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force and managed many operations in the south of the country. that news comes as intense fighting continues across gaza, with israeli strikes killing 249 palestinians and injuring a further 510 injured in the past 2a hours, according to the hamas run gaza health ministry. it comes as america's top diplomat, antony blinken, is back in the middle east, meeting officials in the united arab emirates, saudi arabia and israel, for further talks on the war in gaza. antony blinken is expected to call on israel to reduce the intensity of its fighting in gaza. yolande knell has the very lates...

who could glide up the field. his country called him the kaiser, the emperor, and as captain, he made them serial winners. first in 1972 as european champions, then two years later, in a world cup on home soil. it was just the first piece of his extraordinary career. at his club, bayern munich, he won three european cups. franz beckenbauer! he'd end his playing days in the states, with new york cosmos. his first management role came with his country, and at italia 90, he made them world champions. he helped his nation off the field, adding the bid to host the 2006 world cup. beckenba...

then won the tournament again as manager in 1990. tributes are now pouring in. live now to jane dougall at the bbc sport centre. jane, what more can you tell us? confirmation came in the last hour from franz beckenbauer�*s family that he had in fact passed away at the age of 78. a statement from his family to the german news agency dpa reads, it is with deep sadness we announce that my husband and our father franz beckenbauer passed away peacefully in his sleep yesterday, surrounded by his family. we ask that you allow us to grieve in silence and refrain from asking any questions. ...

>> former president donald trump's name is taken off the ballot in a second state this. time in maine where the unprecedented decision is now threatening the front-runner for the republican presidential nomination. hello, everyone, i'm anita vogel in los angeles and bryan, as john roberts likes to say, happy friday to you. >> bryan: i'm in new york, sandra and john are off today. 34-page ruling, maine's secretary of state says her unilateral decision to remove trump from the primary ballot is because he engaged in an insurrection. the trump campaign firing back with plans to appeal a...

and could a conviction in any of these cases be a tipping point for voters? scheduling nightmare aside in all of this, the former president might not even get on the republican ballot in some states. we've got a wave of new developments in the effort to disqualify trump ahead of the primaries. where it's working and where it's getting kind of messy. meanwhile, in d.c., another motion has been filed by jack smith in donald trump's election interference case. what the special counsel is now asking the judge to block the former president from doing during trial proceedings. let's dive r...