Is to prepare for a Ground Invasion, which, again, would be of further escalation and what we have seen which began after October The 7th, but what we have seen along the border between Israel And Lebanon has been very different than we have seen In Gaza. Weve seen a steady, over the course of ii steady, over the course of 11 months or so, exchange of fire, but everything changed just over a week ago when It Pagers and then Walkie Talkies held by members of hezbollah exploded here in beirut and around lebanon. And we have seen a real israeli object. Lets go to the un in New York. Sir Keir Starmer is speaking now. Lets see what he says. See what he says. Other than helinu see what he says. Other than helping those see what he says. Other than helping those in see what he says. Other than helping those in need. See what he says. Other than helping those in need. The i see what he says. Other than l helping those in need. The un and the icrc have both lost staff this month In Gaza, lebano
Jared isaacman became the first non professional astronaut to walk in space. His first words as he stepped outside the Resilience Spacecracft were beautiful world. He used the first privately funded spacewalk to do Mobility Tests of the new type of spacesuit that will be at the forefront of the next generation of space exploration. Our Science Correspondent Pallab ghosh has the story. Back at home we all have a lot of work to do but from here, earth sure looks like a perfect world. Historic words for an historic moment. Out comes the first private Sector Astronaut to walk in space. Silhouetted in earths orbit, billionaire Jared Isaacman paid millions of dollars for this experience. Earlier, he was suiting up, as were the other three crew members. The capsulte has no air lock, so the entire spacecraft is in the vacuum of space once the doors opened. Then, the all important checks to make sure that the spacesuits dont leak. Theyd been upgraded for the spacewalk, stronger and more flexibl
And making stolen phones harder to sell on the Uk Government, asks Tech Companies how they can tackle phone theft. And libraries are facing mass closures across the uk. A former childrens laureate tells us why he feels that is a decimation. Hello and welcome to the programme. We start this i were in ukraine. Where russia has carried out one of the deadliest strikes in months. Ukraines Defence Ministry says 51 people have been killed, and more than 200 injured. It happened in poltava a city in the east of the country. Many people are believed to be trapped under the rubble. The countrys Defence Ministry called It A barbaric strike against an educational establishment. President zelensky said, it was a very difficult day for ukraine. Our bbc verify correspondent, Merlyn Thomas has the latest. Here at bpc verify we are working hard to analyse and verify footage of the aftermath of the attack. Let me talk you through what we know so far but what happened. The attack was on the city Of Po
Hostage negotiations. There has been a great deal in the press over the weekend. He asks whether i am optimistic. The answer is that i am neither optimistic nor pessimistic but i can tell them that the British Government is doing everything it can to ensure that those negotiations are successful. I am sure the Minister Negotiations are successful. I am sure the minister agrees negotiations are successful. I n sure the minister agrees that it is profoundly in the british interest that there should be a properly functioning system of International Rules and laws and that the International Court ofjustice is central to that system. So what concrete steps as the government taking to enforce its ruling with regard to this can affect conflict, enforcing the ruling and in relation to the assault on rafah, is at the ministers view that the assault and the impact it will have on the civilians, and as he points out, 600,000 children, that that would be in role with the lining in line with the ro
russia s foreign minister has called for a un security council meeting,. as this happened during previous prisoner swaps. our russia editor steve rosenberg gave us the latest from moscow. caught on mobile phone, the moment a russian military transport plane fell from the sky. woman speaks russian good god, she cries, as the consequence of what has happened becomes clear. the wreckage was strewn across the fields of belgorod region. not only did russia accuse ukraine of shooting the plane down, it claimed that on board were dozens of ukrainian prisoners of war who were about to be exchanged. translation: on board the plane, there were six crew members, - 65 ukrainian servicemen for a prisoner swap, and three russian military personnel escorting them. the crew and all the passengers on the plane were killed. with this terrorist attack the ukrainian leadership has shown its true colours. over at the russian parliament, mps were quick to condemn ukraine and those countries who