good evening and welcome to the bbc news at six. two teenagers have been found guilty of murdering 16 year old brianna ghey in a park near warrington in february. the girl and boy, who were 15 at the time, stabbed her 28 times. they cannot be named for legal reasons. outside court, prosecutors said it was one of the most distressing cases the crown prosecution service has had to deal with . here s our north of england correspondentjudith moritz. brianna ghey s family described her as a ball of energy, funny, brave and one of a kind. the 16 year old was also transgender, though, they say, that did not define her. she was fearless to be whoever she wanted to be. she wanted to identify as a female and she wanted to wear girl s school uniform and yeah, shejust did it. it wasn t a hurdle at all for her. but not everyone wished brianna well. she was targeted as a murder victim by two teenagers who wrote out a plan to stab her in the back and in the stomach. brianna was lured from
championships. and stay with us here on bbc news. for continuing coverage and analysis from our team of correspondence in the uk and around the world. good evening. the united nations security council has delayed for a third day a vote on a suspension of fighting in gaza. intense negotiations are continuing in the hope that the united states will finally back a resolution, which would also see more humanitarian aid reaching the people who desperately need it. it comes on the day that hamas says more than 20,000 people have now died in gaza since israel launched its military offensive after the october 7th attacks, in which 1,200 people in israel were murdered. hamas which is designated a terrorist organisation by the uk government says the majority of those who ve been killed in gaza are women and children. our special correspondent, fergal keane, reports. the world is debating calls for a ceasefire and a big new reckoning of the debt is declared. but, for the people of g
football. mikel arteta is left frustrated as arsenal can only draw at home to brentford in the premier league. the number of people now known to have died in the earthquakes which struck turkey and syria has passed 25,000. the turkish president, recep tayyip edrogan, said perhaps 80,000 people had been injured in his country, and thousands of homes have been left uninhabitable. the united nations aid chief, martin griffiths, who is in turkey, says the tragedy is the worst natural disaster to hit the region in a century. mr griffiths praised the international response, saying more than 100 countries had sent help, but said he wasn t clear about the extent to which aid would reach rebel held parts of syria. we ll hear from mr griffiths in a moment, but first, our correspondent quentin sommerville is in harem in the northwest idlib province of syria, which is rebel controlled. he found no sign of a relief effort, with local people, including children, left scouring through rubbl
The Royal College of surgeons warns that the number of patients waiting more than six months for routine operations and treatment in england has nearly tripled in four years. Good morning. Welcome to bbc Newsroom Live. The Crown Prosecution Service have announced that Craig Mackinlay, who is running for south thanet in the election for the conservatives, has been charged over his alleged overspending in the 2015 general Election Campaign. Mr mackinlay defeated the then ukip leader, nigel farage, in the ballot. Daniel sandford is with me now. First ball, talk us through what he has been charged with. It all goes back to the Titanic Battle In the 2015 General Election between nigel farage and a Conservative Party. He was trying to get a seat in parliament for the first time. The Conservative Party were trying to keep them out. Craig mackinlay was the candidate for the conservatives who managed to win that in south thanet. As all candidates have to do, he then filed his Election Expenses