and hundreds gather at the sydney opera house to remember the comedy superstar barry humphries. hello, welcome to verified live. prince harry has been awarded £140,000 damages in his phone hacking case against the publishers of the daily mirror. a high courtjudge ruled this morning that on 15 occasions, the duke of sussex was the victim of hacking or other unlawful methods of getting stories about him. in a statement, prince harry said it s a great day for the truth and called on the police to launch a criminal investigation into mirror group newspapers. our media correspondent david sillito reports. this has been a landmark case. prince harry said his life had been blighted by illegal press intrusion and, today, the judge mrjustice fancourt ruled that, yes, his phone had been repeatedly hacked by mirror group newspapers. outside court, a statement was read out on behalf of the duke. today s ruling is vindicating and affirming. i ve been told that slaying dragons will get
hello, i m caitriona perry. you re very welcome. there s new reaction to israel saying that is has accidentally shot dead three hostages in gaza, after mistakenly identifying them as a threat. israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu has called the incident an unbearable tragedy . yotam haim, alon shamriz and samer talalka were abducted on october 7th when hamas, which is deemed a terrorist organisation by the us and uk governments, carried out its deadly attacks on israel. in the last hour in tel aviv, relatives of hostages taken by hamas have been protesting the accidental killings while also calling for a ceasefire and agreement for the release of those still held captive. more than 100 hostages remain in gaza. meanwhile, we ve also learned that aljazeera journalist samer abu daqqa, was killed in khan younis by an israeli missile fired from a drone. one of his colleagues, wael al dahdouh, was injured. 63 journalists and media workers have been killed due to fighting in
Away by police. The israeli army away by police. The israeli army has issued new evacuation orders for various parts of the gaza strip as it expands its military operation. Residents in rafah have been told to move towards a so called expanded humanitarian zone on the west coast. Around 300,000 palestinians have already left. However, Israeli Forces have also told residents in northern gaza to temporarily evacuate following what they say are attempts by hamas to reassemble in the area. Its prompted fears of an assault on two fronts. The uk and its allies have warned israel against carrying out a military offensive in rafah. A 17 year offensive in rafah. A17 year old boy has died after getting into trouble while swimming in the town of wellingborough. The town of wellingborough. Ronald bell was recovered by rescue crews yesterday after reports that he got into difficulty in open water at the embankment, a Northamptonshire Police say it was a tragic accident and ronalds family have reque
Your perfect saturday night in. So why dont you crack open a cold bottle of beer, uncork a wine or fire up the kettle and lets get to work . Big stories , lets get to work . Big stories, big debate, big entertainment and a major celebrity in hot water. After the News Headlines and Aaron Armstrong. And Aaron Armstrong. Hi there. Very good evening to you. Im Aaron Armstrong in the gb newsroom. Well, the Eurovision Song Contest is underway in sweden , but it has underway in sweden, but it has been marred by allegations from inside the arena and ongoing protests outside of it. The netherlands entry used declined has been disqualified. The dutch broadcaster says it was over a threatening movement he made towards someone who was filming him, reportedly against his wishes. Him, reportedly against his wishes. Irelands him, reportedly against his wishes. Irelands entrant him, reportedly against his wishes. Irelands entrant bambie thug, has accused the israeli broadcaster kan of repeatedly break
against the netherlands. good evening, welcome to the bbc news at six. fighting has resumed in gaza after a seven day ceasefire between israel and hamas expired this morning. the israeli military says it s struck more than 200 what it called terror targets . hamas, which is proscribed as a terorist organisation by the uk government, says more than 100 people have been killed. before the pause in fighting, israel s military had focussed on the north of gaza, including places like gaza city. this morning, israeli jets dropped leaflets near the city of khan younis, telling people to get out immediately and go to shelters in rafah in the south of the country, near the egyptian border. but israel s military has hit targets today both in rafah and khan younis. our senior international correspondent orla guerin reports from sderot, just across the border from gaza. gaza awoke to this. a new day of israeli bombing. skies darkened by ash and debris. in rafah, survivors snatched from