this is bbc news. the headlines... more than 100 firefighters fight a blaze at the historical somserset house — an 18th century cultural and tourist venue in central london. police say there are no reported injuries. the cause of the fire is not yet known. hezbollah fires a barrage of rockets into northern israel, after an israeli strike on a residential building in southern lebanon kills ten people. the israeli army says about 55 rockets were fired across the border — no casualties have been reported. hospital officials in gaza say at least 15 people, including children and women, have been killed in israeli strikes on central gaza. meanwhile, us presidentjoe biden says he believes a ceasefire deal is "closer than ever".

india's ministry of health urges doctors to return to work. doctors are on strike demanding better protection after the rape and murder of one of their colleagues. you are watching bbc news. hello, i'm martine croxall. let's get more now on somerset house, where more than 100 firefighters are dealing with a serious blaze. let's show you these pictures as we speak to our reporter who is at the scene. jack, tell us what is happening at the moment. �*iz�*s happening at the moment. i2“; firefighters have been tackling the blaze here at london's somerset house this afternoon. london fire brigade told us they have responded to calls at around midday, and they dispatched around 20 fire engines from islington and soho and surrounding areas to attend the blaze, which we have been told was in the west wing of the building in the roof of the building. that is a

selection of offices and storage, not the main part that tourists would perhaps be familiar with. we've been told that no artwork was damaged. speaking to us a little earlier, the director of the somerset house trust told us what he knew. irate somerset house trust told us what he knew. ~ ~' ., somerset house trust told us what he knew. ~ ~ ., , ~ ~' ., knew. we know very little. we know that about midday, _ knew. we know very little. we know that about midday, a _ knew. we know very little. we know that about midday, a fire _ knew. we know very little. we know that about midday, a fire was - that about midday, a fire was spotted — that about midday, a fire was spotted in one corner on the third floor— spotted in one corner on the third floor of— spotted in one corner on the third floor of the — spotted in one corner on the third floor of the west wing. the building was immediately evacuated, the london — was immediately evacuated, the london fire brigade called, who came very quickly — london fire brigade called, who came very quickly. everybody is safe, there _ very quickly. everybody is safe, there are — very quickly. everybody is safe, there are no valuable artefacts or artworks — there are no valuable artefacts or artworks ih — there are no valuable artefacts or artworks in that part of the building, and for now, we want to let the _ building, and for now, we want to let the london fire brigade get on and do _ let the london fire brigade get on and do their brilliant work. so, let the london fire brigade get on and do their brilliant work.- and do their brilliant work. so, as ou and do their brilliant work. so, as you heard — and do their brilliant work. so, as you heard there, _ and do their brilliant work. so, as you heard there, the _ and do their brilliant work. so, as you heard there, the director- and do their brilliant work. so, as you heard there, the director of. and do their brilliant work. so, as l you heard there, the director of the somerset house trust confident that the evacuation process went well. the london metropolitan police have said no injuries have been reported. the day was to host a day of

breakdancing, that has been suspended, of course. we don't know when the venue will reopen. 0ff suspended, of course. we don't know when the venue will reopen. off to the side of me, there are a whole load of staff who don't know if they are going home today are going to work tomorrow. they are going to find that out as the attention now turns to the damage the blaze has done. we turns to the damage the blaze has done. ~ .., turns to the damage the blaze has done. ~ ,~ , ., done. we can mosey a little bit of that, jack. — done. we can mosey a little bit of that, jack, from _ done. we can mosey a little bit of that, jack, from the _ done. we can mosey a little bit of that, jack, from the pictures - done. we can mosey a little bit of that, jack, from the pictures we l done. we can mosey a little bit of i that, jack, from the pictures we are that, jack, from the pictures we are looking at now that the smoke has gone. there is no more water pouring through that route. you may not be aware they probably seen somerset housein aware they probably seen somerset house in films, because it is such a beautiful building, it has been used in all sorts of movies?— in all sorts of movies? absolutely. it is a hot day _ in all sorts of movies? absolutely. it is a hot day in _ in all sorts of movies? absolutely. it is a hot day in central _ in all sorts of movies? absolutely. it is a hot day in central london, i it is a hot day in central london, as you can imagine. lots of tourists really keen to get in and have a look for themselves, but they will be disappointed turning up today. i've been seen to some people have said they are saddened to see it, and the director of the somerset house trust said that it is a worrying situation, as you can imagine. there will be loads of

disappointed people here today. we just have to wait and let the fire brigade do theirjob to find out what the damages and hopefully find out when this great venue will reopen. out when this great venue will reo en. ., ., ., ~ i. reopen. for the moment, thank you very much- — six men have beenjailed for taking part in what a judge described as "12 hours of racist, hate—fuelled mob violence" in hull. the city was one of several affected by a wave of disorder throughout england and northern ireland this month. jo makle has this report. get out! he was part of a mob which targeted a car, terrifying the eastern european men inside. he looted stores, filling a bag at lush like he was on a shopping spree. you can see him mouthing merry christmas as he hands out stolen goods. good lad. and this isjohn honey trying to smash the window of shoe zone. the 25—year—old certainly stood out in his white shirt with its red st george's cross.

the judge at hull crown court said he was front and centre of events on august the 3rd. in sentencing, his honour judgejohn thackeray kc called august the 3rd, "12 hours of racist, hate—fuelled mob violence which had caused immeasurable harm." he added that he found watching the footage was depressing and horrifying and called it "utterly deplorable public disorder." honey received 56 months in jail. that's more than four and a half years after pleading years, after pleading guilty to six offences, including racially aggravated criminal damage, violent disorder and burglary. his defence barrister told the court he was on the autistic spectrum which influenced his behaviour. bleep. honey's sentence was not the longest. david wilkinson, seen here in the light cap and black t—shirt, was also part of the mob attacking the bmw car. get him out of here! he repeatedly strikes the windscreen.

the 48—year—old got six years for this attempted arson for this, attempted arson and violent disorder. the court heard the grandfather realised he'd ruined his life. jo makel, bbc news. ukraine says at least two people have been injured by a russian missile strike in a residential area of the border city of sumy. local authorities said two apartment buildings and a shopping centre were damaged. the attacks come as ukraine continues its offensive in russia's kursk region — where ukrainian forces have destroyed a strategic bridge — cutting a supply route. james waterhouse is in the sumy region with more on the significance of ukraine destroying this key bridge. well, it seems that what ukraine is looking to do, alongside drawing in russian troops, is also control its logistics or frustrate supply lines. so we saw, as you saw there, in quite spectacular fashion, a major bridge crossing in the north of the kursk region. it goes over a river

that flows into belarus, and that had been used by russia's military to previously feed its invasion of ukraine. but ukrainian forces also control a number of major highways from north to south, connecting to the belgorod region of russia further south, which had been used by russian forces as well. and notjust that — the town of sudzha, which ukraine has captured, is on a hill, so it is allowing ukrainian forces to control the battlefield in that respect and force russian forces to react, and that is costing them men and machinery. ukraine will be suffering losses as well, but at the moment it's ukraine doing the dictating. and while its advances are slowing, what kyiv will point out is, look, we might be making a kilometre a day, that is still more than what the russian forces are making in a day in eastern ukraine. but crucially, those russian forces are still moving forward.

it's not going to be easy, and i think we just need to look at recent history as to why the same general who came up with this counteroffensive is a guy called 0leksandr syrskyi, he is now the head of ukraine's armed forces. he was responsible for these counteroffensives in 2022, which blindsided russia. he used misdirection by talking up offences elsewhere, and he used the element of surprise. the moment when things turned south, went badly for ukraine, is when the fighting then slowed — it became static and that favoured russia and its greater size. so we've seen that again, haven't we, in the kursk region? they've moved in, they are expanding at quite a rate. they've taken quite a lot of territory very quickly. but russia will gradually divert more and more resources to slowing that advance. and once you have defensive positions firmly in place, which russia has been building, then that really will be a test for ukraine. and also it will present it with a difficult decision as to when, when or if, it should pull out, because losing

men is something ukraine can especially not afford to do, unlike russia. james waterhouse reporting. the train drivers�* union aslef has defended its decision to call a series of strikes on lner, saying the situation at the company is toxic. aslef said its members working for lner would take strike action every weekend from — just after midnight on i september until 10 november — after what it called a complete "breakdown in industrial relations." the government has recently agreed a nationwide pay deal with drivers, but aslef says this dispute is not about pay. private renters across the uk have faced an increasingly difficult environment in the past few years, with the cost of renting rising by nearly a quarter since the end of 2019 — and the number of available homes dropping. the government has promised to improve the situation, including by abolishing no—fault evictions — but the threat of those evictions remains for many tenants.

one of those people is carly. she's a mother of six and was given just two weeks' notice before being evicted from her home of 6 years. tara welsh went to meet her. i don't even know how to prioritise what to take, because i don't think we'll get a place to stay immediately. it'll be emergency accommodation. it's 9am, just an hour until carly gets locked out of her home for good. look around you. i've got six children. today, she's being evicted. there's a lot. it's mostly in the living room when you go straight ahead. yeah. a removal van will take her things to storage, but she has no idea when she'll see them again or where she'll be sleeping tonight. where are you going to be sleeping tonight? i don't know. i might have to sofa surf. or if i'm lucky, the council might find me somewhere to stay tonight. carly has lived in this

four—bedroom home since 2018 with her six children. the rent was £1,900 a month, but she says last year the landlord wanted to put the rent up by another £100. i said, i'm really sorry, i'd like to pay it, but ijust can't afford it. she says her landlord said he wanted to move into the house, something he's entitled to do, and a court order was issued for her to leave last november. and what do you say to those landlords i guess that would say, well, actually, they're entitled to put their rent up, they're entitled to kind of claim back their property if they want to? yeah, you're entitled to claim your property, but morally, um, how do you feel going to sleep at night knowing you've made people homeless? carly�*s children are aged between seven months and 16 years old and want to know where they're going to live. wouldn't it be nice to be somewhere a bit more

longer term, though, lewis? wouldn't you like to be more settled? yes. me too. but i think it was packing my children's stuff up that really hurt the most because of the memories that come with it. are you taking out everything, sir? yeah. at 10am, the bailiffs arrive and the locks are changed. the stress alone, just unfathomable. i wouldn't have put this on anyone, really. put the straps. the removal men tell us that they're seeing more people who have been evicted. i believe so that the reason is actually the prices, the rent prices that's going to be ridiculously high in these days. according to a campaign group that has analysed government data, homelessness following the end of a private tenancy is rising. in the first three months of this year, 4,600 households claimed homelessness support, a 12% increase on the same period last year. we know that things have been difficult for renters for some time now.

many councils say they simply don't have the properties to house everyone that needs a home. and in the private sector, there's been real competition for homes, of course, exacerbated by the cost of living and interest rates rising in the last couple of years, where some landlords have put up rents and others have sold altogether. carly is now officially homeless, and she's heading into the council offices to wait, hoping that she'll get somewhere tonight and more permanently for her family. taylor swift mania is sweeping across london for another night — her eras tour is in full swing at wembley stadium. superfans will soon flock to exchange friendship bracelets and scream along to her famous lyrics. don't ask me to sing any of them!

let's speak to taylor swift fan, macarena chocan. how many concerts is enough for are super, you? we have lost. but talk about something else. it's been described as the worst unsolved attack on the british mainland and this november marks 50 years since the birmingham — pub bombings. since the birmingham pub bombings. the atrocity took the lives of 21 people, and injured more than 200 others. now, campaigners are hoping the city will come together for a minute's silence to remember the victims. 0ur reporter, rebecca wood has the story. forjulie hamilton, this is an important part of the city. it passes all of the traffic, so anyone who passes it will know of who our

loved ones were.— who passes it will know of who our loved ones were. these trees are a memorial to _ loved ones were. these trees are a memorial to the _ loved ones were. these trees are a memorial to the 21 _ loved ones were. these trees are a memorial to the 21 people - loved ones were. these trees are a memorial to the 21 people killed i loved ones were. these trees are a l memorial to the 21 people killed and hundreds injured. two bombs destroyed the tavern in the town on the 1st of november 197a. 50 years on, julie is calling for the whole community to come together to remember that day. this community to come together to remember that day.— community to come together to remember that day. this year, we are askin: the remember that day. this year, we are asking the community _ remember that day. this year, we are asking the community of— remember that day. this year, we are asking the community of birmingham| asking the community of birmingham to come together at three o'clock for one minute of silence. that is all we ask. in for one minute of silence. that is all we ask-— for one minute of silence. that is all we ask. ~:: , _, , ., all we ask. in the 60 seconds, what will ou all we ask. in the 60 seconds, what will you think _ all we ask. in the 60 seconds, what will you think of? _ all we ask. in the 60 seconds, what will you think of? 60 _ all we ask. in the 60 seconds, what will you think of? 60 seconds... - all we ask. in the 60 seconds, what will you think of? 60 seconds... i l will you think of? 60 seconds... i will you think of? 60 seconds... i will think about _ will you think of? 60 seconds... i will think about what _ will you think of? 60 seconds... i will think about what i _ will you think of? 60 seconds... i i will think about what i always think about, my sister, maxine. ithink will think about what i always think about, my sister, maxine. i think of her everyday. there's not a day passes i don't think of her, and the other 20, and the survivors. they too need our community to come togetherfor too need our community to come

together for them, because too need our community to come togetherfor them, because it is too need our community to come together for them, because it is the community who give us the strength to carry on. she community who give us the strength to car on. , .,, community who give us the strength to carry on-— to carry on. she has written to the city council _ to carry on. she has written to the city council and _ to carry on. she has written to the city council and is _ to carry on. she has written to the city council and is also _ to carry on. she has written to the city council and is also hoping - to carry on. she has written to the city council and is also hoping for| city council and is also hoping for the support of the city's football club and businesses, with the aim of bringing everyone together to give one rent of pause to reflect and remember. —— one minute of pause. the reform uk leader and clacton mp, nigel farage, has declared earnings of more than a million pounds a year from work he does outside of hisjob as an mp. the latest register of members' financial interests published by parliament show he is paid more than £97,000 a month to present on gb news. let's get more on this now with our political correspondent helen catt. break it down for us, what has he been earning? mil break it down for us, what has he been earning?— been earning? all mps have to declare any — been earning? all mps have to declare any earnings _ been earning? all mps have to declare any earnings they - been earning? all mps have to declare any earnings they have outside of theirjob as an mp, and so if we start with what they earn as an mp, they get an annual salary

of £91,346, plus you get some expenses for things like living in your constituency or living in london, one of the other. if you are in anything outside of that, you have to declare it as an mp, and nigel farage has declared his, and among the things he is listed is thatjob presenting on gb news, for which he gets £97,000 to declare it as an mp, and nigel farage has declared his, and among the things he is listed is thatjob presenting on gb news, for which she gets £97,000 928 per month, and he also gets money from writing articles for the telegraph, and on top of that, he gets some payments from other sources, for example the website cameo, where you can record personalised video messages. he has been an app some time, and declared he had earned £16,597 from that since he was elected. the amount of time this adds up to, they have to estimate or say how much time they spend on these, is that it is nine full working days per month, 72

hours. nine full working days per month. mps can have second jobs and can do this, i know we have the detail of this breakdown, because he has had to declare because of his role as an mp. it is not that other mps do not have broadcasting jobs as well, but the difference the scale of payment. if you look at his fellow reform mp, lee anderson, he also presents on gb news begets £100,000 per year. also presents on gb news begets £100,000 peryear. if also presents on gb news begets £100,000 per year. if you look back a bit, david lammy, the foreign secretary, he used to have a radio show on lbc, for which he got about £50,000 per year. show on lbc, for which he got about £50,000 peryear. it show on lbc, for which he got about £50,000 per year. it is not unusual to have thisjob, the £50,000 per year. it is not unusual to have this job, the scale of payment makes it look like nigel farage is the highest earning mp by quite some margin. the farage is the highest earning mp by quite some margin.— quite some margin. the question is how much time _ quite some margin. the question is how much time does _ quite some margin. the question is how much time does it _ quite some margin. the question is how much time does it take - quite some margin. the question is how much time does it take for- how much time does it take for someone who has been elected to serve a constituency? that someone who has been elected to serve a constituency?— someone who has been elected to serve a constituency? that will come u . serve a constituency? that will come u- aaain in serve a constituency? that will come up again in the _ serve a constituency? that will come up again in the coming _ serve a constituency? that will come up again in the coming months. - serve a constituency? that will come up again in the coming months. it i up again in the coming months. it has previously been discussion about

whether there should be limits to how much mps can earn at second jobs or how much time they can spend on second jobs. or how much time they can spend on secondjobs. borisjohnson or how much time they can spend on second jobs. borisjohnson was talking about this when he was prime minister, but that never happened. they saw that as being a bit impractical, but labour, in its manifesto, said it was going to stop mps taking roles which stop them serving their constituents and the country, in their words. this is an issue that will come back up in the coming years, we expect.- issue that will come back up in the coming years, we expect. thank you very much- — hurricane ernesto has made landfall on the island of bermuda in the north atlantic, bringing a risk of serious flooding. the category1 storm was downgraded from the more serious category 2 but is still carrying powerful winds, with the potenial of a dangerous storm surge and up to 30 centimeters of rain. 60% of the population is reportedly without power. ernesto's slow speed and large size means bermuda could be hit over a long period on saturday.

a new study has found that the number of children and young adults being diagnosed with inflammatory bowel disease — or ibd — has more than doubled in the past ten years. it's a condition that can cause severe stomach pain and diarrhoea. doctors at southampton children's hospital, where the study took place, say that, while genetics play a part, our changing diets may also be a factor in the rise. 0ur reporter, james ingham, has more. 14—year—old imogen is now fit and well following months of intense pain. she was going to the toilet frequently after eating, she lost significant weight and felt exhausted all the time. over the period of time that i was ill, i lost about three and a half stone. and ijust didn't look like myself and i didn't feel like myself, either. it got to the point where the pain made me actually not want to wake up and not want to be here. imogen was diagnosed with inflammatory bowel disease. but various treatments had no effect, so doctors had

to resort to surgery. she needed a colectomy — her large bowel removed. i woke up from the surgery and the pain, it was just completely gone. i didn't feel any any pain in my stomach at all. and, um, it felt like a miracle. and i couldn't thank the doctors more for what they did to me, because it was like my life was taken away when i was ill, and they gave it back to me as soon as i woke up from my surgery. hi, imogen, come on in, take a seat. how are you getting on? a lot better. 1,750 children and young people like imogen are diagnosed with ibd every year in the uk. around one in 16 is treated at southampton children's hospital. they all have an underlying genetic risk, but doctors believe changing diet may also be a factor in the doubling of cases in ten years.

this includes things like highly processed foods and increased meat consumption and, possibly, just eating less healthily than parents' generations would have. and whilst this isn't going to be a trigger for an individual person, at a societal level, that's been a definite shift that has correlated with the increase in inflammatory bowel disease in children. we can't infer causation from that, but it's really important to note that as a possible trigger. imogen now uses a stoma bag, which was daunting at first, but she says she now wants to talk about it to help others. my bag did save my life and i'm not going to be ashamed of something that isn't something to be ashamed of. and my friends, they assure me that i'm just like them and i'm no different and i never will be, no matter what. and now you've got a good future ahead of you. yeah. i can see the future,

whereas before, i couldn't. james ingham, bbc news. if you remember the �*80s tv series brideshead revisited, and don't pretend you don't. you might recall a teddy bear who stole the spotlight. well, aloysius is now up for auction as part of a world—famous collection of plush toys. the 114—year—old bear is expected to fetch more than £30,000 as sophie law reports. you don't need to go down to the woods to get your hands on these bears, but you will certainly need more than pocket money. some very rare bears from teddy bears of witney, a shop in 0xfordshire, are going under the hammer, although owner ian admits some of them will be hard to part with. i've been collecting since 1985, slightly before 1985, when we opened the shop, and i have really enjoyed collecting everything together and i've tried to find things i love and i must say

i bought things with my heart and it's going to be a big, big wrench to see them go, but i am 80 next year, so ijust have to be realistic. you may recognise the most famous beer in the collection, aloysius, who starred in the classic drama brideshead revisited, in the early �*80s. and aloysius is always in a good temper. the bear is over 100 years old. auctioneer thomas forrester expects it to sell for higher than the £30,000 asking price. ithink it will, if i'm- being completely honest. aloysius is an historici bear with provenance, which is unattainable in any other walk of life — it's been on a film set and it's much loved around the widerl community of brideshead fans. what do you think it is about teddy bears that people so much? i think one of the things is it is intangible, you just don't know. but the extraordinary thing is that

one of the wonderful things about teddy bears is they seem to improve with love. you have a doll and it breaks. that's the end of a doll. not so teddy bears. the more you love it the more it seems to acquire character and so i think that's one of the things. you can still see the bears and ian's shop, teddy bears 0f witney, until october. they will go under the hammer at christmas. so feel all reporting. let's take you back to somerset house in central london, where we have been reporting that hundred and 25 firefighters have been putting out a firefighters have been putting out a fire that broke out in a western part of the building. thankfully, no injuries have been reported. the cause of the fire is not yet known, so that will be the focus of their work in the next few days. we could see earlier large plumes of smoke blowing out of that roof, but

thankfully it appears that the fire has now been put out. stay with us here on bbc news. time for the weather forecast. hello there. it's fairly settled weather for the weekend. it's not altogether dry — as we've seen this morning, there have been a scattering of showers, because we are still under this dominant low to the north of the uk, with its west north—westerly winds bringing in the showers off the atlantic. and those winds are fairly brisk, not as strong as they were yesterday, but still strong enough to push the showers across scotland. many places still escape them, as we'll see in northern ireland. we've had 1 or 2 for england and wales. they could even be the odd one where we see the lion's share of the sunshine in east anglia and the south east, but warmest here 24, 25. 19 to 20 in the north. the temperatures are around about average for the time of year, perhaps just a little bit above in the south. but it means, again, that we've got some high levels of pollen if you're out and about, stretching right the way up into scotland now, and with more sunshine on offer tomorrow, i'm sure a similar case. but the cloud does melt a little overnight.

the winds start to ease, the showers start to fade under the influence of that ridge of high pressure. so again, i think it'll be quite cool or even quite fresh as we get towards sunday morning. temperatures will be in single figures in rural areas — as low as 5 or 6 in the north. and that's under the extending influence of the azores high, where we get a lot of our dry and settled weather from at this time of year. but again, yes, it's promising to be quite sunny first thing. the cloud bubbles up. there'll be a few showers developing — probably fewer than today on balance. a scattering for scotland primarily, and one or two in northern ireland and not as brisk a wind as today, but temperatures might be a degree or so down, but it'll still feel warm in the strong august sunshine, and we'll still see some of that as we go into next week, but increasingly it turns unsettled. later on monday, this next area of rain starts to move in from the atlantic. the next area of low pressure. it's going to pull in more of a southerly wind ahead of it, so we'll find that our dew points or our humidity rises. so monday night will actually be quite uncomfortably warm for sleeping once again. and by the end of play monday,

we've got that heavyish rain coming into northern ireland, western and northern scotland, the western fringes of england and wales. but we stay largely fine further east. we could just have some fog first thing under the clearer skies and some sea fog as that humidity increases further west. and then, i think, for the rest of the week, a very unsettled looking picture — showers or longer spells of rain. we will of course put the detail on as we get closer to the time.

live from london. this is bbc news. hezbollah retaliates after reports at least 10 people were killed in an israeli strike on a residential building. fire crews fight a fire at the 18th century somerset house, a cultural centre in london. india's health ministry urges medics to end their strike over the rape and murder of a junior doctor in kolkata. the african union confirms more than 18,000 mpox cases have been detected in 13 countries across the continent this year. and after ukrainian troops destroy a strategically important bridge in russia's kursk region, moscow attacks the border city of sumy. hello.