ahead with a new law aimed at restricting judges powers. the number of migrant crossings in the central mediterranean is up sharply according to the eu s border agency. we have the latest from italy. lets head to the bbc sport centre. thank you very much indeed. we know the identity of the first semifinalist at wimbledon, and it is marketer wondrous over, the unseeded czech player who has made the last four beating jessica pegula, the fourth seeded american in the last few moments. this is what transpired on court number one, withjessica pegula reaching the quarterfinals of wimbledon for the very first time, losing to wondrous over. this is the other match taking place, with a iga swiatek in trouble, the poland number one seed playing against elina svitolina, a former semifinalist at this competition, one that iga swiatek is not reach the quarterfinals of the poor, they are on serve though at the second set, having won the first set svitolina by seven games. they are on se
things did suddenly pick up and kick in from last thursday when the sun reported it, but when you look at the timeline, the question is partly because the bbc said the sun s report contained new allegations what was the initial complaint? in terms of the situation we ve got on our hands, i want to say one thing upfront, which is you are balancing serious allegations, duty of care, privacy issues and legitimate public interests, and how do you navigate that fairly, calmly and do due diligence? i ve given a bit of context to a few people in terms of the numbers of issues we get coming into our corporate investigations unit. over six months, that will be about 250 and you take those and they are the serious complaints that are coming through of all different types. what happens is we have an outstanding corporate investigations team, they re very experienced, they assess the complaint. i m not going to go into the absolute specifics because of privacy concerns. i understand th
worthjust reminding you about the origins of the alliance and its central article of collective defence. the north atlantic treaty organisation was established in 1949 in a bid to stop soviet expansion following the second world war. it was initally made up of 12 countries including the us uk canada and france. since then, the membership has grown to 31 with finland the very latest to join. the central principle of nato, is its commitment to collective defence. under article 5 of the treaty, all member countries agree to help each other, if one of them is attacked. and it s that commitment which makes many countries wary about allowing ukraine to join. let s cross live to my colleague lewis vaughanjones in vilnius. over lewis vaughanjones in vilnius. to you. over lewis vau:han jones in vilnius. to ou. ., , plenty of warm words and support for ukraine in the last couple of hours, or updates like denmark, training f-165, or updates like denmark, training f 16s, fighterjets, ukr
are suddenly back on the table. they re going through the israeli parliament again after mr netanyahu, amid the last crisis over this a few months ago, had put them on hold. but the far right and ultra religious elements of his coalition are pushing for all of this to happen. they see this as the time to act, their best chance to get all this through. mr netanyahu is politically weaker than he s ever been in his premiership. he s on trial for corruption. there is the concurrent security crisis in the occupied palestinian territories. and so we see this deepening aggravation in israel that deeply dividesjewish israeli society. and the protests now are back on. and i think they re going to last for days, weeks, even months more. and in a sign of the international pressure on mr netanyahu to try and sort this thing out, we ve had the white house tonight saying that they expect the israeli government to respect peaceful protest. just weeks after a migrant boat disaster of the coast of gree
england who have enjoyed broad public support thus far, are determined to win the same from the government here. vincent mcaviney, bbc news. migrants attempting to cross the mediterranean have told the bbc that nothing could stop them from trying to reach europe. recorded crossings in the central mediterranean in the first five months of 2023 are more than double the same period last year, according to eu border agency fro ntex. the bbc s alice cuddy witnessed the rescue of one boat in distress after it set off from libya. this is what it looks like to have gambled your life and one. most of these 86 migrants are under the age of 18. their lives ahead of them. but they said nothing could stop them from trying to cross the mediterranean stop. for migrant