middle east that has been surging, not since just the 7th of october, and there is a real concern about it and there is a real concern about it and a sense that the israeli government has left this on track. they have been repeated warnings to israel to say they have to tackle this. it hasn t happened. ten days ago, the united states imposed the first sanctions on formic settlers that they accused of being extremists, attacking palestinians, overtly to try and force palestinians off the land they are on so that israelis can seize it. as a result of that, now we have had the british following suit today. they have imposed sanctions on formic settlers themselves, only one of them was on the us list. as it is in the uk will be frozen that, they can t come here, if they try and get an account with a bank in israel that has a lot of exposure to the uk financial markets, that will be quite tricky. this is a warning, just the start potentially of a warning to israel from the west sa
tributes have been pouring in for the marathon record holder kelvin kiptum, who s been killed in a car accident in kenya. the 24 year old broke the world record in chicago last year. good afternoon and welcome to the bbc news at one. two hostages have been rescued during a raid by israeli forces in the city of rafah, in southern gaza. fernando simon marman and louis har were released from an apartment block shortly after it was announced israel launched their air strikes. at least 67 people are reported to have been killed. the strikes follow repeated warnings from the international community to israel about its planned offensive in the city, where 1.5 million people are sheltering, fleeing the war further north. in a moment, we ll speak to our international editorjeremy bowen. but first, with all the latest developments, here s our correspondent barbara plett usher. afamily a family reunited, after 128 days of captivity. fernando simon marman on the left and louis har on the
i m going to be elvis for a night! and coming up in sport on bbc news. is time running out for roy hodgson at crystal palace? chelsea are the visitors tonight with the manager in need of a win at selhurst park. good evening. at least 67 palestinians have been killed in israeli air strikes in the south of gaza, as part of a rescue mission to free two hostages being held by hamas designated a terror organisation by the uk government. it brings the total number of palestinians killed in the conflict to more than 28,000, according to the hamas run health ministry. the israeli strikes were in the border city of rafah, where around a million and a half palestinians are currently sheltering. president biden has told israel s prime minister there must be a credible plan to protect civilians, and the foreign secretary lord cameron has urged him to stop and think seriously before taking more action, as there is nowhere for people in rafah to go. but benjamin netanyahu says only c
them wintry in scotland. as we head towards the end of the week it is going to turn much milder. all the details later. good morning. it s monday, the 12th of february. israel says two hostages have been rescued during a raid by special forces in the city of rafah in southern gaza. more than 20 people are reported to have been killed by israeli air strikes, with dozens more injured. israel has been warning that it intends to start a ground offensive to destroy hamas battalions in the city. our correspondent barbara plett usher is injerusalem. barbara, what more do we know? well, these two hostages have been rescued. they are two older men. fernando simon marmon, 60, and louis harve, 70. an israeli military spokesman said they came from a kibbutz where there had been captured in the october the 7th attacks. they were found in a residential building in rafah on the second floor. the military said they had been watching it for quite a long time and this operation was a joint ope
to remove family members caught up in the chaos. today we have a band of rain across the centre of the country. the heaviest will be across northern england. on either side of that variable cloud but also some sunny spells. details later. good morning. it s monday 29th january. the care quality commission is to carry out a special review of an nhs trust which treated a man for mental illness before he went on to kill three people in nottingham lastjune. valdo calocane has been given an indefinite hospital order, for attacking barnaby webber, grace o malley kumar and ian coates. i ve been speaking to barnaby s parents, who say victim support within the criminaljustice system needs reform. yeah, so this was barney s room. remembering his big brother. seven months on, charlie webber says losing barney will never get any easier. i mean, obviously, it s massively, massively devastating. and i think. i need people to realise that it s something that isn t just affecting my life, it