Is in israel for his two day visit to the middle east. He has just sat down with his israeli counterpart, benjamin netanyahu, who welcomed him to the country. Earlier, mr sunak met israeli president isaac herzog and expressed personal condolences over the loss of life. He told the president that the uk stands in solidarity with israel and backed its right to defend itself. Mr sunak said they agreed on the importance of getting aid to ordinary palestinians in gaza and stressed the need to avoid Futher Escalation across the region. Iam glad i am glad we have had the chance to talk. Palestinians are victims of what hamas has done, and it is important that we continue to provide humanitarian access. I welcomed the announcement yesterday. We in the uk have announced further aid that we are prepared to bring into the region, and we are keen to see that that gets to those who need it to enable, as you say, when people have been asked to leave, to protect civilian life, which is the right thin
On the same day the uk and Republic Of Ireland will now bid unopposed for euro 2028, unopposed for euro 2028, after turkey withdrew to focus on a joint bid with italy for euro 32. Turkey agreed to merge their bid with italy injuly and that has now been approved by uefa. In april, 10 venues were selected for the uk and ireland bid, including glasgows hampden park, cardiffs principality stadium, dublins Aviva Stadium and wembley in london. Uefa will award the hosting of Two European Championships next tuesday. Liverpool Managerjurgen Klopp wants their Premier League game against tottenham to be replayed after luis diazs goal was wrongly disallowed by the video assistant referee. The var team failed to overrule the decision when diaz was flagged offside when the game was still goalless. The referees body, the pgmol, released the audio of discussions between the match officials as they made the decision and when they realised the mistake that had been made. Liverpool went on to lose 2 1. N
scotland and even in northern ireland and parts of oxygen, below freezing but take a look at what to expect when you wake up tomorrow parts of oxfordshire. some places a good 10 degrees up on what we had this morning. it is all because of the cloud and rain that will spoil the cloud and rain that will spoil the child is the meteor shower. as you can see, moving in is a south westerly wind get a great spoil the chances. it will bring a way start for many for our saturday morning. the rain clearing steadily east, there will be a heavier pulse going into the morning across parts of london, easing away, nine or ten o clock, gradually and quite a clearance behind it but further north, it will be quite a murky and misty and damp start with a few scattered showers around and more frequent showers in northern ireland and scotland pondered the winds is a feature, gus exposed coast up to 50 mph and the blustery star to the weekend. into the afternoon, a case of sunny spells and scat
reports coming out of gaza painting a grim picture right now of the humanitarian situation there. what more can you tell us about how hospitals in gaza are coping? itruiith you tell us about how hospitals in gaza are coping? in gaza are coping? with great difficulty because in gaza are coping? with great difficulty because they - in gaza are coping? with great difficulty because they are - in gaza are coping? with great difficulty because they are all. difficulty because they are all pretty much surrounded in gaza city because the israelis argue these are places where hamas fighters have based themselves and consequently, there are intense battles going on around those hospitals. the israelis say they are not targeting the hospitals per se and they are trying to get the civilian populations that are clustered around them to try and leave, and also starting to think about evacuating the hospitals themselves so that israel can concentrate on dealing with hamas. there is a sm
this is bbc news the headlines. thousands more flee the intense fighting in northern gaza after israel opened another safe passage, but that escape route has now closed. fighting in the ruins close quarters combat continues between israeli forces and hamas militants close to the al quds hospital. there s violence too in the west bank at least ten palestinians are killed in the latest raid by israeli forces. former uk employees of mcdonald s begin legal action against the firm, accusing it of failing to protect them from abuse. union power! union power! and lights, cameras, back in action a tentative deal is reached that could bring the long running hollywood actors strike to a close. sport, and time for a full round up from the bbc sport centre, here s jane dougal. hello from the bbc sport centre. a big win for new zealand in the cricket world cup which will boost their chances of getting to the semifinals. they beat sri lanka by five wickets in bangalore. new zeal