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A volley of missiles was heading out of gaza, north towards the israeli town of ashkelon. iron dome didnt stop all of them. but this wasnt a fatal attack. in gaza, a six—year—old girl was pulled out of the rubble. her mother, two sisters and two brothers were killed. until he saw her, her father thought he was the only one left. thank god, he said, because one day she might recapture the smiles of all his daughters. the israelis blame hamas for the deaths of palestinian civilians. they said ...

In the high variant areas, within blackburn, but also all residents of the borough will have that option if they havent already received their vaccinations and obviously the council is urging people to take that up. has lockdown left you yearning for the wild outdoors? well if it has, there may be a job out there thats just for you. st michaels mount, a remote island only accessible by boat or at low—tide, is advertising for a live—in employee to work at its medieval castle. andrea ormsby ha...

In a lab in cambridge this team says it is working on the next light revolution. first we had lamps and then we had lasers which completely revolutionised our lives and our technology and now we may be on the cusp of the third stage in the history of light. we have single photon sources, devices that can emit one particle of light at a time. and that is the key here, being able to separate off those individual light particles. ill explain why that is important in a second but first, heres how th...

Now cambridge scientists are developing the next revolution in light that could change the world. they have developed a way of isolating and detecting single particles of light, called photons, at room temperature. that matters because it could help power the next generation of super—quantum computers. here s our science correspondent, richard westcott. so much modern technology already relies on light, but theres still more potential locked away in these beams. in a lab in cambridge, this tea...

Now for 100 years. jon donnison, bbc news, in whitehall. now on bbc news, this weeks travel show comes from tokyo, where carmen roberts looks back at some of her favourite recent stories from japan. coming up on this weeks show... were approaching the first rapid, and its meant to be the deepest and most exciting. whoa! and, thats it? i do kind of feel ninja—like here. laughter

We are excited and now we can afford the rates, thats why were here. well, join us for that, if you can. but in the meantime, let me leave you with some pictures of the climax of that festival in hokkaido in 2018. sadly, it was cancelled in 2020, but fingers crossed the festival can go ahead again later this year. in the meantime, from all of us here from the travel show team here injapan, its goodbye, and see you next time. hello there. if youre trying to make

Isjust basically seeing how your cells are ageing, and various things such as your diet, how much stress youre under, how much sleep youre getting. its a nice barometer to predict your future health. my genes didntjust deliver one age, though. muhdo uses artificial intelligence to trawl through 850,000 different biological markers to deliver different ages for different body parts. for example, my eye age is 53, but my hearing age is 43.7. and the key thing that scientists now know is that altho...

Hello and welcome. nelson mandela once said that sport has the power to change the world, do unite people, to create hope where once there was only despair. how far is that true of sport today? with cause for boycotts, reports of abuse and a relentless drive to make profits, in this weeks programme, we look at the power of sport. well, to bring you this edition of global questions are two panellists and our questioners join us via video link from all corners of the world.

36.5 million people have had one dose of the coronavirus vaccine so far. the health secretary matt hancock has urged people to be careful ahead of more restrictions being eased in england tomorrow. scientists believe the indian variant of coronavirus is more transmissible and cases in some areas have seen a sharp rise. mr hancock also said it was "quite likely" this variant will become the dominant strain in the uk. some restrictions in wales and scotland are also being relaxed from tomorrow. he...

Welcome to hardtalk. im stephen sackur. for 17 years, estonia and the other baltic states have been members of the eu and nato — fully paid—up members of the western club. but the simple facts of geography have not changed — russia is their giant neighbour. and, as tensions between vladimir putin and the west rise, so a chill wind blows through eastern europe. my guest is estonias prime minister, kaja kallas. how confident is she that her partners in brussels and washington have her back?