manchester city could meet arsenal in the semifinals of the champions league. first, city will need to beat real madrid and arsenal, bayern munich. good afternoon. the chancellorjeremy hunt says the conservative party good afternoon. the chancellorjeremy hunt says the conservative party is absolutely transparent about the donations it receives. but so far the party has neither confirmed nor denied reports it s been given another £5 million by the businessman frank hester, on top of the ten million he s already donated. mr hester has been widely accused of racism after allegedly saying the mp diane abbott makes him want to hate all black women. the tech boss apologised for making what he said rude comments about her. here s our political correspondent hannah miller. learning to use a camera on a visit to the university of sunderland, the chancellor and prime minister can t escape the glare of scrutiny over donations to the party. this week, they said that comments made by o
left cyprus three days ago and is carrying 200 tonnes of food supplied by an american ngo. teams from the ngo in gaza have built a floating jetty to unload the cargo. food and basic supplies are desperately needed in gaza, and the israeli police force is deploying thousands of officers acrossjerusalem s old city for ramadan s first friday prayers at the al aqsa mosque, with tensions high amid the war. let s go live now to anna foster at damascus gate. welcome to eastjerusalem, this is damascus gate, you are talking about the first friday prayers of ramadan which have passed peacefully. there was really tight security, all the streets were closed by israeli soldiers and police. they were only allowing worshippers from certain demographics, there was nobody here between the ages of ten and 50. a huge number of people come here for the first friday prayers and we have seenin the first friday prayers and we have seen in previous years violent clashes in this area and because of t
lizzie greenwood hughes is there for us. once again, willie mullins has triumphed in the sport ofjump racing at the cheltenham gold cup, for in six years for the irish maestro and two in succession although his margin of victory was not as great as last year, this was our ghibli a more impressive performance from the horse because the ground is testing soft but heavy and places for more than 30 years where the word heavy has been in the official going here at cheltenham. but he saw off is hugely talented competitors, so it was another poor day for the bookmakers here, but a great day and great week for the cheltenham festival s most successful winning trainer, willie mullins. here he is speaking to laura scott. it mullins. here he is speaking to laura scott- laura scott. it has been extraordinary, - laura scott. it has been extraordinary, our - laura scott. it has been i extraordinary, our horses laura scott. it has been - extraordinary, our horses were in such extraordinar
this is bbc news, the headlines. israel sends a delegation back to qatar for ceasefire talks despite branding hamas proposals unrealistic. meanwhile benjamin netanyahu approves plans for a military operation in rafah. an aid ship with 20 tons of food and medical supplies arrives off the coast of gaza. ajudge rules a judge rules an attorney can continue prosecuting donald trump in the georgia election interference case. and we show you the incredible images from this year s british wildlife photography awards. some of those stories coming up in a moment or two, let s head back to the middle east. israel deployed thousands of police across the old city in occupied eastjerusalem as muslim worshippers marked the first friday of ramadan. with tensions soaring over the gaza war, palestinians in the west bank crossed israeli checkpoints, to reachjerusalem s al aqsa mosque compound. our correspondent anna foster said the morning had passed off peacefully amid tight security. t