hello, i m sally bundock. welcome to the programme. we begin with breaking news, a story developing overnight. the israeli military has carried out air raids in the gaza strip, striking targets belonging to the islamichhad militant group. palestinian officials said three commanders of the group were among at least 12 people killed. several others have been wounded. powerful explosions were heard throughout gaza city and rafah in the south of the gaza strip, causing panic among residents. in a statement, the al quds brigade, the military wing of islamichhad, said resistance to israel would continue. the death in israeli custody of an islamichhad hunger striker last week was followed by the firing of hundreds of rockets from gaza into israel. soon we will go live to gaza city to speak to rushdi abualouf. three senior officials killed in gaza airstrikes, his say the israeli military launched strikes against the militant group on tuesday. these are the pictures we are receiving a
through central london. hello, i m lucy grey, welcome to verified live. britain s national crime agency is questioning three people on suspicion of immigration offences, afterfive migrants died while trying to cross the channel to reach the uk yesterday. the dead included a seven year old girl. two of the three people arrested are from sudan, the other is south sudanese. they are aged between 19 and 22. craig turner, the deputy director of investigations at the national crime agency, gave this statement about the arrests. i can confirm that three men have been arrested on suspicion of facilitating illegal immigration and entering the uk illegally. the men, to sudanese nationals, aged 22 and 19, and a south sudanese national aged 22, were detained last night and this morning by the national crime agency and our partners in immigration enforcement and will be questioned by investigators at a police station in kent. additionally, another 55 people, also believed to be on that bo
the film review on bbc news. to take us through this week s cinema releases is mark kermode. so, mark, what do we have this week? a very mixed bag, we have logan, a superhero movie that is not really a superhero movie that is not really a superhero movie. viceroy‘s house, a handsome period drama from gurinder chadha. and certain women, the latest low key chadha. and certain women, the latest low key offering from kelly reichardt. so wolverine, back with us. reichardt. so wolverine, back with us. in a way, that missiles it, so this is basically a superhero movie that isn t about superheroes, it is about ageing and arthritis and growing old. wow, i am already surprised! it is an x-men movie for people who prefer westerns to comic book adaptations. dead in a not too distant future in which the hugh jackman character, will bring, is making a living as a limo driver. he is looking wretched, bloodshot eyes, and he is looking at their patrick stewa rt‘s charles and he is lookin
and has views of the wall israel has built in and around the occupied west bank. hull is britain s city of culture for 2017 we ll be bringing you the highlights from its first two months in a special programme at 8.30. good evening and welcome to bbc news. results are being declared in the northern ireland assembly election, and turnout is up sharply compared to the last election. with 37 seats declared so far, early signs are that both sinn fein and the unionist dup are polling strongly. the election was called after sinn fein withdrew from the power sharing executive in january. let s join annita mcveigh, who s in belfast. thank you very much. good evening from the titanic exhibition centre in belfast. the votes for the four belfast constituencies are being counted. here and across counting centres in northern ireland, at 9am this morning, those votes, the process of counting those laws began. here we are at seven o clock this evening and we are not quite halfway there ye
who works on mood, long shots, you believe in these characters absolutely, and the story is not evident immediately you have to give it time, let it settle. it is a film i want to see again. the performances are fantastically naturalistic you do believe in the characters, sometimes to the point where you think, i am going to stay with them for a while, even though i am not entirely sure where the narrative thread is going. over the course of the drama, it does have a cumulative affect, but so much of it is to do with the tone of the atmosphere, you know, the way in which people look at each other, the environment in which they find themselves, the isolation, and the way in which they do or do not relate to the other characters around them and the landscape. that is a very hard sell, because you are not going to put that on a movie poster a film about the way you may or may not relate to the people and the landscape around you! but it is a film that you have to meet half