Good evening. One of the most prominent figures in american politics, the Majority Leader in the senate, has called for new elections in israel. Chuck schumer says Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has lost his way and accused him of pushing support for israel to new lows. Mr schumer, a democrat, and the highest ranking jewish official in america, also called for the Palestinian Authority president , mahmoud abbas, to step down, saying a new generation of leaders was needed, to work towards peace. All this comes as the us imposed sanctions on three extremist Israeli Settlers in the occupied west bank, whove been accused of harassing and attacking palestinians. The Settler Movement is controversial with many countries, including the uk, which sees israel as an occupying power, and the settlements as illegal. Israel disputes this. West Bank Violence has surged since the start of the gaza war, triggered by hamas s attack on israel on october seventh. The us and uk have already imposed fin
here s tomasz schafernaker. hello. thank you, i will have to flip a coin when it comes to forecasting the weather for the marathon on sunday. i will explain in a second but first i want to show this broadband of cloud, this is where the front that has swept across the country today. it produced gales up to 100 mph in cairngorm, closer to the coast more like 60 miles an hour and this is basically our weather for the weekend. 0nce basically our weather for the weekend. once this weather front is out of the way and pushes into the north sea, we are left in the wake of it with clear spells this evening and then sunny spells and showers tomorrow but the winds will be brisk. this is what it looks like at 8am. you can see showers across scotland, northern ireland, some in the north west of england. the morning temperatures will be typically around ten, 12 degrees, so a fresh morning out there. let s have a look at the forecast for the rest of the morning and into the afternoon. thes
Allison Kaplan Sommer is a journalist at Israeli Newspaper Haaretz and host of the haaretz podcast. She told us how israelis were reacting to todays news. They want their hostages back. They want them alive. As many as still remain alive. And the mood was encapsulated by a Facebook Post from his sister, she posted. Basically, she was the one who announced as much as the israeli army announced that her brothers body had been recovered and returned to israel. And she wrote on facebook, youre going to hear from the army about their Daring Rescue operation in which they got my brothers body and returned it to israel. And she said, dont let anyone fool you. This is not a rescue operation. This is an incident of my brother having been abandoned to die. The first abandonment took place when the military did not move into the kibbutz from which he was kidnapped, in time, and he was kidnapped. And there were two videos released of her brother alive and in captivity. So they know that he did not
The Israeli Military says he was murdered in captivity by the islamichhad group. And his body was found overnight. During the attack on kibbutz nir oz in october. Elad katzir s father was killed and his mother was abducted, but freed in a deal in november. In a facebook post, his sister committe blamed the Israeli Government for his death. In gaza, a desperate wait for food amid warnings of famine. Aid deliveries have been, at best, sporadic when help does arrive. People rush to get it. Translation when we were displaced at the beginning, we used to eat rotten bread because of the high prices of food here. This is the only place where i can get food for my children. The attack on a convoy that killed seven aid workers this week has put even more pressure on israel. From the us came a warning it should do more to boost humanitarian assistance and protect civilians and aid workers or risk losing american support. The World Food Programme has been able here to serve 1 Million People every
A whole lotta albums vinyl sales hit a 25 year high in the era of streaming and downloads. And coming up in the sport on bbc news, swansea city have apointed Bayern Munichs assistant coach paul clement as their new manager, succeeding bob bradley, who was sacked last week. Good evening and welcome to the bbc news at six. Britains top diplomat to the European Union has resigned. Sir ivan rogers leaves hisjob just months before the government is due to kick off formal brexit talks. Sir ivan found himself at the centre of a political storm recently when he told ministers a brexit deal could take up to ten years. Leave campaigners accused him of being unduly pessimistic, while others said he was simply reporting sentiment in brussels. Carole walkers in Downing Street. Carole. Thank you, well, sir ivan rogers resignation caught Downing Street and the Foreign Office by surprise. He was due to be our man at the eu until november to see through the first opening phase of those crucial brexit n