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hello, i m rajini vaidyanathan. we beginfrom. the polls have just closed in catalonia, where pro independence supporters wanting to break away from spain are hoping to maintain their majority in the regional parliament. catalonia made a failed attempt to break away from spain in 2017, and the election comes as the parliament in madrid is expected to approve a controversial amnesty law for separatist catalans facing legal action. let s speak to our correspondent guy hedgecoe. if you could just set this into context. why are these elections so significant? context. why are these elections so si . nificant? , context. why are these elections so siunificant? , ., context. why are these elections so siunificant? , . , u, significant? they are significant because the significant? they are significant because the cattle significant? they are significant because the cattle on because the cattle on pro independence parties have controlled the regional parliament for so lon ....
in fact, the man concerned was a gazan blogger and singer called saleh aljaafari. instead of being fake persona used to fabricate evidence of israeli war crimes some of those images of him were old pictures from his instagram posts, while others were of different people altogether. meanwhile, the israeli military confirmed the strike on the ambulance, saying that it was being used by hamas operatives. so as lil su boat pointed out. and the former director of bbc news, richard sambrook, chipped in. aiming to be a reliable, objective source of information amid the fog of war. gaza daily is the latest way in which the bbc world service has responded to global crises following an emergency radio service set up in may during the conflict in sudan and extended tv bulletins in ukraine last year after the country was invaded. it launched last friday. bbc news arabic radio went off air earlier this year, but due to the ongoing war, it s launching an emergency radio service for g ....
would have overall security responsibility in gaza for an indefinite period , once the war ends. washington says it opposes what it calls a reoccupation of gaza by israel, and that the territory must remain palestinian land. here s what both parties had to say on the matter. we see what happens when we don t have that security, what we see is a eruption of hamas on a scale that we haven t seen before. the president maintains his position, that a re occupation by israeli forces is not the right thing to do. we ll let them speak to their intentions but we are definitely having conversations about what the post conflict environment ought to look like, and what governance in gaza will look like. one thing there is absolutely no daylight on is hamas cannot be part of that equation. in gaza itself, the israeli defence minister says his troops have now battled their way into gaza city, thought to be the stronghold of hamas designated by several western countries as a terr ....
shira, who turned 20 years old last saturday, is behind the wheel of a 30 tonne truck. there is a lull in her delivery of rockets to front line israel defence force units, targeting gaza. so, what are your family s thoughts now that you re here? gaza is just two kilometres that way. they re very proud. they know that we are fighting for our country and this is our place. we don t have another place to go. that sentiment is at the heart of israel s response to what hamas did. the sense that the country needs to be saved. amir is a sergeant in this artillery unit. i d never been to war. i m 20 years old. i didn t really believe that i would go to war. is there an element of revenge involved? no, not revenge. i wouldn t say revenge. sure. if i wouldn t be there to stop them, it willjust continue. they ll go to my house. i live in the centre of israel and if i wouldn t be there to stop them, they ll come to my family. and so gaza is pounded, day after day. we watch as the t ....
hundred see australia beat hundred see saustralia beat afghanistan and reach the semifinals of the world cup. sees. good evening and welcome to the bbc news at six. charles iii has delivered his first king s speech to parliament, outlining the government s priorities. among the announcements, there was a focus on crime, with tougher sentences for those who commit the worst crimes, and more rights for victims. confirmation of a phased ban on smoking in england means everyone who s now 1a or younger will never be able to legally buy a cigarette. and new licences will be awarded for oil and gas projects in the north sea. on housing, there s to be a ban on leaseholds for new houses and a promise to make it easier for existing homeowners to buy their freeholds in england and wales. there will also be a law to allow driverless cars on britain s roads. but the king warned of difficult decisions ahead, as our political editor chris mason reports. hats and stockings, preceden ....