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. hello, i m rajini vaidyanathan. 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 benjamin 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 bombardment of gaza overnight and into sunda
brighton. they opened the scoring in the second half, with a gabrieljesus header, and then, kai havertz got the second that s his fourth goal in seven games. the win ensures arsenal bounce back from last weekend s loss to aston villa. brighton slip a place to ninth. an incredible performance. i think it was a joy to watch, from the start to the end, the way we did it against this very, very good team. i think the players deserve a lot of credit, because we generated so much, and even at half time, the scoreline didn t reflect that. we were really patient, we kept going and i think we deserved to win the game. at anfield, bitter rivals liverpool and manchester united played out a goalless draw. in a cagey game, liverpool were unable to make the most of their chances against a stubborn united defence, who went down to ten men in injury time when diogo dalot was sent off. liverpool drop to second in the league, a point behind arsenal, and afterwards, jurgen klopp criticised hi
avoid a speeding fine. warring factions in sudan sign a seven day ceasefire agreement, allowing humanitarian access and the withdrawal of forces from essential facilities. hello, i m krupa padhy. good to have you with us. a defiant ukrainian president, volodymr zelensky has told the g7 summit in hiroshima that russia does not occupy the embattled city of bakhmut. it comes after conflicting reports of who is now in control of the eastern city. russian president putin has congratulated the wagner mercenary group of capturing the city. but that s been rejected by ukraine. and this follows confirmation from president biden that the united states and partners will help train ukrainian pilots to fly fourth generation fighters such as the f 16. president zelensky has long called for such jets to better fight russia s full invasion of ukraine. our asia pacific correspondent, laura bicker, sent this report from hiroshima. this president knows the cost of war. as he paid tribute to
in a sign of the growing hunger and desperation in gaza, crowds of people have looted aid trucks entering the besieged strip through the rafah crossing. for the first time since the war began, israel has also opened one of its crossings into gaza to aid. it s hoped the opening of the kerem shalom crossing will double the amount of food and medicine reaching gazans. until now, aid has only been able to reach the territory through the rafah crossing from egypt. israel has kept up its bombardment of gaza, killing dozens more people. gaza s hamas run health ministry says 90 people were killed injust the jabalia area of gaza city. in a change of tone, the uk and germany havejoined calls for a sustainable ceasefire . prime minister benjamin netanyahu insists israel will fight to the end, but the reuters news agency is quoting egyptian security sources as saying israel and hamas are both open to a ceasefire, but still disagree over details. our correspondent lucy williamson has mor
a gabrieljesus header and then, kai havertz got the second that s his fourth goal in seven games. the win ensures arsenal bounce back from last weekend s loss to aston villa. brighton slip a place to ninth. an incredible performance. i think it was a joy to watch from the start to the end, the way we did it against this very, very good team. i think the players deserve a lot of credit because we generated so much and even at half time, the scoreline didn t reflect that. we kept going and we won the game. at anfield, bitter rivals liverpool and manchester united played out a goalless draw. in a cagey game, liverpool were unable to make the most of their chances against a stubborn united defence, who went down to ten in injury time when diogo dalot was sent off. liverpool drop to second in the league, a point behind arsenal and afterwards, jurgen klopp criticised his players lack of ruthlessness. players lack of ruthlessness. the main thing i don t like is obviously the r