thursday, but we still have this thundery low in the south bringing rain to the midlands and then as the sunshine gets going across the south, and the south east, it will set off thunderstorms into the afternoon, again some torrential downpours and localised flooding in places. cooler still tomorrow, 20, 20 three degrees in the south, pleasant 18 20 in the north where we will see plenty of sunshine. into wednesday night, thunderstorms rattle on across the south east eventually clearing away and then we start to see the weather front arrive across western areas by the end of the night at temperatures rising here. a few cool spots in northern england, fairly mild for england and where is but comfortable for sleeping. then the weather front brings wet weather from may northern and western areas on thursday. by friday we should see good spells of sunshine around and it will feel pleasantly warm. back to you. that is tonight s bbc news at ten. there s more analysis of the day s ma
hello. we now know the names of the starting xv for englands rugby world cup opener on saturday and there are a couple of intriguing calls in there. alex mitchell and jonny may start against argentina in marseille despite initially missing out on the 33 man squad. mitchell was drafted in after jack van poorvliet was ruled out of the tournament and started england s final warm up game against fiji, winning just his sixth cap. may meanwhile will start at right wing after anthony watson joined the world cup injury list. england are ranked eighth in the world and lost three of theirfour warm up games heading into the world cup. wales number eight taulupe faletau has been passed fit to face fiji in his side s opening game in bordeaux on sunday. faletau missed all three world cup warm up games with a calf injury but has recovered in time to win his 101st cap. the squad are confident ahead of their first match the boys were good, it is a good group and a good bone. you never see any
the hamas run health ministry in gaza says the death toll since the conflict began is 17,700. from jerusalem, our middle east correspondent, lucy williamson, reports. buried by the war, but still alive, dug from the rubble of their homes in deir al balah after an israeli strike this morning. more than 20 members of the salman family and their neighbours. their faces, like their lives, made unrecognisable. six others were killed, they say. the frantic race to hospitals is gaza s new daily routine. health care in the north has collapsed. here, further south, doctors say the situation is catastrophic. there aren t the resources to treat all the wounded, much less to comfort them. this boy praying quietly to himself. the girl beside him calling for her mother. gunfire in the north of gaza israeli forces say they re targeting palestinian fighters in jabalia camp. one of those inside a un shelter there told the bbc they were encircled and had now been without food or water for five
fighting in the city. there s also fighting in the north. these are the latest pictures from the israel defense forces, showing gun battles in the jabalia refugee camp, which remains surrounded by israeli tanks. people there say they ve been without food and clean water for several days. earlier, the hamas run health ministry in gaza reported the death toll since the conflict began now stands at 17,700. from jerusalem, our middle east correspondent, lucy williamson, reports. buried by the war, but still alive, dug from the rubble of their homes in deir al balah after an israeli strike this morning. more than 20 members of the salman family and their neighbours. their faces, like their lives, made unrecognisable. six others were killed, they say. the frantic race to hospitals is gaza s new daily routine. health care in the north has collapsed. here, further south, doctors say the situation is catastrophic. there aren t the resources to treat all the wounded, much less to comfo