we start this hour with the latest on the israel gaza war. in the last few hours the israeli military has announced what it s calling a daily tactical pause in part of southern gaza, but not the city of rafah. that the city of rafah. is where the focus of the military that is where the focus of the military operation is. it says the halt in operations will be during daylight hours to facilitate the delivery of aid. aid organisations have repeatedly warned of a humanitarian crisis in gaza. israel has released the names of the eight soldiers killed by a hamas rocket in rafah on saturday, the deadliest incident for its troops in months. israel s prime minister benjamin netanyahu addressed and has vowed to continue the war against hamas. here is the latest from our news correspondent in jerusalem jon donnison. well, to be honest, it s not really clear because initially we had a statement from one branch of the idf saying that indeed there was going to be a tactical military pause
Has been named as 22 year old salman abedi. The big question for investigators was he working alone . One man has been arrested in manchester. The flag at half mast over Downing Street. Election campaigning has been suspended for the day. All acts of terrorism are cowardly attacks on innocent people, but this attack stands out for its appalling sickening cowardice deliberately targeting innocent, defenseless Young Children. At four oclock this afternoon, the queen led a minutes silence at buckingham palace. Well be hearing from the fans youngsters who will remember last night for all the wrong reasons. It had been building up for years. When we booked the tickets it was so exciting, but its turned into the most traumatic thing. This is the scene right now at Albert Square a vigil to remember the dead and show solidarity. With many people still searching for missing loved ones, well have the latest. And in other news tonight, the actor sir roger moore has died at the age of 89. He was b
And the fire broke out in the early hours of this morning between 12 and one oclock. The first call to the Metropolitan Police was at 1 15am. The blaze, you can see now there are no flames this stage, just smoke, and you can see the damage done to the building. Lets give you a sense from the images last night from the early hours of the morning. You can get a real sense of the scale of the blaze that was engulfing the building. Lets tell you about who is tackling the fire at the moment. Around 200 firefighters, a0 fire engines, and of course London Ambulance has sent a number of vehicles and medical staff to the scene. 0ur Correspondent is at the scene this morning. Tell us what you can see. Well, you can see the block is still alight. You can see some flames there. You can see the Fire Brigade Hosing down the lower reaches of the building. But the fire service said that this was a blaze reaching from the second floor right up to the 27th floor. Its been a blaze for five hours now. We
Plans for a second Scottish Referendum on independence have been put on ice. First minister Nicola Sturgeon has categorically not dropped the idea of another vote, but said today that no legislation will be brought forward until autumn next year at the earliest. Given the pace at which these things proceed, that means no vote would happen until 2020 and by then it would likely be delayed until after the next scottish elections in 2021. The reset amounts to a setback for the ambitions of the snp, but its arguably also a retreat for the forces of change and disruption that have been dominating politics for so long. It was scotland that led the world into a new era of voter restlessness. A nationalist surge that saw snp Majority Rule in scotland and which paved the way for that Independence Referendum. Scotland has voted no in this referendum on independence. It was a defeat for independence but it came closer than anyone anticipated when it all started. Something had stirred and quickly