Hello. Im Lewis Vaughan jones. We are going to start this hour in the us. Donald trump has held a Campaign Rally in the Southern State of alabama. He said the latest criminal charges against him are ridiculous. Mr trump said the charges over his efforts to overturn the president ial Election Results were an illegal and unconstitutional travesty. He claimed President Biden was trying to preserve his grip on power. Our washington correspondent Sean Dilley Reports from the beginning of our movement, its really been a true force in American Politics thats dead to stand up. Its incredible thing. We dare to stand up to the corrupt clinical establishment. Familiar words. Clinical establishment. Familiar words. Clinical establishment. Familiarwords. ,. ,. , familiar words. We are going to make america familiar words. We are going to make America Great familiar words. We are going to make America Great again. Familiar words. We are going to i make America Great again. Was donald trump make Am
About an incident in gaza city. More than 100 palestinians have been killed while trying to get food aid in gaza city. These are images from the scene in the south west of the city. Joe biden described it as tragic and alarming as he spoke with the leaders of egypt and qatar. These are images from the scene in the southwest of gaza city. Eyewitnesses say a large number of people had approached the convoy of aid trucks as it passed a checkpoint, apparently trying to grab what they could. Since the war began, the amount of food getting into gaza has dropped dramatically, and aid agencies have warned of impending starvation. The Israeli Military released these aerial pictures. It says some soldiers on the checkpoint felt the crowd posed a threat and opened fire. In the chaos that followed, the trucks tried to move forward. Accounts differ, but one witness said that many of the deaths were caused by people being run over. The trucks were overwhelmed and the people driving the trucks, which
republican political party, sinn fein, is on track to become the largest party in local government that calls for the return of local rule in stormont. now on bbc news it s sportsday. hello and welcome to sportsday this saturday night, i m chetan pathak. coming up the programme. all eyes on nottingham can forest beat arsenal to move closer to premier league survival, and send the title to manchester city. spurs are beaten by brentford and they re not the only team who s european hopes are dented on the penultimate weekend. can england s callum tarren keep his momentum? we ll be in new york as the leaders and the chasing pack prepare to tee off on day three of the pga championship also coming up on sportsday before 7. wigan show their warrior spirit coming from behind to knock leeds out of the challenge cup. and katie taylor prepares to make history on her homecoming night as big time boxing returns to ireland: i m just excited to be here, really excited to have a chance
also in the programme. president zelensky addresses the european parliament saying ukraine is fighting to protect europe s way of life president zelensky pleas for. we start with the devastation following monday s earthquakes in turkey and syria, where mass graves are being dug, as the death toll climbs rapidly. nearly 20,000 are known to have lost their lives. rescuers are continuing desperate attempts to find and free survivors, four days after the quakes hit. the world health organization has warned there could be a secondary disaster with survivors living on the streets with very little food and water and in freezing temperatures. our middle east correspondent anna foster is in gaziantep the epicentre of the biggest earthquake to hit the region on monday. this heavy machinery is starting to arrive mainly in the big cities like this one, it has to be said, when you think about the rural villages, towns that are as badly affected, it is so much harder to get the equip
it was the favourite who won the day. corach rambler proved a bargain for his owners a scottish syndicate who bought him forjust £17,000. the largest military parade in 70 years more than 6,000 members of britain s armed services will take part in next month s coronation. and the weather, a lot more cart around today compared to yesterday, patchy rain in the west but it will fill wall. all the details and outlook coming up after breakfast. just as she will feel warm. it s sunday, 16th april. our main story: motoring groups have welcomed the government s decision to cancel the construction of new smart motorways, but insisted the announcement does not go far enough. existing stretches of smart motorway in england will remain, but more emergency stopping places will be put in place. the aa has called for the hard shoulder to return on all roads. aru na iyengar reports. it is not quite the end of smart motorways. plans for m will be scrapped, including 11 that had already b