were under review. our middle east correspondent, yolande knell, has more. there have been more deadly israeli strikes on different neighbourhoods of gaza city. in al shati camp, large strikes there. you can see these dark plumes of smoke in social media videos. several homes flattened, shocked people rushing to help the casualties who are at the scene. there has been speculation on israeli media that a senior hamas commander was being targeted, but the official israeli military statement talks only about hamas infrastructure being targeted. the israeli military has also put out a statement saying that there was not a direct attack on an international committee of the red cross facility, in al mawasi, in rafah a day ago. that was where at least 22 people were killed according to the red that was where at least 22 people were killed, according to the red cross, when there was shelling on a tent camp for displaced people, and the red cross office nearby was also damaged. to the
i wasjust thinking, gosh, all i wanted was to stand with other women. hundreds of demonstrators are gathered this evening near the houses of parliament. earlier, they lay on the ground for a minute s silence. authorities in the republic of ireland recommend temporarily suspending use of the astrazeneca vaccine, after a report of four new cases of blood clotting incidents in adults who d had the jab in norway. the foreign secretary makes another call for the immediate release of british iranian nazanin zaghari ratcliffe after she faces new allegations of anti government propaganda in court. and it s the music industry s biggest awards night of the year, the grammys. they re being held at a virtual ceremony in los angeles. good evening. the commissioner of the metropolitan police has defended the tactics of the force in breaking up last night s vigil for sarah everard, the 33 year old woman whose body was found in woodland on wednesday. dame cressida dick said she welcomed an
then he had to fly home from the west coast to face the reality. also. spicing up the drama today, the russian foreign minister is in washington, with a trip to the white house on the itinerary. after the meeting sergei lavrov called allegations that russia tampered in the us election fake, accusing american lawmakers of damaging the political system. plus. is washington s political scene more chaotic than ever, or does it just feel that way? we delve into the archives to our coverage from the past. i m katty kay in washington, clive myrie is in london. christian is off today. in the firing of fbi directorjames comey, donald trump either showed strong and decisive leadership, or he demonstrated undemocratic nixonian tendencies. take your pick. james comey had no idea his pink slip was on the way, and he d be shown the door. but mr trump says he has his reasons forfiring mr comey now, right in the middle of the russia investigation into his own election campaign. he s used 139
the torture of a mentally disabled man in chicago, streamed on facebook live, as a despicable hate crime. also, the winner of the bbc‘s sound of 2017 has been announced. ray burke. greg burke. 22 year old south londoner, ray black, has been described as embodying female black britishness. and a more ancient noise. how stonehenge may have sounded, thousands of years ago. good morning. it s friday 6th january. i m annita mcveigh. welcome to bbc newsroom live. the us president elect, donald trump, has voiced fresh scepticism about claims that russia tried to interfere in the american presidential election, just hours before he s due to receive a detailed briefing from intelligence chiefs on the alleged cyber attack. he appears to be sticking to the opinion. the in a series of tweets overnight, he said: the three intelligence heads have collectively insisted the kremlin ordered the attack to undermine mr trump s opponent, hillary clinton and have warned the president elect ag
in sport, arsenal look destined for another early exit from the champions league as they re thrashed 5 1 by bayern munich. hi, fair. i am a door to door poet. i write poems for them. and we meet the door to door poet who ll write a few verses especially for you. he is great. and carol has the weather. good morning. for some of us it is a cold and frosty start with fog around and a fair bit of cloud, but the cloud will break, we will see sunshine but expect showers or aim for northern ireland and scotland where at the moment it is also quite windy. i will have more details in about 30 minutes. thank you. more than three million people could avoid getting colds and flu every year by taking vitamin d supplements according to new research. the study in the british medical journal calls for the vitamin to be added to food. but public health england says the evidence remains inconclusive. our health correspondent dominic hughes reports. this is what vitamin d deficiency can look li