well, the vigil will begin with some words from the vice chancellor of the university of nottingham, shearer west, who spoke to the bbc earlier, and when she spoke to us, she talked about how shocking this entire episode is for notjust the university, but the city of nottingham a city that of course has crime hotspots, but nothing like what happened yesterday, it was something that they were never expecting. so, the vigil will begin with words from shearer west, and then, to my understanding, we will also hearfrom some then, to my understanding, we will also hear from some faith leaders as well. from what we have been told, the parents of the two students who were killed in yesterday s attacks are also expected to be attending this vigil, although they are unlikely to speak. and we are also told that it is very unlikely that any students also will be speaking. the vice chancellor said that the university is offering all the support it can to the students here, some who were
central gaza. the israeli military says its forces have killed around 8,000 palestinian fighters in the war so far. the hamas run health ministry in gaza says the total number of dead since october 7 is now more than 20 thousand 400. speaking at a weekly cabinet meeting, israel s prime minister benjamin netanyahu said the war had come at a very heavy price for israel. the israeli military says 14 more soldiers have been killed in gaza since friday, bringing the total during the ground assault to 153. these are israel defence forces pictures from operations in khan younis. saturday was one of its deadliest days, but mr netanyahu said his forces had no choice but to press ahead. translation: the war has | taken its toll, but we have no option but keep fighting. 0ur troops have eliminated thousands of terrorists so far. we are fighting with full force until the end, until the victory, until we fulfil our goals. those are the elimination of hamas, the return of our hostages,
official confirmation of what led to the shooting but president biden has described it as outrageous and unacceptable. one of the four killed has been identified as philstavious dowdell by local media. he was a standout high school athlete and was planning to attend jacksonville state university on an american football scholarship. earlier, alabama police gave this update on the victims. some of those injuries are critical. they are in critical condition. and that s why it s so important that we absolutely need everyone to continue to pray for those individuals to allow them to recover from what very enduring, as well as their families. live now to our correspondentjess parker. i understand you havejust arrived there. can you give us arrived there. can you give us a sense of how the community is reacting? we a sense of how the community is reactinu ? ~ . , a sense of how the community is reactin: ? ~ . , ., , ., reacting? we arrived ust as a viuil reacting? we arrived ust a
in sudan is entering a third day, with doctors warning of increasingly desperate conditions in hospitals in the capital, khartoum. so far, 97 people have been reported killed and hundreds injured in the violence. fighting is between the sudanese army and the country s biggest paramilitary group, known as the rapid support forces, or rsf with these two men at the heart of it. the head of army is general abdel fattah al burhan. the leader of the rsf is mohamed hamdan dagalo. they re both vying for dominance, after leading the two main factions in the ruling military regime. but, caught in the middle, is sudan s population of around 50 million people. many are displaced and millions need humanitarian help. the sudanese doctors union says almost 100 civilians have been killed since the clashes erupted on saturday. we ve been hearing a range of different voices from inside sudan. katharina von schroeder, from save the children, has been sheltering with her eight year old son in a
We are expecting to see them in the next few moments leave Buckingham Palace on this late summer evening and travel into Westminster Hall where those who are paying their respects in the hall at that time will see the four of them together at the side of the coffin. It looks like they are just about to leave Buckingham Palace. The outriders are out of the gates. The Queen Consort will be with the king. Itll be the four of them standing together as theyin four of them standing together as they in edinburgh at st giles cathedral. But in the setting of Westminster Hall, it is of course the most historic, most ancient part of the palace of westminster, a place with immense resonance in the history of our national story, the history of our national story, the history of our monarchy, and therefore a particularly resonant setting for them to stand vigil together as they are about to do. There they are now coming out of the palace gates and beginning that Shortjourney Palace Gates and beginni