hello and welcome. we begin in the middle east, where the israeli military says it has hit targets belonging to the palestinian militant group hamas. the airstrikes hit areas of the gaza strip and lebanon. israel says they re in retaliation for a major rocket attack on israel launched from southern lebanon which the israelis blamed on hamas. these are the latest images showing the aftermath of the attack in gaza. the airstrikes are the heaviest since last august. our correspondent lucy williamson spoke to us from jerusalem. israel says it carried out a series of strikes overnight against targets it says were linked to the palestinian militant group hamas in both lebanon and in gaza. in gaza, it says it hit tunnels and also weapons manufacturing sites, and reports from southern lebanon describe explosions around the palestinian refugee camp there. in return, palestinian militants fired dozens of rockets from gaza at israel overnight. most were intercepted or landed in open gro
we begin in the middle east where israeli officials say two israeli women have been killed in an attack in the occupied west bank. in an attack in the these pictures of the attack have just come in. the authorities say a third person was also seriously wounded in the incident, near the settlement of hamra. the israeli military says troops are searching for suspects who opened fire at a car, causing it to crash. this latest development come after the israeli military hit targets belonging to the palestinian militant group hamas. the air strikes hit areas of the gaza strip and lebanon israel says they re in retaliation for a major rocket attack on israel launched from southern lebanon which the israelis blamed on hamas. these are the latest images showing the aftermath of the attack in gaza. the air strikes are the heaviest since last august. our correspondent lucy williamson spoke to us from jerusalem. israel says it carried out a series of strikes overnight against targ
hi, peter . actually , good morning. and you hit the nail on the head there. the big focus of today s meetings is going to be on iran right now. the big concern for leaders in the gulf that the president is going to be meeting with separately and then together today is iran s nuclear program. what exactly are they going to do? they re the top two foes in the region for iran. are saudi arabia, where we are today with the president and israel where we were for the last couple of days with the president and things are apparently of great enough concern now that israel and saudi arabia have this first in a lifetime dialog going on . they are the first line kind of relations came yesterday when saudi arabia announced that they are finally going to start allowing flights to take off in israel to land here in saudi arabia and israel is not a part of today s meetings, but it is a great concern in the region what exactly iran is going to do. president biden said he prefers diplomacy,
welcome to bbc news. with just over 12 hours until polls open party leaders have spent the day criss crossing the country, making their last pitch to voters. 50 days after calling the general election theresa may said that brexit was the priority and she was the leader best able to build a stronger, more prosperous britain . beginning his day in glasgow the labour leaderjeremy corbyn warned voters against five more years of austerity and pledged more spending on health and education, delivering hope not fear. we ll be bringing you the last word from all the campaigns but first our political editor laura kuenssberg has been following the uk s two major parties labour and the conservatives. this is the last push, the final few miles as they try to bring you over and even before most voters were awake, theresa may was out in is london. talking about the conservative‘s plans to invest more in london. with security dominating the campaign, mrs mayer pledged to toughen the law
welcome to bbc news. with just a few hours until polls open party leaders have spent the day criss crossing the country, making their last pitch to voters. 50 days after calling the general election theresa may said that brexit was the priority and she was the leader best able to build a stronger, more prosperous britain. beginning his day in glasgow the labour leaderjeremy corbyn warned voters against five more years of austerity and pledged more spending on health and education, delivering hope, not fear. from north, south, east to west, they re having breakfast on the go, managing to find a moment for a sit down and a cuppa. this is the last push, the final few miles as they try to win you over and even before most voters were awake, theresa may was out in east london. tomorrow is the big one. yes. talking about the conservatives promise to invest billions more in housing, roads and rail. with security dominating the campaign, late last night mrs may pledged to toughen