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coming home from school. since the attack, the boys' world has shrunk. they no longer go to classes. their physical wounds may have healed, but their trauma remains, like the danger. conflict echoes around them. do you hear a lot of sounds from the war? "bullets, explosions, air strikes, shells," he says. hashim, is it very scary when you hear the explosions and the gunfire? "i feel scared and run. there's a lot of explosions." badr wants to be a doctor when he's older. he wants to help people. first, the brothers need to return to school. "i want to go back," he tells me,

"but my leg has been cut off. "how can i go out of the house?" and right next door, another little life upended. amir was maimed on the same day last october in a second round of shelling. it killed his cousin and his uncle in their own home. amir�*s father, sharif al—amri, shares his pain. he says his sleeping son, who's just three, needs another operation and has deep wounds of memory. translation: he remembers every moment - from - the shelling to the hospital. he says this happened to my uncle, this happened to my cousin. he talks about the smoke and the blood. it's always on his mind.

back on the street, sharif tries to distract amir. "don't be scared, my love, you're a man." all of the shelling is from the who these and we are in the firing line. we have covered from the building but there are snipers nearby, we are told there in a crescent around the area and local people say they get busy aronson said. . his front room is in their sites. he knows exactly where to sit. i show you the snipers place. it's far, don't worry. look,

over there. then, place. it's far, don't worry. look, overthere. then, he place. it's far, don't worry. look, over there. then, he tells us if we go out into the garden we will be shot. back on the street, sharif tries to distract amir. back on the street, sharif tries to distract amir. "don't be scared, my love, you're a man." but he's just a child who has seen too much. he asks amir what he wants in the future. "buy me a gun," he says. "i will put a bullet in my gun and fire at those who took my leg. "it will go right to them." most of the children maimed and killed in taiz over the years have been victims of the houthis. but some died in air strikes

by the saudi—led coalition. if peace comes — and many yemenis have their doubts — the young will carry this war for ever. orla guerin, bbc news, taiz. here in the uk, the boss of natwest bank dame alison rose has admitted she was the source of an inaccurate bbc story about the closure of nigel farage's bank account. the corporation reported based on conversations that the former brexit party leader's account had been shut for purely commercial reasons. he later published documents showing his political views were also taken into account. dame alison said she had made a serious error of judgment. our business correspondence has more details. what else can you tell us about the

latest developments? this what else can you tell us about the latest developments?— what else can you tell us about the latest developments? this has been the latest twist _ latest developments? this has been the latest twist in _ latest developments? this has been the latest twist in a _ latest developments? this has been the latest twist in a saga _ latest developments? this has been the latest twist in a saga that - latest developments? this has been the latest twist in a saga that has i the latest twist in a saga that has gripped headline writers in the uk over the last month. coutts is a prestigious 300—year—old bank and nigel farage disclosed his account was being shut down. the bbc filed a report based on a senior and trusted source at the bank at the start of this month which said that it was commercial decisions which had led to his account being cloud. he didn't meet the criteria. he then went and got a report from the bank, 40 went and got a report from the bank, a0 pages of it, in which it was revealed that his political views were discussed at a committee hearing as a possible factor that might have the bank concerned about his account. the bbc has since apologised saying the report was based on inaccurate and incomplete information at the time. natwest

also apologised but what happened over the last hour or so was the chief executive dame alison rose has admitted she was the source sat next to a bbcjournalist at a dinner and she said she did not reveal any personal financial information about nigel farage but said she confirmed he had been offered a natwest bank account, and that he was a customer, and she repeated what nigel farage already stated, that the bank saw this as a commercial decision. she said she thought she was repeating guidance that was publicly available and that she was not part however of the decision—making process that led to the closure of the account and that she was informed it was a purely commercial decision. other factors have been revealed in the interim but reflecting on all of this, dame alison has said she has written to apologise to mr farage

for the personal hurt. the board of the bank has considered all of this and says it still has full confidence in her as chief executive. however, she is going to see some impact on her pay and bonus. the financial regulator in the uk says it is going to wait and see the outcome of an investigation the bank has now ordered, an independent review, so wait and see what happens there. in the meantime mr farage is currently on air with his own programme on a different channel and he has expressed concern that there are contradictions in the report so this saga has further to run but waves are being created around the city of london as the chief of natwest admits to being that source. let's get more now with francis coppola, a writer on fine and, banking and economics. let's start with your reaction to the most recent revelation that the natwest boss was in fact the source of this

information. my boss was in fact the source of this information-— boss was in fact the source of this information. ~ , ., ., , information. my immediate thought is that she should _ information. my immediate thought is that she should resign. _ information. my immediate thought is that she should resign. you _ information. my immediate thought is that she should resign. you can't - that she should resign. you can't discuss things on the record with a bbcjournalist discuss things on the record with a bbc journalist about an individual, particularly such a high individual, without having the full facts or the approval of the communications and press people, it isjust unacceptable. it was a terrible mistake. it has caused inordinate problems and embarrassment for the bbc, embarrassment for mr farage. it isjust unacceptable and bbc, embarrassment for mr farage. it is just unacceptable and she has got to go. isjust unacceptable and she has got to .o_ . ., isjust unacceptable and she has got to lo, ~ ., ., isjust unacceptable and she has got too. ~ . ., isjust unacceptable and she has got too. ~ ., ., isjust unacceptable and she has got too. . ., ., ., isjust unacceptable and she has got to go. what do you make of the board sa inc to go. what do you make of the board sa in: that to go. what do you make of the board saying that they _ to go. what do you make of the board saying that they still _ to go. what do you make of the board saying that they still have _ to go. what do you make of the board saying that they still have full - saying that they still have full confidence in her? i’d saying that they still have full confidence in her?— saying that they still have full confidence in her? i'd think that's uuite a confidence in her? i'd think that's quite a bad _ confidence in her? i'd think that's quite a bad error _ confidence in her? i'd think that's quite a bad error of _ confidence in her? i'd think that's quite a bad error ofjudgment. . quite a bad error ofjudgment. client confidentiality, she says she didn't share any confidential information, but she shouldn't have been saying anything at all about an individual customer like that to a

journalist. ifind it astonishing that the board thinks it is somehow 0k. it is that the board thinks it is somehow ok. it is not. i question the board to'sjudgment on this. ok. it is not. i question the board to's judgment on this. find ok. it is not. i question the board to'sjudgment on this.— to'sjudgment on this. and as we were speaking — to'sjudgment on this. and as we were speaking to _ to'sjudgment on this. and as we were speaking to our _ to'sjudgment on this. and as we - were speaking to our correspondence she mentioned this was making waves in the city. she mentioned this was making waves in the ci . ~ ., ., she mentioned this was making waves intheci .~ ., ., , in the city. what are people saying about this? _ in the city. what are people saying about this? it — in the city. what are people saying about this? it has _ in the city. what are people saying about this? it has only _ in the city. what are people saying about this? it has onlyjust - in the city. what are people saying about this? it has onlyjust broken | about this? it has onlyjust broken so i have not heard a great deal from my contacts but anyone on the byline is saying, as she still in place? it would be an instant dismissalfor place? it would be an instant dismissal for us place? it would be an instant dismissalfor us so place? it would be an instant dismissal for us so why not for her? it is really not a good look, staying in place and trying to cling on by her fingernails and the board propping her up for the moment, she really has to go. propping her up for the moment, she really has to go-_ really has to go. more broadly, this whole incident _ really has to go. more broadly, this whole incident with _ really has to go. more broadly, this whole incident with nigel— really has to go. more broadly, this whole incident with nigel farage i really has to go. more broadly, thisl whole incident with nigel farage and his account at coutts has caused a lot of discussion. it his account at coutts has caused a lot of discussion.— his account at coutts has caused a lot of discussion. it has indeed and i have been — lot of discussion. it has indeed and i have been part _ lot of discussion. it has indeed and i have been part of _ lot of discussion. it has indeed and i have been part of that _ lot of discussion. it has indeed and i have been part of that discussion | i have been part of that discussion myself as you possibly know. in

general, i have been pretty much on the side of the bank on this because the side of the bank on this because the documentation that is released does suggest that although his political views were discussed, the actual decision to close the account was made for commercial reasons. this kind of looseness over discussing people's details at dinners and things like that, that is not ok. . ~ dinners and things like that, that is not ok. ., ~ ,, , . ., is not ok. thank you very much for our is not ok. thank you very much for your thoughts. _ is not ok. thank you very much for your thoughts, good _ is not ok. thank you very much for your thoughts, good to _ is not ok. thank you very much for your thoughts, good to have - is not ok. thank you very much for your thoughts, good to have you i is not ok. thank you very much for| your thoughts, good to have you on the programme. eight brussels court has convicted eight men of murder and attempted murder today for their part in the 2016 islamist bombings in the belgian capital that killed 32 people and injured more than 300. let's talk to our europe regional editor. just remind us of the background to this trial. this was based on an _ background to this trial. this was based on an attack— background to this trial. this was based on an attack that - background to this trial. this was| based on an attack that happened background to this trial. this was i based on an attack that happened in march 2016 described at the time is the worst attack in belgium since

the worst attack in belgium since the second world war. it involved three suicide bombers, two of them went to the airport and detonated devices in the departure lounge. one of them detonated a device on a train going into brussels. altogether 32 people were killed, more than 300 injured. the dead came from a variety of countries, britain, america, poland, china, peru. an incident that had international repercussions. it drew attention to the fact that belgium have all the countries in europe has the highest percentage of its population whojoin the highest percentage of its population who join jihad a groups. by population who join jihad a groups. by some measures nearly 500 people had left belgium to go and fight and train in syria and iraq. whilst this incident was a terrible shock, in many ways it wasn't entirely a surprise. the people in court, some had already been convicted of taking part in the attacks in paris a few

months earlier. even more devastating with more than 100 people killed at the bataclan concert hall and in other areas of paris. there seemed to be some confusion from the court. it seems eight people are six people have now been convicted of murder, different user organisations are reporting different numbers. but what we know is that amongst them were two people who were involved in those paris attacks. one obtained a certain notoriety because he was spotted leaving the airport wearing a hat, he became known as the mystery man in the hat. it seems he went to the airport with a device but didn't detonate it. another man may have left the train without dieting and device. so six or perhaps eight people have now been convicted of murder. ~ . , people have now been convicted of murder. ~ ., , ., ~ ., ., murder. what else do we know about the verdict? — murder. what else do we know about the verdict? very _ murder. what else do we know about the verdict? very little, _ murder. what else do we know about the verdict? very little, it _ murder. what else do we know about the verdict? very little, it is - the verdict? very little, it is obviously —

the verdict? very little, it is obviously rather _ the verdict? very little, it is obviously rather late - the verdict? very little, it is obviously rather late in i the verdict? very little, it is obviously rather late in the l the verdict? very little, it is i obviously rather late in the day or brussels so it may be they are waiting for sentencing are waiting for thejudge to sum waiting for sentencing are waiting for the judge to sum up. we waiting for sentencing are waiting for thejudge to sum up. we have waiting for sentencing are waiting for the judge to sum up. we have the barest information, some of it a little contradictory at the moment. thank you very much forjoining us with that. around the world and across the uk, this is bbc news. we will take a look now that some stories making use across the uk. a man has been found guilty of sexually assaulting and murdering his 16—year—old sister. amber gibson's body was found in november 2021. thejudge gibson's body was found in november 2021. the judge told gibson's body was found in november 2021. thejudge told him he faces gibson's body was found in november 2021. the judge told him he faces a lengthy sentence. just stop oil protests have cost the metropolitan police over £7 million since april. the police say it amounts to the equivalent of 23,500 officers shifts. as well as marching on main

roads activists have disrupted events including wimbledon and the london pride march. radiographers in england are taking part in a a8—hour strike over pay. 37 nhs trusts are affected. during the action staff will only perform vital scans on patients. the government says its offer of a 5% pay rise and one—off payment is their complete and final offer. you are live with bbc news. the number of people living in temporary accommodation in england has hit a record high. official data shows that at the end of march almost 105,000 households were living in temporary accommodation and almost ia,000 of those households now live in hotels or bed and breakfast. perhaps even more worrying is that a record 131,000 children are included in this number. these figures represent the highest seen in 25 years. michael

buchanan has this report. born into homelessness, five—week—old jack has spent his entire life living in a hotel room. his i7—month—old sister, lily, learned to walk here. the family say they were made homeless through a no fault eviction as the landlord wanted the property back. they all now live in the one room. he wakes up crying, it wakes her up. so some nights i've been down here, about three in the morning, rocking him in the pram down here so that he doesn't wake her up. out on the street? no, in the reception. yeah. sat in the reception. and because that's the thing. when one of you wakes up, the whole room wakes up. yeah. he starts crying for a bottle and wakes her up, and then she wakes up and she thinks it's morning and get up. the families here are among a record number of households living in temporary accommodation in england. nearly ia,000 households are living in hotels or bed and breakfast. the council in plymouth expect to spend nearly £7 million on the problem this year, ten times the amount they spent five years ago. we've got so many families

who are going through such a tricky time emotionally. telly hall has an often thankless task, driving around the city trying to find affordable properties for homeless families. because the cost of living crisis, the fact that inflation is going up, and mortgages going up, landlords have to, in order to afford to do this, they have to have the rent reflecting that. and we get working families now who are in hotels and b and bs because they can't afford to pay their rent. ministers say they're spending £2 billion tackling homelessness, but they've also chosen to freeze housing benefit levels for three years while rents have soared. and now landlords are starting to pull out. ok, so this is your entrance hall. dorothy dawson has been renting out at home for 16 years, but she's selling up, blaming government plans to end no fault evictions and rising costs. well, the mortgage will triple, the payments on the mortgage will triple.

and the council tax in between tenants has gone up to £152 a month. the standing charges on the utilities have gone up. and also because i'm so arthritic now and i can't fix it up myself, i've got to pay people to do all the work on it. so fewer properties to rent as more families than ever seek a home. my old room was like a lot bigger. this one's really small, but my old room, i could, like, do stuff in. like, i would usually, like, draw picture like, and just nail it into the wall. but i can't do that here. caden has no place to call home. the 12—year—old has previously spent two months in a hotel after his family were served with a no fault eviction. they're not allowed to decorate this temporary accommodation as they could be moved at any minute. just not knowing, you know, any day. this isn't secure. it isn't like, "oh, we're definitely going to live here until we move on". something could happen with this place. we could move on again.

homelessness means caden can no longer go to the same secondary school as his friends as he lives too far away. an unintended consequence of a broken housing system. that was michael buchanan reporting. joining us now isjohn glenton, executive directorfor joining us now isjohn glenton, executive director for the charitable housing association riverside care and support. this must be quite disappointing because during the pandemic homelessness actually went down, didn't it? it must be disappointing to see it go back up so quickly.— must be disappointing to see it go back up so quickly. these numbers are more than _ back up so quickly. these numbers are more than disappointing, i back up so quickly. these numbers are more than disappointing, they| are more than disappointing, they are more than disappointing, they are really shocking but not entirely surprising. what they demonstrate is the need for the government to have a national plan to address the shortage of housing and critically the shortage of affordable housing. we use to talk about people on benefits and low income not being

able to rent in the private sector. now for many families on good salaries it seems they can't afford to rent in the private sector. that is for a range of reasons that was covered earlier in your report but we also need to do more to support families to prevent them becoming homeless in the beginning. a system of support to have intervention when things start to go wrong. but we also need the safety net of good quality and funded affordable housing so we are able to step in and afford the families when they do reach that position and we are able to get them into long—term houses of their own quickly and it is a whole range of services. but this isn't entirely surprising when you look at the cost of living crisis, so people struggling to pay their rent... just hel us struggling to pay their rent... just help us understand what is actually causing this, because is at the cost of housing, the availability of housing or a combination of all those factors? it housing or a combination of all those factors?—

housing or a combination of all those factors? it is a combination of many factors — those factors? it is a combination of many factors including - those factors? it is a combination of many factors including the i of many factors including the national shortage of affordable homes, that is one key factor, there have also been many cuts in the home with services, services have been cloud or reduced, but in addition to that cuts and mental health services and family support services, services within social care, so many areas that people would have previously been able to access help and support to sustain the tenancy it is simply not there any more and in addition the cost of living crisis, it is a range of things that is having an impact. all of these put pressure and stress on mental health and that puts stress and pressure on relationships which can result in breakdowns resulting in more people needing to leave the family home and again creating homelessness. the key factor is we don't have enough homes that are affordable in this country and we need a range of services to support families and individuals that crisis

point and that could happen to any of us. ,., ., , point and that could happen to any of us. , ., ., , ., point and that could happen to any of us. ,., ., , ., ., of us. the government does have a housina of us. the government does have a housing plan _ of us. the government does have a housing plan that _ of us. the government does have a housing plan that aims _ of us. the government does have a housing plan that aims to _ of us. the government does have a housing plan that aims to fix i of us. the government does have a housing plan that aims to fix that. l housing plan that aims to fix that. well that help?— well that help? yes, but what we need is a national _ well that help? yes, but what we need is a national plan _ well that help? yes, but what we need is a national plan not - well that help? yes, but what we need is a national plan not only . well that help? yes, but what we | need is a national plan not only to build more homes but to build affordable homes. but with that safety net of good quality, well—run support services to step in when somebody hits a crisis point, whether it is a breakdown or a mental health issue or whatever it might be. we need a range of services and that is where we have worked so well in the pandemic that we almost eradicated homelessness with the 2—3 week period and we were able to provide wraparound services to allow people access accommodation and support, to cope with debt advice on mental health, with a range of different health issues. one thing that is really clear from recent research from the national housing federation is that 53% of people in temporary accommodation are staying there longer than they need to and that is because there is nowhere for them to move on to. it

also says that nine out of ten people have a health need and out of those 50% have more than one, so it is a broad range of factors that has contributed to these figures, but what we know is that previously we would be able to fix these things. we don't need to just look at the future but at issues which have worked in the past which have helped us to be in a much better position than what we are now. and i accept the government is spending a lot of money but i don't always think they are spending it on the right places or spending it smartly. sometimes the policies contradict each other, and we have seen too much short—term funding where you might have funding for a year or two. we need sustainable funding, ring fenced, to prevent homelessness and tackle it quickly when it happens. find prevent homelessness and tackle it quickly when it happens.— quickly when it happens. and 'ust briefl , quickly when it happens. and 'ust briefly. we — quickly when it happens. and 'ust briefly, we sawi quickly when it happens. and 'ust briefly, we saw prince i quickly when it happens. and just briefly, we saw prince william i briefly, we saw prince william launch an initiative. how much does that sort of publicity help? absolutely amazing. obviously

details are to be worked out but i think it is fantastic that prince william is visibly supporting and highlighting the need for more housing and it would be amazing if they are able to build some homes actually on crown estates.- they are able to build some homes actually on crown estates. thank you ve much actually on crown estates. thank you very much for— actually on crown estates. thank you very much forjoining _ actually on crown estates. thank you very much forjoining us, _ actually on crown estates. thank you very much forjoining us, good i actually on crown estates. thank you very much forjoining us, good to i very much forjoining us, good to have your thoughts. john is executive director for the charitable housing association riverside care and support. don't forget, you can find all our stories on our website, just search bbc news and you can find everything we are covering for you. stay with us on bbc news. we will be right back. hello. it has been a day of cloud

and showers and relatively cool, certainly compared to the mediterranean. yesterday in some spots we had extreme temperatures, this was the highest, a8.2 in sardinia. hottest day of the year so far in europe. but those extreme temperatures are coming to an end, at least for now, as this jet stream dives southwards across the mediterranean by wednesday and it pushes the heat back into the sahara and the temperatures will take a tumble. in fact, in palermo on monday, where it was a7 degrees celsius, we'll look at that on wednesday. we're closer to the climatic norm of around 30 degrees or so. now, the forecast for us, though, that same jet stream is going to bring changeable weather over the coming days. in fact, tomorrow we are expecting a bright start and then rain later on. through the night, ahead of the weather front, there are some clear skies around, but also early in the morning, there could be some showers across parts of northern england. the early morning temperatures will range from around seven degrees in aberdeen to 11—12 in some of the bigger city centres. so that low pressure pushed

by that jet stream that i showed you earlier on, and remember, it takes a dive into europe, but here the jet stream is actually pointing right at us. it's pushing the weather front towards us. clouds are thickening in the morning across ireland. the outbreaks of rain are moving in. and i think by around lunchtime, the thicker cloud and possibly the outbreaks of rain will be nudging in to some of these western parts of the uk, whereas further east it should be dry and bright and actually a decent day in norwich, in newcastle and also in aberdeen. but later on in the evening, so this is wednesday evening now, and into the early hours of thursday, that weather front will cross all parts and there will be rain. so most of us will catch some rain over the next 2a—36 hours. here's thursday's weather forecast, then. once that weather front moves across into the north sea, it leaves a legacy of thicker cloud. it's also going to be quite humid air. temperatures will be around 20 degrees in glasgow and about 22 or three in the south and there'll be sunny spells and also a few showers.

so on to the outlook into the weekend. very little change overall, that is, broadly speaking, changeable with frequent showers. bye bye.

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fight a fire tie in a crash, modern slavery in the uk care sector according to a bbc investigation. one in five people will be living with a major health condition by 20a0, according to a leading think tank. welcome back to pilots, two pilots of died after the plane crashed on the island north of athens were there trying to put out a forest fire. a grim reminder of the dangers faced by those are battling to control wildfires continue to rage on several greek islands. roads is the worst hit with the evacuation flights rescuing stranded tourists. our correspondent reports from roads. unrelenting, unforgiving — the fires are raging on. firefighters battling to contain them. notjust here on rhodes, but on the islands of evia and corfu, too.

it's desperate, dangerous work.