Tech billionaire elon musk joins republican nominee donald trump on stage in butler, pennsylvania as he returns to the site of his attempted assassination. And a new zealand navy ship runs aground and catches fire the major rescue mission to safe those onboard as it sinks. You re watching bbc news. You join us youjoin us in you join us in southern israel, in front of one of the many homes in this community which is to be home to some 400 israelis, now only two people live here. The entire here were killed during the hamas rampage in southern israel on october the 7th. In a moment will be speaking to one of the family members who survived but now let s look at the latest news this hour, beginning in lebanese. Israeli bombardment israeli continued overnight. Some 30 lebanese. Israeli bombardment continued overnight. Some 30 strikes were reported on strikes were reported on lebanese capital beirut. This lebanese capital beirut. This is the beirut skyline when the is the beirut skyline
The drc launches its first vaccination campaign to fight the virus. You re with bbc news. Iam i am lyse doucet, reporting live from israel. The day when hamas fighters went across the territory. In the end 1200 people were killed and 150 taken hostage. We are at the entrance to what had been the day before, a novell music festival where a night of celebration turned into a slaughter at dawn. More than 1100 slaughter at dawn. More than 400 people, mostly young israelis, but people who had come to this music festival from around the world where murdered. When hamas went through these trees, kidnapping and killing. At a time when the war is escalating, before we do, let us look at the latest developments in the last 24 hours beginning in lebanon where there was more israeli bombardment overnight. A night described as the most violent yet. Israel carrying out more than 30 air strikes, most of them in this other neighbourhoods of beirut where hezbollah does have a strong presence but these
but first, we go to america s crime crisis. the biden administration is challenging congress to act once again calling for gun control measures after a scourge of fire are violence tormented cities across the nation over the extended holiday weekend. three mass shootings in the major cities over the last three days claimed at least 13 lives and injured thousands. from new york. good evening. good evening to you from new york city and all the way to fort worth, texas. dozens of families are reeling tonight. they are making funeral arrangements as democrats lash out at republicans and the call for a stronger. republicans in congress need to act. the white house going on republicans to pass gun reform once again after a long weekend of violence across the country. in philadelphia, police arrested kim brady for gunning down five people and injuring five more monday night. the youngest victim a 2-year-old boy shot 4 times in his legs while sitting in a car. it is time for
good morning. it is the start of the meteorological some this thursday. the weather this week is looking settled. at times there will be some cloud. there will also be some sunshine. mostly dry. but also at times a chilly breeze in the far and east of england. details later in the programme. good morning. it s monday, the 29th of may. our main story. turkey s president, recep tayyip erdogan, has secured another five years in power after winning the country s most important election in years. mr erdogan appealed for national unity as he celebrated victory last night over his opponent kemal kilicdaroglu, who declared the result unfair. our correspondent aruna iyengar has this report. cheering. ecstatic erdogan supporters outside the presidential palace in ankara last night. earlier in the day, the president had sung to the crowd and recited a poem. this erdogan supporter says, bye bye mr kemal. thank god, islam has won. translation: we are very happy. full ofjoy- - i can t ev
their respects to brazilian football legend pele, as he lies in state at his former club, santos. american football player damar hamlin is in a critical condition in hospital after collapsing during a game. and coming up we ve been talking to a guide dogs charity that s recruiting for more volunteers to tackle a shortage of trainers. we are at the moment looking very heavily to recruit lots of volunteers, and we ve been very lucky lot of people have been so generous with their time, and we are in recovery mode and hopeful for the future but do need a little bit of patience for a little bit longer. hello and welcome if you re watching in the uk or around the world. politicians in russia have called for commanders in the russian military to be held to account for the deaths of dozens of soldiers in a ukrainian rocket strike. in a rare admission moscow announced that 63 of its servicepersonnel had been killed ukraine says the figure was actually in the hundreds. one senator sa