for many of us today it is going to be dry, sunny and warm, except across the very far north of scotland and parts of eastern england, where we hang onto more cloud. that will suppress the temperatures. details later in the programme. good morning. it s tuesday, the 30th of may. new measures to crackdown on the use of vapes by children in england, are set to be unveiled by the government. ministers have pledged to close a loophole allowing retailers to give free samples to children, and a ban on nicotine free vapes for under 18 s is also being considered. our health editor hugh pym has the details. a recent laboratory test for bbc news on illegal vapes confiscated at a school showed some had more than twice the safe amount of lead, and nine times the safe amount of nickel. the prime minister said he was shocked by this report, and said he was taking further action to clamp down on rogue firms who unlawfully target children with these products. the measures include closing a l
on a roll, as they enjoy one of the english countryside s more eccentric traditions. the israeli prime minister, benjamin netanyahu, has said an air strike which killed dozens of people in gaza was a tragic mishap . the hamas run health ministry said at least 45 people, including children, were killed when a strike hit a camp for displaced people in the tal al sultan area of rafah. the united states said the killing of innocent palestinians was heartbreaking and warned that israel must take every precaution possible to protect civilians. the un chief has condemned the strike and has called for the horror to end. the israeli army said it had been targeting two senior hamas leaders. 0ur middle east correspondent lucy williamson is injerusalem. a warning some viewers may find some of the images distressing. morning didn t end the nightmare, but it brought the children, picking through the debris of the dead. the burned remains of shelters mark the place where israel says
the authorities in papua new guinea now say more than 2000 people were buried by a devastating landslide in a remote village. a british charity warns of a big increase in cases of skin cancer this year and says people should do more to protect themselves from the sun. sport, and for a full round up from the bbc sport centre, here s mark edwards. hi, ben, we start with tennis. rafael nadal is out of the french open, losing in the first round in what s likely to be the 37 year old s last match at the french open. the king of clay, with m titles at roland garros, going down fighting against alexander zverev after three hours under the roof on court philippe chatrier. but nadal eventually fell just short, losing in straight sets 6 3, 7 6, 6 3. zverev into the second round. he s reached the semi final three years in a row, but the journey is over for nadal. british number one cameron norrie is being put through his paces by russia s pavel kotov. there are 23 places between them in
2019 finalist marketa vondrusova also enjoyed a straight sets win. the fifth seed beat spain s rebekah masarova 6 1, 6 3 to set up a second round meeting with the wonderfully named katie volynets. meanwhile in the men s singles, the australian open champion jannik sinner is safely into round two despite some concerns over his physical condition. he s been struggling with a hip injury of late, and came into the tournament with huge doubts over his fitness, but the world number two has eased past america s chris eubanks in straight sets. he ll play the home favourite richard gasquet next. right now we could be seeing rafa nadal at the french open for the very last time. he s won this title a record 1a times but has indicated it could be his last season, having spent the last couple of years battling injury. and he s facing fourth seed alexander zverev in the opening round, who won the italian open in the build up to roland garros. not long gone in this one. it is zverev who is
artefacts the british museum says have disappeared. we ve discovered that two gems were unwittingly put on display at another museum in germany. we ve also established that around 260 ended up in washington, dc the fbi has been investigating. but many of the objects hadn t been catalogued, which means the museum hasn t yet been able to prove they were actually stolen. it s since begun to register all its objects, and has improved security. the truth is, mistakes were made. but i think in life it s how you respond to those mistakes that matters. the museum today a couple of years on as a result of this saga, i think is much more open, much more transparent. of the 1,500 items it believes were taken, the british museum has got back almost half. but others including ancient gold jewellery and other treasures missing from its collection will likely never be found. katie razzall, bbc news. you can watch the full documentary, thief at the british museum , which airs on b