nomia iqbal, thanks for— suffering in gaza. nomia iqbal, thanks for your _ suffering in gaza.gaza. nomia iqbal, i thanks for your time this evening, outside columbia university. our north america editor sarah smith is at columbia university for us. here's our north america editor, sarah smith, who said president biden was trying to tread a fine line. it's difficult for president biden to work out where to come down on this. his party is deeply split — he's got representatives who are very, very supportive of the student protest movement, and some who are very, very critical of it. and he knows that he's at risk of losing the votes of hundreds of thousands of young activists, pro—palestinian protesters who think he hasn't been critical enough of israel and its conduct of the war in gaza. but at the same time, he knows that there are many, many moderate swing voters watching with some dismay what's happening right across america, and they would like to hear him being more critical of the widespread disruption that these protests are causing. so, it is a very fraught political qu

live now to our correspondent, nomia iqbal in new york.ork. saw dramatic scenes at c“ of we saw dramatic scenes at a variety of campuses across the us overnight. just take us through it and the reaction there has been. tensions have been — reaction there has been. tensions have been bubbling _ reaction there has been. tensions have been bubbling for _ reaction there has been. tensions have been bubbling for some - reaction there has been. tensions. have been bubbling for some time, ever since october the 7th when hamas attacked israel and the response by israel, here at columbia university, this is almost been the focal point for nationwide protests. it's where all the other encampments have gained their inspiration from. however, last night, universities on both sides of the country decided to crack down. as the darkness came, so did the violence. the tension between the pro—palestinian protesters encamped at ucla and the pro—israel demonstrators boiled over. screams ring out as fireworks are let off in the dense encampment. pieces of ply

nomia iqbal, bbc news, new york.ver the israel—gaza war have been speading for weeks now. the team at bbc digital has been analysing how they've evolved. some problem with that, will bring change. to the middle east now and the us secretary of state, antony blinken, says he's determined to secure a ceasefire deal in gaza and the only obstacle now is hamas. the group, considered a terror organisation by the uk and us, has until wednesday evening to respond to the proposal. mr blinken is in israel and has met president isaac herzog in tel aviv. he's now due to meet the prime minister, benjamin netanyahu. mr blinken also met some of the families of the hostages being held by hamas in gaza. he told demonstrators outside the us will not rest until everybody is home. certainly, we're seeing some familiar themes coming up again on this trip. there is this deal that is currently on the table and you feel he is very much trying to keep up the pressure, putting the onus on hamas to accept what he says is an extraordinarily gen

when we are back we will be live in new york, our correspondent nomia iqbal there with the very latest spread. we will also have a special report from andrew harding, who has been talking to the father of a seven—year—old girl who was crushed to death last week on an inflatable boat trying to cross the channel. a really powerful report coming from andrew here in the next 60 minutes, but all of that is after weather details with darren burnett. hello there. we are seeing a change across southern parts of the uk, eventually heavy rain and thunderstorms moving in here. we also have, overnight, more mist and fog and low cloud developing more widely. some areas of scotland in particular will struggle to clear that all day. marked contrast — in norfolk here, where we have seen temperatures over 20 degrees in the sunshine. at the same time we have also seen cloud moving up from france and it is that that is bringing some rain into parts of england and wales this evening. that will push up towards northern ireland as well before retreating back towards the south—west. as that happens, we will

nomia iqbal, bbc news, new york. we are going to head to the middle east now. he's determined to secure a ceasefire deal in gaza — and the only obstacle now is hamas. the group — considered a terror organisation by the uk and us —— have until wednesday evening to response the the proposal. mr blinken is in israel and has met president isaac herzog in tel aviv. he's now due to meet the prime minister, benjamin netanyahu. mr blinken also met some of the families of the hostages being held by hamas in gaza. he told demonstrators outside that the us will not rest until everybody is home. ijust had an opportunity to meet with some of the families of some of the hostages, as i have on every visit to israel and, of course, as president biden has done, so many colleagues have done. i just wanted to share with you what ijust shared with them. bringing your loved ones home is at the heart of everything we're trying to do. we will not rest until everyone — man, woman, soldier, civilian, young, old — is back home. there is a very strong proposal on the table right now. ham

from new york, nomia iqbal reports. as the darkness came, so did the violence.ucla and the pro—israel demonstrators boiled over. screams ring out as fireworks are let off in the dense encampment. pieces of plywood turned into weapons. thankfully i am physically safe. a lot of my peers are not physically safe. it's not clear yet what sparked the fighting. the los angeles police were called to the scene at the request of the university. the vice chancellor has condemned the events as a horrific act of violence. on the other side of the country, at columbia university in new york, where the protests originally started, police entered the campus. it comes nearly two weeks since they last went in, sparking huge controversy. and a day after some demonstrators seized a building inside campus, breaking the windows and barricading themselves in. for the university it was a red line. dozens have been arrested in this new police raid. dozens of riot police are behind us here. we are at columbia university, the actual entrance to the campus is just to my left. you cannot ge

nomia iqbal, bbc news, georgia.is evening, president biden set out a peace proposal and ceasefire offer from israel that he said could end the war in gaza. mr biden urged both hamas and israel's leaders to accept the deal, saying those in israel who wanted "indefinite war" must change their minds. he outlined a three—phase proposal that would begin with an immediate six—week ceasefire. at the same time, israeli forces would carry out a withdrawal from gaza. israeli hostages in gaza would be exchanged for palestinian prisoners and 600 trucks of humanitarian aid would be delivered there each day. in the second phase, hamas and israel would negotiate a permanent end to hostilities. the final phase would include a major reconstruction operation in gaza, with international support. i know there are those in israel who will not agree with this plan and will call for the war to continue indefinitely. some, some are even in the government coalition and they've made it clear they want to occupy gaza, they want to keep fighti

nomia iqbal, bbc news, new york. so that was the latest in new york.o the other coast of the us and check in with these live pictures we are getting. we have a couple of different angles of the protest. we have pro—palestinian student protesters out there, as you can see. we also have a group of pro—israeli demonstrators there and there have been clashes, there have been objects thrown and things look slightly more peaceful right at the second. it is about 1.00 in the morning in la. it is not, i should say, just this university campus. there have been protests and demonstrations over the last two weeks also at several university campuses right across the the us but those most notable flashpoints have been taking place at columbia university in new york and also right now, reports of fireworks or flares and objects being thrown and we have been keeping across this feed and a couple of others from los angeles over the last few minutes and things seem suddenly slightly calmer. but you can see there, some object was thrown and hit someone, so it is still v

nomia iqbal, bbc news, new york.en getting more of an update about exactly what happened overnight. the new york mayor, eric adams, has held a press conference along with the police as well, outlining exactly the details of last night. mr adams has been very clear to stress this is not about cracking down on free speech, but blamed outside agitators for the chaos on campus. have a listen. we said from the beginning, the students have a right to protest and free speech is the cornerstone of our society. but as our major concern, we knew and we saw that there were those who were never concerned about free speech. they were concerned about chaos. it was about external actors hijacking peaceful protests and influencing students to escalate. there's nothing peaceful about barricading buildings, destroying property or dismantling, dismantling security cameras. well, as well as the hundreds that have been arrested, more than 100 students have been suspended as well. and many of them are angry, as are some of the professors,

nomia iqbal, bbc news, new york. this morning we had been getting more of an update.taken place with the police. the details of last nights were talked about. they said that this was not about cracking down on free speech. have a listen. free speech is a cornerstone of our society. we know that there weren't those who were never concerned about free speech. they are concerned about chaos. it is about external activities hijacking peaceful protests. there is nothing peaceful about barricading buildings, destroying property or dismantling security cameras. figs destroying property or dismantling security cameras.— security cameras. as well as hundreds — security cameras. as well as hundreds of _ security cameras. as well as hundreds of that _ security cameras. as well as hundreds of that been - security cameras. as well as - hundreds of that been arrested, more than a hundred students have been suspended as well. many of them are angry as are some of the professors over what they describe as a heavy—handed response by the universities. the president of the university, ca

nomia iqbal.s foreign secretary, lord cameron, has promised to support ukraine's war effort for as long as necessary. on a visit to kyiv friday, he pledged £3 billion, or $3.75 billion, per year. he also said ukraine has the right to use british weapons to strike targets inside russian territory. take a listen. in terms of what the ukrainians do, in our view it is their decision about how to use these weapons, they are defending their country, they were illegally invaded by putin and they must take their steps. we don't discuss any caveats that we put on those things but to be absolutely clear, russia has launched an attack into ukraine and ukraine absolutely has the right to strike back at russia. those comments — and others by western leaders — have caught the attention of russia. president putin's spokesman, dmitry peskov, condemned the remarks as a "direct escalation". he also spoke out against france's president emmanuel macron, who once again refused to rule out potentially deploying french

nomia iqbal, bbc news, georgia. to british politics now.our mp diane abbott is free to stand for election in her north london constituency. it follows days of wrangling over her future following suspension from the party over comments she made about howjewish and irish people experience racism. ms abbott has yet to say if she'll stand. joe pike reports. forfour for four day the questions have kept coming. but it may have been the deputy leader's support for diane abbott, as well as the scottish leader's sympathy towards so that pushed keir starmer to act. angela ra ner pushed keir starmer to act. angela rayner down _ pushed keir starmer to act. angela rayner down here _ pushed keir starmer to act. angela rayner down here on _ pushed keir starmer to act. angela rayner down here on the _ pushed keir starmer to act. angela rayner down here on the front - pushed keir starmer to act. angela rayner down here on the front row| rayner down here on the front row says that _ rayner down here on the front row says that diane _ rayner down here on the

our north america correspondent, nomia iqbal, told me more about the case.s aappened in october 2022 when david depape broke into the pelosi's home in san francisco. he was looking for nancy pelosi, who at the time was the speaker of the house. very powerful, high—profile democrat, second in line to the presidency. but during the trial, we heard that it was nancy pelosi's husband who he found. ms pelosi was not there, and he had woken up to david depape who had a hammer and zip ties asking, "where is nancy, where is nancy". his intention was to kidnap nancy pelosi, interrogate her and then post the video online. during the trial, david depape took to the stand in his own defence and he talked openly about how he promoted far right conspiracy theories, including how he believed that the election was stolen in 2020 byjoe biden, how he believed that the us government was being run by a cabal of paedophiles and so forth, so we got a full picture of who he was during trial. the prosecutors actually were looking for a0 years. they believe that he should have been

he's been speaking to our north america correspondent nomia iqbal in new york.morning to a surprising email from the university administration suspending me. the title was "mahmoud khalil suspended". that surprised me because it goes against the norms — i'm the lead negotiator, it's normal that i go in and out of the encampment. the university were very well aware of this and they offered this protection. so i'm not sure if this is random, i'm not sure if this is targeted. i'm still waiting to hear back from the administration regarding this, especially that yesterday, after the students took over the hamilton building, the university through the mediators reached out to me about what kind of demands these protesters are asking for. so you don't know on what basis you've been suspended? i don't. according to the email, it says that i, i did... i refused to disperse and leave the encampment after 2:00pm. and even though i did not actually enter the encampment after 2:00pm, this shows how random and arbitrary this these notifications. what's your view on what happ

pelosi mr pelosi who is now fractured skull and let's speak to our north america correspondent, nomia iqbalround of this happened in broke into the pelosi home in san francisco and he was very powerful, high—profile democrat, second in line to the presidency. but during the trial we heard that it was nancy pelosi's husband who ms. pelosi was not there and he had to david who had a hammer and he had to david who had a hammer and zip ties asking, where is nancy, where is nancy. his intention kidnap nancy pelosi, interrogator and then post the, david took to the stand in his own defence and he talked conspiracy theories including how he believed that the, how he believed that the us of paedophiles so we got a full picture of who he was the prosecutors actually were looking for a0 years. they believe that he should have been in and his sentence will be ., ., , should have been in and his sentence will be . ., . _ should have been in and his sentence willbe . . _ , will be what has nancy pelosi set about this? _ will be what has nancy pelosi set about this? ahead _ will be what has nancy pelosi

the bbcs nomia iqbal sent this update from new york. one of the big questions in what happens next?umbia university was seeing as the main harbour whether protest started and then inspired similar encampments around the country. protest can't continue inside the university in terms of the encampment, they have been taken number the police and the present of the university has stand down but what happens outside the university, we don't know, i suspect that protesters who were part of the pro—palestinian movement on about to give up advocating for their cause anytime soon and we know that the protesters, students who are part of the encampment at the city college of university and columbia university are getting together is of a press conference and get an idea of whether movement will had next. barren mind, more than 100 students have been suspended, that include international students and i spoke to one student who said they didn't know why he had been suspended, he wasn't given and exposit reason, he had nothing to do with our building that was taken over by some protesters with t

however, there was a group of protestors outside of the venue. 0ur north america correspondent nomia iqbalhave that report. let us move on then. we do have it. wherever then. we do have it. wherever the president travels so do protesters. many are angry at mr biden�*s staunch support for israel and its war against hamas militants which has seen thousands of palestinians killed in gaza. dozens of universities in the united states witnessed protests and arrests in recent weeks. while moorhouse did not see any encampments there has been unhappiness at mr biden being here. students silently express their protest. 0thers here. students silently express their protest. others out loud. it is my stance as a moorhouse student, and they as a human being to call for an immediate and permanent ceasefire in the gaza strip. and permanent ceasefire in the gaza strip-— gaza strip. the president addressed _ gaza strip. the president addressed it. _ gaza strip. the president addressed it. i— gaza strip. the president addressed it. i support i addressed it. i support peaceful— addressed it. i support peacefu

. —— my colleague nomia iqbal. wow. hmm... guilty on all 3a counts.ts. 0h, he betterwin now! this was a group of american citizens that are his peers - who have made that decision. and i believe in the system. i think the people that support trump will still probably support him, honestly. yeah, i mean, ithink there are people that will always be on his side. but i also think that there are going to be people that are going to look at a ballot and say, _ "are we going to elect a person that has... is considered a convicted felon?" donald trump spent the evening here at trump tower and later today he will hold his first news conference to discuss the verdict. it is a fitting location. it is a location that has symbolised his evolution from real estate developer to reality star, to president, and now former president, to be the first convicted felon, and no doubt he will be angry and defiant, and what he says will set the tone for the next two months. thousands of nhs cancer patients across england are going to be invited to take part in trials of new p

we will be with nomia iqbal, our correspondent. and that is it from me today. same time tomorrow.strikes recorded, and still the potential for more thunderstorms overnight tonight and throughout the day tomorrow for some. once again, the best of the warmth and the sunshine for western areas of scotland. overnight tonight, we've still got that waving front across england and wales, lots of cloud here with some outbreaks of rain. watch out for some heavy, thundery showers pushing into lincolnshire in yorkshire by the time we get to tomorrow morning, perhaps. still with that onshore breeze for north sea—facing coasts, a misty start to the day. plenty of cloud here. and it's a frost—free start to the day tomorrow, of course, as well. now, through friday, we're going to see our waving front slowly push its way a little further northwards, introducing cooler—feeling conditions across the far south coast. but to start with, through the morning, there'll be outbreaks of rain. watch out for these thunderstorms tracking further northwards and westwards through the day, into north—west engla

i'm nomia iqbal in new york, where police entered an occupied building, and arrested several demonstratorsiel anjorin, who died from stab wounds shortly after being taken to hospital. america's top diplomat says he's determined to secure a ceasefire deal in gaza, accusing hamas of being the only remaining obstacle. and the greatest thing since sliced bread — scientists are developing a new white loaf that's just as healthy as wholegrain.

the bbcs nomia iqbal sent this update from new york.questions in what happens next for the protest movement? columbia university was seeing as the main hub, where the protests started, and then inspired similar encampments around the country. protests can't continue inside the university, in terms of the encampment — that has now been taken down by the police. the president of the university has asked police to stay until may 17, but in terms of what happens outside the university, we don't know. i suspect that protesters who are part of the pro—palestinian movement aren't about to give up advocating for their cause anytime soon, and we know that the protesters, the students who are part of the encampment at the city college university here in new york and columbia university are getting together to have a press conference and so we'll probably get an idea of where the movement will head next. bare in mind, more than 100 students have been suspended, that includes international students. i spoke to one student who said that he didn't kn

for more on the situation at columbia university in new york, our north america correspondent nomia iqbalpdate. as you can see, more than 1000 people have come out here to protest. the space behind me was actually an encampment, one of the last encampments here in new york. this is the new york university. but the tents were all cleared out earlier this morning by police. i spoke to a professor who said she saw armed police go in and arrest students while they were sleeping. she described it as terrifying. but in order make other students and others offer, you can see many have returned here to carry on with their message, demanding the university divests from israeli institutions and many of the staff and students here are angry. they believe that the university is far more motivated in protecting its jewish students than allowing them the right to free speech and they point out that many of the protesters here are alsojewish. the uk's foreign secretary, lord cameron, has promised to support ukraine's war effort for as long as necessary. on a visit to kyiv friday, he pledged £3 billion —

nomia iqbal is in new york and sent us this update.n 1,000 people have come out here to protest. the space behind me was actually an encampment, one of the last encampments here in new york. this is the new york university. this is the new york university. but the tents were all cleared out earlier this morning by police. i spoke to a professor, who said she saw armed police go in and arrest students whilst they were sleeping. she described it as terrifying. as you can see, many of the students have returned here to carry on with their message, demanding the university divests from israeli institutions. many of the staff and students here are angry — they believe that the university is far more motivated in protecting its jewish students than allowing them the right to free speech, and they point out that many of the protesters here are also jewish. here, prime minister rishi sunak says he's disappointed after local elections delivered some of the worst losses for the conservative party for decades. 0n the other side, labour arejubilan

let's speak to our north america correspondent nomia iqbal who's in the key state of georgia for us.a second, but what reaction are you getting where you are and people you've spoken to? just where you are and people you've spoken to?— spoken to? just a reminder, geora ia spoken to? just a reminder, georgia is — spoken to? just a reminder, georgia is a _ spoken to? just a reminder, georgia is a swing _ spoken to? just a reminder, georgia is a swing state - spoken to? just a reminder, georgia is a swing state and j georgia is a swing state and that means it can swing one way or the other. it swung towards presidentjoe biden in 2010 —— 2020, was the first time a democratic candidate has done so for a long time. and now it could swing towards donald trump it's easy to see that everyone is made their minds up and that's certainly true for most parts of america but in georgia surveys suggest up to 18% do not know which way to vote. when that verdict was coming in, we spent some time here in cook county, a very crucial part of georgia and it was exactly as i imagine, or you'd imagine, it w

our north america correspondent, nomia iqbal, told me more about the case.

nomia iqbal is in new york and sent us this update.e than a thousand people have come out here to protest. the space behind me was actually an encampment. it was one of the last encampments here in new york. this is the new york university. but the tents were all cleared out early this morning by police. i spoke to a professor who said that she saw armed police go in and arrest students while they were sleeping. she described it as terrifying, but it's not put those students and others off. as you can see, many of them have returned here to carry on with their message, demanding the university divest from israeli institutions. many of the staff and students here are angry. they believe that the university is far more motivated in protecting itsjewish students. more than allowing them the right to free speech. and they point out that many of the protesters here are alsojewish. uk prime minister rishi sunak has insisted the conservatives have "everything to fight for" — despite the party losing nearly half the seats contested in local el

our north america correspondent nomia iqbal reports. as evening struck, so did the police.will never be defeated. ., ., the people united will never be defeated. . ., . defeated. social media footage showed a huge _ defeated. social media footage showed a huge confrontation i defeated. social media footage i showed a huge confrontation with officers inside the encampment. about half an hour away, at columbia university, where the protests originally started, police entered the campus. it's comes nearly two weeks since they last went in, sparking huge controversy, and a day after some demonstrators broke into after some demonstrators broke into a building inside campus, smashing windows and barricading themselves in. forthe windows and barricading themselves in. for the university, windows and barricading themselves in. forthe university, it windows and barricading themselves in. for the university, it was a red line. dozens have been arrested in this new police raid. dozens and dozens of riot police are just behind this line here. we are at columbia university, the actual e