he s hoping the move will improve his chances of playing for england at this summer s euros. today he reiterated his apology to the lgbtq plus community and anyone upset by his move from liverpool to saudi in the summer, and says he s looking forward to the challenge ahead at his new club. i just felt as though this opportunity was a huge one, and i felt as though this was the right next move for my career and what i wanted to do. obviously it was a big decision, with how long i d been out in saudi. but they fully respected the decision and i was just thankful that it was handled in the right way. brentford s ivan toney has been handed the captain s armband for his return to football in their premier league game against nottingham forest on saturday. brentford boss thomas frank confirmed toney will skipper the team on his comeback fom an eight month ban for breaching betting rules. that s because captain christian norgaard is unavailable. toney has been linked with a move to
from a night out in nottingham have been named as barnaby webber and grace kumar. they were both 19. a man in his 50s was also stabbed to death and his van was then driven into another group of people, leaving one critically injured. a 31 year old man is being held on suspicion of murder. our reporterjo black is in nottingham. two teenagers killed with no real understanding as to why. barnaby webber and grace kumar were both students at nottingham university. they died in the attack along with a third man in his 50s. the city mourns together, unable to comprehend what s happened. i ve lived here all my life and i ve got a connection with the city and ijust. i kind of want to be, i don t know, here with other people my age. vigils have been held overnight for those killed. right now, our hearts, thoughts, prayers go out to those especially who have lost loved ones. in a statement, nottingham university said it was shocked and devastated and that its thoughts were with those af
hello, i m ben thompson, welcome to the programme. we start with news that the israeli defence minister has said that israel will retain security control of gaza after the fighting has ended and all hostages have been reef free. this comes as america and europe s most senior diplomat ticks head to the middle east to press israel and its strategy. they do appear to reject positions put forward last year by washington. under you have gland s so called fork proposals, hamas would no longer control gaza and israel would retain overall security control. a multinational force would take charge of rebuilding the territory. neighbouring egypt would take on an as yet unspecified role. but gaza would be run by unspecified government of palestinians as long as they are not hostile towards israel. and there would be no resettlement of israelis in the territory. well, the deputy secretary general of the fatah central committee, the hasty decision making body of the fatah party which contr
turn our attention to other news. president biden has led international condemnation of new laws in uganda which mean that anyone having gay sex can be jailed for life. in some circumstances, people could face the death penalty. mr biden called the laws shameful, and said the us was considering sanctions. the united states has led the growing chorus of condemnation over these new laws. president biden, in a five paragraph statement, called uganda s new laws shameful and a tragic violation of universal human rights . he s called for those laws to be immediately repealed and is threatening sanctions if that doesn t happen, saying that the united states will, in his words, evaluate the implications of the law on all aspects of us engagement with uganda . now, one aspect of engagement with uganda is a programme known as pepfar that stands for the president s emergency plan for aids relief, which was established back in 2003 under the administration of george w bush to limit a
where many of the victims were taken. israel says it is investigating the incident. since early october, at least 20,600 people have been killed, and over 5a,500 people have been injured. in the past hour reports are emerging that an israeli air strike outside the syrian capital damascus has killed a senior adviser in iran s revolutionary guards. more on that later in the programme. but first our correspondent shaimaa khalil is in bethlehem and sent us this report on the latest from gaza . and a warning, the report contains images some may find distressing pointing to her pain, overcome with distress. it hurts here, mama, she says. her mother is trying to console her. late at night, tteir homes were bombed. late at night, their homes were bombed. the wounded kept coming to the nearby al aqsa hospital, already overwhelmed, with no fuel or water and minimal supplies. in gaza, there is no respite for the people, or those trying to save them. for many, it was too late. the