid uk complicity in grave breaches of international law, including potential violation of the genocide convention." "to continue the sale of weapons and weapon system to israel falls significantly short of your government's obligations under international law." the whole framework of international law, governing war, it dictates that the fact that you have been provoked and attacked, however outrageously, does not mean to say that you can do whatever you like. it doesn't mean to say that you can indiscriminately slaughter innocent civilians and children. it doesn't mean to say that you can attack aid convoys. british arms sales to israel are small

at what we know about the air strike, and get the latest from jeremy bowen injerusalem and james landalere at the foreign office. but first, lucy williamson has more on the aftermath of the attack. well, israel's actions in gaza and the need to expand access for aid. the killing of these aid workers has driven up calls for the uk to look at its role in terms of supplying weapons or military equipment at least to israel and in terms of its own position on the legality of israel's actions. it is not clear yet where those calls are going to lead but israel has responded very, very swiftly, announcing new measures to improve coordination with aid agencies on the ground and also saying that the results of its investigation into the incident will come within days. israel's army said it had misidentified them. today, colleagues wrote their names on the body bags that carried them out of gaza. john chapman. james henderson. and james kirby. three british men among seven aid workers killed in israeli air strikes this week. their bodies driven through the rafah crossing into egypt to be flown home

james landale.minster including mps and journalists are believed to have been targeted in a so—called honeytrap scandal. they have each received unsolicited whatsapp messages from suspicious mobile numbers. 0ur political correspondent hannah miller reports from westminster. a romance scam targeting some of the most powerful people in the country, in the form of lurid messages which for one former mp began last month from a person going by the name of charlie. long time no speak, charlie said. miss you in westminster. the former mp told me it seemed so realistic. . , ., ., realistic. the last part of that messaue realistic. the last part of that message was _ realistic. the last part of that message was "westminster l realistic. the last part of that - message was "westminster misses you", and that was something friends would say anyway to make me feel better. i was embarrassed, thinking and speaking to someone who knows who i am, and i'm trying desperately not to come across as rude. the messages _

james landale, bbc news, injerusalem.servative mp has defected to the opposition labour party in a blow to the leadership of prime minister rishi sunak. dan poulter has been the mp for central suffolk and north ipswich since the 2010 election. he combines his political career with practising medicine as an nhs hospital doctor on a part—time basis. he confirmed he was defecting to labour in an interview with laura kuenssberg. take a listen. i found it increasingly difficult to look my nhs colleagues in the eye, my patients in the eye, and my constituents in the eye with good conscience. and ifeel that the nhs deserves better than it has at the moment in terms of how it is run and governed. the party i was elected into valued public services. it valued...it had a compassionate view about supporting the more disadvantaged in society. i think the conservative party today is in very different place. its focus is not on delivering or supporting high quality public services. our political correspondent ben wright told me more ab

james landale in jerusalem, thank ou.e in gaza has died. sabreen al sakani was delivered by caesearean section in a rafah hospital shortly after midnight last sunday. doctors resuscitated the baby, using a hand pump to push air into her lungs. she was then placed in an incubator, but she died on thursday. two men arrested in connection with the deaths of five migrants in the english channel on tuesday have been charged and are expected to appear in court later. five people, including a seven—year—old girl, were killed in a crush on board a boat crossing the channel. the uk's national crime agency said yien both, a 22—year—old from south sudan, has been charged with assisting unlawful immigration and attempting to arrive in the uk without valid entry clearance. tajdeen adbulazinuma, a 22—year—old sudanese national, has been charged with attempting to arrive in the uk without valid entry clearance. a third man, a 18—year—old from sudan, has been bailed pending further enquiries. let's turn our attention now to the ongoing p

james landale, bbc news, injerusalem.rmer senior british officer in the occupied palestinian territories, and former director of defence diplomacy at the ministry of defence. welcome to you. thank you for being with us. first of all i want to ask you about the ongoing negotiations when it comes to hostage release and ceasefire. just in the past half an hour or so we have had developments from the israeli government, saying they would be willing to put on hold any operation into rafah if there was a hostage release, a deal, and we have also seen, in the past hour or so, the release of this new video by hamas, featuring two of those hostages. what is your sense of where this leaves us, where this leaves the negotiations, if this points to significant progress? i would say the first obvious point is there anything to do with hostage release is to do with negotiation. i would say that it is an easy win really for the israeli side to make because, since the israelis, two or three or four weeks because, since the israelis, two

james landale, bbc news over gaza. talks between the uk and us also covered the war in ukraine.viding kyiv with billions of dollars in military aid. but the pentagon has spent almost all the money budgeted for the war effort, and further funding is stalled in the us congress. us central command says it's sending guns and ammunition it seized from an iranian ship. the weaponry includes ak—47s, ammunition, and rocket—propelled grenades was allegedly on its way to the iran—backed houthis in yemen. diverting seized weapons like these are one way the us can help ukraine without funding from congress. for more on the uk—us talks on gaza and ukraine, here's our state department correspondent, tom bateman. it was on march eight, that lord cameron had said he expected to get advice within days on whether or not israel had breached international humanitarian law in gaza. here we are a month later and there has still been no word on that. i asked lord cameron at the news conference whether or not there had been a decision by there had been a decision by the uk government. on that particula

james landale, thank you very much indeed.r international editor. generally, what is your assessment of what we have seen overnight and this morning? i of what we have seen overnight and this morning?— this morning? i think the big auestion this morning? i think the big question is— this morning? i think the big question is whether - this morning? i think the big question is whether or - this morning? i think the big question is whether or not i this morning? i think the big l question is whether or not this this morning? i think the big - question is whether or not this is it, question is whether or not this is it. whether— question is whether or not this is it, whether or not israel plans to do anything else. i think that if this is— do anything else. i think that if this is all— do anything else. i think that if this is all israel is going to do, then_ this is all israel is going to do, then it — this is all israel is going to do, then it seems that it might be possible. _ then it seems that it might be possible, as the ame

james landale, bbc news over gaza. talks between the uk and us also covered the war in ukraine.yiv with billions of dollars in military aid. but the pentagon has spent almost all the money budgeted for the war effort, and further funding is stalled in the us congress. us central command says it's sending guns and ammunition it seized from an iranian ship. the weaponry — includes ak—47s, ammunition, and rocket—propelled grenades — was allegedly on its way to the iran—backed houthis in yemen. diverting seized weapons like these is one way the us can help ukraine without funding from congress. but ukraine says it needs more. so, what are the chances of a deal on capitol hill? my colleague sumi somaskanda spoke to two strong ukraine supporters in congress: democrat mike quigley from illinois and chuck edwards, a north carolina republican, whom she began by asking how he plans to convince his fellow republicans to back aid for ukraine. i believe that most americans believe that america has a security interest in europe, which is essentially centred around ukraine and i believe that i

our diplomatic correspondent james landale is outside the foreign office for us, and these deaths havemmoning of the israeli ambassador? when normally i stand here and talk about an ambassador being summoned to the foreign office, normally they are diplomats from china over human rights abuses or perhaps iran over security threats. very rarely are ambassadors from british allies summoned here but that happened today with israel but ambassador. the first time an israeli ambassador has been summoned here to be given the once over by a foreign minister for 12 years. the ambassador met the deputy foreign secretary, andrew mitchell. he expressed his concerns about what he called these appalling killings and he demanded a quick and transparent investigation and what he called full accountability. the foreign secretary, lord cameron, had a similar conversation with his israeli counterpart and similar conversations took place between australian and polish diplomats. by this action, by these killings, israel has not chucked angered allies, it has notjust damaged even further its international r