good afternoon. we start in the middle east, where israel has ordered the mobilisation of reservists in air defence units, fighterjet pilots, and drone operators, as tensions rise in the region. in the latest escalation between israel and palestinians, two israeli women were killed in an attack in the occupied west bank. the authorities say a third person was also seriously wounded in the incident near the settlement of hamra. the israeli military says troops are searching for suspects, who opened fire at a car, causing it to crash. the latest development comes after the israeli military hit targets belonging to the palestinian militant group hamas. the airstrikes targetted areas of the gaza strip and lebanon. israel says they re in retaliation for a major rocket attack on israel launched from southern lebanon, which the israelis blamed on hamas. these images from gaza show the aftermath. they re the heaviest airstrikes that israel has carried out on gaza since last august. w
billion last month it reached the highest level for february since records began almost 30 years ago. a warning that poor oral health is still a significant problem in england despite being largely preventable. and coming up this hour. a big day forjockey rachael blackmore she s leading the way at the cheltenham festival, and could be the first woman to win the gold cup. our top story, this morning. the prime minister is due to receive the oxford astrazeneca vaccine today and has assured the public it is safe. it s after several leading european countries have confirmed they are to resume the rollout of the jab following a pause over safety concerns. borisjohnson s urged people to get vaccinated and says england s roadmap out of lockdown is on track, despite a drop in vaccine supply. the roll out of the oxford astrazeneca vaccine will resume in some eu countries today, after regulators found no evidence it causes blood clots. the european medicines agency reviewed the
evan gershkovich. the wall street journal reporter has been charged under article 276 of the criminal code of the russian federation, so thatis code of the russian federation, so that is a very interesting, of course the wall streetjournal reporter categorically denies the accusation, but he was lifted as he went on a trip outside of moscow, his colleague not hearing from him, raising the alarm, and then the first pictures emerging of evan clearly being detained by the russian authorities, and the fear will be that with the war in ukraine that he was being used by some sort of political pawn, that was always the worry, and now charges following both the arrest and of course all of those concerns. worth reporting that the afp news agency and writers by