this is bbc news, i'm lucy grey with the latest headlines for viewers in the uk and around the world. 2a palestinians die in air strikes on the gaza strip. israel says it's targeting the militant group islamichhad. rising concerns over the safety of europe's largest nuclear power plant, held by russian forces in ukraine. archie battersbee, the british boy at the centre of a legal battle over whether he should be kept on life support, has died. 12 people are killed after a bus carrying pilgims to a catholic shrine veers off a road in northern croatia. and before the volcano — archaeologists shed new light on the lives people led in ancient pompeii.

2a people are now known to have died in israeli air strikes on the gaza strip, including six children. israel says it's targeting the palestinian militant group, islamichhad, which in response has fired more than 300 rockets. yolande knell has the latest from jerusalem. the full force of israel's new military operation in gaza. this building hitjust minutes after a warning strike. palestinians racing away. a year of relative calm now shattered. this is where one of the first israeli air strikes killed an islamichhad commander, leaving his neighbour in shock. "we were safe in our home. "we were thrown out of it by the bomb", says maryam. "why didn't they warn us?"

tonight, islamichhad fired heavy barrages of rockets — in revenge, it said, for its leader's death. most were intercepted by israeli air defences. but earlier, a missile hit this israeli home. the family went to their shelter when the air raid sirens went off, this local official said. "this is probably what saved them. no one was hurt." israeli forces are targeting what they say are militant bases in gaza. they maintain they're reacting to a direct threat from iran—backed islamichhad. with further deaths in gaza, much now depends on the decisions of the powerful militant group hamas, which governs here. and tonight we are hearing about other important developments. at least six people killed, including children, in a blast in the north of gaza, with israel and some palestinians blaming

a misfired militant rocket. that could complicate egypt—led efforts to broker a ceasefire. yolande knell, bbc news, jerusalem. the un's nuclear watchdog has called for an immediate end to any military action near ukraine's zaporizhia nuclear plant. iaea chief rafael mariano grossi said he was "extremely concerned" by reports of shelling at europe's largest nuclear power plant. it comes as ukraine said parts of the facility have been seriously damaged by russian military strikes. our correspondent hugo bachega is in kyiv, and is following developments. it is really hard to independently confirm those claims coming from both sides, because the zaporizhzhia power plant has been under russian occupation since the beginning of march, even though ukrainian technicians have been operating the facility. yesterday, ukrainian and russian officials have traded accusations, the ukrainians say that russian

forces shelled the site and then one of the reactors had to be disconnected from the system as a result of one of those attacks. now, the russians have denied those allegations, they say that the ukrainians are the ones behind these attacks. for days, we have been hearing from ukrainian and us officials who say that the russians have essentially turned this nuclear power plant into a military base and they are launching attacks against ukrainian positions from this site. and the mayor of a nearby city told me essentially what the russians are doing is that they are using the site as a nuclear shield. hugo bachega there. mark cancian is based at the centre for strategic and international studies. he says the nuclear plant is in a position that makes it a target. well, the plant is essentially on the front lands dust front lines of combat here. so it's in a bad spot and nuclear power

plants are very sensitive facilities, there risks of local contamination. and the ukrainians rely on this for a large part of their electricity, so it is a very dangerous situation. it's being run by the ukrainian operators, but one suspects the usual management oversight operator training, then you have the safeguards are not in place — i think everyone would feel a lot better and reduce concerns if some outside inspectors could come in and see what's going on at the plant, and reassure everyone that in fact, the operation is safe.- everyone that in fact, the operation is safe. now it's beinu operation is safe. now it's being claimed _ operation is safe. now it's being claimed russia - operation is safe. now it's being claimed russia is i operation is safe. now it's i being claimed russia is using the site to launch attacks, so ukraine is saying russia has turned to the plant into a military base and is using it as a kind of nuclear shield. with that information, what do you make of the claims from both sides that it's the other that's done this shelling? well, the russians are almost certainly using it as a military base and as a shield —

there are pictures of russian weapons at the site, and they are likely using it to attack ukrainian forces. the ukrainians are likely shooting back, one suspects that the exclusions and problems that have occurred are from ukrainian counter fire. have occurred are from ukrainian counterfire. but have occurred are from ukrainian counter fire. but as i say, this facility is on the front lines and in a very exposed, dangerous position. so it's not surprising that it's getting fire from one side or the other. getting fire from one side or the other-— the other. but do you think that there _ the other. but do you think that there is _ the other. but do you think that there is a _ the other. but do you think that there is a chance - the other. but do you think that there is a chance of. the other. but do you think i that there is a chance of some sort of chernobyl style disaster here? fortunately there really _ disaster here? fortunately there really isn't _ disaster here? fortunately there really isn't - - disaster here? fortunately there really isn't - and i disaster here? fortunately i there really isn't - and that's there really isn't — and that's one piece of good news. this facility has a containment shield unlike chernobyl. in chernobyl arose from problems on the inside — that lack of controls and operator mismanagement — that will not happen from outside shelling. but you could have local

contamination as nuclear substances are released. and it would be very damaging for the ukrainian economy if this power plant were permanently put out of operation. plant were permanently put out of operation-— of operation. and 'ust more widely speaking, i of operation. and just more widely speaking, how i of operation. and just more widely speaking, how do i of operation. and just more | widely speaking, how do you of operation. and just more i widely speaking, how do you see this conflict playing out? well, we seem to be moving into a stalemate, the russians have been making some progress in the east, they've been attacking there for the last two months — those operations have essentially come to an end. the ukrainians are reported to be getting ready for a counteroffensive to the west of the power plant, and the curse on area. where there —— whether they can pull it off is a tough question. they've been on the defensive, their troops are not very skilled at all offensive operations. we hope they have success but it'll be a different kind of

fight than they've had before. ukraine says a foreign—flagged ship has arrived at one of its ports for the first time since the russian invasion in february. president zelensky said, "we managed to resume maritime exports of ukrainian agricultural products. our ports in the black sea are again operating." it's hoped that much needed wheat will now reach the rest of the world, but there are other factors that could lead to food shortages. let's speak to abdolreza abbassian. he is a food market analyst, and a former senior economist at the food and agriculture organisation. thanks very much forjoining us. president zelensky is obviously delighted about this recent development in terms of the grain ships leaving ukraine, and today this for inflection of arriving, he said, "if our partners fulfil their part of the commitment and guarantee the security of supplies, this will really solve the global food crisis." do you share his optimism?

well, it surely helps, in fact, it's already helped prices to ease a bit. the very fact that ukraine being such a very important player in the market for wheat and other crops definitely has helped prices to come down, as you know, they've been at record levels. however one must put it in context — there are many other factors in play, unfortunately not all are very positive, and those are concerns. the weather has done quite a damage here and there, there are many concerns about production prospects, many crops cannot be harvested later on this year. and there are other factors outside the country, such as very high fuel prices, macro economic conditions, facing a lot of challenges to a lot of countries. so it's a culmination of factors. still, in this world a very negative developments, this is a very positive development indeed. i suppose security concerns are

still major, aren't they? the security risk continues in the seas they're having to go through, these chips are mined. in terms of the market reaction to these developments in ukraine, and my right to say they've been muted, and that's probably because of the security risk continuing and nobody is really sure what will happen in the weeks and months ahead? , , ., , happen in the weeks and months ahead? , , , ~ ., , ahead? definitely nobody knows, in conditions _ ahead? definitely nobody knows, in conditions - _ ahead? definitely nobody knows, in conditions - the _ ahead? definitely nobody knows, in conditions - the signals - ahead? definitely nobody knows, in conditions - the signals are i in conditions — the signals are not that positive, the uncertainties are still there, plexi is extremely important —— the black sea is extremely important, and we've had a couple successful ship journeys, but these are not level volumes the market is expecting to see coming to the market, it wants to see much more than that. and given the uncertainties and the war that is unfortunately carrying on, and even intensifying to some extent, it doesn't leave much optimism. but again, things

could happen. the un and turkey has really done their bit, they've brought these two sides together to at least get this done, which is so important for the globalfood done, which is so important for the global food security. you talked about _ the global food security. you talked about all— the global food security. you talked about all those factors at play at the moment, things like the weather and fuel prices — things that it's very difficult to do anything about right now, what do you see in terms of what the international community could do in order to ease things?— ease things? well, i 'ust hope they don-t * ease things? well, i 'ust hope they don't repeat i ease things? well, ijust hope they don't repeat the - ease things? well, ijust hope they don't repeat the same i they don't repeat the same mistakes they made over ten years ago when we had a food crisis, when there were a lot of export bands. as countries face food inflation domestically, they put a ban on exports. i'm worried about prospects for rice — as we know, some countries are being affected by not so good weather conditions, like india, the world's largest exporter is one of those. we've had lower plantings due to the rain deficits injuly, critical months for india. so we hope

that this doesn't mean that the end of the day, some of these important exporting countries would have to put an export ban or export restrictions because that's exactly what happened the last episode during the 2006-11 the last episode during the 2006—11 period where we all faced a food crisis. so this is really what has to happen. transparency, countries working together, and trying to make the best out of it given how difficult other conditions are, especially outside agriculture. good to get your thoughts, thank you very much. archie battersbee, the 12—year—old boy at the centre of a uk legal battle over his care, has died. his life sustaining treatment was withdrawn earlier on saturday. it brings to an end a stand off between doctors who said archie was "brain stem dead," and his parents who wanted his treatment to continue. our correspondent simon jones has the details. saying their final farewells — these pictures were released by archie's family in the hours before his life support was

withdrawn, following a series of legal battles pitting the family against doctors. archie passed at 12:15 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. the 12—year—old was found unconscious at his home in april. he had suffered catastrophic brain injuries. the doctors treating him said there was no hope of recovery, but his family maintained he needed more time. barts health nhs trust, which runs the royal london hospital, went to court to ask for treatment to end. the case was referred to the high court, the court of appeal, the supreme court and the european court of human rights, butjudge afterjudge agreed with doctors. after careful thought, we refuse permission to appeal, on all the grounds... the family eventually

had to accept they had exhausted all legal routes. no family should ever have to go through what we have been through — it's barbaric. tributes to archie left outside the hospital today. his family had wanted him moved to a hospice away from what they saw as the noise and chaos of the hospital. that was refused, the trust arguing archie was in such an unstable condition it was too great a risk. in a statement, barts health nhs trust said its thoughts and condolences were with archie's family. it said that treatment had been withdrawn in line with court rulings about his best interests, and it said staff had shown extraordinary compassion over months caring for archie in often distressing circumstances. in court, judges had to put all emotions aside to decide solely what was best for archie. it is quite rare to see these types of cases in court, although there have been a handful of high—profile

cases in recent years. there have been many different possible avenues that the parents could have tried, and it was important to them to make sure that they had exhausted all of those avenues. archie's family have said they are broken. the end of a life played out in the courts and in the public spotlight. simon jones, bbc news. you're watching bbc news, a reminder of the headlines... 2a palestinians die in air strikes on the gaza strip. israel says it's targeting the militant group islamicjihad. rising concerns over the safety of europe's largest nuclear power plant, held by russian forces in ukraine. in croatia, at least 12 people have been killed and dozens injured after a polish bus veered off a highway. the bus was heading in the direction of the croatian capital zagreb, when it crashed near the city of varazadin. it was on its way to a roman catholic shrine in bosnia—herzegovina. our warsaw correspondent

adam easton reports. the bus veered off the highway just before dawn and ended up in a ditch. on board were two drivers and 42 pilgrims from across poland. 11 people were killed at the scene. the rest were taken to nearby hospitals — many of them in a serious condition. translation: one woman's operation is still ongoing i and will take a long time, because she has multiple bodily injuries and her life is in danger. we have eight patients in hospital, four in intensive care, two of whom are currently in the operating room. the pilgrims were on their way to the small bosnian town of medjugorje. it's been a popular pilgrimage site ever since local children said they had seen a vision of the virgin mary there in the 1980s. many people in poland are deeply attached to their catholic faith, and the chance to make

this pilgrimage is a highlight of their lives. from all over the country, they make the 1,500 km journey overnight on buses like this one. it's not known why this bus crashed. the tragedy has sparked deep anguish and sorrow here. in churches across poland, prayers are being said for the victims and their families. adam easton, bbc news, warsaw. the white house has called china's actions in and around the taiwan strait "provocative and irresponsible". it comes after taiwan's defence ministry said that chinese aircraft and warships had been rehearsing an attack on the island. it follows a trip to taiwan by the senior us democrat nancy pelosi, which china viewed as a challenge to its claims of sovereignty over the island. from taipei, here's the bbc�*s rupert wingfield—hayes. so we're now into day three of this what i would call "military intimidation" of taiwan by china. it's due to run through until sunday lunchtime here. 0n the first day on thursday,

we saw china firing lots of missiles across the taiwan strait. the second day, on friday, we saw chinese military aircraft and ships intruding into taiwan—controlled waters, coming very close to taiwan's coast. and what's very clear now is that taiwan has decided it's not going to respond. we've seen taiwanese naval vessels going out and shadowing the chinese ships, but not challenging them. taiwan is basically doing everything it can to not escalate this crisis and make it more dangerous. analysts say that is the right thing to do, but it has a big downside for taiwan, in that it is allowing china to set new baselines. for example, it looks very possible now that, on thursday, china did fire ballistic missiles over the top of the island into the pacific ocean. that's certainly what china is claiming, and it seems that's also what the japanese defenc ministry thinks happened. china has never done anything like that before, and yet here in taiwan,

they are saying nothing. that is allowing china to normalise the sort of military pressure on the island that, in the past, would have seemed extremely provocative. on thursday, the white house announced a nationwide state of emergency in response to the growing number of monkeypox cases in the us. the disease is rarely fatal but can cause extreme pain — and in america, it's concentrated in gay communities. san francisco has one of the highest rates of infection — from there, james clayton has more. we are at a very scary place. we have seen this happen before in history, during the aids crisis, when san francisco was virtually left on its own. politicians here are worried, monkeypox has taken hold in the heart of san francisco's gay community, the vast majority are reported cases are men who have sex with men and many people here feel ignored.

stefan contracted monkeypox after he attended san francisco pride. saturday i started feeling really sick with flu symptoms, i had a fever, i was sleeping all day, sweats, a headache. it was publicly painful in the genitals and other sensitive areas. when i would use the rest room, it pretty much felt as if you were rubbing glass on your skin. so i have some here... stefan�*s scars are still visible. he said he'd tried to obtain tpoxx medicine but it's in short supply in the city. you couldn't find it? no, the place that was supposed to be the best place to get it evaluated me and said my case wasn't severe enough to get it. san francisco aids foundation has turned its attention to monkeypox, delivering tests and vaccines — but there simply isn't enough. they have 10,000 people in a waiting list. this is an incredibly infuriating moment, we were left on our own

in the early days of the hiv epidemic and it very much feels that way in this moment and it does leave many of us wondering if this would be happening, if it was happening to any other community in our country. experts say that monkeypox is transmitted by touch — it is notjust confined to gay men, and the worry here is not only does it continue to spread in the gay community but it jumps into other groups, too. the streets here are calm, but a state of emergency has been declared, both locally and nationally, to step up the medical response. the hope here is that it's not too little too late. james clayton, bbc news, san francisco. archaeologists have unearthed four new rooms in a house in the ancient city of pompeii, offering more insights into greco—roman life. about two—thirds of the city has now been uncovered, and it remains one of italy's most popular tourist attractions. tom brada reports.

an ancient city frozen in time by a monstrous eruption almost 2,000 years ago. still—vibrant ceramics, a wooden dish cabinet, fragments of an extremely tired bed — just some of the treasures unearthed by archaeologist at pompeii, offering a glimpse of what life was like for ordinary roman citizens before the town was pummelled by mount vesuvius in 79 ad. these items were all found in four newly—excavated rooms, first discovered at a property in 2018. in one room, there's a cupboard that had stayed open for the best part of two millennia. translation: here, you can see the cabinet with the wooden i parts of the doors. inside the cabinet, there were shelves — and what we see is the shelf that collapsed when the volcano exploded. inside, we found glass objects like these bottles, but also ceramics like these vases that we're gradually discovering. in another room, there's

a table still holding its original ornaments. and in another, even a bed with parts of the bed frame still intact and traces of fabric from the original inhabita nts' pillow. a lot of this excavation work is being carried out during peak tourist season. translation: we have - about 12,000 people coming in each day, sometimes up to 15,000. with due care, we are able to manage the situation safely. it's little surprise that pompeii continues to attract visitors in such numbers. thousands of years on from its infamous devastation, its ancient ruins continue to offerfresh insight into the lives of the people who once called it home. tom brada, bbc news. brighton pride has been back on the streets of the uk city after being cancelled for the past two years due to covid—19. the singer christina aguilera has performed, and paloma faith is the headline act on sunday. sam harrison reports.

cheering a celebration finally back to its brilliant best — but this time, it simply meant more. this morning, thousands gathered on hove lawns to send off the long—awaited pride parade. i felt a bit emotional when i first got here, because we've had such a long time away from each other, so it feels extra special. this is the first year it's been back since covid, it's our first time having family and dogs here, so it's quite an exciting pride for all of us. it's really my first proper- pride in general, and honestly, it's kind of amazing already. with the parade in full swing, you can feel the excitement here — and you can see just what it means to people to be back celebrating this world—famous event. back in 2019, these smiling faces weren't to know what was around the corner. and for those running events today, it's a reminder that this celebration can never be taken for granted. this is still a protest, us being here is a protest. today, the cameras will pan

around and show people from all ages, colours, sexualities, genders, and that is a protest. and there will be somebody who's not here who'll look at that and go, "i want to be part of that, cos that's me, those are my people." after a packed day of parades and parties, attention this evening turned to the concerts at preston park. and with headline performer christina aguilera in town, it's set to be a night to remember. it's going to be electric! we've been waiting for this for three years, for pride to come back, so we're so excited. pride 2022 is already proving to be a pride to remember. sam harrison, bbc south east today, brighton. you can reach me on twitter — i'm @lucyegrey. there's plenty more on our website. thanks for watching.

hello there. it'll be turning sunnier and warmer as we move through the weekend and into next week — we're expecting heatwave conditions certainly for england and wales. nights and days will become warmer. if it's rain you're looking for, most of that will be reserved for the north of the uk, as you can see here, particularly western scotland — barely any across england and wales here. it's expected to stay dry throughout. now for part two of the weekend, england and wales seeing the lion's share of the sunshine. more cloud for scotland, northern ireland, probably eastern scotland not fairing to badly with the sunshine. but there'll be some splashes of rain around, particularly western scotland where it'll stay quite breezy. high teens here, low—20s in eastern scotland, and up to around 28 celsius across the southeast of england. little change as we head

through sunday night — it stays rather cloudy, quite breezy across the northwest of the country, some splashes of rain in towards the western isles. further south, lengthy, clearskies, light winds, temperatures falling down to around 10—15 celsius, so even the night—time temperatures are beginning to creep up, as well. monday, then, we start the new working week off with a lot of sunshine across the board, more for southern and eastern scotland and northern ireland with the windier, cloudy, wet conditions reserved for the northwest of scotland. so again, mid—to—high teens here, low20s where it's sunnier in scotland and northern ireland, up to around 29 celsius in the warmest spots across southeast england, but generally the mid—to—high—20s for england and wales. tuesday it's warmer still again, quite windy across the northwest of scotland with gusts up to 40mph here with some splashes of rain. best of the sunshine, southern eastern scotland, northern ireland, and england and wales — as you can see, temperatures widely in the low—20s, up to 29—30 celsius in the southeast. and then, by around midweek, it looks like we'll see heat wave conditions for england

and wales — that's because we'll see temperatures well above average for more than three days. and we could be up to the mid—30s in celsius as we move towards the end of the week. the reason for it is our area of high pressure will start to migrate towards the east of the uk, and that will draw up this very warm air from the near content across the country on a fairly light and moderate southeasterly wind. so temperatures will be building day by day — and by midweek onwards, you can see those values into the mid—30s across parts of england and wales. always a little bit fresher with a bit more cloud in the north.

this is bbc news. the headlines... at least 2a palestinians have been killed by israeli air strikes on gaza — as the military continues its campaign for a second day. more than 120 people have been injured. israeli officials say more than 350 rockets and mortars have been fired at israeli territory since friday. the head of the un's nuclear watchdog, the iaea, says he's increasingly alarmed about the risk of disaster at the zaporizhzya power plant in ukraine. rafael grossi said military action could threaten public health and the environment. the plant is in the hands of the occupying russians. a 12—year—old british boy has died following a series of high—profile legal battles over whether or not doctors could turn off his life—support system. archie battersbee was found unconscious in april

and doctors had declared him brain—stem dead,