Boy fell into a well. The United States says it did everything it could to minimise civilian casualties during a raid in syria in which the leader of the Islamic State group was killed. The president said that Abu Ibrahim Al qurayshi, also known as Hajji Abdullah, blew himself up, along with four members of his family, as us specialforces approached the building. 13 people, including children, were killed, but no us casualties were reported. The bbc S State Department correspondent Barbara Plett usher reports. In a corner of Northwest Syria where a forgotten conflict simmers, america reminded the Islamic State group that its leaders were still a target. The raid took place in the dead of night and lasted two hours. Us Special Forces landed in helicopters near the home of the is leader, Hajji Abdullah. Those close by described a night of terror. Translation when we got out of the house, we saw aircraft flying over our heads. And after ten minutes, we heard them shouting, give yourself u
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to all the palestinians that were killed are terrorists, in this case terrorists, but children. the israeli forces are happy to kill children. you know, it s quite remarkable that you d say that because they re killing us now, if there s a 17 year old palestinian that s shooting at your family. and jonah, what is he? under your definition, you are calling them terrorists, the un are calling them. i m actually asking you what would you call a 17 year old person with a rifle shooting at your family and murdering your own family? that exchange elicited a furious reaction from viewers such as mark benson. the outrageous suggestion that israeli forces are happy to kill children was scandalously inappropriate for a supposedly impartial news presenter. you have intentionally demonized one side in this awful conflict while portraying the other as defenseless and pitiful victims. in doing so, you demonstrate a disdain for the history of the conflict and the truth itself. as an avid v
the uk had hottestjune since records began, with heat killing fish in rivers and threatening insects. sport and for a full round up, let s go to the bbc sport centre. i want to show you these pictures first because these are the pictures from the israel gaza border and you can see the fires that are burning and young men carrying out their protests as the unrest spreads after that launch of the israeli military operation in the refugee camp at the start of the day. already we have been seeing the pictures from inside the camp and we know from the palestinians, they say they targeted what they described as seven palestinian militants. palestinian officials say eight have been killed and 50 wounded and have been describing it more as an invasion rather than a military operation. that phrase from one palestinian official talking to the bbc in the last couple of hours. but the unrest clearly spreading as of that operation continues. we will have more on that which is our main sto
lord goldsmith, resigns and aims his fire at the prime minister rishi sunak. he accuses the government of apathy towards climate issues. and a bbc investigation finds tiktok is not removing some videos that deny climate change despite a promise that it would. more on all that in a moment or two, let s head to the bbc sport centre for the latest on the cricket, and hopefully it s getting better for england because it was a dismal start. that s quite right, hello. just like in the first innings, josh tun has broken the stand in the ashes test at lord s. but a rare moment of success for england today. england s first innings ended with them losing six wickets forjust 46 runs in the morning session. all out for 325, 91 behind. since then despite losing david warnerfor 25 since then despite losing david warner for 25 australia has since then despite losing david warnerfor 25 australia has pushed on. 71 1 latest from lord s. not all good news for australia though. spinner nathan