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sirjim ratcliffe�*s offer to become a minority shareholder in manchester united could be accepted as early as next week. uniteds owners the glazer family have been looking for investment for over a year. its expected ratcliffe�*s ineos group will pay around £1.25 billion to buy 25%. heres ourfootball reporter simon stone. jim ratcliffe has lowered his expectations from 59% to 60%, and now we think 25%, and the glazers are willing sellers. itll be interesting to see how it works ou...

singing. what must it take for a mother to comfort her child... ..when reality is so devastating? two—year—old fatima was stuck under the rubble of a bombing in gaza three weeks ago. nehal and her husband had tried for 14 years to have a baby. and then fatima was born. translation: what is her fault? what did she do wrong? we have to constantly give her painkillers. as soon as the effect of one wears off, i give her another. her life revolves around painkillers, and every other day...

by the americans. all this raises the ghosts of 1948 for palestinians, when more than 700,000 of them fled or were expelled byjewish troops as israel won its independence. israel never allowed them home. two of the gaza hostages were in new videos. hanna katsir blamed benjamin netanyahu, israels prime minister, for their plight. so did yagil yaakov, whos 13. hostage videos are usually made under duress, so the bbc is not broadcasting them. and across the west bank, the other side of th...

followed by screams. israel claims that hamas, described as a terror organisation by the uk and us governments, uses hospitals as a base for military operations. people sheltering in the grounds also recorded the moment and its aftermath. dr marwan abu saada, a general surgeon at the al—shifa hospital, told the bbc that the situation was desperate. here in shifa, im hearing the shooting and bombardment everywhere around me in shifa hospital. its a horrible situation now, and some of ...

of a large explosion. explosion there was panic and confusion in the hospital courtyard following the explosion. the news agency associated press, which supplied these pictures, said there was a fire in the area and the remnants of what appeared to be a missile. the hamas—run health ministry says 13 people were killed. people sheltering in the grounds also recorded the moment, and its aftermath. israels military says it is investigating reports that the areas around the hospitals hav...

about the war in gaza this weekend to be "mindful of the fear and distress injewish and muslim communities". it comes as the chancellorjeremy hunt has distanced himself from the home secretarys controversial comments yesterday, when she accused the police of showing favouritism to pro—palestinian demonstrators. mr hunt said suella braverman�*s remarks were not words that he would have chosen. some senior conservatives claim what she said was �*unacceptable�*. our political corr...

us. what do you make of the current israeli military operation in gaza? the aim of the operation is to replace the government of hamas, which is a government of isis, and to allow another arab state ruling gaza. gaza was taken by force from the palestinian authority, the plo, in 2007, and it should be returned to them if they wish. i just in 2007, and it should be returned to them if they wish. ijust heard on your news that president abbas is saying that hes ready to take upon himself ...

cleared by the government, suella braverman accused the metropolitan police of "playing favourites" by treating pro—palestinian marches differently to demonstrations by right wing groups. our home affairs correspondent, june kelly, has the latest. the war in the middle east has led to weekend pro—palestinian protests in london... ..and other cities around the uk. and tomorrow, once again, demonstrators are due to be on the march in the capital. theyre scheduled to set off after the...

many thousands of people, perhaps tens of thousands of civilians sheltering at the al shifa hospital along with some localjournalists. the world health organization says 20 hospitals in gaza are now non—operational. people around al shifa hospital report intense fighting. and in the early hours of friday, there was the sound of a large explosion. there was panic and confusion in the hospital courtyard following the explosion. israels military says it is investigating reports that the...

israeli military. the gaza with advance warning from the israeli military.— israeli military. the israeli defence — israeli military. the israeli defence minister - israeli military. the israeli defence minister says - israeli military. the israeli defence minister says the | defence minister says the humanitarian poses of an order for people to access food and water and would not interfere with israels military objectives. the pauses are in some areas of gaza city, we understand i...