in a sign of the growing hunger and desperation in gaza, crowds of people have looted aid trucks entering the besieged strip through the rafah crossing. for the first time since the war began, israel has also opened one of its crossings into gaza to aid. it s hoped the opening of the kerem shalom crossing will double the amount of food and medicine reaching gazans. until now, aid has only been able to reach the territory through the rafah crossing from egypt. israel has kept up its bombardment of gaza, killing dozens more people. gaza s hamas run health ministry says 90 people were killed injust the jabalia area of gaza city. in a change of tone, the uk and germany havejoined calls for a sustainable ceasefire . prime minister benjamin netanyahu insists israel will fight to the end, but the reuters news agency is quoting egyptian security sources as saying israel and hamas are both open to a ceasefire, but still disagree over details. our correspondent lucy williamson has mor
during the pandemic. i wasn t trying to pull the wool over anyone s eyes, and i regret, and i am sorry, for not saying straight out, yes i am involved. i will be representing the uk at the eurovision song contest! pop star and actor olly alexander is announced as the united kingdom s entry for next year s eurovision song contest. hello. we begin in gaza, where in a sign of the growing hunger and desperation there, aid trucks entering the strip have been mobbed and looted by crowds of people. vehicles carrying vital aid in through the rafah border crossing from egypt were boarded and stripped of their supplies. the un says hungry people helping themselves to food is making it almost impossible to distribute aid. there are hopes more aid will start arriving each day, after israel opened the kerem shalom crossing into gaza for humanitarian aid trucks for the first time since the war started in october. until now, aid has only been able to reach the territory through the rafah cr
after the quakes that killed nearly 16,000 people. and there s been an increase in people taking up detectoring in the british countryside but should their discoveries be finders keepers? next week will mark the one year anniversary of russia s invasion of ukraine. the uk prime minister rishi sunak has told world leaders meeting in munich that the international response to russia s aggression in ukraine has not been strong enough. mr sunak said that the sovereignty and security of every nation was at stake in the war. i v e i ve been having meetings with the leaders from the united states and across europe, and we are united in our determination to ensure ukraine seeds and russia fails. i want everyone to follow our lead in giving ukraine that support, but not only do we need to help them when the war, we need to ensure a lasting peace, and that is something that i have been talking about two allies today. have been talking about two allies toda . ., , ., ~ ., today. you
now sport from the bbc sport centre. manchester united are looking for their first premier league win and goal since lifting the league cup at wembley in february. that slump has seen eric ten hag s side drop out of the top four. united host brentford later and ten hag feels some of the attributes that made them top four contenders are missing you have to know why you are where you are. and what brings us to the position. and that was about determination, that was about passion, that was about desire. so, i admit it. when you are a strong opponent, who plays above the levels, and many teams play against man united above their levels, you get killed. brentford head into this one having lostjust once in their last ten games, they could move up to seventh in the table with a win. manager thomas frank says the trip to old trafford will prove a huge test in their challenge for european football. we potentially are going into the most difficult game of the season, with everything t
official try to get additional security guarantees at a nato summit. the uk government has at least a barge that will house asylum seekers as it seeks to cut hotel costs sturgeon is arrested over an investigation into snp finances. sport and for a full round up, from the bbc sport centre manchester united are looking for their first premier league win and goal since lifting the league cup at wembley in february. that slump has seen eric ten hag s side drop out of the top four. united host brentford later and ten hag feels some of the attributes that made them top four contenders are missing you have to know why you are where you are. and what brings us to the position. and that was about determination, that was about passion, that was about desire. so, i admit it. when you are a strong opponent, who plays above the levels, and many teams play against man united above their levels, you get killed. brentford head into this one having lostjust once in their last 10 games, they c