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. welcome to the programme. we start with the latest on the israel gaza war. britain and germany are calling for an urgent sustainable ceasefire in gaza. last week both countries abstained on a united nations resolution demanding an immediate humanitarian ceasefire. but in a change of tone, which echoes a shift in the us, the foreign ministers of both countries say too many civilians have been killed in israel s war against hamas and the sooner a truce comes the better. france meanwhile has also called for an immediate and durable ceasefire. israel s prime minister benhamin netanyahu has strongly reiterated his opposition to a ceasefire. speaking before a cabinet meeting, he insisted they will fight till the end to eliminate hamas which many countries consider a terror group. israel stepped up its b
welcome to the programme. we start with the latest on the israel gaza war. britain and germany are calling for an urgent sustainable ceasefire in gaza. last week, both countries abstained on a un resolution demanding an immediate ceasefire. in a change of language, the foreign ministers of both countries say too many civilians have been killed in israel s war against hamas and the sooner a truce comes, the better. the israeli prime minister, benjamin netanyahu, has indicated that new negotiations are under way families of israeli hostages held a rally in tel aviv on saturday night. they said the current policy of using military force isn t working and demanded more action on the government to bring the hostages home. but mr netanyahu insists the military campaign will continue. with all the terrible sadness, let me clarify that the military pressure is necessary both for bringing back the hostages and to achieve victory. without the military operation, we would not have been
hello. the israeli army says three hostages who were mistakenly shot dead by troops in gaza were holding a white flag. early findings from an official investigation said the men were fired on in breach of the army s rules of engagement. an israeli soldier began shooting when three shirtless men emerged from a building in the suburbs of gaza city. alon shamriz, yotam haim and samer el talalqa were killed in shejaiya, in the north of gaza. the idf say their killing was very tragic . the killings have prompted increased pressure on the israeli government to resume negotiations with hamas on the release of captured israeli nationals. people have gathered near the tel aviv museum of art in what s become known as hostages square . there are reports the head of israel s spy agency, mossad, is preparing to meet the qatari prime minister to discuss the issue. in a separate development, an aljazeera journalist and cameraman, samer abu daqa, was killed on friday in an israeli strike.
we do have some showers. you can see the extent of the cloud across the country, some of the heavy showers working in across western scotland and northern ireland and across wales at the moment whereas across eastern scotland and central and eastern scotland and central and eastern england not much in the way of sunshine. most of that rain tending to come through quite light and patchy but nevertheless are not off through the afternoon. temperatures are lower than at the week but closer to average at this time of year. overnight cloud and rain becoming restricted to southern areas later in the night wears for scotland and northern ireland and northern england were looking at a cold night with a widespread frost. temperatures between zero and minus three celsius. tomorrow any cloud and rain across the south should move away quickly through the morning. high pressure building on and for a time that brings sunny skies to northern ireland and scotland and a good part of england a