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Out the deadly disease. Welcome to our coverage on bbc news. Irans Supreme Leader has defended Tuesdays Missile Attack on israel, saying it was the minimum punishment for what he called israels crimes. Addressing a crowd in tehran, Ayatollah Khamenei said that iran would not hesitate on further action. Overnight there were more israeli Air Strikes in lebanon. Us officials say israel was targeting the potential successor to hassan nasrallah, the hezbollah leader, who was killed last week. The att...

we will hear from nigel mansell in a moment, a former world champion and ferrari driver but first here is our formula 1 correspondent. we thought he would see out his career at mercedes and that would be how he would spend the rest of his days. this move to ferrari something that tempted him and has been a temptation for his whole career. he has always flirted with the idea of being a ferrari driver. he owns ferraris as well. and this seems to be a good time for him to move. the regula...

surely the four nations idea across the ukjust isnt working out. i the ukjust isnt working out. i think the scottish government as far as i can recall when i last spoke about this, is probably the most powerful devolved assembly anywhere in the world, certainly one of, government delivered all the recommendations after 2016, those have all been delivered. i think the uk government is right that it looks after uk wide interests. as i said, sometimes those will conflict. we seen that wit...

hello. im matthew amroliwala. welcome to verified live, three hours of breaking stories and checking out the truth behind them. i want to just return to the breaking news with uk politics first of all, because the news in the last few minutes that nadine dorries her so she is standing down as an mp with immediate effect, tweeting it has been an honour to serve her mid bedfordshire constituency. the backdrop to this story of course is that we wait for the former prime minister, borisjoh...

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another day of strikes — more than 1,000 ambulance staff in wales walk—out in a dispute over pay and conditions. meanwhile in england, nurses continue their strike action for a second day in a row. new zealands prime minister— jacinda ardern makes a surprise announcement saying shell stand down in less than three weeks�* time. a day of national strikes begins in france over plans to increase the retirement age from 62 to 64. king charles asks for millions of pounds in profits f...

the father of an aristocrat whos gone missing with her newborn baby and her partner — appeals for her to get in touch with the police. shock in new zealand as the prime ministerjacinda ardern unexpectedly stands down — she says she doesnt have enough left in the tank. and the harrowing anti—war epic all quiet on the western front leads the nominations for this years bafta film awards. good afternoon and welcome to the bbc news. levelling up has been one of the governments key pol...

From a crucial scottish by election. What will it tell us about the prospects for labour and the snp . Stand by your Election Night coverage starts here. Party strategists at labour and the snp will be burning the midnight oil, working what todays crunch vote in scotland tells them about the next General Election. Nicks there and has read the runes. Both horses in this two horse race agree on the winner labour. Now a new race is under way Expectation Management. Snp and labour mps are with us to...

situation room live from tel aviv. i will see you tomorrow at noon eastern. happening now, breaking news. hamas releases 11 more civilian hostages from gaza on this, the first day of a temporary truce. back in israel where hospitals are preparing to treat them after more than seven weeks in captivity. the pause of hostilities has gotten. right now about this very fragile agreement. also tonight, my special interview with the uncle of a 13-year-old hostage who was freed on saturday wi...

Of parliament in westminster. Plans to make britain an independent, sovereign nation will be published this morning just one day after theresa may started the process of brexit. The great repeal bill will outline how the government plans to repatriate more than a0 years worth of powers from the European Union and convert thousands of eu rules into british law. Yesterday, theresa may described britains departure from the eu as an historic moment from which there can be no turning back. Eleanor ga...