we begin with a developing story in gaza, where the hamas—run health ministry says the number of people killed in an israeli air strike near the southern city of khan younis has risen to at least 71, with nearly 300 injured. the attack happened in the masawi area of the city. these pictures show the moment of the blast. an israeli official said the strike targeted the head of hamas�*s military wing, mohammed deif, in an area where, he said, there were "only hamas terrorists and no civilians." the israeli military had designated this area a safe zone, urging palestinians to seek shelter there. an eyewitness described

the scene to the bbc, saying it was like an earthquake. doctors at a nearby field hospital are reported to be struggling to cope with scores of casualties. let's hearfrom a displaced civilian who witnessed the attack. translation: we were sitting - in the tent nothing was happening. suddenly a rocket fell over us. children were in pieces. god is sufficient for us and he is the best guardian of our affairs. look at us, world, have some feeling! let's speak to our correspondent nick beake injerusalem. i have been listening to an israeli military official in the past 20 minutes. they were asked repeatedly about this. was it a designated safe soma families could expect to be safe? the official did not directly answer the question although he was asked a number of times.

what he did say was that these hamas leaders had, in his words, cynically set up a compound in what was a civilian area and they bear responsibility for what might happen, inserting themselves into a place where there were lots of families. within that there is an acknowledgement this was a civilian area. i think we can certainly say that. as for the target, the idf have been very clear. the israeli defence force is saying this was an opportunity to take out the head of hamas�*s military wing. they say they used a precision strike, that at the time there were guards surrounding mohammed deif and that this precision strike was carried out after what they described as very accurate intelligence was gathered. as for these reports of at least 71 people being killed, we've seen all the footage of the aftermath. he said — this military official from the israeli side — that he was unable to say how many people had died, how many people

were killed in this strike. and what more do we know about the person that israel have confirmed that the strike was targeting, mohammed deif? yes. well, we don't know whether he's alive or dead or severely injured. we might get more information on that in the coming hours. but certainly he's a man who's been a very high price for the israelis for many years now. there have been previous attempts to kill him. he's been someone who, according to israeli officials, say he and others are responsible for hundreds of attacks on israelis, both civilians and military personnel. and he was someone that they have been looking for an opportunity to try and take out, quite frankly. and this opportunity, according to the israelis, presented itself today and they took that opportunity. of course, there'll be questions about whether or not they succeeded in their mission, of course, at what cost? because we have seen previously where the israelis have said that there have been high profile, high price targets that they've killed.

there have been lots of people also killed, including — as we've seen time and again — women and children, the israelis being very forceful in what they're saying behind the scenes here, that they carried this out in a precise way. but certainly the images we're seeing and the condemnation from palestinian groups. hamas saying that this is completely unacceptable, this strike, and it also completely undermines the ongoing conversations and negotiations to try and bring about a stop in the fighting, some sort of ceasefire or hostage release deal. so this is a very bloody day, and i think we'll get more details as it goes on. israel's army radio has said the target of the strike was hamas military chief, mohammed deif. hamas has denied this. let's speak to our gaza correspondent rushdi abualouf, who's in istanbul. this is a fast developing situation, we have fared an israeli attack on a

prayer hall in a gas account. what can you tell us?— can you tell us? that is another lace. a can you tell us? that is another place. a refugee _ can you tell us? that is another place. a refugee camp - can you tell us? that is another place. a refugee camp and - can you tell us? that is another place. a refugee camp and it i can you tell us? that is another place. a refugee camp and it is| place. a refugee camp and it is still not clear, but the palestinian health ministry, run by hamas, said 17 people were killed. they were praying at the time and targeted, it is not clear what was the target in this area, it is not clear at all why at this place. hamas denied the attack, that killing of mohammed deif. that is causing some hamas officials. the hamas official statement did not mention at all, the name in the statement, they said what is really allegation about killing this movement leader in the area wasjust a killing this movement leader in the

area was just a justification for killing, the mass killing of civilians and they said this is our crime. a war crime. this leaves the door open for something and it is not clear if he was in the area or if he was targeted. the international media are not allowed into gaza. getting a clear picture and information that is difficult. we have been able to speak to 23, maybe four or five eyewitnesses in the area. they said it was not one strike, it was six. the main air strike, it was six. the main air strike targeting a small building with this so—called safe zone in the al—mawasi area west of khan yunis, followed by two air strikes and then three or four air strikes, followed by two air strikes and then three orfour air strikes, one of them targeting the civilian civil defence, the crew who came to rescue the operation. hamas run health

ministry said they got 71 people killed and over 250 injured. the situation that their receiving the casualties are really catastrophic situation as the doctors are struggling to cope with the number of injuries and the lack of equipment and medicalfacility of injuries and the lack of equipment and medical facility that is functioning in the southern part of gaza. it is very difficult to cope with this number and there are still crew working on the ground, we are still getting videos and images from the area. people are digging with their bare hands to try to find because the area, about 700,000 people live in this al—mawasi area and it is like two times the size of heathrow airport. people who have fled from gaza city, fled the fighting and from far south in rafah, they all gathered in this place. very densely populated area.

the amount of force used according to witnesses is huge. someone described it as an earthquake. thank ou. we described it as an earthquake. thank yom we are — described it as an earthquake. thank you. we are waiting _ described it as an earthquake. thank you. we are waiting to _ described it as an earthquake. thank you. we are waiting to get _ described it as an earthquake. thank you. we are waiting to get more confirmation on exact numbers of casualties and that death toll. thank you for that. might speak to a director of the middle east institute. who is this figure that israel say they are targeting? mohammed deif. why has he been so elusive for them to target up till now? its elusive for them to target up till now? , ., ., ., , ., now? its hard to overstate the importance — now? its hard to overstate the importance of— now? its hard to overstate the importance of the _ now? its hard to overstate the importance of the strike. - now? its hard to overstate the importance of the strike. the | now? its hard to overstate the - importance of the strike. the chief of staff of hamas, the commander of its military wing. and if you can take out the commander of your

opposing army, that is a significant short—term win. israel has tried to get mohammed deif at least 20 years, 22 since he has been commander of hamas's military wing. he has developed an infamous reputation, he has escaped at least seven assassination attempts. in 2014 israel declared him dead only to find out he had survived. his wife and children did not survive. he has developed several nicknames as a result. the referring to him as the cat with nine lives. and referred to him as the living marker. if this was a successful elimination, it is a big short—term win for benjamin netanyahu. we a big short-term win for ben'amin netanyahu.- a big short-term win for ben'amin netanyahu. we don't know if he is alive or dead. _ netanyahu. we don't know if he is alive or dead. israel _ netanyahu. we don't know if he is alive or dead. israel say _ netanyahu. we don't know if he is alive or dead. israel say they - netanyahu. we don't know if he is alive or dead. israel say they have targeted him. we don't know whether it was successful. you side would be

a big short—term win. how would it change things, notjust within the israeli strategy in terms of their military strategy, but also what it might mean for us support? i chose might mean for us support? i chose m words might mean for us support? i chose my words carefully. _ might mean for us support? i chose my words carefully. i _ might mean for us support? i chose my words carefully. i said _ might mean for us support? i chose my words carefully. i said a - my words carefully. i said a short—term win for a reason because longer term strategically we have seen israel eliminate top hamas commanders only for hamas as an ideology and movement to replace them. and even become stronger over time. it is a victory for bibi netanyahu politically, it allows them to consolidate his standing within his right—wing block, the right—wing coalition within israel. again, short—term militarily puts them at an advantage but we have to be cognisant of the fact that today, israel and their reputation have taken a hit in the west. even the united states. the fact we have 300

plus dead and injured, many of which, watching these images, are in fact women and children. that does not enhance israel's long—term standing in the international community. standing in the international community-— standing in the international communi . ., ., community. thank you for your analysis- _ a man has been arrested on suspicion of murder following the discovery of human remains in two suitcases at the clifton suspension bridge in bristol. the 34—year—old was detained by avon and somerset armed officers in the early hours of this morning, in bristol. police say the remains, found both in the luggage and in a flat in shepherd's bush in west london belong to two men. simonjones has the latest. it was in the early hours of the morning that a manhunt came to an end. a hunt that is lasted more than two days and focused here on west london and also bristol. officers arrested the 34—year—old man at bristol temple meads station. armed officers were involved in the detention.

that case also began back on wednesday evening. that is when a member of the public called the police to say a man was acting suspiciously on clifton suspension bridge. officers say they arrived at the scene within ten minutes, but by that stage, the man had gone but they discovered two suitcases and inside those suitcases, the remains of two men. the police investigations brought them here to shepherd's bush and in a flat in the area behind me, police discovered further human remains, thought to belong to the same men. throughout the day investigations have been continuing here. we have seen forensic officers coming and going from the flat where the human remains were found. a short time ago officers extended the cordon, because i believe they are beginning

to search bins behind me. police have been speaking to members of the local community here, people who live in the flats who tell me they feel a sense of shock, that they don't feel safe. officers are trying to provide a sense of reassurance to the local community and want to check and make sure there is no vital information the public have yet to hear about about what happened here. this has been a very distressing case. police described the arrest as a significant development. they are making preparations to bring the suspect from bristol here to london for questioning. the family of the three women killed in a uk crossbow attack has released a statement. carol hunt, who was 61, and her daughters hannah hunt, 28, and louise hunt, 25, died at their home in bushey, hertfordshire, on tuesday evening. the murder sparked a man hunt that ended with the arrest of kyle clifford, who's suspected of three counts of murder. the statement reads...

president biden has told a campaign rally that he's still the best man to beat donald trump, despite calls from within his party to step aside after a series of gaffes. mr biden said he'd carry on because voters, rather than campaign donors, had chosen him as the democratic nominee. rescue workers in nepal searching for dozens of people missing after two buses plunged into a river say they've found a body about 50 kilometres downstream. the buses, carrying more than 50 people, were swept into the river by a landslide.

three passengers survived because they were thrown out of the buses and swam to safety. a court in pakistan has overturned the conviction of the former prime minister, imran khan and his wife for unlawful marriage. mr khan and bushra bibi were sentenced in february to seven years in jail after they were found guilty of breaking islamic law. mr khan has been imprisoned for nearly a year on a variety of charges. most have been suspended on appeal. forensic scientists in oklahoma have identified the first person found in a mass grave containing victims of the 1921 tulsa race massacre. cl daniel — a first world war army veteran — was among 300 black people killed by a racist mob. ajudge in the us has dismissed the manslaughter case against hollywood actor alec baldwin involving a fatal shooting on a film set in 2021. the judge ruled that the state

withheld a key piece of evidence related to the ammunition that killed the cinematographer, halyna hutchins. the actor wept when the case was thrown out — meaning he cannot be tried again. but he still faces civil lawsuits. now it's time for a look at today's sport. hello from the bbc sport centre. it's women's singles final day at wimbledon where there will be a new name on the winners board at the all england club. italy's jasmine paolini is facing the czech player barbora krejcikova on centre court. we can cross live now to our reporter chetan pathak. chetan? the italian jasmine paolini fighting back, the first _ the italian jasmine paolini fighting back, the first italian _ the italian jasmine paolini fighting back, the first italian woman - the italian jasmine paolini fighting back, the first italian woman to i back, the first italian woman to reach a wimbledon final, the second italian player in history to reach the stage at the all england club and the first since 2016 to reach the french open final and back it up by reaching the wimbledon final. she

is up having lost the first set, credit to krejcikova serving really well. striking the ball really well. he has dismissed the likes of daniel collins and ostapenko to reach the stage. far better to reach this stage. far better to reach this stage. credit to jasmine paolini to find that variety that has put krejcikova. herserve find that variety that has put krejcikova. her serve has faltered a bit and so jasmine paolini finds herself a game away from levelling up herself a game away from levelling up the match. centre court tries not to have favourites, sometimes it fails. it is clear from the sound they are behind jasmine paolini, it is exuberance and joy she brings to the tennis court has won people over. she is trying to level up the match. she is 5—2 up in the second set.

a spirited second half comeback saw new zealand win 24—17 over england and claim a 2—0 series win. replacement beauden barrett played his part as the all blacks maintained their record of not losing at eden park since 1994. our rugby union correspondent chrisjones was in auckland for us. so much talk in the week about the all blacks unbelievable record here at eden park. no defeat in 30 years but at one point in the second half when england led 17 points — 13, the england fans dared to dream could be making real sporting history. in the end it was a case of what might have been. the all blacks struck first. going down the blindside then the perfect cross kick was met to level the score. they hung in there superbly in the first half and finished really strongly. plucking out another excellent cross kick to give england a one point lead at the break. the second half england boss that after the interval and had

their opportunities but the momentum swung in the all black direction. new zealand scored 11 unanswered points to close out the game and series even though england will route an opportunity at the end for a maul that could have led to an unlikely draw. the challenge for england to pick up where they left off and close the tight games. their next game is in november at home at twickenham against the all blacks. elsewhere, wales slipped to their 9th defeat in a row, losing 36—28 to australia in melbourne. filipo daugunu got the hosts off the perfect start, finishing a length of the field try to help the wallabies to a 23—14 half—time lead. liam williams' second half try brought wales back to within a score, but daugunu's second try saw australia close the game out to secure a 2—0 series victory. british cyclist and reigning olympic mountain bike champion tom pidcock has had to withdraw from the tour de france due to covid—19. the 24—year—old who rides for ineos grenadiers has one tour stage win to his credit but doesn't feature in stage 14.

he's the third competitor to withdraw from this years tour with covid symnptoms and will defend his olympic title in paris later this month. race leader taday pogacar himself had covid 10 days before the race. and that's all the sport for now. isa is a matter of the small game on sunday. i'm sure you will be talking about that. i sunday. i'm sure you will be talking about that. ., �* ~ ., ., , ., about that. i don't know what you are talking _ about that. i don't know what you are talking about. _ about that. i don't know what you are talking about. what _ about that. i don't know what you are talking about. what a - about that. i don't know what you are talking about. what a smooth segue. of course anticipation continues to build as we count down to the finals of the european championship, euro 2024. england take on spain in sunday's final in berlin, the first meeting between the sides at the euros since a

england has had a difficult tournament so far, but seem confident as they look ahead to facing the spanish. spain on the other hand had a strong showing in the tournament, eliminating france. one of the team's heroes is lamine yamal, who is the youngest player to score in the tournament's history. but it's expected to be a close contest. let's speak to our sports correspondent olly foster who is in berlin. there is a huge amount of anticipation even now. we have got our way to go until the game but momentum building? absolutely, 'ust over 24 momentum building? absolutely, 'ust 24 hours — momentum building? absolutely, 'ust over 24 hours to �* momentum building? absolutely, 'ust over 24 hours to go i momentum building? absolutely, 'ust over 24 hours to go untili momentum building? absolutely, 'ust over 24 hours to go until the i over 24 hours to go until the european championship final tomorrow between spain and england. it is strange, we got into the city yesterday and you would not really know straightaway his hosting a major championship final. not too many banners and flags but today, thousands upon thousands of supporters hitting the streets of berlin. already you can tell the english fans are vastly outnumbering the spanish. there are a smattering

of spanish fans but the england fans have been travelling around germany for the past month in huge numbers. the official allocation as it is for spain is a little over 10,000. that's what both federations are allocated and given to various travel clubs. we expect triple that of english fans, many have their tickets months ago through the uefa ballot. i spoke to lads who picked up ballot. i spoke to lads who picked up four tickets for £70. they could not believe anger would have gone all the way. then you get hundreds, if not thousands of fans, who will come here to be in the city to come at the hope, witness history. and then try and get lucky and take it and some are changing hands at over £2000. some of these fans were willing to pay that because obviously it has been a long time since england have won a major final. you have to go back to 1966

and all that. it is the first time england men have contested a major overseas final. it was three years ago they lost the final to italy at wembley. i ago they lost the final to italy at wemble . , ., ., wembley. i remember it well. how do ou think wembley. i remember it well. how do you think the — wembley. i remember it well. how do you think the pressure _ wembley. i remember it well. how do you think the pressure will _ wembley. i remember it well. how do you think the pressure will affect - you think the pressure will affect england. they could make history. they have been pretty awful for the start of this and you would never have dreamt that they would reach this final because by their own admission, they knew things were not working even though they topped the group. they did not look particularly convincing. spain absolutely flew through their group. first team to win six games in a row ina first team to win six games in a row in a european championship. they will be confident to win seven. you mentioned the young superstar lamine yamal. we have looked so good, their

attacking progress. england pushed their luck, an injury time when at get them in against slovakia. then the semifinal in dortmund. the performance looked so much better, it came out of nowhere, they push their luck again with the ollie watkins late, late winner in the final seconds of normal time. that will put a spring in their step and give them so much belief before they arrive here in berlin. we expect the england team to arrive, they are in transit, and to arrive in the city in the next couple of hours. thank ou. you in the next couple of hours. thank you- you can _ in the next couple of hours. thank you. you can stay _ in the next couple of hours. thank you. you can stay up-to-date - in the next couple of hours. thank you. you can stay up-to-date on i in the next couple of hours. thank. you. you can stay up-to-date on that you. you can stay up—to—date on that story and all our others on the bbc website. after six months of lavish celebrations, the wedding ceremony for the son of asia's richest man, is finally ending in

the indian city of mumbai. anant ambani, son of reliance industries chairman mukesh ambani, is tying the knot with radhika merchant, the daughter of pharmaceutical tycoons. the four—day ceremony is the culmination of a string of pre—wedding parties the family has hosted since march. stay with us here on bbc news. hello there. if you do see some sunshine this afternoon you can count yourself quite lucky because, for most of the uk, we've got extensive cloud in the skies and that's going nowhere very far, very fast. closest to an area of low pressure out in the north sea, the cloud thick enough for occasional patches of rain across parts of eastern england and eastern scotland. the best of the breaks in the cloud has been further west, for example in parts of cornwall. not looking bad at all in bude earlier today, with plenty of sunshine. through this afternoon across southern coastal counties from devon towards sussex, there will be some showers and one or two thunderstorms are possible here. temperatures up to 20 or so towards parts of cornwall, but otherwise it's a cool day, particularly so around some of these eastern areas of england, eastern scotland.

14 in aberdeen. the average at this time of the year is 18, so you can feel yourself short—changed once again in terms of the weather. during this evening and overnight, that area of low pressure remains very slow moving in the north sea. it will be bringing further pulses of rain to eastern scotland, eastern areas of england, maybe a few patches getting across the pennines at times, as well. temperatures, for the most part staying into double figures on account of all the cloud that will continue to be in the skies. sunday's forecast, then. the same area of low pressure continues to bring wet weather to parts of eastern england. the rain probably turning a bit patchier into aberdeenshire. we'll probably see some breaks in the cloud through the central belt of scotland, so a brighter day here, probably, with some sunshine. sunshine develops across parts of southern england, southern wales and probably some breaks in the cloud for northern ireland too. where we see thejuly sunshine, that will lift temperatures into the high teens to low 20s. it will feel quite pleasant. on into monday's forecast and the next area of low pressure moves into the south—west. this will be bringing some heavier rain, maybe with a bit of thunder mixed in and perhaps some surface water flooding to watch out for. otherwise, actually, with a bit more sunshine breaking through the cloud across much of the uk, those temperatures

will be lifting a little bit higher, so 21 degrees or so for glasgow, 22 for norwich and london. that should feel quite pleasant. but i'm not convinced this is the start of any prolonged drier spell of weather. it does look like it will be quite unsettled into the week. probably a drier end to the week with some sunshine, but i don't think that's going to last into the following week. bye for now. that should feel quite pleasant. but i'm not convinced this is the start of any prolonged drier spell of weather. it does look like it will be quite unsettled into the week. probably a drier end to the week with some sunshine, but i don't think that's going to last into the following week. bye for now.

live from london, this is bbc news. the hamas health ministry says at least 71 palestinians were killed and nearly 300 engine in gaza. they say they were targeting a military chief mohammed deif. isreal describes all the dead as militants. a man is arrested on suspicion of murder in connection with human remains found in two suitcases on a bristol bridge. police have withdrawn an appeal for information about a colombian

national. bbc sports commentatorjohn hunt says he cannot put his devastation into words after his wife and two daughters were killed in an attack. a 26—year—old man was arrested on three counts of murder. anticipation is building for their euros 24 final in berlin.