convoy of ships. 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. good afternoon. hopes are high of a truce between israel and gaza after three days of violence that s reported to have killed dozens of people. eygyptian mediators are understood to have brokered a truce that s due to start at around 10pm, although the details aren t yet clear. at least 31 palestinians, including children, have reportedly been killed since friday, while israel says around 600 palestinian rockets have been fired over the border. from jerusalem, our middle east correspondent, yolande
st helens beat castleford by 20 points to 12 to restore their four point lead at the top of superleague. they survived a late fight back to secure their 18th win in 22 games this season. elsewhere there were wins for leeds rhinos and catalans dragons. italy s francesco bagnaia won the british motogp at silverstone to move up to fourth in the riders standings. french riderjohann zarco had lead from pole, but crashed out onjust the fifth lap as he chased his first victory in the top category. and in cricket s hundred competition willjacks hit a match winning 81 runs as oval invincibles picked up their first win of the season by beating welsh fire by 39 runs in cardiff. just time for a quick look at the medal table. australia still top of the standings, they ve been there right from the start of the games they ve won a huge 61 gold medals so far. 165 in total. but hosts england are doing their best to catch up. 5a golds for england including that brilliant victory for the wo
killed in the gaza strip where the israeli military is targeting members of the palestinian group islamic jihad. a bus carrying passengers to a roman catholic pilgrimage has crashed in northern croatia killing twelve polish people and injuring more than thirty others. the effects from a cyber attack on the nhs 111 system could take until next week to resolve after phone lines and electronic gp referrals were disrupted. thank you very much for your company does afternoon. chris rogers takes up does afternoon. chris rogers takes up the baton at seven o clock. but now, appropriately enough, it s off to the commonwealth games and sportsday. welcome to sportsday, i mjane dougall, live from birmingham where 33 gold medals were available to be won today, some have already been claimed. let s tell you about them. northern ireland have their best ever commonwealth games medal haul as they win a second gold. it s hammer time england s nick miller defends his title and takes the
hello this is bbc news i m chris rogers the headlines. the family of 12 year old archie battersbee confirm he has died after his life support was withdrawn. conservative leadership contenders set out their approaches to dealing with the economic downturn forecast by the bank of england. the palestinian health ministry says 15 palestinians have been killed in the gaza strip where the israeli military is targeting members of the palestinian group islamic jihad. a bus carrying passengers to a roman catholic pilgrimage has crashed in northern croatia killing twelve polish people and injuring more than 30 others. the effects from a cyber attack on the nhs 111 system could take until next week to resolve after phone lines and electronic gp referrals were disrupted. now on bbc news it s time for sportsday. welcome to sportsday, i mjane dougall, live from birmingham where 33 gold medals were available to be won today some have already been claimed let s tell you about t
later, champions manchester city travel to west ham united. in the scottish premiership, it finished 1 1 between hearts and hibs. hearts had taken the lead through lawrence shankland and looked set to hold on for a win but a late goal from the returning martin boyle grabbed a point for hibernian. boyle s move to easter road was only finalised at 11pm on saturday and boss leejohnson said it was a risk to play him for so long in the game, but they got their reward late on. francesco bagnaia has won the british motogp at silverstone to move up to fourth in the riders standings. french riderjohann zarco lead from pole, but crashed out on just the fifth lap as he chased his first victory in the top category. italian rider bagnaia moved up from fifth on the grid to take the chequered flag for the second race in a row. that s all the sport for now. i ll have more in the next hour. then, thank you very much. the