Charities say its bad timing. In december we saw that 2. 1 Million People were behind on their bills. Thats 600,000 more than february last year. An outstanding 100 by an outstanding player. Scoring a hundred at his 100th test joe root s special day. This is a meeting called by two councilors. Illegally who may now elect a chairman. Not they cant, because the vice chairs here i take charge and, when Online Meetings go wrong. The Parish Council session thats gone viral. And coming up on bbc news, the only two male brits in the Australian Open have been drawn against each other. Dan evans will play Cameron Norrie in the first round. Good afternoon and welcome to the bbc news at one. Covid infections are continuing to fall in most parts of the uk, with one in 65 people testing positive in england in the last week of january. New figures from the office for National Statistics show a drop in scotland and Northern Ireland with infections remaining level in wales. It comes amidst calls for t
benjamin netanyahu was speaking after the deaths of 2a israeli soldiers in one day the worst loss of life, for the israeli army, since its offensive began. 21 of the soldiers were killed inside buildings they were preparing to demolish, moments before an attack by palestinian fighters. hundreds of people have been attending funerals today. reports from israel suggest, the government may be considering a new deal with hamas which could lead to a pause in fighting, while prisoners are exchanged. intense fighting is continuing in gaza, with the israeli army saying its forces have encircled the southern city of khan younis. the hamas run health ministry says nearly 200 palestinians have been killed in the past 2a hours. from jerusalem, our middle east correspondent, yolande knell and a warning, her report contains some distressing images. buried with a prayer and full military honours, this was the first in a series of funerals for 21 soldiers killed in israel s biggest sin
gilda hakim. a federaljudge in the united states has sentenced the founder of the far right militant oath keepers, stewart rhodes, to 18 years in prison for seditious conspiracy and other crimes related to the storming of the us capitol on january the 6th, 2021. with the latest, here s our north america correspondentjessica parker. he was convicted at the back of last year, and now we ve learned that a federaljudge has sentenced him to 18 years in prison. prosecutors had actually sought a longer sentence of 25 years, but 18 years is what he s been given. in court, we understand he was pretty defiant, saying that he was a political prisoner something that the judge really wasn t having anything of, basically suggesting he still presented a peril to the country. in terms of what happened during the course of the trial, he wasn t the only member of the oath keepers who was on trial, and we expect some further sentencing over the coming days but he is the leader of this far r