let s start with that breaking story with those details coming to us in the last ten or 15 minutes. the metropolitan police believe the man they one to four chemical attack in south london is now dead. in the last hour police have said that the main working hypothesis is that abdul ezedi has gone into the river thames but no body has been found. the 35 year old was last seen on chelsea bridge onjanuary the 35 year old was last seen on chelsea bridge on january 31 just hours after the attack in clapham, south london. he was wanted for attempted murder after a woman and her two children were injured by a corrosive liquid. it is feared the woman will lose the sight in one of her eyes. the police have been giving a briefing at new scotland yard. giving a briefing at new scotland ard. , ., ., giving a briefing at new scotland ard. ,., ., ., ., ., giving a briefing at new scotland ard. ., yard. good afternoon. a further u date yard. good afternoon. a further update in yard. goo
through the english channel, otherwise the winds fairly light and those temperatures in scotland will continue to rise. this is bbc news, the headlines: prince harry said it was his claim for phone hacking and the breach of privacy with mirror group newspapers. settled his claim. israel s prime minister orders his military to devise a rafah evacuation plan hours after new strikes on the southern gaza city. they chant: pay restoration, doctor retention! junior doctors in england will again walk off the job part of their ongoing pay dispute with the government. and 80 years in antarctica a milestone for the uk s first base on the coldest and most remote continent on earth. we have a special report. and a french model maker who was denied recognition by guinness world records for his creation of the tallest matchstick eiffel tower receives some good news. sport and for a full round up from the bbc sport centre, here s chetan. christian horner s internal hearing into
fights to prevent its collapse. ministers are drawing up contingency plans while the supplier looks to secure extra funding amid debts running into billions of pounds. celia hatton has more. the future of the uk s biggest water company is far from watertight. but the government is reassuring thames water s 15 million customers they won t lose access to water as work continues behind the scenes to try to rescue it from collapse. thames water is £14 billion in debt and in crisis mode after the surprise resignation of its ceo on tuesday. no clear reason has been given for sarah bentley s departure. ministers are considering a plan to bring the utility giant temporarily under public ownership if it can t sort out its debts. we need to make sure that thames water as an entity survives. there s a lot of work that the government is trying to do on resolving sewage. certainly, up until now, the regulator has been focused on keeping consumer bills down, but there s a lot of infrastru
but controversial rwanda policy had a new roadblock today, with the appeal court including the east african country is not safe enough for the uk to send asylum seekers there. but the lord chiefjustice, lord burnett, announced it had been a split decision. he thinks rwanda is safe, but his two colleagues did not. deficiencies in the asylum system in rwanda are such that there are substantial grounds for believing that there is a real risk that persons sent to remand it will be returned to their home countries, where they face persecution or other inhumane treatment, when in fact, they have a good claim for asylum. in that sense, rwanda is not a safe third country. the government will be disappointed by today s majorityjudgment a blow for the home secretary, who s expressed her personal enthusiasm for getting flights to rwanda started as soon as possible. but that s not the end of the legaljourney the matter will almost certainly now move to the supreme court for a final h
this unrest prosecutors say the policeman who shot the boy has been placed in formal investigation, suspected of murder. let s take a look at the scene in paris last night. writers clashed with police as cars were overturned and set alight. much unrest and many french cities. this is what prompted all the violence. this video captures the violence. this video captures the police officer pointing the gun at the driver before pulling trigger at the driver before pulling trigger at point lagrange was not he died shortly afterwards. the president convened a meeting with senior ministers, describing the violence as unjustifiable. translation: ., , ., translation: the last few hours have been marked translation: the last few hours have been marked by translation: the last few hours have been marked by scenes translation: the last few hours have been marked by scenes of translation: the last few hours have been marked by scenes of violence - been marked by scenes of violence