we begin in the middle east where israeli officials say two israeli women have been killed in an attack in the occupied west bank. in an attack in the these pictures of the attack have just come in. 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. this latest development come after the israeli military hit targets belonging to the palestinian militant group hamas. the air strikes hit 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 are the latest images showing the aftermath of the attack in gaza. the air strikes are the heaviest since last august. our correspondent lucy williamson spoke to us from jerusalem. israel says it carried out a series of strikes overnight against targ
Starts to die down in about an hour we will be bringing more freight through the port at that point. i’m through the port at that point. i m sure ou through the port at that point. i m sure you will through the port at that point. i m sure you will agree those scenes last weekend at the start of the school easter holidays were disastrous to some people waiting as long as 1a hours to try and get on theirferries. how much personal responsibility do you take on that kind of thing happens? it responsibility do you take on that kind of thing happens? kind of thing happens? it was a horrible weekend, kind of thing happens? it was a horrible weekend, that s - kind of thing happens? it was a horrible weekend, that s for . kind of thing happens? it was a i horrible weekend, that s for sure. certainly nobody would have wanted to have seen at that level of disruption to passengers, particularly schoolchildren. we planned months in advance for a busy weekend and what we had done for last we
Lorries coming through but there have been some pretty long queues. the big issue is capacity at the port of dover. because p&0 ferries have no sailings this easter weekend between dover and calais. they were suspended over a month ago when the company sacked 800 of its workers and replace them with cheaper agency staff. since then, this week p&0 failed safety inspections on two of their ferries, failed safety inspections on two of theirferries, so failed safety inspections on two of their ferries, so they are not allowed to take to see. as a result, the port of dover is down around a third of its capacity. you can see the lorry starting to queue up if we just move the camera row, you can make out the start of the queue, these lorries waiting to get into these lorries waiting to get into the port. if you are a passenger, not in a lorry, you don t have to join these queues. but, some of the traffic is being taken off the
Were able to get on board a ferry and take people off it, we understand in ireland private security operators. we can t imagine this being anything than a major political row. for this being anything than a ma or political and this being anything than a ma or political row. for now, thanks for oinini political row. for now, thanks for joining us- this is how some staff were told on board one of theirferries in dover earlier. the company has made the decision that its vessels will be crude by third party providers crewed. this means your employment is terminated with immediate effect on the grounds of redundancy and your final day of employment is today. let s speak to mark dickinson who s general secretary of nautilus that s the union representing seafarers and allied workers. thanks forjoining us. the first question and many people have been
A duty of care will be imposed on social media platforms for the first time. good afternoon and welcome to bbc news. p&0 ferries has announced it s making 800 crew members redundant, with immediate effect. it s suspended services on its routes from the uk to france, ireland and the netherlands for the next few days. the company says that without the changes, it would have no future. earlier, the rmt union expressed concerns that british workers would be replaced with cheaper foreign labour. the government is seeking an urgent meeting with the company. this is how some staff were told on board one of theirferries