welcome to bbc news, i'm rich preston. our top stories... 2a palestinians die in israeli air strikes on the gaza strip. israel says it's targetting the militant group islamichhad. rising concerns over the safety of europe's largest nuclear power plant held by russian forces in ukraine. cuba calls for help, including from the us, to tackle a major industrialfire. one body's been recovered so far. hundreds are taking part in a desperate rescue effort — as ten miners remain trapped underground in mexico. and a glimpse of life before the volcano — archaeologists shed new light on the lives people led in ancient pompeii.

the palestinian health ministry says 2a people including six children, are now known to have died in israeli air strikes on the gaza strip. israel is targeting the palestinian militant group, islamichhad, and says it expects the offensive to last a week. the british foreign secretary, liz truss, said britain stood by israel's right to defend itself, but has called for a swift end to the violence, which has broken more than a year of relative calm. from jerusalem, here's our middle east correspondent, yolande knell. explosion. 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," local official yaron sasson 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 military action near ukraine's zaporizhia nuclear plant. the international atomic energy agency's chief rafael grossi said he was "extremely concerned" by reports of shelling at europe's largest nuclear power plant. ukraine says parts of the plant have been seriously damaged by russian military strikes. russia blames ukraine for the strikes.

we can now speak to mycle schneider who is a nuclear energy consultant and member of the international panel on fissile material. what on fissile material. do we know about the current what do we know about the current state of this nuclear facility? current state of this nuclear facili ? ~ ., , ., , facility? well, to be honest, we know _ facility? well, to be honest, we know that _ facility? well, to be honest, we know that this _ facility? well, to be honest, we know that this facility - facility? well, to be honest, l we know that this facility with six reactors has been attacked by russia on the 4th of march and has been occupied ever since. now, the details of what is going on in this place are obviously highly controversial, there are impossible to verify by anybody on the ground, so it is very difficult to say. but we know enough to say that this situation of a military occupation way reportedly the staff has been working at gunpoint for a long time, where

events happen like kidnapping or other threats against the distaff or other personnel coming from outside and this kind of permanent psychological situation for families and everything involved, that is nothing new, we have had this situation to five months, and i think it has been quite concerning, five months. so i am a little surprised that it is now that people are, and the iaea are concerned about showing, it is a global situation at the facility that is very, very concerning. what is very, very concerning. what is the biggest _ is very, very concerning. what is the biggest threat _ is very, very concerning. what is the biggest threat to - is very, very concerning. what is the biggest threat to the - is the biggest threat to the stability of the plant? well, ou stability of the plant? well, you see. — stability of the plant? well, you see. a _ stability of the plant? well, you see, a nuclear- stability of the plant? well, you see, a nuclear power. stability of the plant? well, i you see, a nuclear power plant is built and organised and managed, according to a very complex set of rules and

regulations and legislation —— legislation, with supervisors, with regular inspections, maintenance, there is a flow of materials coming in, a spare parts etc, etc. so, it is kind of a fine tune system. this is what it is made for. there is nothing like that right now, and what we have is the most fragile part of the nuclear power plant, not necessarily areas we have immediately mined, but it is a power grid first. there is no nuclear safety without electricity. it sounds bizarre but that is how it is. you need always access to water to cool, even when every actor is shut down, the moment you shut it down, so—called, you have about 7% of the heat that was generated but is still there and has be evacuated. so, it is kind of an

ongoing system of power supply to make pumps run, to make systems run, to make controlled one, and water supplies, they are really the key areas. {lila are really the key areas. 0k, we will have _ are really the key areas. 0k, we will have to _ are really the key areas. 0k, we will have to leave - are really the key areas. 0k, we will have to leave it - are really the key areas. ok, we will have to leave it there, thank you for taking the time with us. cuba has requested help from the united states and other neighbouring countries to tackle a major fire in fuel storage tanks, which were struck by lightning on friday night in the city of matanzas, about 80km/50miles east of the capital havana. let's cross to mexico city now and speak to the bbc�*s will grant. what is the latest? 17 firefighters are missing, a horrific situation for cubans, the island more generally, this couldn't come a worse time.

rolling electricity blackouts and havana, the capital, has wittily been told it is going to have to start experiencing blackouts as they start to try and move elements of the electricity grid to other parts of the island that needed so really it comes at a terrible, terrible time to have a fuel depot —— heel depot on a fire to such an extent that they cannot bring it under control and have appealed to neighbours like mexico and indeed the ideological foe like mexico and indeed the ideologicalfoe of like mexico and indeed the ideological foe of the united states, both of home have indicated a willingness to help. indicated a willingness to hel. indicated a willingness to hel _ 4' ., indicated a willingness to hel. ~ ., ., ~ ., help. do we know what kind of help. do we know what kind of help keep _ help. do we know what kind of help keep looking _ help. do we know what kind of help keep looking for- help. do we know what kind of help keep looking for and - help. do we know what kind ofi help keep looking for and what help keep looking for and what help they are likely to get back? , ,., ., , back? the very bottom line is they want _ back? the very bottom line is they want to _ back? the very bottom line is they want to get _ back? the very bottom line is they want to get the - back? the very bottom line is they want to get the fire - back? the very bottom line is| they want to get the fire under control immediately, as soon as possible. so, if you can send firefighters, support, you know, equipment, that is what they are looking for in the short term. beyond that, they will be other elements that they will need to rebuild the site and make it safe again. but in the short term, the

emphasis is on simply bringing displays under control. and this tells us a lot about where cubais this tells us a lot about where cuba is at the moment, that this place is so out of control talks to the sent —— extent of the crumbling infrastructure on the crumbling infrastructure on the island, of course worsened by the decade—long usa embargo, something that the usa has been at pains to point out doesn't prevent them from helping in an emergency situation like this one. ., ~' emergency situation like this one. . ~ , ., emergency situation like this one. ., ~ , ., y emergency situation like this one. . ~ , . ten miners remain trapped in a coal mine that collapsed and flooded on wednesday in mexico. hundreds of rescuers are now involved in the efforts, including several divers. the mine is in the town of sabinas in northern mexico, and in a region that is no stranger to incidents of this kind. the bbc�*s azadeh moshiri has this report. mexico's rescue ten workers trapped in a coal mine have reached a crucial point.

the miners have been deep underground since wednesday after their excavation caused the tunnel wall to cave in and triggered floods in three wells. rescuers are working on pumping out the water that has filled the mine to allow divers to enter. translation: the good news is that the pump, i which has much more capacity is empty in one of the wells. this will hopefully deliver a very positive result, compared to what was achieved throughout the night. five of the workers managed to escape within the first 2a hours but since then, no survivors have been found. so, the families have been waiting and hoping for good news, sleeping through the night in cots, blankets, plastic chairs, and whatever else they could find. translation: we are still hoping that they l are in a higher part, although it is too much water, the well was up to the top, but we trust in god. the incident has brought back memories of the pasta de conchos tragedy in 2006,

when an explosion killed 65 people in a local mine. mexico's president has said investigations into who is responsible this time will have to wait. the focus right now is on saving lives. azadeh moshiri, bbc news. let's take a look at some of the other stories making the news... police in brazil have arrested five people accused of illegally fishing in an indigenous reservation — the same area where a high—profile indigenous expert and a british journalist were killed two months ago. bruno pereira and the journalist, dom phillips, were shot dead as they investigated the involvement of organised crime in commercialfishing. firefighters are battling six wildfires in galicia in north west spain. 700 people have been evacuated from the area around boiro. no casualties have been reported so far. there have been 366 wildfires in spain so far this year, fuelled by scorching temperatures and drought conditions.

us presidentjoe biden has tested negative for covid—i9, days after coming down with a second bout of the illness. the president's doctor said he'll remain in isolation until he tests negative on a second test, but added that "the president continues to feel very well." (pres)to the balkans, and in croatia at least 12 to the balkans, and in croatia at least 12 people have been killed and dozens injured after a bus from poland veered off a highway. 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 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 -

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. archie battersbee, the 12—year—old boy at the centre of a uk legal battle over his care while lying unconscious in hospital, has died. his life—sustaining treatment was withdrawn earlier today. 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. you're watching bbc news — a reminder of the headlines... 2a palestinians die in air strikes on the gaza strip. israel says it's targetting the militant group — islamichhad. rising concerns over the safety of europe's largest nuclear power plant — held by russian

50 years ago this week, nearly 30—thousand ugandan asians arrived in britain — forced out of their own country by dictator idi amin. many settled in greater manchester and lancashire — arriving with nothing but their clothes and a few possessions. among them the raja family from bolton. whole families had arrived with little cash. the few belongings they brought often seemed nothing more than sentimental value. they'd left their homes, cars, businesses, pets — their whole lives behind in uganda with little warning. £50, yeah, and all the clothes and everything. that was all you had? i left behind all of my money, all the things. nila raja now sits in the superstore and sari fashion shop herfamily has built from scratch in bolton. but in i972,she arrived at heathrow with almost nothing and three kids in tow. her brother had bought a house over here, realising trouble was coming. one or two of ourfamily, friends had lost their lives, so there was no other

option but to leave. they have been milking the economy of the country. president idi amin gave ugandan asians 90 days to leave, saying he was giving uganda back to ehtnic ugandans and they were britain's responsibility. for nila's children, who were all under six, it was a culture shock. my grandad was the manager of a beerfactory, we had a big house, we had servants, we had everything. my uncle greeted us at the airport with the old 1970s duffel coats, three of them, we were freezing, it was cold. when we then came to bolton, we cried for six months because of the cold. couldn't handle it. we had to live like the english, you know. english clothes, haircut short, i remember having bay city roller socks, the ladies at the nursery said, tell your knees to watch top of the pops

and coronation street, and she will soon pick up english. and did that work? before i knew english, i could sing any abba song ever. families like the rajas were dispersed across britain and the reception from local people was sometimes as unwelcoming as the weather. but that wasn't the case in bolton. bolton was a beautiful place. people around helped me set up what we are today. and the local community was the most helpful. 50 years ago the rajas started with a corner shop, which became the uk�*s first ever asian department store. they now also own a computer business, accountancy firm and nursing homes. how do you feel now about your mum, your uncle, came here with nothing, and what they have achieved here? heroes, both of them heroes. not all superheroes have cakes.

done really proud. getting emotional? yeah, yeah, yeah. abbiejones, bbc news, bolton. in italy, archaeologists have unearthed four new rooms in a house in pompeii, offering more insights into life in the ancient city. about two—thirds of the city have 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 - 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. let's turn to the commonwealth games now, and day nine saw medals handed out on the track, on the field, in the pool and on the bowling green. there was glory for, among others, jamaica, trinidad and tobago, kenya, and guernsey. the bbc�*s tim allman has a round—up of the action. if anyone can make winning gold seem almost routine, it's jamaica's elaine thompson—herah. the five—time olympic champion picked up her second commonwealth gold, adding the 200 metres to the 100 metres title she won on wednesday. trinidad and tobago's jereem richards took the men's 200 metres, beating frankie fredericks's record which has

stood since 1994. in the women's 800 metres, kenya's mary moraa broke local hearts, outpacing england's keely hodgkinson on the home straight to take gold. a happier moment for the home crowd when nick miller successfully defended his men's hammer titles, a throw of 76 metres, 43 centimetres was enough to see off canada's ethan kazberg. there was a clean sweep for england in the men's three—metres springboard diving final. dan goodfellow taking the top spot on the podium. but the hosts will not defend their title in the women's netball, england losing to australia in the semifinals. it was a similar story in the cricket, this time india's women coming out on top. yeah, i am just gutted, really. gutted that i couldn't get my team over the line.

there was a moment to savour for wales, gemma frizzelle winning the rhythmic gymnastics hoop final. it was the principality�*s first ever gold. let's take a look at the top of the medal table. australia lead the way with 58 golds and 154 medals over all. england are second 011146 medals, and canada are third. and one other historic moment to take note of, alastair chalmers is taking bronze in the 400 metre hurdles, the first athletics medal guernsey has ever won at a commonweath games. tim norman, bbc news. celebrations have been taking place all over the world for the return of pride, the lgbtq event that was forced to close amid the covid—19 pandemic. this is amsterdam where hundreds of thousands of spectators lined the city's historic canals to celebrate canal parade, a pride flotilla of 80 brightly decorated boats packed with people partying, singing and waving rainbow

flags, balloons and umbrellas. and here in the german city of hamburg, thousands celebrated christopher street day. the theme was diversity not violence. meanwhile in the uk, brighton pride is back. the singer, christina aguilera, has already performed on saturday. 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. it's our first year since 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. i 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. a reminder of our top story — at least 24 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. these are some live pictures from israel says it is targeting the palestinian faction of islamicjihad. faction of islamic jihad. israeli faction of islamicjihad. israeli officials say the people of gaza are not the enemy and they want to target militants in the area. while indian authorities have of course called for israeli officials to scale back their military action. much more on that story on our website of

course. or on the bbc news at one. you can get me on twitter. thank you very much. see you next time. 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 and northern ireland, probably eastern scotland not faring 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, low—20s 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 and 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 24 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 occupying russians. cuba has requested help from the us and other neighbouring countries to tackle a major fire in fuel storage tanks, which were struck by lightning in the city of matanzas. 17 firefighters are missing and more

than 100 people have been injured.