allegations of child i trafficking, after an i investigation by bbc africa eye | exposed a series of underground networks in nairobi... ..some refused to believe what they saw. a very senior government official called and said, "this story is a fake." but others praised our journalism. and i thank the media for exposing this and for bringing it out. thank you very much. and officials made public promises of firm government action. no effort will be spared - in ensuring that we protect our children. some of the perpetrators were arrested. but how much impact did the film have in the fight against child trafficking in kenya — and how much have things really changed since? back in 2020, bbc africa eye uncovered an underground trade in children stolen from the streets and even hospitals back in 2020, bbc africa eye uncovered an underground trade in children stolen from the streets and even hospitals of nairobi and then sold on the black market to the highest bidder. the investigation sent shock waves through kenya. every home, every matatu, everyone was talking about it. our undercover i

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our bbc africa correspondent investigate the impact.a warning, this report contains distressing details from the start. >> how much longer? >> we have 45 hours before the medicine starts taking action. but later, hell broke loose. >> what happened. >> same experience when giving birth. reporter: at a clinic in kenya, i watch as a man who claims he was trained as a doctor carries out as unregulated abortion. because it is four months, will it come out as a baby? >> yeah. definitely. reporter: the woman on the bed is hiv, which might have made her eligible for a legal termination. kenya's penal code bans abortion unless it is to save the mother's life. its constitution and case law however, allow for more exceptions such as cases of rape. the legal ambiguity has led many women, potentially eligible for safe abortion, to resort to unsafe methods at home or in backstreet clinics. the center for reproductive rights estimates that seven women die due to unsafe abortions in kenya every single day. at another backstreet clinics, a man tells me

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bbc africa's makuochi 0kafor reports.s with a significant surge in deaths and reported cases. this is one of the hospitals in the capital as it responded to the rising level of dengue fever. translation: ., a, dengue fever. translation: ., ., translation: from january to october 2023 we had around _ translation: from january to october 2023 we had around 50,000 _ translation: from january to october 2023 we had around 50,000 suspected | 2023 we had around 50,000 suspected cases of dengue fever, including around 50 deaths. at our level, the first difficulty is the lack of spaces for inpatient management for certain serious cases. the second difficulty is access to tests. we have seen that the government has issued a memo making the various dengue tests free of charge, so that's also be welcomed.- that's also be welcomed. rainy season has _ that's also be welcomed. rainy season has dried _ that's also be welcomed. rainy season has dried mosquito - that's also be welcomed. rainy season has dried mosquito breeding. preventing

. >> the bbc africa editor mary >> is the bbc africa editor mary harper .e she's the one who tried to keep the somalian gang this country. him gang rapist in this country. him and three of his mates raped a 16 year girl, put prison 16 year old girl, put prison here. they people on a plane stopped him being deported. he's now there, however shocking the bbc yet again, another mark of shame for them. this woman tried to getting deported, to stop him getting deported, saying would be hurt if he saying he would be hurt if he went back to his own country. well, woman he raped might well, the woman he raped might think that a good thing. think that was a good thing. >> grief. yeah. strong. all right, benjamin. >> grief. yeah. strong. all rigimine njamin. >> grief. yeah. strong. all rigimine reluctantly, is sadiq >> mine reluctantly, is sadiq khan party khan and also the green party councillor, these councillor, nate higgins. these people at a £2 billion people stop at a £2 billion sphere like the las vegas sphere being in london. they being built in london. they

. >> the bbc africa editor mary >> is the bbc africa editor mary harper .a judge she's the one who tried to keep the somalian gang this country. him gang rapist in this country. him and three of his mates raped a 16 year girl, put prison 16 year old girl, put prison here. they people on a plane stopped him being deported. he's now there, however shocking the bbc yet again, another mark of shame for them. this woman tried to getting deported, to stop him getting deported, saying would be hurt if he saying he would be hurt if he went back to his own country. well, woman he raped might well, the woman he raped might think that a good thing. think that was a good thing. >> grief. yeah. strong. all right, benjamin. >> grief. yeah. strong. all rigimine njamin. >> grief. yeah. strong. all rigimine reluctantly, is sadiq >> mine reluctantly, is sadiq khan party khan and also the green party councillor, these councillor, nate higgins. these people at a £2 billion people stop at a £2 billion sphere like the las vegas sphere being in london. they being built in london.

you can follow that one on the bbc sport website. south africa'sby team have been given a heroes welcome as they began a four day national victory parade — following their success at the world cup. thousands of fans lined the streets in country's capital city pretoria on thursday — to get glimpse of the team and the webb ellis trophy. the squad — who became the first nation to win the trophy four times — will also travel to see fans in cape town, durban and nelson mandela bay across the next three days. we asa we as a team, we chose to dedicate this world cup to you because you, honestly, you are the reason we are where we are today. the way that you don't give up, with how hard you work. the things that you went through to be what you are in life, your support really came to scoring. there's been victories for andrey rublev and grigor dimitrov in france — as both players progressed to the quarter finals of the paris masters. meanwhile at the wta finals, ons jabeur got revenge for her wimbledon final defeat — by beating marketa vondrousova in strai

you can follow that one on the bbc sport website. south africa'ss they began a four day national victory parade — following their success at the world cup. thousands of fans lined the streets in country's capital city pretoria on thursday — to get glimpse of the team and the webb ellis trophy. the squad — who became the first nation to win the trophy four times — will also travel to see fans in cape town, durban and nelson mandela bay across the next three days. we asa we as a team, we

daniel de simone, bbc news, atteridgeville prison, south africa.control and prevention is warning that not enough americans have been vaccinated against the new strains of covid to offer sufficient protection this winter. only 15% of adults and fewer than 5% of children have received the updated vaccines this year. surveys show 6a percent of americans believe earlier i spoke to dr demetre daskalakis from the cdc. thank you forjoining us. it's thanksgiving, schools are off people are travelling and mingling in close quarters. how concerned are you about a resurgence of covid in the coming weeks? i resurgence of covid in the coming weeks?— resurgence of covid in the coming weeks? i will start by sa in: coming weeks? i will start by saying "tis — coming weeks? i will start by saying "tis the _ coming weeks? i will start by saying 'tis the season - coming weeks? i will start by saying 'tis the season to - coming weeks? i will start by saying 'tis the season to be l saying 'tis the season to be vaccinated. i am saying 'tis the season to be vaccinated. i

nicholas witchell, bbc news, mombasa. 0ur senior africa correspondent anne soy gave this analysis ofthe king's visit has highlighted the past. it's brought it to the conversation tables in people's living room. in the media here in kenya, people have been talking about the colonial legacy. 0n the one hand, recognising that the two countries share a lot as a result of that history, with its language, education and defence, trade. the king has been meeting with tech entrepreneurs on his visit. but also looking at that difficult period, the colonial period, and especially in the lead up to independence when there was the uprising, mostly in central kenya which the colonial government launched a crushing crackdown on and he has acknowledged that as a painful past and has said those acts were unjustifiable and abhorrent. many kenyans have welcomed that but they were hoping to hear more. they were hoping to hear the king apologise. britain's marine conservation society, says public sightings ofjellyfish in the uk's seas has increased by a—third — to more than 1,700 last year. scientists sa

daniel de simone, bbc news, atteridgeville prison, south africa.cial measures. the force has been ordered to make urgent improvements by the police watchdog, which said investigations weren't being carried out effectively, and the risk posed by registered sex offenders wasn't being managed. the chief constable says he completely disagreed with the decision. the japanese car giant nissan is to invest up to £2 billion in its factory in sunderland to manufacture a new generation of electric vehicles. it's thought the move could safeguard 6,000 jobs directly, as well as thousands more across the uk. danny savage reports from sunderland. as we've been told for years, when it comes to cars, the future is electric. today, one of the biggest car makers in the uk committed to that. by 2030, the next generation of three electric nissan models will be produced here. so each sheet there will have what they want on the car... with 6,000 people employed here, this is hugely important for the workforce. for my family, you sort of look at the future, and you look

daniel de simone, bbc news, atteridgeville prison, south africa.loor for more than 30 years, is on the move from antarctic waters. named a23a, its area is more than twice the size of greater london — at about 1,500 square miles — and the ice is thicker than the height of the uk's tallest building, the shard. in recent months, the iceberg has been drifting rapidly and is now about to sweep towards the south atlantic. stay with us here on bbc news. hello again. many of you will have had a dry day of weather on friday with plenty of sunshine around. blue skies like these pretty commonplace across the country. however, it certainly was quite chilly, wasn't it? temperatures on thursday reached 15 degrees, well above average, but compared with that for some, temperatures were seven degrees lower on friday and actually quite a bit below average for the time of year. now, what followed from that sunny day is these clear skies which took us into the first part of the night. temperatures have been dropping like a stone and already are well below freezing in

daniel de simone, bbc news, atteridgeville prison, south africa. what is, in effect, special measures. the force has been ordered to make urgent improvements by the police watchdog, which said investigations weren't being carried out effectively and the risk posed by registered sex offenders wasn't being managed. our midlands correspondent phil mackie reports. mother and daughter raneem oudeh and khowla saleem might be alive today if west midlands police had acted quicker. west midlands police have failed khowla and raneem beyond imagination. they had so many opportunities to save their lives. a year ago, nour norris, khowla's sister, described the force's failings after an inquest into their deaths. it had failed to act on their complaints and didn't respond to 999 calls on the night they were killed by raneem's ex—husband. it's an example of the problems which has led to west midlands police being placed into what's called enhanced monitoring, or special measures, because of a number of failures identified by inspectors, who said its investigatio

south africa look world cup confident. joe wilson, bbc news. injury—hit black caps find themselves in a tough position to progress, just two points ahead of pakistan and afghanistan, and having lost the last three. but there is no panic in the camp just yet. we try to remain levelheaded throughout everything — not ride the highs too high and the lows too low. i think, for us, it is go about our business as we have done the whole way through. just keeping things simple, sticking to what we do best. obviously the way england, australia, south africa — they all play a very aggressive brand of cricket, and we have our own brand. if we stick to it, we know that we are fighters, we keep coming back time and time again and when it matters most, we really put the foot down. england's david willey has announced he will retired from international cricket following the world cup. he is the only bowler in the squad not to be offered a central contract. the team director said willey wasn't best pleased about it. england are defending champions, but they hav

south africa look world cup confident. joe wilson, bbc news.y—hit black caps find themselves in a tough position to progress, just two points ahead of pakistan and afghanistan... and having lost their last three... but theres no panic in their campjust yet.. we try to remain level—headed throughout everything, not ride the highs too high and the lows too lows. so i think for us it's to go about our business as we've done the whole way through, just keeping things simple, sticking to what we do best. obviously the way england, australia, south africa, they all play a very aggressive brand of cricket and we've got our own brand. and if we stick to it, we know that we're fighters. we keep coming back time and time again. and when it matters most, we really put the foot down. england's david willey has announed he'll retire from international cricket following the world cup. the bowler is the only player in the squad for the tournament not to be offered a central contract with the team's director of cricket rob key admitting willey �*wasn�*t best p

daniel de simone, bbc news, atteridgeville prison, south africa. let's bring in our panel.ott, american journalist, covering us foreign policy, national security, and international issues and also professor at american university school of international service and the founder/editor—in—chief, zivvy news. and paul waugh — chief political commentator, the i paper. he has less of a title, but equally important. very good to talk to both of you. let's discuss this story. of course, the case was so were widely publicised at the time. elise, he didn'tjust publicised at the time. elise, he didn't just tell us the publicised at the time. elise, he didn'tjust tell us the story of publicised at the time. elise, he didn't just tell us the story of the full from grace of a huge sporting star, but also it opened up a really important conversation around domestic violence, didn't it? yes. domestic violence, didn't it? yes, that is right- _ domestic violence, didn't it? yes, that is right- i _ domestic violence, didn't it? yes, that is right. i think _ domestic violence, didn't it? yes,

south africa's fifth semifinal — they've won none. joe wilson, bbc news.d his chances of making the last four of the season—ending atp finals in turin after he recovered from a second set slump to beat hubert hurkacz. all three of djokovic�*s group stage matches have gone to three sets. he took the first against his polish opponent on a tie break. despite losing the second set six games to four, the defending champion came back in the third to take that comfortably 6—1. so djokovic needed jannik sinner to beat holger rune in the evening match in order to progress. and sinner did just that. it went all the way, though. sinner needing the third set to wrap up the victory to remain unbeaten in turin and become the first italian to make the semifinals of the event on home soil. hungary qualified for euro 2024 with a game to spare after a last—minute alex petkov own goal earned them a draw against bulgaria in sofia. elsewhere, scotland, who have already qualified for the finals in germany, twice came from behind to draw 2—2 in georgia. spain's 16—year—old wonde

journalist muhammad shahada say there, israel apologists at the mainstream, such as the bbc, yes, um, we've got um, africa for palestine, is that's coming up next, well basically the united nations official um, has put it as war crimes, so she's actually, you know, saying that this is not something that she's just advocating for for the palestinians, this is genocide, and it actually shows in their documents that this is what you know is happening in front of our eyes, and you'll see the debate that goes on quite nicely with that. change quite heated, as raporteur, you, but as raporteur, you're advocating for the palestinian people, many many palestinians have absolutely nothing to do with hamas, excuse me, excuse me, i don't, i do not advocate for the palestinian people, you are wrong, i advocate for the application of international law, human rights and justice, this is what human rights and justice, do you think that hamas cares that more than 3,000 children have died, more have been wounded, orphaned and traumatized. when you're looking at international law, do you agree that that hamas is breaking la

bbc news... australia make a brilliant start against south africa. we will have the latest. and welcome to the bbc news at one. we begin this lunchtime with a report from inside al—shifa, the largest hospital in gaza, which has been at the cente of israeli operations over recent days. doctors there say the building has been without power and water. israel says the site was a key command centre for hamas and have mounted what it called a targeted operation against the group there. hamas, which is designated as a terrorist organisation by the uk, described the raid as a war crime. last night, the bbc, along with one us media network, was taken by the israeli army into a small part of the hospital to see weapons and other materials found there. israeli military restrictions meant that our correspondent lucy williamson wasn't allowed to speak to doctors or patients, but her words are not censored and she described what she saw. we're in an israeli military vehicle inside the gaza strip now. they're taking us towards gaza city. this area, we're passing through an area where the gr

bbc journalists. people crossing the mediterranean from north africa illegally often reach the shores of lampedusa.mpedusa's migrant holding centre becomes overwhelmed with arrivals. local politicians are calling for better coordinated help from other members of the eu. translation: something has to be done. either we intervene by cooperating with the african countries and trying to do something in their land, or if we don't manage to stop them and people continue to leave, it's our duty to help them in some way. but something has to be done. the un estimates over 2,500 people have been recorded dead or missing in the mediterranean since the beginning of this year. that's already higher than the total number recorded in 2022. this is the foredeck. so it's where we can fit the majority of the people that we rescue. ngos like sea—watch are patrolling, anticipating a rescue. scanning the waters from above to save lives at sea. most of the ones i've encountered at sea don't know how to swim, and the vast majority are not bringing any lifesaving equipment. they know they might die at any point. we could

bbc news. well meanwhile there was a heroes welcome for world cup champions south africa as they were mobbed byfrom france after winning the webb ellis cup for a record fourth time. there was an enormous crowd at the airport injohannesburg to greet their champions return..... captain, siya kolisi said the narrow victory over new zealand was not about the players but for every single person in south africa. rich, poor. it doesn't matter where you come from'. and that is sadly all the time we've got left for now. huge thank you for watching us. you can get all the latest sports news at from the bbc sport app, orfrom our website — that's bbc.com/sport. from me and the rest of the team at the bbc sport centre, goodbye. hello. after what was a very wet october for many places, the beginning of november promises more rain, particularly through wednesday night into thursday thanks to storm ciaran — this storm named by the met office. it will bring widespread heavy rain, but in the south of the uk and the channel islands, there is the threat of damaging winds. on our earlier satellite image, you can se

bbc news. devastating flash flooding in the horn of africa has killed ovre 100 people and caused extensive damagere than three million people were affected between september and mid—november and more than 700,000 people have been displaced. kenya, somalia, uganda, burundi, and ethiopia are the worst hit countries. it's the latest in a series weather events to hit the horn of africa region which has just emerged from the most severe drought on record. flooded roads have now made access to fresh produce difficult for residents, as one local explains. translation: the price of a lot of produce has gone up - because there is not enough in the market. a kilo of tomatoes is now going for 200 shillings. that is like 1.31 us dollars. we cannot access the produce in the farms because the roads are inaccessible. i spoke with william spindler, who is the global spokesperson for the un's high commission for refugees. thank you forjoining us. we're seeing once—in—a—century flooding after the worst drought that has been seen. what is the situation on the ground? the situation is really worrying because there i

so afghanistan leave with credit, south africa dance on with purpose. patrick gearey, bbc news.nish at a world cup — which them beat england, pakistan, sri lanka, and the netherlands. it's a chance for them to build for the future, according to their head coach. we arrived on the shores and pretty ambitious. if you said we won four games, you probably would've taken it. but still a case today thinking there were a few games we left that we could have one. so as a coach and a partner, a member of the team, we are disappointed with that. but you can't have everything, you can't win always. but i see some good improvement, i see a lot of confidence in players and their abilities. england take on pakistan tomorrow morning, in their final group game. there's still a chance for pakistan to make the semi—finals, at the expense of new zealand. it's been a poor campaign for the cricket world cup holders, something which the players are reflecting on. i think they're stiffly a sense of regret, and the fact that we've not gone as well as we can. but we've prepared as well as we could have

so afghanistan leave with credit, south africa dance on with purpose. patrick gearey, bbc news.n's tumbling team have successfully defended their world championship title in birmingham. megan kealy�*s tumble edged the british team in front of france and the usa. the event also includeds trampolining and you can watch it on the bbc sport website, iplayer and the red button. already a gold for great britain. that's it from me for now, gavin will be back later with sportsday. killing more than 20 people. the director of the biggest hospital in the territory accused israel of launching a war on hospitals. the international committee of the red cross has warned that hospitals in gaza have reached a point of no return. israel has denied it is targeting medicalfacilities. let's speak live now to margaret harris, spokesperson from the world the world health organization. she's in geneva. welcome to the programme, your thoughts on what's happening in hospitals specifically in gaza? i must repeat the words of my colleague this morning, if there is a hell on earth, it's colleague this morn

africa. he is furious with himself. you can keep on top of that on the bbc sports website and also this, the first round in dubai.e lead. i will be back with another update in the next hour. a bbc investigation has found that the uk's second most senior general received written evidence alleging that war crimes were taking place in afghanistan but failed to inform the military police. general gwynjenkins, who is now vice chief of the defence staff, was warned in 2011 that the sas was executing handcuffed detainees. the ministry of defence says it's fully committed to supporting the public inquiry into allegations of war crimes in afghanistan. panorama reporter richard bilton told me about the background to this case. we have been investigating allegations of extrajudicial killings by the sas in afghanistan. last year, for example, we reported that one squad alone was linked to 54 that one squad alone was linked to sa suspicious deaths on i6—month 5a suspicious deaths on i6—month tour that ended in may 5a suspicious deaths on 16—month tour that ended in may 2011. those allegations are subject to a public inquiry a

a reminder to head to the bbc sports website if you want to keep across the india, south africa crickethey are piling on the runs, and they are 21 for free in the 31st over. —— in the first over. that is all for me now. thank very much. hamburg airport in germany is at a standstill as police are dealing with hostage situation on the tarmac. they are negotiating with a man who drove through a security barrier on the tarmac with a young child and his vehicle. it is understood that his action stems from a custody dispute with the mother of the child, said to be a four—year—old girl. police say they are using a turkish interpreter to talk with the man and they have cordoned off the area. now, onto the war in ukraine. the country's defence ministry has ordered an investigation into an alleged missile strike on ukrainian assault brigade on friday. it follows reports that 20 soldiers were killed during an award ceremony. reports suggest that soldiers had gathered for an award ceremony close to the front line in the zaporizhzhia region when a ballistic missile struck. live now to our correspond

so afghanistan leave with credit, south africa dance on with purpose. patrick gearey, bbc news.eat britain's women's tumbling team have successfully defended their world title in birmingham. megan kealy�*s tumble saw the british team finish ahead of france and the usa. you can watch the championships on the bbc sport website, iplayer and the red button across the weekend. there was also called for the double mini trampoline women's team. —— there was also gold. there is much more on the bbc sports website but thatis more on the bbc sports website but that is all for now. hello. some of us are set to start the weekend with a touch of frost and some fog patches, and where that fog does develop, it could be quite slow to clear. saturday should be a mostly dry day with some sunshine. things change a bit on remembrance sunday with some outbreaks of rain in places. now, as we head through the rest of this evening and tonight, we will continue to see some showers here and there, but most of those will fade. clear spells, the winds falling lighter. that will allow some fog patches to de

bbc sport centre. we'll start with the cricket world cup, where south africa are on the brink of securing a semifinal spotit's after they thrashed new zealand by 190 runs in pune, a win which takes them to the top of the table. new zealand won the toss and must soon have regretted putting south africa into bat. opener quinton de kock tore into the black caps bowlers, racing to a century. he shared a partnership of 200 with rassie van der dussen, who also quickly reached three figures as south africa piled up 357—4. new zealand were never in the hunt and slumped to 167 all out, four wickets for spinner keshav maharaj. it means they drop to fourth after a third straight defeat, with crucial matches against pakistan and sri lanka to come. england's david willey has announed he'll retire from international cricket following the world cup. the bowler is the only player in the squad for the tournament not to be offered a central contract, with the team's director of cricket rob key admitting willey "wasn't best pleased" about it. england are the defending champions in india, but have lost five of their six matc

sport and for a full round up, from the bbc sport centre we'll start with the cricket world cup, where south africased to a 190—run win over new zealand in pune. to put them on the brink of clinching a semi—final spot, new zealand won the toss and must soon have regretted putting south africa into bat. opener quinton de kock tore into the black caps bowlers, racing to a century. he shared a partnership of 200 with rassie van der dussen who also quickly reached three figures as south africa piled up 357 for four. new zealand were never in the hunt and slumped to 167 all out, four wickets for spinner keshav maharaj. it means they drop to fourth after a third straight defeat, with crucial matches against pakistan and sri lanka to come. england's david willey has announed he'll retire from international cricket following the world cup. the bowler is the only player in the squad for the tournament not to be offered a central contract. with the team's director of cricket rob key admitting willey �*wasn�*t best pleased' about it. england are the defending champions in india but have lost five of their six

africa in the semifinals. more details on the stories of the bbc sport website and app. that's all from sportsday. goodbye.ominated by a storm that pushed across france. this storm was named storm frederico by the french weather service. it brought strong winds and heavy rain for france, but it only really dealt us a glancing blow, swinging away south—eastwards now. we have got this band of showery rain pushing its way eastwards. behind that, a mix of clear spells and showers. if the skies stay clear across northern scotland for long enough, we could see another very cold night, maybe down as low as minus three or minus four celsius. actually, quite a chilly night for many of us. into tomorrow, though, this ridge of high pressure will give something of a break between weather systems. more in the way of dry weather. we will start off with this band of cloud and some showery rain clinging to eastern coasts of scotland and england. a few showers out towards the west. there could be some fog patches too for northern ireland and scotland, they should tend to clear. then we're looking at a lot of dry weather, s

bbc sport centre. australia's cricketers have a target of 213 runs against south africa to reach the world cup final, wherendia are waiting. the five—time champions lost the toss and were made to field first but picked up a wicket in the first over as the the proteas slumped to 2a—4. david miller made his first one—day century in 5 years but south africa were all out for 212. australia have lost wickets but they are still on top of the run—rate, 174—5 after 32 overs. travis head made 62. smith and inglis at the chris. it looks like they will reach the final. novak dojokovic is in action at the atp tour finals in turin against hubert hurkacz and it has gone to a decider. the permutations are really complicated. even if the world number one wins he might not reach the semi—finals, and he could lose and still make the last four, and it all rests on the holge rune and jannick sinner match later. novak djokovic is being pushed all the way in that final group game there in children. -- in turin. the france rugby union captain antoine dupont is expected to miss next years six nation's championship to concentrate

australia and south africa meet in the second semifinal in kolkata on thursday with the final on sunday in ahmedabad. that's all for now — stay with bbcic meeting between presidentjoe biden and xijinping. you could buy more on that on our website. there is a live page running there. do stay with bbc news. hello. thursday will bring us a day of contrast across the uk. in the south we're going to be feeling the impact of storm frederico, which is mainly down across france, bringing strong winds but still producing some wet and windy weather generally towards the south. brightest conditions across the north and north—east of the uk. but we're going to see some fog patches clearing to sunny spells later on. so we've got this area of low pressure moving across france. that's a storm frederico and another weather front moving in to the west as well. but really windy conditions for the isles of scilly, the channels isles. gusts could reach in excess of 50 miles per hour. some really heavy rain through the likes of the isle of wight towards sussex, stretching up towards pembrokeshire for instance, as well through the morning. to the north of

bbc news. another century for quinton de kock. he gets his fourth of the world cup as south africa hope to take a further step towards a semifinalsinst new zealand. good afternoon from jerusalem. the rafah crossing from gaza to egypt has opened, and there are reports that ambulances carrying a small number of seriously injured palestinians have entered egypt. it's the first time people have been able to leave the besieged territory since the current conflict between israel and hamas began. the foreign office says the rafah crossing is expected to open for limited time periods to also allow specific groups of foreign nationals through. it says british nationals will start to be taken out in stages over the coming days. hamas, classed as a terrorist organisation by the uk government, says seven of the civilian hostages it abducted last month were killed in israeli strikes on the jabalia refugee camp yesterday. israel has confirmed the strike — saying it killed a senior hamas commander, though it isn't possible to verify that seven hostages were killed. in a moment we'll bring you all the latest from our gaza correspondent rushdi ab

africa charity. thank you for your time in joining us on bbc news.e past six years. talk to us about the drive behind this, why are so many girls marrying at such a young age? thank you so very much. we are looking at why in malawi so many girls are getting married below the age of 18. we look into the issues of cultural practices that impact the child, enforce young people to get married. we also have poverty, school dropouts and just a lack of parental support and care for young girls so they can continue to have access to education, and marriage is always considered the only option that exists for those young girls who cannot access college education because of poverty, lack of school fees support, long distances, and also them knowing their sexual reproductive health rights and human rights, that they are not supposed to be married below the age of 18. talk to us about the implication and impact on these young girls and women after marrying at this young age. women after marrying at this young ate. women after marrying at this young ate, ,., . wo

bbc news. let's look at some other stories making news. more than 100 people in the horn of africaash floods. neighborhoods across kenya, somalia, and ethiopia remain completely submerged, leaving tens of thousands displaced. the sahel region suffers some of the most extreme effects of climate change and has been lashed by relentless rainfall since the beginning of november. eleven people, including eight children, were killed on wednesday evening when an air force jet dropped a bomb on a makeshift school in a remote village in southern myanmar. the mountainous region, along myanmar�*s border with india, is a stronghold of resistance to the militaryjunta which seized power nearly three years ago. former first lady rosalynn carter has entered hospice care at home. a statement released by grandson james carter confirmed the news and that she and her husband former presidentjimmy carter are quote "spending time with each other and their family". president carter was placed on hospice care in february this year. the two have been married for 77 years. you're live with bbc news. nearly

in south africa as the springboks take the webb ellis cup around the country and ajax are finally on the up, with their first league win since the start of the season welcome to sportsday on bbcricket world cup to become the first side through to the semi—finals. it was no ordinary win for the hosts, they blew sri lanka away in mumbai, winning by a colossal 302 runs. joe wilson was watching. 0k. nobody in mumbai expected india to lose, but this victory was a statement. india's batting was propelled by virat kohli, inevitably, especially in a partnership with shubman gill,

bbc news. australia havejoined the hosts india in reaching the final of the cricket world cup. the five—time champions edged out south africainal. australia's mitchell starc says he expects sunday's final — at ahmedabad's 130—thousand capacity stadium will be "loud and a spectacle of cricket". that's all for now — stay with bbc news. hello there. it's a very mixed picture of weather across the uk on thursday and the rain and the winds will return along with the milder feeling air over the weekend. but on friday it's looking largely dry. a few showers out towards the west, plenty of sunshine around. temperatures now close to the seasonal average. so we're between weather systems on friday. these fronts clear into the north sea. this is the weekend's weather, a deep area of low pressure approach. and from the southwest, we'll be seeing that by the time we get to the end of the day. but most of the day, it's certainly looking dry. the early cloud will clear away into the north sea a few showers across north west england, the isle of man down through wales and possibly the south west of england. and here it will cloud over also

in south africa as the springboks take the webb ellis cup around the country and ajax are finally on the up, with their first league win since the start of the season welcome to sportsday on bbc news. india have made it seven wins out of seven at the cricket world cup to become the first side through to the semi—finals. it was no ordinary win for the hosts, they blew sri lanka away in mumbai, winning by a colossal 302 runs. joe wilson was watching. 0k. nobody in mumbai expected india to lose, but this victory was a statement. india's batting was propelled by virat kohli, inevitably, especially in a partnership with shubman gill, who made 92 with some shots that seemed effortless. in reality, batters were dealing with the heat. mid—thirties. virat 88, and gone, mumbai were stunned. kohli had not made a century, still india scored 357. you know, that might just be enough. sri lanka batting. jasprit bumrah struck with his first ball that's out wickets still outpaced runs 3—4 here. mohammed siraj was relentless until mohammed shami came on to bowl. keep track, with this 29—8. shami took five. sri lanka avoided the ultimate embarrassment. 55 all out, the fourth lowest ever world c

bbc sport centre. australia have made it through to the cricket world cup final following a three—wicket win over south africas with the new ball from josh hazlewood and mitchell starc. david miller helped their innings with 101 but they were all out for 212. pat cummins' side made a flying start with travis head

bbc sport centre. australia have made it through to the cricket world cup final following a three—wicket win over south africalkata. they face india in sunday's final in ahmedabad. south africa won the toss and chose to bat first, they were however reduced to 2a—4 following superb spells with the new ball from josh hazlewood and mitchell starc. david miller helped their innings with 101 but they were all out for 212. pat cummins�* side made a flying start with travis head hitting a quickfire 62. australia edged closer to the target, but lost their seventh wicket with 20 runs still needed — cummins and mitchell starc kept their cool to complete a hard—fought victory with 16 balls to spare. i think there was enough in the wicket. it looked like every time they went to play a shot we had a wicket. yeah, we have both together for a long time now, we know each other�*s games. hopefully we can do that on sunday as well. there is a little bit of the wicket which we probably haven't had in the previous games, but it is nice to get the previous games, but it is nice to get to bowling. novak djokovic has boosted his ch

bbc sport centre. virat kohli has equalled the record for most one day international centuries, hitting his 49th in india's cricket world cup match against south africa

bbc sport centre. virat kohli has equalled the record for most one day international centuries, hitting his 49th in india's cricket world cup match against south africakolkata — a meeting of the tournament's best two sides. india chose to bat and had a fast start. captain rohit sharma and then shreyas iyer with 77 were the building blocks for an innings that was then set up for kohli, who on his 35th birthday, didn't disappoint the thousands of adoring fans at eden gardens. he ended 101 not out, matching sachin tendulkar�*s record. with india finishing their 50 overs on 326—5, south africa have just begun their chase. and quinton de kock, the only player with more runs in this world cup than kohli, is already out. it is 21-1 it is 21—1 after seven overs. bangladesh coach chandika hathurusingha has insisted that his side have "no choice" but to play their world cup match against sri lanka in smog—filled delhi on monday, despite it currently being ranked as the world's most polluted city. both teams have cancelled training sessions in the past few days to minimise their exposure to the conditions. the air quality, as you rightly said, is affecting both

bbc sport centre. let's start with cricket. australia have made it through to the cricket world cup final following a three wicket victory over south africay face india in sunday's final. south africa won the toss and chose to bat first, however they were reduced to 2a—a following superb spells with the new poll byjosh hazlewood and mitchell starc. hazlewood and mitchell sta rc. davidmillarhelpedwith ioi,but theywere alloutfor212. pat cummins�*s side made afantastic start. australia edged closerto thetalk about losttheir seventh wicket with 20 runs still needed. they kept their cool to complete a hard—fought victory with 16 balls to spare. novak djokovic has boosted his chances of making the atp finals after he recovered from a second skynet —— second set slump. he took the first set against his polish opponent on a tie—break. despite losing the second set 6—a, the defending champion came back in the third to take that uncomfortably 6-1. there is an evening of international football under way with nine european qualifiers this thursday, including scotland in action. they are up against georgia where they are up against georgia where they