benjamin netanyahu was speaking after the deaths of 2a israeli soldiers in one day the worst loss of life, for the israeli army, since its offensive began. 21 of the soldiers were killed inside buildings they were preparing to demolish, moments before an attack by palestinian fighters. hundreds of people have been attending funerals today. reports from israel suggest, the government may be considering a new deal with hamas which could lead to a pause in fighting, while prisoners are exchanged. intense fighting is continuing in gaza, with the israeli army saying its forces have encircled the southern city of khan younis. the hamas run health ministry says nearly 200 palestinians have been killed in the past 2a hours. from jerusalem, our middle east correspondent, yolande knell and a warning, her report contains some distressing images. buried with a prayer and full military honours, this was the first in a series of funerals for 21 soldiers killed in israel s biggest sin
vessel which first arrived on the scene spoke of his pride at the crew s actions. horrific incident but, you know, our guys there, we re proud that they did a cracking job, you know, rescuing 3i of those guys, yeah. it s just over a year since 27 people lost their lives in the channel, a tragedy that prompted both uk and french governments to say they were stepping up efforts to defeat the people smugglers. but since then, the criminal gangs have expanded their operations, while the desperation of those who would buy their services appears undiminished. in the past few years, the number of people arriving in the uk in small boats has increased rapidly. five years ago, it was fewer than 300. now, nearly 16,000 people have made the crossing this year alone. markjoins us now from dover. the government announced new measures to stop small
thing all over again, so there will be long, clear spells, and watch out for mist and fog forming and the fog is likely to be freezing and there could even be a little bit of sleet around into tomorrow morning but it will tend to be very fleeting and there will be areas of cloud as well. temperatures as low as 5 celsius and the freezing fog is slow to clear. tomorrow, a similar looking day with more sunny spells through the afternoon. that s it. don t forget there s travel news every 15 minutes at breakfast on your bbc local radio station. we re back in half an hour. see you then. back to naga and charlie. hello, this is breakfast with naga munchetty and charlie stayt. coming up on the show this morning. it s already drawing attention on both sides of the atlantic we ll get the us view ahead of harry and meghan s new netflix series due out later this morning. from page to stage tom fletcher tells us why he s turned his new children s book into brand new music, with help from his m
at euston, ongoing repairs to the overhead line equipment means disruption to and from the station is expected to continue into the morning. check before travelling. now onto the weather with elizabeth rizzini. good morning. it is mighty cold across the capital as we head through the rest of this week but it will stay largely dry. this morning, a sharp frost out there and temperatures down as low as minus five celsius in a few spots. also patches of mist and freezing fog out there as well and that will be very slow to lift and clear but for many of us we will be getting off to a bright start and there will be sunny spells the winds are fairly light but there will be some added wind chill and the sunshine not warm at all. most of the temperatures won t get much past one or two celsius. this evening and overnight we will do the whole
each bear sold will contribute to the wildlife fund, and sue would be very happy. the first auction takes place this thursday, and it s sure to be fur tastic. christy sturt, bbc news. i tell you what it has done, it s got us talking about our first teddy bear. abs. got us talking about our first teddy bear. . ., got us talking about our first teddy bear. ., ., , .,, got us talking about our first teddy bear. . ., ., , , got us talking about our first teddy bear. ., ., , , ., ., bear. a lot of people say they had a teddy bear- bear. a lot of people say they had a teddy bear- a bear. a lot of people say they had a teddy bear. a lot bear. a lot of people say they had a teddy bear. a lot of bear. a lot of people say they had a teddy bear. a lot of people. - bear. a lot of people say they had a teddy bear. a lot of people. it i bear. a lot of people say they had a teddy bear. a lot of people. it gets| teddy bear. a lot of people. it gets ou teddy bear. a lot of people. it gets you