convoy of ships. warnings that millions of children in england could go hungry this summer because councils have reduced or scrapped free school meal vouchers over the holidays. french officials trying to rescue a beluga whale trapped in the river seine come up with a new strategy to free it find out how they plan to return it back to sea. and 72 artefacts forcibly removed from benin city during a british military incursion in 1897 will be returned to nigeria by a london museum. good afternoon. hopes are high of a truce between israel and gaza after three days of violence that s reported to have killed dozens of people. eygyptian mediators are understood to have brokered a truce that s due to start at around 10pm, although the details aren t yet clear. at least 31 palestinians, including children, have reportedly been killed since friday, while israel says around 600 palestinian rockets have been fired over the border. from jerusalem, our middle east correspondent, yolande
a bbc news investigation reveals dozens of english councils have cut back on holiday food vouchers for children on free school meals. and 72 artefacts forcibly removed from benin city during a british military incursion in 1897 will be returned to nigeria by a london museum. if you have just joined if you havejustjoined us if you have justjoined us a warm welcome to bbc news. we present this bulletin with this news. begin this bulletin. a ceasefire between israel and the islamichhad group could be imminent after two days of violence that have been the worst between israel and gaza for a year. militants fired rockets towardsjerusalem today after a second commander was killed in an israeli air strike. egypt has been trying to broker a truce to which israel is reported to have agreed. the israeli operation began on friday. since then at least 30 palestinians, including several children, have been killed. from jerusalem, our middle east correspondent yolande knell reports.
indiana has bad abortions. now on bbc news, it s hardtalk with zeinab badawi. welcome to hardtalk with me, zeinab badawi. i m at the firstsite gallery, in colchester, in the east of england. my guests are the contemporary artists the singh twins, who have a major exhibition of their work here. the singh twins combine their dual british and indian heritage to make provocative art that has a strong political message. but sometimes, do these two traditions collide? singh twins, welcome to hardtalk. now, you were born in england, but you took a trip for the first time to india when you were teenagers in 1980, and that s when you were first exposed to indian miniature paintings. you describe that as a turning point in your lives why? well, the trip to india was a turning point in our lives for a couple of reasons, really. we were born and brought up in britain. we were aware of our indian heritage, but i don t think we really felt so deeply attached to it until we went to india
an agreement not to allow foreign militants on afghan soil. the rebuke came after a us drone strike in kabul killed ayman al zawahiri, the leader of al-qaeda. now on bbc news, it s hardtalk with zeinab badawi. welcome to hardtalk with me, zeinab badawi. i m at the firstsite gallery, in colchester, in the east of england. my guests are the contemporary artists the singh twins, who have a major exhibition of their work here. the singh twins combine their dual british and indian heritage to make provocative art that has a strong political message. but sometimes, do these two traditions collide? singh twins, welcome to hardtalk. now, you were born in england, but you took a trip for the first time to india when you were teenagers in 1980, and that s when you were first exposed to indian miniature paintings. you describe that as a turning point in your lives why? well, the trip to india was a turning point in our lives for a couple of reasons, really. we were born and brought up
but sometimes, do these two traditions collide? singh twins, welcome to hardtalk. now, you were born in england, but you took a trip for the first time to india when you were teenagers in 1980, and that s when you were first exposed to indian miniature paintings. you describe that as a turning point in your lives why? well, the trip to india was a turning point in our lives for a couple of reasons, really. we were born and brought up in britain. we were aware of our indian heritage, but i don t think we really felt so deeply attached to it until we went to india and we had the opportunity to travel around india and experience that culture in all its diversity, and we really connected with that. and as part of that interest in our heritage, we also came across the style of painting called indian miniature painting, which is a very detailed, exquisite style of artwork full of satire and symbolism and narrative. and that was the style that we both adopted as our formal artisti