today, a senior commander with the islamist hezbollah movement was reportedly killed in an apparent israeli drone strike in southern lebanon. and israel s prime minister benjamin netanyahu was on the northern border today, where he signalled that he is prepared, if necessary, to escalate military operations in lebanon, with 80,000 israeli s now displaced from their homes. to the south, the death toll in gaza, stands at 23,000, according to the hamas run health ministry. and so intense is the fighting that several aid agencies have now begun withdrawing medics from the only functioning hospital in central gaza. on his visit to qatar, secretary blinken said washington has an intense focus on preventing this conflict from spreading and a warning to some members of the israeli government. palestinian civilians must be able to return home as soon as conditions allow. they cannot, they must not, be pressed to leave gaza. we reject the statements by some israeli ministers and lawmak
temperatures in the midlands at the minute only around 11 degrees so it is chilly but in the sunshine for west scotland and northern ireland temperatures soaring to around 2a or 25 degrees. so a massive contrast in the weather and in temperature even though we are underneath the same high pressure. overnight the cloud comes back in and as temperatures drop below 10 degrees we start to get some drizzle falling from that cloud sheet. across parts of east scotland and eastern central parts of england it is likely to be a damp start to thursday morning. the morning the drizzle petering out but the cloud will linger across some eastern areas, further west a better chance of seeing the cloud break. for example across parts of wales and the west midlands. temperatures might be climbing again into the 20s in those sunny skies out west. on friday high pressure is still there but we think there will will be less cloud around some more of us should have that brighter weather with sunshi
what to do with myself. and we ll be looking back at the life of the man behind these lyrics. burt bacharach one of pop music s greatest composers has died aged 94. and coming up on the bbc news channel. despite protests from fans there are now revamped plans for a new look european super league with no permanent members and based on sporting performance. good evening. they re digging mass graves in turkey and syria as the death toll climbs rapidly. nearly 20,000 are known to have died in the earthquakes on monday. who knows how many more are still buried under the rubble, but time is running out to save them. the great fear now is for the survivors who are living on the streets with very little food and water in freezing conditions. the un secretary general has promised more help is on its way, but warned that the full extent of the crisis is still unfolding, with people facing nightmares on top of nightmares . we ll hearfrom quentin sommerville in antakya, close to the
also tonight. president zelensky takes his appeal for more weapons and fighterjets for ukraine to brussels. and. # ijust don t know what to do with myself. we ll remember burt bacharach the man behind dozens of hit songs who has died. and on bbc london, donations from londoners for earthquake and coming up on the bbc news channel, the idea has been dismissed once already but there are fresh calls for a european super league. welcome to the programme, on a day when the devastation caused by the earthquakes in turkey and syria became ever more clear, as the death toll rose above 20,000. in the region, rescuers continue to work through the rubble, sometimes still finding people alive. tonight, we ll share the stories of those working with survivors, including doctors looking after a tiny baby this little girl who was born in the rubble and whose mother, father and siblings have all been killed. we ll hear from three of our correspondents, one very close to the syrian