In the south and west. For the rest of us it will be fairly cloudy with sunny spells. But the wind will strengthen widely throughout the day. Details later in the programme. Good morning. Its wednesday, 18th october. Theres been International Condemnation after an explosion at a hospital in gaza is reported to have killed at least 500 people. The blast has raised the diplomatic stakes for President Biden, whos currently flying to israel to try to prevent the violence spreading elsewhere in the middle east. Hamas a group designated as a Terror Organisation by many western governments says the Al Ahli Hospital was hit by an israeli air strike. But israel has blamed the palestinian group, islamichhad, but its denied any involvement, describing the accusations as lies. Wyre davies has the latest. Pictures from Gaza Last Night showed scenes of utter chaos. Bloodied, wounded casualties from the partially destroyed al ahli arab hospital. Videos many too graphic to broadcast showed the broken
in parts of the party, following racism and sexism scandals. and a sky full of stars at coldplay s record breaking fifth glastonbury headline set with a few suprise guests. r&b singer sizza will start her set in the next few hours to close the festival. now on bbc news sports. hello and welcome to sportsday i m paul scott at the bbc sport centre here is what we ve got coming up. late drama at the austrian grand prix. george russell capitalises on a collision between max verstappen and lando norris to take the chequered flag. the tour de france bursts into life in bologna as the two race favourites taday pogarcher and jonas vinger gaugh go head to head. leaving it late. on the eve of wimbledon andy murray is yet to confirm if he s fit enough to play at this year s championships. and delight for 17 year old phoebe gill as she beats jemma reekie in the women s 800 metres final at the uk athletics championships. i can t believe it. sorry. i m just in shock. welcome along to t
welcome to bbc news. live from paris where exit polls from france s first round of the snap parliamentary election have just been released as polling finished for the day and i can bring you the exit polls now because they have been released as we are on their insurance for national rally party has on this first round of the election more than 34% suggested in the vote followed by the left wing new popular front which we are seeing has won 20.i% popular front which we are seeing has won 20.1% of this vote. the centrist coalition of emmanuel macron in third place which is given in the exit poll score of 20.3%. it is just the next probative it s replicated in the concrete results that suggests a decisive win for the far right national rally party, very much in line with what opinion poll suggested in the lead up to the snap election with 34% of the vote going to the far right national rally party. this is the first round of the election. what happens is that if no candidate has
including the stunning win over ukraine in munich. good evening. we start the programme with a bbc investigation that has uncovered shocking claims that the greek coastguard has caused the deaths of dozens of migrants in the mediterranean over a three year period including nine people who were deliberately thrown into the water. more than a0 people are alleged to have died as a result of being forced out of greek territorial waters, or taken back out to sea after reaching greek islands. with more on this, here s paul adams. for more than ten years, migrants escaping war, persecution or poverty have used a number of routes to reach europe. some travel from north africa to italy. others cross from turkey to the nearby greek islands. for many greece is seen as the best way into europe. last year, just over 41,000 people arrived using that route. human rights groups say thousands of people seeking asylum have been forced back, illegally, from greece to turkey. denied the right
germany, outside the stadium i am being told, where england are one of the favourites to win the tournament. of course, having reached the final in the last euros. a lot of excitement and anticipation. the live shot in gelsenkirchen as england have kicked off their first game in the euro 2024 campaign. let s have a little look at the live scene in london where the fans are watching and fan zones as well. this is south london, in brixton, where we will be dipping in brixton, where we will be dipping in to watch the action and anticipation when and if we see any goals during the game. we are keeping an eye on that. there was violence in gelsenkirchen during the match build up a little bit earlier. police made several arrests after a fight broke out at a cafe which was packed with fans. british police say that no england supporters appear to have been detained. the police have said that the england serbia match is a high risk game in terms of potential violence between fans. i