Part in one of the biggest dinosaur digs of all time. Hello and welcome im katty kay in washington and david eades is in london. Israel has announced its blocking a planned visit by two us congresswomen after being urged to do so by President Trump. The two women are both muslim. This morning the president tweeted, it would show great weakness if israel allowed entry to ilhan omar and rashida tlaib. Ms tlaib is of palestinian origin, ms omar came from somalia. They are both us citizens. Israel did what the president wanted, with israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu defending the decision saying the congresswomen planned to harm israel. Heres tom bateman from jerusalem ever since their visit to the occupied west bank and East Jerusalem was omitted there were those on the writing israel saying they should be prevented from coming into the country. That would be possible because of a controversial law introduced in israel a couple of yea rs law introduced in israel a couple of years
Qualification event in tokyo after crossing the finish line hand in hand. Good evening. New figures out today reveal the extent of britains drug crisis in the starkest terms possible. Deaths caused by the mis use of drugs mainly heroin and cocaine hit a record high in england and wales last year. In scotland too, drug related deaths are at their highest. Almost 3,000 people died from illicit drugs in england and wales last year. Thats a rise of 17 on the previous year. Throughout the week weve been reporting on one of the key factors behind this crisis the supply of drugs from the cities to britains towns and even villages or what police call the county lines. All too often children are involved and today our special correspondent, ed thomas, has been showing the police what hes discovered. As heroin deaths reach record highs, for three months weve investigated the rise in county line drug dealing, exploited teenage drug runners, vulnerable, long term users. Just taking it to feel norm
Those pilots were amazing. Full respect of them for getting us down. And the incredible findings at Mission Jurassic well take you to one of the biggest dinosaur graveyards in the world. Israel has blocked the visit of these two Us Democratic congresswomen after President Donald Trump encouraged it. The two women are ilhan omar and Rashida Tlaib, part of this group called the squad. They were involved in a racism row with President Trump last month, after he tweeted that they should go back to where they came from. Rashida tlaib is of palestinian origin and was planning to visit israel and the palestinian territories this weekend. Mr trump tweeted. Israel initially agreed to the visit but has now reversed its decision. Israels Deputy Foreign minister Tzipi Hotovely has tweeted. Bds stands for boycott, divestment and sanctions its a movement that urges a complete boycott of israel over its policies towards the palestinians. Tom batemen is injerusalem. These two congresswomen, ilhan omar
Who remains in a critical condition. And revving up the sound of a sudden we got along. Of the electric car new rules mean in future police are continuing they will need to make some noise. Their investigations after an eight month pregnant woman its crunch time for england was stabbed to death in croydon. At the cricket world cup her baby is critically ill in hospital, after being delivered defeat against india today at the scene. Would seriously damage their chances a 37 year old man has been arrested of reaching the semi finals. On suspicion of murder. It was one of two fatal stabbings in london in 2a hours. A man in his late 20s died after being attacked with a knife in east london last night. Good morning. After the heat and humidity of yesterday today will feel much fresher, with sunny spells, a few showers in the north and west. Our full forecast coming a two month old boy who suffered up head injuries in an alleged assault and west. Our full forecast coming up shortly. Has died
of a relationship between presenter phillip schofield and a younger employee in 2020, but both repeatedly denied it. now on bbc news, it s sportsday. hello and welcome to sportsday. the women s super league is blue once again. it s four in a row for chelsea as they end the season on top. a place in the premier league is on the line at wembley right now we ll be live to wembley to see whether it s coventry or luton town that will play in top flight next season. heartbreak for geraint thomas, as his giro titles hopes are dashed in the final time trial in italy. also coming up on sportsday: saracens are back at the top of the premiership they beat sale to win their first title since relegation four years ago. max verstappen reigns in the principality as he claims pole for the monaco grand prix. welcome along on what s a busy saturday full of titles and trophies being handed out. and we re going to start with the women s super league. chelsea are champions once again. they wr