upholds a law banning gay sex saying it must preserve national dignity. after a tumultuous day in british politics the race is on to find a new prime minister after theresa may announced she would step down as leader of the conservative party in two weeks‘ time. in a statement with an emotional end, mrs may said she d been unable to complete britain s withdrawal from the european union, despite her best efforts. the former foreign secretary boris johnson is the favourite to succeed mrs may. and he s declared that under his leadership britain would leave the european union in october, with or without a deal. our political editor laura kuenssberg reports. it was time. time to go to work, although the job has slipped away. good morning. lovely weather. for confidantes to choreograph the exit rather than plan the future. time to confront the truth. a broken government, a broken leader. time to forget distractions. the men in suits walk out. then silence drops. as with every l
the united states has approved the deployment of 1500 troops to the middle east. president donald trump says it would be a protective measure. he s played down the potential of conflict in the region saying that he believed iran did not want a confrontation with the united states. the american military deployed a carrier strike group to the region earlier this month. we want to have protection in the middle east, we will be sending a relatively small number of troops, mostly protective and some very talented people are going to the middle east right now and we ll see and we ll see what happens. our washington correspondent chris buckler has more on the us s motives. sending troops in order to send a message to iran. there is concern among military chiefs and intelligence chiefs here in washington that iran has become more aggressive. they have blamed them for attacks on tankers off the coast in the gulf and there is a sense that they want to do something to show they will not
displaced palestinians are sheltering and in the latest air strike on the city 15 children of one family are among the dead. fergal keane now reports on the continued suffering in gaza. siren blares. the eyes of the world were on a bigger drama played out in the skies above israel. but in gaza, nothing changed. this was rafah today, after 15 children from one family were killed in an air strike. translation: show me one man among them. l they re all children and women. you can see my identity is completely erased with the deaths of my wife and children. a pregnant woman was among the dead. her baby daughter was saved in an emergency operation. a child born to a mother she will never know. there is the story of everyday death, and the story of what follows for the families caught in the shadows of death. nawara s husband abdulrahman was one of more than 70 civilians killed in an israeli raid to rescue hostages in february. these were the couple s children in the aftermat
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and defence systems. president zelensky said the military aid package will give his country a chance of victory in its war against russia. translation: i think the support for the restraint in translation: i think the support for the restraint in the translation: i think the support for the restraint in the armed translation: i think the support for the restraint in the armed forces - translation: i think the support for the restraint in the armed forces of l the restraint in the armed forces of ukraine, and we will have a chance for victory if ukraine really gets the weapon is a system which we need so much. thousands of soldiers need so much. thousands of soldiers need so much, and thus it should not be just spreading a thin layer all over, but it has to end up in tangible weapon systems. many ukrainians have been thanking the us for the funding on social media. we ve also been hearing from residents in the capital, kyiv. translation: of course it is not too late. - i