by phone on saturday. the white house said mr biden stressed the importance of allowing civilians to move safely away from areas where there is fighting. he also told reporters he did not demand a ceasefire. mr netanyahu said he reiterated that the war will continue until all the objectives are met. from jerusalem, our correspondent, lucy williamson, has more. explosions in gaza, this is the new normal drone strikes in the border town of rafah, emptying the local market. 17 year old joe, filming on his phone, still clutching his bag of shopping and calling on god for protection. america has blocked un calls for a ceasefire. israel says it needs to keep fighting to keep up the pressure on hamas. if you want a ceasefire, that, from israel s perspective, can only happen with the release of hostages. as you know, hamas continues to hold over 100 hostages. there s a chance, because they want that ceasefire, they need that ceasefire, they will agree to the hostages but had we t
get better and better, so that is exciting for us. and again, to work with the players that are already here and the players coming back from injury, we feel we have got a good group of players, a very strong group of players, absolutely. so now we need to gel and become a really good team, and that is where the work is. manchester united manager erik ten hag says he wants his side to focus on matters on the pitch, ahead of tomorrow s match with crystal palace at old trafford. it s after one of the club s players mason greenwood had all criminal charges against him dropped. greenwood denied the charges of attempted rape, assault and controlling and coercive behaviour. he d been due to face trial in november this year and said he was relieved . manchester united say they ll conduct their own process before deciding what to do next. this was ten hag s response when asked for a comment about greenwood at his press conference earlier. no, nothing. i can add nothing. i refer to
the contaminated blood scandal of the 19705 and 80s is hearing its final evidence. 30,000 people are thought to have been infected with hiv or hepatitis c. it s this life that i was living perfectly happily and then it went, everything went. it was cataclysmic. energy companies are asked by the regulator to suspend the forced installation of prepayment meters in households that are behind with their bills. the us believes this is a chinese surveillance balloon it s been spotted over several american states. beijing has appealed for calm following the sightings. and, trying to make football greener. how teams and fans will get together this weekend, to try to reduce the carbon footprint of the game. and coming up on the bbc news channel: can britain s davis cup team overcome the altitude in bogota, and special balls, to beat colombia this weekend? good afternoon and welcome to the bbc news at 0ne. the partner of a woman who s now been missing in lancashire for a week, says
a chinese surveillance balloon was detected above montana. the government has abandoned plans to house asylum seekers in a pontins holiday park on merseyside. and a warm welcome in south sudan for pope francis, as he continues what s described as a pilgrimage for peace in africa. hello. good evening, welcome to bbc news. lancashire police say they believe that nicola bulley, who went missing while walking her dog, most likely fell into the river wyre. the mother of two, who s a5, was last seen a week ago in st michael s on wyre. air and underwater drones, helicopters, police divers and dogs are being used in the search. we can speak now to our reporter rowan bridge, who joins us from that area. more than a week since her family have seen her, a desperate story. explain more about what the police are saying. explain more about what the police are sa inc. , explain more about what the police are sa in. , explain more about what the police aresa inc. , , are saying. yes, it has
but stayed mild, five to 8 degrees. mild but cloudy is how we start. this is how saturday looks. it may be the cloud breaks a little bit across parts of the midlands and southern england as we go through into the afternoon. a little more in the way of sunshine. at the same time, this band of rain pushes in across scotland and into northern ireland. ahead of that rain band, it is very mild again, ten, 11, i2 is very mild again, ten, 11, 12 degrees. behind that rain band, something of a change. it starts to feel a little chilly because this band of rain is associated with a cold front. as that pushes south east, the air turns cold. at the same time, we see this big area of high pressure building on top of the uk for sunday morning, so we start sunday, the second half of the weekend, on a colder know, but a brighter know. a very different feeling, but very different looking day. when you look at the map and you don t see cloud, that is where we expect sunshine. and they should