this is bbc news broadcasting in the uk and around the globe. i'm lewis vaughanjones, and these are the latest headlines. air raid sirens sound injerusalem for the first time since the start of last year's full—scale conflict between israel and palestinian militants in the gaza strip. it's the third day of violence between the two sides. this is the scene live in gaza. we'll have all the latest developments from our middle east correspondent. nearly 170,000 tonnes of grain and sunflower oil leaves on a second convoy of ships out of ukaine after russia's blockade caused global shortages. in the uk, liz truss promises a cut in national insurance within weeks if she wins the conservative party leadership race. her rival rishi sunak disagrees and says he wants to give more

direct help to those hardest hit by inflation. taiwan accuses china of practising for an invasion of its island after beijing expressed fury over us house speaker, nancy pelosi's visit to taipei. hello and welcome to bbc news. air raid sirens and explosions have been heard injerusalem as a conflict between israel and the palestinian militant group islamichhad escalates. it follows intense israeli air strikes in gaza which killed a second senior leader of the islamichhad group. khaled mansour was considered the most important man in the armed wing of the organisation. these are images of the latest air strikes. a total of at least 29 palestinians — some of them children — are now reported to have been killed

in this latest outbreak of violence. yolande knell our middle east correpondent joins me from jerusalem. what has been happening this morning? would it mean starting that again, we cannot quite yet, if you wouldn't mind starting again and bring us up to date. i'm afraid we cannot re—establish the sound there, but obviously it will try and do that and go back to their lives tojerusalem to get the very latest on what has been happening in that escalation of violence but we will come back to that little bit later. to ukriane — where another convoy

of ships has set sail from the country's black sea ports carrying grain and sunflower oil. four vessels set off from 0desa and chornomorsk via a safe maritime corridor, heading for turkey where they'll be inspected as part of a deal reached with russia and the un. the agreement is aimed at freeing 20 million tonnes of grain and other essential supplies which have been blocked in ukraine since the russian invasion — causing worldwide shortages. 0ur correspondent hugo bachega joins me from kyiv. this agreement has been signed a while ago and we are now starting to see it come to fruition and some real benefits potentially for all those people that need at this grain around the world. yeah, it seems another sign this deal is working, four more ships departed the ports of chornomorsk and 0desa in the south of ukraine are going through that safe maritime corridor created because the black sea is infested with mines and once

they get to turkey there will be inspected by a team of russian and ukrainian officials and turkey and the united nations which helped broker the deal. two of those ships will stay in turkey and the other two will go to italy and china and another vessel is an authorised to come to ukraine to be loaded with grain. it's a positive development, we've heard from the ukrainian infrastructure minister saying they expect to be able to export up to 3 million tonnes of grain every month. to give a sense of perspective, there are 20 million tonnes of grain stuck here in ukraine. it is vital for ukraine for this deal to be working and to be a success not only because it will ease the global food crisis but also fundamental thought ukraine to be receiving some foreign currency. ukraine to be receiving some foreign curren . ., currency. indeed. if we go right back to the _ currency. indeed. if we go right back to the beginning _ currency. indeed. if we go right back to the beginning when - currency. indeed. if we go right|

back to the beginning when this agreement was first signed, russia did attack targets in and around the port of 0desa and a lot of people were very pessimistic that this would get off the ground. is there still that level of trust and confidence between the two sides that this deal will hold? we heard from president _ that this deal will hold? we heard from president zelensky - that this deal will hold? we heard from president zelensky this - that this deal will hold? we heard i from president zelensky this evening —— in his evening address saying it is a positive development these ships can leave ukraine and others are coming to be loaded with grain and he said there are some security concerns and he says he needs to see if russia is going to follow the terms of this deal. so far we're seeing they have not been any kind of incident so far, so good for this deal. . ~ , ., of incident so far, so good for this deal. . ~' , ., , of incident so far, so good for this deal. . ~ ,, , . ., deal. thank you very much for brinuain deal. thank you very much for bringing us — deal. thank you very much for bringing us up _ deal. thank you very much for bringing us up to _ deal. thank you very much for bringing us up to date, - deal. thank you very much for bringing us up to date, hugo. | deal. thank you very much for- bringing us up to date, hugo. let's cross back to our main story at this

hour, the escalation in conflict between palestinian militants and israel. hopefully we can hear you this time. bring us up to date.— bring us up to date. earlier i heard a distant blast _ bring us up to date. earlier i heard a distant blast as _ bring us up to date. earlier i heard a distant blast as the _ bring us up to date. earlier i heard a distant blast as the rockets - bring us up to date. earlier i heard a distant blast as the rockets were| a distant blast as the rockets were fired by palestinians in the gaza strip toward jerusalem, the first time that has happened since the full—scale conflict in gaza last may. they were intercepted by israel's missile defence system and this was important symbolically. it happened at a time, it's a jewish holiday there are is is being allowed to visit the disputed holy site injerusalem known as temple mount forjews and also the holy place for muslims injerusalem.

place for muslims in jerusalem. islamichhad place for muslims injerusalem. islamichhad also had been promising to rain down rockets, in its words, on the heads of israelis after it lost a second commander in gaza overnight, he was killed in an israeli air strike in the south. this man, khaled mansour, are supposed to be the most senior person that had been left from the islamichhad leadership on the ground in gaza, real serious blow to the organisation. {lin ground in gaza, real serious blow to the organisation.— the organisation. on the military side of this, _ the organisation. on the military side of this, israel— the organisation. on the military side of this, israel will— the organisation. on the military side of this, israel will also - the organisation. on the military| side of this, israel will also claim these are targeted surgical strikes and then you will hear palestinian voices saying, actually this area is so densely populated it is almost impossible to avoid so—called collateral damage, ie, innocent lives being lost.— lives being lost. that is exactly correct. lives being lost. that is exactly correct we — lives being lost. that is exactly correct. we hear _ lives being lost. that is exactly correct. we hear that - lives being lost. that is exactly correct. we hear that every - lives being lost. that is exactly i correct. we hear that every time there is a conflict in gaza, the death toll is continuing to rise, 29

people killed is the latest, including six children since the start of the israeli military operation targeting islamichhad began on friday. in addition to all thatis began on friday. in addition to all that is going on israel has been putting out a video from its military showing what it says is a misfire of militant rocket in gaza, there is a lot of speculation that this is what caused the death of several people including children close to a mosque in the north of the gaza strip overnight. it seems a number of islamichhad's rockets, the israeli military says about 20% are misfiring, as they are launched from gaza. so some of them do line within the gaza strip. at the same time on the humanitarian issue, obviously things are very scary for israelis and palestinians, israelis particularly in the south of the country with an air raid sirens going off but there is a

humanitarian situation in gaza that is really worsening even the israeli military won't you talk to them for briefings very aware of this and they see it is not safe to allow convoys to enter gaza at the moment. the main crossing with the gaza strip from israel have been closed for the past week and that has meant fuel cannot go in for the sole power station, that has had to close down and if you imagine, there are about 200 people injured in the violence going on, hospital say they are unable to cope. every day at the store obviously all those situations become more acute. is there any sense of this being able to beat de—escalated, or how long this will continue? the events of the last few hours will really complicate efforts to secure a ceasefire but you have egypt and the united nations and qatar all involved in their happy

messages coming from the us and others in the international —— that have been messages from others in the international community calling for an end to this. first is an organisation with backing from iran, the most senior leader had been visiting tehran in the past couple of days. that feeds into the situation as well. something that is important to note is how maas, the most powerful militant group that governs gaza, probably because of the practical considerations, has decided not to enter the fighting up to this point —— hamas. conservative leadership candidate liz truss will reverse liz truss, says she will reverse the planned increase in national insurance contributions within weeks of becoming prime minister. arguments between ms truss

and former chancellor rishi sunak over how to handle the economy and the cost of living crisis have been central to the campaign. with me is our political correspondent jonathan blake. what are the details of liz truss's latest announcement. the foreign secretary pledged _ latest announcement. the foreign secretary pledged at _ latest announcement. the foreign secretary pledged at the - latest announcement. the foreign secretary pledged at the start - latest announcement. the foreign secretary pledged at the start of. secretary pledged at the start of this campaign to reverse the rise national insurance payments, it was brought in a while she worked in government and her rival rishi sunak was the chancellor. it was expected that would happen in april at the start of the uk tax year but she said she would be able to and would do it within weeks of taking office, promising to hit the ground running with an emergency budget. 0ne promising to hit the ground running with an emergency budget. one of the measures within that would be this. not a new policy but in terms of the timescale, pledging to go ahead with this faster than she initially had done. as to what difference it will make, rishi sunak�*s campaign have hit back at said reversing the tax rise will not make too much of a difference depending on people's earnings, slightly less than £200 a yearfor earnings, slightly less than £200 a

year for a typical earner. they argue because of changes he made as chancellor to the threshold at which people start paying national insurance actually at the people who aren't needing help them most in this coming winter as energy rise —— who are needing help them most. they will not get much out of this at all. pm most. they will not get much out of this at all. �* ., _ most. they will not get much out of this at all. �* ., , . this at all. an intervention by a former prime _ this at all. an intervention by a former prime minister- this at all. an intervention by a former prime minister this - this at all. an intervention by a - former prime minister this morning? talking of an emergency budget that is what former labour prime minister gordon brown has said is needed and he called for collaboration between borisjohnson and the two candidates to replace him to agree on a date for that to happen as soon as the winning contender takes office. he has warned of a financial time bomb threatening to explode and push millions over the edge. as that predicted rise in energy bills goes ahead in october and again at the start of next year. he's been explaining that more this morning. talking about tax cuts that will not

benefit _ talking about tax cuts that will not benefit the people who are really pure right through to this campaign and only— pure right through to this campaign and only because the pressure is growing — and only because the pressure is growing either talking about the changes— growing either talking about the changes that will happen immediately but it is the urgency i feel is missing _ but it is the urgency i feel is missing about the needs of people who are, _ missing about the needs of people who are, children have been going to school_ who are, children have been going to school ill_ who are, children have been going to school ill clad and hungry and we've -ot school ill clad and hungry and we've got families having to choose between feeding metres and fitting themselves. we see churches discussing how they can run a hobs during _ discussing how they can run a hobs during the — discussing how they can run a hobs during the winter months because they know— during the winter months because they know people cannot afford to heat their— they know people cannot afford to heat their homes —— heating hubs. thai— heat their homes —— heating hubs. that through it in bags or hot water bottles _ that through it in bags or hot water bottles or— that through it in bags or hot water bottles or duvets they can sheet themselves. the crisis will affect 15 million — themselves. the crisis will affect 15 million households, the severity of these _ 15 million households, the severity of these households could be 30— £40 a week_ of these households could be 30— £40 a week short of what is needed to pay their— a week short of what is needed to pay their bills and we are talking about— pay their bills and we are talking about the — pay their bills and we are talking about the social consequences for

more _ about the social consequences for more children in care and more homelessness and more mental illness and more _ homelessness and more mental illness and more suffering in this unbearable burden has got to be taken _ unbearable burden has got to be taken off— unbearable burden has got to be taken off the shoulders of the people — taken off the shoulders of the people who are least able to fend for themselves.— people who are least able to fend for themselves. ., �* ., ., ,, for themselves. gordon brown talking about the direct _ for themselves. gordon brown talking about the direct impact _ for themselves. gordon brown talking about the direct impact of _ for themselves. gordon brown talking about the direct impact of the - for themselves. gordon brown talking about the direct impact of the cost - about the direct impact of the cost of living crisis on so many people and he is one of many voices suggesting the way this the chip contest has played out has focused too much on ideological arguments and ignoring the real impact that people are facing and the financial hardship so many are struggling with and the uk at the moment and calling for the candidates to say more about what exactly they would do. jonathan, thanks so much for that. let's go to the growing tensions between china and taiwan now — and china's military exercises continued on sunday morning in close proximity to taiwan, albeit at a lower intensity than on previous days. taiwan has accused china of practising for an invasion of the island, while the us has accused beijing of using military

drills to change the status quo. 0ur correspondent in taipei, rupert wingfield—hayes gave us this update. what we're hearing from taiwan's a defence ministry is at believe the last four days of chinese military drills around the island have effectively been a dry run for a future invasion. interesting, we have also heard from the people liberation army eastern command in china who released a statement effectively saying almost exactly the same thing. perhaps the most significant statement has come from washington overnight, the white house released a statement saying it believes china's drills and an attempt to change the status quo in the taiwan strait and that language is a very significant because for the last 40 years or more a fundamental bedrock of relationship between america and china has been america will oppose any unilateral attempt by taiwan or china to change the status quo in the taiwan strait.

for the last few days we've been hearing loudly from china, the foreign minister and other officials, it's america that is to blame for this crisis, nancy pelosi's visit has provoked this. this is washington pushing back against that and saying to beijing, no, it is you who is being aggressive and trying to change the rules of the game and attempting to unilaterally change the status quo in the taiwan straits. i'm joined now by karen yu — a former taiwanese lawmaker for the democratic progressive party. thanks for coming on the programme. do you view these military operations by china as a preparation for a full—scale invasion? operations by china as a preparation for a full-scale invasion?— for a full-scale invasion? actually, we have, for a full-scale invasion? actually, we have. the _ for a full-scale invasion? actually, we have, the taiwanese _ for a full-scale invasion? actually, we have, the taiwanese people i for a full-scale invasion? actually, l we have, the taiwanese people have it living under the threat for decades. compared with the previous military drills we think this time

it is much more provocative and irrational. because taiwan is seeking regional peace and we want to keep the status quo, so that is why we think this time, the military drills from china are enlarged and different compared to previous ones. given that they are enlarged, they are different, i hear what you are saying about the fact people in taiwan are pretty used to living under these general circumstances for a great many years but if this time it is different, what do you think needs to happen to avoid that happening, how could things be de—escalated, if they can? i think most of the taiwanese people do not panic about the threat from china, since we have been living under this affairfor china, since we have been living

under this affair for decades. but with this and large military drills, we take them seriously, because right now we think that taiwan, the local election is coming at the end of this year, so depending on the previous experience, china always want to manipulate taiwan's's election in order to undermine democracy and the original piece. so we think that we should take this seriously and we already heightened the alert and readiness militarily in order to protect the original piece and democracy. bud in order to protect the original piece and democracy. and briefly, what is your— piece and democracy. and briefly, what is your message _ piece and democracy. and briefly, what is your message to - piece and democracy. and briefly, what is your message to china? . what is your message to china? taiwan is seeking for peace in the

region and however we want to have our own freedom to make friends, with global democratic allies, so we hope that the international community can support democratic taiwan, and calla community can support democratic taiwan, and call a halt to china's military drills and its recent actions. ., ~ military drills and its recent actions. ., ,, , ., military drills and its recent actions. ., ~' , ., , military drills and its recent actions. ., ,, , ., , . military drills and its recent actions. ., ~ , . ., actions. thank you very much for cominu actions. thank you very much for coming onto _ actions. thank you very much for coming onto the _ actions. thank you very much for coming onto the programme. - actions. thank you very much for| coming onto the programme. we coming onto the programme. - appreciate it. thank you very much. here in the uk — an 11—year—old girl has died after getting into difficulty at a water park in berkshire. members of the public searched a lake at liquid leisure in datchet saturday afternoon before she was found by emergency services. thames valley police say they are treating her death as unexplained. in cuba, a body's been recovered

from the site of a huge industrial fire that's been raging since friday, when a fuel depot was struck by lightning. this is the moment of storage facility exploded. more than 120 people have been injured, and i7 firefighters who were tackling the blaze are currently missing. cuba has asked the united states and neighbouring countries to help in efforts currently under way in the coastal city of matanzas. 0ur cuba correspondent will grant has the details. at least 17 firefighters are missing, which is obviously a horrific situation for cubans and the island more generally and this could not come at a worse time for the ignition in many ways, in the grip as it is of nationwide rolling electricity blackouts, the capital havana has been told it will have to start experiencing blackouts as they try to move elements of the grid,

electricity grid to other parts of the island that need it. it comes at a terrible time to have a fuel depot and fire, to such an extent that they cannot bring it under control and have appealed to neighbours such as mexico and indeed the ideological foe of the united states, both of whom have indicated a willingness to help. the very bottom line is that they want to get the fire under control immediately and as soon as possible. if you can firefighters, support, equipment, that is what they're looking for in the short term. beyond that there will be other elements they will need to rebuild the site and make it safe again. in that short term i think the emphasis is simply on bringing the emphasis is simply on bringing the blaze under control and this tells us a lot at the cube is at the moment, this blaze is so out of control, talks to the extent of the crumbling infrastructure on the island, worsened by decades long us

economic embargo, something the united states has been at pains to point out does not prevent them from helping in a situation, an emergency situation like this one. 50 years ago this week, nearly 30,000 ugandan—asians arrived in britain — forced out of their own country by the dictator idi amin. many settled in lancashire and the greater manchester area, arriving with nothing but the clothes on their back and a few possessions. among them was the raja family from bolton, who went on to build a business empire there. 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 her family has built from scratch in bolton. but in 1972, 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 beer factory, 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 capes. really proud. getting emotional? yeah, yeah, yeah. abbiejones, bbc news, bolton. french officials desperately trying to rescue a beluga whale trapped in the river seine have come up with a new strategy — a vitamin cocktail. after failed attempts to encourage it to swim out, scientists have been worried for its health. they hope the vitamin injection will stimulate its appetite and help it to make the 160 kilometre return journey out to the english channel, where it can swim back to its arctic habitat. that's it from me. this is bbc news.

goodbye. we will be talking heatwave conditions again as we go through this week. what the next few days temperatures rise and that largely sunny conditions, some cloud and rain particularly in the north and west of scotland, that is running around the high pressure that will build across the country through this week and with ground dry and scented overhead temperatures will continue rising. those weather fronts to the northern edge bring some rain in western scotland at the moment, that continues on and off this afternoon caught much more sunshine in northern ireland and sunny spells in eastern scotland, some cloud and over, cloud and northern england, temperatures rising computer yesterday. 0n northern england, temperatures rising computer yesterday. on that

blue skies further south all of it turning hot. into a pretty warm evening. turning fresher quite quickly especially for the south and west, more cloud at times for the north and while we lose some rain and drizzle western scotland, the western isles will see more rain. some rural areas into mid single figures particular south wales and south—west england with blue skies. more cloud for north—east england to begin with tomorrow, cloudy as most of all for the north and west of scotland, 0rkney and shetland come up scotland, 0rkney and shetland come up with outbreaks of rain but temperatures are still reaching the high teens there, more widely into the 20s, approaching 30 to the south—east of england. tuesday, the arena eases for much of north and scotland, some spots around, strong to gale force winds expected here, look at this to the south, mid 20s in scotland and northern ireland and about 30 in the south—east corner.

high pressurejust about 30 in the south—east corner. high pressure just hanging about 30 in the south—east corner. high pressurejust hanging on caught moves further eastwards, temperatures building day abide the maybe some south—easterly wind bringing more humidity from the near continent but overall across england and wales this is where we see heatwave conditions by the time we reach the mid week and temperatures widely into the 30s, abergavenny and london into the mid—30s at times but even scotland and northern ireland, cloudy and wet weather of late, temperatures into the mid 20s. that is how it is looking. we'll see you again soon.

this is bbc news. i'm lewis vaughanjones and these are the headlines... air raid sirens sound injerusalem for the first time since the start of last year's full—scale conflict between israel and palestinian militants in the gaza strip.

it's the third day of renewed violence between the two sides. nearly 170,000 tonnes of grain and sunflower oil leaves on a second convoy of ships out of ukaine after russia's blockade caused global shortages. liz truss promises a cut in national insurance within weeks if she wins the conservative party leadership race. her rival rishi sunak disagrees and says he wants to give more direct help to those hardest hit by inflation. taiwan accuses china of practising for an invasion of its island after beijing expressed fury over us house speaker, nancy pelosi's visit to taipei. it is time now to get a look at the sport, and chetan is there. it's a

bumper day here at the