hello, i'm karin giannone, this is outside source. dozens of children killed and wounded in yemen after a saudi—led coalition air strike wipes out their school bus. russia says it'll retaliate against new us sanctions over its alleged role in a nerve agent attack on a former spy. there's panic in lombok as a major aftershockjolts the indonesian island just four days after a larger quake killed over 250 people. and could we be about to see an arms race in outer space, as the us sets a goal of 2020 to create a new space force as the sixth branch of the military. in yemen, dozens of children have been killed and wounded in an air strike that hit a school bus. it happened in the rebel—controlled

region of saada in the north. local sources said the vehicle had been targeted by the saudi—led coalition, which backs yemen's government in its war with the houthi rebels. just a warning — these pictures are upsetting. they show children receiving treatment at a hospital just after the attack. some of them as you can see are very young. the international committee of the red cross says most of the casualties were children under the age of ten. they tweeted that their medical team has received the bodies of 29 children, all under 15 years old, 48 injured people, among them 30 children. the coalition said the strike was part of a legitimate operation and was aiming at missile launchers. it accuses the houthis of using children as human shields. here's what spokesman colonel turki al—malki said in a statement. "the air conformed to international and humanitarian laws". i spoke to un coordinator,

lise grande who's in sanaa. what has happened today in the yemen isa what has happened today in the yemen is a tragedy. scores of children have been killed and tens more have been injured. it is an outrage. the saudis say that this was an air strike that conforms to international and humanitarian laws. they said that they were targeting missile launchers and houthi rebels we re missile launchers and houthi rebels were using civilians as human shields. what do you make of what they have said about this? one of they have said about this? one of the key principles of international humanitarian law is the principle of proportionality. if a big bomb is dropped during daylight hours in a heavily populated area, within hundreds of metres of that explosion, we know that civilians are likely or could be killed, maimed or injured. the principle of

proportionality means that they must not take action that put civilians at grave risk. what is important about what happened today is that scores of children who should not have died have died, and as we said, tens more have been injured. an investigation needs to be done to clearly a nd tra ns pa re ntly investigation needs to be done to clearly and transparently establish the facts of what has happened. we hear so many appeals to the various sides to at least pause this conflict, never mind get a proper peace established. we don't see any sign of that. what do you foresee, and how might this situation change? something very important happened today, and in just something very important happened today, and injust the something very important happened today, and in just the last four days. all of the parties to the conflict paused and allowed the united nations and our partners to vaccinate hundreds of thousands of civilians in that very important port city. that just civilians in that very important port city. thatjust happened. and then today, this strike. it is clear that if the parties to the conflict

uphold their responsibilities under international humanitarian law and do everything they can to protect civilians and allow humanitarian agencies to provide assistance, that we can do what is necessary. that lise grande, the un's humanitarian coordinators speaking to me from yemen. to remind you. the conflict started in late 2014, when the houthis seized north—western parts of the country, including the capital sanaa. president abdrabbuh mansour hadi fled to saudi arabia where he's in exile. saudi arabia is a sunni state and sees the shia houthis as iranian proxys. in march 2015, saudi arabia and other mostly sunni arab states — backed by the us, uk, and france — began air strikes against the houthis, with the aim of restoring mr hadi's government. here's carolyn lamboley from bbc monitoring's middle east team. the spokesman released a statement

today in which he defended the strike, talking about the targeting that happened inside the province. there was a ballistic missile fired yesterday across the board onto a saudi city. this missile was countered by saudi air defence systems, and one civilian killed was yemeni, residing in saudi arabia, and ten to ii yemeni, residing in saudi arabia, and ten to 11 other people were wounded. but the same statement also accused the houthis of conscripting children. so they are saying that the reason they fired into this area which aberdeen school bus was that the were put there by the houthi rebels to hide some kind of missile launch? the initial statement did not accuse them of using children as human shields, as some media outlets have been reporting, but it accuse them of conscripting children. but then the website of the saudi funded tv later cited coalition sources as saying that several houthi leaders had been killed in the strike, including the head of conscription,

who apparently has been accused of recruiting children for battle. how many of these attacks are we not hearing about this extent? the coalition carries out strikes on a daily basis in yemen, but today's attack stands out in terms of scale and the horror because most of the victims were children. but as we also covered last week, a similar attack took place in terms of scale, attack took place in terms of scale, at least 50 people were killed, but these attacks are rare, although we do have attacks every single day. and the two sides in yemen are basically iran versus saudi arabia, the saudi led coalition. 0n various sides a proxy war. how much pressure is there on those two to stop what is there on those two to stop what is going on, which is creating such a humanitarian catastrophe? is going on, which is creating such a humanitarian catastrophe ?m is going on, which is creating such a humanitarian catastrophe? if we are looking just at the saudi led coalition, it seems like incidents like happened today don't have too

much weight on what happens and what will happen. the pentagon released a statement in which itjust reiterated the fact that us involvement has mitigated civilian casualties, this is a rhetoric that they have repeated before, and after last week's attack, nikki haley also made a statement at the security council, because they were holding a session on yemen in which she mildly criticised what had happened that day. but sort of suggested that it was the beginning of civilians being targeted, and because of that, there was a wider response condemning her statements. but i guess we will have to see what happens after today, because it is children who are targeted, it garners a lot more attention, so maybe we will see some state m e nts attention, so maybe we will see some statements that are a little bolder. there is lots more on the situation, the unfolding humanitarian catastrophe in yemen, on the bbc website. russia says new us sanctions are unacceptable and illegal and warned it's now working on retaliatory measures.

last night we broke the news of new us sanctions after the poisoning of former russian spy and his daughter in the uk back in march. the attack had already prompted the uk and its western allies — including the us — to expel many russian diplomats. the state department said: "following the use of a novichok nerve agent in an attempt to assassinate uk citizen sergei skripal and his daughter yulia, the united states determined that russia has used chemical or biological weapons in violation of international law." the kremlin denies any involvement and says there's no evidence it was behind the attack. but britain's foreign secretary is happy — he tweeted: if we are going to stop chemical and biological weapons — including nerve agents — becoming a new norm, states like russia need to know there is a price to pay. thank you usa. the announcement comes three weeks after this meeting in helsinki between donald trump and vladimir putin when the us president appeared very keen to improve relations. but moscow is now accusing america of persuing a path of harming bilateral relations.

steve rosenberg has the reaction from moscow. the reaction here particularly negative. 0ne senator said that america was behaving like a police state, dispensing justice in the worst traditions of lynch mob. the language from the kremlin today as less colourful, but it made the same point, president putin's spokesman said that the un sanctions —— us sanctions were illegal and unacceptable, and he insisted there was no connection between the russian state and the salisbury poisoning. i have to say the kremlin sounds increasingly confused by the mixed signals coming out of washington the fact that on the one hand there is a us president, donald trump, sue says he wants better relations with moscow, but at the same time, the list of sanctions against russia grows longer and longer. and all of this is not the kremlin down, it is dragging down

the national currency, too. the ruble fell to its lowest level against the dollar to two years. steve rosenberg in moscow. the us vice president mike pence has unveiled plans to create what he calls a space force. it would be the sixth branch of america's military. here he is speaking earlier. now the time has come to write the next great chapter, where america's greatest best will be called to deter a new series of threats to our people and our nation. the time has come to established the united states 5 pa ce come to established the united states space force. his boss is pleased, this is what donald trump tweeted, very brief tweeter him. 0ther tweeted, very brief tweeter him. other members of the trump administration have been so keen in the past, this is a memo written by the past, this is a memo written by the defence secretary last year opposing the creation of this new military service, although he was with mike pence today, sony seems to have changed his tune. i asked

antilles ezcurra what exactly is a space force, and how it works. it would be consolidating a variety of programmes within the us military dealing with outer space security, us satellite, intelligence gathering methods and possibly space—based weapons, and putting them all under a separate branch on an equal level to the navy, the air force and the army. 0bviously to the navy, the air force and the army. obviously there would be some bureaucratic obstacles to this, particularly from the air force, the evalds get $11 billion a year for what they do as regards to missiles and space defence, so i have a feeling that they are going to be very quick to raise objections to this. by 2020, that sounds fairly ambitious target, particularly considering all the obstacles that might be in its way. exactly. the first and foremost is this would have to be authorised by the us congress, and mike pence in his

speech today said that his administration was reaching out to congress to help smooth the way for this. they are taking steps leading up this. they are taking steps leading up to that, someone in the department of defence would oversee space command and help set up the structure for an eventual separate branch of the military. but there doesn't seem to be a whole lot of interest in congress right now to do anything like this. one democratic senator tweeted out earlier today that no one in the republican party has the guts to tell donald trump that this is a stupid idea. but there is a general concern, and the idea of a space force goes back before donald trump's presidency, general concern that the us should be focusing on space—based defence for its satellite systems, in particular with nations like russia and china developing anti—satellite weapons, because in any sort of future, large—scale military conflict, if the united states is deprived of its satellite communications network, it would

essentially be flying blind and without the proper intelligence to conduct global military operations. 0n conduct global military operations. on that very night, anthony, let me show you what one indian magazine is saying, talking about trump's new policy leading to the militarisation of outer space and the beginning of a new space arms race. 0bviously other major global powers like india, china and russia will be watching this announcement with interest. this politico article claims that vladimir putin requested that the us and russia talk about prohibiting weapons in space at the helsinki summit a few weeks ago that we mentioned before. i suppose it is ironic when you look at how much corporation we see in space travel that we are also seeing it as a particular conflict zone internationally. right, and some views are that this is a natural progress, the more space becomes a commercial base venue, the more there could be possible threats to commercial interests are there, in

the same way that international should he requires —— international shipping requires a navy to defend those commercial interests. but talking about trying to demilitarise space to stop this become an arms race, this goes back to the 1967 treaty on outer space that the united states and over a hundred other nations are signatories to, and that was trying to prevent a space and that was trying to prevent a space arms race. in and that was trying to prevent a space arms race. in particular what it did want to have happened was nuclear —based weapons in space, although it didn't directly address other types of conventional weapons in space, but it said that there shouldn't be any military testing in space, any military manoeuvres or installations, so this could be a move away from that, even if in the document you mentioned, russia is interested in expanding negotiations on demilitarise a outer space. anthony zurcher in washington. stay with us on 0utside source — still to come. big changes are coming to oscar night, and not everybody in hollywood is happy about it. we'll look at why.

in the uk, councillors in northamptonshire have voted to support an action plan that will lead to "radical" cuts to services and jobs — as they look to deal with a £70 million budget shortfall. children's services, road maintenance and waste management are among the areas facing radical cuts. protesters gathered outside the council building, with one member of the public telling councillors they were shameful and would have blood on their hands if they went ahead with the proposals. tony mcardle is the lead commissioner who's been appointed by the secretary of state to make sure the council meets it's financial duties and delivers essential services. mr mcardle described the next step for the county council. what is going to happen in the next few months as decisions will be made by the authority with i hope our supporters commissioners to reorganise those services, to get into some other things which are not as efficient as they should be so

that the authority returns to financial balance whilst protecting services out there that are the most important ones people would expect to see. this is 0utside source live from the bbc newsroom. 0ur lead story: dozens of children have been killed and wounded in yemen after a saudi—led coalition air strike wipes out their school bus. new york has become the first major us city to approve a cap on the number of app—based cabs. it's also set minimum conditions for drivers. and this could have a big impact on services like uber and lyft, which have about 80,000 drivers in the city — versus only 13,500 yellow cabs. kim gittleson in new york has more on the reaction there. the union that represents the majority of yellow cab drivers here in new york city has hailed it as a

victory. the price of a new york city medallion has precipitously plummeted since the likes of uber and lyft came to new york city. it used to be something like $1 million and now it is $200,000, so then this cap is good news, but for the likes of uberand cap is good news, but for the likes of uber and lyft, the risk is that this could spread to other cities around the globe, and that could seriously harm their businesses, particularly at a time when both uberand particularly at a time when both uber and lyft have said they are considering making their public stock market debuts. this could hamper their ability to expand, and new york city is their biggest us city in terms of market, so i think this is something that both companies and other companies here, there is another one called via, they will be fighting this for time to come. they might not have as much political wiggle room as they would like going forward. kim gittleson. crucial talks between the us

and japan are taking place in washington. and the world's first and third biggest economies aren't getting along quite so well when it comes to trade. last year they sold more than $200bn worth of goods to one another. the us bought nearly $69bn more from japan than it sold last year and president trump wants to change that. washington is considering a 25% tariff on cars and car parts to level the playing field. this is something japan is desperate to avoid as maria sol s, director at the center for east asia policy studies, at brookings in washington explains. japan has taken are very muted approach. japan was hit with a tariff on steel and aluminium, invoking national security considerations. it also has collateral damage because of the growing us china trade war, because many companies from japan operate in china and therefore are also

affected. when you are talking about automobiles, you are crossing a different line altogether. the automobile sector is one of the largest economic sectors injapan, a very large employer, and also part ofa very large employer, and also part of a globalised integrated industry, and japanese car companies are reporting that they would suffer a severe dent to the profits if these ta riffs severe dent to the profits if these tariffs citing national security concerns go forward. the swedish furniture giant ikea has opened its first store in india. the store occuppies about 400,000 square feet, or 13 acres of space — and took years to launch. but while india is a huge market, will the build—it—yourself concept take off there? yogita limaye met with ikea's global chiefjesper brodin ahead of the opening. the market of india for us is a dream, and to be honest, some years ago when we looked into the business case of india, we felt it was too high risk, and it was from a comma

and the reason we are here today, for the home furnishing and customer service point of view, what has happened is the collaboration between the indian state and the state government officials to actually bravely address a couple of the policies to make it possible for somebody like us to come here. why did you pick the southern city, because whenever a foreign brand was to make a big splash in india, usually they would pick one of either mumbai or delhi. there is a certain barrier to overcome when it comes to land acquisition, and then it isa comes to land acquisition, and then it is a matter of timing. so hyderabad is the first one out, we had four sites acquired on top of this we have teams are looking and negotiating, discussing practicalities of other places. we think of hackers as being a threat to our online security — but some try to find vulnerabilities before they can be exploited

for malicious purposes. what happens when the companies fail to fix the glitches? dave lee met one researcher who claims he's uncovered a major problem with potentially terrifying consequences. are you saying that what you have been able to do to this system could kill somebody? yes, certainly. we are going to show how somebody could remotely take over a programmer and essentially use the taking over of the programmer to put a virus on one of these pacemakers. you could literally take this laptop

and walk to a different room or walk someone and walk to a different room or walk someone else and run the same thing. i think if an attack were to happen in the real world, the doctor that is using this programme would never know that the programme was compromised. the fix is what we call code signing, and it is very straightforward. apple already does this with their phones, windows and microsoft already does it to their software. this is a standard practice. for software. some people might look at it as your presentation making this known to

the public, and that is dangerous, no? it has been over 18 months since we reported this to the manufacturer. i think at some point enough is enough. we made it pretty clear that at some point in the future we were going to present this research somewhere, and i think that time has come. dave lee reporting there. there's going to be a new award category in the oscars for outstanding achievement in popular film. that means films that are hits with the public, like black panther. many in hollywood aren't happy. actor rob lowe tweeted: "the film business passed away today. it had been in poor health for a number of years. it is survived by sequels, tent—poles, and vertical integration." this is all to boost ratings as viewing figures for the academy awards have been falling over the past few years. here's peter bowes in los angeles. some are saying it is a half baked idea because the academy hasn't really said what the rules will be in terms of eligibility for this new category, for example the film is

described as a popular film, would also be eligible for best film at the oscars? so in the industry people are little bit confused by this, some people are angry because another of the changes is that some of those awards, they sometimes described as the below the line categories, the awards like sound editing, sound mixing, film editing, make up, those will be handed out, and they haven't said which categories, but some of them will be handed out during the commercial breaks. it could well be difficult to make the industry. there has been a lot of criticism in recent years that the oscars really don't reflect those films that people are going to see in large numbers, the shape of water wasn't exactly a huge blockbuster the people were going to see. and especially in the age of

social media when it is easier to watch a film on your tablet than on the big screen, about the oscars should be revamped to make them more appropriate today's times. and money seems to be driving this, because if more people watch the oscars, the adverts will self of all, on the television network that screams the oscars in the states, abc, will make more money. peter bowes. before we go let's take you to switzerland, where a small village in the alpine region of chamason was hit by a huge mudslide that raced down a mountain stream. you can see it here slamming into a roadside, with a surprised local looking on in shock. local media say heavy rains generated the slide, which hit the village of grugnay on tuesday, damaging cars and buildings in its path. thankfuly no injuries were reported. we are back in a few minutes, stay with us. good evening. many parts of eastern

england were treated to a little rain today, in fact more than a splash. parts of east anglia had over an inch. half an inch fell in london, and i'm sure many of the gardeners and farmers breathes a sigh of relief. that rain came up from the south as we went through the early hours of thursday morning, and it still starting to move out of the north sea, but behind me is the next source of rain already brewing up, and that has some tropical air as well, giving us a bit of a headache. between now and the rain arriving for the weekend, it is showery, but the wind will fall like the showers will mostly stay on the west coast. it will be cooler, notably so in the south, not so much in north, chilly last night but the humidity dropping away. then we have this westerly cooling air coming in, the pressure gathering towards the west, giving us a cause of concern for the weekend. for friday itself

after the chilly start, the showers will get going quite quickly, but given the fact that it is chilly air sitting across the country, there will be heavy showers around with hailand will be heavy showers around with hail and thunder, particularly across central and eastern parts of scotland. the afternoon coinciding with the maximum energy from the sun, and further west, ridge of high pressure started to cut off that shower activity into the latter part of the afternoon, and then the evening sunshine follows from many of us as the showers is away. friday night saturday morning looks even again with a touch of grass chillier again with a touch of grass frost in the glens of scotland, single figures across the midlands and east anglia as well. so a beautiful start our saturday, but this low pressure comes in, the details difficult because it has got some tropical air mixed in, and that often causes problems with the computer, problems with the computer models, rather, and their predictions at this time of year. saturday starts fine and dry in chile, and there we find —— and chilly, but we don't think a bad day

for many, quite warm in the sunshine with light winds. by sunday, the rain has taken hold across the uk, as you can see, so some rain has taken hold across the uk, as you can see, so some fairly heavy rain to come, potentially for many central and northern and western areas, the south and east at the moment standing out as being mostly dry and quite warm, but we will give you more detail. hello, i'm karin giannone, this is outside source. dozens of children killed and wounded in yemen after a saudi—led coalition airstrike wipes out their school bus. there's panic in lombok as a major aftershockjolts the indonesian island — just four days after a larger quake killed over 250 people. russia says it'll retaliate against new us sanctions over its alleged role in a nerve agent attack on a former spy. we'll go over the results of the vote on abortion in argentina. there's been no

respite for the people of lombok still traumatised from sunday's powerful earthquake. these pictures came in today. this was the west java governor and lombok police officers at an aid event outside an empty hospital. everything looks ok. but moments later this happened. a massive 5.9 magnitude aftershock. it was only 10 kilometres deep. you can hear things falling from buildings. they're already badly damaged after the 6.9 magnitude quake on sunday. this video gives you a better sense of how terrified these residents are. here they're crying.

buildings are crumbling around them as they escape onto the streets. more than 350 aftershocks have struck this area. this, though, was the most violent. this video was sent in to us from our team in northern lombok. more panic — this time, outside a hotel in mataram, the island's capital. you can see bits of ceiling that have fallen on the floor. windows have smashed. walls are cracked. our correspondent mehulika sitepu was in that hotel as it struck. this was her experience. in my third hotel room, windows smashed, walls cracked. pasta falling from the ceiling. i ran as that as i could, bearfruit, taking nothing with me. stairs and shoot as iran nothing with me. stairs and shoot as i ran outside nothing with me. stairs and shoot as iran outside to nothing with me. stairs and shoot as i ran outside to the street where people were crying, screaming, via showing clearly nfa says. buildings like my hotel, 13 kilometres from

the centre any north of lombok, can withstand the shock, but rickety houses where most islanders left cannot. that is why tens of thousands of people are now left homeless. the aftershocks continue as rescue workers dig through rubble and try to get aid to survivors of sunday's much bigger and more powerful quake. 259 people are now known to have died. local media report that it could be higher than 340. the red cross today called the quake ‘exceptionally destructive' and said in some areas, whole villages have been flattened. this was their update earlier. the more areas where we have not been able to go to and assess. tomorrow the red cross team is going again, high rock, into areas we know have not been assessed and we hope to reach people with the most basic assistance, things we hope they are going to want. food, water, basic shelter. we hope are the days progress we will get a clearer

picture. lets go to argentina, where last night senators voted to reject a bill which would have legalised abortion up to 14 weeks. 38 voted against the change and 31 voted in favour. abortion in argentina is only allowed in cases of rape, or if the mother's health is in danger. the debate has polarised opinion in the catholic nation, and the decision was met with defiance by pro—choice campaigners. we will continue going out onto the street and continue fighting for the rights of women. we started a fight, and until we win we will not give up. after the vote, there were some scenes of disorder outside the senate building in buenos aires as demonstrators clashed. some campaigners started fires and lobbed missiles at police, but there were many people who welcomed the result. we want to tell the whole world, argentina is not in favour of abortion. argentina does not want abortion within its country, because it brings destruction of all lives, and it is not the solution for these women who need help. uruguay and cuba are the only

latin american nations to have decriminalised abortion. as you can see from this map, it is largely prohibited across the region, except in restricted cases. the global trend has been towards legalisation, but the debate continues. earlier i spoke to katy watson in buenos aires. it was always expected to be a tougher sell in the upper house, a much more conservative chamber. it was always going to be much harder than the lower house. nevertheless, because it was a marathon debate back injune when the lower house voted, religious groups really stepped up their efforts, they realised that this may well be the legalisation of abortion, a real thing in argentina. speaking yesterday in the senate, one senator said that he had to dodge crucifixes, so much was the lobbying from religious groups. it was tight, but this time round legalisation is

not going to happen. nevertheless, the conversation will continue and they could bring back a new bill to be presented to congress next year, next march. i was going to ask you where the stands politically for the pro—choice movement in argentina and beyond its borders and latin america. although the bill cannot be presented until next march, the conversation will continue, for example the country is looking at reforming its penal code, and one of the issues within that could be looking at decriminalising abortion, so a woman who had an abortion would not be at risk of going to prison. in practice, a woman does not tend to go to prison anyway in argentina if that happens. nevertheless it would be more protection and it will continue the debate here in argentina. you speak to people who were campaigning for legalisation, they say they are not giving up. the fact that it was debated in congress this year but such a big step for this country, they feel country,

they feel they are on a roll, it is not this year, it could be next year. certainly it will come sooner rather than later, that is the feeling, and that could have big indications across latin america. let's bring you an update now on gaza. this is from reuters. it says "israel and hamas agree on a truce to end gaza flare—up." that's according to a palestinian official. let's take you back over what happened in the past few days. after a night of rocket attacks on israel and air strikes on gaza, the violence continued today. this is the moment israel struck a building in gaza city, wounding at least 18 palestinians. locals said the strike hit a building that housed a cultural centre and other offices in the middle of the city. this is the same strike filmed from street level. israel's military has not yet commented. that air strike followed a rocket attack, fired from the gaza strip, that hit open ground near the city of beersheba, deep inside israel. it caused no damage or injuries.

overnight a pregnant mother and her one—year—old daughter were killed in the gaza strip by an israeli airstike, which was launched in retaliation for a rocket and mortar attack by palestinian militants. most of the 180 rockets and mortars fired in the attack landed in open areas, but at least two hit the israeli town of sderot, next to the border with gaza. sirens sounded throughout the night and into the morning. this is footage from sderot, of missiles from israel's iron dome aerial defence system, intercepting rockets launched from gaza. meanwhile, at least seven civilians were injured in southern israel. these were the scenes in sderot this morning, after most residents had had a sleepness night in an air raid shelter. this blast peppered a nearby building with shrapnel. in response, israel launched attacks on more than 150 locations, targetting militants from hamas, who control the gaza strip. these were the scenes overnight in gaza. one hamas militant is reported to have been killed, in addition to the pregnant woman

and her child. and the damage to the gaza strip has been extensive. this is what was left today. the israeli army said it only targetted hamas military sites, but the woman and child are reported to have been killed in their home, and their relatives have demanded to be told why they were hit. here's the bbc‘s middle east correspondent yolande knell on how this spate of violence began. what really triggered this is event back on tuesday, that is when there were two hamas militants killed by israeli tank fire. israeli soldiers said they believed that there were gunshots fired towards them from a hamas watchtower. the israeli military released pictures showing fire from that platform. but how hamas have said that actually there was a training exercise that is going on about two kilometres from the border, it also released images to show that there had been a number of people, special guests apparently,

that gathered around what seems to have been the same platform, and after that incident hamas did say that it would avenge those two militants who were killed. that is behind the latest flare—up. very quickly, it is a sensitive time when that special envoy of the un and cairo have been trying to negotiate a long—term ceasefire between israel and hamas. stay with us on outside source — still to come: the family of a maltese journalist murdered in a car bomb attack speak out. we'll be hearing what exactly they want the government to do about her death. geraint thomas has received a welcome fit for a champion on the streets of cardiff, after his triumphant victory in this year's tour de france race. the team sky rider stepped out of chris froome's shadow last month to achieve a sixth win in seven years for british cyclists. our correspondent tomos morgan has been following the celebrations.

never before has the welsh capital celebrated a cycling victory like this. thousands gathered across cardiff as the country celebrates the first welshman to win the tour de france. as he rides through the city centre, he's accompanied by youngsters from cycling clubs across the whole of wales and the hope is that his success will inspire the next generation. journey's end at cardiff's iconic castle. thomas thanking the crowd for their overwhelming support. it is incredible. i want to thank everyone for coming out. the support has been insane, so, thanks a lot. his win on alpe d'huez was where the march to victory began. he and his team—mate chris froome battled throughout, thomas thanking him from the podium. triumphant thomas, the winner of cycling's most prestigious race. proud to say he's a cardiff boy and i cried for...

because... you know, amazing, isn't it, all the sort of children, the aspiring cyclists out there and hopefully a bit of road safety awareness. it means a lot. it brings a lot to wales and cardiff. after following the tour de france the least we can do is show up for him. the debate has begun as to whether thomas' victory is the greatest achievement in welsh sporting history — nevertheless today is a day to remember, not only for wales but also for thomas himself. this is outside source live from the bbc newsroom. our lead story: dozens of children killed and wounded in yemen,

after a saudi—led coalition airstrike wipes out their school bus. other stories from the bbc newsroom: the government of puerto rico has significantly raised the official number of deaths caused by hurricane maria in september last year. up till now it had said 64 people had died. but officials acknowledge that more than 1,400 people died — much closer to estimates that we'd been hearing from independent organisations. wildfires continue to blaze for the seventh day in portugal's algarve region. hundreds of firefighters are battling to control the flames. the fires have injured dozens and consumed some 21,000 hectares of forest. -- 52,000 —— 52,000 acres. amongst the most read stories on our website — former uk foreign secretary borisjohnson is facing a possible investigation into breaches of the conservative party code of conduct. the party has received dozens of complaints about the ex—foreign secretary's comments about muslim

women wearing burkas — he wrote in a newspaper article that they made people look like ‘bank robbers.‘ it was one of the deadliest attacks carried out by the islamic state group so far during the syrian war. last month, more than 250 people from the druze minority were killed here in the city of suweida in southern syria. it sent shockwaves across the druze community — a religious minority that has resisted being drawn into the conflict. the militants also took dozens of hostages, including 18 children. these three siblings are among them. opposition activists believe the militant group is still holding them, and that negotiations to secure their release are now underway. martin patience reports. three siblings who love football, singing and poetry. the youngest is just eight years old. they received from their home, now they are

hostages of the islamic state group. sometimes i think there is hope that they welcome back, but other times, when a think about this terrorist organisation, i don't think so. they lodged a surprise attack, locals grabbing her to public as they could fight back. the carnage began in the early hours of the morning when the is knocked on people's doors and call them out by name. my uncle has a daily habit are preparing coffee. she says it to his guests. he thought is where guests, he welcomed them and coffee cups. then they took him outand them and coffee cups. then they took him out and killed him on his doorstep. the militants also killed his mother. his cousin was among those taken hostage. but last week is executed the 19—year—old. the is

attack came as the syrian army in a major offensive retook control of the south—west of the country. at their height, is to control a large pa rt their height, is to control a large part of syria. now, like the rebels, they had been largely pushed back out of territory they once controlled. analysts say the syrian government capitalises on is attacks to further its agenda. and they have been using is immediately. never there is any particular region in there is any particular region in the area which is confusing compromise military solution, they use is to scare people into submission. this is what they try to do now. here, locals are taking matters into own hands. this footage shows a mob are to lynch and is militants. but anger will not bring back the hostages. until the attack,

the hostages were happy kids. now theirfamily doesn't the hostages were happy kids. now their family doesn't know whether they are dead or alive. this is daphne caruana galizia. she was a prominent maltese journalist. for 30 years she worked as an investigative reporter, holding malta's rich and powerful to account and uncovering high—clevel corruption. but last october, daphne was killed by a bomb in her car. daphne's family believe hitmen were paid to kill her. the police investigation is still ongoing and there have been arrests, but daphne's family are demanding the maltese government open a public investigation into whether her live could have been saved, because she was no stranger to death threats. —— her life. today in london, daphne's family filed a 24—page report, formally requesting that investigation. daphne's family, along with human rights groups, accuse the maltese government of failing to solve the murder or investigate it properly. one of her sons, andrew, tweeted "the causes must be ascertained, the story must be told, and lessons must be learned." malta has responded, saying it "takes such issues seriously,

and will take time to consider the opinion properly and act accordingly." lyse doucet, our chief international correspondent, has been speaking to another of the journalist's sons, paul. my my mother, in the past five years, was reported on serious corruption any high as part of the government and state. we ended up in this difficult situation where a lot of the people whom she investigated ended up investigating her murder. that makes things raid difficult. it is in part why we are calling for this public enquiry. it is really important ina this public enquiry. it is really important in a deep personal way, because you feel like because you have this full and complete picture, up have this full and complete picture, up until you have this full and complete picture, up untilyou can have this full and complete picture, up until you can find and stop asking, could we have done things differently, you feel like you

cannot grieve. my mother was very aware that she was in danger. i think everyone in the country was very think everyone in the country was very aware. think everyone in the country was very aware. there were think everyone in the country was very aware. there were arson think everyone in the country was very aware. there were arson attacks on the house, our pet dogs were killed, doubling three times. three times, poison, throat slit, poisoned again. we grew up with this. it was no secret that my mother received these threats. your brothers never said, why cant we just be like any otherfamily? said, why cant we just be like any other family? my mother always said, direct your frustration and the people are doing this. the problem isn't me, the problem is the people killing our dogs, setting the house on fire, the problem is the corrupt politicians and government, the criminals and their associates. do you have suspicions as to who would have been who would have wanted your mother dead? what i know is, like eve ryo ne mother dead? what i know is, like everyone else, my mother was

reporting on really powerful, in fa ct reporting on really powerful, in fact the most powerful man in the country, so people in government, state officials, but also people associated with the governing party, also people in the opposition party. and we know that those other people who had mostly gain from her silence, and as my mother said, they are doing everything, they are going to throw everything at me, as she asked a two months before she was killed, what were they do next, take out a contract my life? in the end, looks like exactly what happened. today's a big day in the world of english football — it's premier league transfer deadline day. and when players are signed for new clubs, they undergo a medical. which includes a screening to detect any underlying heart conditions. today, a study of young professional footballers in england and wales has confirmed for the first time the importance of screening for this.

you might remember fabrice muamba who went into cardiac arrest while playing for bolton in 2012. fabrice's heart stopped for 78 minutes, but he has since made a full recovery. doctors are hoping that more frequent screenings could prevent other potentially deadly incidents. for this study, doctors examined more than 1,100 young players. 42 of them were found to have serious cardiac problems. here 5 one father whose son 5 condition went undiscovered. every young person should have that opportunity. my son did not have that opportunity, he is a very happy and committed sports person, found himself through sport. earlier i spoke to dr aniel malhotra, one of the lead researchers on this study. we found that incidences of this

amongst the screen footballers at the age of 16 were surprisingly high, three times higher than what has previously been reported. that was one surprising finding. the second was that we found 42 players, identified 42 players with a sinister cardiac condition that could potentially increase their risk of exercise induced cardiac death. that equates to about one in 266 individuals. because we did the echocardiogram, the ultra—scan of the heart, we identified one in 50 with a minor valve problem or a minor condition, so these conditions we re minor condition, so these conditions were identified. when you identify something in a test like this, what can you do about it and what does it mean for a player plus my career? any first instance, we need to talk to the player, ideally with a family member or club representative any nice quiet environment. you can imagine the impact that having a

cardiac diagnosis may have on a player. we need to make sure that we follow the international recommendations for the interpretation of when we are making such decisions, but we would sit down with them, explain to them what the condition is and the potential implications it has on them. what we have found is that the vast majority of players who were diagnosed with a condition as she ended up returning, it is not the end of the line. one other finding was that some people had died from cardiac event that had not been discovered had had tests several years before. does that say about the actual validity of the test you are doing? that is a good point, six of the eight deaths that occurred did so in players who demonstrated a normal screening, so there are two ways of interpreting that, one is that the ecg and not pick up the condition in the first place, but we know that the sensitivity of these tests as high at detecting heart muscle disorders. the other perhaps more plausible way

of looking at it is to think that these heart muscle conditions have not yet manifested themselves, because these players are being tested at the age of 16. the condition can actually present themselves much later in adolescence or early 20s. it mayjust not be there yet. and to finish off... a sport story that mayjust make you green with envy. chelsea will pay a world record fee of 91 million dollars to release spanish footballer kepa arriza—balaga from his contract with athletic bilbao. it's the highest amount any club has ever paid for a goalkeeper, and comesjust six months after the 23—year—old signed a long—term contract with the spanish club. mind—boggling figures. thanks frame

and for watching. we will see you at the same time next week. goodbye. on thursday, eastern england had some much—needed rainfall, at least the gardens at the farmers i am sure with breathing a sigh of relief. more thanjust with breathing a sigh of relief. more than just a splash, we had with breathing a sigh of relief. more thanjust a splash, we had an engine parts of east anglia, half an inch in london. more rain on the way. the rain that we have two thursday was tied in with some of that hot air across the continent, lots of energy, and lots of lumpy cloud brewing out in the atlantic as i step aside. tropical air and that, coming for the weekend, really throwing a spanner in the works. before we get to the weekend, we have the cooler atlantic

north—westerly airflow that will bring us quite a number of showers during the course on friday. it should go to fairly quickly and some sunshine in between, at this time of year these signs are strong so it should feel pleasant. some showers will be quite heavy, downpours, hail and found possibly. lengthy spells of rain potentially heading across southern areas. 18—20dc, feeling pleasa nt southern areas. 18—20dc, feeling pleasant in the sunshine, more sunshine on offer in the evening. high pressure will kill those shadows for many, under the starry skies were lighter wind into saturday morning, looking a cold start. we could have a touch of grass frost in the glens of scotland. weekend, tropical air mixed in with an area of low pressure, causing the computer models and forecasts a headache, examine where is the rain going to fall? a decent start on saturday, lots of sunshine despite the jail, cloud coming in, rain making its way into western areas initially. best

of the sunshine, driest weather further east. a little warmer, 21-22. further east. a little warmer, 21—22. tropical air tied in with the low pressure. sunday, this is where there has been a lot of difference between the computer models, western and central areas and eventually northern errors will have rain. many places seeing rain, warm rain. it could be that the south east will stay dry and temperatures popping back into the mid—20s. the early pa rt back into the mid—20s. the early part of next week, moving out of the way, but it is allowing a series of low pressures to queue up and bring more rain, but again as the week progresses it looks like it'll be noted further north. monday dawns with the remnants of rain, low pressure, a pew showers. not a bad day. the showers, 20s across scotla nd day. the showers, 20s across scotland and northern ireland, mid—20s further south. strong sunshine at this time of year. tuesday, showers diminished, try a start, a ridge of high pressure,

pattern continuing ahead of this next low— pressure pattern continuing ahead of this next low—pressure system bringing the next band of rain into the north and west. it looks like this one will be further north, so with the pressure— the south and east, further away from the jet stream, it should be drier. thatjet stream dips southwards, cold side temporarily forget was the middle pa rt temporarily forget was the middle part of the week. it will notjust be rainfor part of the week. it will notjust be rain for the north and west, there will be potentially a spell of rain putting southwards to get was the middle part of the week. low— pressure the middle part of the week. low—pressure centre and further north. that is where the windiest and wettest weather will be. pressure higherfurther and wettest weather will be. pressure higher further south, which is the south and east are likely to see the driest and warmest weather. for many, pretty breezy and we will have rain continuing, notjust enter this weekend but beyond into the end of next week as well. we will keep you posted on details. tonight at 10...

an airstrike on a school bus in yemen leaves dozens dead. the international red cross says it's received the bodies of 29 children — scores of others have been injured. three years of war, between a saudi—led coalition, and rebels backed by iran, have left the country on the brink of collapse. my worry about yemen is that if we left it and it wasn t resolved, that we could look at syria plus in the years to come, and that would be very, very bad indeed. we'll be looking at the continuing, and so far fruitless, efforts to end the bloodshed.