since being diagnosed with cancer. israel says eight of its soldiers were killed during "operational activity" in rafah. the hamas—run health ministry says 30 palestinians were killed across gaza in the past 2a hours. president zelenskyjoins almost 100 nations�* leaders gathered in switzerland — to discuss how to end the war in ukraine. and muslim pilgrims in mecca struggle with extreme temperatures at the climax of the annual hajj. hello, i'm tanya beckett. the princess of wales has made her first official public appearance since announcing she was being treated for cancer. she joined the rest of the royal family at the annual trooping the colour parade to mark the king's official birthday.

it's the first royal engagement she has carried out this year. the king — who is also receiving cancer treatment — travelled with the queen in a carriage, instead of riding on horseback as he has done in the past. charlotte gallagher reports. a much—anticipated moment — the princess of wales back in the public eye, all eyes on her for her first appearance since she announced her cancer diagnosis. she was a huge draw for the crowds in central london today. this is a day full of tradition and spectacle, but it's also about family. the king and queen in their carriage. it's his first trooping the colour since his own cancer diagnosis and he chose not to travel on horseback. national anthem plays

the troops taking part in this annual celebration of the king's official birthday have been rehearsing for months. every step, drumbeat and musical note has to be perfect. the irish guards led the event this year and their colour, or regimentalflag, was on full display. their royal colonel, the princess of wales, looked on with her children, as the king took the salute from the parade ground, next to his son and heir to the throne, prince william — himself, the royal colonel of the welsh guards. the princess of wales only announced she was attending the parade yesterday and it's a welcome sign about her recovery and recuperation. but this isn't a return to full public duties. although the weather wasn't ideal,

the pageantry of trooping the colour was the same, with the king braving the elements outside buckingham palace. cheering and as if on cue, the torrential rain stopped just in time for the traditional end to the day — a balcony appearance and fly—past. the king and princess of wales stood next to each other as they took in the red arrows display. a family united, after what's been an incredibly difficult six months. charlotte gallagher, bbc news. the israeli army says eight of its soldiers have been killed in a blast during what it called "operational activity" in the city of rafah, in southern gaza. it identified one captain and said the names of the others would be released later. israeli forces have been attacking rafah for weeks, saying hamas�*s last—remaining

battalions are based there. the hamas—run health ministry in gaza said 30 palestinians have been killed in the past 2a hours. israel's prime minister addressed the nation, following the deaths of the soldiers. here's what he said. translation: with deep sorrow, | in heavy mourning, i bow my head together with all the citizens of israel and mourn the fall of our heroic warriors. deputy company commander in the engineering battalion captain wassem mahmoud, and other heroic soldiers, whose names have not yet been released. don't let anyone distract you from the simple and clear fact. despite the heavy and staggering cost, we must stick to the goals of the war. destroying the military and governmental capabilities of hamas, returning all our hostages, making sure that gaza will no longer pose a threat to israel and returning our residents safely to their homes, both in the north and in the south. let's speak to our correspondent

hugo bachega injerusalem. this of course after this very significant attack, actually, in rafah. , , , ., , rafah. yes, this is the deadliest incident involving _ rafah. yes, this is the deadliest incident involving the _ rafah. yes, this is the deadliest incident involving the israeli - incident involving the israeli military since january and one of the deadliest in this war. so the military gave some details about what happened earlier today. it said the soldiers were members of an engineering unit and their armoured vehicle was hit by a large explosion. and this explosion then trickled the detonation of explosive material, engineering material in the car. so this is under investigation. apparently, this was investigation. apparently, this was in breach of the standard practice. and an investigation continues. but daniel hagari, a military spokesman,

said that this initial explosion was most likely caused by an explosive device in the area or by an anti—tank missile. and we know that earlier today, the armed wing of hamas claims to have carried out an attack on an israeli convoy with an anti—tank missile after setting up anti—tank missile after setting up an ambush. so a huge incident in gaza. again, the military described it as a significant explosion. it was difficult to locate and identify the bodies. the families of the eight soldiers who have been killed have already been notified. and this happened at right —— around five o'clock in the morning local time in the tel al—sultan neighbourhood in rafah. and obviously, this is a city that has been a key focus of the israeli military in southern gaza. as i said, this is where the israeli authorities say hamas's last remaining battalions are active.

this is also where hundreds of thousands of palestinians have been sheltering, many have fled other parts of gaza because of this constant military activity. so one of the deadliest incidents for the israeli military in this war. hugo, meanwhile. _ israeli military in this war. hugo, meanwhile, there _ israeli military in this war. hugo, meanwhile, there have _ israeli military in this war. hugo, meanwhile, there have been - israeli military in this war. hugo, l meanwhile, there have been mass protests in tel aviv, people taking to the streets to push for a truce and release of the hostages. exactly. and it was very interesting that this late—night statement by the prime minister, who said that this was a difficult war, that this was a heavy price. but he said that the country must stick to the goals of this war. the destruction of hamas's military and governing capabilities in gaza and the release of hostages who remain in captivity. so these tens of thousands of protesters again in another demonstration, demanding a dealfor

the hostages to be freed. we know that these negotiations are difficult. president biden last month laid out a proposal that he said was an israeli proposal that would see the release of hostages and paved the way for a permanent ceasefire, which has been a key obstacle here in these negotiations. hamas has responded to that proposal. but again, it is sticking with its initial demands. it wants a permanent ceasefire, which is a contentious point here in israel. and also, the complete withdrawal of israeli forces from gaza. and i think this protest again shows that the prime minister is under pressure from multiple sites. from the families of the hostages, who say that time is running out to rescue the hostages. but also from members of his coalition. far—right members of his coalition. far—right members of the coalition who have threatened to leave the government if this deal goes ahead, which could lead to the collapse of his government. and many believe that the prime minister is more interested in keeping his coalition alive rather than securing

the release of the hostages. hugo, thank ou the release of the hostages. hugo, thank you very _ the release of the hostages. hugo, thank you very much _ the release of the hostages. hugo, thank you very much indeed. - the release of the hostages. hugo, | thank you very much indeed. joining us from jerusalem. the leaders of italy and germany have strongly rejected ceasefire terms laid out by vladimir putin, to stop the war in ukraine if kyiv withdraws its troops from four regions russia partially occupies. dozens of countries have gathered in switzerland for a summit to explore how to bring peace to ukraine. president volodymyr zelensky is hoping to sustain the momentum of this week's g7 meeting, when leaders pledged $50 billion of loans — made up from the interest accrued on seized russian assets. he also signed a ten—year security deal with president biden. but no—one from russia was invited, and china is staying away. in his first address to the summit, president zelensky was highly critical of russia's president. putin has taken the lives of thousands of our people. why? because he wants to take over a neighbouring country. i do not wish this to anyone. i sincerely wish that all of you,

all the peoples of the world, every child, every family could simply live without war, and i want this for all ukrainians. ukraine have the right to peace, just like all of you. ladies and gentlemen, we must stop this war, based on the un charter, respect for international law, the just interests of the ukrainian people and the idea of the undeniable value of human life. life, not war. president zelensky. mr zelensky received full support from the us vice—president, kamala harris. russia's aggression is not only an attack on the lives and the freedom of the people of ukraine. it is not only an attack on global food security and energy supplies. russia's aggression is also an attack on international rules and norms and the principles embodied in the un charter.

0ur correspondent sarah rainsford has been following the summit in burgenstock. well, certainly in their public statements, both russia and ukraine are sticking to absolutely maximalist positions. ukraine saying, in fact, the head of the presidential administration telling me earlier today that there was no room for negotiation on ukraine's territorial integrity or on its independence and its sovereignty. and, of course, we heard before this summit from vladimir putin essentially calling on kyiv to capitulate, saying it had to hand over four massive chunks of territory and give up its ambitions ofjoining nato. so on paper, it sounds like the two sides are as far apart as they ever were and that there's no chance of bridging the gap. but that is what this summit is trying, at least, to begin to do. the hashtag they've chosen is path to peace, and it's obviously going to be a very long one. but i think what ukraine is trying to do is to basically seize

the agenda, to be the one who's taking the initiative on this and to try to set the parameters of what a peace might look like. now, that peace is the formula that volodymyr zelensky set out back in 2022 when, actually, on the battleground, ukraine had the upper hand. that situation has changed since then, which makes it a rather more complicated peace to try to negotiate. and certainly, as we've heard from putin in russia, russia at this point doesn't appear to see any need to negotiate. ukraine was a big part of the g7 summit of world leaders that has been taking place in italy. it has just wrapped up after tackling the topics of migration, chinese trade policy, and artificial intelligence on friday. pope francis made an historic address, championing a discussion about al. it's the first time a pope has participated in a g7 summit.

here's italy's prime minister, giorgia meloni, speaking at the final news conference of the event. translation: we know that areas of conflict - are multiplying around the world. and we know that some saw things differently and didn't believe that we would continue to show support for ukraine as we have. we continue to have a comprehensive, integrated, unified approach to help this nation, which has been attacked, to look to the future. italy's premier giorgia meloni speaking at the end of the g7 summit. james landale gave us this update from the g7. as ever, these summits are a mixture of an awful lot of issues they pack into two or three days. they talked about migration, they talked about artificial intelligence, they talked about the threat from china, notjust in terms of its support for russia and ukraine, but also, its threat to global markets. but the central focus

of many of the discussions that took place here both formally as part of the g7 and also bilaterally, in the margins and the corridors here, was of course the war in ukraine. the italian prime minister, summing everything up today, said that there had been a comprehensive and united approach to defend ukraine. she also said that the g7 sends a strong signal that people would support ukraine for as long as is necessary. now, those are the words. in terms of the actions at this summit, they have agreed to raise $50 billion in a loan for ukraine that's going to be paid off, if you like, by using interest made on frozen russian assets. we got a bit more information about that today from the italian prime minister. she said that the united states, canada, the uk and japan would be the main countries providing that loan. and then the european countries would join in, in terms of sharing that debt.

she also, in her press conference summing the summit up, addressed the so—called peace offering, the offer of ceasefire and peace talks made by president putin just 2a hours ago. she described this as a propaganda move, not something that should be taken seriously. effectively, she said, it was like saying to ukraine that you can leave ukraine if you want to sit down at the peace talks. so giorgia meloni joining others in the west in dismissing this attempt by president putin to try and get ahead of the peace conference that's taking place in switzerland to discuss ukraine's own ideas for peace. so that was the broad perspective that we got today from this g7. the italians are very happy with the way it went. i think the problem, though, is this. this is a weaker g7 than other years.

many of the leaders, apart from giorgia meloni, face electoral challenges. it's very unlikely that the same seven people will be sitting around this table again. so the summit has demonstrated some unity on ukraine, but as ever, the question will be, will what's been decided here in italy actually last and have an impact in the years to come? james landale, now time for the sport. hello from the bbc sport centre. holders italy couldn't have had a more dramatic start to the defence of their european championship title. they conceded the fastest goal in the tournament's history, before cmoing from behind to lead albania in dortmund. nedim bajrami's strike came afterjust 23 seconds in dortmund but it wasn't long before goals from alessandro bastoni and nicolo barella had given italy the advantage. an advantage they still have with 12 minutes gone in the second half.

italy two and albania won the later school. another game providing plenty of goals, 16 already in just the fourth match on day two of euro 2020 four. three of them were provided by spain. they're in a tough group with both itlay and their opponents croatia, although their 3—0 win in berlin perhaps suggests otherwise. captain alvaro morata got the first, and three minutes later, fabian ruiz provided the second. the scoring was over before half—time, dani carvajal turning in a free kick to make it 3—0, and a statement win for spain to open group b. switzerland provided the first win of the day. they opened the scoring afterjust 12 minutes against hungary, kwadwo duah just beating the offside trap. they continued to dominate and struck again on the stroke of half—time, michel aebischer with a well—placed finish. hungary recovered in the second period as barnabas varga got them back in to the game, but switzerland

sealed a 3—1 win through breel embolo to put them alongside germany at the top of group a. two more contenders bookend sunday's three matches. the netherlands start a day that ends with england's opening game against serbia in gelsenkirchen. they are, for many, the favourites to win the trophy, and manager gareth southgate says while he admits they're one of the teams to beat, they are one of many. in terms of our standing, i think you've already seen germany play the way they did last night. spain in the first half today. there are a lot of good teams in this tournament and we have to be exceptional to progress firstly through the group and then the opportunity to go further. so our focus is on qualifying from the group. you have to, when you're trying to achieve exceptional things, you have to break it

down into manageable chunks, and the first priority is get out of the group and then work from there. former arsenal and everton striker kevin campbell has died at the age of 5a, after a short illness. he'd been in hospital since last month. campbell spent six years with everton, having started his career at arsenal, where he won the first division title, fa cup, league cup and european cup winners cup. he scored 148 goals in 542 appearances across spells with eight clubs during his career including nottingham forest, west brom and in turkey, with trabzonspor. news today too that the millwall and montenegro goalkeeper matija sarkic has died at the age of 26. sarkicjoined millwall from wolves in august and made 33 appearances for the championship club last season. he played for his country in a 2—0 friendly defeat to belgium just ten days ago. the montenegro football association say sarkic died suddenly on saturday morning, with local media reporting that he collapsed at his apartment. millwall say they're completely devastated by the news. the weather has intervened at cricket's t20 world cup again,

but the crucial match in antigua has eventually beaten the rain to get under way. defending champions england need to beat namibia in a game reduced to 11 overs per side and then hope scotland lose to australia later to make the super 8—stage. it's been a poor start for england, jos buttler has already gone — the captain out for a duck, phil salt following shortly after. needing a crucial victory to keep their defence alive. the leaders are out for round three of the us open at pinehurst, which sweden's ludvig aberg started with a one—shot advantage. he's playing alongside 2020 champion bryson dechambeau. and he has beenjoined by four under par by tyrrell hatton, having a good round, rory mcilroy has picked up a shot and alongside the 2020 champion, pavon. abert now with a

two shot advantage having got a birdie on his last hole. you can follow that and much more on the bbc sport website. and it remains 2—i follow that and much more on the bbc sport website. and it remains 2—1 to italy against albania in the euros. yes, nail—biting stuff, thank you very much indeed. we're at the halfway point in the general election campaign here in the uk. the politicial parties are out campaigning again this weekend. it's now three weeks until the next government is formed. the labour leader, sir keir starmer, has ruled out raising capital gains tax on people's main homes, should his party win the election. it comes after the conservatives repeatedly raised questions over labour's tax policies. we've been clear about the 40,000 extra appointments each and every week, how we'll pay for them. that will make a massive difference to those people on waiting lists. that's two million a year. and just as we did when we were last in government, we brought the waiting lists down, so we will do so again. 0n the broader area, yes,

of course we need money for the nhs, but we also need to reform. i ran a public service for five years, i know that more money in the top does give you a slightly better service, but you only get a materially better service if you reform. as far as health is concerned, we need to reform, to go to the preventative model, we need much more in our communities. we have got fully—funded mental health support in our communities that's set out in our manifesto, but we need to change the model and use much better technology. meanwhile, the prime minister has shrugged off questions about the conservative polls ratings. speaking at the ukraine peace summit in switzerland, rishi sunak said the election was a clear choice between the tories and labour. what we've seen over the last week is manifestos from both the major parties and the clear choice at this election between a conservative manifesto that offers a clear plan to deliver a secure future for britain, taking bold actions and, notably, cutting taxes for people at every

stage of their lives. for people in work, self—employed, buying their first home, families and, indeed, who are retired as well. in contrast, there are no ideas from the labour party, just higher taxes. £2,000 worth of higher taxes for every working family. i don't want to see that happening. that is the choice at this election. with me is our political correspondent susan hulme. inafunny in a funny sort of way, the interest now is not the manifestos which we were very excited to see last week. because they are now in a bare—knuckle fight really, the conservatives and labour, over who can win the argument. and he heard in that clip we have just heard from rishi sunak that he is very keen to talk about something that was not

really in the labour manifesto, and thatis really in the labour manifesto, and that is tax. they are pummelling away on tax. and that is because he feels it is looking at the fear factor, always very powerful in election campaigns to put a fear of the unknown, the other, the unknown quantity into the minds of voters. he has been doing that for a little while. whether that has really made a huge difference is hard to say. there are some more poles coming out, the caveat that you cannot put too much credence on poles, they can be wrong. but we have had a lot of them predicting a very poor results for the conservatives —— polls. and i'm not sure there has been a lot of change so far. it may be that the conservatives will do what we did here last week from grant shops and double down and have that warning for voters, you don't want to give labour a super majority. == for voters, you don't want to give labour a super majority. labour a super ma'ority. -- grant sha s. labour a super ma'ority. -- grant shapps. what —

labour a super majority. -- grant shapps. what about _ labour a super majority. -- grant shapps. what about this - labour a super majority. -- grant shapps. what about this question labour a super majority. -- grant i shapps. what about this question of the reform party? it’s shapps. what about this question of the reform party?— the reform party? it's very interesting _ the reform party? it's very interesting neither - the reform party? it's very interesting neither labour. the reform party? it's very i interesting neither labour nor the reform party? it's very - interesting neither labour nor the conservatives really want to mention reform, i don't think they want to give them too much publicity and do thejob of nigel farage give them too much publicity and do the job of nigel farage for give them too much publicity and do thejob of nigel farage for him. however, where you have seen conservatives talk about it, it is warning potential conservative voters that it is not safe have a bit of a flutter on reform, that thatis bit of a flutter on reform, that that is actually really going to be another vote for keir starmer. because if you split the votes that could go to the conservatives, you are more likely to give labour the supermajority. find are more likely to give labour the sunermajority-_ superma'ority. and we have more olls supermajority. and we have more polls coming _ supermajority. and we have more polls coming up — supermajority. and we have more polls coming up tomorrow, - supermajority. and we have more polls coming up tomorrow, but i supermajority. and we have more| polls coming up tomorrow, but we won't go into detail on those, but we should keep an eye on the polls is what you are going to advise us to do. thank you very much indeed. stay with us here on bbc news. hello there. it's been cool and unsettled so far this month.

sunny spells and heavy thundery downpours still very much the theme for the rest of the weekend. now, with blustery conditions across the south of the uk earlier on today for trooping the colour, the showers rattled through fairly quickly, some sunny spells in—between. but further north, the winds were lighter, so the showers more slow—moving, leading to some very intense downpours in places. tomorrow, though, will feel a little drier and a bit warmer for many of us, with fewer showers around and, again, some more sunny spells. 0vernight tonight, then, the winds will start to ease a little in the south. still some more wet weather, particularly for eastern wales and across the midlands, but a lot of the showers tending to fade. some heavy, persistent rain moving in from the east across northern areas of scotland, too. that's all going to sink southwards tomorrow. but with more cloud for the north and the west, it will feel milder than it did last night. lows of seven to ten degrees. and then tomorrow, low pressure still very much centred across the uk, so more showers swirling around that low. that heavy rain for scotland

will push further southwards into central areas as we head through the morning, perhaps even into southern scotland, too. and it's a wet start for some across northern ireland, the rain turning more showery into the afternoon. more showers, too, across england and wales, but fewer of them than today, and the winds will be lighter, some of the showers still possibly thundery and slow—moving. there'll be some sunny spells and it will feel a little drier and a bit warmer for most of us — the high teens, maybe 20 degrees celsius. into monday, then, and another improvement generally, the low pressure pulling away into the north sea, so the focus of the showers across eastern scotland, down through north—east england. a few showers further south popping up here and there as well, but they'll tend to be more isolated in nature, bright and sunny spells in—between. and for the south—east of england, east anglia, we could see highs of 21 degrees celsius, which is back to the seasonal average. but it's these areas that need a bit of watching into the start of next week, with this weather front that's across the near continent that could send some spells of rain perhaps our way as we head through

tuesday and even on wednesday. low pressure too towards the north of the uk. but in—between, with high pressure starting to build in from the south—west, it is looking drier and there'll be a bit more in the way of sunshine. so, a gradual improvement into the middle of next week. bye— bye.

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kevin campbell — the former striker for arsenal and everton — has died at the age of 5a, after a short illness. both clubs have reacted to the news, paying tribute to him. britain's home secretary has called for an urgent investigation after footage began circulating online of police in surrey ramming an escaped cow. and it's arise, siralan! alan bates — the man who campaigned to expose britain's post office scandal — receives a knighthood, joining dozens of famous names in the king's birthday honours. and at the euros, italy takes on albania. the score is 2—1 at the moment. spain beat croatia 3—0 a little earlier. let's get more on the general elections here in the uk. as we've been hearing, we're at the halfway point in the general election campaign, with three weeks until the next government is formed. rishi sunak is at the ukraine peace summit.

but the other politicial parties have been out campaigning again this weekend. we heard from labour leader keir starmer earlier in the programme. the liberal democrats, meanwhile, are calling for a boost to frontline policing in a bid to tackle car crime. 0ur correspondentjenny hill sent us this update from the lib dem bus. the lib dems have had a rather damp afternoon in the surrey countryside, ed davey enjoying a game of rounders with some of his supporters. as i say, it was rather rainy, we have been treated to the full range of the british summer. ed davey proved, as if we needed proof, that politics is indeed a very competitive sport. if he is worried about what's been happening with reform and its position in the polls, he is certainly not showing it although i'm quite sure his aides behind—the—scenes are keeping a close eye. we asked him what he made of reform and where it sits in the opinion polls, it is polling ahead of the lib dems, though that doesn't necessarily

translate into votes. he said to us, it is not something to worry about. we don't share reform or mr farage's values, and appeared to be very unconcerned, making the point that in his view the lib dems is the only party offering real political change, and therefore a potential home for any voter who might be disillusioned with the current political system. in terms of crime and policing which, as you mentioned, is what the lib dems were keen to focus on today, mr davey is calling, interestingly, for the scrapping of police and crime commissioners. these are the elected officials who are supposed to ensure the smooth running of local police forces, setting their budgets, hiring and firing chief constables and so on. it's interesting because the lib dems were actually in government with the conservatives in that coalition when they introduced police and crime commissioners. now they say they want to scrap them. mr davey says by scrapping them

he could raise some £117 million over the course of a parliament. that money, the lib dems believe, would be better channelled into front—line policing. that's been the focus of today. i did also want to give you an update on mr davey�*s knees. earlier in the week his team had him out and about tackling a pretty tough assault course, leopard crawling under tunnels and so on. we had a bit of a look at his knees today as he was bouncing around on a trampoline and i can attest to the fact he had some pretty nasty looking scabs on his knees. both nevertheless, as perhaps we have come to expect from mr davey, still a smile on his face regardless. in scotland, the snp�*s kate forbes has been campaigning in south lanarkshire, from where bbc scotland political correspondent andrew kerr sent this report. much of scotland is in quite a despondent mood today after last night's football. but of course, the general election

campaign begins again in earnest. kate forbes has been here in larkhall in south lanarkshire. she is from the snp. she is the deputy first minister in the snp scottish government. here at this distribution depot, they handle lots of scottish seafood. in fact the majority of scottish salmon and a host of other seafoods, sending it to the continent and across the world. miss forbes from the snp has been highlighting what she calls a brexit red tape. she says it costs the salmon industry £3 million every year. she is also highlighting a lack of skilled migrants coming from the eu to work here. the snp have a long—standing opposition to brexit. she has been saying only snp mps will stand up for the food and drinks sector in westminster. she says that only snp mps can promise a way back into the european union

through scottish independence. of course, political opponents disagree with her how that might work out. and finally, just on the football, miss forbes was saying it was a rough night for the tartan army, but she was saying they never give up. and a reminder that like every day during the election campaign, we have a special live page up and running online where you can get the latest from the campaigns as well as analysis from our correspondents, whilst the bbc verify team will look at the claims made by the politicians. you can find that on the bbc news website or app. hundreds of thousands of people have marched against marine le pen's far—right national rally party in france. there were protests in townsnd cities across the country after the pa rty�*s success in european elections prompted president macron to call a snap election for parliament. the protests were called by trade unions and left—wing parties — who have formed an alliance to counter the far—right in the election.

in paris, riot police scuffled with protesters. seven people were arrested. sweden and iran have carried out a prisoner exchange, with iran freeing two swedes — the diplomatjohan floderus, who was detained on charges of spying, and dual—national saeed azizi. the swap, which was mediated by 0man, also saw a former iranian official released. hamid nouri, who was convicted for his role in a mass execution of political prisoners in 1988 and sentenced to life imprisonment for war crimes. swedish prime minister ulf kristersson said the two prisoners had been used as bargaining power. translation: iran has made them both awns in a translation: iran has made them both pawns in a cynical— translation: iran has made them both pawns in a cynical game _ translation: iran has made them both pawns in a cynical game with _ translation: iran has made them both pawns in a cynical game with the - translation: iran has made them both pawns in a cynical game with the aim - pawns in a cynical game with the aim of getting this citizen released from prison in sweden. he is convicted of serious crimes

committed in iran in the 1980s. earlier, in sport, we heard about the tragic news that the former arsenal and everton striker kevin campbell has died at the age of 5a, after a short illness. he scored 148 goals across spells with eight clubs during his illustrious career. meghan 0wen gave us reaction to his death from outside arsenal's stadium. i've been speaking to fans outside the stadium today who say that they're just gutted to lose such a cool member of the arsenal family. and it was with arsenal that kevin grew up. he made his way through the youth clubs, through the youth squads, and he ended up winning the league, aged just 21 years old before taking three cups in three seasons. now, in a statement on ex arsenal said that kevin was adored by everyone at the club and all of us are thinking of his friends and family at this difficult time. now, that's a message echoed by ian wright,

the other half of the famous striking duo for the gunners. now, kevin also went on to play for a number of other clubs, and in 1999 he scored some pretty key goals which saved everton from relegation. here he is talking at the time. the pressure is no different to anybody else really. and it's work. it's what i do and i'm glad for the pressure. well, everton also released a statement on x paying tribute saying notjust a true goodison park hero, an icon of the english game, but an incredible person as well as anyone who ever met him will know now. campbell's former arsenal teammate and captain tony adams also wrote on x "super kev a goal machine. a giant of a man with an even bigger heart." but of course, it wasn'tjust football that kevin was famous for. he campaigned against racism after suffering abuse himself when he played in turkey

and after hanging up his football boots, he also became a pretty successful football pundit as well. so there have been tributes pouring out from around the world and it's clearjust how much super kev, as he was nicknamed, will be missed. millwall's goal—keeper, matija sarkic, has died suddenly at his flat in montenegro. the 26—year—old joined the championship club from wolves last august and made 33 appearances last season. millwall said they were "completely devastated" by the news. there are no further details at present. the football world is also mourning millwall's 26—year—old goalkeeper, matija sarkic, who's died suddenly at his flat in montenegro. earlier, i spoke to the sports broadcasterjonty sargeant, who was friends with him. we were actually due to be filming features for the football club and,

in the end, we just ended up talking rubbish. and he was more interested in my life and what i did for a living, and we became friends just off the back of that. and that was who he was as a person. he was infectious, so happy. you will never, ever find a person who would say a bad word about matija. you would spend time with him at the training ground and he would always have a smile on his face. he was so proud of everything that he had achieved. he was so proud to represent his nation. he actually made me book my holiday to montenegro this summer, we were only talking last week about the best places that i should go and all these recommendations, people to see. so just absolutely gutted. i can't put it into any more words. you wouldn't spend a bad moment in matija's company. he was always laughing, always funny, always humorous, always kind and inquisitive. like i say, he was always interested in what other people had to say. he wouldn't necessarily fit the mould of a normalfootballer. i know footballers can

occasionally get bad reputations and be given a bad name, but matija was the best of them. here in the uk, the home secretary has called for an urgent investigation after footage began circulating online of police in surrey ramming an escaped cow. this is the footage, taken just before nine o'clock last night. we've chosen not to show you the moment that the police car drives into the cow, as it's distressing. surrey police issued a statement today saying that officers acted to ensure the that members of the public were safe. in a statement on x, james cleverly wrote: "i can think of no reasonable need for this action. these local residents saw what happened first—hand. i thought, why is that cow down my road. so as i come out, i've seen a police car come. he's rammed it. and then it's got up, carried on running again and he's rammed it again. i think it could have been handled better. i think it was quite extreme, the way the police dealt with it. i think it could have been dealt with a lot more humanely. 0ur reporter simonjones

gave us this update. well, this happened last night in staines—upon—thames in surrey. pictures posted on social media, as you say. those pictures have now been viewed millions of times and they have prompted outrage amongst certain people, who are accusing the police of using heavy—handed tactics. what we understand looking at the footage is a cow had escaped and was wandering along a busy road. and then the footage shows — we're not actually showing it — the moment that a police car accelerates and hits the cow. the cow then falls to the ground and rolls along the road a bit, and then a police vehicle hits the cow a second time to bring it under control. now, in terms of what happened, surrey police, conscious that this has caused a lot of outrage, have issued a statement. they said they had been trying to capture this cow for several hours, after it was reported to be on the loose at

about 9pm last night. they say that they tried a number of different methods that hadn't worked. they feared for the safety of members of the public because the cow was running at people. it had also damaged their car. and at that point, they decided to use the police vehicle to ram it into the cow. now, in terms of the reaction, the rspca here in the uk has said the footage is distressing and upsetting. they feel that the police response was disproportionate. surrey police say that they will refer themselves to the independent office for police conduct, which is basically the police watchdog. but i think big questions about the tactics that were used here. as regards the cow, we're told that the cow was taken to a nearby farm. it's currently being overseen by a vet, but it suffered a large injury to its leg. but it is in recovery mode, thankfully. yeah, as far as we're aware, it's still undergoing

veterinary treatment, but the cow wasn't killed in this incident. but certainly, a lot of people questioning those police tactics and whether it was a sensible and proportionate thing for them to do. staying in the uk, alan bates — who led the campaign forjustice for victims of the post office it scandal — has been given a knighthood in the king's birthday honours. the former sub—postmaster fought for years to clear the names of hundreds of branch managers, wrongly convicted of fraud. he insisted the honour wasn'tjust for him, but for everyone who'd supported his cause. tracey emin — who rose to fame in the �*90s, when her artwork of an unmade bed was nominated for the turner prize — has become a dame. there are also damehoods for the actor imelda staunton, and the handbag designer anya hindmarch. the cyclist mark cavendish has been

awarded a knighthood, along with the composerjohn rutter. our business correspondent emma simpson has spoken to alan bates. and a warning, this report contains some flashing images. alan bates, congratulations. thank you. what was your reaction when you found out? it was all a bit of a surprise. it was a bit out of the blue. and, also, the time it was given. i think i received it on the lunchtime of the first day of paula vennells being at the enquiry, had a look at my emails and it was there. i thought "this is weird." is this a wind—up? yeah. to me the things are just say no. but there are a lot of people who want me to have something and i think the paperwork said they wanted to know by end of that day whether i was prepared to accept it. so it was all a bit of a rush,

but a very pleasant surprise all the same. what does this knighthood mean for you? well, i think it's another string to my bow to try and drive the rest of the campaign home for the group. we've got to get the funding for everybody, and that's been my priority now for some time. and if it helps there, then great. that's wonderful. you turned down an 0be, didn't you? why? i turned down an 0be at that time because i felt it was inappropriate. i mean, paula vennells was holding the cbe for her services to post office and i felt it would have been such an insult to the group to accept something like that. and a lot of people applauded me for doing that at that time. the last time we sat down and had a chat like this, the tv drama was about to air and you spoke

about how you hoped it would have an impact. it did that, didn't it? it's been an incredible six months. it certainly woke the nation up to what had been going on. paula vennells has got the cbe. you're joking! we are fighting a war against an enemy owned by the british government, while we're just skint little people. they've been really supportive and they've shown it in so many ways. i get hundreds of e—mails from all over the country and letters and cards and all sorts there and, i mean, i think it's also great for individuals in the group, because it's explained what happened to them and what they've been through. i haven't got that money and i don't know where it's gone! but you're not finished, though, are you? no, it's not finished by a long way.

we've still got to obtain monies for the groups in there, got to make sure they're resolved at the end of the day. i mean, that's still causing a big problem. it's still tied up in bureaucracy and we can't seem to get through it, no matter what we do. you still haven't got your compensation sorted, have you? no, no. my compensation's not resolved yet either. as well as fighting everyone else's battle, i'm still fighting mine as well. i mean, ijust don't know. there is always the potential that we may finish up back in court if that's what it takes to resolve it, at the end of the day. i was going to say, what's the next step? the next step definitely for us is to return to the courts again. and this time, i think we can raise the funding, i think the nation will support us if we have to go ahead with another case. have you ever thought ofjust giving up, letting it go? i could never do that.

notjust for my own sake, but i couldn't do it for everyone else's sake. we've all seen the horror stories, or all heard the horror stories of people, and there are so many, and i keep hearing from so many more these days who are coming out of the woodwork and stories that have never been told. i mean, they are absolutely — it's diabolical what has happened to people. it's very, very sad. you've spent, i think, more than 20 years now devoting all your time to this campaign, to fight for justice. what's been the high point? was it that high court victory? i think thejudgements were certainly a big turning point. and it's a comment i often take is that i think at that point, we broke post office's control of the narrative, which they'd had for many, many years and which they used to do all sorts of things — to influence mps, to influence the media and all the rest of it,

but those judgements certainly broke that and that enabled us then to move forward. what's been the hardest bit of it all? it's been such a long road for you. i think the hardest thing would have been to put it down. i mean, you just couldn't put something like this down. and, in fairness, it's always been one day after the next and you never know what the following day's going to bring, but it normally brings another victim to light, and so if you needed encouragement to carry on, it's there. this is the best unpaid job i've ever had. it's certainly the longest! but, erm... have you had a day off? i'm looking forward to a day off. there's a rumour i'm having a holiday shortly, so i'm looking forward to that. how are you going to celebrate? i don't know. probably a cup of tea, slice of cake, the usual way. steady! laughter

turning to the euros now, and last night was a sobering night for scotland, as they suffered a bruising 5—1 defeat to hosts germany in the opening match of the tournament. meanwhile, spain have beaten croatia 3—nil in their group b game. and italy are currently beating albania 2—1, though albania scored the fastest goal in european championship history, just 23 seconds into the game. over the next month, 2a nations will battle for the title, with tens of thousands of fans cheering their teams on. earlier, i discussed what we can expect from the tournament with european footballer broadcaster mina rzouki and the italian football pundit nicky bandini. hoping for a cinderella story if i'm really honest. i'm hoping that we were going to see a few shocks, potentially teams that we wouldn't have thought could do something special, could you something special. also commie brilliant colours. if you're watching the game against spain and curation. —— also, brilliant goals. if you are watching the game with spain and croatia.

it is beautiful to watch the teams and see why they are in this competition. i am an italy supporter so i am most looking forward to them. we don't know what to expect from the defending champions. they won euro 2020, and they were brilliant. underrated then. they had a brilliant qualifier to eat tournament and they won that as well. this time around, we have got so many newcomers. a lot of absences due to injuries, we have got a new manager who has been in his job less than a year. we don't actually know what to expect from italy. they are going to be absolutely brilliant or a little bit disappointing. i'm hoping it is the former rather than the latter. nikki, what is your take in what is going to happen over the coming few weeks that we are going to watch out for? i think what is promising is how

many goals we have already seen in this tournament. what do you make of that? just before i came onto air, i was looking at the spain croatia match and suddenly it was 3—0 up. they had fewer goals in the stage then two and a half games of the tournament. i don't know what that speaks to it is public choosing to give you a sweeping answer. there has been a lot of talks about the number of games footballers are playing, perhaps too many games, i do wonder if that is a factor. tired le . s, do wonder if that is a factor. tired legs, stretching _ do wonder if that is a factor. tired legs, stretching our— do wonder if that is a factor. tired legs, stretching our defences. but to give— legs, stretching our defences. but to give a— legs, stretching our defences. but to give a more optimistic take on it, certainly—

to give a more optimistic take on it, certainly this spain team, the 16—year—old, he has become the youngest— 16—year—old, he has become the youngest player ever to provide it assessed — youngest player ever to provide it assessed at the euros. we have seen some _ assessed at the euros. we have seen some fantastic young talent. perhaps what i'm most excited for is that young talent taken to the stage to show what they can do. i am seeing predictions that a third of a million fans it is going to turn up. that is a record number isn't it, mina? i think a large proportion of them, i think most of us believe that england are favourites to win this tournament. whether it is phil foden orjude belling, we have got stars all around in this england team. i think this will be in a potentially interesting match because as for england, we think they can definitely score goals, i think defences where they are more

vulnerable. do they have a defence that can keep out the best of the attacks? that is something we are going to have to see going forward but i think if you look at them, just at least on paper, in terms of squads, look at germany and spain and england and portugal as favourites for this tournament and of course france, and it is going to be which one of them can't really score the goals, try to defend resolutely, but for england and the fans, i think this time around, everyone is hoping that it is coming home. nicky, what is fascinating as it article discussion that go one and of course managers will be driving those discussions. they are very detailed? there are lots of managers we are interested to see at this tournament and certainly i think that both mina and i have some extra interest in italian football. they are a lot of italian managers. the italian manager has only been in hisjob for ten months and he was parachuted in halfway through the campaign.

stay with us here on bbc news. hello there. it's been cool and unsettled so far this month. sunny spells and heavy thundery downpours still very much the theme for the rest of the weekend. now, with blustery conditions across the south of the uk earlier on today for trooping the colour, the showers rattled through fairly quickly, some sunny spells in—between. but further north, the winds were lighter, so the showers more slow—moving, leading to some very intense downpours in places. tomorrow, though, will feel a little drier and a bit warmer for many of us, with fewer showers around and, again, some more sunny spells. 0vernight tonight, then, the winds will start to ease a little in the south. still some more wet weather, particularly for eastern wales and across the midlands, but a lot of the showers tending to fade. some heavy, persistent rain moving in from the east across northern areas of scotland, too. that's all going to sink southwards tomorrow. but with more cloud for the north and the west, it will feel milder than it did last night. lows of seven to ten degrees.

and then tomorrow, low pressure still very much centred across the uk, so more showers swirling around that low. that heavy rain for scotland will push further southwards into central areas as we head through the morning, perhaps even into southern scotland, too. and it's a wet start for some across northern ireland, the rain turning more showery into the afternoon. more showers, too, across england and wales, but fewer of them than today, and the winds will be lighter, some of the showers still possibly thundery and slow—moving. there'll be some sunny spells and it will feel a little drier and a bit warmer for most of us — the high teens, maybe 20 degrees celsius. into monday, then, and another improvement generally, the low pressure pulling away into the north sea, so the focus of the showers across eastern scotland, down through north—east england. a few showers further south popping up here and there as well, but they'll tend to be more isolated in nature, bright and sunny spells in—between. and for the south—east of england, east anglia, we could see highs of 21 degrees celsius, which is back to the seasonal average. but it's these areas that need a bit of watching

into the start of next week, with this weather front that's across the near continent that could send some spells of rain perhaps our way as we head through tuesday and even on wednesday. low pressure too towards the north of the uk. but in—between, with high pressure starting to build in from the south—west, it is looking drier and there'll be a bit more in the way of sunshine. so, a gradual improvement into the middle of next week. bye— bye.

live from london, this is bbc news. royal return — the princess of wales

makes her first official appearance since being diagnosed with cancer. israel says eight of its soldiers were killed during �*operational activity�* in rafah. the hamas—run health ministry says 30 palestinians were killed across gaza in the past 2a hours. the leaders of italy and germany reject the ceasefire terms laid out by vladimir putin — while dozens of countries gather in switzerland to explore peace prospects in ukraine. and muslim pilgrims in mecca struggle with extreme temperatures at the climax of the annual hajj. hello, i'm tanya beckett. thousands of people lined the streets of london for the trooping the colour parade, where the princess of wales made her first official public appearance since announcing she was being treated for cancer. catherine joined the rest of the royal family

at the annual event to mark the king's official birthday.