Hello and welcome. Israel has continued its air strikes on several parts of the gaza strip even as it continues issuing controversial Evacuation Orders to palestinians. The Israeli Military said its troops had found many tunnels used by hamas at The Rafah Crossing into egypt. The Israel Defense forces have declared a narrow coastal strip at al mawasi to be a safe humanitarian zone, but the un says it has no Running Water or proper sanitation. Israel says that since monday, about 300 thousand palestinians have already fled rafah. The us is still urging israel not to mount a full scale assault on the city. And in the north there are evacuations in the city of jabalia as the idf says that it has been carrying out air strikes. It says hamas fighters are regrouping there. Meanwhile, a top eu official, charles michel, has condemned israels Evacuation Orders, saying people are being directed towards unsafe areas. The Uk Foreign Office is investigating claims by hamas that a british israeli ho
Of gavin and stacey, is coming this christmas. Coming up on bbc news, can luton move out of the Premier Leagues Relegation Zone tonight . Victory over everton could put them on the road to survival. Hello there. Rishi sunak says its disappointing to lose good, hardworking councillors, after a painful night for the conservatives, in the local and mayoral elections. The losses are some of the worst the partys suffered in england for decades. Just look at this, the latest election figures as they stand, with the conservatives having lost more than 340 councillors. And labour have gained more than 140 so far. Chris mason has followed all of the developments through the night, and hes at westminsterfor us. After a lot of coffee hi, chris. Hello, good evening. Since we chatted last night there has been lots of noise, numbers and not a lot of sleep. And here is the picture as things stand with still more than 2a hours worth of results still to come. The conservatives are in a rut, a trend of
piran ditta khan spent nearly two decades evading justice he was extradited from pakistan last year, the last of the seven men involved to face trial. our correspondent, danny savage, reports. this was a shocking crime back in 2005 and it feels like a shocking crime now. a west yorkshire police officer, unarmed, responding to a call of an alarm being activated at a travel agents in a city centre in bradford, west yorkshire, in november 2005. she and her colleague pull up in their police car opposite that business on a busy friday afternoon, they walk across the street towards the front door of the travel agents, just as they arrive, three gunmen burst out of that building, having carried out a robbery, and a gun is fired. pc sharon beshenivsky is shot dead with fatal injuries, her colleague pc teresa milburn is shot as well, injuries which she does recover from. then launched a huge manhunt to track down those responsible. this was a huge story at the time here in the uk. o
mr biden said that while those deaths lead to a debate here in the uk whether the government should suspend arms sales to israel. more than 600 legal experts, in fact, have written to the prime minister, rishi sunak, saying exports must end because the uk risks breaking international law. earlier we spoke to one of the signitaries of this letter, he says that patients for western allies with israel does appear to be running out. we allies with israel does appear to be running out- allies with israel does appear to be runnin out. . ., , . . . running out. we have seen a gradual tou~~henin running out. we have seen a gradual toughening of running out. we have seen a gradual toughening of the running out. we have seen a gradual toughening of the rhetoric running out. we have seen a gradual toughening of the rhetoric and - toughening of the rhetoric and public toughening of the rhetoric and public and toughening of the messages in private both from washington and from lond
the game kicks off in the next couple of hours. the winner takes on. the coastal towns. with only days until the general election, the bbc is visiting communities across the country to find out what people are most concerned about. the coastal towns of dover and deal are often at the centre of conversations about immigration but that s not the only issue on voters minds, as charlotte wright reports. it s the gateway to britain, so often at the centre of the story, whether it s the arrival of small boats or delays at the port. but while there is much talk about this town, we ve come to hear from those who live, work and play here. at this boxing gym, the cost of living is having a big impact. the prices have gone up, and the wages people are getting paid ain t really changed, so, yeah, it sjust hard. it s hard for everyone, really. housing is an issue, you know? i think people are really struggling. do you notice, people that come here, do they talk to you about it as well?