Been in this position before and theyjust dont falter, as you say, with the finish line in sight. They are a relentless Winning Machine and now they have done something unique. They have made history and won four League Titles in a row. Its something that the great teams of the past, over decades, over a century of english football havent been able to attain. The likes of huddersfield in the 19205, the Great Arsenal Team in the 19305, liverpool, that team of the 19805 that enjoyed so much success. And of course, Manchester Uniteds teams under sir Alex Ferguson in that era, they were never able to go more than three titles in a row. City have managed that and it is history made here at the etihad. Of course, for many outside of citys fanbase, and the fans here wont like me for mentioning it, but there is something of a cloud currently over this achievement. While those financial charges against the club from the Premier League remain unresolved. Its been more than a year since they were
the latest we re hearing is that police have begun making arrests. we re told that more than 80 arrests have been made for breach of the peace while a further ten people have been arrested for possessing offensive weapons and drugs. these pictures are of more counter protestors are being held inside a pub by police, as the main protests goes past. here s an update from the metropolitan police. from about 9am this morning we have seen several hundred counter protesters that came towards whitehall and, from what we can see, they came intent on confrontation, intent on violence and intent causing trouble. we have made a number of arrests, including, within the counterprotest, including for possession of a knife, possession of a button, possession of class a drugs and assault on emergency workers. , ., ., ,, workers. let s go live to the us embassy- let s go live to the us embassy. our news correspondent frances read is at the israeli embassy, where the protest is finishing.
in a dramatic final. morning, all. heavy overnight rain continues to push its way steadily north and east. it will linger for much of the day across southern and eastern scotland accompanied by gail with gusts of winds. elsewhere it is a blustery sunday afternoon, sunny spells and scattered showers, but some of those will be heavy in bunbury. all of those details coming up bunbury. all of those details coming up shortly. heavy and thundery. it s sunday october 29. our main story: the israeli prime minister, benjamin netanyahu, has warned that the war with hamas will be long and difficult after his ground troops entered gaza, supported by heavy air strikes. israel has told residents of gaza city to leave what it calls the battlefield , claiming more humanitarian aid will be available further south. israel says it is targeting hamas, which is designated as a terrorist organisation by the uk government, following the attacks of october 7 that killed 1,400 people and saw mo
israel s prime minister benjamin netanyahu says the war in gaza has entered a second phase, warning it will be long and difficult. speaking at a joint news conference with his defence minister, yoav gallant, and emergency war cabinet member benny gantz, mr netanyahu described the conflict as israel s second war of independence. he declared israel would win the war and make every effort to bring the hostages home. in his first comments since the war began on the seventh of october, hamas s leader in the gaza strip has offered to release all hostages being held in gaza in return for the release of all hamas prisoners in israeli jails. in a statement, yahya sinwar says, we are ready for an immediate exchange deal that includes the release of all prisoners in the prisons of the zionist enemy in exchange for the release of all prisoners with the resistance. it comes 2a hours after israel stepped up its bombardment of gaza. you can see that in these pictures here. israel said
israel s prime minister is meeting the families of israeli hostages held, who are worried about the intensifying attacks on gaza. and right now we are striking from the air every single day when we do not know where my cousin is, where we do not know where over 200 hostages are and we don t know if any of our bombs have killed them. here in london, pro palestinian demonstrators turn out in force. we demonstrators turn out in force. will talk to our co| a we will talk to our correspondent in a moment. protests are also taking place in other capital cities, with calls for a ceasefire. fresh aid enters gaza, and the un tells the bbc they ve managed to reestablish some contact with their teams on the ground. communications have been down for such a long while. we have been talking to the un who have been using satellite phones to get some contact with their teens, but broadly the situation of communications blackout is still in place. that is the backdrop in gaza. our corresponde