a this is bbc news. i'm shaun ley and these are the latest headlines. after a weekend of heavy violence between israel and palestinian militants, hopes are high of a possible ceasefire following the deaths of at least 31 palestinians. the two conservative party leadership contenders vying the next prime minister outline how they plan to help people cope with the rising cost of living. but former prime minister gordon brown says much more action is needed. i'm quite frankly shocked about the emphasis on tax cuts that will benefit the very richest sections of society. nearly 170,000 tonnes of grain and sunflower oil leaves on a second

convoy of ships. warnings that millions of children in england could go hungry this summer because councils have reduced or scrapped free school meal vouchers over the holidays. french officials trying to rescue a beluga whale trapped in the river seine come up with a new strategy to free it — find out how they plan to return it back to sea. and 72 artefacts forcibly removed from benin city during a british military incursion in 1897 will be returned to nigeria by a london museum. good afternoon. hopes are high of a truce between israel and gaza after three days of violence that's reported to have killed dozens of people. eygyptian mediators are understood

to have brokered a truce that's due to start at around 10pm, although the details aren't yet clear. at least 31 palestinians, including children, have reportedly been killed since friday, while israel says around 600 palestinian rockets have been fired over the border. from jerusalem, our middle east correspondent, yolande knell, reports. a huge crater in southern gaza marks a serious blow by israel to islamichhad. its most important militant commander in the palestinian territory was killed here in a strike with seven others. translation: it was horrifying. they targeted the house with rockets. there were bodies on the ground.

and today, the violence reached jerusalem, as israeli nationalists 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 launched their military operation to prevent attacks by islamichhad on israeli civilians, that they had 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. 0utside, nobody�*s hurt but some rockets hit. and in gaza, too — we cannot independently verify these pictures, but israel says they show a palestinian missile misfiring with deadly consequences. there was no israeli activity in the gaza strip in that area or at that time. islamichhad is killing palestinian children in gaza. one in four rockets fired from gaza

towards israel lands inside the gaza strip. as this fighting continues to take a toll, both israel and islamichhad say publicly that they are ready to continue, but with the humanitarian situation in gaza worsening, pressure is growing for a ceasefire. yolande knell, bbc news. just an update on the situation following that report. the only official word of a ceasefire or a truce having been agreed came from an unnamed palestinian official, reported by news agencies a little earlier saying effectively ceasefire agreed and it would come into force on sunday evening, local time. we have had nothing from the israeli government on that score, nor from the egyptian mediators. it is fair to say that these processes usually emerge in drips and drives in terms

of public statements, and often they are unconfirmed even though they are taking place. what will tell us whether or not this is really the case, more the facts on the ground on sunday evening. in other words, are any rockets fired, the air raid warnings will appear and then we will see either rockets being knocked out by what is called the iron dome, the security protection of israel. 0r possibly, some landing short of their targets. 0n the israeli side of course, it would be any absence of further attacks by the israeli military inside the gaza strip. we will know later and of course bring it to you as soon as we get any sign of that on the ground in gaza. four more ships carrying grain and sunflower oil have left ports in ukraine.

millions of tonnes of grain have been stuck because of the russian blockades, leading to shortages and higherfood prices in other countries. the ships left 0desa and chornomorsk, and will travel through the safe maritime corridor towards romania. they'll then sail to turkey, where they'll be inspected. they have to be inspected by officials from turkey, the united nations and russia, as well as ukraine. two are scheduled to dock there, while the others are headed for italy and china. 0ur correspondent in kyiv james waterhouse has the latest. this is the second convoy to make it through this corridor, through the dangerous black sea where there is the russian navy and thousands of mines thought to be positioned. we are a week into this landmark grain deal, the only diplomatic breakthrough in this war. around a quarter of a million tonnes has made its way out of ukraine's ports for the first time. eight vessels have made it out. there has been one empty ship

arriving the other way. ukraine's ambition is for three million tonnes to be shifted every month and for 100 ships to pass through in the same time period. we are still in the early days, in a testing phase, but the deal is holding. and as far as kyiv is concerned, this is about building confidence. it's about saying to insurance companies, "look, this is an acceptable level of risk." it's about saying to shipping companies, "come to our docks, there is plenty of business here." and whether kyiv likes it or not, it's about establishing some kind of trust with russia as it continues to fight for its very survival. gordon brown says borisjohnson and the tory leadership candidates should agree an immediate emergency budget to tackle the rising cost of living. the former prime minister says millions of families may be pushed over the edge when energy bills go up in october. he said failing to act now would condemn vulnerable children and pensioners to a winter

of "dire poverty." 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's 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, in other words they are going to have to pay out far more for theirfuel bills to pay out far more for their fuel bills for their fuel bills they can afford, while at the same time having to pay higher prices for their food, telecom, council tax and all basic necessities. it's absolutely urgent that you get together in the next few days, if you don't then the benefit changes cannot go through even if they're agreed in september until perhaps late october or november. it's quite important that we take action now when the emergency exists. i really can't understand why the government is being so slow to respond to the latest very hefty increase in fuel bills,

which is putting an unjustifiable burden on so many people. allies of the conservative leadership contender, liz truss, have insisted she isn't ruling out future direct help for people struggling to pay bills. yesterday, the foreign secretary said she would focus on tax cuts if she becomes prime minister, rather than what she called "hand—outs". one of her supporters, the trade minister, penny mordaunt, said ms truss was considering "other measures". there will be different things required for different people. there's the package of support that has 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 pretty sharpish. and that's why i think it is right to have an emergency budget, why i am glad liz is committed to that.

0liver dowden, a supporter of rishi sunak who resigned as conservative party chair after the tiverton and wakefield by—election defeats, said ms truss�* proposed tax cuts were "insufficient". i think this is one of the biggest challenges, possibly the biggest challenge for an incoming prime minister. we're going to see energy bills going up to almost £a,000. if you look at the idea of the tax cuts, this idea of reversing national insurance contributions, that's only going to benefit someone working full—time on the national minimum wage by less than £60. contrast that with whoever the prime minister is, they're going to get the benefit of about £1,800. this isn't the way to help people through this very difficult period. 0liver delton, who is supporting rishi sunak. rishi sunak and said he would declare an emergency from day one of becoming prime minister. our business correspondent

ben king is here with me. good afternoon to you. let's start with what liz truss is saying, because it does seem as if it is being characterised as a sort of tax cut and that's it. at least in some of the coverage. her cab are now saying something different. presumably in part because the context has changed this week with these remarks from the bank of england about the prospect of a recession. irate england about the prospect of a recession. ~ ., ., ., , recession. we had a really extraordinary _ recession. we had a really extraordinary amounts - recession. we had a reallyi extraordinary amounts but recession. we had a really i extraordinary amounts but on thursday from the bank of england where they published new economic forecasts predicting a recession lasting more than a year, inflation to go above 13%, and on top of that they announced a half point interest rate. all those things have really changed our view ofjust how bad this winter and autumn are going to be. it really is going to be quite a grim outlook. and that means that all of the plants of the candidates have announced so farjust all of the plants of the candidates have announced so far just won't all of the plants of the candidates have announced so farjust won't go far enough to cover the scale of the problem that people will be facing

with energy bills this winter. the bank of england confirmed there forecasters's predictions, that energy bills would go above three point £5,000 a year. part energy bills would go above three point £5,000 a year.— energy bills would go above three point £5,000 a year. part of rishi sunak's case _ point £5,000 a year. part of rishi sunak's case for— point £5,000 a year. part of rishi sunak's case for the _ point £5,000 a year. part of rishi sunak's case for the leadership i point £5,000 a year. part of rishi sunak's case for the leadership is | sunak's case for the leadership is to say that when he was chancellor he did other things, "we have made some changes, we did offer this one of payment." some of which will come into effect later this year. but even that, presumably, now looks like modest sums compared to the sorts of bills that people are likely to be facing when the next cap is lifted, as indeed it is expected in october. i cap is lifted, as indeed it is expected in october. i think both the campaign _ expected in october. i think both the campaign seem _ expected in october. i think both the campaign seem to _ expected in october. i think both the campaign seem to have - the campaign seem to have acknowledge this as well, rishi sunak think that they will do more in the autumn once they get a sense of the scale of her father's energy bills are going to go up. it sounds like liz truss also is beginning to acknowledge that there is no way that she can get away without doing more to help this issue. the

that she can get away without doing more to help this issue.— more to help this issue. the issue about tax cuts, _ more to help this issue. the issue about tax cuts, since _ more to help this issue. the issue about tax cuts, since she - more to help this issue. the issue about tax cuts, since she has - more to help this issue. the issue | about tax cuts, since she has made that central, she said today that having thought it would be next april that they could reverse the national insurance increase, they think they can do it within days or weeks of taking office, assuming she wins in september. but the thing about the tax cuts is, on its own, liz truss's cap say that is not the solution to the problems we are facing. it is going to mean somehow growing the economy. growing the economy when you have a recession, and that tends to encourage people from investing. people start saving rather than spending. all of those things that can make the recession deeper and longer lasting. growth in those circumstances is going to be no mean achievement.— those circumstances is going to be no mean achievement. going back to the tax cut issue, _ no mean achievement. going back to the tax cut issue, there _ no mean achievement. going back to the tax cut issue, there are - no mean achievement. going back to the tax cut issue, there are clear- the tax cut issue, there are clear limitations to that approach, partly because the tax cut that she has unveiled so far is reversing the health and social care levy, which doesn't do anything for anyone who

doesn't do anything for anyone who doesn't pay it. anyone who earns less than £12,000 a year. and that is true of any tax cut. if people don't pay the tax then reversing it isn't going to do anything for them. they argue that tax cuts are about 0osting growth, but even herber argent proponents won't say that there is tax cuts will kick in in time. a final brief point. we really won't know the shape of the economic plans until they are actually in the job. plans until they are actually in the 'ob. �* . ., , plans until they are actually in the 'ob. , .. . job. because circumstances are chanauin job. because circumstances are changing so _ job. because circumstances are changing so fast. _ job. because circumstances are changing so fast. coming - job. because circumstances are changing so fast. coming up . job. because circumstances are i changing so fast. coming up with job. because circumstances are . changing so fast. coming up with a [an that changing so fast. coming up with a plan that is — changing so fast. coming up with a plan that is really _ changing so fast. coming up with a plan that is really going _ changing so fast. coming up with a plan that is really going to - changing so fast. coming up with a plan that is really going to help - plan that is really going to help people in an efficient way is quite complicated. and they might want access to all of the treasury experts before designing a plan that is going to help people. but there are four more weeks of this campaign to go before we know who is going to win, he was going to be the next chancellor of the exchequer. and they then won't have very much time to get their feet under the desk and

come up with a plan that is going to fix this in time for the winter when these energy bills start to land on people's doormats. the headlines on bbc news... 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. the two conservative party leadership contenders vying to be the next prime minister outline how they plan to help people cope with the rising cost of living. but former prime minister gordon brown says much more action is needed. 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. sport, and for a full round—up, from the bbc sport centre, here's ben croucher. good afternoon to you, ben. 45 gold medals to be handed out

on the penultimate day of the commonwealth games. eight already in athletics where england stormed to gold in the men's 4 by 100 metre relay, anchored home by 0jie edoburun. england were the defending champions and the team delivered, taking the gold ahead of trinidad and tobago and nigeria. the women's team took silver — with daryll neita not able to chase down a strong nigerian quartet in the home straight. elsewhere, england's matthew hudson smith won silver in the 400 metres, cindy sember took bronze in the 100 hurdles. victoria 0huroghu and jodie williams came second and third in the women's 400. scotland's neah evans claimed silver in the women's road race, behind australia's georgia baker. the men's race is happening right now and mark cavendish's hopes appear over after he slipped behind the leading group. geraint thomas and fred wright are up there though. you can follow this one right now on the bbc sport website. just over a lap to go for those

writers there. england are gunning for a first ever gold in the women's hockey. they're taking on the australia's hockeyroos at the university of birmingham. england needed a penalty shootout to beat new zealand in the semifinals but australia did too to get past india. currently in the first quarter. just coming towards the end of the first quarter. still no goals in that one. 16 boxing finals today. 15 involving home nations fighters. wales' rosie eccles became only the second welsh woman to win commonwealth boxing gold after she won the light middlewight title. the 26—year—old beat australia's kaye scott, forcing two standing counts with the referee calling it a day in the second round. i can't believe it, if i'm honest. i thought i deserved it and i delivered that 3— to split. ijust thought, i don't want it to be the judges. the best advice from my

team. ijust went judges. the best advice from my team. i just went and judges. the best advice from my team. ijust went and did a proper job. it is always gone the distance, and to get it every second round like that, i'm over the moon, man. just over the moon. samuel hickey�*s won scotland's first commonwealth boxing gold since 2014. he was pushed all the way by 19—year—old australian callum peters but won by split decision in the middleweight final. another soon followed for scotland with sean lazzerini beating wales' taylor bevan in the light heavyweight final. as a result, birmingham 2022 will go down as scotland's most successful commonwealth games outside of glasgow 2014. still more medals to come for them hopefully. england's kiaran macdonald missed out on the gold medal by unanimous decision, as india's amit panghal upgraded the silver medal he won four years ago in australia. there was no medal of any colour for england's cricketers.

they were hammered in the t20 bronze medal match by new zealand after posting just 110—9 in their 20 overs, and it always looked to be well below par. sophie devine struck an unbeaten half century as the white ferns eased home with more than eight overs to spare. later, australia face india for gold. joshua stacey has become wales' first commonwealth games para—table tennis champion. he beat australia's lin ma in the final of the men's class 8—10 singles. stacey said he'd celebrate by calling his nan. 0 nto 0nto the football fan. a new era at manchester united under erik ten hag but it's been a familiar story in their opening game of the season against brighton. into the second half now at old trafford and brighton lead 2—0. pascal gross scoring twice. timothy castagne gave leicester the lead against brentford. and kieran dewsbury hall doubled it after half time.

later, champions manchester city travel to west ham united. in the scottish premiership, it finished 1—1 between hearts and hibs. hearts had taken the lead through lawrence shankland and looked set to hold on for a win — but a late goal from the returning martin boyle grabbed a point for hibernian. boyle's move to easter road was only finalised at 11pm on saturday and boss leejohnson said it was a risk to play him for so long in the game, but they got their reward late on. francesco bagnaia has won the british motogp at silverstone to move up to fourth in the riders' standings. french riderjohann zarco lead from pole, but crashed out on just the fifth lap as he chased his first victory in the top category. italian rider bagnaia moved up from fifth on the grid to take the chequered flag for the second race in a row. that's all the sport for now. i'll have more in the next hour. then, thank you very much. the

penultimate day of the commonwealth games so we will be expecting more news on that in sportsday later. a leading charity is warning that millions of children in england could go hungry this summer because councils have reduced or scrapped free school meal vouchers over the holidays. the children's society says the rising cost of living, and changes to how the scheme is funded, has created a postcode lottery for families that are struggling. 0ur education correspondent, elaine dunkley, reports. zed watches every penny. today, she's shopping at a community food pantry to pick up discounted essentials for the children. last summer, zed 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. three, two, one, go! 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 was a 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 be 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. he wants chicken. 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. hi, andy, how's it going? 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. a london museum says it will return ownership of artefacts that were looted in the 19th 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. joining me now is sathnam sanghera, columnist and feature writer at the times and author of the book empireland. he looked at some of the consequences and legacy of empire. thank you very much for talking to us this afternoon. mice thank you very much for talking to us this afternoon.— thank you very much for talking to us this afternoon. nice to be here. the museum's _ us this afternoon. nice to be here. the museum's announcement - us this afternoon. nice to be here. i the museum's announcement today, us this afternoon. nice to be here. - the museum's announcement today, it is not the first but it is kind of in a sense there is a momentum that seems to be building behind this campaign. not comingjust seems to be building behind this campaign. not coming just from the pressure outside, but coming from within the museum circle as well. absolutely, germany returned about 1000 benin bronzes at while ago. france has returned some. jesus couege france has returned some. jesus college cambridge, aberdeen university. the problem is our national museums are not returning theirs. ifeel like they national museums are not returning theirs. i feel like they are falling behind the international conversation. also, ithink behind the international conversation. also, i think they are

falling behind what young people expect, because in my experience young people feel the way about museums of the way we thought about zoos. they can't really see why they exist. 0ur government's attitude seems to be we are never going to return anything, shut up and go away. but i think it is causing real harm to our international reputation.— harm to our international reputation. the difficulty is domestic— reputation. the difficulty is domestic and _ reputation. the difficulty is| domestic and international, reputation. the difficulty is - domestic and international, isn't it? we live in a country that where many people who are british will come from or be descended from families who were part of the then british empire, for whom the british were colonisers. so when i sense it is part of their family's history and part of the story of this nation now, and we don't seem to have resolved that tension in your own minds. ~ ., ., ,., minds. we have had the government sa in: that minds. we have had the government saying that they _ minds. we have had the government saying that they are _ minds. we have had the government saying that they are going _ minds. we have had the government saying that they are going to - saying that they are going to withdraw funding for conversations, sorry, for museums that even have these conversations. which is quite extreme. the thing is, what happens in benin have been so many times in

other places. we also raided tibet, we killed 3000 people, took a lot of their artefacts and they are in our museums. we raided ethiopia and took a crown, which is a site centrepiece at the vn day. these conversations about colonialism, we just like to pretend it is not really happening. at a time in history when we are trying to redefine our role in the world after brexit, i think we should think about the prism through which the rest of the world sees us, and that prison is usually empire. what would you say to those working who say, look, it feels like this conversation is always about british guilt. i conversation is always about british auilt. ., �* ~' , conversation is always about british auilt. ., �* ~ , ., guilt. i don't think it is about auilt. guilt. i don't think it is about uilt. it guilt. i don't think it is about guilt- it is — guilt. i don't think it is about guilt. it is not _ guilt. i don't think it is about guilt. it is not having - guilt. i don't think it is about| guilt. it is not having positive conversations. if we gave some of the contested items back, the british museum would not be empty. it can show everything it has got now. .. , , ., , , now. exactly. very few of its items are on display. _

now. exactly. very few of its items are on display, and _ now. exactly. very few of its items are on display, and you _ now. exactly. very few of its items are on display, and you could - now. exactly. very few of its items are on display, and you could have| are on display, and you could have amazing scholarship, amazing exhibitions if we agreed to give some of this stuff back, and i think we would gain a lot from it ourselves. we would gain a lot from it ourselves-— we would gain a lot from it ourselves. ., , ., ,, .,~ ., ourselves. lovely to speak to you. thank you — ourselves. lovely to speak to you. thank you very — ourselves. lovely to speak to you. thank you very much _ ourselves. lovely to speak to you. thank you very much for _ ourselves. lovely to speak to you. thank you very much for your - ourselves. lovely to speak to you. j thank you very much for your time this afternoon. french officials trying to rescue a beluga whale trapped in the river seine have tested a new strategy — a vitamin cocktail. the visibly malnourished beluga was first spotted on tuesday and has swum upriver to within 70 kilometres of paris. rescuers say it has so far refused their offerings of fish, either because it lacks energy or is sick. they hope that the vitamin injection will stimulate its appetite and help it to make the 160km return journey to the channel, where it can swim back to its arctic habitat. earlier, i spoke to lamya essemlali, president of sea shepherd france, a marine conservation organisation leading the rescue operation. we believe he's too weak to make it back on his own to the sea. so right now we all think that the best chance that he has

is that we help him, get him back to sea. so either putting him on a boat or by the road. but definitely give him vitamins, food, antibiotics, and give him the best chance possible. and then we'll let nature take its course and hope he can make it. but it's out of our hands what happens after that. if this doesn't work, you obviously wouldn'tjust leave him there to die. would you consider euthanising him? giving him an injection to let him die more peacefully? well, we did mention that option. the easiest way to do it would be to do it while he's in the lock, because he's at reach. we put that option aside because he's actually alert, he's curious, he reacts to his environment and he's not like a dying whale. it would be a premature

decision to decide to euthanise him at this stage. so that's why we refuse to do that at the moment. and once he's back at sea, well, obviously, there isn't much we can do. now it's time for a look at the weather with darren bett. hello, once again it has been a dry day for the vast majority of the uk and it will stay that way in the next few days at least. we are going to find a bit more cloud across scotland and some rain approaching the far north—west later tonight, but otherwise with clear skies and light winds and temperatures will fall away to around 11 or 12 degrees. there are some much warmer nights to come later in the week as temperatures continue to climb. a dry story for most of us again on monday, the rain again is in the highlands and islands where it has been for the past few weeks. elsewhere, dry. many places blue skies. light winds, a little bit cooler, probably around some coastal areas with some sea breezes, but

temperatures continuing to rise in land, getting close to 30 degrees in the london area on monday afternoon. temperatures will continue to climb through the rest of the week, particularly across england and wales. heat wave conditions developing in many places here, and friday we could be meeting 36 degrees in the south. hello, this is bbc news. i'm shaun ley, and these are the headlines... after a weekend of heavy violence between israel and palestinian militants, hopes are high of a possible ceasefire following the deaths of at least 31 palestinians. the two conservative party leadership contenders vying to be the next prime minister outline how they plan to help people cope with the rising cost of living, but former prime minister gordon brown says much more action is needed. nearly 170,000 tonnes of grain and sunflower oil leave on a second convoy of ships out of ukaine after russia's blockade caused global shortages.