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hello from the bbc sport centre england all—rounder ben stokes has asked to not be considered for selectionhis summer's t20 world cup to focus on his fitness. stokes says he wants to use the break to ensure he can be "the all—rounder i want to be" across all formats. he had knee surgery over the winter and bowled just five overs during the recent five—test series in india. the 32—year—old has already opted out of the indian premier league, which began last month. here's the reaction of the england and wales cricket board ceo richard gould you fully understand the journey he has been on. he has put his body underlined, literally, for years for england and i think particularly with the new operation that he had before christmas and the promising real appreciation since, it's good news for us, the fact that now he knows he can get better, it's great for us for the next two or three or four years, for us for the next two or three or fouryears, however for us for the next two or three or four years, however long, and cricket terms she is still a young man. five games in the premier league later

and coming up on bbc news, test captain and all—rounder ben stokes opts out of england's t20 world titles summer, in a bid to focus on his fitness. good afternoon. the foreign secretary lord cameron has demanded a full explanation from israel, after an air strike in gaza that left seven aid workers dead, some of them british. the charity they worked for says their convoy was hit by an israeli air strike just after they'd unloaded food aid at a warehouse in the city of deir al balah. the israeli prime minister hasjust described it as an unintentional strike. israel says it is investigating. from jerusalem, our middle east correspondent yolande knell reports. there were no survivors. cars and aid convoy were hit directly. even with the world central kitchen logos clearly displayed, and, the us charity says, prior co—ordination with the israeli military. displaced gazans staying in tents nearby heard the blast and ran to try and help. translation: this is our situation. anyone who distributes aid or brings it to gaza is exposed to shelling and death, whether it is an international organisat

england all—rounder ben stokes has asked to not be considered for selection for this summer's t20 world to use the break to ensure he can be "the all—rounder i want to be" across all formats. he had knee surgery over the winter and bowled just five overs during the recent five—test series in india. the 32—year—old has already opted out of the indian premier league, which began last month. in a statement he said — i m working hard and focusing on building my bowling fitness back up to fulfil a full role as an all—rounder in all formats of cricket. 0pting out of the ipl and the world cup will hopefully be a sacrifice that allows me to be the all—rounder i want to be for the foreseeable future."

coming up on sportsday later in the hour on bbc news — he was the match winner last time, but ben stokes himself out of the t20 world cup to try and regain full fitness. good evening. there's been international condemnation after seven people working for the food aid charity world central kitchen were killed in an israeli strike in gaza. three of them were british. the others were australian, polish, palestinian, and a dual us—canadian citizen. the us secretary of state called them "heroes". the foreign secretary, lord cameron, has demanded a full explanation from israel. the strike happened in the centre of the gaza strip near the town of deir al—balah. israel's prime minister, benjamin netanyahu, said the convoy they were in was hit unintentionally. lucy williamson sent this report from jerusalem. they came to feed people from australia, poland, the us and the uk. their mission, one of the simplest in gaza. one of the hardest and most dangerous. last night, israeli air strikes hit their convoy, clearly marked with the charity logo of the world central kitchen. seven people killed, incl

england all—rounder ben stokes has asked to not be considered for selection for this summer's t20 worldup to focus on his fitness. stokes says he wants to use the break to ensure he can be "the all—rounder i want to be" across all formats. he had knee surgery over the winter and bowled just five overs during the recent five—test series in india. the 32—year—old has already opted out of the indian premier league, which began last month. in a statement he said — i m working hard and focusing on building my bowling fitness back up to fulfil a full role as an all—rounder in all formats of cricket. opting out of the ipl and the world cup will hopefully be a sacrifice that allows me to be the all—rounder i want to be for the foreseeable future." sri lanka are edging to victory against bangladesh in the second test in chattogram. they set a notional target of 511 for the hosts who have at least gone past their own first innings score. four more wickets for the tourists will wrap up a two nil series win. five games in the premier league later on tuesday, with three of the bottom five clubs in a

on to cricket, england all—rounder ben stokes has asked to not be considered for selection for the summer'swants to use the break to ensure he can be "the all—rounder i want to be across all formats". he had knee surgery over the winter and bowled just five overs during the recent five test series in india. the 32—year—old has already opted out of the indian premier league, which began last month. here is the reaction of the england and wales cricket board ceo, richard gould. adam peaty won the 100 metres breaststroke final on the first day of the aquatics gb swimming championships in london. it means he has qualified for the summer olympics in paris. peaty left the other is trailing in his wake to come home in under 58 seconds, the fastest time this year. he is aiming to win a third successive breaststroke gold medal at the forthcoming games in paris. this morning, i was like actually so grateful that i'm back here and i didn't give up, and i think that's a message to a lot of young people in the crowd today, that i have not had a pb in like five years or something. it is the hope every da

let's start with some breaking cricket news in the last hour or so — england all—rounder ben stokes hasd cup to focus on his fitness. stokes says he wants to use the break to ensure he can be the "all—rounder i want to be" across all formats. he had knee surgery over the winter and bowled just five overs during the recent five—test series in india. the 32—year—old has already opted out of the indian premier league, which began last month. in a statement he said "i'm working hard and focusing on building my bowling fitness back up to fulfil a full role as an all—rounder in all formats of cricket. opting out of the ipl and the world cup will hopefully be a sacrifice that allows me to be the all—rounder i want to be for the foreseeable future." sri lanka are edging to victory against bangladesh in the second test in chattogram. they set a notional target of 511 for the hosts who have at least gone past their own first innings score. four more wickets for the tourists will wrap up a 2—0 series win. and bangladesh women have lost their t20 series against australia.

england all—rounder ben stokes has asked to not be considered for selection for this summer's t20 worldss. stokes has revolutionised england's test team since taking over as captain two years ago. but he has struggled to bowl and had knee surgery over the winter. the 32—year—old has already opted out of the indian premier league, which began last month. in a statement he said... sri lanka are edging to victory against bangladesh in the second test in chattogram. they set a notional target of 511 for the hosts who have at least gone past their own first innings score. mominul haque top scoring before he was out for 50. some good resistance lower down the order as well but the sri lankan bowlers have chipped away. bangladesh are 268 for seven, still 2113 runs off their target. three more wickets for sri lanka on the final day tomorrow will wrap up a 2—0 series win. england prop vickii cornborough has announced her immediate retirement from international rugby saying she is "not ready" to balance both motherhood and playing for the red roses. the 34—year—old won 75 caps for the red roses a

sometimes i'm in sport, england, cricket or ben stokes, rules and self out of it. t 20 world con. they all rounder wants to focus on his fitness, so we can be a better player in all form of the game. the israel's facing international condemnation. after getting $64.00, and $8.00 workers on the palestinian drive, or in central garza united states. israel's main allies says it's heart broken and deeply troubled by the strikes in debt all bought up. the 8 walkers were all from world central kitchen for size. they were killed in a target that is really striking. their convoy was had shortly after leaving a warehouse, despite making the is really military aware of the movement. astronomy and british polish and the us. canadian citizens are among the dead. friends and monica begins, are coverage. they came to help bring relief to palestinians suffering and gaza, but they ended up as yet more victims of these rails war and is really air strike kill these 8 were occurs from the humanitarian group world central kitchen. one of them was palestinian, and all the others were foreign nationals

and then sport england, cricket or ben stokes, the rules themselves out of the t 20 world cap. the all rounder wants to focus on his fitness. so we can be a better player in all formats of the game, the and is really here. so i can demo bhalla has killed at least 64, and 8 workers and their protest, any and driver. they were all employees of a world central kitchen. it's a group that's being coordinating a deliveries transported by ship from cypress. the convoy was head shortly after leaving a warehouse despite making the is really military aware of the movement. citizens of a strongly up the u. k as poland over among the dead fins. and monica begins are coverage as they came to help bring relief to palestinian suffering and gaza. but they ended up as yet were victims of these rails war and is really air strike, kill these aid workers from the humanitarian group, world central kitchen. one of them was palestinian, and all the others were foreign nationals and their governments are demanding answers. astray, expects full accountability for the deaths of i'd with his, which is co

hello from the bbc sport centre england all—rounder ben stokes has asked to not be considered for selection

ben stokes was asked to not be considered for this summer's cricket world cup. the break to be the best you can be. the 32—year—old has already opted out of the indian premier league, which began last month. here's the reaction of the england and wales cricket board ceo. you reaction of the england and wales cricket board ceo.— cricket board ceo. you fully understand _ cricket board ceo. you fully understand the _ cricket board ceo. you fully understand the journey - cricket board ceo. you fully understand the journey that cricket board ceo. you fully - understand the journey that he's been _ understand the journey that he's been on — understand the journey that he's been on. he's someone that's put his body on _ been on. he's someone that's put his body on the _ been on. he's someone that's put his body on the line literally for years for england, and i think particularly, with the knee operation that he had just for before — operation that he had just for before christmas and the rehabilitation he's had since, it's really— rehabilitation he's had since, it's r

england all—rounder ben stokes has asked to not be considered for selection for this summer's t20 worldll—rounder i want to be" across all formats. he had knee surgery over the winter and bowled just five overs during the recent five—test series in india. the 32—year—old has already opted out of the indian premier league, which began last month.

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england all rounder ben stokes has asked to not be considered for selection for this summer's t20 worldthe 32—year—old has already opted out of the indian premier league, which began last month. here's the reaction of the england and wales cricket board ceo, richard gould. you fully understand the journey that he's — you fully understand the journey that he's been on. he's someone that put his— that he's been on. he's someone that put his irody— that he's been on. he's someone that put his body on the line literally for years — put his body on the line literally for years for england. i think particularly, with at the knee operation that he had just before christmas, and the promising rehabilitation that he's had since, this is— rehabilitation that he's had since, this is really good news for us and the fact— this is really good news for us and the fact that now he knows that he can get _ the fact that now he knows that he can get better and stronger. that's great _ can get better and stronger. that's great for— can get better and stronger. that's great for us — can get better and stron

england all—rounder ben stokes has asked to not be considered for selection for this summer's t20 worldo focus on his fitness. stokes says he wants to use the break to ensure he can be "the all—rounder i want to be" across all formats. he had knee surgery over the winter and bowled just five overs during the recent five—test series in india. the 32—year—old has already opted out of the indian premier league, which began last month. in a statement he said: "i'm working hard and focusing on building my bowling fitness "back up to fulfil a full role as an all—rounder in all formats of cricket. "opting out of the ipl and the world cup will hopefully be "a sacrifice that allows me to be the all—rounder i want to be "for the foreseeable future." sri lanka are edging to victory against bangladesh in the second test in chattogram. they set a notional target of 511 for the hosts, who have at least gone past their own first—innings score. four more wickets for the tourists will wrap up a 2—0 series win. five games in the premier league later on tuesday, with three of the bottom five clubs in acti

ben stokes has asked to not be considered _ olympics. a sporting theme. the issue of sewage in our rivers was brought to a head once again over the weekend — when rowers from the university of oxford criticised the water quality in the river thames after their annual boat race against cambridge. our reporter, tim muffett, has been spending time at a rowing club in suffolk, where they are trying to get bathing water status for the river they rely on. go! tuesday night training at sudbury rowing club in suffolk. solid! coach tony moule has trained crews here for 40 years. staying on your side! it's a massively healthy sport — notjust for physical health, but mental health, as well. out in the countryside with good air. the problem is, there are lots of people with vomiting and sickness and diarrhoea — you know, through the water quality. the club trains on the river stour, but often races on the thames — where, on saturday, cambridge beat oxford in the annual university boat race. afterwards, the oxford men's captain said illness hadn't he

and concluded to ben stokes has ruled himself out of the upcoming t. 20 woke up. the old rhonda says he's still working his way back to full fitness . often the surgery, the t 20 woke up starts in june. it's being played in the usa and west indies. england are the defending. tompkins of soaks, had already opted out of the indian prime league whether i just signed royal as have won the said straight again. they're up against moon by indians who could only manage a 125 for 9 and the 20 overs for the transfer we'll to took 3 wickets and 10 bowls and they were also sweet for spin. a you've andra to house and a great catch by sim, wrong head fire. definitely worth another look. it apply it just on to reach the target with 27 goals. suspense. yeah and 5, i got top scoring with an on b 54. to secure the 6, we could 63 hits, 5 fours and 36 is for his 2nd half century. and as many games move by remain willis with 3 straight as well. we saw you find the right to holler in action. there he's in. yes, the leading t 20 we could take a lead has never been picked for a t 20 woke

stoke city are nervously looking over their shoulders. the championship _ over their shoulders. the championship always - over their shoulders. the championship always gripping, bengripping. the burnley manager vincent kompany says the standard of refereeing in the premier league hasn't been good enough this season. he was shown a red card over the weekend during their draw at chelsea, after protesting against a penalty decision that saw one of his players sent off. the frustration comes from the fact that is a succession of mistakes, and it's always debatable, so when it's one game and one event and is debatable, just like this case could be debatable, less so than other cases, i think, but you can always debate, but it is the succession of it for us this season, and the effects on points. kompany was speaking ahead of their game against wolves tomorrow night. we've also heard from the west ham manager david moyes today. he's urged the supporters to get behind kalvin phillips. the hammers were leading newcastle 3—1 on saturday when he came off the bench for the last 20 minutes and they ended up losing 4—3. the midfielder, who's on loan from manchester city, was

retaliate after last week's deadly air strike in its consulate in damascus stoking tensions again in the middle east cranking up higher. benwelcome back. play a clip from senator cotton yesterday talking to secretary austin about genocide in israel. watch here? >> is israel committing genocide in gaza? >> senator cotton, we don't have any evidence of genocide being created. >> that's a no. >> we don't have evidence of that. >> senator cotton didn't get the word no. where do you think we are on this? we're getting a number of different viewpoints coming at us even today, ben. >> it's fascinating, bill, to see how the administration is trying to position themselves at the moment. they don't want to lean in too heavily with an anti-israeli sentiment nor do they want to go as far there may be genocide going on. interesting to hear that from secretary austin. he didn't believe there was genocide going on. interesting to see what will happen. we're seeing from the administration real messages saying israel has gone too far. they must pull back. there could be real consequences if they don't. israel watching to see how iran will