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Welcome to bbc news. Fighting is continuing between israel and the iran backed group hezbollah, as the Middle East braces itself for a possible retaliation by israel on iran. In the lastest strikes, the Israeli Army has bombed a mosque in Southern Lebanon, which israel says was being used as a Command Centre by hezbollah fighters. The building was next to a hospital. The humanitarian situation in lebanon is worsening, with at least four hospitals now closed in the south because of israeli Air St...

we start in poland where president zelensky is making his first official visit to the country, since russia invaded ukraine. the visit is proving more controversial than planned. the polish agriculture minister has resigned as farmers complain about cheap ukrainian grain. ukraines leader has been welcomed by president duda at the presidential palace and hes expected to thank the polish people at the royal castle in warsaw later. poland has been one of the most outspoken and generous su...

officials say at least 78 people have been killed and more than 100 other injured in a stampede at a school in the yemeni capital sanaa, during distribution of charity for ramadan. there is some footage emerging allegedly from the incident— a warning: some viewers may find it distressing. this is video footage from al masirah, a tv station linked to the houthi rebel group which controls sanaa. the video was picked up by the reuters news agency and it purports to show the incident in ...

and a tale of two brothers: one who survived the holocaust and one who didnt. welcome to our viewers on pbs in america and around the globe. in the united states, president biden has called for calm after five police officers were charged with the murder of tyre nichols. a black man severely beaten after a traffic stop earlier this month. the officers in memphis, tennessee — who are all black — were fired last week after being accused of using excessive force. their actions were ca...

the eastern city of chittagong. now on bbc news, political thinking with nick robinson. hello and welcome to political thinking. the queen has expressed her hope that her platinum jubilee celebrations will focus on what brings us together, on what unites us, not what divides us. my guest on the programme has had to spend much of her career worrying about exactly the opposite, about extremism and how to counter it. she is dame sara khan. herjob now is the governments independent adviser...

on what unites us, not what divides us. my guest on the programme has had to spend much of her career worrying about exactly the opposite, about extremism and how to counter it. she is dame sara khan. herjob now is the governments independent adviser for social cohesion and resilience. before that, she was the countrys first counter—extremism commissioner. born and raised in bradford to pakistani parents, she once said, "there is something going horribly wrong with the muslim communi...

Salvaged from the Titanic Which Go under the hammer this weekend hello, im geeta guru murthy, welcome to verified live, three hours of breaking stories, and checking out the truth behind them. The us top diplomat, antony blinken, has told the bbc that he is prepared to take steps against china if beijing continues to send key supplies to russia which are used to aid its invasion of ukraine. The Secretary Of State has been holding talks with the chinese leader, xijinping, during a trip to beijing...

If there was a young, attractive young man played the guy who shot himself at the end, i was always the old guy with gout. They used to call me captain velcro in drama school because i played all the small parts. So, i realised very early on that nobody would want me to be me because, in reality, i dont think men want to be me and women want to sleep with me so, i always had to be someone else. Oh, my goodness. Youve started with such a sort of powerful and profound sort of statement of who you ...

Hello, im christian fraser. Youre watching the context on bbc news. We are going to have a look at how Police Forces are handling pro palestine protests both in the uk and the us. Columbia university announced classes would be held online after last weeks protests. Rishi sunak says Londons Metropolitan Police will need to rebuild trust with Thejewish Community after complaints about the way the force handled an incident at a pro palestinian rally. There have been calls for the Police Commissar s...

The game, and i dont think given the game, and i dont think given the lateness of the call on friday and given how many officials they have two slot into games, im not sure that request even if it had come, could have been accommodated. The Football Association is investigating Nottingham Forests comments, i can tell you that Nottingham Forest have submitted a formal request to release into the Public Domain the Audio Recordings between officials during that match. We will keep you across this d...