And the sorry tale of the stranded whale in the river thames, as rescue efforts fail to save it. Hello and welcome to the programme. The volatility in israel continues to rise, and now the death toll is rising with it. The palestinian health authority says 20 people have died after israeli air strikes aimed at militant targets in the gaza strip, where rockets were earlier fired towardsjerusalem. Israel s parliament was evacuated as sirens sounded, and there were renewed clashes outside, and inside, al aqsa mosque between israeli police and palestinians. In all more than 200 people were injured, as crowds threw stones and officers fired stun grenades in response. 0ur middle east correspondent, yolande knell reports. 0ur blood is a cheap price forjerusalem, shouts this bereaved gaza grandmother. While this woman, who lost four children, can only weep. The casualties, mounting, after israeli air strikes. Translation: this evening, | jerusalem day, gaza s terrorist organisations crossed a
A minke whale that has been stranded in the river thames near richmond has had to be put down. Rescuers say it was in poor health and was too young to survive on its own in the sea. The whale was first spotted on sunday and drew large crowds after it got stuck at richmond lock. Tim muffett reports. A sad end to what has been an extraordinary day at teddington lock in south west london. The minke whale that had become stranded in the river thames was euthanised this evening. Animal welfare experts say it was the only way to avoid any more unnecessary suffering. The whale was first seen late yesterday afternoon. It had become stranded on a concrete ramp on richmond lock, around two miles along the river. And a seven hour rescue operation began. During the night, the whale was towed away so that vets could try and carry out a health check. But it swam free from its harness. Today, crowds gathered in teddington, along with the rspca and the rnli, after it was spotted again. For a while, th
Explain their objectives. And are the movie awards losing their lustre? the us tv network nbc says it won t broadcast the golden globe awards next year because of worries over ethics and diversity. Welcome to our viewers on pbs in america and around the globe. The volatility in israel continues to rise and now the death toll is rising with it. The palestinian health authority says 20 people, including nine children, have died after israeli air strikes aimed at militant targets in the gaza strip, where rockets were earlier fired towardsjerusalem. Israel s parliament was evacuated as sirens sounded, and there were renewed clashes outside and inside al aqsa mosque between israeli police and palestinians. In all more than 200 people were injured, as crowds threw stones and officers fired stun grenades in response. 0ur middle east correspondent yolande knell reports. 0ur blood is a cheap price forjerusalem, shouts this bereaved gaza grandmother. While this woman, who lost four children,
There were no black members. Now on bbc news, on the travel show ade adepitan takes a look into the future and finds out how tech could play a big part in changing the way we ll all travel. Coming up on this week s travel show, we ll be finding out how tech could change the way we all travel in the future. Glastonbury gears up for another online festival. And saving an underwater super plant in spain. And mike goes for a gentle afternoon bike ride in nairobi. This is a little bit crazy! hello and welcome to the travel show, with me, ade adepitan. This week we are in london s hyde park where the sun is out it wasn t so long ago that travel was a very different experience. Dramatic futuristic music plays you d probably flick through some brochures, pop into a travel agent and write a cheque before heading out to a place you barely knew anything about. Of course, with little more to help you along your way than a paper map and a guidebook. Today, technology has changed things. But what ab
Now on bbc news, it s hardtalk with stephen sackur. Welcome to hardtalk. I m stephen sackur. Here s a story that sounds like fiction. A boy in scotland is raised in post industrial poverty. His father is absent, his mother addicted to alcohol and dead by the time the boy is 16. He is bullied mercilessly because he s different, gay, in an intolerant culture. That boy becomes a fashion designer. He writes a first novel which wins the prestigious booker prize. This is no fiction. His name is douglas stuart and he is my guest today. Douglas stuart in new york state, welcome to hardtalk. Hi, stephen. Thank you for having me. It is a great pleasure to have you on the show. Douglas, i think people right around the world are still discovering your extraordinary novel, shuggie bain. They may be surprised to learn that it took you pretty much a decade, maybe a little bit more than a decade, to actually complete this novel. Now, that makes it sound like it was very difficult to write. Was it diff