And microsoft gets the green light to buy up the makers of candy crush, one of the biggest deals of its kind in history. And coming up on bbc news england pick owen farrell ahead of george ford, with marcus smith preferred at full back for their world cup Quarterfinal Clash with fiji. Good afternoon from sderot in Southern Israel. We are less than a mile from the gaza border. There has been intense rocket fire this morning, fired from gaza. On the horizon, you can see the outline of gaza city, dark smoke rising in the air. Israel has told more than a Million People living in Northern Gaza to leave their homes and move to the south within the next 2a hours. Israel is massing troops on the gaza border ahead of an expected ground offensive. The un has called on israel to withdraw the evacuation order, saying its impossible for palestinians to fully comply it has also warned of a humanitarian disaster. Israel says so far 1300 israelis were killed by hamas. In gaza, more than 11100 people h
Its merseyside base. Bronagh munro reports. Three masked men arrive outside a drug stash house in liverpool. A fourth is pretending to deliver a parcel. Four minutes later, they escape with the huyton firms cocaine. Hello. Two men in the house have been attacked with a machete and an axe. What injuries have you got, mate . Just sit yourself down. You all right there, mate . Yeah. A trail of blood leads to a Manhole Cover where the cocaine was hidden. Are you in dispute with anyone . Have you upset anyone lately or has anybody got a bit of beef with you . Any information s better than nothing. No one from the huyton firm talks. But this time the police have a secret weapon. The encryption system the criminals use, called encrochat, has been cracked. Detectives can see the messages theyre sending each other. The group theyre talking about is the stolen cocaine. 30 kilos are gone. Thats £1,000,000 worth. Its clear from the messages ive seen that this is a very effective criminal business
Hello, im christian fraser. Youre watching the context on bbc news. Scotlands First Minister humza yousaf resigns , throwing the future of the Scottish Nationalist Government into doubt. Lets focus on that for a 2nd. Humza yousaf standing guard today, announcing just over a year after he was elected. The Scotish National Party now facing its second leadership crisis in 18 months. Asking the snp secretary to begin the process of selecting a new leader as soon as possible. He will remain imposed until that successor is elected to ensure a smooth, orderly transition. 1 a smooth, orderly transition. I am not willing a smooth, orderly transition. I am not willing to a smooth, orderly transition. I am not willing to trade a smooth, orderly transition. I am not willing to trade my a smooth, orderly transition. I h not willing to trade my values and principles or do deals with whom ever simply for attaining power. Therefore, after spending the weekend reflecting on what is best for my party, f
The disgraced hollywood film producer, Harvey Weinstein, has had one of his Rape Convictions overturned. Judges at new Yorks Top Court said weinstein, who will remain in prison on separate sex offences, did not receive a fair trial in 2020. They said prosecutors were allowed to call witnesses whose accusations were not part of the charges against him. A lawyer who represented some of weinstein s victims said the decision was a tragic step back. The case fuelled the me too movement, which exposed sexual abuse and misconduct at the highest levels in hollywood. Deanna levels in hollywood. Paul is a former reporter which deanna paul is a former reporter which she reported on Law Enforcement and the weinstein case. Can you talk us through this case. Can you talk us through this case on 2020 and the reasons were hearing for this being overturned, saying that he didnt get a fair trial because prosecutors were allowed to call these witnesses which were part of the charges against him . The whi
prisoners being held in israeli jails will be also be released, as part of the delayed deal. a four day pause in fighting in gaza will start on friday morning, at 7 local time, after almost seven weeks of fighting. the humanitarian aid will start to go into gaza, as soon as that pause in hostilities begins. those details him a little qatar s foreign ministry spokesman majed al ansari briefed reporters about the truce. we have just finished with all the communication with all parties in order to ascertain the lists of those civilians who will be freed as a result of the deal agreed upon by both parties. the lists have been handed to both sides. and finally, in a communication just now, the list has been handed to the israeli intelligence service, the mossad, in order to facilitate the implementation of the deal. according to this, of course, and as the agreement took place, the 24th of november and it will last, of course, as agreed, as agreed, forfour days. and the first batc