begin with developing news from the middle east. the syrian army says israel has struck a number of targets in homs province north of lebanon. state media said they shot down several missile the syrian observatory for human rights put the number of dead at four. since the war in gaza broke out in october, israel has escalated attacks on what it says are iranian backed mischa targets. we ll have more as it develops. hamas says it has given approval for a ceasefire hamas says it has given approvalfor a ceasefire in approval for a ceasefire in gaza. approvalfor a ceasefire in gaza. details have not been released but there are reports that there are be a truce in exchange for return of israeli prisoners. here s a little of antony blinken s statement. we had meetings already on this trip in riyadh. in cairo, and now today in doha, focused on ensuring that we can use any pause. to continue to build out plans for the day after in gaza, security humanitarian, all bringing challenges
yesterday, starting off with some frost and ice, snow showers in parts of scotland and northern ireland, rain clearing the far south and more snow coming into the south pushing north tonight into tomorrow. it s wednesday the 7th of february. proposals to improve access to nhs dentists in england are being announced by the government today. the plans include offering top up payments for dentists to take on new nhs patients as well as bonuses to work in under served areas. but health leaders say the measures don t go far enough. here s our health editor, hugh pym. a long queue outside a new dental practice in bristol. local people simply wanting to register as nhs patients. the opening following a public campaign after the previous site closed. the story was covered on bbc breakfast yesterday. the images illustrate the growing sense of frustration at the lack of nhs treatment in areas of the country which have been branded dental deserts. a new government and nhs plan for engla
military sources say there are several casualties and injured, with the syrian observatory for human rights putting the number of dead at four. since the war in gaza broke out in october, israel has escalated its attacks on what it says are iranian backed militia targets. we ll have more on this story as it develops. let s turn to the us where a federal court of appeal has ruled that donald trump does not have presidential immunity and can be prosecuted on charges of plotting to overturn the 2020 election. the former president had argued that his executive immunity meant he should not face charges for criminal acts. but the three judge panel rejected that claim. mr trump is expected to appeal against the ruling. our correspondent gary o donoghue has been following the story from washington. of all the cases donald trump is facing, this is the most serious one. it deals with those accusations that he tried to overturn the 2020 election. now, he argued that he had immunity fr
former foreign policy adviser to the eu nathalie tocci, and from chevy chase, maryland, joel rubin, who served in the 0bama administration as assistant to the secretary of state. hello, welcome to the programme. in a significant escalation of the war in ukraine, vladimir putin has ordered the partial mobilisation of reservists. 300,000 russians with military experience will be sent in to defend those parts of ukraine that russia still occupies. in a much anticipated address to the nation, the russian president said he was ready to use all means at his disposal, including nuclear weapons, to defend the territorial integrity of russian occupied land. it follows a string of embarrassing defeats in eastern ukraine, where the russians have lost over 1000 square miles of territory they had captured. most signifanctly in the north around kharkiv, but also now in the south around kherson, the only city they fully control. the russians intend to hold a referendum this weekend in f
crimes, so many potential conspiracies for jack smith to investigate, whether it was, you know, the literal attack that donald trump launched on the capitol on january 6th trying to stop, his word, the certification of joe biden s win. of course he said stop the steal, which helps provide evidence of his corrupt intent because everyone had told him the election wasn t stolen. you have an illegal pressure campaign on mike pence trying to get him to violate the law and refuse to certify the election. and then you have this fake elector scheme, right? seven states. and i don t think anybody believes that these electors in these seven battleground states coincidentally and spontaneously decided to engage in this scheme offering fake electors trying to displace joe biden as the election winner. it has felt all along, and i think the circumstantial evidence bears this out, like a