In gaza. He s asked for forgiveness, but ruled out new concessions to hamas to secure the release of those still being held. His comments came as intense street protests over his handling of negotiations entered a second night in israel, including these demonstrations outside his office injerusalem. Lucy williamson has more from jerusalem. Israel s protesters and their prime minister are old acquaintances. Calls for a hostage deal have brought long established opponents onto the streets, but the shooting of six hostages in a gaza tunnel last week has broadened this movement, they say. And the mass demonstrations in tel aviv last night were a turning point. I think the news of the six hostages, the fact that they were alive and murdered right before they could have been saved, that broke it. After last night s mass protest, people are back on the streets again. There are growing public and political demands on israel s prime minister to make a deal, but benjamin netanyahu, protected by
Finally, vaccines are being produced that might help us return to Something Like the lives we had before covid. Here in the uk, over 10 million doses have already been given out, but at the same time, the virus is Mutating First here in the uk, then in brazil and south africa. So, scientists are turning their attention to how to adapt vaccines to make sure they work against all new variants. Astrazeneca and Oxford University say they plan to have a Next Generation Covid Vaccine ready for the autumn. Our medical editor fergus walsh reports. The scientists at oxford who created the astrazeneca vaccine are continually monitoring how coronavirus is evolving. The current vaccine is thought to give good protection against new variants, but theyre working on tweaking the jab to make it future proof. The scientist whos leading the Research Says its relatively simple to redesign the vaccine. Its not difficult to put a different Antigenic Insert into the vaccine, so we dont want to panic and say
first there was a row over the arresting of protesters. now a royal fan has revealed she was detained too, as she waited to glimpse the king outside buckingham palace. in her first tv interview, we ask alice chambers exactly what happened. also tonight, the question facing lawmakers across the globe is artificial intelligence going to be the next economic miracle or a danger to our whole way of life, or both? as the eu votes on the world s first ai laws, we ask how do you get the balance right between innovation and safety? and remember this promise? when he ran for conservative leader, rishi sunak pledged to review or repeal thousands of eu laws still on the statute book. but the government says far fewer than that will actually face the shredder. this brexiteer says sunak should go much further. this remainer says labour should throw the whole brexit wagon into reverse. and after air strikes on gaza kill two senior palestinian islamichhad commanders, along with a dozen o
With explosions heard on the streets of ashkelon. Sderot, which is near gaza, is thought to have been infiltrated by militants. Fear and confusion continues to grip the region. 0ur middle east correspondent Yolande Knell filed this report, and a warning that you may find some of it upsetting. Rockets at dawn. The opening salvo in a Surprise Attack on israel by the Palestinian Militant Group hamas. Meanwhile, armed men cut through gazas perimeter fence. This was israels nightmare scenario. Hundreds of militants at large in the south of the country. And hamas released footage after it targeted this israeli tank. Militants also ran through israels heavily fortified erez crossing. Proof that this was a highly planned operation. At this overnight rave in the fields near gaza, Israeli Party goers ran for their lives. Gilly s boyfriend went to find her after she had from hamas to find her after she hid from hamas gunmen in an orchard. They were going three by three and shooting. Everywhere. F
march held yesterday. and the king leads tributes to the armed forces on remembrance sunday. the israeli military says it has agreed to evacuate babies in need of oxygen from gaza s main hospital, al shifa, to a safer place on sunday. officials there said two newborns died as a result of the hospital running out of power with heavy fighting. this photo was sent to the bbc last night showing more than 20 babies being kept in a surgical theatre instead of incubators, despite being reportedly in need of oxygen treatment. the world health organization says it s lost communication with its contacts there. in a separate incident, the united nations says there s been a significant number of deaths and injuries from shelling at one its facilities in gaza city. these are live pictures looking at gaza cityjust now where it is two o clock in the afternoon. let us get the latest from the world health organization. what is the latest you are hearing from your colleagues on the ground? w