of sunshine for eastern, southern scotland, across england and wales. breezy rain, light winds elsewhere and there may be a very slight chance of an isolated shower in south east england, most away from the rain in the north west will stay dry, with warm sunshine. hello this is bbc news. the headlines. millions enjoy the first weekend since england s lockdown was eased but concerns as health officials confirm 77 cases of the indian variant across the uk. the organisation representing nhs trusts in england says it will take five years for some hospitals to catch up with the backlog caused by the pandemic two russians suspected of carrying out the salisbury nerve agent poisonings, are now accused, over a czech arms depot explosion, in 2014. the czechs, for example, in the past until quite recently have been quite reticent about basically picking a fight with moscow. and it s quite interesting now the czechs have pivoted and they re being very, very robust in their response. t
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empty streets as austria becomes the first country in europe to reimpose a lockdown amid a surge in covid cases. a memorial service and procession is held in southend to remember the mp sir david amess who was stabbed to death last month. a bbc investigation has found that two mothers who died of herpes after giving birth could have been infected by a single surgeon. and going the extra mile rugby league star kevin sinfield attempts to run 101 miles in a day for motor neurone disease research. good afternoon and welcome to bbc news. five people have been killed and more than a0 injured after a car was driven at high speed into a christmas parade in the american state of wisconsin. children are among the victims. police in the town of waukesha have arrested the driver of the vehicle. they say it does not appear to be an act of terrorism, and that the suspect may have been fleeing a crime scene. peter bowes sent this report. this was the scene seconds before the holiday p
up its criticism of the way israel is carrying out its military offensive in gaza. antony blinken said there was a gap between the government s declared intentions to protect civilians and the casualties and what was happening on the ground. it comes as the un s top aid official has said there s no longer any meaningful humanitarian operation in southern gaza. it does appear, however, that the israeli border crossing kerem shalom could soon be opened to improve the flow of aid. currently making its way into gaza. also in the less 2a hours, we have seen new images from inside gaza. these are pictures of palestinians being held by the israel defense forces, many of them kneeling, many of them stripped to their underwear with their hands tied behind their backs. our international editor jeremy bowen has this report and i should warn you, you may find some of the images in the report distressing. video emerged of palestinian men taken for interrogation. bbc staff recognised the t
antony blinken said there was a gap between the government s declared intentions to protect civilians and the casualties and what was happening on the ground. it comes as the un s top aid official has said there s no longer any meaningful humanitarian operation in southern gaza. it does appear however that the israeli border crossing, kerem shalom, could soon be opened to improve the flow of aid. also, new images appear to show dozens of palestinian men stripped to their underwear with their hands tied behind their back, being held by israel defence forces. this report and it s disturbing is from jeremy bowen. video emerged this afternoon of palestinian men taken for interrogation. bbc staff recognised the town of beit lahiya in northern gaza and we ve geo located the video there too. palestinian diplomats said these were savage images, evoking humanity s darkest times. the israeli army said only that suspects were being interrogated. posts on social media said the men