prince william and kate arrive for the environmental awards the earthshot prize in boston. coming up in sportsday at 6.30pm: england s footballers say they re prepared for extra time and penalties in tomorrow s world cup knockout match against senegal. good evening. the father of a four year old girl with a strep a infection, currently on a ventilator in hospital, is urging other parents to act quickly, if they think their child might be affected. dean burns says his family has been living an absolute nightmare since his daugher, cameela, was admitted to liverpool s alder hey children s hospital earlier this week. the strep a infection, which often causes scarlet fever, is normally mild, but there have
nhs leaders in scotland discuss the idea of wealthier patients paying for treatment as the health service battles huge backlogs. coming up in sportsday in the next 15 minutes on the bbc news channel: they are off the pace in the scottish premiership, and have had a terrible champions league campaign, and giovanni van bronkhorst has paid the price he s been sacked by rangers. an earthquake has struck the main indonesian island of java, leaving at least 162 people dead and hundreds injured. buildings have been reduced to rubble and rescuers are frantically trying to find survivors. the 5.6 magnitude quake struck cianjur town in west java. the area where the quake struck is densely populated and prone to landslides. our south east asia correspondent jonathan head reports.
the time is 6.18. our top story this evening. the two conservative leadership hopefuls begin six weeks of campaigning with a focus on the economy. and coming up. why teenagers are turning to tiktok and instagram for their news. coming up in sportsday in the next 15 minutes on the bbc news channel. we ll head live to oregon on the seventh day of the world athletics championships. after missing out on a medal in the 100 metres, dina asher smith defends her 200 metre title. british doctors say a transformational therapy has, in effect, cured people with the bleeding disorder haemophilia b. the treatment corrects a genetic defect that prevents people s blood from clotting properly.
he said to his senior mps, don t show any support for the strikes, don tjoin picket lines. a few of them have to fight him. the question for him now is what, if anything, he s going to do about that. there s more updates, news and analysis on bbc news 0nline that s bbc.co.uk/news and by using the bbc news app. the time is 6:18 pm. our top story this evening: the biggest rail strike in a generation, there is disruption everywhere with no services at all in parts of the uk. coming up, i am at eastbourne where serena williams will shortly make her return to competitive action for the first time in nearly a year. coming up in sportsday in the next 15 minutes on the bbc news channel: anthonyjohsua says he s the comeback king and can still unify the heavyweight division. he must first beat 0leksandr usyk in their august rematch.
action against the security service. coming up, eight towns have been upgraded to cities to mark the queen s platinum jubilee. coming up in sportsday in the next 15 minutes on the bbc news channel. we ll get the very latest from oklahoma, the second round of the us pga championship. can rory mcilroy stay at the top of the leaderboard, as he looks to end his eight year wait for a major? the football association has warned that players and fans are being put at great risk by a series of pitch invasions in england as the season reaches its climax. since monday there have been five pitch invasions. one man has beenjailed for attacking a player. last night patrick vieira appeared to clash with a fan on the pitch at everton. our sports correspondent andy swiss reports. for football, it s forfootball, it s becoming all too familiar. fans swarming onto the