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hello. the israeli army says three hostages who were mistakenly shot dead by troops in gaza had been holding a white flag. early findings from an official investigation said the men were fired on in breach of the armys rules of engagement. an israeli soldier began shooting when three shirtless men emerged from a building in the suburbs of gaza city. alon shamriz, yotam haim and samer el—talalqa were killed in shejaiya, in the north of gaza. the idf say their killing was "very tragic"...

and how youll receive it. whod be a premier league manager? news of another sacking — the second at tottenham this season, as christian stellini pays the price for that newcastle nightmare. george formby would be proud of s george formby would be proud of 5 this morning. we are in lancashire cleaning windows. ask your grandparents! they tell me not to look down from the blackpool to our. a cold and frosty start for some today — a cold and frosty start for some today. cloud bubbling...

two weeks since nicola bulley disappeared whilst walking her dog in lancashire. now the police are extending their search downstream. and 10,000 tickets to a concert to mark the kings coronation in may are on offer via a ballot. the uk saw no economic growth in the final three months of last year according to the latest official statistics released this morning. it means the country narrowly avoided whats defined as a recession — two consecutive quarters when the economy shrinks. the...

humanitarian ceasefire in gaza. american officials argued such a move would be "divorced from reality". every other member of the council backed the resolution — apart from the uk, which abstained. theres been a chorus of outrage from other countries, charities and human rights groups. israel has thanked the us, saying a ceasefire would give hamas — which is classed as a terror group by many western governments — in gaza, theres no safe place, says the un secretary general. the h...

spells of rain. we may miss the worst of that across northern ireland. temperatures are largely irrelevant, ten or 12 degrees, the focus is on the wind in the south which will be easing in the south—west during tomorrow afternoon. thats because the storm is going to move away and it will start to weaken. so the wind will drop, the storm heads out into the north sea for friday. the weather is not going to be quite so bad. it is not going to be quite so bad. it is not going to be quite...

Its thursday, the 13th april. Im annita mcveigh. Welcome to bbc Newsroom Live. The Education Secretary, Justine Greening, has said that she wants a new model of Grammar Schools in england which are open for everyone. She says she particularly wants to ensure that there are much stronger educational outcomes for ordinary Working Families, and notjust the privileged few. But new analysis from the government shows a majority of Selective School places go to more affluent families. Lets here little ...