conductor, sir andrew davis, has died at the age of 80. he was one of the longest serving chief conductors of the bbc symphony orchestra, and a familiar face at the annual bbc proms concerts in london, where he was famous for his funny speeches. let s have a listen to the bbc symphony orchestra rehearsing the damnation of faust at the royal albert hall for the bbc proms, conducted by sir andrew davis in 1998. multiple milestones have been reached at the london marathon today, with the winner of the women s only race peresjepchirchir breaking a world record. the kenyan olympic champion broke into tears after crossing the line in two hours 16 minutes and 16 seconds. 51 seconds faster than
you can read that online or on the bbc news app. here, the london mayor sadiq khan has arranged an urgent meeting with the met commissioner on monday to discuss community relations. it comes after criticism of how the metropolitan police treated a jewish man during a pro palestinian march in london last weekend. an officer told gideon falter he might provoke a reaction from the demonstrators because he was openly jewish. he s now calling for the commissioner, mark rowley, to resign. here s angus crawford. gideon falter wants to cross the road through a pro palestine march. but he s told that s not possible. but why? you are quite openlyjewish. this is a pro palestinian march.
perspective. and we do have more reaction on the bbc website from ukrainians in kyiv to that news coming through. the us house of representatives also overwhelmingly approved a military assistance package for israel. that s amidst the country s military offensive in gaza ever since hamas attacked israel on october the 7th. hamas is designated a terrorist organisation by western governments palestinians have been killed inside gaza, and inspectors havejust come in. they show a plume of smoke coming over rafah in the south of the territory as israel continues its air strikes. this is the aftermath of overnight strikes and rafah. 18 palestinians have reportedly been killed, mostly children. they truly war cabinet has been planning an offensive against hamas and rafah, but an estimated
to live your life as you choose free from fear and violence. australia is not used to such attacks. this safe affluent area of sydney is grieving but bondi has also found strength in that loss. katy watson, bbc news, sydney. ecuador is voting in a referendum on proposed tougher measures to tackle a surge in gang related violence, which has seen two mayors killed in the last week. measures include an expansion of military and police powers that will allow the military to patrol the streets alongside the police. they ll also signicantly boost gun controls and impose harsher prison sentences for terrorism and drug trafficking. president daniel noboha also wants to change the constitution so ecuadorans wanted abroad for organised crime related offences can be extradited. a state of emergency was announced in january after a top gang leader escaped from jail, there were prison riots, an armed attack on a tv station and several
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