hello and welcome to bbc news. 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. (read on) our correspondent hugo bachega is in kyiv and is following developments. it's 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. now, yesterday, ukrainian and russian officials have traded accusations, the ukrainian 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 deny these allegations, they say that the ukrainians are the ones behind these attacks. now, 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 that essentially what the russians are doing is that they are using the site is a nuclear shield. let's get some of the day's other news. cuba has asked for help from the united states and other countries to put out a fire in fuel storage tanks in the coastal city of matanzas — about 80km/50miles east of the capital havana. the blaze began when the depots were hit by lightning on friday night. i7 firefighters are missing and almost eighty people were injured. police in brazil have arrested five people accused of illegally fishing in an indigenous reservation. it's 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. you can find more on all of these stories on our website. that's bbc.com/news. or download the bbc news app. 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. the two contenders for the leadership of the conservative party, and to become prime minister, have clashed again on how best to tackle the cost of living crisis. in the week when the bank of england sounded dire warnings on the economy, liz truss reiterated she would immediately cut taxes, and wouldn't be giving " handouts. " but her rival, rishi sunak, insisted it was wrong to rule out direct support to some households. here's our political correspondent, damian grammaticas. applause. thank you. liz truss in the sunshine in the west midlands, chasing the votes of tory party members. the looming economic crisis is now weighing on this race. ms truss today said if she was prime minister,

she would not be giving more hand—outs to those struggling to pay their bills. she would cut taxes instead. well, 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 am about as a conservative is people keeping more of their own money, growing the economy, so we avoid a recession. rishi sunak on the south coast said her tax cuts would amount to less than £200 for many average households, and he would look at doing more. we need to get real about this situation. it is simply wrong to rule out further direct support at this time as liz truss has done, and what is more, her tax proposals are not going to help very significantly people like pensioners or those on low incomes, who are exactly the kind of families who are going to need help. mr sunak�*s message to his party is that

inflation is what matters. average annual energy bills could go up another £2000 in the coming months, and it is thought 40% of people are already struggling to pay. ms truss says her approach is about optimism, stimulating the economy, and not talking the country into a recession. damian grammaticas, bbc news. let's go back to the fire in fuel storage tanks in cuba. the tanks were struck by lightning on friday night in the city of matanzas, about 50 miles east of the capital havana. our central america and cuba correspondent will grant, told me more. we know that at least 17 firefighters are missing, which is obviously a horrific situation for cubans, for the island more generally, and this couldn't come at a worse time for the nation, in many ways, in the grip as it is of a nationwide electricity, rolling electricity blackouts.

havana, the capital, has recently been told it is going to have to start experiencing blackouts as they try to move elements of the electricity grid to other parts of the island that need it, so, really, it comes at a terrible, terrible time to have a fuel depot on fire to such an extent that they can't bring it under control and have appealed to neighbours like mexico and indeed the ideologicalfoe of the united states, both of whom have indicated a willingness to help. specifically, do we know what kind of help cuba is looking for and what they are likely to get back? i mean, the very bottom line is that 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, there will be other elements that they will need to rebuild the site and make it safe again. but in the short term, i think the emphasis is on simply bringing displays under control.

and this tells us a lot about where cuba is at the moment, that this place is so out of control talks to the extent of the crumbling infrastructure on the island, of course worsened by the decade—long us economic embargo, something that the united states has been at pains to point out that, you know, doesn't prevent them from helping in an 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

mexico's president say efforts to 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. this is bbc news — the headlines... 2a palestinians die in air strikes on the gaza strip. israel says it's targetting the militant group — islamichhad. the head of the un's nuclear watchdog — the iaea — says he's increasingly alarmed about the risk of disaster at the zaporizhzhia power plant in ukraine. let's stay with that story. earlier i spoke to amy nelson who's a seniorfellow at strobe talbott center for security, strategy, and technology at the brookings institution. i asked if she agreed with the iaea's warning.. it's definitely concerning. of course, we have had these concerns off and on throughout the conflict and it reallyjust highlights how unsettling these

incidents are and how little the solution we have in place for managing these kinds of concerns at this time. there are reports of several strikes. pressure blames ukraine, ukraine blames russia. how vulnerable is the site at the moment? it's hard to tell in the fog of war what the vulnerabilities are. we know that russians are in control of the plant for a number of months right now, but that ukrainian engineers have been operating the plant, maintaining it on an ongoing basis. so if russia is launching strikes from the plant, using the plant as a shield, it is designed to deter the ukrainians from firing back, essentially. this nuclear disaster that the iaea has warned of, where does that risk come from?

is it powerfacilities going down, meaning radioactive materials aren't stored properly, is it the strike that directly hits the site, and some kind of explosion? yeah, so all of these things can cause a problem. what we fundamentally worry about is the radiation leak. so that could be, in the case of chernobyl — which is no longer a functioning power plant, but has a cap — that cap being disturbed, and radioactive waste leaking, or it could come from, you know, one of the components of the power plant erupting, starting a fire. russia is a signatory to the iaea statute — does that mean the united nations can some way intervene, taking control of the site? is russia obliged to allow the un in? yes, russia is technically obliged to allow the united nations or the iaea inspectors on site to maintain or to oversee or officially

report on the safety status of the site. this is a violation of nuclear safety rules and, more gravely, international norms of not using nuclear facilities in conflict. finally, what should russian officials do to guarantee the safety and security of the site? i think they should allow iaea inspectors in right away, they should cease launching any operations from the site and issue a statement indicating that they intend to refrain from using nuclear plants as war zones or using shield themselves using nuclear plants going forward. 50 years ago this week, nearly 30,000 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 — who've built a business empire. abbiejones has been to meet them. 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 allthe 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 ethnic 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 niece 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. 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. the discovery happened in what was once one of the doomed city's largest neighbourhoods, before it — and its people — were hit by a volcanic eruption in 79 ad. 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 being held in the english city of birmingham — 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. 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 commonwealth games. 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. 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.

now let's have a look at the weather with stav danaos. 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.