Applause and well always stand with israel and the threats against its security. Mr khan alleges there is evidence to suggest starvation has been used by the Prime Minister and his Defence Minister as a method of war against civilians. He also alleges israeli leaders killed wilfully, intentionally directing attacks against civilians. Mr netanyahu has described the allegations as absurd. In respect of hamas, the prosecutor alleges there is clear evidence they ordered mass murder, rape and the Inhumane Treatment of hostages. A panel of iccjudges must now decide whether they believe the evidence is sufficient to issue warrants, something which could take weeks or months. The bbc s Anna Holligan has more from the hague. This is a catalogue of devastating allegations presented by the icc prosecutor, mr khan. Starvation as a weapon of warfare, deliberate attacks, military attacks on the civilian population. He says Benjamin Netanyahu and yoav gallant are responsible as co perpetrators. On
Decision to acknowledgejerusalem as israels capital could jeopardise middle east peace efforts. In israel, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahyu says the sooner palestinians accept the decision the sooner there will be peace. But the change in us policy has been met by widespread anger across the arab and muslim world and as our middle east editor sebastian usher reports, the protests have been escalating. Tear gas was fired into a crowd of around 1,000 protesters in beirut as they tried to reach the us embassy this morning. Effigies of President Trump and us flags were burned by angry groups of Palestinian Refugees and lebanese activists. Translation we are here to tell the us embassy, the embassy of the aggressor, thatjerusalem is arab, it was arab and it will stay arab. Large rallies have been held in the moroccan capital, rabat. And in cairo too. As protesters try to build momentum across the region against President Trumps decision. In istanbul, thousands turned out to hear president
Successfully tested a Hydrogen Bomb, a device which can be loaded onto a long range ballistic missile. There is no independent verification of that claim. South korea and japan say it was a nuclear test ten times more powerful than the previous attempt by pyongyang. A jubilant newsreader on state tv announced that the bomb test had been complete success. The device was of unprecedently large power, she said. The news came just hours after state media published this photo of kim jong un apparently inspecting such a device. The test comes against a backdrop of heightened tensions in the region following multiple missile launches by north korea, the last one conducted less than a week ago. Earlier seismologists detected a powerful tremor, measuring a 6. 3 magnitude, near the norths main testing site site at punggye ri. Earlier i spoke to our correspondent yogita limaye, in seoul. I asked her how south korea has reacted to the news. We have just had a word from the south korean government,
Separate meetings with the five stormont parties in an attempt to bring back the power sharing executive. A red arrow salute as the the queen officially opens the new queensferry crossing. The queen was accompanied by Prince Philip 53 years to the day after she opened the neighbouring forth road bridge. Should girls and boys clothes be a thing of the past . John lewis decide to take gender labelling off their childrens clothes. Good afternoon and welcome to bbc news. South korea says it has seen indications that the north is preparing more Missile Launches, possibly an intercontinental Ballistic Missile. The south has carried out live fire exercises, and says it is strengthening its Missile Defence system. The escalation follows north koreas testing of a Hydrogen Nuclear bomb at the weekend, which it says can fit onto a long range missile. The us has warned that any threat to itself or its allies will be met with a massive military response. A Un Security Council meeting is under way i
The uk Terror Threat has been increased to critical, the highest level, meaning an attack may be imminent. Its in the wake of a bomb explosion on a rush hour train in london. British police say they are treating the explosion as a terrorist incident. 29 people were injured. So called Islamic State says it carried out the attack. It happened at the height of the morning rush hour as a train pulled into the station at Parsons Green in south west london. The bbc understands that the bomb, described as a homemade device, had been fitted with a timer, but it failed to fully detonate. Whoever planted it is still on the run. The first of our reports is from our special correspondent lucy manning. On the floor of the tube, still in flames, it was supposed to blow up the carriage. That bag is on fire. It caused panic, fear, some injuries, but thankfully it didnt kill. Guys, lets get away and move to the end of the platform. At 8 20am, this train, packed with commuters, had just arrived at Parso