good afternoon. we start in the middle east, where israel has ordered the mobilisation of reservists in air defence units, fighterjet pilots, and drone operators, as tensions rise in the region. in the latest escalation between israel and palestinians, two israeli women were killed in an attack in the occupied west bank. the authorities say a third person was also seriously wounded in the incident near the settlement of hamra. the israeli military says troops are searching for suspects, who opened fire at a car, causing it to crash. the latest development comes after the israeli military hit targets belonging to the palestinian militant group hamas. the airstrikes targetted areas of the gaza strip and lebanon. israel says they re in retaliation for a major rocket attack on israel launched from southern lebanon, which the israelis blamed on hamas. these images from gaza show the aftermath. they re the heaviest airstrikes that israel has carried out on gaza since last august. w
evan gershkovich. the wall street journal reporter has been charged under article 276 of the criminal code of the russian federation, so thatis code of the russian federation, so that is a very interesting, of course the wall streetjournal reporter categorically denies the accusation, but he was lifted as he went on a trip outside of moscow, his colleague not hearing from him, raising the alarm, and then the first pictures emerging of evan clearly being detained by the russian authorities, and the fear will be that with the war in ukraine that he was being used by some sort of political pawn, that was always the worry, and now charges following both the arrest and of course all of those concerns. worth reporting that the afp news agency and writers by