west, sunny spells further south but do be prepared for strong and destructive winds tomorrow across scotland. thanks sarah. and that s bbc news at six. now it s time to join our colleagues for the news where you are, goodbye. hello and welcome to sportsday. this could be a pivotal week in the premier league. can arsenal get back on track at the city ground tonight? he s back in the fold after his belfast break, but has rashford gone off the rails at manchester united? hejust he just needs to relax, calm hejust needs to relax, calm down, choose when to go out and go out and play football at the levels which we know he can. and another blow for england ahead of the six nations championship, marcus smith is injured and will miss the start of the tournament. also coming up on sportsday. we meet the british boxer with anthonyjoshua in her corner as she looks to become british and commonwelth champion next month. evening, we ll see if there are any twists in the premier league tit
on the fate of our family members now, now! all hostages on both sides, yes. because there are 8000 palestinian hostages in israel, and the whole population of gaza today, 2.3 million people, are taken hostages by israeli bombardment. the israeli military has expanded its ground operation into all areas of gaza. the hamas run health ministry says the death toll is now nearing 16,000. that is fuelling tensions across the region. we have a report tonight from our international editorjeremy bowen, who s been to a palestinian village in the occupied west bank. we will get the thoughts of un peacekeepers in lebanon, who are observing heavy exchanges of fire along the line, between israel and hezbollah. and how will the white house respond to the threat from houthi rebels in the red sea? joining us tonight, retired marine colonel brenday kearney. good evening. israel says it has all but completed its military objectives in the north of gaza and is proceeding aggresively with gr