williams' case over 16 years."o first degree murder, williams has been onvicted of burglary, assault, and attempted armed robbery. >> when people say to you, hey, your dad was no eagle scout -- >> right. >> what's the answer to that? >> but he didn't harm, choke, slap, punch, and kill anyone. someone did murder felicia gale, but it wasn't my father. >> reporter: in a statement to cbs news felicia gale's family said, "whale we understand that williams' sentencing fits a troubling pattern of racial disparity in the death penalty and that a case serious enough to warrant death is serious enough to warrant careful scrutiny, we would ask those on all sides to recognize that for the family this is not policy, it is pain." >>> a new report is raising health concerns about the flavorings used in e-cigarettes. boston university researchers found flavor additives are directly toxic to blood vessels and possibly linked to cardiovascular disease. right now the biggest e-cigarette brand is juul. it dominates with more than 60%

this is where prince william will be speaking ina this is where prince william will be speaking in aesidence of the british ambassador to israel. you can see people waiting for the duke of cambridge to come out and speak. he'll be speaking for a few minutes, and we'll bring that to you as soon as he appears. in the meantime, let's go to our correspondent in jerusalem, yolande knell. a historic visit, but assess its significance for the region. first of all, in terms of israel, this is a country that's been here for 70 years and it's never had an official british royal visits before. though it's something that has been long awaited. many israelis feel that they've been subjected to an unofficial royal boycott because of the long—running israel— palestinian conflict, so of course the prince's visit is being extremely closely watched. people will be listening out for what he says in those first official comments at the ambassador's residence. but, besides what we saw earlier, which was quite a conventional start for a vip coming to visit israel, well, then it became much more relaxed. t

it is serena williams again. this was the last time we saw serena williams at wimbledon in 2016.. and williams took a year away from sport. but because of that break, her ranking plummeted. she is currently the world 183, despite that, though, wimbledon have named her as one of their 32 seeds. number 25, in fact. which means she will avoid other top players in the early rounds. but it is a controversial decision. wimbledon normally seed players in line with the rankings and williams's promotion means the world number 32, dominika cibulkova, is not seeded. something she said yesterday be unfair. i don't know if something like this ever happened before. i do not think it is fair and i do not think it is the right thing to do. in the past, other top players who have returned from having children, such as the former number one victoria azarenka, have not been seeded. but tennis fans today largely supported wimbledon's decision. if i had a baby and went to work, i would quite like to be able to go back to where i was and not be put right back at the bottom and not have a chance. it is

in the museum, williams spoke to survivors of the holocaust. who, as children, were rescued on the kindertransport trains but who left their parents behind. i remember thejourney very well, yes. what i can't remember is leaving my parents. my father and mother were dead already. i can't remember the parting. singing. then in the hall of remembrance, as the choir sang an anthem written by a jewish parachutist killed in hungary in 1944, the victims of the holocaust were commemorated. we unite with the blessed memory of six million of our people who died a martyr‘s death at the hands of the german nazis and their collaborators. chanting. william laid his wreath and stood for some moments in silence. this first official royal visit to israel has been long in coming, but the fact that finally it is happening is appreciated. this is an historic day. the excitement is felt throughout israel and britain, around thejewish world. and just to see prince william here is something very, very special. from yad vashem, william went on to the official residenc

in today's going underground but first to more of the third in line to the british throne prince william without his wife kate will visit israel and the occupied territories it'll be the first official royal visit to the illegally occupied land since their existence was catalyzed by the balfour declaration in london one hundred one years ago but will be meeting with notorious israeli military forces north according to israel's twenty four news tons of military involvement which the other favorite thing of the royal family obviously be steering clear of the israeli military in order to try to keep things unconventional that was very clear from what they showed told us yesterday and while the killing continues in the context of israel's violation of u.n. security council resolutions israel is itself already outraged jerusalem affairs ministers a veil can slam the royals for listing a tour of jerusalem all could see as a trip to the occupied palestinian territories rather than israel the now me oral candidate echoes donald trump and prime minister benjamin netanyahu god bless the united sta

>>eporter:ay williams knows darkness well.r those who never give up. >> everybody has something that goes -- song in their life. how do you use that to empower you? yes, this happened but i plan on being better for it. >> reporter: for "nightline" i'm byron pitts in newark, new jersey. >> family! >> the original series "bes on july 18th. >>> up next, rembering anthony bore da bourdain. a look back at our conversations with the celebrity chef. >> do you miss being a chef? >> i miss sitting at the bar after work. having served 300 meals. g-dista. and you have the determination to keep going. humira has a proven track record of being prescribed for er 1years. humira works inside the body to target and help block a specific source of inflamtion that contributes to symptoms. the body to target in clinical trials, most adults taking humira were car or almost clear and many saw 75% and even 90% clearance in just four months. humira can lower your ability to fight infections, including tuberculosis. serious, sometimes fatal,r ability

williams disrupted. he would not quiet down, and he amn white manodd or slave driver is going to make me stop. the instructor did not -- could not stand the insubordination. the captain's order echoes nearly verbatim. his response did as well. the drunk williams refused to obey. order, thehis captain struck williams over the head twice, and ordered to fellow -- two fellow black calvary men to tie williams up. they refused. the captain finally change williams up with the aid of a white first lieutenant and imprisoned the soldier. later that evening, five black men demanded williams be released. the men were so adamant that his incarceration and that they were arrested for mutiny. events, thee day's army charged for men with mutiny and one with contempt of mutinous language. the army charged williams as well and tried him for drunkenness on duty and mutinous conduct. the tribunals found for mutineers guilty and convicted williams of drunkenness. however, the tribunal of officers got it wrong. the former sl

still to come, prince william pays tribute to victims of the holocaust.t is the first ever royal visit to israel and tie palan territory. truth now as an american, shame on me. >> it is three days since 12 teenage boys and tacir football disappeared inin cave networhailand. rescue groups resumed their efforts. pumps were brought in to try to drain some of the water, but the con anued. the bo age 11-16, and distraught relatives are waiting for any news. jonathan is near the scene and sent this report. >> weary and wet, rescue trudged in and out of the caves for a third day without anything to show for it. they have hundreds of people here now. the army is sending inads to oaked through the rain hills in search of other ways and the cave complex. rs into the cave complex. volunt with cave diving experience have come to help,ig some frohboring countries. the conditions underground are rough. >> it is three or four kilometers from the entrance.or it is hardhe divers because they can't see anything. the water is murky, so ey are unable to find the other side a

happy birthday, prince william.turns 36 today. >> the future king continuing his princely duties today, and revealing how he won some major dad points with 4-year-old son george. today rather than celebrating his birthday at home with his family, the prince was opening a center for injured service members. during a speech he joked about little george's love of construction sites. >> along the way i have demolished a building. george was at an age at the time that he loved seeing the digger in action, so it did my street cred as a father a world of good. >> today william's grandmother the queen presented trophies at the royal ascot horse races. in attendance, nfl quarterback russell wilson and his wife ciara. both donned the traditional attire, including a top hat for him and fascinator for her. earlier this week when harry and meghan participated at the races, william was in liverpool opening a men's mental health center. the future king has a heavy royal schedule. on sunday he will begin a trip to israel and jordan

head of the palestinian council on international relations dr sam name he's in gaza where prince william will not to visit this week to talk about same name israel accusing your organization of the government of gaza hamas of paying a great return marches and that the killed paramedic twenty one year old resigned on the job hurled a smoke grenade at the israeli army thank you very much i think. two million people in the biggest open air prison. have the right at any time. to raise their voice against this saeed in prison want to convert to go on unlivable bilious to find excuses here or there how must most people or not this is not an excuse for this so it is the continual. two million people in this misery we are talking about as i said the seventy percent of our people. it is five percent above sixty sixty or fifty one percent unemployment the people in gaza all the people in. committee of. the siege decided to go peacefully to the fence the war is their voice against this war against humanity second i think not only palestinians or girls or hamas people all the international communiti

choir singing william laid his wreath and stood for several moments in silence.coming, butjewish leaders say it is appreciated. this is an historic day. the excitement is felt throughout israel and britain, around thejewish world, and just to see prince william here is something very, very special. there was a courtesy call on israel's prime minister, benjamin netanyahu, and on the israeli president, reuven rivlin, who asked william to convey his hopes for peace to the palestinian president, mahmoud abbas, when he meets him tomorrow. that aspiration for peace featured in a speech tonight at the british embassy in tel aviv, when william spoke of his hope that conflict might be ended. never has hope and reconciliation been more needed. i know i share a desire with all of you, and with your neighbours, for a just and lasting peace. tomorrow, william will visit the most important of those neighbours — the palestinian territories. it'll be an opportunity for him to gauge what chance there is of those hopes for peace being realised. nicholas witchell, bbc news, jerusal

williams admits to coming inside.closely as he asks a rapid-fire follow up about his location in the house, giving him no chance to think or change his story. >> after i heard a gunshot, i ran in there to see what's going on. >> what room were you in? >> i was in the back room. >> music to my rooms hearing him say, i'm in the back room. >> reporter: rick had him where he wanted, inside the house. and none too soon. >> you got an attorney now. >> an attorney who immediately stopped the interview. >> just under the wire and in the nick of time. >> reporter: he placed them under arrest and then he wasted no time making the one phone call he waited 15 months to make. to erica's grandmother. >> i made the phone call from the bathroom. >> reporter: what was that like? >> it wauz relief. i promised judy harper on may 18, 2006 that i would get those answers. now we have them. >> reporter: what did you think when they told you? >> well, just relieved. i had confidence they would find them u'll ask... what bad shoulder? what he

prince william. he is on a tour in jordan, following refugees. prince william.essing, celebrating how jordan has corbyn's steps. he is addressing, celebrating howjordan has opened its borders to take in millions of refugees and this is part of a five—day trip that prince william is doing and he has visited the palestinian territory is, will visit israel and obviously he couldn't find a more challenging part of the world for him to two. —— tour. pointing out the extent to which jordan has gone to cope with vast numbers of refugees is quite significant. particularly today after the 16 eu member states were talking how to cope with migration in large numbers. and leaders across the developed world have been blaming refugees for their problems and it is incredibly refreshing to see a country actually take responsibility and care for people who are in a precarious political situation. let's look at the daily mail. shocking trade in stolen uk passport. it feels like the stories are interconnected. two sides of the same coin. millions of people who have been, in jordan

the israeli government invited prince william.d their public profile. aside from that, in the israeli media there are commentators who are looking at this more sceptically, saying it is more about symbolism over substance, which is often the case when it comes to royal visits. they insist on them being nonpolitical. also some say that the schedule of the prince, which lists the visits to the old say to —— hull city later in the week as the palestinian occupied territories is controversial. it later annexed it in a move that was not internationally recognised. it seesit not internationally recognised. it sees it as its eternal undivided capital but the palestinians wanted as the capital of the future state of the sabre terminology —— say that the terminology being used is realistic and true and the british consul general said it is consistent with normal british diplomatic language with un security council resolution language. there has been no departure, he made clear, from british foreign policy. an idea on how this can become se

prince william continues his tour of the middle east.sit to the country. the prince will also visit the occupied palestinian territories. his trip is being seen as a diplomatically sensitive one to the region. that's all from me for now. more to come. stay with us here on bbc news.

prince william has been visiting israel. he paid his respects at the world holocaust remembrance centre injerusalem. i know that i share a desire with all of you and all of your neighbours for a just and lasting peace. also coming up — the sun has got its hat, and so should you. as uk temperatures exceed 30 degrees for the first time this year, the met office issues a yellow health warning because of heatwave conditions lasting until thursday evening. lionel messi calexico, lionel messi scores! —— collects. and lionel messi puts argentina i—o up in the team's must—win match against nigeria. hello, a very good evening to you. welcome to bbc news. a man from north london who was arrested armed with knives has been found guilty of planning an attack on politicians and police. khalid ali, who was 28, was detained last year after his mother called police to report that she had found knives in his bedroom. he had recently returned to the uk from afghanistan and he told police he had fought british troops and designated hundreds of

. >> ayer agentes del fermento la verificación de rutina resultó en la aprehensión de williams a quienmanejo y a tatuajes. entretanto tuve que >> al realizar la identidad del señor williams sistema defecto que era buscado por las autoridades. >> tener nombre y fecha de respeto que es sospechoso, es por eso que fa la confusión. no fue la fue detenido y esbozadoor agentes contra que trataba de un individuo a quien desvían la pista. esba la casa en dos ocasiones, será por elevada identidad que ha llevado a varios arrestos del señor williams, es para que se solucione pronto. . >> aunque ya existe un sistema de alerta rojo cuando se escribe el nombre de williams aún así cabeaique si es o no el verdadero sospechoso. destacó los personadad comunidad después de que seb copian dos años sin uhosa ciud este balde una directiva de policía para que se respete a los residentes y busque trabajar juntos. . investigarlos, salir a la calle y hablar con la gente.. >> el alcalde agregó que se responderá de las personas de la ciudad notificaros casos de violencia doméstica para poder trabajar en el contro

for william, it's a rapid immersion in the challenges of the middle east. his visit began injordan.the sightseeing at the ruined city ofjerash, where his wife catherine was photographed aged four with herfamily, there were meetings with refugee children from syria. the region's problems are complex, and this week william's diplomatic skills are being tested as he sees them at first hand. nicholas witchell, bbc news, jerusalem. at the world cup in russia, the host country are through to the knockout phase despite a 3—0 defeat to uruguay. and despite last—minute drama in the games involving spain and portugal, both sides have qualified. england fans are still celebrating too, and some 14 million people across the uk watched the record—breaking win against panama yesterday. with all of today's world cup news, let's join our sports correspondent natalie pirks in moscow. this is the business end now of the group stages, where fans can plot a route through to the final. this time on thursday we will know where england will end up. in a moment we will look at what lies ahead for the three

he said you passed up a dinner with tennessee williams?e said i'm very amazed that you would do that. then, he said but you know i'm also-- i know tennessee through his literary agent and we will get you to meet him to actually get to talk to him this time. unfortunately, it didn't happen. i'm not sure about the date exactly. i moved from new york in about 1981 or the end of 1982, back and forth maybe it was 1983, when i finally moved to los angeles. i do know that shortly afterwards at least in retrospect i learned that tennessee had died at the hotel in new york >> i saw him the last time he was in new orleans in 1983. it was maybe two months before he died and i was leading a literary to work at the french quarter. i had a literary tour that i let four years before i crated that tennessee williams tour. i didn't create the tennessee williams tour until after tennessee was gone because it would've been intrusive and i was leading the tour and lyle leverage who was tennessee's chosen biographer and who wrote the best biography of tennesse

iam prince william spoke of their hopes.s only too evident among the young people i have met. they long for a new chap to be written in the history of this region. a chapter that will secure them a prosperous future and will ensure that there are enormous talent can flourish. on william's final day he will see some of the historic bases in and around the old city ofjerusalem, beginning on the mount of olives and moving on to the garden of gethsemane. you will be a chance to learn more about a city that occupy such an important place in thejewish, islamic and christian faith. all in all it will be an intense reminderfor william of the complexities of this. and this region, where different cultures, religions and politics have such a tendency to collide. we will have more on that visits later on. coming up at six o'clock on breakfast, steph mcgovern and naga munchetty will have all the day's news, business and sport. plus the pangolin — the most trafficked animal in the world. scientists have come up with a new technique to he

you have prince william in the 70th year. also, the idea that despite the lack of talks in the peace process and concerns of occupied territories, this is a sign that netanyahu's policies and israel as a country is not going to be isolated. it will work toward the prime minister's advantage. >> terrific reporting. max foster live for us. thank you. >>> the defense secretary james mattis touching down in china overnight. mattis making the first visit to china by the secretary of defense since 2014. let's go live to beijing and bring in will ripley. there is a lot to discuss here. even trade disputes aside. so much between these two powers. >> reporter: it is really complicated, christine. what the trump administration is doing is they are tying the trade issue with national security. national security is the justification of the administration for the announcement expected later this week to block chinese investment in american technology because the trump administration has accused china of stealing american technology. when

ainsley: when i read that roger williams was going to be the coach. i was like what makes him the coach he just explained it he played for the braves. brian: for muns now after the top of the release of the ig report after the president gets briefed. we know this was dropped and

serena williams is here. [ cheers and applause ] the best.are going to talk about her new family and new tv show, and then she and i are facing off in an axe throwing contest. [ audience oohs ] i am undefeated in axe throwing contestants, and i think i'm going to win this one as well, tonight. plus, from "quantico," priyanka chopra is joining us. [ cheers and applause ] oh, we love priyanka chopra. and we've got one of the greatest magicians of all time. david blaine is here tonight. >> steve: oh! [ cheers and applause ] >> jimmy: david blaine. dude. i know, i know. well -- well, i don't even know what the trick is going to be or what he did. but he's doing something for us tonight to close out the show. he says it's even bigger than the last time, which is absolutely insane, because the last time -- >> steve: uh-huh. >> jimmy: -- he was here, he was, like, he was doing the trick in a very -- "i'm so -- so happy to be here. thank you, jimmy. here are these cards. three --" and he goes, "yeah." and then he was like, "yep," and, like, does his

the israeli president had asked prince william to encourage mahmoud abbas to ta ke william to encourage will be back live with our correspondent throughout the afternoon. a heterosexual couple who want to enter a civil partnership rather than a marriage have won the backing of the supreme court. rebecca steinfeld and charles keidan argued that marriage had, for centuries, treated women as property, and wanted a civil partnership instead, currently only available to same—sex couples. judges today ruled unanimously that the current law is incompatible with human rights legislation. earlier my colleaguejane hill spoke to our correspondent clive coleman at the supreme court. ironically, since gay marriage was legalised in 2013 there has been an inequality between gay couples who have the option of marrying or entering a partnership as again straight couples who can only married. today the supreme court ruled the inequality amounted to discrimination and it breached article eight of the european convention on human rights, the right to a private and family life. this was charles after the co

prince william is about to arrive where you are. spectacular backdrop and talk to us about the significance of us being there. >> prince william had come to the site and some are refugees. this is a program to integrate them and we have two young princes. they are both destined to be king. they are ruling the generations and highlighting the issue of refugees within jordan and throughout the region. they will go to israel and palestinian to highlight the tensions that are still there as well. while this is royalty, staying above politics and getting on the ground, in a spectacular setting, of course. there is always the under tones about the religious and the political tensions. >> let's talk more about his next stop in israel. it's the first time that a royal has visited officially. that is significant as well, but of course it's a difficult part of the world. what can he achieve there? >> it's interesting. we talked a lot about the timing of this visit, but we have been told they wanted to have a visit like this for a long time an

what do you think should be happening to serena williams?she has lost all of her earnings as well. so why would we penalise herfor of her earnings as well. so why would we penalise her for having a baby? this is a very good question but so many people are against it, of protecting both seedings and rankings as well. some people are against it, butjohn mcenroe, maria sharapova, have come out in favour of her getting that protected seeding. we want to see the best players at the championships. if you area players at the championships. if you are a player lower down, you are probably not going to want to play serena williams in the first round either. is not about serena williams, it is about the bigger picture and would we be having this discussion if it wasn't her coming back from maternity leave? if it was somebody else, victoria azarenka came back and we didn't have a global debate about it. the bigger question is should all women in sport be afforded the same rights? i think the answer is yes. joe, from a different sport, but you have been

jamie williams and his team come along. we have no idea if i use sympathizers are still hanging around in the syrian government forces are about fifteen kilometers away on foot. so we need to get across the river and back as quickly as possible. on the way adventure takes a wrong turn. using the cool ordinates like track our path as we close each other to soon a can you lend me a little to tell it comes into view. point. that's it. like a house or if it's living in one. of them and. a neighbor emerges in confirms we're in the right place. several times with shovels with nothing. sawed. he was a bit like me big like me and the same guy called what i know yeah i know that because we had a scuffle so he forced his way out i'm sure got out and i started getting in about . abdulaziz bin caliph i remember. as a grandstanding thug. he was playing a big being and i asked commander islamic state and so why did you even hear that neighbor he got into his house and humiliated i don't even want to execute him. abilities off is an unpre

so for william, this is a challenge.win because he has the procedure being future king. he has experience now of foreign visit and it is an experience now the which is well suited, given his emphasis on young people and the future. his first duty though will be to look to the past. he will visit yad vashem, israel's memorial to those killed in the holocaust. william is said to have prepared carefully for the visit. it began injordan, where even a sightseeing visit to a ruined roman city had a serious edge. he met a roman city had a serious edge. he meta group roman city had a serious edge. he met a group of refugee children there. now, in his immersion in the challenges of middle east will intensify. we will have more on that throughout the day. coming up at six o'clock on breakfast — charlie stayt and louise minchin will have all the day's news, business and sport, including more reaction to the vote in favour of a third runway at heathrow airport. welcome back. this is the briefing from bbc news. the latest headlines:

prince william says middle east peace is his life mission.st week in jerusalem and the mission. he has spent his last week injerusalem and the occupied territories. it seems to have been remarkably successful, and our reporter who was with him, a high—level source said this is not just a one—off and the idea is that prince william wants to make it his life ambition to see through middle east peace. the trouble is, the middle east have been at each other's throats for ever and probably will be for ever, so this isa probably will be for ever, so this is a long kind of thing to do, but what is interesting is the idea of a future king of england entering this kind of territory. politically? yes, constitutionally the royal family stay out of politics and he did really well in the last week where he had this wonderful poker face about things and he listened but did not actually talk too much. if he gets involved in middle east peace thatis gets involved in middle east peace that is a big deal. the trip was organised so meticulously in terms of avoi

and he thinks he has just the design for prince william.eporter: in this tiny tattoo shop in j jerusalem, a tradition takes center stage. here, christian pilgrims, tourists, and anyone else who wawants a lasting souvenir from the holy city. the place is always busy. >> it is a tradition for pilgrims to come to jerusalem and get a tattoo to commemorate their poker match. -- their pilgrammage. sometimes they choose across. sometimes a crucifixion of jesus or the resurrection of jesus. reporter: they have been tattooing pilgrims visiting jerusalem for more than five centuries. he took over after two artist from his family -- father a decade ago. what makes this place so special of a wooden stamps that serve as stencils. the most famous design is the jerusalem cross. one version of it is believed to have been inked on british royalty. prince albert and later his sons in the 19th century. >> the diaries of the british kings and royalty who have come to jerusalem and did the cross tattoos, we know for sure that they had received the jerusalem cro

prince william is set to meet benjamin netanyahu and president abbas.they say it is especially congregated to navigate because of the uk's role in the creation of the state of israel. >> that visit has already caused some controversy with israelis themselves because of their british governments decision to refer to the occupied territories. >> this wording wrangled a lot of people. they point out in this article that britain has our that has always -- has always referred to the palestinian territories as occupied territories. even though the territories are occupied, the royal carriage is still coming. they say that is seen as a significant achievement for israel because the u.k. had refrained from making official visits. the paper says netanyahu is going to use the visit as evidence that israel is not in danger of being diplomatically isolated over its policies toward the palestinian territories. the israeli press is also reporting that vladimir putin has invited both netanyahu and abbas to attend the world cup final coming up. >> it does seem that peo

william is said to have prepared carefully for the visit, beginning injordan carefully for the visit,an were even a sightseeing visit to a ruined roman city had a serious edge. he met a group of syrian refugee children. now in israel and the palestinian territories, his immersion into the challenges of the middle east will intensify. in india, false rumours about child kidnapping gangs circulating on social media have led to a spate of brutal murders. eight people have been killed by lynch mobs in the past two months. danjohnson reports from bangalore, the heart of india's silicon valley, where police are appealing to the public — and the media — to stop the spread of fake news. a warning there are some graphic images in his report. here, the drip feed of fake news stirred a frenzy of rumour, and an innocent life was lost. kaluram was 25, an outsider who came to these streets in search of work. he found people gripped by suspicion and fear. "tie him up", they shout, "hit him". people mistook him for a child kidnapper, based on these fake rumour on whatsapp and facebook. they started t

prince william continues his tour of the middle east.re and met the palestinian president, mahmoud abbas. he is the first british royal to officially visit israel and the palestinian territories. that's all from me now. stay with bbc world news. now on bbc news it's time for hardtalk.

and britain's prince william wraps up his middle east tour visiting some. it's in occupied east jerusalem. how the floods are receding and grand dog for example because the heaviest rain has not been moved to the north in fact that is the active zone at the moment to run through shanghai on the yangtze valid back to what sichuan to the south it is of course city cloudy and seventy feels humid but it's not particularly when the shells are rebuilding and they were probably hits home called runabout saturday market but the heaviest rain is going to be further north to hands in line shanghai to some degree as well then south of that few showers around to the west the monsoon is taking all the energy a big burst the title of the tibetan plateau as you can see and showers of reached new delhi really reached pakistan the heaviest is to to the south of that but this is a good sign the monsoon as having taken a few days off has come back with what looks like something of a vengeance yes it's still raining at its heaviest i think in myanmar possum titan on the wester

britain's prince william and this is the first official royal visit to israel and the occupied west bank. the immigration crisis appears to be coming to a head within the european union with italy applying pressure on the group to reach common ground on how to deal with the influx of refugees in a dramatic escalation of tension between member states the newly elected populist italian prime minister just epic conti has blocked a joint e.u. statement and threatened to veto the entire agenda if no solution is found lawrence lee reports from brussels. the european union is in trouble and they although it's the italians are now siding with the hungary and austrians in a front against migration the greeks are trying to keep up a spirit of unity with the spanish and the french and the country trying to keep it all from falling apart is germany that chancellor had already spelt out the danger to the entire block in a speech before she arrived but. europe faces many challenges but migration could become the make or break one for the e.u. i that we manage it so others in africa believe that we're

what the all—england club has decided is that serena williams isa has decided is that serena williamse, an extraordinary champion and someone who has only been able to play three events over the past year because she gave birth toa the past year because she gave birth to a baby daughter in september. in contrast, andy murray is not among the seeded players, following his lengthy absence through injury. he's preparing for wimbledon at eastbourne, where he faces kyle edmund this afternoon. this time last year, most bets would've been on murray to win that but edmund is now britain's number one. he's obviously played unbelievably well. he is now up in the top 20 in the world and, you know, is only going to improve. you know, i think he's going to keep going higher. he has a really good team of people working with him. you know, he's got weapons and, yeah, he's done extremely well and it will be a very tough match for me. yeah, an intriguing battle between the two of them. yeah, an intriguing battle between the two of them. that's all the sport for now. you can find more on all those stor

prince william continues his tour of the middle east.nian president, mahmoud abbas. he is the first british royal to officially visit israel and the palestinian territories. that's all from me for now. stay with bbc news. and the top story here in the uk: one of britain's biggest car manufacturers, nissan, says it's deferring long—term business decisions while it waits

has been getting into the spirit he's currently in israel aside from meeting israeli leaders william took time to watch a children's football match in jaffa and meet with the team afterwards the prince was the definite star of the show and he put his football skills to the tests as you can see here much to the delight of onlookers. now for many visitors to jerusalem it's traditional it's tradition rather to get a tattoo to commemorate a visit to the holy land well that is not on the agenda for william but one tattoo artist claims that his family has tattooed three members of the british royal family albeit three hundred years ago and he thinks he has just the design for prince william. in this tiny tattoo shop in the old city of jerusalem a tradition take center stage here was tattoos christian pilgrims tourists and anybody else who wants to get a lasting souvenir from the holy city the place is always busy because of those four programs to come to jerusalem and get to. the program of the jerusalem. sometimes they would choose a cross sometimes they were true. another more thief like

serena williams pulls out of her french open fourth round match with maria sharapova through injury justts before it was due to start. hello and welcome to sportsday, i'm hugh ferris. hello again. thanks forjoining us. it's emerged liverpool goalkeeper loris karius was concussed during the champions league final. he's had scans at an american hospital since the two mistakes which proved costly against real madrid. and doctors say the concussion could have affected his performance. earlier our reporter austin halewood joined me to explain. loris karius, after the game he was a dejected figure in the liverpool goal mouth. two mistakes from him lead to two of real madrid's goals in kiev. two high—profile mistakes in the biggest game on the world stage. the first goal came from karim benzema, it trickled into the net. the third goal on the night, a long—range effort from gareth bale, from way outside the box. loris karius fumbled and it went into the net. we know he was hit in the head before any of those goals. he was hit in the head by sergio ramos. intentional or not, we don't know, but i

later today, we will step into that cauldron when he arrives in tel aviv. —— william.rd by british diplomats, the speeches carefully written. in jordan, there was just a glancing reference to the region's critical instability. a greatly admired and resilience you in jordan instability. a greatly admired and resilience you injordan have shown in the face of the many security and humanitarian challenges that have confronted you as a result of conflicts in this region. it will be this afternoon when william arrives in tel aviv for three days carefully divided between israel and the palestinian territories that the test will begin. for him, and for the evenhanded british policy which he will represent. there will be more on that sotry on breakfast. charlie stayt and louise minchin will have all the day's news, business and sport. this is the briefing from bbc news. the headlines: after winning his second term in office, president erdogan of turkey is to assume sweeping new powers. his ak party is also on course for an overall majority in parliament. an informal eu summit o

saying about prince william's visit? benjamin netanyahu, for israel's legitimacy —— to portray this as. it is an opportunity for the government to say the boycott movement is not working, not only do we have a senior member of the royal family visiting the country but for the first time it is this government specifically that has all but visit, and no other israeli government before that. i think the issue of william visiting ramallah, it has ruffled a few feathers but i don't think it will be concerning. normal everyday israelis, are they fond of the royalfamily? this is definitely catching the tailwind of royal family fever in the wake of the royal wedding, which got wall—to—wall coverage in israel, as around the world. there is a lot of affection for the family which will develop in the wake of this visit. fleur, i understand you are going to a reception that prince william will be at. if you get chance to speak to him, what would you talk about?” hope i do, it is in the ambassador's home this afternoon. i am not sure

prince william is ithe middle east to visit israel and the westank.hat will this historic visit achieve? our correspondent sent this report from jordan where his tour began. it hadom become an y that needed to be corrected. that witha coury britaihad relatively good relations. the region -- yet for 70 years since its creation, there has never been an official visit by the royal family. the region's problems have meast the momentever deemed to be right. when the plane arrived, israel was removed fromhe diminishing list of nations to which the british royals don't travel. for all of the welcoming smiles, this visit has required a more unusual degree of care and one precondition. british officials made it clear from the outset that a visit to israel could only take place if william was also able to visit palestinian territories. it is intended to demonstrate britain's policy of evenhandedness between the israelis and palestinians. royal visits are all about symbolism. of all as the solemnity visit to israel, they will visit the palestinn territories to v

so long, serena — injury forces williams out of the french open.never felt this i've neverfelt this in my life, this is so painful. so i don't really know how to manage it. no place for city's sane as germany submit their 23—man world cup squad. and find out why sean dyche has taken on the role as father figure forjoey barton. but he was the first person, as i say, that i sounded out, even before my mrs, that is how highly i value his opinion. —— missus. hello and welcome to sportsday. serena williams was forced to pull out of the french open moments before her match with maria sharapova today due to an arm muscle injury affecting her serve. it was set to be their 22nd meeting in a long standing rivalry, patrick gearey reports the clues were there, watch serena williams‘ served in a doubles match yesterday, the power which defines her has gone. after she chose not to carry her bag from court for fear of aggravating the injury which has ended her tournament.” aggravating the injury which has ended her tournament. i have never had this before, this i

. >> tennessee williams first came to new orleans in 1938. 1938.p next to learn about his time in the city and its inspiration for the "a streetcar named desire." >> tennessee williams first came to new orleans in december of 1938. he was, st. louis, a city i loath because that's where he had grown up and he hated st. louis. thought of its a cold, northern city so he was fleeing from the background and he came to new orleans. he said it changed his life. he said he sat in accordance of freedom i had always needed at the shock against my system gave me the material about which i've been writing ever since. we first came to new orleans he sort of circled around the french quarter looking for place to stay, and finally wound up in the french quarter. the french quarter was much more italian in those days than it was french, and it was essentially a slum by 1938. there were even plans to tear it down. business people who wanted to just bulldoze the whole area. it was a very inexpensively in which to live and a great many writers anarchists were attract