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up diplomatic efforts in the region. secretary of state antony blinken is now in turkey for meetings with the country's foreign minister. the country's cia director william burns is also now in israel, urging greater effort to avoid civilian casualties. and in the last few hours, the white house has said vice president kamala harris will discuss the conflict in a phone call with unnamed foreign leaders on monday. this is live, looking across at the gaza strip. it's just after 7am. in a moment, i'llspeak to my colleague, mohamed taha, for the latest developments. but first lets hear f...

tonight there is still confusion over whether the long serving labour mp diane abbott can or can't stand again in the general election. she had been readmitted as a labour mp after being suspended last year. today she has said she has been barred from standing, but sir keir starmer later said that wasn't true and no decision had yet been taken. there is a rally tonight in support of her in her local constituency in east london. will you be standing as an independent?— will you be standing as an independent? will you be standing as an indeendent? ~ . , ., will you be standing as an ...

hello there, welcome to bbc news. the un security council will convene for a closed—door emergency meeting, after an israeli airstike killed dozens of people in rafah. video shows the aftermath of the strikes, as a massive fire ripped through tents near the southern gazan city. at least 45 people were killed — including women and children — at a camp for displaced people. that's according to the hamas—run health ministry. the israel defense forces say the airstrike killed two senior members of hamas. appearing before the knesset on monday, israeli prime minister benjamin neta...

against alex salmond say the first minister misled them while giving evidence this month. sharp words exchanged at the first high—level meeting between america's new presidential administration and china. and coming up this hour... as part of our young reporter series, we hearfrom an apprentice footballer about the pressures of trying to make it as a professional. hello and welcome if you're watching in the uk or around the world. germany's health minister has warned there is not enough coronavirus vaccine to stop a third wave in europe. germany is facing further restrictions becau...

salmond. the continuing cost of the pandemic — government borrowing hit more than £19 billion pounds last month — the highest february figure since records began. and could rachael blackmore become the first female jockey to win the cheltenham gold cup? and coming up on bbc news... uefa are investigating after rangers' claim their player was racially abused by a slavia prague player during their europa league defeat. they deny the allegation. good afternoon and welcome to the bbc news at one. a number of eu countries have started using the oxford astrazeneca covid vaccine again,...