this is bbc news with the latest headlines for viewers in the uk and around the world. chinese fighter—jets fly close to the coast of taiwan, as beijing halts cooperation with the us on climate change and other key issues. israel launches multiple air strikes on the gaza strip, killing a senior commander of the palestinian group islamichhad. at least ten people have died, including a child. ajury in texas a jury in texas decides the conspiracy theorist alex jones must pay the parents of the children killed in the sandy hook massacre $46 million in damages afterfalsely claiming the shooting a hoax.

the nhs in england is increasingly reliant on doctors and nurses recruited from outside the uk and eu, analysis by the bbc has found. hello. if you havejustjoined us, a warm welcome to bbc news. china is halting cooperation with the us in several key areas, including climate change, military talks and efforts to combat international crime. the new measures follow a trip to taiwan by senior democrat nancy pelosi. china views the visit as a challenge to its claims of sovereignty over the island. taiwan's foreign minister, joseph wu, has defended ms pelosi's visit and said that taiwan would continue to invite democratic politicians from around the world. our correspondent rupert wingfield—hayes sent this report from taipei.

for the second day in a row, china has continued its military intimidation of taiwan. at least 68 chinese fighterjets are reported to have crossed into taiwanese controlled airspace. this video broadcast on chinese television this evening shows just how close some of them came to the taiwanese coast. in the background, those are the mountains of central taiwan. china has also announced a long list of retaliation against america, including personal sanctions on nancy pelosi. but in taipei, foreign minister joseph wu told me he has no regrets about inviting the us house speaker to come to the island. the taiwanese government, especially the ministry of foreign affairs, has been working very hard in expanding taiwan's international space, making friends with important international leaders or trying to connect more with like—minded partners around the world. like speaker pelosi, who had an opportunity to visit taiwan,

which is very significant, to allow the international community to understand that taiwan is a democracy. it's notjust taiwan's democracy that is threatened by china. it's a big chunk of the world's economy. one hour drive south of taipei, these are the huge fab plants of the world's most important maker of advanced microchips. it's amazing to think that in these huge buildings behind me here, they manufacture around two thirds of the world's most advanced microchips, and in that building over there, currently under construction, they are going to start next year making the next generation of even more advanced chips. that makes this one corporation, tsmc, absolutely vital to the world's modern economy. it also makes this place very vulnerable. if only for this selfish reason, joseph wu says the world should care what happens to taiwan. without the computer

chips here in taiwan, or without the tsmc, the international community is going to suffer. a chinese blockade of taiwan could make the worldwide chip shortage caused by the covid pandemic look like a minor blip on the global economy. rupert wingfield—hayes, bbc news, in taipei. as we've heard, china says that it is halting key climate talks with the us following nancy pelosi's trip to taiwan. the move is a set back for dialogue between the world's two biggest emitters and comes in the run up to the cop27 climate summit in egypt in three months�* time. at the last summit in november, china and the us unveiled a joint pact aimed at ramping up co—operation. it focused on reducing methane emissions, protecting forests and phasing out coal. i'm joined now by todd stern, who was president obama's chief climate negotiator and led the us in it's efforts to sign the landmark paris agreement in 2015. very grateful to talk to you. but on a sad day, really, in terms of the hopes for further progress in this

area. how significant is china's decision, would you say? first of all, decision, would you say? first of all. thank _ decision, would you say? first of all. thank you — decision, would you say? first of all, thank you for _ decision, would you say? first of all, thank you for having - decision, would you say? first of all, thank you for having me - decision, would you say? first of all, thank you for having me on | decision, would you say? first of i all, thank you for having me on the show. look, it is obviously not helpful. this is... i think that the chinese, whatever you think of speaker pelosi's decision to go, i think the chinese are clearly overreacting at this point, and the suspension of efforts on climate change, together with other actions they have taken, are not all helpful. i think that the chinese disappointed a lot of people at the cop lasco, cop26, when countries were asked to ramp up with the targets and the actions they had pledged paris 2015, and many countries did, including the uk, the us, eu,japan, countries did, including the uk, the us, eu, japan, canada and others, and the chinese mostly did not, just and the chinese mostly did not, just a tiny little bit, and because of that, the glasgow agreement called

on countries, and i think china was right in the target zone here, to step up this year in cop27. so that's been a big focus on this year's cop, and the inability now to cooperate or to integrate, interact with the chinese, between the us and china, makes it obviously more difficult. ., ., , difficult. some who have been observing _ difficult. some who have been observing this _ difficult. some who have been observing this process - difficult. some who have been observing this process for - difficult. some who have been observing this process for a i difficult. some who have been l observing this process for a long time, for example, the founder of china dialogue, i was talking to earlier, suggests that the fact that american china were able to work collaboratively helped get the paris agreement in the first place, and although there may have been some periods in the meantime, still, ultimately, if you don't have the united states and china doing things, the global prospects of tackling climate change effectively are significantly weakened. i could

not a . ree are significantly weakened. i could not agree with _ are significantly weakened. i could not agree with that _ are significantly weakened. i could not agree with that more. - are significantly weakened. i could not agree with that more. i - are significantly weakened. i could not agree with that more. i mean, j are significantly weakened. i could | not agree with that more. i mean, i think when we are negotiating during the obama years with china, it certainly was not easy. we had disagreements on a great many things, but we had a commitments to work together, any progress being made in the end early made paris possible. when the two presidents, president obama and president xi, stood together in beijing in november 20 14, one year before paris, and made ajoint november 20 14, one year before paris, and made a joint statement of commitments to get it done, joint targets, it was electrifying for the climate world and he really made the paris agreement possible, so obviously many other things were important, but nothing is more important, but nothing is more important the us—china cooperation, and again, it was not an easy relationship was up over all or on climate change. but we managed to work together. that is what is endangered by these actions. the

auestion i endangered by these actions. the question i suppose is, what happens next? john kirby called the move fundamentally irresponsible, but the two countries have to find a way to move forward. i wonder how the diplomatic doors on this can be reopened to. diplomatic doors on this can be reapened te— diplomatic doors on this can be reoened to. ., , .. , , . reopened to. that is obviously want be difficult- — reopened to. that is obviously want be difficult- i _ reopened to. that is obviously want be difficult. i think _ reopened to. that is obviously want be difficult. i think the _ reopened to. that is obviously want be difficult. i think the countries - be difficult. i think the countries are going to have to start talking together. we are going to have to get past this period. it is a little bit concerning the party congress, the big party congress, is coming up in the fall, and whether they will be hesitant to go back on this stuff they have taken now while that party congress is still looming, i don't know, and it would be really a very positive thing if we could get some dialogue going, at least going into egypt. as you pointed out, there was a joint statement that you countries made in glasgow, it was helpful, it

pulled forward to increase cooperation —— the two countries made. now that is going to be suspended. made. now that is going to be susnended-— made. now that is going to be susended. ., ,, . suspended. todd stern, the chief climate negotiator _ suspended. todd stern, the chief climate negotiator working - suspended. todd stern, the chief climate negotiator working for . climate negotiator working for president obama from january 2009 to april 2016 and special envoy for climate change, thank you very much forjoining us on bbc news. thank you for your time. some breaking news from the us in the last few minutes — the conspiracy theorist alex jones has just been ordered to pay $45.2 million in punitive damages after falsely claiming the 2012 sandy hook school shooting was a hoax. the defamatiion case against the infowars founder was brought by the parents of one of the victims. they say they endured harassment and emotional distress because of the right—wing host's misinformation. 20 children and six adults were shot dead at sandy hook elementary school in connecticut. we'll have more on that from our correspondent

in washington shortly. the palestinian group islamichhad says it's fired over a hundred rockets at israel. these images show the rockets being intercepted by israel's iron dome air defence system. it comes only hours after an israeli air strike in the gaza strip, which killed a commander of the islamichhad group. the palestinian health ministry says at least ten people were killed, including a five—year—old child. this footage was released by the israeli army, which they say shows the moment the strike hit gaza. israel's prime minister yair lapid spoke about the air strike in a television address earlier where he promised to "do whatever it takes" to defend the israeli people. let's take a listen. israel carried out a precise counterterror operation against an immediate threat. our fight is not with the people of gaza. islamichhad is an iranian proxy that wants to destroy the state of israel and kill innocent israelis. the head of islamichhad is in tehran as we speak.

we will do whatever it takes to defend our people. earlier, we spoke to our middle east correspondent yolande knell, who gave us this update. well, we've had these dozens of rockets fired by palestinian militants from gaza towards the centre of israel, even warning sirens going off in some suburbs of tel aviv, most sirens going off, though, in the south of the country. at the moment, we're not hearing any reports of a direct hit or injuries on the israeli side, but there has been quite intense rocket fire, israeli media reporting that in just half an hour, there were some 70 rockets that were fired. we've received quite a lot of interceptions, i have to say, by israel's iron dome defence system. —— we've seen quite a lot of interceptions, i have to say, now, all of this followed israeli air strikes and also artillery strikes on gaza. they were in the south of the gaza strip. also that high—rise tower building was hit in the centre of gaza city.

and we've had the comments by yair lapid, the israeli caretaker prime minister, in his tv address, but he also said that he was not allowing militant organisations in gaza, in his words, to set the agenda, because all of this goes back several days to when israel arrested a senior islamichhad leader in the west bank. there was a deadly exchange of fire during his arrest. one palestinian was killed. and afterwards, islamichhad did threaten to retaliate. that led, then, to a lockdown, a partial lockdown, in the south of israel, close to gaza, where there are several israeli towns and villages that were very badly affected by road closures, that kind of thing. and then israel now saying it had been prompted to launch this new military operation. yolande knell. to the uk now.

a group supporting the family of archie battersbee say his parents have been told his life support will be withdrawn on saturday. christian concern says it follows the exhaustion of all legal routes. the royal london hospital, where the 12—year—old has been treated since april, has not confirmed if or when life support will be ended. saying it is a matter of patient confidentiality. the nhs in england is increasingly reliant on doctors and nurses recruited from outside the uk and eu, analysis by the bbc has found. some 34% of doctors joining the health service last year came from overseas, a rise from 18% in 2014. the government said overseas recruitment had always been part of its strategy. but unions have warned it is an unsustainable way of recruiting in the long—term. our health editor hugh pym has been looking at the figures. lynette is a paediatric nurse. she came to the uk

injune from barbados. hi, charlotte. how are you doing today? she moved here to gain new nursing skills and join her husband who already has a job in the nhs. the staff are lovely, they are supportive. lynette was hired by an east london hospital trust with 11 other overseas nurses. i came over with a group of filipinos. i was the only person from the caribbean in that group, yes. and also the only person that knew england a bit, so i was their tour guide. i was a bit nervous but then i tell myself, "you know what, lynette, this is what you want to do, this is your dream, settle down, and you will get this done. you can do it." brian is a stroke nurse. he came to the uk injune from the philippines. how are you feeling today? he was in lynette's group and says the filipino nurse community at local hospitals has helped him settle in quickly. in the last two and a half years, the trust has hired more international nurses than british—trained. they are pleased with their recruits but know there

is a long—term challenge. we desperately need more nurses trained in the uk. from recruiting a nurse from overseas to her getting a uk pin number here costs us over £13,000. you know, when you've employed over 520, it's a significant amount of money. but yet i see it as part of the whole of the nhs to continue to recruit overseas for now. the uk is not alone in needing to recruit health staff from overseas, and there are warnings that a steady flow of new workers can't be taken for granted. some of the key factors here are about the speed with which we can offer a job compared to other countries. we are competing in a global market. countries like germany, for example, are increasing the number of nurses they are recruiting from overseas, so we have to be quick, we have to be able to offer good pay and progression, and those appear to be key. since the brexit referendum, fewer eu nurses have opted to work in the uk, but there's been an increase from elsewhere, including the philippines, india and nigeria.

visa delays and other bureaucracy, though, are possible barriers. ira is a blood medicine specialist. she came to the uk last yearfrom albania. she says her trust has been hugely supportive and professionally she loves the work, but there were unnecessary frustrations. in the beginning, especially the struggle with bureaucracy after i finished my exams, to the moment i got my licence, it was about ten months. it is frustrating and it takes a long time and money and effort. and that might put off some albanian doctors, do you think? yes. i think the visa issue puts off a lot of them. and for hajra and herfamily, visa issues were the reason she's now left the nhs. she trained in pakistan and then came to the uk 18 years ago. but she says because of a struggle to get visas for her parents tojoin her, she opted to move to saudi arabia. none of us have left there because we hated it. but a lot of us are leaving

because we don't have a choice. because we are backed into a corner and none of us will abandon our parents. the government said more medical students were being trained in england, but international recruitment would still be important as demand for services kept growing. that, though, will be no easy task. hugh pym, bbc news. stay with us on bbc news. still to come: a year after fleeing the taliban, we hear from some of the afghans who have made the uk home. the question was whether we want to save our people and the japanese, as well, and win the war — or whether we want to take a chance on being able to win the war by killing all our young men. the invasion began at 2am this morning. mr bush, like most people, was clearly caught by surprise. we call for the immediate i and unconditional withdrawal of all iraqi forces.

100 years old and still full of vigour, vitality and enjoyment of life. no other king or queen in british history has lived so long — and the queen mother is said to be quietly very pleased indeed that she's achieved this landmark anniversary. this is a pivotal moment for the church as an international movement. the question now is whether the american vote will lead to a split in the anglican community. this is bbc news. the latest headlines: chinese fighter—jets fly close to the coast of taiwan, as beijing halts cooperation with the us on climate change and other key issues. a texas jury decides that conspiracy theorist alex jones must pay the parents of a boy killed

in the sandy hook massacre $45.2 million damages for falsely claiming the shooting was a hoax. let's stay with that story. i'm joined by nomia iqbal in washington. explain the significance of this ruling. explain the significance of this rulina. , , .. i. ruling. hugely significant. if you think about _ ruling. hugely significant. if you think about alex _ ruling. hugely significant. if you think about alex jones, - ruling. hugely significant. if you think about alex jones, for - ruling. hugely significant. if you | think about alex jones, for those people who are not fully aware of who he is, this is a man who for decades has built this huge following on his social media channels, appealing to very angry people in this country, particularly angry men, tapping into their worst fears about the government, saying that the government wants to take away your guns, the government wants to take away your rights, you need to take away your rights, you need to be armed, you need to survive, all this sort of stuff, what he did over the years, after the sandy hook shooting, which was the worst school shooting, which was the worst school shooting in american history, 20 students, six adults died, he

claimed it was a hoax, it was a hoax set up by the us government in order to try take away people's guns, and he pushed that for a long, long time, and a family of a six—year—old killed in sandy hook brought this case against him, and i should mention they had thought about hundred and $45.9 million infinitive damages, which is basically amount you have to pay as a punishment for your behaviour —— 140 for 140 this has been awarded to them. but i guess what a lot of people look at this is, could this be some sort of deterrent for people who push and piercing theories? there are so many people like alexjones in this country and he still has a lot of supporters, i should add, as well... ~ . ., , p well... will he have any difficult he painey _ well... will he have any difficult he painey find? _ well... will he have any difficult

he painey find? this _ well... will he have any difficult he painey find? this is - well... will he have any difficult i he painey find? this is interesting, because he — he painey find? this is interesting, because he claims _ he painey find? this is interesting, because he claims he _ he painey find? this is interesting, because he claims he is _ he painey find? this is interesting, because he claims he is bankrupt l he painey find? this is interesting, l because he claims he is bankrupt -- because he claims he is bankrupt —— annie difficulty paying the fine. he says he has no ability to pay the damages, but there was an economist in the trial who went through his records and said that is not true. also, as i said, he still get a lot of support. he was mentioned by the prosecution, those who donate to him as well, but i certainly have not seen any comment yet by him, but it is expected he should pay it. it is worth reminding people as well that it was not even just that he made these kind of outrageous false claims, but it was the effect of these claims on families who were bereaved and actually found themselves being... people coming up to them and parading them and accusing them of lying about what happened to their children. figs accusing them of lying about what happened to their children. as the famil 's happened to their children. as the family's lawyer — happened to their children. as the family's lawyer said, _ happened to their children. as the family's lawyer said, this - happened to their children. as the family's lawyer said, this has i happened to their children. as the | family's lawyer said, this has been a nightmare for them and they want this nightmare to and. alexjones had said this was about free speech,

protecting his rights of free speech, the first amendment, but the first amendment does not give you a blanket right to say what you want, which is what the families lawyers were arguing that he did, as you say correctly, the kind of effect it had on the family, they said it fell well outside the bounds of free speech protected by the constitution, that it damaged the reputation of these families, that they became a target because of the lies that he was pushing, and so, yes, it is going to be interesting to see, as i mentioned, what the sort of consequence, i guess, is of this, given that there are... we still see in america many people people who do believe in these sorts of false flag operations, who do push these conspiracy theories. nomia iqbal in washington, thank you so much. when the supreme court of the united states ruled to remove

a women's constitutional right to an abortion, several states immediately certified laws banning or restricting access to the procedure. others made moves to ensure the right will be preserved — and abortion providers in these so—called "haven states" say they're being overwhelmed by the increased demand. our west coast correspondent sophie long has this report. even before the official ruling came, many californians made it clear they would fight to protect a woman's right to choose. gloria allred said she was raped at gunpoint in the 1960s. that was traumatic, but she says it was the illegal abortion she had after that nearly killed her. now a high—profile lawyer, she's determined to keep the procedure safe and legal. these bans on abortion are not going to stop abortions, itjust means that women and girls will not be able to obtain safe and legal abortions. many of them will have to resort to the back alley abortions,

such as the one that i had. california is what's known as a haven state. there's been a push to protect access to the procedure here and to help women who come from states where it's been banned. in november, californians will vote on whether to protect the right to abortion in the state's constitution. a woman has a right to decide when she's going to become a mother. little girls' rights begin in the womb, yes, they do. but as this altercation outside a clinic in the liberal city of san francisco shows, it is a deeply divisive issue. no, i'm expanding on that, if you'd let me finish, please... and in rural california, in the heat of the central valley, you find a deeply conservative pocket of a liberal state. this is redding, where running an abortion clinic isn't easy and it hasn't always been safe. one of the things we experienced in our history was fire bombs. you know, we had four firebombs in this site, we have had picketing nearly

from the day we opened at this site, still continuing to this day. outside, emotions run as high as the temperature. if she's pregnant, she's planning to carry that baby to term and have it adopted, and you assumed, you assumed that she was doing something that you were against. we love her. there's help here for her and we love her. j you freak her out. it'll be on your conscience and it should be on your conscience, because what you're doing is not right. our government is really pushing, almost encouraging now, - to open our doors and use our tax dollars to bring women i from other states in - to have abortions, which is, to us, both legally but also, - more importantly, morally wrong. many who believe in a woman's right to choose feel the predominantly pro—choice democratic party has done too little, way too late.

they want people to vote in november's midterm elections, but without a clear national plan to protect abortion rights, it will be difficult to convince those outraged by their lack of one that it's worth it. sophie long, bbc news, northern california. those are the made headlines. do stay with us on bbc world news —— the main headlines. hello. well, let's see what the weather's got in store for us this weekend. and as you might expect, a lot of warm sunshine, but a bit of rain in the forecast, too. not where we really need it, though — in fact, if we have a look at the rainfall accumulation over the next five days, most of it will fall across western parts of scotland, just dribs and drabs in the northwest of england, and no rain at all for many parts of wales and england further south. and, in fact, the longer—term outlook indicates that the next ten days across southern parts

of england will probably be dry, possibly the next two weeks, which is farfrom ideal. ok, let's have a look at the short term, then — so here's the cloud and the rain heading towards western parts of scotland. but for england and wales, the early hours are clear. a bit of a nip in the air first thing in the morning, temperatures will range from around 8—12 celsius in towns and cities, and in rural spots, it'll probably be a little cooler than that. now, the first half of the day may be quite overcast across more northern areas, but come the afternoon, the sun should poke through the clouds. but showers may continue in the north of scotland all day long. here, 15 celsius, 19 for newcastle, 22 for birmingham, and around the mid—20s expected in london and the south—east. that was saturday — this is sunday, and more of the same in scotland, thicker cloud, occasionally some rain, but really not an awful lot. elsewhere across the country, it is

looking dry and turning warmer. temperatures perhaps in the mid—20s pushing into the peak district and yorkshire, around 27 expected in london. now high pressure will build across the uk and much of western and central europe as we head into next week — and that will also open up the doorway for hot air to stream in from the near continent, all the way from spain, france, and then, into the uk. so let's have a look at the outlook, then — london, birmingham, cardiff, and manchester, very warm if not hot. in fact, temperatures into the 30s, possibly even the mid—30s by the end of the week across some southern parts of the uk. further north, also warming up, but it'll be far more comfortable, and here always, perhaps a little more cloud. that's it from me, have a good weekend.

hello and welcome back to our look ahead to what the the papers will be bringing us tomorrow. with me are anna mikhailova, the deputy political editor for the mail on sunday, and aubrey allegretti, who's the political correspondent at the guardian. tomorrow's front pages, starting with... let's start with the mirror — it leads with the title "dust bowl

uk" as millions face a hosepipe ban following the driestjuly