a chinese surveillance balloon was detected above montana. the government has abandoned plans to house asylum seekers in a pontins holiday park on merseyside. and a warm welcome in south sudan for pope francis, as he continues what s described as a pilgrimage for peace in africa. hello. good evening, welcome to bbc news. lancashire police say they believe that nicola bulley, who went missing while walking her dog, most likely fell into the river wyre. the mother of two, who s a5, was last seen a week ago in st michael s on wyre. air and underwater drones, helicopters, police divers and dogs are being used in the search. we can speak now to our reporter rowan bridge, who joins us from that area. more than a week since her family have seen her, a desperate story. explain more about what the police are saying. explain more about what the police are sa inc. , explain more about what the police are sa in. , explain more about what the police aresa inc. , , are saying. yes, it has
Israel has also sent tanks north of there after a night of heavy aerial and ground bombardments. From jerusalem, paul adams reports. One by one, the people of rafah are leaving. Outlying parts of the city now all but deserted. I wasnt planning on going, hassan says, but since no one is left here, i decided to leave. I have to find out where my wife and daughter are. The un says 300,000 people have left already. Thats almost a quarter of those sheltering in rafah. Most are heading for the coast, to places barely able to sustain life, where exhausted, hungry people fend for themselves. Zainab and her children have brought their makeshift tent to the beach. Translation they dropped leaflets on us four times. After the fourth time, we came here. When i arrived, i found my tent was worn out. We stayed in it for five months in rafah. I want to try and stitch it, but its no good. Back in rafah, israels Ground Operation is almost a week old. The military says its destroying tunnels, Killing Ha
President biden has condemned the violence and unrest on University Campuses across america during pro palestinian protests. His remarks come as police in los angeles cleared an encampment at the University Of California. After a tense late night standoff, hundreds of riot police fired Rubber Bullets to dismantle barricades surrounding the encampment. Its the latest flashpoint in an eruption of protest over israels war against hamas in gaza. Officers in riot gear descended on the camp less than 2a hours after it was violently attacked. They tore down wooden barriers around the protest and dragged tents and equipment away. The Police Used Tear Gas and some fireworks were thrown by the protesters. This all happened in the very Early Morning in la in a really tense atmosphere. There were loud bangs and thick smoke as police fired flares and stun grenades. Dozens of students have been detained some reportedly injured. Lets ta ke lets take another look at the pictures, live from the ucla ca
that would be strange to be planned, so this may be a road balloon even if it was a surveillance balloon. yes, we wait to see. thank you very much, gary 0 donoghue in washington, dc. senior officials from the european union have said ukraine s future is inside the eu , as president zelensky has been hosting a summit in kyiv. there was no mention of a timeline, but the eu says it will support ukraine and its people against what it calls russia s ongoing war of aggression for as long as it takes. president zelensky has been holding a news conference with eu leaders where he has been also speaking about the fighting. we focus, of course, on ukraine s accession path. your determination to forge ahead is impressive. you re taking important steps, with all the reforms forward, to meet the recommendations and we should not forget you are doing this while you are fighting
mr zelensky repeated his call for ukraine to be admitted into the eu under a fast track procedure. the accession path to the european union is a long and complicated process and it takes years to complete. here s our correspondent bethany bell from brussels. before the war ukraine, which is not officially an accession candidate, it was thought it needed to do much more work in terms of democratic sunak democratic norms and curbing corruption. now there have been expressions of support for a possible fast tracking to allow ukraine to perhaps become an accession candidate from some countries in eastern europe. poland, the baltic states, the czech republic and a number of other countries put out a statement yesterday saying that they would support perhaps fast tracking this process. in other countries noticeably in the west of the european union has said this isn t the moment