to reach the tournament. they re one of those playing for the final three qualifying spots after missing out on an automatic one this week. if they beat finland in cardiff, they ll take on either poland or estonia. what s important to us, as you ll be aware of, is the home draw on the second leg is in the final. so that s important for us. we ve got to get the job done first and foremost, of course we have, but we are probably wanting to avoid ukraine, as well. so i think it s gone to plan for us. the form we are in at the minute, and with the red wall at home, we ll take anybody on at cardiff. elsewhere, 2004 champions greece will need to beat kazakhstan and then either georgia or luxembourg, while bosnia will play ukraine and israel will face iceland. the forward has her presented his country for 15 years, he was part of the world cup winning squad, and his goal in the final was one of the 29 he scored for argentina in 136 appearances so far. he 35 now, currently in his sec
good evening. there are violent scenes in dublin tonight, following a knife attack near a school earlier in the day. three children and a woman were stabbed in an incident that police said was not terrorism related. crowds later gathered in the area with flares and fireworks thrown, and vehicles were set on fire. the police commissioner described tonight s disorder as caused by a faction driven by far right ideology . sara girvin is in dublin tonight. there is still a massive policing operation going on here, as you can see behind me. lots of police presence further on down that road as well. after this afternoon s stabbing, a multiple stabbing that involved three children, crowds filled this area and police say the resulting violence, the resulting riots, are a result of far right ideology engaging in serious violence and misinformation on social media. tonight, dublin has been witness to violent classes between rioters and police. vehicles have been set alight. smoke seen
those numbers from the office of national statistics. live now to jay lindop, director of migration statistics, at the office for national statistics. thank you very much a being with us. what do the numbers show? figs thank you very much a being with us. what do the numbers show?- what do the numbers show? as you sa , the what do the numbers show? as you say. the latest what do the numbers show? as you say, the latest figures what do the numbers show? as you say, the latest figures for what do the numbers show? as you say, the latest figures forjune - what do the numbers show? as you say, the latest figures forjune 23, l say, the latest figures forjune 23, r 672,000, the highest levels we have seen recently. so those numbers have seen recently. so those numbers have gone up since last year, june 2022, but they are actually lower than the december 22 estimate. it s really important to understand the context of the numbers. before the pandemic, migration patterns were r
this is bbc news, the headlines. israel says the agreement to pause fighting in gaza in exchange for the release of hostages will now not happen before friday. hundreds of thousands of new arrivals to the uk a blow in the prime minister s promise to slash immigration. celebrations forthe anti immigrant politician, geert wilders. his far right freedom party is the biggest winner in the netherlands elections. and in what s been described as a win for conservation, endangered blue whales return to the waters where they were once wiped out by hunting. dutch political leaders are preparing for negotiations to form a coalition government, after the far right pvv or freedom party pulled off a surprise election victory. no party won a majority, but the pvv s controversial leader, geerd wilders, may now lead negotiations. he stood on a platform of ending immigration and banning the quran. the pvv is likely to win about 37 of the 150 seats. several other parties have said they won
welcome to the bbc news at six. thirteen hostages kidnapped in the 7th october attacks in israel are to be released tomorrow. the group, all women and children, are just a fraction of the nearly 240 people abducted by hamas, which is designated a terrorist organisation by the uk government. they re due to be freed from gaza tomorrow afternoon, with a four day ceasefire scheduled to begin in the morning. there were hopes they would be released today. a number of palestinian prisoners will also be released from prisons in israel. our senior international correspondent orla guerin is in tel aviv this evening. orla. israel has received a list of names of those who are due to be freed tomorrow, and theirfamilies have been informed. they don t know what condition their loved ones will be in. when they are brought back eight israel, they will be brought directly to hospital for medical checks. six hospitals are on standby, with specialist teams and social workers. standby, with spec