line up and the weight that most are pledging to tax cuts if they win. and the way. also on the programme. a week of very high temperatures ahead for much of the uk, as the met office issues an extreme weather warning for the weekend. train drivers at eight rail companies have voted overwhelmingly to go on strike in a dispute over pay. and england s women are the first team through to the euro quarterfinals after a stunning victory against norway. and coming up in the sport on the bbc news channel, a five star performance from england. it s a five wicket win as they dominate south africa in their first one day international. welcome to bbc news at ten. it s official the united kingdom will have a new prime minister by the 5th of september following an election to find a new leader of the conservative party. that process will begin tomorrow. so far, no fewer than 11 conservative mps have entered the fray. they ll need to be backed by at least 20 colleagues to be on the fi
This area was targeted heavily last night, hundreds of airstrikes destroyed many buildings in this area. Tonight, we hearfrom one mother whose children were kidnapped by hamas gunmen. Those barbarians took kids out of their houses and out of their beds and just kidnapped them. Also on the programme. Interrupted by a protestor but the labour leader, sir keir starmer, stays on course at his partys conference and promises a decade of National Renewal if labour win the next election. And, after 14 years at the helm, Holly Willoughby announces she is quitting itv s this morning. On newsnight at 10 30pm, live from jerusalem and london, well be speaking to israeli politicians, to a man who fears his family has been taken by hamas to gaza and a senior representative of the palestinian authority. Theyre still, four days on, collecting the bodies of the dead. Good evening. Were live injerusalem, where the full horror and ferocity of last saturdays attack by hamas gunmen in Southern Israel is bec
i can t get on the property ladder at the moment. and we ve heard people s, well, unfiltered opinions. our national health service, it s gone right down. it s just gone to pot, hasn t it? i m undecided because they re all sorry, he told me not to swear. it s all aboard the bbc election express to discover more about the views and opinions of the passengers travelling on board. bringing in national service, i personally think that would be good for a lot of kids because it would give them discipline. i think that s a terrible idea. do you? it s a sunny morning at london s king s cross station, and a group of people who haven t met before had come together met before have come together to board a special train. bbc news asked an independent polling company to find seven voters from across the country who support a broad range of political parties. i live in scotland and i came down on the train last night. hello! hi! they ll be travelling on board the bbc s election express to
good evening from jerusalem. israel s prime minister says the country s ground forces are now at the height of the battle as they make advances in the northern half of the gaza strip. this evening the military announced that troops have now encircled gaza city. it comes as the jabalia refugee camp in northern gaza has been hit by a deadly israeli air strike for a third day running. hamas, designated as a terrorist organisation by the uk, say more than 9,000 people have been killed in the gaza strip since the present conflict began on 7th october when it launched a series of deadly attacks on israel. 0ur international editor jeremy bowen has this report. tank rumbles. tonight, israel says it has surrounded gaza city. an army statement said that soldiers were attacking hamas positions. explosion guns fire ..places where it launches rockets, and killing terrorists. israel has increased the tempo of its ground war in gaza. the army said its soldiers needed to be resilient is th