welcome. to iran now where local media reports that dozens of schoolgirls have been poisoned in several schools. this phenomenon began last november and since then there have been reports of poisoning incidents from gases or toxic substances. in some cases students have been hospitalised. i was joined earlier by bbc persian service s parham ghobadi who told me how wide spread these incidents are. just before coming to the studio, the number of cities that were targeted rose to six, actually, and as you remember, as mentioned in your intro, for several months, we had the story of iranian school poisonings, but it went quiet for a while and the reason for that was that there was persian new yearfor two weeks, so students were on a break at that time. they went back to school on monday, and again, reports of school poisonings started appearing here and there, but today is the most widespread one. as i already mentioned, six cities across iran were targeted and in some of the cit
welcome, i m tanya beckett. two british israeli sisters killed in a shooting in the occupied west bank have been named as maya and rina dee. the sisters were killed on friday afternoon near the hamra junction in the north of thejordan valley, as they drove through tiberias. the attacker was shot dead by police. their mother, leah, remains in a critical condition in hospital, local media reported. the family lived in the settlement of efrat and were immigrants from the uk, the mayor said. israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu sent a tweet containing the sisters names, and a photo of them, on saturday evening. these details come at a time when the region is seeing an upsurge in violence. our correspondent lucy williamson reports from tel aviv a warning her piece contains some distressing details and images. last night, tel aviv s holiday crowds became targets. gunfire this, the moment when police surrounded the attacker and then shot him dead. people shout you can hear t
the odd shower for the what s left of that rain is stuck across northern england. the odd shower in other parts of england and wales but again some sunshine to dip temperatures not changing much. warm in the sunshine in england and wales. all of our weather is coming in from the atlantic, and that means some more cloud coming our way for sunday, but this weather front is slowing up, so many places are going to be dry on sunday. the best sunshine and warmth will be in the east. thanks, darren. and that s bbc news at six on thursday 18th august. you can keep up with all the latest developments on the bbc website. from the six team, it s goodbye. the news continues here on bbc one, as now it s time to join our colleagues across the nations and regions for the news where you are. goodnight. hello, and welcome to sportsday i m hugh ferris. the headlines this evening. england try to cling on to south africa as they go past their first innings score on day two of the opening test
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