out there for some. it s wednesday, the 8th of may. our main story. the parents of 11 children, who died after what they say were the failings of social media, have called on rishi sunak and keir starmer to do more to protect young people online. in an open letter, they say they re disappointed by the lack of ambition shown by the regulator, ofcom, which has today set out its plans to force tech companies to make their platforms safer. our correspondent angus crawford reports. i want to know what they ve got to say, and i want them to meet people with lived experience. it s really important to try and understand what ofcom are doing because from the outside they seem to be doing so little, which is ridiculous and frustrating. brianna and molly, their short lives spurring their parents on to try and make the online world a safer place for all children. we showed them posts and pictures, easy to find on social media of self harm, suicide and eating disorders. had you, um. had y
of international pressure, seizing the border crossing with egypt. the un secretary general, antonio guterres, has warned that a full scale assault on rafah would cause a humanitarian nightmare. qatar has called for international intervention to prevent the city from being invaded. our middle east correspondent, yolande knell, is injerusalem. we know that for weeks now the us has been warning israel against a full scale offensive of rafah. this really because of the high numbers of displaced people who are living in that city, crammed up next to the border with egypt. and the us had been talking to israel about more limited options for going in there to tackle the hamas presence. now, this does look to be a really significant development, the idea that a us shipment has been halted to israel. it s the first time we ve heard of such a thing in seven months of war. and it really does reflect, i think, the level of us concerns about this operation, in particular. we understand t
in the fair. every rival must be respected in the semifinaland fair. every rival must be respected in the semifinal and they did better than us in the semifinal and they did better than us in in the semifinal and they did better than us in the first leg. it was a night for the number one seeds in the nba playoffs. the oklahoma city thunder beat the dallas mavericks in the western conference semifinals. while in the east conference semifinals, the boston celtics also took a i nothing lead in their best of seven series. they convincingly beat the cleveland cavaliers in boston 120 to 95. holding a double digit throughout the second half. if they re to win a record 18th championship, the celtics will lean on the scoring of jaylen brown, who got another 32 points on tuesday. rafa nadal says he s excited to be playing in a tournament that he s won 10 times before even if he s going into the italian open ranked 305 in the world and he also admits all matches are tough for him
the opportunity to lead to my home well, that has been the most tremendous honour that i did not think was reserved for people who looks like me. msps then voted in a new snp first minister, who said he agonised over whether to stand because of his concern for his wife in the pinkjacket who has multiple sclerosis. i cannot let this moment pass without making it clear to elizabeth my profound eternal gratitude for the sacrifices she is prepared to make to enable her husband to serve our country as first minister. as for policy, he named one priority. so, i will be unapologetic about bringing to this parliament the measures we can take to eradicate child poverty and i look forward to seeking the support of others to achieve that aim. words underlined with deeds, asjohn swinney crossed as mr swinney crossed the floor to shake the hands of the opposition leaders. so, john swinney insists he wants to get back to the founding principles of this parliament, to the politics of
and there s been plenty of detail from stormy daniels this afternoon? there certainly has. the woman who donald trump paid $130,000 to to keep quiet has been speaking out in great detail in court. he of course vehemently denies having had any kind of sexual encounter with her just before she appeared his lawyers in court, trying to limit how much salacious detail could actually be heard on the court, that she was giving evidence, theyjumped up frequently to object to what she to say. she described in a lot of detail visiting donald trump in his hotel suite at a golf tournament in 2006 and ending up on the bed having sex with him, and so much detail on the fact that even the judge had to tell herjust the fact that even the judge had to tell her just to the fact that even the judge had to tell herjust to answer the questions. as donald trump heads to court, waving at the cameras, it looks much the same each day, but they are not the same. today, he had to watch a woman who cl