There from north africa since saturday as fears grow that sea crossings are once again increasing. This is the third straight day of arrival. The question is this a spike or a sudden rush to the shores. And the night dominated by female artists as they dominated the brit awards. Hello and welcome to the programme. It s turning into the worst violence between israel and the palestinians in seven years and the united nations has warned the conflict is moving towards full scale war. 35 people have now died. 0vernight, the militant group hamas said they d launched another 200 rockets towards israel from gaza. Police in the israeli city of lod saying a man and girl were killed after their car was hit by a rocket. Israel has launched more airstrikes on gaza city skyline too with loud bangs heard there as dawn broke early this morning. There are reports police headquarters there have been destroyed. In tel aviv, sirens have been heard warning of rocket fire and several explosions were heard a
to speak to someone. good afternoon. welcome to the programme. on lewis phonejones. this is bbc news. i want to take you straight to russia. i think i can show you some pictures happening live right now. this is alexi novelli. he has been in the second he s been in court for the second he s been in court for the second time today. his prison sentence upheld for the first time. this is the russian opposition leader who was poison. he blames the kremlin for that poisoning. he flew to germany to recover and in germany thatis to germany to recover and in germany that is when he was accused of breaking his conditions of the suspended sentence. he flew back to russia and on his arrival back he was arrested. the court. let s just try and listen let s see if we can hear anything. 0k ok we can t quite hear anything, but just to clarify there are two court cases. this is the second one. he has been accused of slandering a world war ii veteran, he has rejected those claims and he
hsbc says it s reviewing its procedures for fraud victims after a bbc investigation reveals one victim was kept on hold for 20 hours before they were able to speak to someone. good afternoon. care home residents in england will be allowed to pick one person to visit them regularly from the 8th of march, in the first confirmed easing of lockdown. they ll be able to meet indoors and hold hands but visitors must wear personal protective equipment and be tested before going into the home. the announcement is ahead of the prime minister revealing his road map for easing lockdown on monday. our health correspondent anna collinson has more. a moment of relief during a dark year for 83 year old barbara abrams. this is the closest her family have been allowed to get to her while visiting her care home in stockport because of covid restrictions. that lack of physical contact has been really difficult for us. my poor mum, her health both physically and mentally has really deterior
good afternoon and welcome to bbc news. care home residents in england will be allowed to pick one person to visit them regularly from the 8th of march, in the first confirmed easing of lockdown. they ll be able to meet indoors and hold hands but visitors must wear personal protective equipment and be tested before going into the home. the announcement is ahead of the prime minister revealing his road map for easing lockdown on monday. our health correspondent anna collinson reports. a moment of relief during a dark year for 83 year old barbara abrams. this is the closest her family have been allowed to get to her while visiting her care home in stockport because of covid restrictions. that lack of physical contact has been really difficult for us. my poor mum. her health both physically and mentally has really deteriorated, particularly in the last. since christmas. i think that was like the straw that broke the camel s back. but now, a sign of hope. from the 8th of marc