runners up liverpool are held to a draw by newly promoted fulham. hello and welcome if you re watching in the uk or around the world. israel has warned that it s prepared to continue its military operation against islamichhad militants in gaza for a week. during the second day of airstrikes residential blocks have been hit: at least 15 palestinians are said to have been killed so far. our correspondent yolande knell reports from jerusalem. palestinians scatter as an apartment building is hit in gaza, minutes after a warning call. it is only day two of fighting here, and israel s military says its new operation targeting islamichhad militants could last a week. a commander of the group was killed in an early strike. this woman who lived nearby is afraid and angry. translation: we were safe - in our home, we were thrown out of it by the bombing. we were just sitting there. my son is getting married and we were preparing his bride s new clothes. why didn t they warn us that they
election. supporters of his rival accuse him of bootlegging. as a because of living crisis continues in britain the opposition labour party promises to freeze energy bills this winter. it has been one year since the taliban seized control of the afghan capital kabul. the world watched as the country s government collapsed, the country s government collapsed, the president fleeing, afghans scrambling to get on the last planes out. fast forward to now and serious deep rooted issues persist including the status of women and girls and severe food shortages but for the group itself and its supporters todayis group itself and its supporters today is a national holiday. this is the scene in kabul with the taliban flags flying in the main square but we have seen similar scenes in kandahar, the stronghold in the south west of the country was our correspondence was there. supporters of gravity and a centre of kandahar. todayis of gravity and a centre of kandahar. today is the first ann
allowed girls to go to secondary schools and most of afghanistan, the only country in the world to do so. china military launches fresh drills off taiwan. it s in response to a visit to the island by a new group of american lawmakers. and world leaders meet in an attempt to reach an agreement on a treaty to protect the world s oceans from exploitation. welcome to bbc news broadcasting to viewers in the uk and around the world. broadcasting to viewers in the uk we begin in britain, which has become the first country to approve what its manufacturers are calling a next generation covid vaccine. the uk s medicines regulator has approved a new version of moderna s coronavirus vaccine the first to target both the omicron variant as well as the original strain of the virus. ministers say the vaccine will now form part of the autumn booster campaign. here s our medical editor fergus walsh: this is the start of a new era in covid 19 vaccines. until now, they ve all been designe
hello and welcome. president biden has described as unacceptable the sentencing of us basketball star brittney griner to nine years in a russian prison for possessing and smuggling drugs. she admitted to having cannabis oil when she was detained in moscow in february, but maintained she hadn t intended to break the law. washington has offered a prisoner swap, but it hasn t been taken up. azadeh moshiri reports. i never meant to hurt anybody. i never meant to hurt anybody. i never meant to hurt anybody. i never meant to put in jeopardy the rest of the population. i never meant to break any laws here. it population. i never meant to break any laws here.- population. i never meant to break any laws here. it was her final plea break any laws here. it was her final plea to break any laws here. it was her final plea to a break any laws here. it was her final plea to a russian - break any laws here. it was her final plea to a russian court - final plea to a russian court as
to do it all over again. and ship breakers working at unsafe conditions in bangladesh when the right to sue british owners for deaths or injuries. welcome to the program we begin in northwest nigeria where gunmen have raided a college and taken a number of student hostages the armed group or targeted the forestry college and could do the state later on thursday officials say $180.00 students were rescued in the early hours of friday but 30 remain unaccounted for that school attacks in the north of nigeria are becoming more frequent. kidnapping is a tactic commonly used by armed groups in criminal gangs in nigeria and is it international says it s been escalating since january there were 2 massive directions of schoolchildren of february officials say they carried out by bandits loosely formed armed gangs that rob and kidnap for money nigeria denies paying any ransoms but many believe regional instability in north western states has allowed kidnapping to become a lucrative sou