Family Handout Yosef Guedalia has been named as another British-Israeli killed by Hamas in the 7 October attack. The 22-year-old soldier was part of an anti-terror unit when he was killed confronting Hamas gunmen at Kibbutz Kfar Aza. His brother Asher said he “literally saved people minutes before he got shot”. He added that Yosef
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By Lucy Manning Special correspondent The family of missing British teenager Noiya Sharabi have said she was murdered in the Hamas attack, along with her 13-year-old sister and mother. Noiya, 16, and Yahel disappeared after Hamas attacked Kibbutz Be’eri in southern Israel and killed her British-born mother Lianne. Her British family told the BBC she
PA Media By Harrison Jones BBC News Residents of some 500 homes in a Nottinghamshire town have been urged to evacuate due to flooding caused by Storm Babet. Nottinghamshire County Council declared a major incident as it told people in Retford they were at risk over high water levels along the River Idle. The river
Sir Bobby Charlton, the Manchester United legend who was a key figure in England’s 1966 World Cup victory, has died at the age of 86. Charlton won 106 caps for England and scored 49 international goals – records for his country at the time. During a 17-year first-team career with United he won three league
This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. By Mike Wendling BBC News, Evanston, Illinois Hamas has released two US hostages who were abducted during the Palestinian group’s deadly raid on Israel this month. Israel confirmed they had received mother and daughter Judith and Natalie
Getty Images The second red “danger to life” weather alert in a week is due to take effect in Scotland, with torrential rain and high winds forecast across the UK. Forecasters say another 70-100mm (4ins) of rain could fall on Saturday in parts of Angus and Aberdeenshire already hit by severe flooding. Three people have
By Lucy Williamson in Nir Oz, Israel BBC News They are still finding bodies in the neighbourhoods near Gaza. Recovery teams on Wednesday pulled a woman’s body from the rubble in Kibbutz Be’eri. She was naked, her feet bound with metal wire. One of the team said the bodies of more than 20 children had
Reuters By Chris Mason & Joshua Nevett BBC Politics Prime Minister Rishi Sunak is to visit Israel as world leaders step up efforts to prevent the conflict with Hamas spilling into the wider region. He will meet Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Thursday before travelling to other regional capitals. Mr Sunak will offer his
Jonah Fisher/BBC By Jonah Fisher BBC Environment Correspondent Welsh Water has admitted illegally spilling untreated sewage at dozens of treatment plants for years. The admission came after the BBC presented the water company with analysis of its own data. One of their worst performing plants is in Cardigan in west Wales. The company has been
Reuters By Rushdi Abu Alouf BBC News, Gaza City Palestinian health officials now say that at least 471 people were killed by an explosion at a hospital in Gaza City on Tuesday night. They blame an Israeli air strike, but Israel’s military says the blast was caused by a failed rocket launch by the militant
Reuters By Gareth Evans BBC News US President Joe Biden has arrived in Israel to express his solidarity and discuss war plans with its leaders. He landed in Tel Aviv on Wednesday and was greeted warmly by Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. But the high-stakes visit has been overshadowed by a blast at a crowded
This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. The mother of Mia Shem, seized by Hamas gunmen and held hostage in Gaza, has appealed for her immediate release along with at least 198 other hostages. “I’m begging the world to bring my baby back home,”
A British teenager who went missing after Hamas’s attack on southern Israel was murdered, her family have told BBC News. Yahel, 13, disappeared after militants attacked Kibbutz Be’eri and killed her British-born mother Lianne. Family members have now confirmed to BBC News that Yahel was also killed. Her sister Noiya, 16, and Israeli father Eli
By Lucy Manning & Oliver Slow BBC News Two British teenage sisters are among those missing after last weekend’s Hamas attack on Israel. The family of Noiya, 16, and Yahel, 13, say the sisters are from Kibbutz Be’eri. Their mother Lianne, who was born in the UK, was murdered in the 7 October attack, it
Piotr Nowak/EPA-EFE/REX/Shutterstock By Sarah Rainsford and Adam Easton in Warsaw & Paul Kirby in London BBC News The right-wing populist Law and Justice party is on course to win most seats in Poland’s general election, an exit poll suggests, but will struggle to secure a third term in office. Known as PiS, it is set
Getty Images By Rushdi Abu Alouf in Khan Younis, Gaza BBC News A tide of humanity has washed into Khan Younis. Hundreds of thousands fled here from the north on whatever could carry them – cars if there was fuel, horse and cart if one could be found, their own feet if there was no