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good afternoon. israel says its troops in gaza are engaged in face—to—face combat with fighters from hamas, designated a terrorist organisation by the uk government. israel says its troops have now completely encircled gaza city, here in the north of the territory. meanwhile, 92 british nationals are on a list which means they could escape the fighting and leave gaza today through the rafah crossing into egypt. jon donnison reports from jerusalem. israel says it's at the height of its battle with hamas. its ground offensive in northern gaza is pushing forward, with the military c...

good afternoon and welcome to the bbc news at one. five bulgarian nationals have been sentenced to a total of 25 years in prison after being convicted of the biggest benefit fraud ever in britain. the gang stole almost £54 million by making thousands of fraudulent claims for universal credit. the judge said they'd "systemically plundered the state's "support mechanism" to steal "eye—watering sums." our social affairs correspondent michael buchanan reports. taxpayers�* money thrown around like confetti by a multi—million pound fraudster. the scale of the scam astonished investi...

garner enough support given this shift and given that rise from the far right linda, we'll certainly see how that plays out in july. >> of course, looking at these results, the french president's party didn't do well. emmanuel macron calling snap elections for later this month. >> yeah. look i think again, it wasn't a shock that the national rally and other far right parties did so well. but what was a shock was how emmanuel macron reacted to this. he didn't have to do this. he could have come out and said, look, this is a protest vote and just carried on. but on the one hand, i ...

the bbc announces major plans to move large parts of its programme—making out of london over the next six years. and a remarkable collection of handwritten letters from diana, princess of wales to a friend are being sold at auction to raise money for arts charities. coming up in sport on bbc news... one change for wales — adam beard returns as they look to complete the six nations grand slam against france this weekend. good afternoon and welcome to the bbc news at one. ministers have sought to reassure people about the roll—out of the coronavirus vaccine amid a reduction in su...