Still waiting for people who are still being held hostage In Gaza and new research on a revolutionary treatment aims to discover why immunotherapy fails to work for most cancer patients. Hello. Welcome to bbc news. Israel has been stepping up its offensives against hamas in Gaza And Hezbollah in lebanon the eve of the first anniversary of the hamas attacks on israel that killed about 1,200 israelis and started the widening war. Lets bring you the latest developments from the Middle East this hour. The lebanese capital, beirut, experienced one of its most intense waves of israeli strikes yet, with large explosions reported across the southern part of the city last night. The strikes continued into the morning. Fresh Evacuation Orders have been issued for residents of several areas in Southern Lebanon as israel pushes forward with its campaign against hezbollah. In northern israel, Rocket Barrages from lebanon are continuing to trigger sirens and interception systems. 0vernight, the Isra
The Prime Ministers top adviser Sue Gray has resigned from her position as downing Street Chief of staff. She said she was standing down because it had become clear that intense commentary around her position Risked Becoming A Distraction to the governments vital work of change. It had recently been revealed she earned more than the pm. In a written statement, Sir Keir Starmer thanked her for all the support she had given him, both in opposition and in government. Iain watson reports. This is how close Sue Gray was to the Prime Minister, Meeting President biden alongside Keir Starmer just last month. The Sue Gray report into Government Lockdown parties has just been published. She is probably best known as the Senior Civil Servant who drew up the partygate report, which hastened borisjohnson s departure from number ten. The conservatives were outraged when she traded her Whitehall Job for an influential role with labour. Since last september, she was Keir Starmer s Chief Of Staff in op
59 minutes left of trade nasdaq 100,. 2 from a record closing high set in february hard to believe. Seriously is hard to believe. Were up 0. 4 . Coming up on todays show, despite growing dissent, tech stocks once again nearing all time highs well discuss the outlook for the sector amid new challenges with investor dan niles. Plus, powerful words from one of the biggest icons in sports, nba lenld, Kareem Abduljabbar will join us with his compelling message for all americans about the need for what he calls a rush to justice. Lets focus in on the big stories we are watching in this final hour of trade. Mike tracking the Market Action as always. Julia boorstin following the cory russ of dissent inside facebook and courtney covering the civil unrest mike, start us off with the Broader Market and this continued strength we are seeing yes, continued, persistent strength its a day when its gone a little bit away from the nasdaq leaders that were were so familiar with. That trend has remained
Expect great savings and a whole lot more. This is sports desk, brought to you by xfinity. It will change the way you experience tv. The eagles continue your workouts from Southern California today. John clark was right there with them. Good news from eagles practice on wednesday night. Tight end zach erts back on the field. Zach was officially listed as a limited participant in practice. He is not out of the concussion protocol just yet. But it is looking like hes going to play sunday. Thats big news, hes a big weapon. The other big weapon, doug peterson, the most improved player on the team, nelson agular, and he is coming back to california to play in the same stadium he played in at usc. I look to forward to having fun with my brothers and introducing them to the stadium. He returns to his college stomping grounds as a grown man. He didnt live up to the hype of a firstround pick his first two seasons, but now he is arguably the best slot receiver in the nfl this year, and hes comin
Niall horan, and featuring the legendary roots crew. Questlove 785 kansas steve and now, here he is, jimmy fallon [ cheers and applause ] jimmy thats what im talking about. Welcome, welcome, welcome, welcome, welcome, welcome, welcome, welcome to the tonight show, baby [ cheers and applause ] this is it. Youre here. You made it. Guys, heres what everyone is talking about. Big story today. Al franken announced he is resigning from the senate due to Sexual Harassment allegations. Other senators said he seemed heartfelt, contrite, and dignified and theres no place for someone like that in the United States senate. [ light laughter ] [ applause ] actually, franken said he couldnt focus on his job while under investigation. Then another guy said, thats why i blow off the job and focus on my investigation. [ laughter and applause ] focus. And after franken resigned, another senator is expected to resign tomorrow. Im not basing this on any news. Im just assuming there will be another senator