this is bbc news, the headlines: two summits dominated by the future of ukraine president zelensky arrives in jeddah to appeal for arab support. unfortunately, there are some in the world and here among you who turn a blind eye to the cages and the illegal annexations. syria s president assad is invited to that arab league gathering we ll assess the significance of that after a decade of brutal civil war. the clean up after devastating floods in northern italy continues, which left 14 people dead and forcing thousands from their homes. we will be live on that story in just a moment. sport now and a full round up from the bbc sport centre. hello from the bbc sport centre. alun wyn jones, alun wynjones, the most capped international player for wales, alun wynjones, the most capped international player for wales, has retired from international rugby. he played 170 test matches for wales and the british and irish lions. he had been named in the squad for the world cup i
Neighbour, azerbaijan. The Iranian Foreign minister was also killed, along with everyone else on board. The cause of the crash has not yet been established. Lets speak to our bbc persian reporter, Bahman Kalbassi in new york. Hejoins us now he joins us now from hejoins us now from new he joins us now from new york. Good to see you. Talk us through then today, whats happening and when . The through then today, whats happening and when . The body of mr president happening and when . The body of mr president raisi happening and when . The body of mr president raisi and happening and when . The body of mr president raisi and foreign mr president raisi and Foreign Minister and others in the team are first inter breeze, in North Western iran and going to take iran and then to the city of gone, religious city and then to the northeast of iran where he will finally be buried, we had been established his power before entering the office of presidency. So, so its a sort of central religious city
the palestinian people, the israeli people. our other main story. matthew perry one of the stars of the hit tv show friends has died. he was 5a. hello, i m lewis vaughanjones. international agencies have expressed concern about reports of an israeli evacuation order for the al-quds hospital, in northern gaza. hundreds of patients are receiving treatment at the hospital, with a reported 14,000 gazans sheltering there. both the world health organization and international federation of the red cross have raised deep alarm over the evacuation order, saying hospitals in gaza must be protected. the palestine red crescent says the israeli military has repeatedly bombed around the al-quds hospital, causing damage and putting civilians at risk. these images show smoke billowing from what appears to be an israeli strike nearby. health workers there have reported shelling just 50m away. the al-quds hospital is in northern gaza, the focus of the israeli military s operation against hamas
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