By direct enemy fire and there s an investigation that s now under way. But he, along with another pilot colleague with the call sign deuce, had travelled to washington as part of ukraine s big effort to be given these f 16 jets. But now both of those pilots have been killed in action. It s also a blow for president zelensky. He personally campaigned to get these jets for the past two and a half years. He finally got them, the first of them just a few weeks ago, and now this has happened. There were these warnings that the russians would target them and also, crucially, the airfields from which they take off. And that is why president zelensky has asked once again of his allies that they give him permission to use these foreign made long range missiles so that they can hit further into russia. And president zelensky says if he s given that permission, they can prevent these sort of attacks across the whole of ukraine. That was our correspondent nick beake. Here in the uk, employees cou
Death at a house in the west midlands. We will have our correspondent on the scene for you soonin correspondent on the scene for you soon in the next hour. We will bring you more updates as soon as we do. Here in the uk. . . Employees could be given the right to ask to work a four day week, under government plans to encourage flexible working. People would then compress their contracted hours into longer days. But ministers insist they won t impose the change on staff or businesses. The uk would not be the first. Some countries across europe have already introduced a four day working week for employees who want it. In 2022, belgium became the first country in europe to legislate a four day week, allowing employees to condense their working hours into fewer days, if they want to. In germany, this year some companies started testing it. The country is struggling with a critical labour shortage and the hope is that a more flexible working pattern will encourage more people into the workpl
Is calling on the food industry to take allergy training more seriously, and says she lies awake at night thinking about whether she could have prevented her death. She s been talking to our reporter tim muffett. Hannah was a bright child, funny, full of life. She loved doing tiktok, what any 13 year old liked doing. She was like a big teddy bear. She loved to come to my bed and just give me a big cuddle. She loved her friends. She loved hanging out with her friends. Hannah had a severe dairy allergy. In february last year, when she was on her way to the dentist, her mum ordered two soya hot chocolates from a costa coffee in barking in east london. After one sip, that was it. She called me from the toilet and said, that was not soya hot chocolate. She was shouting. She was screaming. It happened so quickly, at that point. A postmortem examination found that hannah died after an anaphylactic reaction triggered by an ingredient in her hot chocolate, which caused an allergic response. Ear
And arab communities have long been at loggerheads, witnesses accused the rsf of targeting and killing non arabs, resulting in reports of hundreds of deaths. The rsf has repeatedly denied any involvement in the violence in the region and has called for an independent international investigation. The un now reports that with 8. 1 Million People forcibly displaced, and Tens Of Thousands killed. There are warnings of growing hunger. The Un Security Council has called for a ceasefire in sudan to coincide with the muslim holy month of ramadan, but an agreement is unlikely. Bbc arabic s feras kilani, has been given rare access with the sudanese army, to the front line city of omdur marn, close to the Capital Khartoum and sent us this report. Children in sudan are facing a living nightmare. Celebrating a rare success as they pushed with the capital. Prep and support forces. This market used to be the life of the city, now look at it. Normal life here destroyed. We hear stories of rape, lootin
In a phone call, President Biden told the israeli Prime Minister of his deep concerns over a planned assault on rafah in southern gaza. In the last hour, the white house has said that a meeting between the us and israel to discuss rafah will likely take place next week. But Benjamin Netyanyahu has just said theres no way to destroy hamas in rafah other than by a ground incursion. All this as talks continue in qatar in a bid to secure a ceasefire deal. Lets get this report from anna foster, injerusalem. At gazas southern tip, the aftermath of another israeli air strike. 1. 4 million displaced people are now sheltering in rafah, and israel has made it clear it wants to go further. A ground offensive, it says, would remove hamas from gaza entirely. But theres International Pressure to avoid even more deaths. The message from israels allies to its leaders is getting stronger. Our position is that hamas should not be allowed a Safe Haven In Rafah or anywhere else, but a major Ground Operati