on free school meals. chance here for england. england score! and it s gold for england s women in the hockey, as they beat australia at the commonwealth games. good afternoon. a ceasefire between israel and the islamichhad group could be imminent after two days of violence that have been the worst between israel and gaza for a year. militants fired rockets towards jerusalem today after a second commander was killed in an israeli air strike. egypt has been trying to broker a truce to which israel is reported to have agreed. the israeli operation began on friday. since then, at least 30 palestinians, including several children, have been killed. from jerusalem, our middle east correspondent yolande knell reports. a crush of grief for islamicjihad s most powerful commander in gaza. revenge, the mourners shout, and soon it came, the armed group filing barrages of rockets at israeli cities. the death of the veteran militant is a serious blow to the jihadist group. he was killed h
The Prime Minister has said the government will ban the american xl bully dog by the end of the year. The breed has been blamed for a series of attacks on people in recent years. Rishi sunak s announcement comes after the death of a man in staffordshire yesterday who was set upon by two dogs thought to be of the bully breed. A 30 year old man has been arrested on suspicion of manslaughter. Phil mackie reports. Another victim of the American Bully Xl. Ian price, a 52 year old local businessman, who was killed outside his home last night. This was the aftermath of the attack, which involved two dogs. Although neighbours did their best to pull them off, his injuries were so severe he couldnt be saved. We heard police cars and sirens and thought. Then another one, then another one. And then i came to the gate to have a look, and, you know. There was, like, ten, 12 police vehicles. For a while there was concern more people could be hurt. It happened just after children had been let out of t
We heard police cars and sirens and thought. Then another one, then another one. And then i came to the gate to have a look, and, you know. There was, like, ten, 12 police vehicles. For a while, there was concern more people could be hurt. It happened just after children had been let out of the village primary school. We were notified about 3 25 by the police that there had been an incident on main street, and a text was immediately sent out to all parents to advise that they were to bring their children and selves back to the school site. Where the police car is is where the man was fatally attacked, and its thought that the dogs belonged to somebody who lived in one of the houses there. Locals have told us that the same animals were involved in another incident back in march, in which a Woman Walking her pet dog was chased inside one of those shops there. When looking at the number of People Killed by dogs, in 2021, there were five deaths in england and wales. Last year, that numberj
But thousands ofjobs are at risk. In the last few hours, a bbc team in derna in libya have seen for themselves the terrible impact of the floodwaters that have washed much of the town into the mediterranean sea, and killed thousands. Its now five days since the disaster that hit derna, which is in eastern libya, along the coast from the libyan capital tripoli and the city of neghazi, and the city of benghazi, towards the egyptian border. Today, our colleagues found little evidence of much international assistance. Correspondent anna foster and team saw the extent of the devastation, and heard the fears over a lack of basic supplies and the likelihood of disease spreading. Heres the report shes just sent us. Even by night, dernas recovery teams dont sleep. As darkness falls, another body is carefully pulled from the ruins, wrapped and taken to a waiting ambulance. It is a scene that has now been repeated thousands of times. I cant describe it, when you see peoples death. Maybe when you