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hello, i'm ben thompson, welcome to the programme. we begin with a developing story — hamas says its deputy head saleh al—arouri has been killed in a blast in beirut, in lebanon. local media have described the explosion as an israeli drone attack on the hamas office in the south of the city. reports say five other people were killed in the blast. video footage shows a car in flames and damage to buildings in a busy residential area known as a hezbollah stronghold. the israeli military has told the bbc it will not comment the israeli military said whoever did this it was a surgica...

and crew did manage to escape the aircraft before it was engulfed in flames. injapan officials say at least 48 people and died in many others trapped beneath rubble after monday's powerful earthquake. will stay with that story in japan because 48 people are now known to have died in monday's earthquake. the countries prime minister says rescue teams are facing a race against time to find survivors still trapped beneath the rubble. the quake that measured a magnitude of 7.6 hit the province of noto. my correspondent reports from the epicentre. sirens this is a race for survival. rescu...

society to do that. are you getting the right workplace support while going through fertility treatment? more than 50,000 women go through the process every year, but many don't feel comfortable telling their boss. we ask — what are your rights? laying it all on the table. we hearfrom ronnie 0'sullivan on how he overcame addiction and anxiety to climb to the top in snooker. friends together — the moment kevin sinfield carried former team mate rob burrow — who has motor neurone disease — over the marathon finish line in leeds. some scattered showers this morning across the far...

the north—east of scotland but elsewhere it is pretty warm. generally in the mid to high teens. this is the next feature living in for saturday. it could be a dry start for many for saturday. some early sunshine in central and northern areas but the rain will get going into central and southern areas and heavy bursts moving north, and that will be followed by further showers across the south into the afternoon. it really is quite a mixed day. temperatures may be a degree or so down, with more cloud around and the outbreaks of rain. for sunday, possibly at the moment sunday looks li...

the national trust says that the recent cold weather has delayed blossoms in many parts of the uk, but the trust also says that when the temperatures start rising, we can look forward to a riot of spring colour, like these cherry trees in shipley in west yorkshire. and talking of temperatures rising, let's get the expert view with chris. well, we had temperatures up to 16 degrees today. that was in nantwich in cheshire. that is one feature of the weather this week. it's been pretty mild so far, more of that to come. it's also been quite grey and cloudy with rain around. more of that ...