near chicago has been charged with seven counts of first degree murder. lake county state s attorney said these were just the first of many charges yet to come. now on bbc news, our world. china is cracking down on hong kong. it s 25 years since britain handed back control of the city to china. back then, promises were made to protect fundamental freedoms. now, beijing is tightening its grip on those who dare to speak out. we ve spent time with those who will not be silenced. if we stay here, we will be brainwashed. as record numbers leave hong kong, what will life be like for those that remain? i have been reporting from hong kong since 2017 but in the last two years i have witnessed first hand the dramatic transformation of the city. music. this isjennifer, one of thousands who once protested against the government. arrested with a0 others in 2019, she is now preparing for prison life. i don t smoke. ijust heard that in jail you can use these cigarettes as, like, currency,
the decision means no officers have been held criminally responsible for mistakes made after stephen was murdered in april 1993 in a racist attack in south london. here s our correspondent, daniel de simone. the racist murder of teenager stephen lawrence took place 31 years ago at a south london bus stop. the failed first investigation is widely seen as one of the biggest disasters in the history of the metropolitan police. today an official review has concluded that four senior retired officers who ran the first inquiry should not be charged with a criminal offence. should not be charged with a criminal offence. , , ., ., criminal offence. this is a dreadful crime, a completely criminal offence. this is a dreadful crime, a completely unprovoked . crime, a completely unprovoked attack on a young 18 year old black youth. attack on a young 18-year-old black outh. , ., ., ., ., youth. their investigation failed to brina youth. their investigation failed to bring anyone yout
but it has its problems, and among its members there are very different opinions. this weekend, citizens across the bloc will elect members of the european parliament. who will shape the eu as it faces defining challenges. so what are the issues driving this election? and what s foremost in people s minds as they head to the ballot boxes? welcome to europe votes 202a. hello and welcome from sunny lisbon, where we are coming to you from today. i m mark lowen, one of the bbc s europe correspondents. and over the course of this programme, we will bring new reports from across the continent as the election gets under way. but first, what is it all about? elections to the european parliament take place every five years. it is the only directly elected institution of the european union, shaping the bloc s policies, legislation and budgets. voting happens by proportional representation. each country gets a number of members of the european parliament, or meps, relative to its size.
attacks on schools and hospitals. so we don t know the accusations that the israeli military is facing, but obviously, thousands of children have been killed since this war against hamas started, as the result of those attacks on the 7th of october, and we have seen that thousands more are in desperate need of aid. there is a huge humanitarian crisis going on in gaza. we saw days ago a school being used as a shelter by displaced palestinians in the same refugee camp in central gaza that was hit in an israeli air strike. the israeli military said it was targeting hamas members who were using it as a base to plan and carry out attacks. but critics of the israeli military say that even though the military claims that many of those facilities are being used by hamas as bases to carry out attacks, they say that this cannot be used as a justification for attacks that result in a large number of civilian casualties. so again, we see today that this huge rescue operation has resulted
being kidnapped with her boyfriend from the music festival. her boyfriend is thought to still be in captivity in gaza. this was shlomi ziv and his wife speaking for the first time in eight months. in the past hour, this video has been posted on social media of three hostages being escorted by soldiers to a helicopter in gaza, which then takes off, bound for israel. and this was the moment when two of the hostages arrived in a helicopter at a hospital in tel aviv. all four of the released hostages are said to be in good medical condition. the israeli security forces said the operation was long planned and conducted under heavy fire. one special forces officer was killed. benjamin netanyahu has spoken the hostages in hospital. israeljust spoken the hostages in hospital. israel just carried spoken the hostages in hospital. israeljust carried out a remarkable rescue operation of four hostages held by hamas. this operation required ingenuity and courage of the highest degree, and