firefighters, soldiers and police are searching for survivors as the temperature hits 13 degrees celsius that s about 9 degrees fahrenheit. those efforts carried on into daybreak as authorities warned that more aftershocks may occur. a second quake struck neighbouring xinjiang hours later. the damage from that 5.5 magnitude strike was not immediately clear. in a statement, chinese president xi jinping said: he s ordered full rescue efforts to gansu, one of the country s poorest regions. taiwan president tsai ing wen has expressed condolences to china on the gansu earthquake. the islands presidential office added that taiwan is willing to provide assistance to china. now, international pressure is growing for israel to ease its military campaign in gaza. on monday, the us defense secretary was the latest to add his voice during talks with prime minister benjamin neta nyahu and israel s war cabinet. the department of defense says mr austin underscored the need for concerted
a magnitude of 5.9. chinese state media also reports that some water, electricity and road networks are damaged. the chinese government has dispatched teams of rescue workers to assist local emergency personnel. we ll bring you more details as they come in. now, international pressure is growing for israel to ease its military campaign in gaza. on monday, the us defense secretary was the latest to add his voice during talks with prime minister benjamin neta nyahu and israel s war cabinet. the department of defense says mr austin underscored the need for concerted efforts to protect civilians and urged israel to plan for transitioning to the next phase of operations. his israeli counterpart said israel would not control gaza in any civilian way after the war. here s the defense secretary earlier. protecting palestinian civilians in gaza is both a moral duty and a strategic imperative. so we will continue to stand up for israel s bedrock right to defend itself. and we will al
negotiations are continuing at the united nations in new york to agree a new resolution on gaza. a vote had been expected in the last hour, but its been postponed as diplomats try to agree a form of words that the united states may sign on to. on a visit to israel, the u 5 defence secretary lloyd austin has reaffirmed support for its ally, but demanded the country do more to protect civilians. from jerusalem, lucy williamson reports. they say there s nowhere safe in gaza. the children s unit at nasser hospital hit by a shell yesterday. doctors and parents who once raced to get wounded children in here now scrambling to get them out. the epicentre of the dust and panic, a children s bedroom on the second floor. translation: we were seated - on the bed when something exploded and all the ceiling fell on us. i couldn t do anything. debris fell on us and we couldn t see anything. ijust grabbed my daughter and escaped. i don t know what happened to the others. this was 13 year old
and chequered criminal history. at the time that he was arrested, he was living in sheltered accommodation in brighton, but obviously at some point in the course of that offending he seems to have become inspired through some kind of islamist ideology and it s through hatton tash at speaker s corner. speaker s corner of course being the place in london where people are allowed to come and talk about whatever they want. and very often these days there are quite strong religious arguments there between muslim speakers and speakers from other denominations like hatton tash, who is a christian preacher. he ll be sentenced onjuly the 21st. some breaking news two men have been arrested over the attempted murder of a senior police officer in northern ireland earlier this year. the pair, aged 28 and 70, were arrested following separate searches in county tyrone. detective chief inspectorjohn caldwell was shot several times at a sports centre in omagh in february. he d been putting
the nasa news conference. sport now and a full round up from the bbc sport centre. good afternoon. bryson dechambeau s the man to catch at the us pga championship as several big names have work ahead of them on the second round at oak hill. world number onejon rahm is in a battle to stay in contention. rahm s back on 6 over and not out again till later today. adam scott, dustinjohnson are pushing for the lead along with england sjustin rose. they re on 3 under. rory mcilroy s begins his second round on 1 over. dutch police have said they ll investigate footage of the incidents and try to identify supporters following ugly scenes after west ham s victory over az alkmaar, in last night s europa confernece league semi final. players from david moyes side confronted a group of the dutch team s fans who attacked an area where friends and family of the west ham players were sitting. the premier league side are into the europa conference final after beating their opponents 3 1 on a