hello and welcome to bbc news. i'm reged ahmad. palestinian officials say a mother and her baby were among four people killed in the gaza strip during hours of israeli air strikes and tank fire. israel disputes it was a result of their strikes and says it's responding to palestinian militants who've fired more than 200 rockets into southern israel. three israelis were wounded by the barrage. our middle east correspondent, tom bateman reports. air raid sirens sounded in southern israeli towns as a barrage of rocket

was fired from gaza. israel shot down dozens of them before its tanks and warplanes targeted militant sites in the strip. this evening, the palestinian health ministry said a iii—month—old girl was killed in an airstrike in the east of the strip, while her mother was wounded. a 22—year—old palestinian man died earlier in a separate strike. this latest flareup follows months of tensions between israel and gaza—based militants who demand the easing of a crippling blockade that israel says is needed to prevent weapons getting in, israel demands calm on the boundary after more than a year of palestinian protests at the perimeter fence. it coincided with the funerals of two militants killed in an israeli air strike. retaliation, the israelis say, for the wounding of two soldiers shot by palestinian gunmen. it marks yet another ratcheting up of hostilities despite repeated attempts by egypt and the united nations to broker a longer term truce.

thailand's king maha vajiralongkorn has been crowned in an elaborate ceremony to mark his accession to the throne. it's part of three days of rituals at the royal palace in bangkok, intended to symbolise the transformation of the king into a divine being. the bbc‘s laura bickerjoins us now live from bangkok. laura, what happens today? there are more ceremonies to happen shortly. what will we be seeing?m a few hours time one of the most powerful monarchs in the world will be paraded through the streets of bangkok. he will be carried in a mac three, an ornate chariot carried both six men. there is a buzz going on around me as hundreds of people wearing yellow arrived to wait to

see their king. the yellow is because it is the colour of monday in thailand which was the day the king was born. all of the city has been bedecked in this colour as they awaited his arrival. he will proceed to three different temples. this new king is seen as a little more remote than his well loved father so there isa than his well loved father so there is a degree of curiosity. he has proven to be a controversial figure in the past there is a waiting and watching feeling here in thailand as they wait to see their new king and what he will do as king. we see some pictures now inside the grand palace with many people waiting for a ceremony to get under way. what will happen? that ceremony will be where

he appoints who will be part of the royal family and gain he appoints who will be part of the royalfamily and gain a he appoints who will be part of the royal family and gain a royal title. we have been watching the situation regarding his sister. her title was stripped from her when she married an american and we are waiting to see if she will get it back. that is the ceremony you are seeing now, pictures of him describing, anointing and appointing his royal party and his royalfamily. anointing and appointing his royal party and his royal family. thank you so much for taking us through that. this is bbc news. the brother of algeria's former president has been arrested. many algerians believe said bouteflika was the country's de facto ruler for several years after his brother, abdelaziz bouteflika, suffered a stroke. massive ongoing protests calling for a radical change pushed the president to resign in april, but demonstrators continued

to demand the removal of all those linked to the former administration. the prime minister has called on the labour leaderjeremy corbyn to set aside their differences and "do a deal" to leave the european union. her comments in a sunday newspaper follow the conservative party's worst result in english local elections since 1995. the former conservative party leader iain duncan smith called on mrs may to resign. mr duncan smith said she was in effect a caretaker prime minister. our political correspondent nick eardley reports. urgently seeking a solution. tories mulling over devastating local election results trying to find a way to solve the party's troubles. these members are in scotland. there weren't any elections here this week, but many agree failing to deliver brexit was behind the election drubbing. and this former leader has had enough. he believes theresa may has

lost her authority and has to go now. we have in a sense a kind of caretaker prime minister at the moment, you could argue a caretaker leader of the labour party, but a caretaker prime minister. and i think therefore making fundamental decisions about where we go with this would be a big mistake. the conservatives always knew that voters were likely to give them a bloody nose this week, but the extent, losing 1300 councillors, was worse than they feared. and because of that, some are saying their patience has run out. it's not the first time we've heard senior tories calling for mrs may to go. in the past, she's simply ignored their calls. but it is again a reminder that many in the conservative party think mrs mayjust can't deliver. others, though, say there should be compromise with labour to make sure brexit is delivered. i think we do need a mood for compromise, but compromise often involves looking at the positions of different groups and coming up with something in between.

talks between the government and opposition will resume early next week. sources tell me there are still substantial differences. but after labour had a tough time at the polls, too, jeremy corbyn says there is impetus to get a deal done. but opinion in labour is split. some point to losses in brexit—supporting areas and say failure to deliver it would be a breach of trust. i think we've got to leave because we had a referendum, we asked people whether they wanted to leave the eu, and by a small majority they said they did, and we said we would honour the result. but many labour mps are arguing the exact opposite, that the party needs to back another referendum and ultimately stay in the eu. they point to huge gains at the local elections for the greens and the big winners, the liberal democrats. i think there were some local factors but there is no doubt that the big nationalfactor was the issue about brexit. the liberal democrats have been against brexit and campaigned against brexit, campaigned for a final say for the british people for the last nearly three years and i think people have heard that now from the liberal democrats,

that we are the stop brexit party. these elections have posed big questions for a government struggling to deliver brexit. answering them won't necessarily be easy. nick eardley, bbc news. the final vote count has been tallied in the northern irish elections, where the dup and sinn fein have won the largest share of the vote. but it's the smaller parties and independents who have made significant gains. the cross—community alliance party were the biggest winners, largely at the expense of unionist parties, with the greens also making gains. sinn fein‘s number of seats remained static. talks aimed at reviving northern ireland's power sharing administration are due to be held next week — john campbell has more. well, there's no real surprise in that the dup and sinn fein are still the two largest parties. the dup is to the right a little, sinn fein is the biggest national party, so really, the story was that surge by the alliance party, during support from

catholic and protestants. it mainly had its support in greater belfast, middle—class areas, but here it pushed its appeal far beyond that, for example, it won a seat on derry city council for the first time in a0 years. the leader of that party, says that this indicates many voters in northern ireland are looking to new solutions to its problems. i think what it is saying is that people want to see politics that delivers. they're not interested in the kind of tribal politics of the past in terms of unionism and nationalism, they want the politics that put people first and that's what we are offering. northern ireland politics is full of problems, whether it's stagnation in stormont or brexit, but what we have been around consistently and persistently to offering solutions. that is what people want from their politicians and that is what we have given them.

tens of thousands of people have taken part in a pro—scottish independence rally in glasgow. police scotland estimate that between 30—and—35 thousand people attended the ‘all under one banner‘ march. the organisers say they are a "pro—independence organisation whose core aim is to march at regular intervals until scotland is free". a 17—year—old boy has been arrested on suspicion of murdering a teenage girl in wiltshire. the victim, who's not been named, died at a property in kaan yesterday afternoon. police say they will have a "significant presence" in the town over the weekend as inquiries continue. former defence secretary gavin williamson has described an investigation into the national security council leak as a "shabby and discredited witch hunt" — and called for a "proper, full and impartial" assessment of the investigation. it comes after the met police said the leak, about the chinese tech giant huawei, did not amount to a criminal offence. mr williamson was sacked after the prime minister said she had evidence to suggest he was the source of the leak — which is something he denies.

0ur political correspondent chris mason explained what's happened. at one of those meetings, a row ended up in the newspaper. the prime minister was determined to get to the bottom of it. those at those meetings sign the official secrets act, so any link is potentially a criminal matter. as you say, the met police have said what happened didn't amount to a criminal offence. williamson has always denied being the leaker, but the statement he put out, really punchy, says there needs to be a proper, full and impartial investigation. ascribing it as a shabby and discredited witch—hunt, badly mishandled by both the prime minister and others, referencing the civil service. now there is clearly a difference between evidence of a crime being committed or not and a boss,

the prime minister, losing trust in an employee, gavin williamson. that loss of trust was clear last week with his firing, but mr williamson again providing evidence he is not going quietly. india's been praised for its rapid evacuation of more than a million people, which the united nations says helped minimise the loss of life after a devasating cyclone struck its eastern coast. up to 12 people were killed when cyclone fani made landfall near the city of puri in 0disha yesterday. the storm was the strongest to hit india in 20 years. 0ur correspondent rahul tandon has been to one of the worst hit areas. driving towards the areas hardest hit by the cyclone. along the way, the destruction is all too visible. these people are amongst the hundreds of thousands who were moved to safety in puri.

they came to the shelters with whatever they could carry. many are still traumatised. translation: he has been sick. my wife is worried. she is constantly crying. there is no medical help here. we are suffering a lot. next to the shelter is one of the areas worst affected by cyclone fani. this woman returned to her home for the first time this morning. translation: this used to be our bedroom. the roof has blown away. all the houses in the slum here have been damaged. across 10,000 villages in 0disha, there are scenes like this. there used to be life here. now there is just despair. in india, it is always the poor who suffer the most. this "basti", or slum, has been completely destroyed by the cyclone.

they fled from here for their lives, and when they returned there was nothing left. they're now worried about their future. they say nobody is helping them. wherever the cyclone struck, it left a trail of destruction. buildings damaged and thousands of trees uprooted. more than 2.5 million people are without electricity. the physical infrastructure damage has been enormous, so it will be a big challenge for the administration, and we are on the job. a lot of damage has taken place, people have been injured. some casualties have been reported. the authorities here are working on a war footing, but with many areas still inaccessible, they are struggling to assess the damage caused by one of india's most powerful cyclones. rahultandon, bbc news, puri. this is bbc news, the latest headlines: four palestinian people have been kiled in air strikes by israel. the retaliation came after militants

fired dozens of missiles from gaza. india and bangladesh have been praised for saving many lives after evacuating a million people from the path of cyclone fonny.. —— cyclone fani. state media in north korea say the country's leader, kimjong—un, ordered and oversaw the testing of rocket launchers and tactical guided weapons, fired on saturday. the missiles were described as short—range and believed to have landed into the sea. according to the north korea news agency, the test was "conducted in various modes of firing at different targets", which analysts believe means the weapon could be launched from land, sea or air. earlier i spoke with vipin narang, associate professor of political science at the massachusetts institute of technology about the missile test

and its significance. i think they are trying to signal increasingly and remind both at home and abroad what happens if the negotiations that fell apart in hanoi don't pick up pace in the next couple of months and they've set a deadline very clearly until the end of this year, for the united states to, as they say, recalculate its position. and in the last hour, this test got much more interesting because we were under the impression yesterday and then through most of the day today that it was just a rocket system, projectiles, as north korea and south korea refer to, and that president trump this morning tweeted. but it turned out they debuted a new short—range ballistic missile and that poses a little bit of a problem for the crisis going forward. this is how the previous self—imposed missile testing moratorium started falling apart. they started with a short—range missile which isn't covered by the moratorium and then months later ended up testing a longer—range missile and so this may be the beginning of kimjong—un trying to push the line to see how

far he can go and president trump turning a blind eye to it. so this was a much more interesting test than what we thought last night. but what does that all mean? because he hasn't necessarily broken any agreements as of yet. that's absolutely correct. the missile testing moratorium isn't in writing and north korea assumes it only applies, claims it only applies, to long—range icbms. but this is a kind of reminder, i think this is a pressure tactic to the united states. remember what can happen in 2017 and if we can't get the negotiations back on track to what the north koreans want which is a step by step, phased process, then we can go back to the high temperature and the crisis of 2017 but this time without diplomatic off ramps

and these are the pressure tactics they are using. we will push the line to see how far we can go and if you want to go there, remember what it can look like. despite leading days of protests against president maduro's rule, the venezuelan opposition leader, juan guaido, appears to have failed in his latest attempt to persuade the country's military to back him. mr guaido had urged his supporters to rally in large numbers outside military barracks. but local media say only a small number of people turned out. caroline rigby has more. delivering a memo, protesters seeking military support for their cause, but their appeal for soldiers to join the people was ignored by some and totally rejected by others. translation: there was a group of us this morning who went to deliver a letter to the national guard but it wasn't received. the message is: unity, join the people, do not defend an illegitimate government. translation: we are not at war.

venezuelan citizens are simply in a civil rebellion. all venezuelans are here because we have a need to make our claims. we have a right. chanting. in reality, few people heeded the call from opposition leader juan guaido to turn out for mass demonstrations. it marks an important political victory for nicolas maduro, just days after a botched attempt to remove him on tuesday. yet the man who's declared himself acting president still insists the majority of soldiers are behind him. translation: 8096 of the army does not agree with the policy of the regime. who can be satisfied with a salary of $10 a month? that's absolutely not enough to make ends meet. but appearing in front of thousands of troops, nicolas maduro staged a show of force. he declared his army remained united and ready to defend against what he described as traitors as well as any

foreign military intervention. translation: be ready to defend the homeland with weapons in your hands if one day the us dares to touch this territory, this sacred earth. those rifles that you hold are rifles of the republic to defend our land, our sovereignty and our homeland. don't stop, join the armed forces, don't stop! venezuelans are exhausted and angry at the collapse of the economy and lack of basic services and after days of unrest, many will be frustrated at the opposition‘s failure to capitalise on a historic opportunity to dispose of the man widely blamed for much of the country's woes. caroline rigby, bbc news. for the first time in more than 30 years, the kids from fame are to be reunited on stage. the tv show was a massive hit in the 80s — now eight

of the original cast are getting together for two special, charity shows — and it's all thanks to a detective from liverpool who tracked them down. our entertainment correspondent colin paterson has dusted off his lycra to bring you this report. # fame! the kids from fame. back performing in the uk for the first time in more than 35 years. # fame. # i'm gonna live forever, i'm gonna learn how to fly, high. # i feel it comin‘ together. # people will see me and cry. # fame! # i'm gonna make it to heaven. it was a great show. a great show, a great concept, great characters. plus watching dance is fun. i could watch it all day. all day. you've got big dreams. you want fame.

well, fame costs and this is where you start paying. fame the tv series, a spin—off from the movie, started on bbc one in 1982. it was a phenomenon in the uk. the soundtrack spent 12 weeks at number one, they were regulars on top of the pops. at number three, the kids from fame. it's from the television series, fame. the kids from fame. high fidelity made it to numberfive in the singles chart. # high fidelity, high! they even ended the year playing london's royal albert hall. newsreel: the kids from fame have turned television fiction into fact. there was another tour the following year, but fame ended in 1987 and fans here never thought they would see them live again. until a detective inspector in the merseyside police managed to reunite the cast for two charity shows this weekend. i've loved it since i was a kid, since i was 11. it was everything to me when i was growing up. it was my dream and it's really quite surreal to think that that dream actually is

happening right now. to be part of that with those guys is... it's like an alternative universe. # high fidelity. and now her childhood heroes are in liverpool. i get to be with this group of people that i am indelibly connected to. i mean, we were a family. we worked a minimum of 12 hours a day and when we weren't doing that we were in the studio. if we weren't doing that,... we were a family. for better orfor worse. and we were not too shabby, i have to say. being back, we've kind of gone back to that age. we're back to being kids again. we definitely, we see each other and we fall into our old habits. that little kid stuff. # fame, i'm gonna live for ever. # baby, remember my name. last—minute dance rehearsals are taking place. vlma in liverpool are providing backup.

the reason i am a dancer is because of fame. so it is surreal. but it absolutely surreal. absolutely surreal to be here today with the actual cast. and, amazingly, we have gotten through a whole report on fame without mentioning legwarmers. remember my name. it's colin patterson, bbc news, liverpool. manchester city have won the women's fa cup — with a 3—0 victory over west ham at wembley. it's the second time they've won the trophy in three years. jo currie reports. wembley. it's been the scene of some fairytale finishes over the years. west ham women fans hoping their first visit here ends in silverware, just 12 months after the team turned professional. but they were up against the top dogs. 2017 fa cup winners manchester city had not tasted defeat domestically all season. they may have started the match

as favourites but it was west ham who took charge of the first half. jane ross could have, maybe should have, put them ahead. after the break, a breakthrough, for city, keira walsh with a swerving effort. it beat keeper anna moorhouse. the favourites were finally finding their rhythm. and then the hammer blow, georgia stanway with an individual effort which was deflected on the way in. city were nowjust minutes away from being crowned champions. still time to though, for 18—year—old substitute lauren to put the result out of sight with this fortuitous effort. a group of players who want to learn and improve and we have got a good blend of youth and experience and i feel we can get so much better, it is exciting times for this football club. there will be no dream finish for west ham, but for manchester city, it is a cup double, reaffirming once again that they are one of the dominant forces in women's football.

now the weather with matt taylor. good morning. pleasant enough where you got the sunshine on saturday. but certainly cold out of it. and particularly in the showers and strong winds which were across the eastern half of the uk. now there is good news today, in that the high pressure in the west is pushing a little bit further across the uk. and in doing so puts a cap on the atmosphere, stops some of the showers forming. and it also diverts the strongest and coldest of the winds off into the near continent. that said, the day does begin with an added chill. there'll be frost in the countryside. temperatures below freezing. these are the towns and city centre values. so wherever you are, a cold but sunny start to the day for the vast majority. a bit more cloud across northern scotland, though, to begin with. one or two isolated light showers. more showers, though, in orkney and shetland to begin with and they will work their way southwards during the day. you'll also notice more cloud, though, developing across the country into the day. pushes the way southwards and eastwards. still some sunny spells for many. isolated lighter showers for england and wales. most will be dry.

and across eastern districts, not only will it be dry, but with lighter winds, too, it perhaps won't feel quite so chilly. even though temperatures still down on levels they should be for this time of year, 9—11; celsius at very, very best. now, to take us into sunday night, the showers across northern scotland will start to work their way southwards. this is a cold front. to the south of it, a bit more cloud than we'll have seen the night we're with at the moment. and so maybe temperatures not dropping as much. but still a chance of frost. the greatest chance of frost into the start of bank holiday monday will be the northern half of scotland, where skies are clearest. so into bank holiday monday, this is going to be the zone to watch out for for the thickest cloud. this weather front here. showers on it rather than any persistent rain. it's going to be across southern scotland to begin with, sliding into northern ireland, northern england during the day. some of the showers across northern england, pennines and peak district in particular, could be a little bit on the heavy side, and they'll work their way into lincolnshire, maybe east anglia, later too. to the south of that for bank holiday, lots of cloud, some sunshine, only isolated showers.

moat will be dry. to the north of it, the better chance of some sunshine. a few showers, though, and a lighter breeze. but, for all, a fairly cool day. now, with light winds around to finish monday, what you finish monday you'll probably start with on tuesday. but through tuesday the cloud will bubble up. greater chance of showers developing here and there. some of you will stay completely dry. but by the end of the day, towards cornwall, things are set to turn that bit wetter and windier. temperatures are still a disappointing 7—13 degrees. now, the wet and windy weather, courtesy of this area of low pressure, strongest of the winds, though, across france and maybe the channel islands. but what it will do, it'll spread the most significant rain across england and wales. so a wetter day for england and wales. gardeners, particularly across eastern areas, could rejoice. that will clear through into thursday. sunshine and showers by then. but staying a little on the cool side. bye for now.

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palestinian officials say four people have been killed and seventeen others wounded in israeli airstrikes in gaza. israel says the military action is a response to over 200 rockets fired into southern israel by palestinian militants. three israelis were wounded by the barrage. india and bangladesh have been praised for saving many lives after evacuating a million people who were in the path of cyclone fani. according to aid agencies, up to 12 people were killed when it made landfall near the city of puri. the storm was the strongest to hit india in 20 years. british police say a leak of information from the uk national security council about chinese tech giant huawei didn't breach the official secrets act. the leak cost the defence minister gavin williamson his job. he's condemned the investigation as a "witch hunt", and has called for an impartial assessment. its 330 in the