Have died since the start of the war in october. As fergal keane now reports, while the world worried about a wider war between israel and iran, in gaza, the suffering continued. Airraid sirens blaring the eyes of the world were on a bigger drama, played out in the skies above israel. Shouting but in gaza, nothing changed. This was rafah today after 15 children from one family were killed in an air strike. Translation show me one man among them. L theyre all children and women. You can see my identity is completely erased with the deaths of my wife and children. A pregnant woman was among the dead. Her Baby Daughter was saved in an emergency operation. A child born to a mother she will never know. There is the story of everyday death, and the story of what follows for the families caught in the shadows of death. Nawaras husband, abdulrahman, was one of more than 70 civilians killed in an israeli raid to rescue hostages in february. These were the couples children in the aftermath of th
Its monday the 22nd april, our main story. The mother of murdered teenager Stephen Lawrence has told the bbc that the investigation into his death should be reopened, after the metropolitan Police Issued another apology for the way theyve handled the case. Stephen was 18 when he was stabbed to death in a racist attack in south london 31 years ago today. The metropolitan Police Commissioner has apologised to Doreen Lawrence after questions were raised about another suspect in a bbc investigation. Daniel de simone reports. The racist murder of Stephen Lawrence took place 31 years ago today at a south london bus stop. Two of the original five prime suspects were convicted almost 20 years after the murder. But the met s disastrous handling of the case means no one else has been brought to justice. Last year, the bbc publicly identified a sixth suspect matthew white, who died in 2021 and revealed multiple failures by the met to properly investigate him. Now, stephens mother, baroness Doreen
The Prime Minister says the first flight carrying Asylum Seekers to rwanda will leave in 10 to 12 weeks time come what may. He says an airfield is on standby and charter planes are booked. Rishi sunak had originally promised the first flight would take off this spring, but his timetable now suggests a delay until the summer. He says peers and mps will have to sit through the night tonight if necessary to pass the governments controversial rwanda legislation. Our political correspondent, helen catt is in westminster. Helen. New statistics out this morning show one of the reasons why rishi sunak might be so keen to get those flights off soon, last Year Parliament passed a law that said that some asylum cases could only be dealt with by being removed from the uk. But they cant go to rwanda because the Supreme Court ruled it was unsafe and there are now nearly 52,000 Asylum Seekers whose claims simply cant be dealt with here. So what the government did to try and get around this last year
Al nasser had been at the centre of an Israeli Military operation until two weeks ago. The World Health Organisation has previously said bodies were being buried within hospitals under israeli siege, but palestinians have accused Israeli Forces of killing some of the victims. Israel accuses hamas of using medical facilities as command centres. Lets get more on all of this with our middle east correspondent, yolande knell. Hello to you. Lets start with the background, the reports that the us might sanction a section of the Israeli Military. Might sanction a section of the Israeli Military. Thats right. This is the netzah Israeli Military. Thats right. This is the Netzah Yehuda Israeli Military. Thats right. This is the Netzah Yehuda battalion, l is the Netzah Yehuda battalion, historically operating in the occupied west bank, and they have just been reports suggesting that the us, because it is looking to comply with its own legislation that says that its aid must not be used by Foreign