welcome back to bbc news. six un workers were among those killed in an israeli air strike on a school in gaza — which was run by the un agency for palestinian refugees. un chief, antonio guterres, branded the strike "totally u na cce pta ble". israel's military said it carried out a "precise strike on terrorists" planning attacks from the school — and released a list of nine alleged hamas members from among the those killed overall. bbc verify have been taking a closer look at the incident. this video was filmed on wednesday on the main road to a camp in the gaza strip, it shows a school where staff of unrwa were present. it has been used as a shelter for displaced palestinians. gaza's state run

health agency said 60 were killed and unrwa said some of their employees were. these are their employees were. these are the scenes inside the courtyard, damage to the building on the east side. let's give you an idea of the site. here is the school and here is that building on the east side where aljazeera filter supply is marked with the unrwa logo. the idf confirmed they conducted the strike and used precise munitions on a hamas control centre and that the group continues to export civilian infrastructure. furthermore, israel's ambassador to the un said the unrwa staff were not aid workers and some were involved in the 7th of october at massacre. we cannot verify these claims but we have asked unrwa for a response. following the strike, un chief antonio guterres content violations of international humanitarian law and unrwa repeated their calls for a civilian infra structure to be protected and for all parties not to use or target schools. they say this school has been struck five times

during the current conflict in gaza. bbc verify has seen evidence of one of these previous strikes, this was the scene on the 6th ofjuly where the hamas run ministry of health said 16 people died. as with all these videos we have much of the layouts of streets, buildings, trees to what we can see on satellite maps but imagery at the time also helps. these are the buildings on the 5th ofjuly, and these are those buildings on the 8th of july. as you can see, the building in the corner completely gone as are others, we can so see the wreckage of these buildings in the videos we have been looking at from yesterday. that strike was on the 6th ofjuly, since then, we at bbc verify have been tracking strikes on school buildings in gaza. it should be said, many of these will have been used as shelters. in that period, the idf have confirmed 21 strikes including four in the four days starting from the 6th ofjuly. here they are the top in each strike, the idf claimed they have targeted terrorists or hamas specifically for sub so, here

is the school we have been talking about from yesterday and the sick ofjuly but up here at this school, the largest reported casualty camp of all the school sites we have looked at. it is in the district of gaza city and hospital sources that told bbc at the time 70 people were killed. the idf claimed the site was an active hamas and islamicjihad military facility islamic jihad military facility and islamicjihad military facility and offered these graphics to demonstrate the precision of their strike. these pictures from the afp news agency show the level of destruction inside . we have examined footage from another of the idf strikes also. 0ver another of the idf strikes also. over here at this school on the 27th ofjuly where the hamas run health ministry said 30 people died. he eyed bbc verify we are tracking strikes on school sites within gaza as well as the claims and counter claims on school sites within gaza as well as the claims and counter claims about on school sites within gaza as well as the claims and counter claims about those on school sites within gaza as well as the claims and counter claims about those involved. bbc verify. pope francis has ended the second — of his three—day

visit to singapore by holding mass at the national stadium. steve lai was there and sent this report. pope francis started off day two of his trip here to singapore at the national university. he sat alongside president tharman shanmugaratnam and discussed issues that are close to his heart. he talked about social cohesion. interfaith dialogue, and he talked about the environment as well. and these are three themes that he carried throughout his trip here to the asia pacific and their themes as well, and they're themes as well, that that singapore likes to play up as well, especially when it comes to ethnic diversity. here in singapore, we have four major races. and in fact, during the service that took place at the national stadium, we saw prayers take place in those four languages. when he got off the plane at the vip terminal, he was greeted by four children, all representing the four ethnicities of singapore as well. so following that visit to the university, he then came to the national stadium, which you can see behind me, where he conducted a mass with 50,000 devotees that all came, got their seats through ballot and were the lucky ones to be able to celebrate mass with him again. the message looking out

for those that are vulnerable. talking about unity and talking about solidarity as well were the key themes of his homily that he delivered here in the national stadium. the stadium then followed after the pope's mass that was carried out turned into a bit of a party, a bit of a concert. a lot of the youth leaders from the catholic church on stage singing, and it became quite a raucous affair, all in good spirits, of course. and that was day two for the pope. tomorrow, he's expected to make two more stops before he heads back to rome. he's expected to visit the elderly and the sick, and he's also expected to meet with young people at the catholic junior college. again, another interfaith dialogue. one of the key themes that he has had through this trip. steve lai there in singapore. former sub—postmasters who inspired a tv drama about the post office it scandal, have been told by the prime minister the government will compensate them as quickly as they can.

sir keir starmer was speaking after the former sub—postmistressjo hamilton told the bbc that the government was "still messing us around" over compensation payments. she launched a scathing attack on ministers at the national television awards last night. the itv drama mr bates versus the post office won three awards. here's our entertainment correspondent lizo mzimba. mr bates vs the post office. cheering and applause it was one of the big winners of the night, the itv series watched by millions and hailed for its portrayal of post office sub—postmasters and sub—postmistresses wrongly accused of theft. while we're just skint little people... scooping up the award for best drama and tobyjones, who played sub—postmaster alan bates, winning best performance. but when the real—life sub—postmasters and sub—postmistresses joined the stars on stage, they made clear they have yet

to secure their own when. ——their own win. what i'd like you to know is i went to westminster a couple of weeks back and saw the new minister and, trust me, nothing has changed. and almost... audience groans and boos this morning brought nor plain truths. a lot of people have listened to what the government have been shoving out, like they've paid out hundreds of millions of pounds. but what they never say is how much they've spent on their own legal fees, which is bigger than what they've actually paid out. more than 300 people from our group that fought five years ago in the high court still haven't had their money. it's a joke, isn't it? every government and every prime minister, i don't know how many of them there've been, but they've all stood in parliament and said they're trying to help us but nothing happens. to the bbc, the labour government said...

the computer system the post office spent an arm and a leg on is faulty... the itv drama captured the nation�* hearts and forged lifelong friendships. i mean, we've been all working together on this for about four years, really, altogether, so inevitably, we've become friends in that time. this little group here are, you know, we're all on each other's christmas card list! we've been together for so many years. i that's the word — togetherness. you know, that's the way - we beat them and that's the way we're going to carry on. the post office scandal has been described as one of the biggest miscarriages ofjustice the uk has ever seen and this was the drama that brought the story to life.

finally, 555 of us now, ready to tell our stories... a story that off—screen is far from over. lizo mzimba, bbc news. now if you have ever been to buckingham palace you will have seen the kings guard wearing the famous bearskins. well the price of a single bearskin cap has soared to more than £2,000. that's according to the ministry of defence, which has spent more than £1 million on them in recent years. animal welfare campaigners say the use of real fur is now a financial as well as an ethical issue. sean coughlan reports. the tall bearskin caps worn by the king's guards are a distinctive sight outside buckingham palace and at big ceremonial events like trooping the colour. but animal rights campaigners are saying there's too high a price to pay —

notjust in terms of using real fur from black bears but also because the cost to taxpayers has gone up so much. each bearskin cap and estimate costs more than £2,000. that's an annual increase of 30%. the figures have been revealed by the ministry of defence in a freedom of information request from the campaign group the people for the ethical treatment of animals. we are calling on the new secretary of state for defence to finally end the uk's support for this cruel industry by making the switch to faux fur for the caps which, you know, would represent the values of our nation, it would save taxpayer money and of course spare bears�* lives. it means more than £1 million has been spent on bearskin caps over the past decade and the animal rights group says it's unacceptable waste of taxpayers�* money. the mod says it's open to using an alternative to real fur if a material can be found that is suitably durable and keeps its shape. it's a decision for the military rather than

the royals, but queen camilla has already revealed that she has made the switch away from buying realfur. sean coughlan, bbc news. we are going to take a short breakfor the next we are going to take a short break for the next few seconds, catch up for all the headlines in a few seconds. now it's time for a look at the weather with darren bett. hello there. we've got another cold but sunny start tomorrow morning and then the weather is going to change. right now the winds have come from a long way north, which is why it's so cold. but as we head into the weekend, we cut off the supply of cold air. the winds coming in from the atlantic and temperatures are going to rise. today, though, we've got a mixture of sunshine and showers. once again seeing some heavy showers breaking out, those showers breaking out a little more widely through the afternoon. temperatures again 13 to 15 degrees below average for the time of year, but not quite as windy this time, and the winds continue to fall light overnight.

the showers tend to fade away, just keeping a few in the far north of scotland and maybe around some of those north sea coasts. but clear skies, light winds, it all points to a cold night, colder than last night. we may well have temperatures dipping below freezing in southeast scotland and parts of northern england, so really a cold start to tomorrow. sunny, though, as we head through the day and temperatures rise a little so there will be some cloud developing, but we're not really expecting the showers this time. and this rain coming into northern ireland is much slower. whilst it will turn cloudy in northern ireland, it'll be late in the day before we see any rain and it should be dry in scotland, but still on the cold side here. temperatures will be a little higherfor england and wales, underneath that area of high pressure, keeping it dry. this low pressure, though heading towards iceland, will steer these weather fronts towards scotland and northern ireland and strengthen the winds. particularly windy in the far northwest

of scotland. most of the rain, though, will be coming into northern ireland and western scotland through the day. england and wales maybe seeing a bit more cloud in the west, sunshine in the eastern side of england and those temperatures continuing to lift to 19, possibly even 20 degrees and across the whole of the uk temperatures are going to be higher than what we're seeing at the moment, which is good news, i suppose, and it won't be as cold at night either, particularly on that weather front, as it runs southwards into england and wales. now it's running into higher pressure, so there may not be an awful lot of rain. some rain for a while in northern england. that will continue in wales, maybe the west midlands and towards the south west. sunny skies for scotland and northern ireland. it won't be as windy. we've still got temperatures up to 16 or 17 degrees and dry and a bit warmer still in southeastern parts of england.

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are talking to small business owners about what is on their mind ahead of the election. it would be taking you into the toaster behind me and just a moment. six of its employees _ just a moment. six of its employees were - just a moment. six of its employees were killed . just a moment. six of itsj employees were killed in just a moment. six of its i employees were killed in an israeli air strike, where a school in central gaza. the latest of which reported to have killed 18 people six members of the staff. and, rock starjon bonjovi is praised for helping to talk down a woman from the edge of a bridge. hello. here in the uk, the prime minister has described the health service as "broken but not beaten", after a review, commissioned by his government, concluded that the nhs in england was in "serious trouble". the report highlights declining productivity and patients being put at risk by ballooning waits and "awful

emergency services".