begin with developing news from the middle east. the syrian army says israel has struck a number of targets in homs province north of lebanon. state media said they shot down several missile the syrian observatory for human rights put the number of dead at four. since the war in gaza broke out in october, israel has escalated attacks on what it says are iranian backed mischa targets. we ll have more as it develops. hamas says it has given approval for a ceasefire hamas says it has given approvalfor a ceasefire in approval for a ceasefire in gaza. approvalfor a ceasefire in gaza. details have not been released but there are reports that there are be a truce in exchange for return of israeli prisoners. here s a little of antony blinken s statement. we had meetings already on this trip in riyadh. in cairo, and now today in doha, focused on ensuring that we can use any pause. to continue to build out plans for the day after in gaza, security humanitarian, all bringing challenges
united oppositionjust might appeal to more voters at the next election. is to more voters at the next election. is that to more voters at the next election. is that a to more voters at the next election. is that a fair to more voters at the next election. is that a fair point, hugh bennett, is the launch of this really going to help rishi sunak when the next election? i to help rishi sunak when the next election? ., ., ~ to help rishi sunak when the next election? ., ., ~ ., , election? i do not think that unity is necessarily election? i do not think that unity is necessarily the election? i do not think that unity is necessarily the problem. - election? i do not think that unity is necessarily the problem. but . is necessarily the problem. but united parties do not win elections. the way the politicians presented the event today it was clear that this is not about leadership and they fully support rishi sunak leading them into the next election. but there is a dis
lack of action to re house the homeless. it is an accusation that president denies india s at the quakes epicentre overseeing a draw for 10,000 newly built homes in the city. 12 months on our correspondent returns to southern turkey and since this report. now the rubble is going, the scars are clear to see. the city of antakya is a wasteland. more than 200,000 buildings were destroyed by the earthquake. and the work to clear and rebuild is still going on, even now. not everyone is able to move on. abu mustapha often returns to the place where he used to live. he managed to save his three youngest children but when their home fell, he lost sight of his teenage daughters, salma and salwa. i told her, salma, get up, there s an earthquake. everybody woke up. we got out from the building gate here. i had my other children, lama and mustapha, with me, and i stood right here. now they are missing. for months, he has searched hospitals and cemeteries. when everything he owned was d
welcome to our viewers in the united states and around the world, i m christine romans. secretary of state antony blinken meeting face-to-face right now with chinese president xi jinping in beijing. the high stakes one-on-one is part of blinken s efforts to meet with china s top diplomat. an effort to lower the temperature amid rising tensions between the u.s. and china. cnn s kylie atwood in beijing this morning. just the fact that their meeting is a huge meeting, kylie, we learned 90 minutes ago their meeting was a go. what do we know about it? reporter: that s right, it s here in beijing, the secretary of state who is the first cabinet member to visit china from biden administration in 2 1/2 years. sitting down with president xi, we don t know much about the meeting because it s so ongoing. here s what we do know, there have been a number of hours that the secretary has engaged with chinese officials over the course of the last days in beijing. spending more than five ho
and children were part of a cult 200 bodies have been discovered. he can finish it here, can he? yes, he can! west ham, glory, glory. and celebrations for west ham, who make it through to their first major european final for 47 years. on bbc london and the row over ulez as more data suggests more car owners could be affected by the expansion, but the mayor of london rejects the figures. good evening. in testimony at manchester crown court a nurse accused of murdering seven babies and attempting to murder ten others accused four doctors of conspiring against her. lucy letby, who worked in a neonatal unit, said blame was put on her to cover up failings at the countess of chester hospital, where she worked. in court today were some of the parents of babies she is accused of killing. she denies all charges against her. our north of england correspondent judith moritz was one of the few journalists in the courtroom. for the last seven months, prosecutor nickjohnson kc has be