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tell the bbc they feel abandoned the government says it s doing all it can to help those still there. more than £200 million of money earmarked to help children catch up after covid lockdowns hasn t been spent the finding of a bbc investigation. and the aim was to receive 105 cards for his 105th birthday but this world war two veteran who now has more than 4,000 and counting. and coming up on bbc news, the latest from the world snooker championship. robert milkins and jack lisowski aim to follow in the footsteps ofjohn higgins and secure their place in the next rounds. good afternoon and welcome to the bbc s news at one. the former strictly come dancing head judge len goodman, has died at the age of 78. he had been diagnosed with bone cancer and passed away on saturday at a hospice in tunbridge wells in kent, surrounded by his family. the dancer and choreographer became a judge on the first show in 2004 and continued as head judge until his final appearance in 2016.
the hamas stronghold from the north and south. hamas is designated a terrorist organisation by the uk. us presidentjoe biden says he has asked israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu for a pause in the fighting in gaza. our middle east correspondent yolande knell reports. flares hanging in gaza s night sky are ominous warnings of incoming israeli fire. but, increasingly, the israeli prime minister s being pressed for a pause in fighting. i did ask him for a pause yesterday. this is a key moment. israeli troops are now said to be in the heart of gaza city, closing in on the stronghold of hamas, ministers say. but the destruction in gaza is already immense, with entire neighbourhoods flattened. the civilian death toll is rapidly mounting. the world health organisation says an average of 160 children are killed here every day. nothing justifies the horror being endured by the civilians in gaza. people in gaza are dying in their thousands and those alive are suffering from trau