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Hello, im matthew amroliwala. Welcome to verified live, israels Prime Minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, and the Opposition Leader, benny gantz, have agreed to form an Emergency Government to manage the war with hamas. It comes as a hospital near the countrys Port City Of Ashkelon was struck by rocket fire. No casualties have been reported so far. Israel continues its bombardment of gaza for a fifth day. The territorys only power plant has stopped working after running out of fuel. Israeli troops are...

the programme. hamas, regarded as a terrorist organisation by the uk, says more than 30 people have been killed in an israeli airstrike on a refugee camp in gaza. israel says its investigating whether its forces were operating in the area at the time. heavy fighting is continuing in the north of the territory, with the united nations warning nearly 1.5 million gazans have now been displaced. our middle east correspondent mark lowen reports. night brings no peace to the purgatory of gaz...

Im james menendez. From here in the world newsroom, we send out correspondents to bring you the best stories from across the globe. In this weeks programme. As barack obama leaves the white house after eight years, jon sopel looks back at his legacy as the United States first African American president. I think his legacy to him is more important right now to paint a picture that he did a real good job. But, most black folks are disappointed because we feel he could have done more. The Culture C...

Good morning. It is 7 00am in singapore, Midnight In London and 2 00am in the morning across turkey, where a referendum has granted the president a wide range of new powers, but with the narrowest of majorities, just 51. 3 of the vote. It means the role of Prime Minister will be scrapped, and turkey will become a president ial democracy. But opponents say it wont have the checks and balances of similar systems around the world, and are disputing the results, alleging widespread irregularities. F...

Volodymyr zelensky the ukrainian president, said in russia, that his counterpart was running scared. translation: the man from the kremlin is grossly _ translation: the man from the kremlin is grossly very _ translation: the man from the kremlin is grossly very afraid i translation: the man from the kremlin is grossly very afraid and | kremlin is grossly very afraid and probably hiding somewhere not showing himself. i�*m sure he is no longer in moscow. he knows what he is afraid of because he ...

World affairs editorjohn simpson — reflecting on whats happened and what may happen ahead. president zelensky claimed his troops could keep defending their country until they are able to launch a counter offensive. and crucially — he ruled out conceding any territory to russia in a potential peace deal. a warning that there are flashing images in this report. a year on, president zelensky may be stressed and deeply tired, but theres a definite spring in his step. compared with the last time ...

Editorjohn simpson, reflecting on whats happened and what may happen ahead. president zelensky said his troops could keep defending their country until they are able to launch a counter—offensive. and crucially he ruled out conceding any territory to russia in a potential peace deal. a warning that there are flashing images in this report. a year on, president zelensky may be stressed and deeply tired, but theres a definite spring in his step. compared with the last time i met him, four months...

The conservative leadership contest, joining a field of eight people, including two former health secretaries, now on bbc news — unspun world, with the bbc�*s world affairs editorjohn simpson. hello, and welcome to new broadcasting house, the bbc�*s headquarters in central london. welcome, too, to unspun world, where we put the key questions of the moment to the bbc�*s experts right around the globe. has something gone permanently and disturbingly wrong with politics in the united states...

An extradition bill, as china moved to allow criminal suspects to potentially be extradited to mainland china. and then a year later, a sweeping new national security law effectively banning dissent in hong kong. heres our world affairs editorjohn simpson. hong kong still seems to make the chinese leadership nervous. when president xi jinping arrived by train from the mainland yesterday, he wasnt planning to stay long. he soon retreated back into china proper to spend the night, then came back a...

50 migrants are told that the government intends to send them to rwanda — the first to be removed under new immigration plans police in india have arrested two people after a fire destroyed an office building in delhi —, and killed at least 27 people. and can liverpool keep their quadruple hopes alive? they face chelsea this afternoon in the fa cup final. now on bbc news: unspun world provides an unvarnished version of the weeks major global news stories — reliable, honest and essential vi...