says an assault on rafah will go ahead as the un secretary general says nothing can justify what he called the collective punishment of palestinians in gaza. chaotic scenes in brussels. police fired water cannon as protesting farmers bring parts of the belgian capital to a standstill. relief for everton as their points reduction for breaching premier league financial rules is reduced from ten points to six after an appeal. and how is this for a trojan horse? undercover police officers in the north east of england come up with an unusual way of tackling anti social behaviour. more on all of those stories, first at head to the bbc sport centre, battery is here and i m sure you are looking at the evident sports story as well. i am indeed, yes, that is where we are going to start. everton have had their ten point deduction reduced to six, moving them up from 17th to 15th in the premier league table. the club were referred to an independent commission in march for alleged breaches
hello, i m matthew amroliwala, welcome to verified live, 3 hours of breaking stories, and checking out the truth behind them. the un secretary general has said nothing justified what he called the collective punishment of the palestinian people in gaza. speaking at the un s human rights council in geneva, antonio guterres accused member states of turning a blind eye to international law, the geneva conventions and even the united nations charter. his comments came hours after israel s prime minister, benjamin netanyahu, said a ground invasion of rafah where 1.5 million palestinians are sheltering would go ahead, whatever happens in hostage negotiations. the israeli military has now presented the war cabinet with a plan for the evacuation of palestinian civilians from rafah. the us has previously warned israel that an offensive, without proper planning, would be a disaster . the palestinian government, which administers parts of the israeli occupied west bank, has sub
thatis could be trouble on the horizon and that is because they are still facing a second charge and potentially facing a second penalty in terms of point reduction. that is after they were charged for breaching rules a second time only last month. that second case couldn t be heard until their appeal in this initial ten point deduction was heard, that has now been dealt with, so you would presume that second charge would now move forward. but if they set a precedent like a precedent, a six point deduction and are found guilty, they could be in line for a second six point deduction, so in the short term good news for everton fans, but they maybe don t want to get too carried away at the moment, just a reminder, when that initial ten point deduction was made it was the biggest in premier league history. the everton fans already feel like they have been through quite a lot at this point. it is feel like they have been through quite a lot at this point.- quite a lot at this p
release. welcome to the world today. we start here in the uk, and rishi sunak has denied accusations of islamophobia within the conservative party. mr sunak was responding for the first time to comments last week by the former deputy party chairman about the mayor of london. lee anderson claimed sadiq khan, who is muslim, was under the control of islamists . the prime minister told the bbc the comments were unacceptable and wrong , but insisted the conservatives did not have a problem with islamophobia. here s our political editor chris mason. mr anderson. hang on, we have spotted lee anderson, he is on quite a walk. the former labour councillor became a conservative mp, and then conservative deputy chairman. very quickly, a few words. last month he lost one of those titles, deputy chairman, now he has lost the other, they conservative suspending him the conservatives suspending him from the parliamentary party he said this. i do not believe that these islamists have got con
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