i will be representing the uk at the eurovision song contest! pop star and actor olly alexander is announced as the united kingdom s entry for next year s eurovision song contest. welcome to the programme. we start with the latest on the israel gaza war. britain and germany are calling for an urgent sustainable ceasefire in gaza. last week both countries abstained on a united nations resolution demanding an immediate humanitarian ceasefire. but in a change of tone, which echoes a shift in the us, the foreign ministers of both countries say too many civilians have been killed in israel s war against hamas and the sooner a truce comes the better. france meanwhile has also called for an immediate and durable ceasefire. israel s prime minister benhamin netanyahu has strongly reiterated his opposition to a ceasefire. speaking before a cabinet meeting, he insisted they will fight till the end to eliminate hamas which many countries consider a terror group. israel stepped up its b
hello. the israeli army says three hostages who were mistakenly shot dead by troops in gaza were holding a white flag. early findings from an official investigation said the men were fired on in breach of the army s rules of engagement. an israeli soldier began shooting when three shirtless men emerged from a building in the suburbs of gaza city. alon shamriz, yotam haim and samer el talalqa were killed in shejaiya, in the north of gaza. the idf say their killing was very tragic . the killings have prompted increased pressure on the israeli government to resume negotiations with hamas on the release of captured israeli nationals. people have gathered near the tel aviv museum of art in what s become known as hostages square . there are reports the head of israel s spy agency, mossad, is preparing to meet the qatari prime minister to discuss the issue. in a separate development, an aljazeera journalist and cameraman, samer abu daqa, was killed on friday in an israeli strike.
i quick snapshot from paris a quick snapshot from paris, a large number of protesters and police on the streets. we ve seen a few skirmishes but the stand off between government and protesters continues over that change to the pension age. we will return to paris in the next little while but those are some of the pictures coming into us. sport and for a full round up from the bbc sport centre, here s will parry. deja vu at chelsea! yes, chelsea say they re delighted to welcome frank lampard back to the club as caretaker manager until the end of the season. his return comes a little over two years after he was sacked and replaced by thomas tuchel. the former chelsea midfielder has been out of a job since being dismissed by everton injanuary. lampard held his first press conference ahead of saturday s game against wolves in the premier league and says the chance to come back was too good to turn down. i have a lot of emotions and feelings towards the club and i m also a prac
for being undemocratic. moscow is accused of deliberately sparking a globalfood crisis through its war in ukraine. russia s un envoy storms out of the security council in protest. and the man taking drastic action to save ancient plane trees near the eiffel tower in france. hello and welcome. borisjohnson has survived a vote of confidence in his leadership of the conservative party, although more than 40% of tory mps voted against him. he described the result as decisive and his supporters have urged their colleagues to allow the government to push ahead with the running of the country. but one of mrjohnson s critics said it was a very bad result and he would be surprised if he was still in downing street by the end of the autumn. here is the story of the vote and the results. after months of awkward question for borisjohnson, weeks of mounting speculation and a day of intense public, sometimes angry, arguments, the moment a verdict, the result with yes, the potential t
barbenheimer goes on. this summer s blockbusters barbie and oppenheimer lead the golden globe nominations. the deaths of dozens of people in the last six months in the uk have been linked to a new group of street drugs that can be hundreds of times stronger than heroin. they re called nitazenes and they are synthetic opioids that are believed to be coming to the uk from china. our midlands correspondent navtej johal and producer alex homer have been speaking to the mother of a young man who s thought to have died after a fatal overdose. he was funny. pretty. brilliant dancer. so kind. just kind. simeon mcanoy, who was 33, died just nine weeks ago from a drug overdose. an inquest will determine his cause of death, but the coroner has told his family that a powerful synthetic opioid was found in his system, belonging to a class of drugs known as nitazenes. it is believed that at the time, simeon thought he was taking heroin. we re sitting in the living room, with simeon in