the jenin refugee camp. also tonight: in the uk, the ministry of defence has confirmed for the first time that special forces are at the centre of a war crimes inquiry. king charles has been presented with the scottish crown jewels, marking his coronation as part of national service of thanksgiving in st giles cathedral in edinburgh. and should governments be able to read people s messages? meta s mark zuckerberg is on a collision course with the uk government over that very question, as he continues plans to build super secure messaging into all his apps. but we start tonight in the middle east, where thousands of people injenin in the occupied west bank have attended a funeral procession for 12 palestinians killed since monday during an israeli military operation. that operation has now finished. you can see the damage left behind. thousands of palestinians who left their homes started to go back. our international editor jeremy bowen sent this special report from inside t
legislation following a pair of deadly mass shootings, proving that action can overcome partisan division. serbia is taking swift action on gun violence not a progressive country, by the way. just two mass shootings in may that left seven dead and 21 injured, serbia took action. it has the third largest rate of gun ownership in the world, and it pushed through new laws with near unanimous support despite deep political divides. joining us now with more nbc news chief foreign correspondent richard engel. richard, how were they able to get this done? reporter: well, the secret is it wasn t even that difficult. there were these two mass shootings last month. they were extremely rare. people were outraged. they took to the streets. but they weren t just dismissed as tragedies, dismissed as part of a problem that is too difficult to confront. the people got together. the government got together. lawmakers from a variety of political parties put their differences aside, a
Of women and children. A group of African Leaders are currently in russia for a crucial meeting with president putin. This comes after their visit to ukraine as part of a Peace Mission aimed at resolving the ongoing conflict between the two nations. Now on bbc news. First hand accounts from veterans of the Second World War in episode one of we were there. You were shot at, shelled, bombed, mortared. And yelled, let the bombs go from the aircraft. How many young people did we actually kill . We looked to the aircraft and the whole of the back of it had been shredded with shell splinters. If the sergeant says, jump, you said, how high . We just did whatever we were told to do. I in the sand, the only way to survive seemed to be try and get shelter of some kind. Because of the 12 of us, only eight of us had come back. Four of our crews had gone, including one crew who were on their very first trip. It was a sunday. I was in church with my mother and father. And i remember hearing the bis
now on bbc news first hand accounts from veterans of the second world war in episode one of we were there. you were shot at, shelled, bombed, mortared. ..and yelled, let the bombs go from the aircraft . how many young people did we actually kill? we looked to the aircraft and the whole of the back of it had been shredded with shell splinters. if the sergeant says, jump, you said, how high? we just did whatever we were told to do. i in the sand, the only way to survive seemed to be try and get shelter of some kind. because of the 12 of us, only eight of us had come back. four of our crews had gone, including one crew who were on their very first trip. it was a sunday. i was in church with my mother and father. and i remember hearing the bishop getting up in the pulpit before his sermon and saying, we re now at war with germany and i thought, how exciting! gosh, an adventure! and little did i know what was in store for me. 0ur division was putting told to captur
is one of britain s youngest imams and uses social media to tackle negative assumptions about islam and to speak about men s mental health did you know the beans were use for baked beans are not actually grown in the uk? they are shipped in from all over the world but for 12 years scientists have developed a seed they think will grow here and a farm in lincolnshire has been trying to trying it out. fingers crossed it works. now, ten seconds of ice cream. a man of many, many talents then, eric erling haaland was having a great time whipping up ice cream for football fans. i love it. you are all caught up. see you. voice-over: this is bbc news. we ll have the headlines and all the main news stories for you at the top of the hour, straight after this programme. unintelligible bombs, mortared. let the bombs go from the aircraft let the bombs go from the aircraft. how many young people did we aircraft. how many young people did we actually kill? we aircraft. how many you