and dave — which is part of west belfast 1971.he score in— and dave have been waiting for the score in a _ and dave have been waiting for the score in a report for some time. the coroners— score in a report for some time. the coroners report say the ten people who were — coroners report say the ten people who were killed were not armed, were not fighting, _ who were killed were not armed, were not fighting, were absolutely innocent. and this is another story of a very— innocent. and this is another story of a very plenty incident in our history— of a very plenty incident in our history in— of a very plenty incident in our history in northern ireland. what is interesting — history in northern ireland. what is interesting for young people itjust seems _ interesting for young people itjust seems like forever ago. but of course, — seems like forever ago. but of course, in _ seems like forever ago. but of course, in northern ireland and all of ireland — course, in northern ireland and all of ireland these things are very, very painful

in 1971, the army went into a housing estate in the ballymurphy area of west belfast.d imprison ira suspects without trial, known as internment. the main target of the present operation is the irish republican army, which has been responsible for recent acts of terrorism, and whose victims have included protestant and catholic alike. it sparked a violent clashes over three days. by the end, ten people lay dead. among them, a local priest, and a mother of eight. soldiers from the parachute regiment, now given anonymity, claimed they opened fire after being attacked by ira gunmen and rioters. i saw a petrol bomb in his hand and i opened my cab door and fired one round from my gun, my submachine, fired at him. he dropped. you killed him? i found out later on. soldiers of the time said those killed were armed. their relatives always maintained they were innocent civilians. these were the people who died. today, the coroner acknowledged the army had come under fire from gunmen in the area, but she concluded in most cases, the use of force by the parachute regiment was dispr

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the families of ten people shot dead on the streets of west belfast during the troubles have succeededames. an emotional press conferences afternoon, we heard from some of the victims families. 44—year—old joan conley was a housewife and the mother of eight. her daughter, bree, said the parachute regiment were cowards. my cowards. my mother was no gun woman. the corners finds are clear. she was innocent. her only crime was love. her only love for her family, as she went down to make sure we were all safe. love for a stranger who she tried to help as he cried out in pain. after being shot by the army, unlike mummy, the parachute regiment only had hate in their hearts when they gunned down her and the others. they were not peacemakers. they were not brave soldiers, they were nothing but cowards. they shot my mummy, a northern ireland mother of eight from the safety of their barracks. they were cowards, they were cowards then and they are cowards now. they didn't have the courage to appear at the inquest and faceup to their crimes, they didn't have the courage to answer our questions. we

those ten killings here in west belfast happened almost half a century ago.sensitive issue. it's been reported the government is planning to, in effect, stop prosecutions in future. of both the security forces and paramilitaries. this former soldier, who's a unionist politician, is against the idea of an amnesty. justice should be blind and if the evidence is there, they should be investigating. regardless of who it is. but again, there is a truth to this, and the truth is that the terrorists were responsible for 90% of the killings, and the british state were responsible for 10%. i mean, i don't think we should balance this off. i think we should go where the evidence takes us. the past becomes more difficult to resolve the longer time goes on. but today, the summer of 1971 will be in focus, along with ten families who say above all, they want the truth. chris page, bbc news, belfast. it's a condition that can lead to people wrongly being accused of being drunk or on drugs, but now a campaign is hoping to raise awareness of huntington s disease and end the s

truth laid bare this was a breach of state merger all the dead were killed over a 3 day period in west belfast immediately after northern ireland's government introduced internment without trial of irish republican army suspects the british army claims they've been shooting at ira gunmen now following a 2 year inquest that involved $150.00 witnesses including 60 former soldiers the families of the dead are demanding justice daniel take it was 44 when he was fatally shot outside an army barracks his son john says the coroner's ruling that his father was innocent has finally given him some peace of mind. where we will leave her. we heard there at the. corner of that sand that all our of bones were entirely honest since we were a study it was absolutely fantastic it was such a master hard work we've done for almost 50 years trying to share our locals the ins at the at that same level everybody was frightened motional was probably see him table full of them but he was well. that's something we'll work for a very hard for an all alone no tray the cheese days running also having sided with the launc

in west belfast republicans have a resentment to the 100 years celebration after the partition of olland and thousands of deaths on both sides that ensued and so more instability ahead on a mcbride thinks he lost his wife in a lie or a bombing nearly 28 years ago and has campaigned for unity and i would just. just encourage and just a pain to our politicians to start to get around the table start to govern this place with us with a sense of just wanting to improve life for everybody not just their own particular tribe or no particular organization or group or community where they're coming from you have to make it better for everyone. as long as people like dean feel alienated and others feel empowered the risk of violence still hangs there good northern ireland and to simmons' al-jazeera belfast. u.s. president joe biden has paid tribute to the service men who carried out the raid on osama bin laden's compound 10 years ago sunday marked the anniversary of bin laden's death alter a team of u.s. navy seals stormed the al qaeda leader's base in pakistan biden says that american efforts to

in west belfast republicans have a resentment to the 100 years celebration after the partition of olland and thousands of deaths on both sides that ensued and so more instability ahead alan mcbride thinks he lost his wife for the liar a bombing nearly 28 years ago and has campaigned for unity and i would just. just encourage in just a pain to our politicians to start to get around the table start to govern this place with us with a sense of just wanting to improve life for everybody not just their own particular tribe or no particular organization or group or community where they're coming from you have to make it better for everyone as long as people like dene feel alienated and others feel empowered the risk of violence still hangs over northern ireland and to simmons' al-jazeera belfast. still to come here on al-jazeera no sales no exports and fears of even harder times to come you speak to people in china struggling after years of conflict. and hollywood hosts the 1st large scale live concert in the u.s. to raise money for banksy so. we are starting to see increasingly wet weather ma

for sure boris to say she is price or i personally don't feel boris gives about the people of west belfast you know the area we're talking about paula morphy here not only the subject of the physical violence of the british army german conflict but also the structural council of the unionist successive british governments since then we've had mass discrimination in areas in unemployment so our experience of the british government that i grew up in this community or experience that really stuck with was not a good one and i nestle sure of course johnson has an 8 pain for these families or they don't have to be honest working class families and britain either he does a straight me as i can of a minister but he denies that he said he replace karren brady of northern ireland secretary. he said killing by british soldiers is no crime well let's let's see the proof is in the pauline if you push forward with this legislation we will we will soon know what his intent is and i must respect the house for these families the families priority wasn't an apology what they would prefer is justice and the

unreservedly on behalf of the uk government" for the events that took place in ballymurphy in west belfastish army. yesterday the families of those who died won a 50 year fight to clear their names when a coroner ruled they had been "entirely innocent." 0ur ireland correspondent emma vardy is at stormont. it was a big moment in northern ireland yesterday when the coroner delivered those findings, for the families of the victims, they were vindicated, that their loved ones names were cleared, but that has been followed today by some anger and confusion about the way the prime minister's statement was delivered. almost immediately after the findings yesterday, calls began to grow for an official apology, and today we were told that one came but it did not come in a parliament at the dispatch box or at an official press conference, and downing street said in a virtual meeting between borisjohnson and the first and boris johnson and the first and deputy first ministers of northern ireland that the prime minister apologised there, unreservedly, for the events of ballymurphy and he apologised fo

in west belfast republicans have a resentment that 100 years celebration after the partition of olland and thousands of deaths on both sides that ensued and so more instability ahead alan mcbride thinks so he lost his wife is a liar a bumbling lady 28 years ago and has campaigned for unity and i would just. just encourage in just a pain to our politicians to start to get around the table start to govern as players with us with a sense of just wanting to improve life for everybody not just their own particular tribe or particular organization or group or community where they're coming from you have to make it better for everyone as long as people like dean feel alienated and others feel empowered the risk of violence still hangs over northern ireland and to simmons al-jazeera belfast. a u.s. court battle begins later on monday which could have repercussions throughout the mobile tech world the company behind popular video game fortnights is taking on apple into brinkley ifor makers grip on it sap store epic games accuses apple of abusing its app store monopoly and charging too much for

in 1971, the army went into a housing estate in the ballymurphy area of west belfast to arrest and imprisonesent operation is the irish republican army, which has been responsible for recent acts of terrorism, and whose victims have included protestant and catholic alike. it sparked violent clashes over three days. by the end, ten people lay dead — among them, a local priest, and a mother of eight. soldiers from the parachute regiment, now given anonymity, claimed they opened fire after being attacked by ira gunmen and rioters. i saw this chap with a petrol bomb in his hand. i opened my cab door and fired one round from my gun, it's a submachine gun, fired it at him. he dropped. you killed him? i think so, yeah. well, i know so now. ifound out later on. soldiers at the time said those killed were armed. their relatives always maintained they were innocent civilians. these were the people who died. today, the coroner acknowledged the army had come under fire from gunmen in the area, but she concluded in most cases the use of force by the parachute regiment was disproportionate, and that all

apologised unreservedly on behalf of the government for the events that took place in ballymurphy in west belfastish army. yesterday the families of those who died one a 50 year fight when the coroner ruled they were entirely innocent. 0ur correspondent is at stormont now. those verdicts by the coroner yesterday, all of those findings provided a huge sense of vindication for the families of the victims here. it was a big moment for northern ireland, their loved ones names were publicly cleared and the coroner found that in many cases the soldiers use disproportionate force. almost immediately after that moment yesterday there were calls for an official apology. sinn fein's michelle o'neill saying she was pressing the prime minister to say sorry. what we understand has happened today as there was a virtual meeting between the first and deputy first ministers of northern ireland and borisjohnson and we usually get a readout from downing street, a summary of what was said, and in that we were told the prime minister did apologise. the readout said he apologised unreservedly for the events that took

in 1971, the army went into a housing estate in the ballymurphy area of west belfast to arrest and imprisonout trial — known as internment. the main target of the present operation is the irish republican army, which has been responsible for recent acts of terrorism, and whose victims have included protestant and catholic alike. it sparked violent clashes over three days. by the end, ten people lay dead — among them, a local priest, and a mother of eight. soldiers from the parachute regiment, now given anonymity, claimed they opened fire after being attacked by ira gunmen and rioters. i saw this chap with a petrol bomb in his hand. i opened my cab door and fired one round from my gun, it's a submachine gun, fired it at him. he dropped. you killed him? i think so, yeah. well, i know so now. i found out later on. soldiers at the time said those killed were armed. their relatives always maintained they were innocent civilians. these were the people who died. today, the coroner acknowledged the army had come under fire from gunmen in the area, but she concluded in most cases the use of force by

ireland, looking at a series of shootings over three days in august 1971, in the ballymurphy area of west belfastdisorder across northern ireland at that time. of the ten people whose deaths he was examining, nine of them, she concluded, were shot by them, she concluded, were shot by the british army. another death she said she couldn't decide on the balance of probabilities of the army were responsible for that killing, or if it was a paramilitary organisation, but all ten of the people killed, she said, were innocent civilians who pose no threat. it is that finding that will mean most to the families of those who died, who have campaigned for decades for an inquest, for an investigation into the death of their loved ones. that was another point of criticism the coroner made of the state. she said there had never been an effective investigation. some cheering going on in the background, that is the first of the families just coming out on the hole where they heard the coroner is�* verdict. they heard the coroner is�* verdict. they heard the coroner —— the hall. she said that the coroner had shot

the funeral saw about 2,000 mourners line the streets in west belfast lastjune for the funeral of bobbyelebrations could involve a humble spade and sapling. the queen's green canopy project is encouraging us all to plant a tree to mark the queen's 70 years on the throne. here's our royal correspondent, daniela relph. there is planning to do 70... 70 clumps of trees. she left the spade work to her son. the queen, wrapped up in her headscarf, a prolific tree—planter during her reign, kept a watchful eye. this is one of thousands we will see planted to mark the platinum jubilee next year. planting a tree is a statement of hope and faith in the future. as we approach this most special year, i invite you all tojoin me to plant a tree for thejubilee. in other words, a tree—bilee. and that tree—bilee, that started here in the grounds of windsor castle, aims to get us all involved, to create a lasting, green tribute to 70 years of public service. newsreel: after the spadework, a good watering ensured - the seedling got- a proper start in life. whether it was chile, or here in india... by planti

we are in ballymurphy in west belfast. the streets have changed since 1971.were all innocent. nine of those ten people the coroner found were shot by the british army. the tenth, john mckerr, could not be confident whether he was shot by the army or paramilitaries. i want to bring in the daughter of one of the victims shotin the daughter of one of the victims shot in ballymurphy. how are you feeling after today? hetero; shot in ballymurphy. how are you feeling after today?— shot in ballymurphy. how are you feeling after today? very happy, i'm ve ha - feeling after today? very happy, i'm very happy that _ feeling after today? very happy, i'm very happy that we _ feeling after today? very happy, i'm very happy that we got _ feeling after today? very happy, i'm very happy that we got the - feeling after today? very happy, i'm very happy that we got the verdict . very happy that we got the verdict that the _ very happy that we got the verdict that the judge gave us, but it was also a _ that the judge gave us, but it was also a wee — that the judge gave us, but it

in west belfast republicans have a resentment to the 100 years celebration after the partition of holland and thousands of deaths on both sides that ensued and so more instability ahead on mcbride thinks he lost his wife is a liar a bumbling lady 28 years ago and has campaigned for unity and i would just. just encourage him just to paint. our politicians to start to get around the table start to govern this place with us with with a sense of just wanting to improve life for everybody not just their own particular trade or their own particular organization or group or community where they're coming from you have to make it better for everyone as long as people like dean feel alienated and others feel empowered the risk of violence still hangs there good northern ireland. and andrew joins us live from the studio in belfast i mean andrew just looking at your reporting out of belfast and dublin all the big issues that have been circulating for generations now this still there there's still red hot issues. they certainly are peter it has to be said that northern ireland has enjoyed 23 years of

in west belfast republicans have a resentment to the 100 years celebration after the partition of olland and thousands of deaths on both sides that ensued and so more instability ahead alan mcbride thinks he lost his wife is a liar a bombing nearly 28 years ago and has campaigned for unity and i would just. just encourage in just a pain to our politicians to start to get around the table start to govern this place with us with a sense of just wanting to improve life for everybody not just their own particular tribe or no particular organization or group or community where they're coming from you have to make it better for everyone. as long as people like dean feel alienated and others feel empowered the risk of violence still hangs good little and andrew symonds belfast. now a court battle between tech giant apple and video game developer epic games is beginning in san francisco an outcome that could have repercussions throughout the whole mobile tech world epic is trying to ultimately break the i phone makers grip on its store it accuses apple of abusing the app store monopoly and charg

in west belfast republicans have a resentment that 100 years celebration after the politician of holland and thousands of deaths on both sides that ensued and so more instability ahead on a mcbride thinks he lost his wife for the liar a bumbling lady 28 years ago and has campaigned for unity and i would just. just encourage in just a pain to our politicians to start to get around the table start to govern this place with us with a sense of just wanting to improve life for everybody not just their own particular tribe or no particular organization or group or community where they're coming from you have to make it better for everyone as long as people like dean feel alienated and others feel empowered the risk of violence still hangs a good northern island. intersections with that reporting live for us now in belfast take us further into this and why protestants feel so under threat is it brags that that's your voice call bad or is that the possibility of a of a referendum on our show unity. well it's both really the referendum on unity is more of a distant prospect but it's becoming much

1st minister and leader she may be replaced by evangelist edwin poots sitting beside her here in west belfast republicans have a resentment to the 100 years celebration after the politician of olland and thousands of deaths on both sides that ensued and so more instability ahead on mcbride thinks he lost his wife a liar a bombing nearly 28 years ago and has campaigned for unity and i would just. just encourage and just a pain to our politicians to start to get around the table start to govern this place with us with a sense of just wanting to improve life for everybody not just their own particular tribe or no particular organization or group or community where they're coming from you have to make it better for everyone as long as people like dene feel alienated and others feel empowered the risk of violence still hangs over northern ireland and to simmons' al-jazeera belfast. epic games the makers of the popular video game fortnight has gone into battle with apple in court win or lose the antitrust trial draws apple into a global debate on whether huge tech companies should be regulated epic

in west belfast republicans have a resentment to the 100 years celebration after the partition of holland and thousands of deaths on both sides that ensued and so more instability ahead on mcbride thinks he lost his wife for the liar a bombing lady 28 years ago and has campaigned for unity and i would just. just encourage and just a pain to our politicians to start to get around the table start to govern this place with us with a sense of just wanting to improve life for everybody not just their own particular tribe or particular organization or group or community where they're coming from you have to make it better for everyone. as long as people like dean feel alienated and others feel empowered the risk of violence still hangs over northern ireland. correspondent joins us live from belfast in northern ireland good morning good afternoon how likely is the prospect of a sustained peace and reconciliation. the peace situation is like this there is a new poll out now which is putting about a 3rd of the population in favor of reunification now that obviously isn't a majority but the one in

in 1971, the army went into a housing estate in the ballymurphy area of west belfast.the irish republican army, which has been responsible for recent acts of terrorism, and whose victims have included protestant and catholic alike. it sparked a violent clashes over three days. by the end, ten people lay dead. among them, a local priest, and a mother of eight. so, just from the parachute regiment, now given anonymity, soldiers from the parachute regiment, now given anonymity, claimed they opened fire after being attacked by ira gunmen and rioters. i saw a petrol bomb in his i opened my cab door and fired i saw a chap with a petrol bomb in his hand, i opened my cab door and fired one round from my gun, my submachine, fired at him. you killed him? i found out later on. soldiers of the time said those killed were armed. their relatives always maintained they were innocent civilians. these were the people who died. today, the coroner acknowledged the army can't delete but had come underfire from gunmen in the area, but she concluded in most cases the use of force by the par

those ten killings here in west belfast happened almost half a century ago. to investigate the thousands of unsolved deaths is a hugely sensitive issue. it's been reported the government is planning to, in effect, stop prosecutions in future. of both the security forces and paramilitaries. this former soldier, who's a unionist politician, is against the idea of an amnesty. justice should be blind and if the evidence is there, they should be investigating. regardless of who it is. but again, there is a truth to this, and the truth is that the terrorists were responsible for 90% of the killings, and the british state were responsible for 10%. i mean, i don't think we should balance this off. i think we should go where the evidence takes us. the past becomes more difficult to resolve the longer time goes on. but today, the summer of 1971 will be in focus, along with ten families who say above all, they want the truth. chris page, bbc news, belfast. it is exactly quarter to seven. carol is here with the weather. she can tell us exactly what is going on. good morn

unreservedly on behalf of the british government for the events which took place in ballymurphy in west belfastrrespondent, emma vardy is at stormont and gave us this update. well, those verdicts are by the coroner yesterday. all of those findings provided a huge sense of vindication for the families of the victims here. it was a big moment for northern ireland. their loved ones names were publicly cleared and the coroner found that in many cases, the soldiers used disproportionate force. almost immediately after that moment yesterday, there were calls for an official apology. sinn fein's michelle o'neill saying she was pressing the prime minister to say sorry. now, what we understand has happened today is that there was this virtual meeting between the first and deputy first ministers of northern ireland and borisjohnson, and we usually get a readout from 10 downing street as a result of these conversations, a summary of what was said, and in that we are told that the prime minister did apologise. the readout says that he apologised unreservedly for the events that took place and the huge engl

an inquest has found that ten people killed in the ballymurphy area of west belfast almost 50 years agoher in the field that day? —— why did they leave her in the field to die? what was their orders and who gave them? who helped them cover up their cowardly act? who ordered the lies to be told? this is the same regiment that murdered innocent people in the streets of derry a few months later. they are a combat force. not peacekeepers. they have blood on their hands. they came here to wreak havoc killing and maiming wherever they went and they were given medals for their crimes. their regiment is a disgrace. and it should be disbanded. my mummy's murder has never been investigated at the time. three different soldiers made statements to say they shot my mummy. none of the soldiers involved have faced prosecutions. they did not cooperate with the inquest and they were supported by the mod, who used every dirty trick in the book to block this process. why? so that they can get a few extra votes in britain? shame on you, boris. no—one should be above the law. we will not accept your amnesty

borisjohnson has apologised unreservedly on behalf of the uk government for the events that took place in west belfaststerday, there were calls for an official apology and sinn fein said that they were pressing the prime minister to say sorry. we saw is this virtual meeting between the first and deputy first minister of northern ireland in borisjohnson and we get a from downing street as and we get a from downing street as a result of these conversations, a summary of what was said and in that, we're told the prime minister did apologise and the readout says he apologised unreservedly for the event that took place in the huge anguish in the lengthy pursuit of truth is because families of those killed, and there has been underwhelming response to that in northern ireland and the reaction to families of the victims would rather have an apology more directly to them rather than in a private phone call with political leaders and certainly don't see them as an apology. we also get the same sins from sinn fein that they do not see this as an official apology as such and such was the skill of the tragedy and

the killings happened in west belfast over three days in 1971.ine of the ten shootings to the british army, saying the use of lethal force by soldiers was notjustified. let's cross to belfast and speak to our northern ireland correspondent, richard morgan. tell richard morgan. about the report of the coroner. tell about the report of the coroner. i don't know if you are in the court to see the reaction of the family? the court to see the reaction of the famil ? , ~ , ., , , family? these killings happened in 1971, olice family? these killings happened in 1971. police and — family? these killings happened in 1971, police and the _ family? these killings happened in 1971, police and the armed - family? these killings happened in 1971, police and the armed forces| 1971, police and the armed forces were able to detain suspects without trial. at the time, it was volatile, there was an atmosphere of violence, uncertainty, it was a difficult time and the coroner referenced that today. as she delivered her findings. this has been the longest running inqu

in five separate shootings across three days in august 1971 in the ballymurphy estate in west belfastren left without a parent. their lives for ever changed and yet the trauma of their murders was undoubtably compounded by what followed. families prevented from finding comfort by lies told about their loved ones which have haunted them down the decades. a fight for the truth hampered through entirely inadequate investigations and wholly unjustifiable obstacles. who cannot therefore be struck by the dignity and tenacity of those families, who in the face of those obstacles have fought for the truth and finally this week, have been vindicated? the conclusions ofjustice keegan were clear and irrefutable. those who lost their lives were posing no threat. their deaths were without justification. they were frances quinn, father hugh mullen, noel phillips, joan connelly, daniel taggart, joseph murphy, eddie doherty, john laverty, joseph kaul, john mckern and an 11th man, paddy mccarthy, a youth worker, died from a heart attack. that families have had to wait for so long to clear their name i

i think in the west it will be much drier and brighter. so belfastssure is going to swing by. yes, that means rain but also this low pressure is going to bring a current of air coming out of the southwest. this is actually subtropical air. it is going to warm up across the uk. we are going to see that current of cold air cut off from the north. the temperatures will be gradually rising as we go through the weekend. we are expecting some rain as well because this low pressure will bring a weather fronts. i think is soggy, mild sort of day on saturday and a little bit warmer for some on sunday. bye— bye.

i think in the west it will be much drier and brighter. so belfastyes, that means rain but also this low pressure is going to bring a current of air coming out of the southwest. this is actually subtropical air. it is going to warm up across the uk. we're going to see that current of cold air cut off from the north. now, the temperatures will be gradually rising as we go through the weekend. we are expecting some rain as well because this low pressure will bring a weather fronts. so i think a soggy, mild—ish day on saturday, and a little bit warmer for some on sunday. bye— bye. hello, i'm kasia madera, this is 0utside source. facebook upholds the suspension of donald trump. brand social media companies a total disgrace as the company decides to continue banning him from all of its platforms. benjamin netanyahu loses the initiative in israel. his rival gets to try to form a coalition after the prime ministerfailed in his attempt. the process protest continue for taxes 19 people have died in the unrest. reports say there has been an outbreak of coronav

a little dry out further west during the day on the date for the likes of belfast, 30 degrees here.tlook is further sunshine and showers to continue and perhaps more persistent rain by the time we get to thursday. goodbye for now. this is bbc news with ben brown. the headlines at six: a tower block in gaza, housing the offices of the associated press and aljazeera news outlets, has collapsed after being hit by an israeli airstrike. the israeli military said the building housed military assets belonging to hamas. meanwhile in london, thousands of pro—palestinian protesters have marched to the gates of the israeli embassy. people in areas where the indian variant of coronavirus is spreading are urged to get a covid vaccination. testing and vaccination are really important measures that we have, i suppose, in the tool box for controlling outbreaks. wreath laying services have been held across the uk and around the world to mark the centenary of the royal british legion. leicester city and chelsea are playing the fa cup final

i think in the west, it will be much drier and brighter. so, belfastby. yes, that means rain but also this low pressure is going to bring a current of air coming out of the southwest. this is actually subtropical air. it's going to warm up across the uk. we're going to see that current of cold air cut off from the north. now, the temperatures will be gradually rising as we go through the weekend, but we are expecting some rain as well because this low pressure will bring a weather fronts. so, i think a soggy, mild—ish day on saturday, and a little bit warmer for some on sunday. bye— bye. this is bbc news, the headlines. the biden administration says it supports waiving intellectual property protections for coronavirus vaccines — a breakthrough for international efforts to suspend patent rules, as the covid pandemic rages in india and south america. the uk is sending two royal navy patrol vessels to the island ofjersey, in the english channel, to monitor the situation after a row erupted with france over post—brexit fishing rights. donald trump's ban fr

a little dry out further west during the day on the date for the likes of belfast, 30 degrees here.or 16 in the warmest spots. —— i3 or 16 in the warmest spots. —— 13 degrees here. the outlook is further sunshine and showers to continue and perhaps more persistent rain by the time we get to thursday. goodbye for now. this is bbc news. the headlines at five: israeli warplanes destroy a gaza city tower block, which had been the headquarters for internationaljournalists. it was evacuated before the attack after an israeli warning. meanwhile in london, thousands of pro—palestinian protesters have marched to the gates of the israeli embassy. people in areas where the indian variant of coronavirus is spreading are urged to get a covid vaccination. wreath laying services have been held across the uk and around the world to mark the centenary of the royal british legion. and kicking off in a few minutes' time it's the fa cup final — chelsea play leicester in front of 20 thousand fans at wembley. leicester are looking to win it for the first time, chelsea are hoping to win it for a ninth tim

i think in the west it will be much drier and brighter. so belfastubtropical air. it is going to warm up across the uk. we are going to see that current of cold air cut off from the north. the temperatures will be gradually rising as we go through the weekend. we are expecting some rain as well because this low pressure will bring a weather fronts. i think is soggy, mild sort of day on saturday and a little bit warmer for some on sunday. bye— bye. today at six: a frantic last day of campaigning in england, wales and scotland — up to 40 million people can vote tomorrow. the covid election — from councillors and mayors across england to parliamentary votes in scotland and wales — there's a lot at stake. there are contests big and small in the first real test of public opinion since the dramatic election. there is so much at stake in different corners of the country. if the snp won an outright majority in scotland _ the snp won an outright majority in scotland well that take us closer to another _ scotland well that take us closer to another independenc