caroline modarressy tehrani and seb payne, director of the centre right think tank, onward. welcome to the programme. the us secretary of state antony blinken, has urged israel and the palestinians to take steps to calm tensions during a spike in violence that has put the region on edge. in the latest incident, just hours before mr blinken was due to arrive in israel palestinian health officials say israeli forces shot dead a palestinian man at a military checkpoint in hebron. the violence was sparked on thursday, when ten palestinians were shot dead in the occupied west bank by israeli forces. then on friday, seven israelis were killed when a palestinian gunmen opened fire outside a synagogue in east jerusalem. secretary blinken has already met prime minister benjamin netanyahu and will also meet the president of the palestinian authority mahmoud abas. from the moment mr blinken s plane touched the tarmac he made it clear that addressing the violence of the last week
hello and welcome to bbc news. police in the us city of nashville say a former student who killed three children and three staff at a private school, had carefully planned the attack. they said the 28 year old who was later killed by officers had left behind a manifesto which suggested there were also going to be shootings at other locations. this cctv footage has emerged of the attacker named as 28 year old audrey hale arriving at the school, and then entering by shooting through one of the security doors. the footage then shows hale walking into the school, armed with several weapons. not long after this, they started shooting. among the victims three children, aged eight and nine. and three adults, all in their 60s. this footage emerged of children being led to safety shortly after the shooting. the covenant school is a private christian school for children, aged between 3 and 11. police say that hale had no previous criminal record. they were carrying two assaul
one of them was detained on suspicion of murder. people in chile are voting in a referendum on a new consitution that would radically reshape the country s social rights. we start in the uk the conservative party will announce in less than 2a hours who will replace borisjohnson as its leader and become the new british prime minister. whoever wins will have to tackle the enormous challenge of soaring energy prices. the frontrunner, liz truss, has promised she ll set out immediate action on energy bills if she s elected. meanwhile, rishi sunak says he s got a clear plan to help people struggling with bills, including support to insulate their homes. our political correspondent ian watson reports. with serious economic challenges to confront, you might wonder why anyone would want to move in here, but this week there will be a new occupant of number ten. the pollsters favourite is liz truss. rishi sunak has described himself as the underdog. the winning candidate will have to
And presenter Russell Brand of Sexual Assault says his response to the allegations has been insulting. The woman, known as alice, says she was 16 at the time, and is one of four women alleging he assaulted them in the uk and us between 2006 and 2013. Russell brand denies the claims saying his relationships have been always consensual. The bbc and channel 4 the broadcasters where he used to work have both launched investigations. Heres helena wilkinson. Actor, comedian, entertainer Russell Brand, now accused of serious allegations by four women, including rape and Sexual Assault, allegations he denies. One of his accusers, alice, not her real name, alleges that Russell Brand assaulted her when he was in his early 30s and she was 16 and still at school. She spoke to radio 4s womans hour and had this to say about his denials. First of all, i think it is insulting. It is laughable he would even imply that this is some kind of Mainstream Media conspiracy. He is not outside the mainstream.
us presidentjoe biden and his rival donald trump have gone head to head he has been criticised for a week and hesitant performance in the first head to head tv debate. he struggled as his rivalformer president donald trump made repeated claims that weren t true as the two sparred over their respective terms in office. they even swiped at each other about golf are several key topics were not mentioned at all. let s speak tojohn sudworth, who is in atlanta, where the debate took place. this was a bad night for us politics. yes, in normal circumstances the focus might be on those falsehoods that littered donald trump s performance, but in contrast he appeared presidential. this was a terrible night forjoe biden, faltering, at times seeming to be unable to complete his train of thought, and an event that was asked for by the democrats that had the purpose of trying to allay concerns about his age and mental competence has only amplified them and it has pushed those long simmerin