A barrage of rockets have been fired by rockets into israel mostly on tel aviv. This is madness. People have lost their lives here. The this is madness. People have lost their lives here. this is madness. People have lost their lives here. The united states because the their lives here. The united states because the scene their lives here. The united states because the scene is their lives here. The united states because the scene is harrowing. Their lives here. The united states| because the scene is harrowing and says it is sending a top diplomat to calm the violence. Also tonight. The prime minister announces that a full public inquiry into the uk s response to the coronavirus pandemic will start next spring. And tributes to nine year old jordan banks, killed by lightning after he was hit during training on a football pitch in blackpool. And plans for a national service is memorial to honour all those who worked during the pandemic. Coming up in sport on the bbc news channel
United nations people lost their lives here. The united nations people lost their lives here. The united nations the united state says it s sending a top diplomat to the middle east to urge both sides to calm the violence. Also tonight. Borisjohnson announces a full public inquiry into response of the coronavirus pandemic. It will start next spring. Tributes to jordan banks killed by lightning after he was hit during a training on a football pitch in blackpool. The plans for a national emergency service memorial in westminster to honour all of those who worked on the front line during this pandemic. Good evening and welcome to the bbc news at 6pm. The un says it fears a full scale war as the deadly clashes between the israeli forces, and palestinians, continue to escalate. The united states is sending a senior diplomat to the middle east to urge israelis and palestinians to de escalate violence. At least 53 palestinians and six israelis have been killed since monday. In the past
at their own expense and for ten days. the duke and duchess of sussex are expecting their second child. the couple shared a black and white picture of themselves under a tree, with meghan visibly pregnant. england take early wickets this morning, but india captain virat kohli scores a half century to help extend the hosts second innings lead beyond 400 and coming up this hour. today marks 50 years since the uk s money went decimal. we ll hear how it wasn t as straightforward as you might think. the uk s covid vaccine roll out is officially entering a new phase today, with over 65s and the clinically vulnerable now being invited to get their firstjab. it comes after the prime minister said a vaccine dose had been offered to the four groups most at risk from the virus. it is 69 days since the uk began its mass vaccination programme and six weeks since borisjohnson promised to offer a first dose to top priority groups by today. that includes everyone aged 70 and over, care home
against president biden s student loan bailout plan on friday but its allies are vowing that the fight is not over. rachel: that s right. defiant democrats are also face something tough questions. after the supreme court quoted nancy pelosi s own words in their decision. joey: our very own martin meredith is live at the white house and he s got more on this story. martin. reporter: joey, rachel and steve good morning to all three of you. president biden said he s disappointed in last week s supreme court ruling which nullified his efforts to cancel some student loan debt but the administration says it s working on a plan b. it s really important, first of all, borrowers hear loud and clearly we re not stopping the fight that we recognize how important this is. within hours of the supreme court decision, which we totally disagree with, i think is wrong, we announced that we are moving forward with another pathway to debt relief. reporter: that other pathway includes
if it falls, it would be the first russian victory of note in more than six months. 0ur diplomatic correspondent, james landale, reports from kyiv. munitions explode this is bakhmut, or at least what s left of it, after some of the fiercest fighting since russia invaded ukraine. for more than six months, as the bbc has reported, ukrainian forces have held off a ferocious onslaught, but now russian commanders are growing increasingly confident, including the leader of the mercenaries known as the wagner group, which have been at the heart of the assault. translation: we have - almost surrounded bakhmut. there s only one road that remains in and out of the city, the pincers are closing. before, we were fighting against the professional ukrainian army, but now we fight against old men and boys. ukrainian forces are still defending the city, street by street and reports suggest reinforcements are being sent in, but these russian troops say the ukrainian army is destroying bridges