the broadcaster nicky campbell alleges he and some of his friends were physically and sexually abused at school in the 1970s. the edinburgh academy has apologised to anyone who was abused there. what i witnessed was horrific. and thinking about it, i realised how much it sjust a part of my psychological furniture, always there. and after travelling all round the commonwealth the queen s baton has arrived in birmingham, for tomorrow s opening ceremony of the 22nd commonwealth games. and coming up on the bbc news channel. germany take on france in the second euros semi final this evening. so who will england face at wembley? good afternoon and welcome to the bbc news at one. england are celebrating a thrilling performance last night as they thrashed sweden to book their place in sunday s women s euros final. a peak audience of more than nine million tv viewers watched the lionesses win their semi final at bramall lane in sheffield 4 0 with goals from beth mead, lucy bronz
the commons work and pensions committee say vulnerable people will be pushed into destitution. and i in victoria square in the centre of birmingham where the city and the region are preparing to host the 2022 commonwealth games. rail passengers are facing huge disruption after thousands of workers walked out in a continuing dispute about pay and working conditions. only about a fifth of britain s train services are running many areas having no services at all today. the red lines here show the routes where some trains are operating but network rail has warned people to travel only if absolutely necessary. many journeys will many journeys manyjourneys will be manyjourneys will be ending manyjourneys will be ending earlier manyjourneys will be ending earlier than they normally work this evening. our correspondent emma simpson has this report. going nowhere. once again, half of the uk s rail network brought to a halt. at manchester piccadilly some trains were leaving with tr
because of soaring costs. homes reduced to ashes. california s largest wildfire this year the families who have lost everything. and after more than 9 million watched england thrash sweden in the euros, the team get ready for sunday s final at wembley. can they win their first major trophy? and coming up on the bbc news channel: dina asher smith pulls out of the commonwealth games, after failing to fully recover from a hamstring strain suffered at the world athletics championships. good evening and welcome to the bbc news at six. there s been yet more disruption on britain s railways today, as tens of thousands of railworkers walked out on the first of two more days of strike action this week. signallers and ticket office staff have walked out today. on saturday, it ll be train drivers at seven different companies who ll be going on strike. only around 20% of rail services have been running today those highlighted in red but services have been severely disrupted. the ar
hours, and its forces have cut the gaza strip in two, with gaza city now encircled. but strikes were not confined to the north of the gaza strip. this is deir al balah, in central gaza. many casualties arrived at hospitals on carts pulled by donkeys, after a communications blackout meant people could not call for ambulances. the israel defence forces are trying to destroy hamas, which it says killed more than 1,400 people in southern israel on october 7th, and is classified a terrorist organisation by western governments, including the us and the uk. our first report is from our international editorjeremy bowen. israel promised mighty vengeance. it thundered across gaza city. israel s justification is defending the living, as well as avenging instead. palestinians call this genocide. this girl, from jabalya camp, is asked what happened to her. she says, a missile came down on us, bricks fell on us. i asked, where is my dad and where is my mum?” she is asked, where wer