this is bbc news. i'm shaun ley and these are the latest headlines... the family of 12—year—old archie battersbee confirm he has died after his life support was withdrawn. can ijust say, i am the proudest mum in the world. such a beautiful little boy. and he fought right until the very end. and i'm so proud to be his mum. conservative leadership contenders set out their approaches to dealing with the economic downturn forecast by the bank of england. a bus carrying passengers to a roman catholic pilgrimage has crashed in northern croatia, killing 12 polish people and injuring more than 30 others. israeli planes strike palestinian militant targets in gaza for a second day as israel's army says it is preparing for its operation to last a week. officials in gaza say at least 1a palestinians have so far died in the violence.

the effects from a cyber attack on the nhs 111 system could take until next week to resolve after phone lines and electronic gp referrals were affected. fire chiefs warn that cities need to be better prepared for wildfires as another heatwave is forecast for some parts of the uk next week. good afternoon. archie battersbee, the 12—year—old whose been at the centre of a legal battle between his parents and doctor, has died. the high court ruled that archie could not be transferred to a hospice, and the royal london hospital was given permission to withdraw his treatment this morning. speaking outside the hospitaljust over an hour ago archie's mother hollie dance paid an emotional

tribute to her son: it is with my deepest sympathy and sadness to tell you all that archie passed at 1215 today. can ijust say, i am the proudest mum in the world. such a beautiful little boy. and he fought right until the very end. and i'm so proud to be his mum. he was taken off of all medication at ten o'clock and his entire stats remained completely stable for two hours, until they removed ventilation. we've also had a statement from the hospital trust that was treating archie.

that is a statement from the chief medical officer at the barts nhs trust. our correspondent helena wilkinson

takes a look back at archie's life. after only four months on life support, archie's treatment was withdrawn earlier in hospital. the 12—year—old was found unconscious in april, he suffered brain damage. doctors treating him said there was no hope of recovery, that archie was brain dead. bart's health nhs trust, which runs the royal london hospital, went to court to ask for archie's treatment to end. the judge agreed that it should. archie's parents disagreed. it was the start of a lengthy legal battle over their son's treatment. i do not believe archie has been given enough time. from the beginning, i have always thought, what is the rush? his heart is still beating, he has gripped my hand. and, as his mother, and my gut instinct, i know my son is still there. archie's family took their case through the courts. after careful thought, we refuse permission to appeal. butjudge afterjudge agreed

with doctors that it was not in archie's best interest to continue with life—support treatment. as that legal battle came to an end, there was one final one — archie's parents wanted him to move to a hospice. the hospital said, to do that would create a considerable risk to the 12—year—old's condition. thejudge refused the family permission. archie's case has been followed here and around the world. how his parents must be feeling now is difficult to imagine. helena wilkinson, bbc news, at the high court. earlier, our correspondent simonjones gave us this update. it is a very sad story that has been played out, both in the courts and in the media, and we saw from the footage just outside the hospital when the family spoke a short time ago just how devastating this has been for them, archie's mother describing him

as a lovely little boy, and speaking of their absolute heartbreak in this case. now, the family knew this was coming because the life—support was turned off at ten o'clock this morning, we knew that was going to happen when the courts said they wouldn't intervene late last night, and then archie died at around 12:15. the family have always said they wanted to fight to give archie a chance, but this was a case that really pitted the family against medical advice because the hospital, their firm view was there was no hope, that archie could not survive without the life—support, and it was just futile prolonging this. but the family said they wanted hope, they wanted to believe that he could be get better. i think what you see in this is really a family tragedy played out that we have all really seen, that we have all become a part of, that we have all felt. but i suppose also it is just looking at this difference between medical advice and sometimes personal opinion and also with medical advice,

the doctors go to court, they give their opinion, the family want to say, actually, we believe different, and that is the sad thing of how it plays out. there are always exceptional cases where people know these stories, of somebody who is in a persistent vegetative state for years, suddenly recovers. clearly, doctors make a calculation about the likelihood of that. the cost of preserving life, i don't mean in financial terms, but in terms of how the body deals with it, and they reach a differentjudgment. there are a lot of people who say, well, there but for the grace of god could go i, i could be in that situation, i could be a parent with child or someone who suffers a catastrophic injury as archie suffered, and when is it ever right for anyone other than the family to make that kind of decision? it is a hard question to answer. i think you really so that when the mother spoke yesterday evening, because she was saying still at that point that she believed there

was still hope and she believed the courts had made the wrong decision — all these courts, because it went to the high court, the court of appeal, the supreme court, the european court of human rights — butjudge afterjudge sided in favour of the doctors. but the mother also had very much feeling that she had to do everything she could, everything she felt she needed to do, and she was able to say, despite the outcome that she felt she had represented the wishes and needs of her son. but, ultimately, the courts came down in favour of the doctors. but the courts have to weigh up the decision, and ultimately, what the judges were looking at was what was in the best interests of archie. so even when it was in the case of the family wanting to move archie to a hospice because they didn't want him to die in the noise and chaos of the hospital, thejudges had to consider whether that was appropriate. and the judge in that case, late yesterday, decided that actually even moving him a short distance to the hospice would be too dangerous,

it could really affect him, and quite possibly, he might have died in the ambulance moving to the hospital. so, it is things that have to be weighed up. but, ultimately, what we need to remember is this is a young's boy life, this is a family's grief, and ultimately they couldn't agree with the medical profession, and it sadly has ended with the two sides are really pitted against each other, but ultimately, as you said earlier, cases like this are pretty rare. and in the last hour the evangelical advocacy group christian concern, which has been supporting the battersbee family, released this statement.

earlier, i spoke to baroness illora finlay, professor of palliative medicine at cardiff university. she started by telling us about the issues with the adversarial system. the tragedy of this is absolutely overwhelming. and the problem with the adversarial system of once it gets too cold is it takes everybody but my time away from being bedside

of the person who is dying, for the family, and for the clinicians, it takes them away from the care of that patient and other patients, quite apart from the fact that there are enormous costs involved for everybody. so, anything that we can do to try to avoid things escalating would be worth looking at. of course, there always will be something, some cases that do end up in court, it is not to say it is wrong to go down that route ever but i do think it may be helpful if we can find a way of intervening early. in terms of cases of this kind, although we don't know the first—hand experiences of this case, given your specialist, and you often deal with cases of people at the end of their life, how do you kind of manage that

communication process? because often, it is over a long period of time, they have known they have been ill, they may have a condition that has been developing, or it could be a short prognosis, but a lot of it must be down to that kind of qualitative communication. when you are breaking bad news, you have to remember that when someone is in shock, they often can't hear the information that is being given, it is as if they become deaf from the shock. you have to find a way of giving them the information in small enough chunks so they can take it on board, always being completely honest with people and helping them understand. and as soon as there a misunderstanding anywhere of trying to undo that misunderstanding and correct it and reset the agenda so that the patient or the patient and family know that you, as a clinician, working with them to try to do something about this

devastating situation, whether it is the disease, the accident, outcome, whatever has happened, i think you are working with them, and in a way, the disease, it is as if it is your comment enemy it is what you are trying to tackle, but also... also recognising reality as you do that. how do you deal with a situation that for many patients, they feel they go down this route, it will be the medical establishment closing ranks, how to make the process feel genuinely independent? the first step is for them to know you are being completely open and honest with them about everything all the way, and explaining to people. nobody should underestimate how terrifying it is to discover that your whole world has fallen apart in a moment, and then intensive care units are intimidating, they are really scary.

being in a hospital environment which is unfamiliar, and then the medical language is a new language as well, which, if you have not had any encounter with it previously, can also be terrifying, and can lead to misunderstanding. the conservative party leadership contenders have set out their approaches to dealing with the economic downturn forecast by the bank of england. liz truss has said she would help people with the cost—of—living crisis by lowering taxes, not giving "handouts". rishi sunak warned that the conservatives could "kiss goodbye" to winning the next election unless inflation is quickly brought under control. our political correspondent jonathan blake has the details. for whichever candidate becomes the next prime minister, tackling rising energy costs will be an immediate challenge. liz truss has said she'd

focus on cutting taxes and boosting supply, ruling out "hand—outs". what i will do from day one is reduce taxes, so reverse the national insurance rise, and also have a temporary moratorium on the green energy levy, so people are spending less of their money on fuel bills. but what i'm about, as a conservative, is people keeping more of their own money, growing the economy, so we avoid a recession. at a hustings in eastbourne last night, both candidates doubled down on their approach to the economy. liz truss spoke of hope and optimism, and not talking the country into recession. rishi sunak�*s message to the party — get real. we all heard what they said yesterday, all of you saw the numbers, and if we don't get a grip of this thing and get a grip of it fast, then we can kiss goodbye to winning that next election. so the first thing to put ourselves in a position to win is get through inflation and and get through it quickly, and not do

things worse, but then... thank you. i would also... earlier, environmental protesters disrupted the event, calling for action on climate change and energy bills — another sign that, for some, the focus of this contest is not reflecting reality. jonathan blake, bbc news. the headlines on bbc news... the family of 12—year—old archie battersbee confirm he has died after his life support was withdrawn. conservative leadership contenders set out their approaches to dealing with the economic downturn forecast by the bank of england. a bus carrying passengers to a roman catholic pilgrimage has crashed in northern croatia, killing 12 polish people and injuring more than thirty others. sport now, and for a full round up,

from the bbc sport centre. another busy day at the commonwealth games? an epic day on this final weekend of the games, 33 gold medals to be won, and in the last hour, i can tell you that northern ireland have beaten india in the bowels, and they have won their second medal. —— two. the winning bowl was delivered in the 18th minute. the first lawn bowls gold since they won 2a years ago. earlier, the english pair of amy and sophie won silver after losing a thrilling final to australia in the women's pairs. that

final throw there from australia winning the tie 19—18. england had now won four medals in total in the green at these games. next to the netbook. jamaica have made history today as they reached their first ever netball commonwealth final. the sunshine girls beat the world champions new zealand 67—51. and they celebrated in style with this dance routine at the nec, on the 60th anniversary of their independence. and jamaica will play the winner of this one, either england or australia. it is a sell out at the nec for this one as you'd imagine. this semi final is a replay of the final back on the gold coast four years ago when england became commonwealth champions by beating australia

in an extraordinary finish. england currently trail at half—time, 23—29. so, the aussies with their noses in front at the moment, looking for revenge for what happened on the gold coast. you can watch plate resume over on bbc iplayer shortly. its the final day of rhythmic gymnastics, and wales had a morning to remember as gemma frizelle won the first gold medal of day nine in the hoop final. she scored 28.7 becoming the first welsh gymnast to win gold in this discipline at a commonwealth games. she beat cypriot anna sokolova to the title, with canada's carmel kallemaa taking bronze. there were medals too for scotland, as louise christie won silver in the womens ribbon final. that's scotland's first medal in rhythmic gymnastics since 1994. over at the alexander stadium,

scotland's world champion jake wightman had to settle for a commonwealth bronze medal as australia's oliver hoare charged through in the final few metres to claim a sensational 1500m gold. wightman, who took that incredible gold at the world championships in eugene last month, made his move with 200m to go but couldnt hold on to the lead. oliver hoare edged past kenya's olympic silver medallist timothy cheruiyot at the line before sinking to his knees in disbelief. england's hopes of winning the first ever commonwealth twenty20 title are over, after they lost their semi final to india by 4 runs. opener smriti mandhana hit 61 off 32 balls, including three sixes, and jemimah rodrigues made an unbeaten 44 as india made a challenging 164—5. captain nat sciver and amyjones looked like they might steer england

home butjones was run out for 31. australia or new zealand await in the final. england's nick miller has successfully defended his hammer title. having failed with his first two attempts, a fourth throw of 76.43m was enough to hold off the challenge of canada's ethan katzberg, as cyprus�* alexandros poursanidis pipped england'sjoseph ellis to bronze. fulham's return to the premier league got off to a good start earning a two all draw at home to liverpool in the lunch time kick off. aleksandar mitrovic broke the championship scoring record last season and gave fulham the perfect start after half an hour at craven cottage. it took a substitution for liverpool to get back into the game. new signing darwin nunez coming off

the bench to open his account. mitrovic put fulham back in front with a penalty after he was fouled. but there's no stopping mo salah rewriting the record books as he struck on the opening day for the sixth season in a row to salvage a point for liverpool. five other matches in the premier league today... four of them underway in three o'clock kick—offs. that's all the sport for now. in croatia, at least 12 people have been killed and 32 injured after a polish bus veered off a highway early this morning.

the bus was heading in the direction of the croatian capital zagreb when it crashed near the city of varazdin. it was on its way to a well known catholic pilgrimage site in bosnia—herzegovina. three priests and six nuns were among the bus passengers. poland's justice minister has ordered warsaw's prosecutors office to launch an investigation into the cause of the bus crash. earlier i spoke to our warsaw correspondent adam easton who explained what authorities believe happened to the bus. this bus set off from poland yesterday, on friday, and it was travelling southwards to that small bosnian town in northern croatia when the crash happened, which took place at 5:40am local time. apparently, it veered off the highway and rolled off into a ditch, causing the death of at least 12 of those passengers, and injuring all 32 other people on board.

we know there were two drivers, there was some speculation in croatian media about one of the drivers, the driver obviously behind the wheel at the time, but that is possibly falling asleep, but that is just speculation, it has not been confirmed at all by any of the official sources. and, yes, as you mentioned, this is a hugely popular pilgrimage for people here in poland, and they have been going the early 1980s to this small bosnian town. poland, of course, it remains a very roman catholic country, one of the most roman catholic countries in europe. ever since the 1980s when some local children in the town said they saw a vision of the virgin mary in 1981, pilgrimages have been taking place to this town every year.

it is estimated 2.5 million people across the world make the pilgrimage to the town. many of them from poland. so, the catholic bishops across the country have announced that at the mass services on sunday, there will be prayers for the victims and the families of the victims all across the country. israel says it's arrested 19 members of the palestinian group, islamichhad, in raids across the west bank. this is after carrying out air—strikes against targets in gaza yesterday in which 11 palestinians were killed, including a commander of islamichhad and a child. in retaliation, islamichhad militants fired dozens of rockets into israel from gaza. our correspondent yolande knell is injerusalem.( sot tx) well, we are seeing some dramatic pictures coming from the gaza strip. in just the past couple of hours, an apartment building reduced

to rubble by an israeli air strike just minutes after people there received a warning call. big plumes of smoke on the gaza skyline, and we've also got reports of the first direct hit on an israeli house in the south of the country where a family was in a bomb shelter at the time. this is day two of an operation that the israeli military says could last for a week, but it is to counter islamichhad militants. islamichhad is the second—biggest militant group in gaza. israel sees it as posing a direct threat, and islamichhad has said that since one of its leaders was killed by an israeli air strike last night, it will avenge him. and since then, it has fired some 200 rockets into israel, most of which have been intercepted by its iron dome missile defence system. now, it is important to note, as the exchange of fire goes on, that hamas, which is the most powerful militant group which governs gaza, has notjoined this round of fighting. and as egypt, who is the traditional mediator here, tries to bring about a ceasefire and going between the two sides, that could prove

to be really crucial. the effects from a cyber attack on the uk's nhs111 system could take until next week to resolve. it affected the phone lines and electronic referrals to out—of—hours gps. the service helps people get the right advice and treatment when they need it. i spoke to chelsea jarvie about what sort of risks there are to the nhs from using third party contractors. to save hassle developing systems internally, it is useful to us to use different services and suppliers, but that comes with the additional security risk where those supplies have to be maintaining their own cyber security and keeping that good cyber hygiene in place said

that we are not then impacted by an attack on their side. there was an attack on the nhs, slightly bizarre attack a few years ago that seemed to be linked to north korea. yes, that attack was five years ago now, it was a massive ransomware attack which affected organisations and governments right across the globe. the nhs was caught in a crossfire without attack. so, it wasn't a targeted attack, in particular, so we do see some people come under targeted attacks from cyber security hacking groups, and then others, it is just a fluke. somebody has clicked on a phishing e—mail or you have been unlucky, really. you see, that is very striking, that one could think that one keystroke by one person using part of the surveys that relies on a particular software, can actually end up disabling, potentially, the whole service. that seems to be almost an in—built vulnerability, that is quite worrying. we talk about security in depth

and defence in depth, so for somebody to click on a link or download an attachment in an e—mail, and for that to have such a big chain reaction doesn't —— in an e—mail, and for that to have such a big chain reaction does require other vulnerabilities to be in a system, so we have to look at security of all different levels and across all different systems and suppliers, and people as well, so try to get people to understand the impact they can have on the security position of an organisation and not to click links and things, so it is important for businesses to look at security right across the board. it should be something that in a sense it is not like there is just one defence, they should be several defences. absolutely. so there are lots of different controls that we have to put in place, from people, processes, technology as well. i think with this one, they have invoked their incident response plan, the nhs, which is another thing which is really important, to have those plans in place, and to test them to make sure

you know what to do in an incident. in security, we talk about, not even a cyber attack is going to happen but when, because we are fighting of malicious activity on a daily basis, so it really is something we are working on every single day to keep ahead of. as parts of england start to enforce temporary hosepipe bans this summer, concern is now turning to the risk of wild fires across the uk. fire chiefs have warned that our cities need to be better prepared by learning from the rural services that have been tackling and preventing fires in the countryside for years. claire marshall reports. the searing heat coupled with the lack of rain has made the countryside bone dry. wildfires normally seen on moors or grasslands have come closer than ever to houses. in early summer, this blaze began on a country parkjust south of birmingham. it came within a few metres of local homes.

we went to look at what was left behind.