tom hanks tells us why a new exhibition is his passion project. when you get up just a little bit closer, it s quite stunning, that magnificent desolation, and in that, there is just such magnificence. and coming up on sporstday later in the hour on bbc news. australia make a brilliant start against south africa. we will have the latest. hello and welcome to the bbc news at one. we begin this lunchtime with a report from inside al shifa, the largest hospital in gaza, which has been at the cente of israeli operations over recent days. doctors there say the building has been without power and water. israel says the site was a key command centre for hamas and have mounted what it called a targeted operation against the group there. hamas, which is designated as a terrorist organisation by the uk, described the raid as a war crime. last night, the bbc, along with one us media network, was taken by the israeli army into a small part of the hospital to see weapons and other materia
France Force Hundreds of homes to be evacuated as firefighters battle the blaze. Escaping it all. Theresa may and her husband philip are in italy on the first leg of a three week break. Its five oclock. Our top story. Charlie gards mother has returned to the high court for a new hearing a day after abandoning legal action over treatment for her terminally ill baby. Lawyers told a judge that connie yates and charlies father, chris gard, want to put the Bruising Dust of the legal fight behind them and have their final hours with charlie at home. Thejudge said he needs more information on the plan to take him home. Doctors say it is not practical to switch cs Life Support Machine of away from Great Ormond Street Hospital or a hospice. Our correspondent lisa hampele is at the high court. Thejudge showing a the judge showing a degree of frustration at the breakdown and trust between the doctors and charlie gards parents, even now continuing. You can feel the tension in courtand continuing.
Water, adam peaty smashes his way into the record books. Coming up, Greg Rutherford says he is devastated to be out of the championships through injury. Good evening and welcome to the bbc news at six. The agony for the parents of terminally ill charlie gard continues with his mother connie yates back at the high court again today. Having abandoned the battle yesterday to keep him alive, she is now fighting to be able to take him home to die. Lawyers for great 0rmond Street Hospital where charlie is being treated say there are practical difficulties. Thejudge has said if charlie can be taken home within reason he would like to achieve that. 0ur medical correspondent fergus walsh has been following todays developments. The legal battle over this desperately sick boy now centres on where and how soon he dies. Charlie needs a mechanical ventilator to breathe. He is tube fed and cannot move. His parents give up their fight to take him to the United States and agreed no more treatment could
Police used the Gross Indecency laws to continue to Criminalise Gay Behaviour and social activity. Voiceover it is a deadly disease and there is no known cure. In the 80s, hiv and aids brought a new atmosphere of moral panic. By the end of the decade, the number of Gross Indecency prosecutions against gay men was as high as it had been in the 1950s. Many many lead completely double lives. The writer Maureen Duffy who campaigned for the 1977 act who campaigned for the 1967 act says it was not a moment of sudden liberation. It was the beginning of a process. But never assume that what you have achieved you have got for good and it cannot be reversed because at any time, anything can be completely changed. And there are sometimes still some very nasty rumblings and utterances, partially stoked by the use of social media, that could turn very nasty indeed if were not vigilant. Injuly 1967, the home secretary roy jenkins told parliament that homosexuality was a disability that brought lifel
In spring 2018. This is the un backed Prime Minister fayez al sarraj. And this is khalifa haftar, the rival military commander who controls the east of the country. Here they are shaking hands after the meeting, which was hosted by the french president , Emmanuel Macron. Heres what he said at the press conference. Translation today, president al sarraj and general haftar can become symbols of National Unity and reconciliation and peace. Iwant National Unity and reconciliation and peace. I want to say with great solemnity, the courage you have shown today by being here and agreeing on thisjoint shown today by being here and agreeing on this joint accord is historic. It is the courage of taking a risk, despite who might have opposed you. Despite the actions of others, which will lead toa actions of others, which will lead to a Reconciliation Process and the construction of peace in the long term. Just to remind you of the complicated political situation in libya. Mr sarrajs government is