the fbi says it is investigating the sale of hundreds of treasures that could have been stolen from the british museum. hello, i m geeta guru murthy, welcome to bbc news now. three hours of fast moving news, interviews and reaction. we start here in the uk, as the first full week of campaigning gets under way ahead of the general election on july the 4th. the labour leader sir keir starmer has focused on security in his first major campaign speech. he s been telling undecided voters in west sussex on the south coast of england that his party will deliver stability. the labour party says if elected it will carry out a 100 day national security review, looking at all the threats facing britain. sir keir said m years of conservative chaos had damaged trust in politics and british institutions. and he said voters faced a choice about the future of the country . i have changed this labour party, dragged it back to service and i will do exactly the same for westminster. that
that more than 2,000 people were buried by a devastating landslide in a remote village. palestinian officials say that at least 45 people have been killed at a refugee camp in rafah. israel describes the air strike as grave and says it will investigate. we take a look at indian administered kashmir, in the first general elections since the modi government took away the region s special status. hello, i m geeta guru murthy. welcome to bbc news now, three hours of fast moving news, interviews and reaction. we start here in the uk, at the beginning of the first full week of campaigning for the general election on july the 4th. the labour leader sir keir starmer has focused on security in his first major campaign speech. he s been telling undecided voters in west sussex in south east england that his party will deliver stability. the labour party says if elected it will carry out a 100 day national security review, looking at all the threats facing britain. sir keir starmer said
landslide in a remote village. a british charity warns of a big increase in cases of skin cancer this year and says peopple should do more to protect themselves from the sun. and how yellow became 0range. coldplay thrill fans with a special song dedicated to luton town football club. hello, i m ben brown, welcome to verified live, three hours of breaking stories, and checking out the truth behind them. let start with a breaking story. israel s military have reported a shooting incident along the country s southern border with egypt, saying it is discussing the issue with the egyptian authorities, quote, a few hours ago a shooting incident happened along the southern border. it is under review and discussions are being held with the egyptians. some other breaking news. the japanese government has made an emergency warning for residents in the south to take cover from the possible threat of a north korean missile. the government said north korea appeared to have fired a missile
For more on that, we are joined now by ben blanchard, taiwan bureau chief for reuters who s in 0xted here in the uk. thank you for your time today. give as the reaction festival to news of this extended military service. well, it s been something that the president has been discussing with her top security officials are quite a while now, so it wasn t exactly a surprise. we knew it was going to come before the end of the year. this is something that really has bipartisan support in taiwan. both the ruling party and the main opposition party have. do understand the need to strengthen taiwan s defences, especially in the face of china s stepped up military capabilities and what taiwan calls a clear and present danger, a threat from china to the democracy that is
You can catch up with that on bbc sounds. time now to get the news, where you are. good morning from the news teams in london and the south east. charities and police are urging victims of domestic abuse not to suffer in silence over the holidays. it s estimated around 300 women and children in london are spending the festive season in refuges. last year during the pandemic domestic abuse increased by 40%, and this was when women and children were locked in with their perpetrators. and it s the same over the christmas period. lockdown gives perpetrators the perfect excuse for controlling behaviour. a driver s in hospital after receiving potentially life threatening injuries in a two car crash near westerham. it happened yesterday morning on the a25 westerham road in limpsfield, near the golf club between 0xted and westerham.