Not doing enough to secure that deals and the United Kingdom has announced a partial suspension of Arms Exports to israel. Victory for germanys afd whove become the first far right party to win a regional election since World War ii. Also coming up on the World Today the mystery of the whale that some have said was spying for the Russian Navy and thats now been found dead. Welcome to the World Today an hour of international news from the bbc. The israeli prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is ask for forgiveness from israelis for not being being able to bring back the hostages for that we were very close, he said, we were very close, he said, we were nearly they Are. But in a televised address a News Conference where he took questions from Journalists Mr Netanyahu remained defiant in his demand that israeli troops must continue to control the key Philadelphia Corridor in the south of gaza. Something hamas has rejected. The Philadelphia Corridor runs along the egypt gaza border. It has em
the european union will respond this morning to the uk s decision to publish legislation allowing ministers to unilaterally override parts of the agreement governing post brexit trade in northern ireland. as temperatures are set to reach 33 degrees celcius today that s around 91 degrees farenheit, a weather alert is issued for friday and saturday. people with a worrying cough, problems swallowing or blood in their urine can soon be referred for scans and checks by a pharmacist, rather than having to wait to see their gp. the home secretary, priti patel, says she won t be deterred from implementing her plan to send asylum seekers to rwanda, despite a series of legal challenges that prevented the first flight from taking off last night. the plane was grounded when the european court of human rights ruled in favour of an iraqi man who was due to be on board, triggering fresh appeals tojudges in london. ms patel says she s disappointed but says preparations for the next flig
Lets speak to pepe diiasio whos General Secretary of the association of school and college leaders. Thank you so much forjoining us here on bbc news. So tell me, it is this guidance your members have been crying out for . I this guidance your members have been crying out for . Crying out for . I think it is fair to say that crying out for . I think it is fair to say that we crying out for . I think it is fair to say that we have crying out for . I think it is fair to say that we have been crying out for . I think it is fair. To say that we have been wanting this guidance for some time, for a period now, we found ourselves between a difficulty with parents who are saying, what are you delivering and when and in what form are you delivering sexual relation education . And at the same time, not having some level Playing Field that the government can share with us about what their expectations are and their guidance. So we can point to that to say to parents, we are following what the gove
On tuesday barring what the government calls foreign influence. Protests around Parliament Continued into the early hours of wednesday. The law would see any organisation that receives more than 20 of its funding from abroad being subject to stronger government scrutiny. The white house has called on georgias president to veto the law, saying it is similar to measures seen in russia. Rayhan demytrie is in the Georgian Capital Tbilisi for us. Georgians are waking up to the first day since their countrys lawmakers in the building behind me adopted this controversial law that people fear will stifle georgias democracy. We are expecting students and youth to come back to this street outside Parliament Later today. A lot of students from a number of universities here in the capital tbilisi are on strike. They are not attending their lectures. Opposition mps are also boycotting parliament from today and we have a number of european politicians visiting georgia. They held a meeting with the p
The white house has confirmed that an iranian attack on israel is a real and viable threat. National Security Communications adviserjohn kirby has told reporters that the danger was credible and the white house was watching very, very closely. Earlier, a us official told our broadcast partner cbs that strikes could start as early as today although nothing is certain and other outcomes are possible. Iran has been threatening reprisals, for the israeli strike on its consulate in syria, nearly two weeks ago. For its part, israel is threatening to hit back hard if it is subjected to a direct attack by iran. French citizens are being asked not to travel to iran, lebanon, israel and the palestinian territories. The United States has told diplomatic staff and their families, not to travel outside three cities. The uk has also warned against travelling to israel, as has india. Just a moment we will be live in jerusalem and in washington to talk to our correspondence there. First david martin i