case. i m told that uk vi have the application under consideration and are speaking with the honourable lady s offers to help progress the application and i hope we can resolve it very soon.- application and i hope we can resolve it very soon. thank you, mr seaker. resolve it very soon. thank you, mr speaker- does resolve it very soon. thank you, mr speaker. does the resolve it very soon. thank you, mr speaker. does the minister - resolve it very soon. thank you, mr speaker. does the minister accept. speaker. does the minister accept that the female population of afghanistan is enslaved at present? has he seen the amazing film by the courageous sky correspondent called women are all afghanistan which spells this out? and will he perhaps spent a moment to look at edm 1188 marking today the 90th anniversary of the founding of the academic assistance council, now the council for at risk academics which i came across while they were trying to rescue female academics from pote
is the army said the target was an anti ms. also. live now to our middle east correspondent, yolande knell. more strikes number. at least 15 people have been killed in gaza through the course of the day. that air strike a few hours ago was in the south of the gaza strip. two men were killed in their car and you can see in pictures, that car was on fire. the is really military says that they were transporting anti tank missiles but it s a confusing picture because don t militant group in gaza has said they were members of their organisation. there are some local sources saying that perhaps these two men were just relatives who were farmers in that area. at the same time, we ve had the israeli prime minister coming out in the past two hours, speaking about israel s operation in the gaza strip, saying that he had ordered that cherry action as early as last week in response to the rocket fire that took place just over a week ago. he said the idea was that this cuts off the top of
benedict xvi who he says, is very ill. and britain is on course to record its warmest year ever, after a summer of heatwaves, wildfires and drought. hello and welcome to audiences in the uk and around the world. america has become the latest country to impose mandatory covid tests on chinese tourists, after beijing announced it would reopen its borders next week. it comes as china s covid cases surge. tighter measures have also been imposed by italy, japan, malaysia, taiwan and india. our diplomatic correspondent paul adams reports. from the world s most populous nation, alarming scenes china s hospitals overwhelmed, covid infections soaring. the country s abrupt decision to dismantle much of its strict covid regime apparently yielding worrying results. wards full of desperately ill people. outside this hospital in chengdu, a queue for emergency services. government officials say the situation is under control. that s not what these pictures suggest. at this funeral home,
manchester united move to within a point of the champions league places after marcus rashford sent them on their way to a convincing win over nottingham forest. we have heavy rain sweeping in from the south west, pushing north east through the day. behind it we see a return to sunshine and showers but wherever you are, it will be windy. good morning, everybody. it s wednesday the 28th of december. our main story: relatives of a 23 year old man stabbed to death on the dance floor of a birmingham nightclub have described him as their best friend . cody fisher, a non league footballer and school sport coach, was fatally injured on boxing day, as greg mackenzie reports. 23 year old cody fisher was in the prime of his life, but his life was cut short, stabbed to death on a dance floor ofa birmingham nightclub on boxing day. described by his family as a best friend, the semi professional footballer and sports coach was fatally injured at the crane nightclub in digbeth. police beli
condition has worsened in recent hours. and britain is on course to record its warmest year ever, after a summer of heatwaves, wildfires and drought. we ll look at the impact it s had. welcome to bbc news. the announcement that china s borders are to be reopened next month is prompting a tough response by an increasing number of countries. italy is the latest to announce plans to enforce mandatory covid testing of passengers on flights from china after tighter measures were outlined by japan, malaysia, taiwan and india. the us and the philippines are also considering new coronavirus restrictions. american officials accuse the chinese authorities of a lack of transparency as cases of covid have been surging there. our diplomatic correspondent, paul adams, reports. from the world s most populous nation, alarming scenes china s hospitals overwhelmed, covid infections soaring. the country s abrupt decision to dismantle much of its strict covid regime apparently yielding worryin