in the capital seoul got told to get ready to evacuate, only to then get told the evacuation order had been sent in error. earlier, i spoke to our seoul correspondent jean mackenzie, who gave us the picture from the ground. yes, so we were awoken this morning at about 6:30am or so, with the sound of the air raid siren, which is not common. we had messages to prepare for evacuation and we heard that the north, according to the south korean military, had launched a space launch vehicle. we think it s a spy satellite that north korea said they would launch in the coming days. within 30 minutes, residents in seoul had another announcement that the alert had been sent in error, they didn t have to evacuate, and could go about their day. what we have learned since is that north korea has launched this space vehicle, but it didn t come anywhere near seoul. they started to get reports that perhaps this rocket launch has failed but we cannot confirm that. that is something the south k
where former prime minister, imran khan, has been granted bail by the islamabad high court. the court is currently hearing eight cases filed against him. mr khan s bail had been due to expire later today but has been renewed for a further three days. this was mr khan arriving at court earlier, behind a curtain of bullet proof shields, after earlier attempts on his life. imran khan was removed from office by a vote of no confidence last year. he accused pakistan s military of forcing him out and says the cases against him are politically motivated. earlier i discussed the situation with khurram dastgir khan a federal ministerfor energy in pakistan. the fact that mr khan is getting a bonanza of bail from the courts means that pakistan s justice system is operating normally and functioning well. the important point to note is that the events of may nine in their scale and severity amounted to an insurrection against the pakistani state. because if a political party takes it
i am mj lee at the white house and this is cnn. we continue to follow the breaking news out of israel and its war on hamas. the israel defense forces says that it accidentally shot and killed three israeli hostages in northern gaza who were mistakingly identified as a threat. two of the vn victims identified. this is what idf spokesman lieutenant colonel jonathan told me just this last hour. we are looking into how it happened, how it came about that these hostages were out, trying to understand how that happened, whether it was intentional by hamas, or it wasn t intentional. and what we have told our troops is to exercise this when being confronted with people. part of the complexity, we are fighting in a civilian environment where almost all of the rpg crews that have been attacking our troops have been dressed in civilian clothes. it creates a very dynamic and challenging environment. what we have told our troops is to be extra vigilant and do one more safety
which would be a breach of the uk data privacy code designed to protect young people. good morning and welcome to the bbc news channel. the former health secretary, matt hancock, has denied claims he failed to follow covid testing advice during the early days of the pandemic. thousands of whatsapp messages leaked to the telegraph show mr hancock was advised in april 2020 to test everyone going into care homes. but a message reportedly from mr hancock to an aide said he would rather commit to just testing those going into care homes from hospitals. lord bethall was a junior minister in department of health and social care back in 2020. this morning, he was asked whether matt hancock should have taken the advice of the chief medical officer to test everyone going into care homes. no, ithink no, i think the key phrase here is this is obviously a positive step. it was absolutely crystal clear that we wanted to test everyone who went into social care. that was the ambition. gettin
they are so cute! good morning and happy st david s day. it will remain very cloudy, a little bit of rain here and there but not a lot, colder into the weekend and especially next week. all of the details later in the programme. it s wednesday the 1st of march. our main story. a major search is still ongoing for a two month old baby who police fear may have come to harm in freezing conditions near brighton. the child s parents, constance marten and her partner mark gordon, are being held on suspicion of gross negligence manslaughter but are refusing to give any information about their baby, as vincent mcaviney reports. monday night in north brighton. after 53 days on the run, constance marten and mark gordon are spotted on cctv walking down a residential street. while shopping in this convenience store, they were spotted by a member of the public who called 999. shortly after, they were filmed again. officers arrested the couple without their baby walking towards an allotme