vladimir putin to end his war of choice. in ukraine, a bbc investigation has found evidence of occupying russian forces stealing thousands of tonnes of grain. moscow denies the claim. we ll be live at the g7 summit for the latest. also this lunchtime. a woman has died and a man has serious injuries after a gas explosion destroyed a house in birmingham. the former conservative prime minister sirjohn major tells the infected blood inquiry that what happened to thousands of patients in the 19705 and 80s was incredibly bad luck. and the crowds are back at swi9 some tennis fans have been queueing since friday to get into the opening day of wimbledon. and coming up on the bbc news channel, england s women make early breakthroughs in their one off test match against south africa in taunton. good afternoon and welcome to the bbc news at one. the leaders of the g7 group of nations have promised they will stand with ukraine for as long as it takes as they announced they would
we report from the worst affected district in paktika province. and wimbledon begins in front of full crowds for the first time in three years. novak djokovic begins his quest for a fourth successive wimbledon title. coming out, i will bring you the latest from the all england club on the opening day of the championships, where we have had rain and now thankfully sunshine, with novak djokovic, emma raducanu and andy murray among the big names in action. welcome back to bbc news. let s go straight back to that breaking news in the last hour or so. news that russia has carried out a missile strike on a shopping centre in the central ukrainian city of kremenchuk. at least two people have been killed and 20 others injured. president zelensky said more than a thousand people had been inside at the time of the attack. let me show some of the latest pictures that have come in, and these in the immediate aftermath of that strike, 3:50pm local time, it was, and we see the huge fires t
this is bbc news. the headlines: israel has intensified its bombardment on khan younis in the southern gaza strip with a wave of air strikes, causing massive destruction to apartment blocks. the hamas run health ministry says more than 200 people have been killed since the end of a week long truce. the palestinian red crescent says about 50 humanitarian aid trucks have been allowed through the rafah crossing into gaza the first since thursday. french president emmanuel macron says he s heading to qatar to kick start efforts for a new israel gaza truce. translation: we recognise israel s right to defend itself. but within the framework of international law, under no circumstances can do this right to defend oneself be a right to attack civilian populations. can this right. at cop28, at least 116 nations commit to tripling renewable energy capacity. i spoke to labour leader sir keir starmer who is at the summit. we will have a listen later. and former prime minister bori
most widely searched term. there was a time when parking is to be a common thing. you don t see them any more. i was reading a story and it got me thinking how these things can escalate. so, there are these neighbours and there are three car parking spaces. 0ne house had the two end car parking spaces and one house was allocated the middle space. because they were neighbours they said, you can take the two next to each other for convenience and we will take the other. and then it all got a bit ugly. it all kicked off. there have been accusations of selfish parking, not leaving enough space, deliberately parking close to cars. it has gone on for seven years, this parking saga. it has
it s worth emphasising that the reason people like me continue to ask borisjohnson questions like those when he is on the international stage, those when he is on the internationalstage, or those when he is on the international stage, or wherever years, is because, as i said there, this is an ongoing conversation within his own party, among his own colleagues, including at a senior level. and clearly, how long this prime minister continues for whom i d replace him is an important topic to scrutinise. and it s a topic to scrutinise. and it s a topic of the prime minister hasn t managed to shake off a months on end. chris, thank you. chris mason. a woman has died and a man is being treated for life threatening injuries following a gas explosion that tore through a street in birmingham. 0ne house was destroyed in the blast and several others were badly damaged. neighbours risked their lives to clamber through the burning wreckage to pull out the injured man. phil mackie reports from the s