Thanks for being with us. Trade unions and groups representing the families of israeli hostages are holding a General Strike to press the government to reach a deal to free those still held by hamas. Its already affecting some flights at Ben Gurion Airport in Tel Aviv, and business, schools, and other forms of transport have also been hit. The stoppage is a day after the Israeli Army said it had recovered the bodies of six hostages who were taken during the attacks of seventh 0ctober. That led to mass Demonstrations Injerusalem and Tel Aviv On Sunday with the organisers calling on prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to negotiate a deal with hamas to bring home the estimated 100 remaining hostages. Sundays protests were largely peaceful, but some crowds broke through police lines, blocking a major highway in Tel Aviv. 0ur Correspondentjon Donnison has been following the story. After the biggest protests in israel since the start of the war in gaza, with hundreds of thousands of people dem
On a new push to enforce laws against fare jumpers. First alexis is live in brooklyn with more on the shooting. Alexis, no charges filed against the shooter . Sandra, thats right. For what we are hearing, the d. A. Office in brooklyn says it was an act of selfdefense. More to what happened in a second. But basically one guy you just saw there skipped the fare, pulled out a gun, he was d disarmed, one man is in critical condition. But you are getting on the subway, Evening Commute during rush hour, people are heading to their house from work and the shots ring out in the subway car, people yelling for help as they ducked for cover. Watch. Let me out, let me out [gunshots] police say that fight there led to the shooting on the train yesterday as it traveled between stations in brooklyn during rush hour. The violent incident comes days after kathy hochul called in the National Guard to patrol the Subway System following a series of deaths and attacks. National guard helping with random ba
earlier this season, he had to apologise after going out after a defeat to manchester city. he is available for their premier league game at wolves tomorrow, but ten hag was asked whether he was instilling the correct discipline at the club and if rashford was showing him disrespect. nothing to do with that with me, but in football, ute discipline you need. that is on the pitch, but also off the pitch, because also, there s a line. every player knows this. every professional knows this, what is required. we have to focus on winning football games, and that s all that matters. every talk professional knows what is required. a couple of matches. barcelona have moved up to third since manager hernandez announced he would be leaving at the end of the season. they won 1 0 at home. atletico madrid can move back, but no goals yet. japan either to the asian cup quarterfinals after beating bahrain 3 1 in qatar. after a spectacular effort, after the break, goals ensured the four tim
it s wednesday, 31st january. our main story. scotland s former first minister, nicola sturgeon is due to give evidence about the decisions she took during the pandemic, when she appears before the covid inquiry today. ms sturgeon, who led the scottish response to the coronavirus outbreak is expected to face questions surrounding lockdowns, and missing whatsapp messages as the inquiry continues sitting in edinburgh. our scotland correspondent lorna gordon reports. 1,044 positive cases were reported yesterday. nicola sturgeon was at the helm throughout scotland s pandemic response. as head of the scottish government, she was the key decision maker and first in the firing line when things went wrong. we will have made mistakes on all aspects of the handling. now about to be questioned on that handling and how decisions the truth, the whole truth. the former first minister s closest political ally amongst those who admitted texts between the pair no longer exist. are those t
the main un agency in gaza says society is on the verge of a full blown collapse . but it s hoped the flow of aid will soon improve, after israel agreed to a us request to open its kerem shalom border crossing for the inspection of aid trucks and their cargo. also, images have emerged showing dozens of palestinian men detained by israel stripped to their underwear with their hands tied behind their back, in northern gaza. hamas has condemned the images, accusing israel forces of committing a heinous crime against innocent civilians . there s also been fresh violence in the occupied west bank today. funerals have taken place for six palestinians killed by israeli forces in a raid on al faraa refugee camp north of nablus. some are believed to be members of a militant group known as the al fara brigade. 272 palestinians have been killed in the west bank by israeli forces and settlers in the last two months. a warning that this report from our middle east correspondent yola