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 un resolution demanding an immediate ceasefire. in a change of language, 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. the israeli prime minister, benjamin netanyahu, has indicated that new negotiations are under way families of israeli hostages held a rally in tel aviv on saturday night. they said the current policy of using military force isn t working and demanded more action on the government to bring the hostages home. but mr netanyahu insists the military campaign will continue. with all the terrible sadness, let me clarify that the military pressure is necessary both for bringing back the hostages and to achieve victory. without the military operation, we would not have been
over 3,500 in syria from that 7.8 magnitude tremor. the united nations, who have been supporting rescue teams in both turkey and syria have warned that the final number of fatalities could double. my colleague lyse doucet is on the ground in gaziantep. well, what you see behind us here in gaziantep, about an hour and a half drive from the epicentre of where that earthquake struck about nearly one week ago, is being played out in towns and cities across a whole swathe of southern turkey and indeed across the border in northern syria. and that is the diggers, they don t have diggers across the border, but diggers here and excavators are getting rid of these mounds of rubble. it is a sign that the rescue effort those painstaking, almost heroic efforts to try to pull people alive from the rubble, and still nearly a week on, they re still finding people. but the effort, the focus is now shifting to recovery, to relief and also to a reckoning. as you mentioned, those more than 10
atlantic, head of atmore cloud moving up from northern france, which could lead to some showers in east anglia and the south east. ahead of the main rain band which was the growth northern ireland into scotland and eventually into wales and western parts of england. some clear spells following to the north west but generally with a lot of cloud it will be fairly mild, temperatures down to around 5 or 6. tomorrow the rain and eastern scotland moves away, sunshine and showers, wintry over the high ground. sunshine and showers and cooler airfor northern ground. sunshine and showers and cooler air for northern ireland. ground. sunshine and showers and cooler airfor northern ireland. it may brighten up later in wales, the south west and the midlands, some showers here and still quite cloudy for many northern and eastern parts of england. a chance of some rain. hla-dr of england. a chance of some rain. hla dr day, temperatures will be around 9 celsius and it is more chilly because
welcome to the programme. beforejoe biden spoke in warsaw this evening, the white house pushed back on a narrative that this was a split screen moment, pitting the american president against vladimir putin. yet the very fact the two men were giving wildly different accounts of the war, on the same day, and just hours apart, makes the comparison unavoidable. in fact, at certain points in this address, joe biden tackled head on the charges president putin had laid earlier in the day. the appetites of the autocrat cannot be appeased. they must be opposed. autocrats only understand one word no, no, no. cheering no, you will not take my country. no, you will not take my freedom. no, you will not take my future. here wasjoe biden returning to a familiar theme. that global confrontation between democracies and autocracy. since he first picked up that theme in the wake of january 6th, western democracies have recovered some of their swagger. that confidence, said the president, flo