convoy of ships out of ukaine after russia's blockade caused global shortages. in the uk, liz truss promises a cut in national insurance — within weeks — if she wins the conservative party leadership race. her rival rishi sunak disagrees and says he wants to give more direct help to those hardest hit by inflation. taiwan accuses china of practising for an invasion of its island after beijing expressed fury over us house speaker, nancy pelosi's visit to taipei. now on bbc news, india's wait for water. from the hot desert to the cold mountains and dry arid plains, only a fraction of the 200 million homes in india's villages have tap water. the bbc�*s divya arya investigates. when you can't get water from taps, life revolves around where the water is. india's villages house 200 million families. only a fraction have tap water. it's very hard to carry lots of water repeatedly on your head from that source of water to the village, which is almost a kilometre from here. from the hot desert... ..to the cold mountains... ..and dry, arid plains. it's backbreaking. i want

nearly 170,000 tonnes of grain and sunflower oil leaves on a second convoy of ships out of ukaine aftera's blockade caused global shortages. in the uk, the two contenders vying to become the next conservative party leader and prime minister outline how they plan to help people cope with the rising cost of living. and 72 artefacts forcibly removed from benin city during a british military incursion in 1897 will be returned to nigeria by a london museum. now on bbc news, the travel show. in the past few decades, the skyline of doha, qatar's capital city, has changed beyond recognition. the discovery of oil in the 19305, and then natural gas in the early 19705, marked a seismic change in the fortunes of qatar. a and at a turbo—charged pace, qatar's hopes, dreams and buildings have risen high above the desert sands. since this small, but mighty gulf nation won the right to host the fifa world cup back in 2010, it has spent billions on state—of—the—art stadia and infrastructure. and with the first match set to kick off this november, all eyes will be on qatar as it makes history, becoming th

nearly 170,000 tonnes of grain and sunflower oil leaves on a second convoy of ships out of ukaine afterussia's blockade caused global shortages. in the uk, liz truss promises a cut in national insurance within weeks if she wins the conservative party leadership race. her rival rishi sunak disagrees and says he wants to give more direct help to those hardest hit by inflation. taiwan accuses china of practising for an invasion of its island after beijing expressed fury over us house speaker, nancy pelosi's visit to taipei. hello and welcome to bbc news. air raid sirens and explosions have been heard injerusalem as a conflict between israel and the palestinian militant group islamichhad escalates. it follows intense israeli air strikes in gaza which killed a second senior leader of the islamichhad group. khaled mansour was considered the most important man in the armed wing of the organisation. these are images of the latest air strikes. a total of at least 29 palestinians — some of them children — are now reported to have been killed in this latest outbreak of violence. yolande knell our

nearly 170,000 tonnes of grain and sunflower oil leaves on a second convoy of ships out of ukaine aftersia's blockade caused global shortages. in the uk, liz truss promises a cut in national insurance, within weeks, if she wins the conservative party leadership race. her rival rishi sunak disagrees and says he wants to give more direct help to those hardest hit by inflation. taiwan accuses china of practising for an invasion of its island after beijing expressed fury over us house speaker, nancy pelosi's visit to taipei. now on bbc news dateline london with shaun ley. hello, and welcome to the programme in which leading uk columnists discuss the week's news with foreign correspondents who write, blog, podcast, and broadcast to audiences in their home countries from the dateline: london. 18 months after margaret thatcher first became prime minister, underfire even in her own party as half a million more people lost theirjobs and facing calls for a policy u—turn, she delivered a speech that still defines her, "you turn if you want to, the lady's not for turning". this week, the woman who

nearly 170,000 tonnes of grain and sunflower oil leaves on a second convoy of ships out of ukaine afterges. sport, and for a full round—up, from the bbc sport centre, here's ben croucher. good afternoon to you, ben. 45 gold medals to be handed out on the penultimate day of the commonwealth games. eight already in athletics where england stormed to gold in the men's 4 by 100 metre relay, anchored home by 0jie edoburun. england were the defending champions and the team delivered, taking the gold ahead of trinidad and tobago and nigeria. the women's team took silver — with daryll neita not able to chase down a strong nigerian quartet in the home straight. elsewhere, england's matthew hudson smith won silver in the 400 metres, cindy sember took bronze in the 100 hurdles. victoria 0huroghu and jodie williams came second and third in the women's 400. scotland's neah evans claimed silver in the women's road race, behind australia's georgia baker. the men's race is happening right now and mark cavendish's hopes appear over after he slipped behind the leading group. geraint thomas and fred wrigh

nearly 170,000 tonnes of grain and sunflower oil leaves on a second convoy of ships out of ukaine afterussia's blockade caused global shortages. in the uk, the two contenders vying to become the next conservative party leader and prime minister outline how they plan to help people cope with the rising cost of living. we'll be speaking to a supporter of the former chancellor, rishi sunak. warnings that millions of children in england could go hungry this summer because councils have reduced or scrapped free school meal vouchers over the school holidays. taiwan accuses china of practising for an invasion of its island after beijing expressed fury over us house speaker nancy pelosi's visit to taipei. and 72 artefacts forcibly removed from benin city during a british military incursion in 1897 will be returned to nigeria by a london museum. hello and welcome if you're watching in the uk or around the world. air—raid sirens and explosions have been heard injerusalem as the conflict between israel and the palestinian militant group islamichhad escalates. israeli air strikes in gaza have kille

nearly 170,000 tonnes of grain and sunflower oil leave on a second convoy of ships out of ukaine aftera's blockade caused global shortages. warnings that millions of children in england could go hungry this summer because councils have reduced or scrapped free school meal vouchers over the school holidays. and artefacts forcibly removed from benin city during a british military incursion in 1897 will be returned to nigeria by a london museum. now on bbc news, shrimps, saris and guns. faarea masud investigates how the demand for shrimp is destroying land that women have farmed for centuries in bangladesh. along the coastlines and riverbeds of rural bangladesh, thousands of hectares where rice was once grown have been converted into intensive shrimp farms, catering to a multibillion—dollar global industry. since the explosion of the industry in the 805, when the world's appetite for this luxury food grew, there have been increasing allegations of violence and land grabbing by criminal gangs. i've come to bangladesh to hear first—hand about the hidden abuses in the industry and the detrim

nearly 170,000 tonnes of grain and sunflower oil leaves on a second convoy of ships out of ukaine after russia's blockade caused global shortages. liz truss promises a cut in national insurance within weeks if she wins the conservative party leadership race. her rival rishi sunak disagrees and says he wants to give more direct help to those hardest hit by inflation. taiwan accuses china of practising for an invasion of its island after beijing expressed fury over us house speaker, nancy pelosi's visit to taipei. it is time now to get a look at the sport, and chetan is there. it's a bumper day here at the commonwealth games, the penultimate day, with 45 gold medals to be one, easily the busiest games day that we have had so far. the women's road racing, england's anna henderson among the competitors and matt. as for last night... well, we were hoping for a super saturday in the athletics stadium but it failed to materialise. nick miller did win gold for england in the hammer, but other hopefuls were pushed down the medals. here's our sports correspondent natalie pirks. every sinew strain

nearly 170,000 tonnes of grain and sunflower oil leave on a second convoy of ships out of ukaine afterblockade caused global shortages. the family of 12—year—old archie battersbee, who died yesterday after his life support was withdrawn, has called for an inquiry into the handling of his situation after enduring a lengthy legal battle to try to keep him alive. warnings that millions of children in england could go hungry this summer because councils have reduced or scrapped free school meal vouchers over the school holidays. 72 artefacts forcibly removed from benin city during a british military incursion in 1897 will be returned to nigeria by a london museum. now on bbc news, take me to the opera. i've been an opera fan for decades and i want to share my passion with you, so i'm on a mission to find out how opera is making itself fit for the future. i've come to munich to meet one of my all—time opera heroes, the german tenorjonas kaufmann, who's widely viewed as the world's leading opera singer. he's a charismatic person, performer. his way of communicating, his intelligence that one

nearly 170,000 tonnes of grain and sunflower oil leave on a second convoy of ships out of ukaine after russia's blockade caused global shortages. warnings that millions of children in england could go hungry this summer because councils have reduced or scrapped free school meal vouchers over the school holidays. now on bbc news, it's time for hardtalk. welcome to hardtalk. i'm stephen sackur, and this is the stage of the royal shakespeare theatre in stratford—upon—avon, birthplace of william shakespeare. 400 years and more after his death, his words and stories still resonate around the world, transcending languages and borders. well, my guest today is the just—retired artistic director of the royal shakespeare company, greg doran. why do we continue to make much ado about william shakespeare? gregory doran, welcome to hardtalk. thank you. nice to be here. well, it's a real pleasure to be on your stage here at the royal shakespeare company. you first set foot on this stage 35 years ago. idid. in fact, this month, it's 50 years since i saw my first show at the rsc, which was eileen atki

nearly 170,000 tonnes of grain and sunflower oil leaves on a second convoy of ships out of ukaine afterootball season. and it's not even the middle of august. it creeps up earlier every year, and it is not good news for manchester united fans. matt graveling was watching. another season, another man in charge. he became the eighth boss in the nine years since alan ferguson. can he finally unite united? his starting 11 had no number seven, with cristiano ronaldo on the bench. exactly three months ago, brighton put four past manchester united. the south coast side started strongly again. this was the midfielder�*s fought against united, and he didn't have to wait too long for his fifth. brighton fans were in a frenzy. the manager now well aware of the challenge at hand. a corner whipped into the brighton boxer saw the seagulls keep flapping. with heads in hands, the home fans watched as brighton held on for theirfirst in hands, the home fans watched as brighton held on for their first win at old trafford. no equaliser for united. we will see how much time he is given to make united tick.

nearly 170,000 tonnes of grain and sunflower oil leaves on a second convoy of ships out of ukaine afterussia's blockade caused global shortages. the family of archie battersbee, who died yesterday after his life support was withdrawn, has called for an inquiry into the handling of his situation after enduring a lengthy legal battle to try to keep him alive. warnings that millions of children in england could go hungry this summer because councils have reduced or scrapped free school meal vouchers over the holidays. french officials trying to rescue a beluga whale trapped in the river seine come up with a new strategy to free it — find out how they plan to return it back to sea. and 72 artefacts forcibly removed from benin city during a british military incursion in 1897 will be returned to nigeria by a london museum. hello if you have just hello if you havejustjoined us. welcome to bbc news. talks are taking place on a possible ceasefire between israel and palestinian militants to end the latest fighting which has killed at least 31 palestinians since friday. egypt is reported to be med

nearly 170,000 tonnes of grain and sunflower oil leaves on a second convoy of ships out of ukaine after