The bona the end of the year. We begin to breaking news out of israel its military says one of its as strikes has killed the commander of the armed Group Islamic jihad the group and. Was killed in gaza city gazas Health Minister says a man and a woman have been killed in the strike israel has accused the iranian backed Palestinian Group of carrying out recent rocket attacks inside israel israel has now shot all of gazas border crossings lets go live to how the foresaid in western used them how are you just bring us up to date with these airstrikes what more can you tell us. Well we knew what you just said that the Israeli Military has claimed the strike that has killed. They say is a senior Islamic Jihad commander in the northern part of the gaza strip and as you say they have been blaming Islamic Jihad for the recent rounds of rocket attacks that have come out of gaza in recent months the kinds of escalations that weve seen which have led to israeli retaliatory strikes in the lead isr
A temporary ceasefire to fighting in Northern Syria both turkey and the kurds say they will honour it. The son ofjailed drug lord el chapo is arrested, then later released, amid fierce fighting in northern mexico. And this weekend will see an increased presence of the premier leagues zero Tolerance Campaign against racism, following the scenes in bulgaria on monday night. Good morning and welcome to the bbc news at nine. Boris johnson will today attempt to persuade mps to back his new brexit deal, after forging an agreement with the eu yesterday. The house of commons will vote on the new deal tomorrow. Its expected to be extremely close. But what exactly has the Prime Minister agreed with brussels . First, to avoid a hard border between Northern Ireland and the republic of ireland, Northern Ireland will remain aligned to a set of rules related to the eus single market. Northern ireland remains a part of the uk customs territory, but by avoiding a Customs Border on the island of ireland
A halt. And sport chinas National Football team looks abroad for how we look at how the country plans to naturalize more foreign players as theyve been qualified for and even house to the world cup. Lets get going at least 4 people have been killed and at least 20 were injured in israeli airstrikes on gaza funerals have been held for a Palestinian Islamic jihad commander and his wife who died in a targeted israeli airstrike on their home in gaza overnight israeli airstrikes have also hit apartment buildings at a hamas facility in gaza and israeli warplanes to fire missiles towards the syrian capital damascus targeting another commander of Islamic Jihad its unclear what happened to him but his son and granddaughter work killed faces in gaza retaliated today firing more than 50 rockets into israel one exploded on. Busy highway narrowly missing cars and buses were right across all the developments in this evolving story in a moment well talk live to rob matheson in west jerusalem and harr
Undocumented immigrants in the u. S. Asked the top court to reverse president trumps decision to kick them out. Below 5 palestinians including a senior Islamic Jihad commander have been killed by israeli strikes on gaza triggering the worst cross border violence in months funerals have been held for baha alotta and his wife who died in a targeted strike on their home overnight israeli airstrikes have also hit apartment buildings and a hamas facility in the territory fighters in gaza have retaliated funning around 150. 00 rockets towards israel one exploded on a busy highway narrowly missing cars on buses a factory in there it was also hit setting it on fire israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said the overnight strike was. Approved by his security cabinet 10 days ago more now on this report from hamad ball. In the sky above israeli cities israels Defense System attempted to intercept palestinian rockets. And damage on the ground can be seen there is a state of alert some schools
Would be leaving the eu. Well have all the latest from here in westminster. The other news this lunchtime. Theres been sporadic fighting in syria, despite turkeys agreement to suspend its military offensive against Kurdish Forces. Barcelona is brought to a standstill as a general strike is called over the jailing of separatist leaders. More than 700 people are arrested across the uk as Police Launch an operation to break the so called county lines drug gangs. And in japan, excitement mounts as three home nations prepare for this weekends quarterfinal matches at the rugby world cup. And coming up in the sport later in the hour on bbc news, good news for wales, dan biggar is fit and theyll be at full strength for their world cup quaretrfinal against france. Good afternoon and welcome to the bbc news at one from westminster, where the Prime Minister is in a race to try to persuade mps to back his new Brexit Agreement before tomorrows vote in parliament. Borisjohnson says hes very confiden