is to travel to israel, egypt and the west bank to urge israel and the palestinians to de escalate tensions. that s after israeli forces killed seven palestinian fighters and two palestinian civilians during a raid. the raid happened here in a refugee camp in the flashpoint town ofjenin. an elderly woman is reportedly among the dead. this is an eyewitness. we heard gunshots that we fled into the cloud and we stayed under siege there for three hours. the army beseeched us in the club and we heard the sounds of the classes after about an hour, military destroyed cars on both sides on the road bulldozers. a new wave of violence hit the region last spring this is the deadliest single israeli raid intojenin since then. this is the aftermath you can see the extent of the damage. the israeli defense forces say they wanted to arrest members of the armed group, islamichhad. they ve accused the group of planning and executing multiple major terrorist attacks on israeli civili
again. we have a special report from china on the rise of covid again. we have a special report from china on the rise of covid and - china on the rise of covid and related deaths tierney to rise. tyranny. we look at divisions over australia s colonial legacy. live from our studio in singapore. this is bbc news. it s newsday. hello and welcome to the programme. we start the show for you today with the latest developments the parent company of facebook and instagram has announced it will end its suspension of the former president donald trump s accounts. this is after a two year ban that was imposed on mr trump in the wake of the january the 6th storming of the us capitol. his claim that the election was stolen was widely disseminated on social media. we can bring in our north america correspondent peter bowes, who s been watching this story very carefully. great to give you on the programme. i imagine you remember the background of life former president trump was susp
bid, just days after a copy of the koran was burned during a protest in stockholm. a court in washington convicts four members of a far right militia group for their part in the capitol riots in january 2021. and the nominations are in for the antidote to the oscars, the razzies, with some of hollywood s biggest names up for awards. welcome to our viewers on pbs in america and around the globe. the death toll from one of california s worst mass shootings has risen to 11. doctors say one of those injured in the attack died from extensive injuries. the 72 year old suspected gunman was found dead by police on sunday. he had a self inflicted gunshot wound. his motive for the attack is still unclear. the shooting happened as celebrations for lunar new year were underway in the city of monterey park, known for its large asian population. a member of the public, a 26 year old man managed to disarm him; here he is speaking to abc he was hitting me across the face, bashing the back of
pressure and is preparing to send leopard 2 tanks to ukraine. and everything, everywhere all at once leads the oscar nominations, with 11 nods. we ll look at what else has made the cut. live from our studio in singapore. this is bbc news. it s newsday. hello and welcome to the programme. we start the show in new zealand, where chris hipkins has just been sworn in as the country s new prime minister after the shock resignation of jacinda ardern last week, who said she didn t have enough in the tank to continue in the job. prime minister hipkins was sworn in at government house in wellington, alongside carmel sepuloni, who becomes the country s first pasifika deputy prime minister. mr hipkins labour party will face a general election in october. for more on this, i m joined by stephen hoadley, associate professor of politics and international relations at the university of auckland. it s wonderful to get you on the programme. in the first instance, perhaps you could tell us mo