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Our Middle East correspondent, lucy williamson, has just sent this update from jenin. There are israeli jeeps, israeli armoured vehicles moving around the entrance tojenin s Government Hospital behind me. You can see an ambulance coming through now as well. The Hospital Entrance Isjust behind this Army Vehicle here. Staff inside the hospital say that since last night, the army has surrounded the building. And is searching anyone who wants to leave. This street, deserted now, one of the main roads through the town, has seen this kind of activity so many times since the hamas attacks last october. But this operation, looks a bit different, it is a part of a wider, coordinated operation across the northern West Bank. These kinds of operations going on in several cities. What is not entirely clear at the moment is why ....
health check. a court in belarus sentences the nobel peace prize winner ales bialiatski to 10 years in prison for smuggling money into belarus and financing protests. he says the charges are politically motivated. and memories of 1930 s glasgow we meet the artist holding his first exhibition at the age of 95. i think i got the right atmosphere here. i think ijust got it right. hello and welcome to the programme. the former uk prime minister, borisjohnson, may have repeatedly misled parliament over social gatherings held at downing street during covid restrictions. that s according to mps investigating his conduct, who said that evidence strongly indicates that breaches of covid rules inside number 10 whilst he was prime minister would have been obvious to him. mrjohnson was among those fined by police for breaking lockdown rules, but he said there was no evidence he had knowingly misled parliament over the issue. our political correspondent helen catt reports. did bor ....
germany and the united states are reportedly ready to send tanks to ukraine, in what kyiv hopes will be a game changer in the war. at least 1a leopard 2 tanks could be provided by germany, following months of debate. the united states reportedly plans to supply at least 30 m1 abrams tanks. it s claimed german officials privately insisted they would only send tanks if the us did too. ukrainian officials say they urgently need heavier weapons. britain is providing challenger two tanks. poland wants to send some of its german made tanks but needs permission from berlin. at least 16 other european and nato countries have leopard 2 tanks, which could be available if germany approves their export. elsewhere in ukraine, it s been confirmed two british aid workers, who went missing earlier this month, have been killed. chris parry and andrew bagshaw died while attempting to evacuate people from the eastern city of soledar. we ll have more on that shortly, but first this report ....
Washington has given ukraine another $400 million in military aid. it was announced as the german chancellor 0laf sholz met president biden in washington to discuss the war. here s a little of what they had to say. we are making the alliance stronger and more capable. you have heard me say before that when i talked to putin a couple of months before that that i told him that it would be more likely we get not the finilisation of europe which he was pushing for, we are more likely to get the natoisation of europe and he has had that effect in terms of what has happened so a lot has happened since last year. we have got a lot to talk about and i look forward to our conversation. thank you for having me again. ....
For 0laf sholz because it means europe has a certain amount of cover from the us and is less likely to be targeted or individual countries are less likely to be picked off within the western lines. the families of two british men who went missing in ukraine earlier this month have confirmed they have been killed. chris parry, who was 28, and 47 year old andrew bagshaw died while attempting to evacuate people from the frontline town of soledar in the east of the country. jon donnison reports. almost three weeks since they were last seen alive, there s now confirmation from the families of chris parry and andrew bagshaw that the two men have been killed in eastern ukraine. in a statement, andrew bagshaw s parents, who live in new zealand, said the humanitarian volunteer s car was hit by an artillery shell said the humanitarian volunteers car was hit by an artillery shell as they tried to rescue an elderly woman from soledar. they said their son selflessly took many personal risks and ....