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welcome to bbc news, broadcasting to viewers in the uk and around the world. we start with the us secretary of state, antony blinken, who is headed to the middle east to visit israel, the west bank, and seven countries over the next week. the us state department says during mr blinken�*s trip, he will seek immediate increase in aid to gaza as the strip continues to deal with a humaniatarian crisis. the trip comes as the uk foreign secretary, david cameron, warns israel must allow more aid into gaza in order to avoid starvation and large outbreaks of disease. and there are reports o...

in beirut on tuesday. hezbollah, a powerful paramilitary and political group in lebanon, has blamed that attack on what it says was "flagra nt israeli aggression". israel has not commented. both hamas and hezbollah, banned terrorist organisations in many countries, have close ties to iran, which itself is holding a day of mourning after 84 people were killed by explosions near an event to mark the anniversary of the death of the iranian general qasem soleimani. the islamic state group has now said it carried out that attack in the southern city of kerman. alongside this, several nati...

also on the programme... the latest developments in the middle east. including the funeral of a hamas deputy leader in lebanon. thousands of people were there. prince andrew and bill clinton are named in files relating to sex offenderjeffrey epstein. we'll look at what we've learnt. and ai terrorism, stethescopes and keyboard keys. all in our weekly look at artificial intelligence — ai. decoded is coming up. plenty of elections around the world this year. now know a bit more about what could be happening here in the uk. rishi sunak says the general election is likely to happen in t...

What rishi sunak has just said. the prime minister is now hinting, without setting a date, that it might be later in the year. squatting in downing street for months on end, dithering and delaying, when the country wants change. what's he hiding? the conservatives have a mandate, don't they, to serve in government throughout this year? you can clamourfor an early election, but that's the constitutional truth. but what mandate does the third... well, they won the last general election. ..the third prime minister that they've had since the one in 2019! and it's notjust keir starmer with a keen e...

Large majority in the house of commons. labour also saying he has been clinging on to power. have a listen to this, though, the response from sir keir starmer, the labour leader and response to comments from rishi sunak. we are ready for a general election, i think the country is ready for a general election, turn its back on this the client turn its back on this decline and usher in the hope and change the labour government can bring. the prime minister is now hinting, without setting a date, that it might be later in the year. what's he hiding? why can't he set a date? this squatting in down...