experts and commentators to guidance through the day. welcome to viewers on bbc one northern ireland and viewers on bbc news, this is a stormont special, in which history is about to be made. let s cross to parliament buildings. talk is through the significance as you see it as to what will happen. i through the significance as you see it as to what will happen. it as to what will happen. i don t think ou it as to what will happen. i don t think you could it as to what will happen. i don t think you could understate - it as to what will happen. i don t think you could understate the l think you could understate the symbolic significance today here after 100 years of northern ireland, we are going to get our first nationalist republican first minister here and we have had 11 other leaders in northern ireland, so this will be a significant moment is notjust because titles matter, michelle o neill will have a new title, but we will see within the assembly chamber that visual
has left a massive hole in their family. as the us military shoots down mysterious objects out of the sky, we ask what they might be. the small town of darvel in ayrshire is mounting an extraordinary challenge to the big names in scottish football. later in the air and the bbc news channel, we get the latest from and filled with so much writing of the merseyside derby between liverpool and everton. into his home. the londoner who has converted a skip into his home. good evening. a week ago today, as the world looked on in dismay, two huge earthquakes in turkey and syria shattered the lives of millions of people. tens of thousands are known to have died, and hundreds of thousands have been left homeless. there have been extraordinary tales of endurance under the rubble, but there is now little hope of finding more survivors. and this image, of a man holding the hand of his dead 15 year old daughter, has come to symbolise the agony of the victims. you ll remember the first v
this incredible project. hello, i m matthew amroliwala, welcome to verified live, three hours of breaking stories, and checking out the truth behind them. israel s prime minister says the country s troops are now advancing into gaza city, after pushing through hamas s front lines in the north of the gaza strip. the bbc understands that five different battles have been taking place in northern gaza, with the biggest in the north west of the strip, but this can t be independently verified. in a statement, prime minister benjamin netanyahu says, we re at the height of the battle. we ve had impressive successes and have passed the outskirts of gaza city. israel s intense bombardment of gaza has also continued. the hamas run gaza health ministry says 27 people have been killed in an israeli strike near a un school, the third deadly strike in as many days on the densely populated jabalia refugee camp. it says more than 9,000 people have now been killed in gaza since the seventh 0