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in jerusalem. u.s. secretary of state antony blinken is scheduled meet with several arab leaders today as the u.s. tries cool tensions in the middle east. blinken is in amman, jordan where he will meet with his counterparts from jordan, egypt, saudi arabia, the united arab emirates and qatar. a palestinian authority will also be in attendance. the trip comes after he met with israeli leaders in an attempt to get them to agree to humanitarian pauses in the war against hamas. we need to do more to protect palestinian civilians. we ve been clear that as israel conducts his campaign to defeat hamas, how it does so matters. it matters because it s the right and lawful thing to do. prime minister benjamin netanyahu is refusing the idea of a cease fire, saying the more than 240 hostages still held by hamas must be released first. the united states would not agree to a cease fire after, the bombing of pearl harbor or after the terrorist attack of 9/11. israel will not agr ....
the day s other football news and. wales manager ryan giggs will miss their upcoming world cup qualifiers against belgium and the czech republic. he ll remain on leave, with robert page continuing as caretaker. giggs was arrested on suspicion of assault last november and his bail has been extended until the 1st of may. championship side coventry city have signed a 10 year contract to return to the ricoh arena from next season. the club have agreed a deal with rugby union side wasps, who own the ground, having played home matches at birmingham since 2019. manchester city will play next week s champions league last 16 home leg against borussia monchengladbach in budapest. the game has been moved because of german quarantine rules city lead the tie 2 0. and staying on the stadium theme brazil s world famous maracana is to get a new name after the authorities in rio de janeiro voted to name it after the country s greatest ever player pele. after 1a months away from the ....
of the investigation into saturday s attack which left seven people dead and about 50 others injured. they are trying to establish if the three men who rammed their van into pedestrians before stabbing many others received any help. this report from our home editor mark easton does include some distressing images. sirens wail policeman: clear the area now! and a country cried, please not again. we re hearing tonight that british armed police have attended an incident at london bridge. we don t know any more than that at this stage. atjust after 10pm last night, three men in a white van drove at speed across london bridge, determined to kill the spirit of the capital. oh, my god. there s a white van that came speeding over, probably about 50mph, it turned into the pavement, hit about three people in front of me. oh, my god. close the door. there was people just lying everywhere on the bridge, just people trying to help each other out, people bleeding, there wasjust blo ....
with a straight approach, which is we wa nt with a straight approach, which is we want a good deal for europe and the united kingdom. the prime minister is still seeking a deal to support her government, the democratic unionists say they re still talking. and hundreds of russians are detained at anti corruption rallies across the country. and an investigation begins into how a chinese passengerjet ended up with a hole in one of its engines. good evening and welcome to bbc news. after last week s dramatic general election, theresa may has apologised to the backbenches for the performance. a senior backbencher told that she was contrite. first, let s take a look at some of today s main developments. earlier this evening the prime minister spoke to the influential 1922 committee of backbench tory mps, where she apologised for the party s election performance. an apparently contrite theresa may told backbenchers ‘i got us in to this mess, i m the one who will get us out o ....
for three men caught racing at 134 isles power. miles per hour. a police officer who got them on his dashboard camera said it was the worst case of dangerous driving he had ever seen. and new zealander rowland smith has smashed the eight hour ewe world shearing record at a cornwall farm. the record was 605 rowland managed 644 ewes. good evening and welcome to bbc news. the parents of the terminally ill baby charlie gard have ended their legal battle to take him to the us for experimental treatment. charlie s father chris gard gave an emotional statement outside the high court, saying they were now going to spend their last precious moments with their son, who would not now make his first birthday in just under two weeks‘ time. earlier, their lawyer told the court that time had run out for the baby, as an american doctor who examined charlie had said he was no longer willing to offer the therapy, after seeing the results of a new mri scan last week. here‘s our ....