england lioness captain leah williamson has been named in sarina wiegman s squad for the first time since missing out on the women s world cup last summer. the arsenal defender has been included in the lionesses 23 woman squad for upcoming matches against austria and italy in spain. williamson returned to her club arsenal last month after nine months out with a serious knee injury. jess park, who last played for the lionesses in october, is also back, while millie bright is unavailable for selection due to injury. thousands of fans in ivory coast have come out to cheer the squad after their africa cup of nations success. the team were paraded around the streets of abidjan with the trophy, which they won for a third time after beating nigeria 2 1 in sunday s final. their victory is all the more remarkable after they were almost knocked out of the group stages of their own tournament and then sacked their coach. the elephants dramatically recovered to add to their 1992 and 201
have died since the start of the war in october. as fergal keane now reports, while the world worried about a wider war between israel and iran, in gaza, the suffering continued. air-raid sirens blaring the eyes of the world were on a bigger drama, played out in the skies above israel. shouting but in gaza, nothing changed. this was rafah today after 15 children from one family were killed in an air strike. translation: show me one man among them. l they re all children and women. you can see my identity is completely erased with the deaths of my wife and children. a pregnant woman was among the dead. her baby daughter was saved in an emergency operation. a child born to a mother she will never know. there is the story of everyday death, and the story of what follows for the families caught in the shadows of death. nawara s husband, abdulrahman, was one of more than 70 civilians killed in an israeli raid to rescue hostages in february. these were the couple s children in the
it s monday the 22nd april, our main story. the mother of murdered teenager stephen lawrence has told the bbc that the investigation into his death should be reopened, after the metropolitan police issued another apology for the way they ve handled the case. stephen was 18 when he was stabbed to death in a racist attack in south london 31 years ago today. the metropolitan police commissioner has apologised to doreen lawrence after questions were raised about another suspect in a bbc investigation. daniel de simone reports. the racist murder of stephen lawrence took place 31 years ago today at a south london bus stop. two of the original five prime suspects were convicted almost 20 years after the murder. but the met s disastrous handling of the case means no one else has been brought to justice. last year, the bbc publicly identified a sixth suspect matthew white, who died in 2021 and revealed multiple failures by the met to properly investigate him. now, stephen s mother
and defence systems. president zelensky said the military aid package will give his country a chance of victory in its war against russia. translation: i think the support for the restraint in translation: i think the support for the restraint in the translation: i think the support for the restraint in the armed translation: i think the support for the restraint in the armed forces - translation: i think the support for the restraint in the armed forces of l the restraint in the armed forces of ukraine, and we will have a chance for victory if ukraine really gets the weapon is a system which we need so much. thousands of soldiers need so much. thousands of soldiers need so much, and thus it should not be just spreading a thin layer all over, but it has to end up in tangible weapon systems. many ukrainians have been thanking the us for the funding on social media. we ve also been hearing from residents in the capital, kyiv. translation: of course it is not too late. - i
for advanced weapons and defence systems. president zelensky said the military aid package would give his country a chance of victory in its war against russia. translation: i think this support will really strengthen the armed forces of ukraine, and we will have a chance for victory if ukraine really gets the weapons system which we need so much, thousands of soldiers need so much. and this aid should notjust to be sprayed in a thin layer all over but it has to end up in tangible weapons systems. many ukrainians have taken to social media to thank the us for the funding. this is what residents in the capital told the bbc. translation: of course it is not too late. - in any case, it is needed, and whether it would be later or earlier, in any case it will help. translation: it will help a lot, i i think our guys will be alive, l that s the most important thing, the most important, so that we have something to defend ourselves with both the people and our boys, they are our g