desert this is bbc desert news. the headlines: emergency services are responding to reports of a serious in the ascendant in aberfan in south wales. it follows reports of a serious assault which happened just after 9am this morning. we are trying to get more details of this breaking story, we will bring you as much as we can when we get it. other news: as israel intensifies its operation in southern gaza, there are a fresh warnings from the worsening situation for civilians there. the home secretary is signing a treaty with rwanda in the hope that the government can fulfil its promised to send migrants to the country. moore and that breaking news. emergency services responding to reports of a serious incident in aberfan in wales that happened after nine o clock this morning local time. we cross live now to our correspondent in cardiff. we are stillt in: correspondent in cardiff. we are still trying to correspondent in cardiff. we are still trying to get correspondent in c
is deteriorating by the hour as israeli bombing intensifies in the south of the territory. and the united nations has warned that an even more hellish scenario could be about to unfold for civilians there. israel is trying to destroy hamas, designated a terror organisation by the uk government. unconfirmed reports claim israeli troops may try to destroy the vast network of hamas tunnels underneath the gaza strip by flooding them with sea water. our middle east correspondent yolande knell reports from jerusalem. more casualties pouring into this hospital in khan younis this morning, even brought in by donkey cart. medics struggling to find space for the dozens of wounded. palestinians say more than 30 were killed in an israeli strike and shelling close to a un school which was crowded with displaced people. they launched mortars at us at night. we were scared and didn t sleep, cries this boy. all night we were reading the koran. on the move once again. israel has issued
Doctors say a british woman who was shot while on holiday to brazil is lucky to be alive. Eloise dixon is reported to have been attacked when her family drove into a slum area. Good morning. Tesco has announced its scrapping 5p Carrier Bags altogether in favour of the more expensive bags for life. Ill be asking if other retailers will do the same. Also this morning, the challenge of finding the right pair of shoes for the children. Well be getting the latest advice on a problem troubling many parents at this time of year. And carol has the weather. Good morning. Good morning from the roof of the Broadcasting House in london. Grey skies. Dry at the moment. Rain and showers. Heavy downpours in east anglia and the south east. For the rest of the uk, it is sunshine and showers. I will have more details in 15 minutes. Thank you, carol. We will start with our top story. More than 40 of Maternity Wards in england closed their doors to expectant mothers at least once in 2016, data obtained by
how about the rest of the morning into the afternoon? lots of sunshine, especially across england and wales. in scotland, we re anticipating downpours and thunderstorms to form over the highlands, and they ll probably drift towards the east coast, and there s a chance of a few scattered showers close to the north sea coasts and maybe one or two other areas. but other than that, it s going to be a predominantly sunny day with scattered fairweather clouds, light winds, and very pleasant temperatures. i suspect they ll hit 2a celsius in one or two spots on tuesday. a look at wednesday s weather map. a low is approaching with its weather front. the weather front is approaching western areas of the uk, so the weather will go downhill. 0ut towards the west on wednesday, you can see the rain sweeping in this is the morning in northern ireland, western parts of scotland, and other western extremities also get the cloud and rain, and a bit of a breeze too. but eastern areas and the southeast
if not already sunny weather across the uk. 13 celsius in london, ten celsius in glasgow, just the stray shower here and there. how about the rest of the morning into the afternoon? so, lots of sunshine, especially across england and wales. in scotland, we are anticipating downpours and thunderstorms to form over the highlands, and they ll probably drift towards the east coast, and there s a chance of a few scattered showers just close to the north sea coasts and maybe 1 2 other areas. but other than that, it is going to be a predominantly sunny day with scattered fairweather clouds, light winds, and very pleasant temperatures. i suspect they will probably hit around 21t celsius in 1 2 spots on tuesday. now, here s a look at wednesday s weather map. a low is approaching with its weather front here s the low out there. the weather front is approaching western areas of the uk, so the weather will go downhill. 0ut towards the west on wednesday, you can see the rain sweeping in this is