israel and gaza. ijust want in the middle east. the war in israel and gaza. i just want to show you pictures that we are getting in. the latest from southern israel looking into northern gaza as we touched on in the headlines there. if you re telling us it is expanding its assault deeper into the northern gaza strip. wejust had its assault deeper into the northern gaza strip. we just had a little earlier from an gaza strip. we just had a little earlierfrom an idf gaza strip. we just had a little earlier from an idf spokesperson reiterating that with artillery, with tanks and with ground troops, but also from ships in the sea and with missiles, they are continuing their operations in gaza. the stated aim of that, of course, as we have been told, is to prevent hamas from having capability of launching any further attacks on israel. but, of course, a lot of discussion right now around international law and the terms of use of military force. the director of the un agency for pal
hello and welcome to your monday one show, live on bbc one and iplayer with lauren laverne. and alexjones. and what a way to kick off the week we have a sofa full of stars. we re joined by hollywood actor jada pinkett smith who is giving herfirst uk tv interview about her explosive new memoir. sir tom jones and will.i.am are on the search for the next singing sensation in the latest series of the voice they ll be revealing which new celeb will have their hand on the buzzer this year. and comedian and tv presenter rhod gilbert will be telling us why he s lending his voice to raising money and awareness of cancer after his own devastating diagnosis. and professorjames logan follows a specialist team as they deal with an urgent threat to the nation s bees. very scary, that, isn t it? and as ever, if you have a question for any of our guests tonight please do get in touch. all the details are on screen now. first tonight we all know that council budgets are being squeezed
gadhafi. and turning to india with the jailing of an activist has sparked widespread protests. there are reports that a deal with police could allow that activist to leave jail and begin a hunger strike. the protest leader was arrested yesterday, but has refused to leave jail despite a police order release him ups he s freed unconditionally. an aide says the deal limits any hunger strikes or demonstrations to 15 days. his jailhouse protests sparked marches through india yesterday including one attended in mumbai by some 10,000 people. back here at home, tampa police say they stopped a student there pulling off a bomb plot that could have been worse than the columbine high school has kemassacre that killed 19. an anonymous tip led them to the suspect, a former student