and prince william celebrates his birthday with two children and with 90,000 taylor swift fans at her wembley stadium concert last night. hello. the israeli military says it has struck two hamas infrastructure sites in gaza city. hamas said that 38 dead were killed in the strikes, on the al—shati camp and the al—tuffah neighborhood. israeli media are reporting that a senior hamas commander was killed. a spokesman for the gaza civil defense said a residential block in the al—shati camp was hit several times. let's get the latest with our middle east correspondent yolande knell. just east correspondent yolande knell. tell us about th this just tell us about the area where this happened. al—shati first of

all, you can see video shared on social media, a large plume of smoke, there are witnesses who say there were several air strikes, is one of the eight refugee camps in gaza, a densely populated place. although it was repeatedly targeted early on in the war, there are a senior hamas figures who have been based there, and are based there, and now people really felt much safer, they had gone back to this part of the camp there was more intact, a little more inland and you can see that there were panicked scenes as people were rushed to get the wounded away, several buildings completely flattened in one of the videos that are circulating. what videos that are circulating. what has the response _ videos that are circulating. what has the response been - videos that are circulating. what has the response been in - videos that are circulating. what has the response been in terms of what the idf has said and the palestinians?— what the idf has said and the palestinians? , . ., , palestinians? the israeli military has ut palestinians? the israeli military has put out _ palestinians? the israeli military has put out the _ palestinians? the israeli military has put out the briefest - palestinians? the israeli military has put out the briefest of - has put out the briefest of statements saying there will be more

details later but there was hamas infrastructure that was being hits. there is speculation some of the israeli media that actually israel is going after a man who was a senior hamas commander, head of the hamas military wing in the city, and it's not clear exactly what happened. in the past, israeli military have thought that they have killed him, and that has not been the case. there have also been other strikes in different parts of gaza city that have been deadly as well and other areas that have been repeatedly hit during the war. these are places where the israeli military has said that it sees hamas regrouping and it has had to return them multiple times. it regrouping and it has had to return them multiple times.— regrouping and it has had to return them multiple times. if you look at what is happening _ them multiple times. if you look at what is happening in _ them multiple times. if you look at what is happening in lebanon, - them multiple times. if you look at what is happening in lebanon, the | what is happening in lebanon, the israeli army says it has carried out a drone strike on a moving vehicle

there. what more could you tell us? there is video that the israeli military has shared on this drone strike on a moving car going along a road and they are saying that the person that they killed him was a hamas operative, also an operative for an affiliated group based in lebanon and that he was reportedly supplying weapons to these groups. the israeli military said he was killed because of his role in advancing attacks.- killed because of his role in advancing attacks. the two sides have exchanged fire across the israel— lebanon border for months. his brother said it is

fighting hamas in gaza. operational plans for an offensive in lebanon has been approved and validated. our middle east correspondent has been to the israeli side of the border this week and sent this report. many say that war is also the way to get residents back. david has refused to leave even when rockets landed right in front of his house a few weeks ago. shrapnel was slicing through the walls, missing him by inches. it has made him even more determined to stay.— inches. it has made him even more determined to stay. everyday, every niaht, determined to stay. everyday, every night. bomb. _ determined to stay. everyday, every night, bomb, problem— determined to stay. everyday, every night, bomb, problem and - determined to stay. everyday, every night, bomb, problem and i- determined to stay. everyday, every night, bomb, problem and i was- determined to stay. everyday, everyl night, bomb, problem and i was born here _ night, bomb, problem and i was born here his _ night, bomb, problem and i was born here. his brother? kill set. very slow, _ here. his brother? kill set. very slow, very— here. his brother? kill set. very slow, very problem, bombs,

rocketsm _ slow, very problem, bombs, rockets... why? slow, very problem, bombs, rockets. . . why?— slow, very problem, bombs, rockets. . . why? rockets... why? rockets hit every week, this — rockets... why? rockets hit every week, this slipped _ rockets... why? rockets hit every week, this slipped a _ rockets... why? rockets hit every week, this slipped a pass - rockets... why? rockets hit every week, this slipped a pass israel'sl week, this slipped a pass israel's defences last thursday hitting the streets. the us is pushing hard for a diplomatic solution here but they say that a full—scale war may be the only way out. say that a full-scale war may be the only way out-— say that a full-scale war may be the only way out. translation: side are sittin: here only way out. translation: side are sitting here like _ only way out. translation: side are sitting here like lambs _ only way out. translation: side are sitting here like lambs to _ sitting here like lambs to slaughter, waiting for the day that they are going to attack us is unacceptable and everybody understands the choices between war now of war later. i don't think there is any country in the world that would accept daily fire against its citizens. , . ., , , its citizens. israel has been fiuuhtin its citizens. israel has been fighting back _ its citizens. israel has been fighting back across - its citizens. israel has been fighting back across the - its citizens. israel has been . fighting back across the border its citizens. israel has been - fighting back across the border and talking up preparations for a full offensive against his brother. his brother has said that nowhere in israel would be spared. tough talk is part of both sides�*s strategy, but it could also spotlight the war.

tom was out when a his brother rocket hit his house right on the border. look kochorashvili look was a rocket can — border. look kochorashvili look was a rocket can do _ border. look kochorashvili look was a rocket can do to _ border. look kochorashvili look was a rocket can do to your— border. look kochorashvili look was a rocket can do to your house. - a rocket can do to your house. everything _ a rocket can do to your house. everything ruined. _ a rocket can do to your house. everything ruined. crazy, - a rocket can do to your house. everything ruined. crazy, no?| a rocket can do to your house. i everything ruined. crazy, no? he says israel's leadership has failed. they need to quit, all of them. the biggest _ they need to quit, all of them. the biggest failure _ they need to quit, all of them. the biggest failure of _ they need to quit, all of them. the biggest failure of our _ they need to quit, all of them. the biggest failure of our army- they need to quit, all of them. the biggest failure of our army and - they need to quit, all of them. the biggest failure of our army and our| biggest failure of our army and our country— biggest failure of our army and our country was — biggest failure of our army and our country was on _ biggest failure of our army and our country was on the _ biggest failure of our army and our country was on the 7th _ biggest failure of our army and our country was on the 7th of - biggest failure of our army and our country was on the 7th of october, on the _ country was on the 7th of october, on the day— country was on the 7th of october, on the day where _ country was on the 7th of october, on the day where they— country was on the 7th of october, on the day where they were - country was on the 7th of october, on the day where they were the i on the day where they were the leaders — on the day where they were the leaders. , ., , , , leaders. there is growing pressure for a ceasefire _ leaders. there is growing pressure for a ceasefire in _ leaders. there is growing pressure for a ceasefire in gaza, _ leaders. there is growing pressure for a ceasefire in gaza, that - leaders. there is growing pressure for a ceasefire in gaza, that would | for a ceasefire in gaza, that would likely calm tensions in the north as well. but israel's prime minister is keeping both conflicts going, mortgaged by his promise to far right government allies to destroy hamas before ending the gaza war.

playing for time is his specialty, but the longer this conflict goes on, the more it turns into playing with fire. bbc news. rishi sunak hasjoined other politicians in criticising nigel farage for making remarks excusing president putin's invasion of ukraine. the leader of reform uk — who'll be familiar around the world for formerly leading the pro—brexit uk independence party — claimed that russia's invasion of ukraine was provoked by europe and nato. with more, here's our political correspondent harry farley. vladimir putin this morning at a ceremony to mark the nazi invasion of russia in world war ii. his invasion of ukraine has largely united british politics. this is more like a police interview.

but last night, the man who says he wants to be leader of the opposition, said it was a consequence of eu and nato expansion. we've provoked this war. you know, of course it's his fault. he's used... but we provoked the invasion of ukraine? yes, and very interestingly, once again, ten years ago when i predicted it... by the way, i'm the only person in british politics that predicted what would happen. and of course, everyone says i was a pariah for daring to suggest it. rishi sunak has been reluctant to criticise nigel faraj, perhaps hoping to persuade those who tempted by reform to back the conservatives. no such hesitation this morning. what he said was completely wrong and only plays into - putin's hands. this is a man who deployed nerve agents on the streets _ of britain, who's doing deals with countries i like north korea, and this kind of appeasement is dangerous for britain's security, _ the security of our allies that rely on us and onlyl enboldens putin further.

there has wide—spread condemnation. farage's comments about russia are disgraceful. i have always been clear that putin bears responsibility, sole responsibility, for the russian invasion of ukraine. i think anybody who wants to stand to be a representative in our parliamentary should be really clear that whether it's russian aggression on the battlefield or online, we stand against that aggression. the liberal democrat leader, sir ed davey, on a chicken farm this morning said that only president putin was responsible for the death of civilians in ukraine. mr farage's political opponents are hoping the chance of winning clacton are dented by his views. a leading think tank has claimed there is a four billion pound hole in the plans for social care put forward by labour, the conservatives and the liberal democrats. the institute for fiscal studies told the bbc that money —— set aside to fund a cap on what individuals have to pay —

has already been spent elsewhere. our correspondentjack fenwick told us more. (tx sot) our correspondentjack fenwick told us more. this goes back to an announcement from a conservative government about reforms for social care. it would essentially introduce a cap on the amount that any individual would have to pay for their own care over the course of their lifetime. that was supposed to be introduced in october 2023, was supposed to be introduced in october2023, but was supposed to be introduced in october 2023, but a few months before that, it was decided that actually it would be delayed a bit longer. and that is sort of where this apparent hole in the finances have come from. i was speaking to somebody in local government the other day he was saying that this is something we are really, really worried about. after that i spoke to the ifs, institute for fiscal studies, they do a lot of number work and number crunching about what parties are saying, and i spoke to their head of the local government finances there who explains how this has become a problem. so

finances there who explains how this has become a problem.— has become a problem. so the government — has become a problem. so the government decides _ has become a problem. so the government decides to - has become a problem. so the i government decides to postpone has become a problem. so the - government decides to postpone those reforms _ government decides to postpone those reforms until 2025 and it says that councils _ reforms until 2025 and it says that councils in — reforms until 2025 and it says that councils in the meantime can keep the funding that they were being given— the funding that they were being given to — the funding that they were being given to use for existing things. moving — given to use for existing things. moving onwards, they were just roll into the _ moving onwards, they were just roll into the overall expending envelopes that the _ into the overall expending envelopes that the new chancellor, jeremy hunt, _ that the new chancellor, jeremy hunt, sent. and those that we know of a very. _ hunt, sent. and those that we know of a very, very tight. at one stage it was— of a very, very tight. at one stage it was funding set aside for social care reform, that isn't being used now _ care reform, that isn't being used now it's — care reform, that isn't being used now. it's either being used for other— now. it's either being used for other things are rolling over into the titan — other things are rolling over into the titan envelopes that we all know the titan envelopes that we all know the party— the titan envelopes that we all know the party seems to balance on in this election. is the party seems to balance on in this election.— this election. is saying that because councils _ this election. is saying that because councils were - this election. is saying that because councils were ablej this election. is saying that i because councils were able to this election. is saying that - because councils were able to keep that money, it has played into other things that they have to spend money on in therefore if reforms are going to happen, and the mind of the ifs, that money will need to be found again. in terms of the 4 billion

figure that he meant a moment ago, the ifs says that comes from the government's own costing, and that impact assessments on they say that thatis impact assessments on they say that that is how much it may end up costing and that any government elected will have to find that money tjy elected will have to find that money by around 2028. and if the money has to come from reducing services in local governments, that could lead to some very difficult decisions for the councils themselves. the conservatives have said that they believe they have a bold and clear plan to make sure that people have dignity and security if they are going through social care. the liberal democrats have also responded to this story today, they have said that they are promising lots more funding and care and its slightly separate to this point, but they say they are going to put in another 4 billion of their own which would pay for various things including a pay rise for care workers, that bit of their plan would be paid for through a tax.

iran's supreme court has overturned a death sentence against the popular rapper, toomaj salehi. he was jailed for backing the nationwide protests which were sparked by mahsa amini's death. she died in police custody in 2022 after being arrested for violating dress rules for women. mr salehi's lawyer says the supreme court has ordered a retrial. the rapper became a symbol of resistance, with artists including coldplay and sting joining the international campaign to save his life. with me is now is kasra naji — a correspondent at the persian service. why hasn't retrial been ordered? we why hasn't retrial been ordered? - don't know. we have just heard from alloy that the supreme court has overturned it. it doesn't necessarily mean they are out of the woods, this is back to a law court —— mike lola caught and they have to re—examine the case and decide on a new sentence. —— lower court. so

thatis new sentence. —— lower court. so that is where we are today. so new sentence. -- lower court. so that is where we are today. so we don't know _ that is where we are today. so we don't know why — that is where we are today. so we don't know why retrial _ that is where we are today. so we don't know why retrial has - that is where we are today. so we don't know why retrial has been i don't know why retrial has been ordered. has this happened a lot before? just give us an idea. you in before? just give us an idea. you “i iran, the judicial process is very iran, thejudicial process is very political in nature. many of these decisions are taken on the basis of the political situation, and the timing and so on and so forth. today, my guest on the only thing that i can think of is that we are very close to the rainy and presidential elections which are going to be held next week on friday the 28th ofjune and that may be the iranian authorities feel that this may be one of those rare good news that might entice people to come to vote at a time when a lot of people want to stay away from the poulson.

they also fear there may be some backlash if there is going to be an execution of this. —— stay away from the polls. execution of this. -- stay away from the olls. �* �* , execution of this. -- stay away from the olls. . �* , , the polls. and i'm sure people listen images _ the polls. and i'm sure people listen images of _ the polls. and i'm sure people listen images of the _ the polls. and i'm sure people| listen images of the nationwide protest that happened, remind us how mr seles showed his backing for those. he mr seles showed his backing for those. , .., mr seles showed his backing for those. , .. , ., those. he became prominent during the life reading _ those. he became prominent during the life reading protests _ those. he became prominent during the life reading protests in - those. he became prominent during the life reading protests in iran, - the life reading protests in iran, if you remember. that was in 2020 two. there was a widespread protest against the authorities about a compulsory hijab and he joins that protest and he started singing protest and he started singing protest songs which were very strong politically and invited people to join the protest and demand for

their rights, protests against injustice in iran, against inequality, against oppression of women and authorities didn't quite like that. these are all the things that the iranian clerics despise, the people in power. so, this is what happened, they raided his house and he has been in custody, in prison, eversince. and he has been in custody, in prison, ever since. at first, we had a video of him published by a pro—government website that showed him being... after having being beaten pretty badly with a scar on his head, and he was confessing that he had done something wrong and and so forth. it was a forced confession. so that is part of the scene too. but he is very popular, he put his songs on his instagram

page, he had a lot of following, and he managed to become an international voice, as you said. and his music has won a couple of international awards for protest art. pl. international awards for protest art. �* , ., . ~' art. a high-profile figure, thank ou for art. a high-profile figure, thank you for bringing _ art. a high-profile figure, thank you for bringing us _ art. a high-profile figure, thank you for bringing us the - art. a high-profile figure, thank you for bringing us the latest i art. a high-profile figure, thankj you for bringing us the latest on that. now it's time for a look at today's sport. we start with euro 2024, where georgia and czechia are into the second half of their game in hamburg(full frame both teams lost their first group f game and a victory is vital if either side want to reach the knockout stages —around an hour in and it's currently 0—0, czechia had a goal disallowed after adam hlozek handled the ball into the net two more games at euro 2024 later, belgium looking to recover

from their shock defeat to slovakia on the opening matchday when they take on romania in cologne while portugal face turkey in dortmund — a win for either side likely sending them to the knockout rounds. the attention, as always, focused on cristiano ronaldo, with manager roberto martinez once again having to answer questions on his captain's fitness and importance to the side. for us he brings experience, know—how, the goal—scoring opportunities, the movement in the box, the opportunity to open space. i don't really want to analyse the start in terms of the physical, you need to look at what he is on in the last months. he deserves to be on the national team of portugal, he scored 51 goals in 50 games and he can play every four days. england are preparing for their final group c match against slovenia on tuesday amid growing criticism of their last out performance when they drew 1—1 with denmark.

injuries and lack of form have been a talking point and that continues to be the case for one player as our football reporter alex howell let us know earlier. when the five of the players were outside earlier but he is playing inside which means there is a massive doubt in bully with him playing for england on tuesday. they spoke about some of the physical limitations of some of his players and some of the confusion playing during the match. we may have seen some of the players that may come in to replace people like trent alexander—arnold, that experiment hasn't worked. but the england team is working hard in front of me on the training pitch ahead of the game in slovenia on tuesday. india will look to take a big step towards the t20 world cup semi—finals with victory over bangladesh in their super eights encounter which starts in the next 15 minutes india began the super eights phase

with a comfortable victory over afghanistan, and a win in antigua, along with an australian victory over afghanistan would send them through to the semi—finals. but having gone unbeaten so far in the entire tournament, complacency is the last thing on india's minds. we know we are playing a world cup so everybody is really motivated, we want to do well as a team and in this format especially, you cannot afford to be complacent, we have to be on top of our games and we are looking forward to do that. every game is a fresh game for us, every game is a fresh game for us, every game is a new game, and as a team we have set up our own standards and those of the standards that we need to keep up with. american sarah schmelzel and south korea's amy yang are the joint leaders at the halfway mark of the women's pga championship in seattle. schmelzel shot a round of 67 to finish on six—under alongside yang, with overnight leader lexi thompson two shots behind on four under par. one woman who won't be

playing this weekend though is world number one, nelly korda, she missed the cut after a torrid round of 81, which included eight bogeys and a double bogey. just enough time to let you know that it is georgia i czechia i in that match — you can follow the conclusion to that on the bbc sport website, that's all the sport for now. a swiss court has handed jail sentences to four members of the billionaire hinduja family, for exploiting servants from their native india to work in their villa in geneva. prakash hinduja, his wife kamal, their son, ajay, and his wife namrata, received sentences ranging from four, to four— and— a— half years. (gfx 00v)they from four, to four— and— a— half years. they were acquitted on the more serious charge of people trafficking. the hindujas were accused of confiscating the servants' passports, and of paying them as little as eight dollars a day, far less than swiss wages. none of the four were in court

to hear the verdict, and they intend to launch an appeal. following the verdict, the prosecution requested an immediate detention order for the younger hinduja couple, but this was denied by the judge. the family has a multi—million dollar fortune the family has a multi—million dollarfortune with the family has a multi—million dollar fortune with interests in fortune oil and gas inside their geneva villa they found that swiss people are paid less than men in wage. they are due out of time in prison and were told they have abused their position of wealth and power to exploit people who are poor. the hinduja's lawyer said that this was political and not legal. lawyer said that this was political and not legal-— lawyer said that this was political and not leual. �* ,, . ., and not legal. translation: i have the feelin: and not legal. translation: i have the feeling that _ and not legal. translation: i have the feeling that this _ and not legal. translation: i have the feeling that this behaviour- and not legal. translation: i have the feeling that this behaviour is - the feeling that this behaviour is judged on moral grounds and not legal grounds. on the one hand, you have a very wealthy family and on the other, poor people. obviously,

therefore, it is a kind of punishment for this gap between two groups of people. the punishment for this gap between two grouos of people-— groups of people. the hindu'a family have appeared — groups of people. the hindu'a family have appealed the t groups of people. the hindu'a family have appealed the verdict _ groups of people. the hinduja family have appealed the verdict and - groups of people. the hinduja family have appealed the verdict and are i have appealed the verdict and are now believed to be in monaco. despite the sentences they are not, are not yet, going to prison. but this high—profile case is not the first time that geneva rich and powerful has mistreated their servants. it's a reminder that behind the wealth and elegance, there is a darker side to this city. bbc news. let's get some of the day's other news now a volunteer firefighter has died battling wildfires which have been fanned by gale—force winds in southern greece. wildfires are common in greece — but the authorities have warned of growing risks because of the dry conditions, and temperatures reaching highs of a0 degrees celsius. several villages have been evacuated as a precautionary measure. swiss police say at least 3 people are missing after severe flooding in the alpine town of zermatt. a combination of heavy rain and melting snow has led to rivers

bursting their banks. trains in the area have been suspended. officials say the flooding is expected to last taylor swift's record breaking eras tour continues in london this weekend...with an estimated 700,000 swifties heading to the capital across her eight dates — bringing a major boost to the economy. well, among the crowd last night was prince william and his children george and charlotte. this selfie was posted on the prince of wales official instagram — while taylor swift shared another on hers also featuring her boyfriend, american footballer travis kelce. the future king was also spotted shaking his arms to shake it off as he celebrated his 42nd birthday at the concert. a pet donkey that escaped his owners five years ago

in california has been found "living his best life" with a herd of wild elk. a hiker spotted diesel the donkey and posted this clip on his social media. his owners terrie and dave say they're relieved he's safe and have decided to let him run free with his new found family. stay with us here on bbc news. hello there. it's just a little bit cooler for us today. there's still some warm sunshine to come through the rest of the day. but we are seeing some areas of cloud, particularly in eastern england, with a few showers around at the moment as well. but it's actually across eastern england that will see the highest temperatures today, 21 or 22 degrees. further west nearer 18 or 19 celsius. and if you're a hay fever sufferer, you're probably well aware that we've got very high grass pollen levels for all but northern scotland and it

could be a similar sort of story for tomorrow as well. still got one or two showers at the moment for eastern england, but during the evening, they do move away. we end up quite sunny here. there's a bit more cloud toppling into scotland and northern ireland, but a dampness in that that'll push into wales, in northern england and the southwest. misty weather here may well be some hill fog around as well. typical temperatures overnight around ten or ii celsius. now, as we head into tomorrow, a fine day across much of the uk and if anything, it's going to be warmer than today. this is when it starts to warm up. we've got the cloud, though, across northern england, wales, in the southwest that will tend to push its way towards south eastern areas through the day, allowing more sunshine to develop across other parts of england and wales and lots of sunshine to come for scotland and northern ireland in some light winds. and temperatures are going to be higher than today by around about two or three degrees may make 25 degrees or so in the southeast of england heading into the beginning of next week.

and we're still looking at a lot of dry weather with some sunshine, high pressure, keeping those weather fronts at bay at the moment and temperatures continuing to rise. a bit of a misty start towards the southwest. and we will see, after a sunny start, the cloud tending to build up and spread outjust a little bit, maybe that the best of the sunshine will be for some coastal areas, but its continuing to warm up on monday. those temperatures widely into the mid 20s, 27, maybe even 28 degrees possible in the southeast of england. now, by the time we get into tuesday, this weather front could bring some rain into scotland and northern ireland, but it's still dry and very warm for england and wales. now, at the moment, temperatures are near normal but likely to get warmer through sunday and particularly into the early part of next week. and it's possible the heat could last longer next week before the weather breaks and we get some heavy showers arriving as well.

this is bbc news, the headlines. hamas officials say at least 38 people have been killed in israeli attacks on gaza city. the israeli military said it had struck two hamas infrastructure sites there. some israeli media are reporting that a senior hamas commander was being targeted. the prime minister has accused the reform uk party leader, nigel farage, of playing into president putin's hands, by saying that the west provoked russia's invasion of ukraine.

rishi sunakjoined other politicians in condemning mr farage's comments. the iranian supreme court has overturned the death sentence of the rapper toomaj salehi and ordered a retrial. he was charged for supporting the anti—government supporting the anti—government protests of 2022. there's been uproar on social media in greece, afterfirefighters blamed people setting off fireworks from a private yacht for causing a blaze on an island. today marks the sixth national windrush day, which was established to honour the british caribbean community and commemorate the arrival of hmt empire windrush. new figures show nearly 150 claims for compensation from people caught up in the windrush scandal have been awaiting a final decision for at least a year. many people found themselves deported or denied access

to services, despite having lived in the uk for decades.