between bitter rivals saudi arabia and iran. buckingham palace is cooperating with an independent study into links between the british monarchy and the slave trade. cleaning up the uk s biggest police force. officers are diverted from investigating terrorism and serious crimes in london to tackling wrongdoing within the ranks. the uk s first residential gambling treatment centre for women has opened its doors to cameras for the very first time. the gordon moody facility opened in 2021, after the number of women receiving support for addiction more than doubled in five years. rachel stonehouse has met three women who ve been through treatment at the centre. everything was revolving around the gambling and i was just anxious all the time. i would get to the point where i wasjust gambling. it was boring, but i had to do it because that side of my brain was going, gamble, gamble, gamble. it has been the lowest point of my life and the saddest point because everything around me, i
From egypt overnight. This after an initial convoy of 20 trucks the previous day. The United Nations has warned of a humanitarian catastrophe among Paletsinian Civilans with no access to fresh water, food aid or medicines. Israel tightened its blockade on gaza 15 days ago following an unprecedented massacre of civilians on its territory. The rafah crossing is on the egyptian border, and its the only route into gaza that doesnt border israel. That means its currently the only entry point for aid. Israel is warning its Military Campaign against hamas could last several months. The Israeli Defence forces say the next stage, a widely anticipated ground offensive, would happen soon. With more, heres our correspondent yolanda knell. A sleepless night in gaza. From afar, the flashes of successive israeli air strikes in gaza city as israel steps up its bombing campaign. And amid more and more destruction, and a mounting death toll, the un is warning of a catastrophic humanitarian situation. Ov
words, i knowi russia s war in ukraine, his exact words, i know i can count on you to bring russia to its senses. more on this story coming up here on bbc news, just to stay with us. hello there. if you are out and about over the next few days, across the southern england and wales, the levels are going to be high or on saturday at very high. this ridge of high pressure is building on behind this weatherfront, this high pressure is building on behind this weather front, this weather front has produced a fair bit of cloud and rain, in the early part of today, it is continuing to continue into the north sea clearing all to the north of scotland and shetland, where shetland it will also be windy. behind it sunshine and showers, some of the shows will be heavy, damages goes from lincolnshire, down towards kent. 0f lincolnshire, down towards kent. of course, showers, we won t all see one full. top temperatures between seven and 1a degrees. we hold on to