and scotland will be fully or partially closed today, because of concerns about crumbling concrete. investigations are also under way in schools in wales and northern ireland. ministers have promised to speed up checks on schools where the material, known as raac, may have been used. 0ur reporter louisa pilbeam reports. from the midlands to suffolk. and london. more than 100 schools in england look like this today, with buildings roped off and closed on what for many should be the first day of the new term. the problem crumbling concrete called raac, meaning many schools are unsafe. sarah, a mum of two who didn t want to be on camera, told us. the main issue for me is we don t have any certainty about when the children are going back to school. the lack of certainty right now is worrying for everyone. the school haven t been that specific about the actual meanwhile, on social media sites, including mumsnet, one parent said. the government has been criticised for not acting
payback against hamas is starting now. three weeks after the deadliest day for the jewish people since the holocaust. the difficulties of urban warfare, as much of gosnell plunges into darkness with phone lines and internet cut. the concern tonight about civilians. more targeted attacks on u.s. forces in the middle east. after american f-16s launched a retaliatory strike on iranian backed facilities in syria. tonight s other top story, the urgent search for the suspect in the deadly maine shooting. what we are learning about the investigation. the manhunt here intensifies. behind me, you can see a staging area with armored vehicles. they are planning on sending divers into the water. while this is looking like a major focus today with a lot of people we have a lot of irons in the fire. norah: we honor the victims. our interview with the family of a man who died a hero. my husband went into the kitchen and grabbed a butcher knife and went after him. saved the patrons t
this is bbc news. the headlines the israeli prime minister, benjamin netanyahu, gives a statement saying the country is preparing for a ground invasion, but doing everything possible to bring hostages home. he encourages israeli citizens to carry weapons. some aid gets into gaza, but the un warns it will have to stop its operations in gaza tonight if it runs out of fuel. the us house of representatives elects little known republican mikejohnson as its next speaker, breaking the three week deadlock in the chamber. and in westminster, mps vote to suspend former conservative minister peter bone after investigation found he d bullied a staff member. hurricane otis hits southern mexico, slamming ashore near acapulco as a category five storm before weakening. welcome back. more now on our main story. next more on the war between israel and hamas and the bombardment of gaza from israel. the hamas run health ministry in gaza says more than 6,500 people have been killed since the s
valiantly defends the american flag from a pro-hamas mob and one of its patriotic brothers is here to share the story. but, first: hitting the panic button, that s the focus of tonight s angle now, it s a good rule of thumb that whenever the white house staff rushes joe biden tout address the nation, it can only mean one thing. he is in big political trouble. we have all seen images and they have put to the test two fundamental american principles, excuse me, neither are we a lawless country. [clearing throat] we are a civil society. laura: well, things haven t looked very civil for the weeks on campus that we have been witnessing. now, after a night of violent clashes on its main campus and after weeks of liberal dithering, ucla finally gave the would for law enforcement to come in and dismantle the encampment. all the creatures hiding under their umbrellas and wearing their masks, imagine how dirty those masks are, were all arrested. regular americans are watching this
developed over the last hour or so, police have moved into columbia university to move those pro-palestinian demonstrators out of the building that they have occupied since last night, hundreds and hundreds of law enforcement course. but you can see have swarmed onto the campus or in the case of the screen, you re looking at right now, the picture you re looking at right now, just off campus, we have seen law enforcement move people onto buses, presumably under arrest. we ve also seen the police simply move people off the bus and let them go on their way. we have dean no violent encounters, but billy, between police and protesters as of now when we have seen police move into hamilton hall itself, that is the building that was occupied overnight by these protesters. let me read you a statement from columbia university which explains how this all has been taking place over the last hour or the statement reads a little after 9:00 p.m. this evening, the nypd arrived on campus at