And some of the biggest brands in film and tvjoin forces to launch a giant new streaming company designed to take on the likes of disney and netflix. Hello and welcome. Fighting between israel and palestinians has entered its second week. This is what happened in the early hours of monday. Air strikes on targets in gaza. Israel says it destroyed 15 kilometres of tunnels used by palestinian militants there. This is the aftermath of one israeli strike on the southern area of gaza earlier today. And these are ambulances evacuating injured palestinians to egypt, through the southern border of the gaza strip. This followed hamas firing barrages of rockets from gaza, aimed at cities in israel. You can see some you can see some of you can see some of the damage to buildings. Here s israel s defence minister. Translation: we have thousands of targets of terrorist organisations. We ll reach their homes, their underground hideouts, theirfactories. Wherever they produce terrorism, we will target
The weather s been so awful in the uk, so. 0h, babe, it s so good to see you. And the long wait is over the first hug between mother and daughter for a year. Explosion. As fighting between israel and palestinian militants enters its second week, the us calls for an end to the violence. And where some of our plastic waste ends up an investigation discovers that far from being recycled, some of it gets dumped abroad in fields and waterways. Three of our four nations took big steps towards normality today as restrictions on indoor gathering and social contact have been lifted. The prime minister told people they must enjoy their new found freedoms with a heavy dose of caution as the number of cases of the indian variant of the virus continue to increase. And with it has come a warning from downing street that the review into the next lifting of social distancing measures may be delayed. So what is allowed from today? it was due to take effect on the zist it was due to take effect on t
Platinum jubilee next year. Good afternoon, and welcome to bbc news. Borisjohnson has urged people to exercise a heavy dose of caution as many covid restrictions are lifted across england, wales and much of scotland. The changes come amid growing fears about the spread of the indian variant in britain. Let s take a closer look at some of the relaxations today. In england, pubs and restaurants will be allowed to serve people inside. Cinemas, museums, softplay centres and hotels can also reopen. Groups of six people, or two households, can meet indoors and stay overnight. 30 people are allowed to gather outdoors. Many of the changes in wales are similar to england, but it s still only extended households that are allowed to meet in homes. Up to 50 people can gather outside for organised activities and events, such as weddings. In most of scotland, six people from three households will be able to meet indoors at home. Outdoors, it can be eight people, from up to eight different househol
now on bbc news, the week in parliament. hello and welcome to the week in parliament. as mps debate extending emergency coronavirus powers to the autumn amid calls for a faster easing of lockdown. which is important to save jobs, save businesses and maximise the economic future of our young people. a former defence chief gives his reaction to the reshaping to cybersecurity. it is attempting to balance the books, whether or not that survives over the next ten years, i have no idea. and scotland s first minister survives a vote of no confidence put down by the conservatives. how can parliament have confidence in the words i of a first minister whose words have been found to be false? l if you think you can bully me out of office, you are mistaken, and you misjudge me. but first, it was a week and a milestone that no one wanted or would have envisaged. tuesday marked the one year anniversary of the day borisjohnson announced the first uk wide coronavirus lockdown. 12 months on,