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good afternoon. militants in the gaza strip have fired rockets atjerusalem as intense fighting continues with israel. more than 30 palestinians have been killed, according to local health officials, since israel began its military operation yesterday. israel says it acted to counter what it called "a direct threat" from the islamichhad group. another senior islamichhad commander was killed overnight. from jerusalem, our middle east correspondent yolande knell reports.

a huge crater in southern gaza that marks a serious blow by israel to islamichhad. its most important commanders the palestinian territory was killed here in a stroke with several others. translation: it was horri inc. several others. translation: it was horrifying- they _ several others. translation: it was horrifying. they targeted _ several others. translation: it was horrifying. they targeted the - several others. translation: it "1-033 horrifying. they targeted the house with rockets. there were bodies on the ground. find with rockets. there were bodies on the ground-— with rockets. there were bodies on the round. �* ., ., . the ground. and today, the violence reached jerusalem, _ the ground. and today, the violence reached jerusalem, as _ the ground. and today, the violence reached jerusalem, as is _ the ground. and today, the violence reached jerusalem, as is nationals l reached jerusalem, as is nationals visited its most disputed holy site for a jewish holiday. visited its most disputed holy site for ajewish holiday. israel's visited its most disputed holy site for a jewish holiday. israel's air defence system could be seen intercepting at least two palestinian rockets over the city, leaving trails of white smoke. israeli officials say they want their military operation to prevent attacks by islamichhad on israeli civilians, that they have precise detailed intelligence of its plans. but for now, civilian life is on hold in southern israel, the streets

largely empty as air raid sirens leave residents hiding in bomb shelters. outside, nobody is hurt but some rockets hit. and in gaza, to we cannot independently verify these pictures, but israel says they show a palestinian missile misfiring with deadly consequences. there was no israeli activity _ with deadly consequences. there was no israeli activity in _ with deadly consequences. there was no israeli activity in the _ with deadly consequences. there was no israeli activity in the gaza - no israeli activity in the gaza strip— no israeli activity in the gaza strip in— no israeli activity in the gaza strip in that area or at that time. islamic_ strip in that area or at that time. islamichhad is killing palestinian children— islamichhad is killing palestinian children in gaza. one in four rockets_ children in gaza. one in four rockets fired from gaza towards israel _ rockets fired from gaza towards israel lands inside the gaza strip. as this_ israel lands inside the gaza strip. as this fighting continues to take it all, both israel and islamic jihad say publicly that they are ready to continue, but with the humanitarian situation in gaza worsening, pressure is growing for a ceasefire. the family of archie battersbee have called for an investigation and inquiry into the care he was given. the 12—year—old died yesterday

in hospital after his life support was withdrawn. he had been in a coma since he was found unconscious at home in april. his parents fought a long legal battle to maintain his treatment, and then to have him transferred to a hospice. four more ships carrying grain and sunflower oil have left ports in ukraine. millions of tonnes of grain have been stuck due to russian blockades, leading to shortages and higher food prices in other countries. the ships left odesa and chornomorsk, and will travel through the safe maritime corridor towards romania. they'll then sail to turkey, where they'll be inspected. two are scheduled to dock there, while the others are headed for italy and china. live now to our correspondent in kyiv, james waterhouse. james, what more can you tell us? lewis, this is the second convoy to make it through this... russian navy

and thousands of mind thought to be positioned. we are a week into this landmark green deal, the only diplomatic breakthrough in this war —— grain deal. eight vessels have made it out, there has been one empty ship arriving the other way. ukraine's ambition is for 3 million tonnes to be shifted every month, and for 100 ships to pass through in the same time period. we are still in early days, in a testing phase, but the deal is holding, and as far as kyiv is concerned, this is about building confidence. it is about same insurance companies, look, this is an acceptable level of risk. it is an acceptable level of risk. it is about sent to shipping companies, come to our docks. and whether you likes it or not, it is about establishing some kind of trust with

russia as it continues to fight for its very survival.— its very survival. thanks, james. james waterhouse _ its very survival. thanks, james. james waterhouse there. - a key supporter of liz truss has insisted the conservative leadership contender hasn't ruled out direct help for people struggling to pay energy bills. yesterday, the foreign secretary drew criticism from her rival, rishi sunak, when she said she would focus on tax cuts rather than what she called "hand—outs." but the trade minister, penny mordaunt, who is backing ms truss, said she was focused on delivering support. research by bbc news has found that holiday food vouchers for children on free school meals have been cut in value — or stopped — by 43 councils across england this summer. the children's society is warning that there is a "postcode lottery of support," and millions of children in england could go hungry this summer. the bbc�*s education correspondent elaine dunkley reports. z watches every penny. today, she's shopping at a community food pantry to pick up discounted essentials for the children.

last summer, z got a free school meal voucher in the holidays worth £15 a week. but here in birmingham, that's been scrapped. £15 might not sound like a lot of money. actually, in the grand scheme of it, it is. when you've got two children to be paying for, like, it is a big loss. the vouchers have been replaced with free holiday clubs that provide food and activities. i love to get my children out in all activities, but with having a young child and a child with additional needs, it can be extremely difficult for many reasons. the council has organised events like this. in birmingham, nearly 70,000 children are eligible for free school meals. we had sandwiches, yoghurt, and a bit of fruit. yeah, it's healthy lunch. i've enjoyed it a lot - because i was able to go out. like, usually i wouldn't go to the park. -

usually i'd just been i at home on my phone. the holiday activities and food programme is also meant to help families on low incomes who don't qualify for free school meals but are also struggling. the government says the household support fund has allocated up to £281 million to councils to spend on families with children. some local authorities have told us it has led to a reduction in the value of the vouchers they're able to offer. birmingham city council says it's not offering vouchers this summer, but will spend £4 million on grants for households with children on free school meals. at this community hub, they're helping struggling families, applying for a grant. currently on the desk, more than 400 applications. a similar number of people, but more families with young children. if you're a working family on a low income, or in the gig economy or you work part time, then your choices are really limited. we're a lifeline. without us, they would,

you know, really struggle. for many families, tough times have got tougher, with no breakfrom the rising costs over the summer holidays. elaine dunkley, bbc news, in birmingham. well, there's a haul of medals up for grabs in the commonwealth games today. with all the details, here's chetan pathak in birmingham. good afternoon. a very busy morning here on the penultimate day of these commonwealth games. 45 gold medals being contested today, the busiest day of the games so far, several already awarded, including for the men's four times 100 metres relay. england were the defending champions, and i can tell you just a few minutes ago, the england women's team took the silver in the four times 100 metres relay, their team

coming home in second here behind nigeria. staying with athletics, and that there was silver in the 400 metres men's and women's for england. notjust a busy day of track and field, but also over in boxing, 16 titles to be won. rosie eccles, who has become a movie second welsh woman to win a commonwealth boxing gold after winning the light middleweight title, the 36—year—old forced two standing counts with the referee calling it a day in the second round. scotland's first commonwealth boxing gold since 2014, pushed all the way by a 19—year—old australian,

but a win by split decision. and goalfor but a win by split decision. and goal for scotland but a win by split decision. and goalfor scotland in the goal for scotland in the light heavyweight final as well. joshua stacey has become wales' first commonwealth games para table tennis champion. and that is all from me for now here in birmingham. back to you, worse. that's it for now. the next news on bbc one is at the earlier than usual time of 5.00. hello, you're watching bbc news channel. i'm lewis vaughan jones. china has said its military will continue with regular

drills on the eastern side of the taiwan strait, following the visit to the island by the us house speaker, nancy pelosi. taiwan has accused china of practicing for an invasion, while the us has accused beijing of using military exercises to change the status quo. our correspondent stephen mcdonnell is in beijing. hardliners in the upper echelons of the chinese communist party here in beijing must be pretty happy with where nancy pelosi's visit has left them. for example, more extreme military measures have now entered what we might consider as acceptable in terms of how the mainland deals with taiwan. are we going to see every year now beijing ordering the pla to fire missiles over taiwanese territory? are we going to see a test run of a blockade of taiwan now? every year, as the pla prepares for what some would no doubt think is the inevitable attack on taiwan as a means of trying to claim that

island and reunifying it with the mainland. there have been, though, significant short—term problems. for example, commercial shipping has been disrupted. that's a very busy shipping lane there, the taiwan strait, that's been significantly disrupted this week, as have commercialflights. taiwan's economy has been hurt. and, you know, apart from all these kind of short—term impacts, beijing and washington are now not cooperating with one another on all this whole series of areas where they were able to get some work done. so despite the tensions between the us and china, for example, on cross—border crime, there was some cooperation. that's now been put on hold, including work on narcotics. no more senior meetings between the military in the us and china.

safety at sea, there had been quite a bit of work done with the navies of china and the us in terms of maritime safety. and crucially, china has cancelled talks in terms of climate change amelioration. now, this is bad news for the rest of the world because it means the world's two biggest carbon emitters are now not going to be talking to one another, looking for areas of cooperation at this quite crucial time. so where to from here? well, it's hard to see where all these areas of previous cooperation can be linked up again, if i could put it that way. at the moment, there seems to be increased tension and i suppose there'd be some in washington and in beijing wondering how this

can all be clawed back. but at the moment there's no sign that either beijing or washington wants to back down. we could be heading into a period of quite some tensions in this part of the world. a london museum says it will return ownership of artefacts that were looted in the nineteenth century to nigeria. the horniman museum said 72 objects which were forcibly removed from the kingdom of benin during a british military incursion in 1897 would be handed over to the nigerian government. earlier, our news correspondent, sanchia berg, had more. the nigerian government asked for the return of these artefacts which been kept since 1897 in the collection

of frederick horniman, a tea trader who turned his collection and house into a museum in south—east london so the nigerian government made the request for the return of the artefacts, bonuses and other artefacts of ivory and brass back in january. the museum held an independent inquiry and that inquiry together with a consultation led the board to conclude unanimously that these bronzes should be handed back so that's been very warmly welcomed today by the nigerian government and it's interesting because what it means is the largest collection of burning bronzes, others are going to be handed back, some are already, the announcements made by oxford and cambridge the very largest collection of bronzes is at the british museum which houses over 900 of these artefacts which were looted from the city of benin in 1897. what does that mean for the british museum — are they under more pressure? it leaves them quite exposed because museums around the world have some of these artefacts and they have all agreed to transfer ownership. it's not clear whether the government in nigeria wants to

move them to nigeria immediately or whether it will take some time but while other museums around the world have offered to return ownership of these artefacts to nigeria, the british museum has not been able to do so because an act of parliament of 1963 forbids them from handing back the artefacts they hold. if you want to edit these astons, you must take control of this page it's a disease that's been around for decades and now researchers in southampton think they've found a new vaccine against whooping cough. the next step is to test whether it's effective — and hundreds of volunteers are needed to take part in the trial. alastair fee has been to meet some who've already signed up. in three months�* time, georgia will be deliberately infected with whooping cough. i have some friends that have done clinical trials that said just give it a go, it's a bit of extra cash. it's mostly financial, but like if this is a way that i can help out in the medical sector, then i'm happy to just do that. she graduated last year, and the £3,700 compensation has

attracted her to a potentially life—changing study for people all over the world. it's not that much work, and it's just coming in for four to six months. it's pretty easy. in southampton, testing a new type of vaccine. it's delivered by a nasal spray — the old vaccines were injected. the idea of this vaccine is that it improves your immune response in your nose, so the place where we know that whooping cough gets in, and because it improves the immune response there, it should protect against what we call colonisation, in other words, carrying whooping cough bacteria without having symptoms. newsreel: tony here is suffering | from the after-effects of whooping cough, and he is about to become the subject|

of a new experimental short—cut cure. - before vaccines, whooping cough brought severe illness and death in young children and babies. it's estimated that it still kills 160,000 people worldwide, many of them children. it's widely felt that the current vaccine is becoming less effective and can be improved upon. we know there was a relatively big outbreak of whooping cough in the uk in about 2012, but we have gradually seen an increase in numbers since that time, and we are trying to pre—empt any further increase that we might see. we know that globally there has been an increase in other parts of the world as well, and it does seem to be linked to changes to the vaccine, which is effective for a period of time, but perhaps is wearing off more quickly. all patients first need to be screened to see if they are healthy enough to take part. scott is keen to support new vaccines, but also hopes the compensation will help him get on the property ladder. we've been trying to save for a few years. with housing prices climbing then of course we have to save more, so while we are at an ok point, this is a nice sort of chunk of change to have on top of that deposit money. while around 60 people will take part, several hundred are needed to see if they are eligible. many more people are being urged to come forward. all participants will have to attend

several appointments and also stay in a hotel for 16 days where they will be carefully monitored. the trial will run until next april. it's hoped the results will make a big difference to the number of people who suffer worldwide. news on a potential truce in the conflict between israel and the islamichhad group in gaza. we believe the egyptian mediators requested a gaza truce around 1900 hrs on sunday and the sources say israel has agreed to the proposed cairo truce. does it agreed —— mark

walters is saying that israel has agreed to the proposed truce. here in the uk, allies of the conservative leadership contender, liz truss, have insisted she isn't ruling out future direct help for people struggling to pay energy bills. yesterday, the foreign secretary said she would focus on tax cuts if she becomes prime minister, rather than what she called "handouts". the trade minister, penny mordaunt, said ms truss was considering other measures beyond tax cuts. there will be different things required for different people. there's the package of support that's already been put in place. liz is looking at other measures. i spoke to the chancellor yesterday, actually, about this and a raft of other things. he has commissioned some additional work. what we do need to do, though, is provide reassurance to people early. and i think the right time to do that is when we have a new prime minister in,

but we need to do it pretty sharpish. and that's why i think it is right to have an emergency budget, why i'm glad that liz is committed to that. let's speak to gordon brown, former labour prime minister and chancellor. we are in the middle of the leadership contest at the moment but you are calling for more immediate action. , , , , action. this is urgent because if we don't change _ action. this is urgent because if we don't change the _ action. this is urgent because if we don't change the benefit _ action. this is urgent because if we don't change the benefit systems l action. this is urgent because if we i don't change the benefit systems and how the computers are operating in the next few days we will not get help to people before october and the 1st of october is when the biggest rise in energy prices coming on the government have given people very little protection against such a big rise. iam suggesting boris johnson and the two leadership candidates for prime minister get together this week and agree a new programme of emergency action so everybody can come round and if they do not do so i suggest parliament be recalled because this is an

unprecedented financial event for millions of families.— millions of families. what kind of help would _ millions of families. what kind of help would you — millions of families. what kind of help would you want? _ millions of families. what kind of help would you want? is - millions of families. what kind of help would you want? is this - millions of families. what kind of i help would you want? is this direct payments to peoples bank accounts or money off energy bills, what kind of direct and immediate support calling for? ., , ., , direct and immediate support calling for? .,, ., , .,, direct and immediate support calling for? ., ., for? the options open to the government _ for? the options open to the government are _ for? the options open to the government are wide - for? the options open to the| government are wide ranging for? the options open to the - government are wide ranging given what is happening in other countries at the moment. some countries have caps on energy prices and countries like norway 80% of the increase is covered by the government and in other countries there are far more generous help with the social security system. the £1200 that is the total amount offered to the poorest families at the moment has already been eaten up by the cut of 1000 on universal credit last october and the thousand loss to the average family because benefits are only rising 3% when inflation is 11% and no by the huge energy price rises we will have both in october

and january. so there is an urgency about acting, otherwise and october people will not be able to turn on their heating and will have to choose between buying food and feeding the electricity metre and children will go to school ill clad and hungry. this is an intolerable situation putting an unbearable burden of unpayable bills on the shoulders of people least able to pay, the pensioners and children of our country. pay, the pensioners and children of our country-— our country. how would you pay for the extra spending _ our country. how would you pay for the extra spending that _ our country. how would you pay for the extra spending that would - our country. how would you pay for the extra spending that would be . the extra spending that would be required? it the extra spending that would be reuuired? , .,, ., , the extra spending that would be reuuired? , ., , ., required? it is obvious that the windfall tax _ required? it is obvious that the windfall tax of _ required? it is obvious that the windfall tax of the _ required? it is obvious that the windfall tax of the government j required? it is obvious that the l windfall tax of the government is completely inadequate. it will probably raise £5 billion but without the get out clauses in it at the moment you could raise £15 billion so that is £10 billion to start with and of course there are other measures the government could take but the important thing is the first responsibility of government is to those people who are the most vulnerable and the people who are blameless in a crisis and that is families with children, disabled

people and elderly people in this country. we know that 80% of each of these groups are going to be in fuel poverty by the end of the year and have to pay out far more for the fuel bills in they can afford and pay more for council tax and all basic necessities. it is absolutely urgent to get together in the next few days. if you do not, the benefit changes cannot go through even if agreed in september and all basic necessities. it is absolutely urgent to get together in the next few days. if you do not, the benefit changes cannot go through even if agreed in september until perhaps late october or november. it and i can't understand why the government has been so slow to respond to the latest very hefty increase in fuel bills which is putting an unjustifiable burden on so many people. the two tory candidates, rishi sunak and liz truss have been laying out their approaches to the measures to be taken if the become

leader after the 5th of september. what do you make of the two candidates at the moment and what they have laid out for their vision of government? i'm quite frankly shocked about the emphasis on tax cuts that will benefit the very rich sections of society. the national insurance cancellation at liz truss proposes will only benefit those people at the top and the corporate tax rise cut will benefit large companies who could afford to pay and the va cut from rishi sunak is a good thing to do but disproportionately door�*s as he himself is said to the richer members of society who spend more money. what you need is them to see directly and honestly that the first priority will be to those people most vulnerable this winter. if your riori is most vulnerable this winter. if your priority is to _ most vulnerable this winter. if your priority is to the — most vulnerable this winter. if your priority is to the people _ most vulnerable this winter. if your priority is to the people most - priority is to the people most vulnerable this winter who would you a] vulnerable this winter who would you aj conservative party members to vote for to best protect those people? i vote for to best protect those eo - le? .,

vote for to best protect those . eo . le? ., ., vote for to best protect those --eole? ., ., ., people? i will not get into an argument — people? i will not get into an argument about _ people? i will not get into an argument about who - people? i will not get into an argument about who the - people? i will not get into an - argument about who the conservative party should support, that is their business but it is a pity the franchise is not bigger and people do not have a bigger say in who is elected. one of them at least must come out and say they will ask boris johnson to take action this week, that we have to do this if we are going to get changes and by october and if they want do it this week then parliament should be recalled because the biggest forum of the nation, with the great issues have to be discussed, cannot now ignore the fact we are heading for an october where families will suffer and desperate terms of poverty as a result of the government refusing to act. , ., . ., , , act. given that october is the crunch time _ act. given that october is the crunch time and _ act. given that october is the crunch time and in _ act. given that october is the crunch time and in your - act. given that october is the j crunch time and in your view, act. given that october is the i crunch time and in your view, do act. given that october is the - crunch time and in your view, do you think this should be a general election immediately after the new conservative leader is elected? i will not get into the realm of the possible or impossible, what i think public opinion can decide as the government helps those people in greatest need and i think we not

focusing enough on the sheer scale of the rise in heating bills that is about to happen. it was not anticipated when the government did its last budget but even the last budget was unfair because this flat rate payments to a single person got £30 per week and a couple with three children got £2 60 per child per week which is simply not enough to meet the extra costs. you week which is simply not enough to meet the extra costs.— week which is simply not enough to meet the extra costs. you are coming out now and — meet the extra costs. you are coming out now and august _ meet the extra costs. you are coming out now and august and _ meet the extra costs. you are coming out now and august and you - meet the extra costs. you are coming out now and august and you say - out now and august and you say october is the crunch time, how long have you known about this, i simply people have acted, why did you not speak out earlier? you might if you had read my articles i have been speaking out of the last few months and spoke out only a few weeks ago and spoke out only a few weeks ago and said the situation was urgent. it is even more urgent now and the reason is we now know there is a massive rise happening on it over and also no there will be an extra rise in january so there and also no there will be an extra rise injanuary so there are two big

crunch points coming up in the next six months and it is imperative you take action to adjust the computers that deliver benefit changes and to do that as quickly as possible. everything it takes time, including the payments announced in april to feed through into the system and you have to take action early when you know what the problem is and when you look around europe, norway, france and spain and portugal are all doing things more ambitious than what the british government is doing and it seems wrong at the moment the biggest crisis of all is faced by households with very little money to pay for the increased heating costs and fuel bills. you pay for the increased heating costs and fuel mus.— and fuel bills. you say other countries — and fuel bills. you say other countries are _ and fuel bills. you say other countries are taking - and fuel bills. you say other countries are taking a - and fuel bills. you say other i countries are taking a different approach, why do you think the current uk government is not helping like they are?— like they are? because they are obsessed by — like they are? because they are obsessed by the _ like they are? because they are obsessed by the conservative i like they are? because they are - obsessed by the conservative party leadership and they are in a vacuum at the centre of government. as i understand it the chancellor has

gone on holiday and they are not considering the perils and dangers being faced in everyday life by millions of people worried sick about what will happen the next few months and to even know cannot afford to pay heating bills and i looked at food prices yesterday in all the different areas. some have risen by 5% and some by 10% and some even by 20% so it is notjust fuel prices, it is food prices and other areas of expenditure that means children and pensioners are going without and not able to turn up heating and are worried what will happen when winter comes. i talk to charities all the time and are preparing for october, dreading the month and making provisions for blankets and duvets and sleeping bags and even hot water bottles because they know people will not be able to afford to heat their homes and today 60 church leaders have come out from all the different faith denominations saying urgent

action is