hello, i m christian fraser. you re watching the context on bbc news. the national zoo in washington bids farewell to its beloved trio of giant pandas who were loaned as goodwill ambassadors from china. welcome back, a russian battalion comprised of ukrainian prisoners welcome back, a russian battalion comprised of ukrainian prisoners of war will likely deploy to ukraine in the nearfuture. in an apparent violation of the geneva convention. they will be deployed to the east of the country where active combat is taking place under the control of the donetsk people s republic. the russians claim the soldiers will receive equal treatment, to the russian infantry, including salaries and benefits. george barros is a russian analyst at the institute for the study of war and geospatial intelligence team lead. what do you know about the men in this battalion and have been chorused and fighting their own side? ~ . ~ ., , ., ., chorused and fighting their own side? . ~ ., ., side? what
have reached the centre of gaza city and have destroyed more than a hundred entrances to a vast network of hamas tunnels. a spokesman said israel had also captured about 4,000 weapons including rockets hidden in civilian infrastructure and killed a major hamas arms manufacturer. hamas health officials say more than 10,500 people have been killed since the conflict began in gaza, nearly half of them children. israel has repeatedly warned palestinians to head south to greater safety, despite also bombarding that region. thousands of palestinian residents of gaza city are fleeing as israeli troops tighten their grip on the area. the israeli army released video showing a long line of people on foot, many of them waving white flags, some holding their hands in the air. explosions can be heard in the background. the us secretary of state has outlined what should happen when the fighting stops. antony blinken said gaza and the west bank should both be governed by the palestinian
always positive sign somehow but yes, decided last week because it s not the case of the moment and he is here and is training and on the matches in a safe place of the team and everything is ok and he wants to be a us and he travels here. be with us and he travels here. the arsenal women s manager, jonas eidevall, has responded to claims he bullied the fourth official during their win over manchester city on sunday in the wsl. eidevall was adamant he did nothing he would be ashamed of after city boss gareth taylor s allegation. this is what he had to say. i got really disappointed with the comments because i think there s no personal truth in them. the wording that gareth used by third birds is borderline slander and either he is not very good with the truth or good with the language, but either way i don t think is acceptable. ben stokes delivered for england on wednesday, ensuring their disappointing cricket world cup didn t continue to go from bad to worse. looking in tro
with pakistan to come on saturday. sunday. the champions league continues later with more teams with the chance to make the knockouts. manchester city are there now but neighbours united can t afford any more slips, after losing their first two games. they re in denmark to face copenhagen later. marcus rashford is back in the squad after missing united s last premier league match through injury. not because of his decision to have a birthday party after they lost the manchester derby the previous weekend. erik ten hag says the team need to help the forward improve in front of goal so far this season. marcus is very committed to manchester united, to this team and he is investing hard work and training to get back into form. i think the players make their efforts but there can always be more. so we expect higher standards for manchester united, when you are a player, you are staff, we expect high standards and expect that you at least win every game. so from ourselves,