to a withdrawal of israeli forces and an end to the war in gaza. that is the framework of talks ongoing. but right now it bears no reality to the situation on the ground. palestinians in gaza have been sheltering from intense bombing and shooting today in the city of khan younis. 190 people have been killed in the last 2a hours. that s according to the hamas run health ministry. in the last hour, we have been hearing from one of the families of those still held hostage in gaza, who are urging prime minister neta nyahu to negotiate. i asked for his reaction to this report of a proposed two month pause in the fighting. hopefully. it s news to me although i ve heard of the few offers or deals today, but i ve heard at the last few weeks also. so all this ongoing, all the feet dragging, it s horrible for us. it s just every single day is another day that my father and his friend are nearing their end, and we feel like we don t have this time to check exactly what the negotiation w
and three european champions cups. there was plenty of drama on day nine of the australian open. sixth seed alexander zverev had to win a fifth set tie break in his match against britain s cameron norrie to make the quarter finals. the german will face number two seed carlos alcaraz who lost just eight games as he beat miomir kecmanovic of serbia in straight sets. it is great to find this level, to play this level in the matches, on the court, i am feeling better and better every day, i m feeling better every match that i am playing, coming into the quarterfinal with a lot of confidence. a shock at the africa cup of nations on the cards, as the hosts ivory coast could be heading out following their 4 0 hammering at the hands of equatorial guinea. emilio nsue s double helped them to a famous win that saw them top group a and qualify for the knockouts. ivory coast need other results elsewhere to go their way. earlier, nigeria had to rely on an own goal to beat guinea bissau 1 0
Also in the next hour, prince harry takes on a new role as a journalist interviewing the former us president barack obama. If you start using pauses, youll probably get the face. The interview was recorded as part of the today programmes guest editor series to be broadcast later this year. In half an hour, Rupert Wingfield hayes assesses the stand off between the Trump Administration and north Koreas Kim Jong un that seems to be reaching crisis point. Six people have died, and a seventh is in a Critical Condition, after a car crash in central birmingham. Six vehicles were involved in the collision, which happened just after one oclock in the morning, at an entrance to an underpass just south of the city centre. Four others needed hospital treatment. Police described the scene as very difficult and upsetting. Tom burridge reports. Horrific and upsetting is how the Emergency Services described the scene. This black taxi flipped onto its side. The driver and a couple on board all died. Ne
Fog should slowly clear away on monday and with a ridge of High Pressure in charge, not a bad day. Quite a lot of sunshine on offer. A bit more cloud around in the far north west. Temperatures around 4 6 in east. We could see 7 9 in the west. Goodbye for now. Hello. This is bbc news. The headlines. A British Embassy worker in beirut has been found dead, police there say shed been murdered. Rebecca dykes worked for the department for International Development in lebanon. Six people have died and one person is in a Critical Condition after a crash on one of birminghams main roads. Police described the scene as very difficult and upsetting are investigating the causes. President putin has thanked President Trump in a phone call for cia assistance in foiling a potential attack by the so called Islamic State on st petersburgs kazan cathedral. Every worker aged 18 and above is to be automatically enrolled in work place pension schemes unless they opt out, in a bid by the government to help y
Later this year. And well be bringing you the latest from Sports Personality of the year as 12 contenders wait to find out if theyve scooped this years trophy. Good evening and welcome to bbc news. A British Embassy worker has been killed in beirut. The body of rebecca dykes was found by the side of a road in the city yesterday. Our correspondentjon donnison has been following developments Lebanese Police have told the bbc that they believe rebecca dykes was murdered on friday night. Her body was found on saturday. They believe she was strangled. They have carried out one postmortem, but they are due to do out one postmortem, but they are due todoa out one postmortem, but they are due to do a second one. Rebecca dykes would that the embassy in beirut. She had done so since the beginning of the year. She was not a diplomat, she worked for the department for International Development. We have spoken to the Foreign Office, they haveissued spoken to the Foreign Office, they have issued a s