a man has been arrested by police in the us state of illinois after six people were shot dead at an independence day parade. a bbc investigation has found that children as young as 11 have been housed in temporary accomodation as record numbers are placed into care. 50,000 people have been put on evacuation alert as floods hit sydney for the third time this year. and cameron norrie, the last brit standing at wimbledon, is trying to reach his first ever semifinal, battling belgian david goffin. good afternoon and welcome to bbc news. the cabinet office minister, michael ellis, has confirmed that borisjohnson was aware of a complaint about alleged inappropriate behaviour by the mp chris pincher before appointing him deputy chief whip, but had forgotten he was told about it. lord mcdonald, the former top civil servant in the foreign office, said downing street had not told the truth when it said the prime minister was not aware of any formal complaints. labour s deputy leader,
is awareness of a complaint that may have been, or an allegation that may have been made, and something that trips the wire, if you like, meets the threshold for formal disciplinary action. a man is arrested by police in the us state of illinois after six people were shot dead at an independence day parade. 50,000 people have been put on evacuation alert as floods hit sydney for the third time this year. a bbc investigation has found that children as young as 11 have been housed in temporary accommodation as record numbers are placed into care. and england beat india by seven wickets on the final day of the fifth test at edgbaston. good afternoon and welcome to bbc news. borisjohnson s decision to appoint chris pincher as deputy chief whip is facing further scrutiny after a former top civil servant said the prime minister was briefed in person about an investigation into the mp s conduct when he was a foreign office minister. downing street s account of what happened ha
Gathering in mastung city. Earlier this month, at least 11 people, including a prominent muslim leader, were injured in an explosion in the same district. These are the latest pictures from balochistan, pakistans largest province. The region has suffered mutiple attacks from groups including the Pakistani Taliban and Islamic State group. And in a separate explosion, at least five people are reported to have died at a blast at a mosque near the city of peshawar. Many we believe are still trapped under the collapsed building. Earlier i spoke to our correspondent Saher Baloch In Islamabad who gave us this update on the Current Situation in balochistan. I heard from balochistan that it is a suicide attack. This was confirmed by the police chief in balochistan who said that this was a suicide attack, which targeted the congregation, which was celebrating the birth of prophet muhammad. In another incident in hangu, which is a district in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, two Suicide Attackers bas
The fatal stabbing of Elianne Andam on wednesday. Good evening and welcome to the bbc news at six. A 14 Year Old Girl and a bus driver have been killed after a coach overturned on the m53 this morning. It was taking pupils to two schools on merseyside when it crashed with dozens of children on board. Eight children were taken to hospital. Two of them have serious injuries. Our Correspondentjudith Moritz is at the scene. Yes, and the two schools involved taking children from a very wide catchment area, hence them being on this motorway so early this morning, they come from as far away as chester, 20 miles or so from here. Its a schooljourney they chester, 20 miles or so from here. Its a School Journey they were chester, 20 miles or so from here. Its a schooljourney they were used to making day after day, but today they never got as far as school, and tonight two families are coming to terms with terrible loss. Its the school run which ended in tragedy. The children on this bus should ha
It said its treating several people. About 50 others were assessed at the scene. Police were called to the m53 motorway in the wirral near liverpool just after eight oclock, when the incident happened. The road has been closed ever since. Chief superintendent Graeme Robson confirmed that a girl and the driver were killed. Emergency services were called to report of an overturned bus on the m53 Atjust After8am this morning. We can confirm that the bus was a school bus taking pupils to west kirby and calder Grammar Schools on the will. We understand there were 5a people, including the driver on the bus and sadly i can confirm that the driver and a 14 year old Schoolgirl Have died. Two children were taken from the scene to alder hey childrens hospital. 50 of the children were taken to an Emergency Training centre where they were medically assessed. And eight of those children have been taken to the Countess Of Chester and arrowe Park Hospitals. Our thoughts and condolences are very much w