say they were a family. they ve issued a statement, saying they re devastated by the death of their co star matthew perry. and coming up in sport on bbc news, saudi arabia set to host the men s football world cup in 2034 as australia pulls out of the race to stage the tournament. good afternoon and welcome to the bbc news at one. two of borisjohnson s closest aides while he was prime minister have been giving evidence to the covid 19 inquiry. lee cain, who was mrjohnson s director of communications, said there was a lack of clear leadership at the beginning of 2020, but that the government thought it was well prepared for the pandemic by march of that year. mrjohnson s former chief aide, dominic cummings, has given a scathing assessment of cabinet government during the pandemic. he said the cabinet wasn t a place for serious dicussion and that important decisions about covid had been taken elsewhere. ellie price reports from the inquiry. lee cain should have appeared here yes
nation. his first visit to a commonwealth country since becoming king. king charles expressed his greatest sorrow and deep regret for the atrocities suffered by canyons during the struggle for independence but stop short of making a full apology for the british empires bloodiest insurgency. more than 10,000 were killed and many others were tortured. in 2013 the uk compensated more than 5000 people in a deal worth £20 million. it is a dealworth £20 million. it is particularly a dealworth £20 million. it is particularly special a dealworth £20 million. it is particularly special to - a deal worth £20 million. it 3 particularly special to be able a deal worth £20 million. it 1 particularly special to be able to return to this extraordinary country in the 60th year of your independence. today, mr president, you and i stood by the mighty tree which marks the spot where almost 60 years ago the kenyan flag was first raised. it seemed to me that the tree is thriving strong
afternoon? i think you ve got to think of the afternoon? i think you ve got to think of the evidence afternoon? i think you ve got to think of the evidence itself - afternoon? i think you ve got to think of the evidence itself and | afternoon? i think you ve got to i think of the evidence itself and the tone and the language issues and some of this evidence we ve seen. the issue about older people, the moment that we heard a take from the chief scientific officer which he talked about conversations he had with boris johnson talked about conversations he had with borisjohnson which he was sure the borisjohnson with borisjohnson which he was sure the boris johnson felt that old people, we should allow old people to get a virus so other people, younger people could get on with their lives and not crash the economy. they should accept their obviously he lost somebody, particularly in the older person that s really not what you want to hear. aside from the fact it sounds quite
for his role on the sitcom, friends is dead tonight at the age of 54. the cause of death among still unclear. we will have a live report from l.a. and moments but first, the war between israel and hamas. israel is now in the middle of its second war of independence. a fight for survival, a fight he will win according to israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu addressing the nation saturday as great operations inside gaza enter a new more intense more dangerous phase, israeli military panic hamas targets from land, air and sea and the potential for a wider regional conflict remains high. the president of turkey calling hamas quote freedom fighters and accusing israeli forces of war crimes. good evening, i am jonathan with special coverage of israel s war against hamas. this is a live look at the city of ashkelon where residents are children from potential rocket attacks. not far is israeli troops and tanks now inside the gaza strip. what lies ahead from of the possibility
an advisory to the qatari negotiator. take a listen. it becomes more difficult but it s still ongoing and we can t give up. i can tell you that clearly we can t give up on this on all sides. nobody in the region can afford to give up and just leave it to the military people to decide what happens in the future. let s go to cnn s nick robinson, israeli president benjamin netanyahu says the next phase of the war has begun and its goal is to destroy hamas. how is this second phase going to affect the hostages being held in gaza? well, the prime minister said two primary goals of these operations, one destroy hamas. but the second to get the hostages back. and the defense minister said look, we believe that these increased military operations this operation in gaza will actually benefit us and help get the hostages back. and i think when you hear from the from somebody close to the negotiations there, that qatari official you do understand that there are still conversat