the skis, cnn, breaking news hello, everyone. thank you so much for joining me this saturday. i m proud rica whitfield, and we re tracking two major breaking news stories this afternoon, next hour, president biden is set to attend a state dinner in france. i will bring that to you live as it happens, you the is there in paris with the first aid dr. jill biden, plus the french president and first lady. and dramatic new developments in the middle east for israeli hostages rescued from gaza the israeli military launching that daring rescue mission in broad daylight, the government media office in gaza says the operation left more than 200 people dead in central gaza with hundreds more injured. the mission ultimately freeing four hostages from the clutches of hamas, all of them were abducted from the nova music festival on october 7, all right, now, back in israel for the first time in eight months making emotional reunions with family members who never gave up hope. president
the government is expected to publish the brexit strategy in an hour s time. the white paper will set out its priorities for negotiations with the european union after parliament takes the first step towards britain leaving the union, as mps vote overwhelmingly in favour of triggering article 50. last night mps voted 498 to 114 in favour of approving legislation which gives the prime minister the power to start negotiations with european leaders. 47 labour mps, one in five, voted against the bill despite a three line whip imposed by the party leader, jeremy corbyn. and what will happen next? as mentioned, at around noon, brexit secretary david davis will announce the government s white paper on exiting the eu. this will allow parliament to send the bill on forfurther amending and scrutiny, before it becomes law. our assistant political editor, norman smith, is at westminster with the latest. what are we going to find out? probably very little. i think most people expect it to
on the shores of new zealand. coming up in sport we are live here in cardiff at the principality stadium to preview all of this weekend s 6 nations fixtures including wales against england. good evening and welcome to the bbc news at six. the health secretary, jeremy hunt, says it s completely unacceptable that some patients in england are waiting up to 13 hours in a&e. figures show that waiting times in casualty units are worse than at any time in the last decade. and the number of operations cancelled at the last minute hit a fifteen hear high last year. mr hunt insists he does have an improvement plan though didn t reveal it and he admits it will take time. he was talking to our health editor hugh pym. the worst monthly a&e figures in more than a decade. they have corridor nurses as well. times are very desperate. images like this across bbc news. no one would want it for members of their own family. it has been a difficult few days for the health secretary and he ha
and england get ready for the clash in cardiff, in their crucial six nations game against wales. and coming up in sportsday in bbc news: tom varndell becomes the premiership‘s all time leading try scorer as he beats mark cueto s record with his 91st try. good evening. a controversial investigation costing tens of millions of pounds, into claims of the abuse of iraqi civilians by british troops is to be shut down within months . it follows a scathing report by mps into the iraq historic allegations team, which it described as an unmitigated failure , investigating thousands of claims unsupported by credible evidence and that soldiers under investigation, had suffered u na cce pta ble stress . 90% of investigations into abuse allegations from afghanistan are also being dropped. our diplomatic correspondent, caroline hawley, has the story. it s almost 1a years since british troops invaded it s almost 14 years since british troops invaded iraq and the legacy of the war is
we begin with breaking news this noon.a federal appeals court issues a ruling once again impacting the state s voter i-d law.a decision from the seventh circuit court of appeals means voters will again be required to show a photo i-d at the polls in the upcoming november election.the law has been subject to a see- saw set of rulings since it month,- a federal judge blocked part of the law effectively killing the provision that would require a voter to show i-d . but today s ruling reverses the situation again. so.unless there s another ruling between now and november 8th.voters will be required show an i-d at the polls on election day. with the primary in the rear view .the stage is set for the november general election. house speaker paul ryan ?easily defeated? his challeng percent of the vote. vote.after the race was called.the janesville republican talked about his agenda moving forward. ryan also talked about some of the ?attacks? paul nehlen launched. ryan said. whe