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in the british armed forces during the second world war, just as their fathers and grandfathers had in the first world war. once in britain, they worked hard, offering their skills to rebuild a country during peacetime and seeking opportunities to forge a better future for themselves and their families. when they arrived on our shores with little more than what they were able to carry with them, few could hardly have imagined then how they and those that followed them would make such a...

russian—occupied crimea. local officials say at least one person was killed, and ukraine said the ship was destroyed. president zelensky wrote on telegram: "the occupiers will not have a single peaceful place in ukraine." james waterhouse reports. for ukraine, this was a high—value target. explosion. the novocherkassk landing ship struck by a guided missile. the blast was colossal. moscow claims it was only damaged. kyiv says destroyed. its going to need more than a lick of paint r...

hello, im katty kay live in windsorfor the big lunch in celebration of the coronation. people have been gathering here all day long. later on there will be the coronation concert. and then there was the royal walkabout. the prince and princess of wales came out, came tojoin them at and princess of wales came out, came to join them at the lunch, said hello to a lot of people. this is a lot we have been seen from catherine and william, getting out and mingling with the public. all it is ...

palestinians took to the streets in gaza city this evening, as a ceasefire between israel and the militant islamichhad went into effect. crowds celebrated in the streets accompanied by emergency services and civil defence vehicles with sirens blaring and lights flashing. the truce came into effect just over two hours ago, signalling an end to the worst episode of cross—border fire in the last few years. these are recent pictures from gaza. we are hoping to bring you some live picture...

in the last hour, a ceasefire between israel and palestinians in the gaza strip has begun. these are live pictures from gaza. the agreement — brokered by egypt — follows five days of violent exchanges which have killed at least 35 people — all but one of them palestinians. there has been no comment from the israeli prime minister, benjamin netanyahu, or other officials since news of the truce emerged. a palestinian source told the bbc that the new agreement included a commitment ...

the im helena humphrey, great to have you with us. king charles crowned in a sacred and solemn ceremony — centuries old at westminster tens of thousands of people are first reported from nicholas witchel. our first report is from our royal correspondent, nicholas witchell. may 6th, 2023. coronation day. in the abbey church at westminster, where these things have been done for nearly 1,000 years, a congregation to represent the britain of today had come together, with honoured guests ...

british government has messaged all nhs doctors in sudan to say they are now eligible for evacuation flight. this is a reversal of their previous policy, and follows several days of stories emergeing from sudan of nhs doctors being turned away from an airport in khartoum, from where british citizens have been flown to cyprus. this evening, however, a message was circulated by the department of health and social care telling all nhs doctors in sudan to make their way to wadi saedna airf...

its newsday. welcome to bbc news, broadcasting to viewers in the uk and around the world. we begin in sudan — where rival military factions are fighting for control of the capital khartoum. fighting has continued into the night, with dozens killed. earlier, the sudanese army and the paramilitary rapid support forces announced a temporary humanitarian pause — but its not clear how well it was observed. the world food programme halted its operations in sudan, after three of its membe...

and at why so many workers in other sectors are also still at loggerheads with the government over pay. also on the programme: ten—month—old finley boden, murdered by his parents after being placed back into their care. 21—year—old us guardsman jack teixera appears in court, charged with espionage over a huge leak of secret government documents. deux, un...top! and coming up in sport on bbc news... her second title this week — britain�*sjessica gadirova wins all around gold...

eagles in americas biggest sporting event, the super bowl. hello and welcome to the programme. its a week since two earthquakes devastated parts of turkey and syria, in which so far, more than 33,000 people have died. the united nations says that figure could double. remarkably though, survivors are still being pulled from the rubble. united nations aid vehicles have now begun arriving in syria, but the head of the uns relief mission, says many people have a right to feel abandoned. pa...