ahead of the commonwealth leaders summit and defends his controversial asylum deal. and the lasting impact of music on the lives of children from one of scotland s most deprived estates in stirling. and coming up in sportsday at 6:30 on the bbc news channel, we ll be live at headingley as england hunt a test series whitewash against new zealand. good evening and welcome to the bbc news at six. taliban officials in afghanistan say the search for survivors from wednesday s devastating earthquake in the south east of the country has ended. doctors say many children may have been the victims of the quake, which is thought to have killed more than 1,000 people. heavy rain and the destruction of road and communication network have hampered relief efforts in paktika province, the worst hit area. entire villages have been destroyed, with survivors saying they are finding it difficult to find means to bury their dead. secunder kermani is there and has just sent this report. homes redu
relatives of the young men murdered by the serial killer, stephen port, welcome a decision by the police watchdog to begin a fresh investigation into the way detectives handled the inquiry. borisjohnson is in rwanda for a meeting of the commonwealth s heads of government. downing street says it is unlikely the uk s rwanda asylum policy will come up when he meets the prince of wales. good evening. taliban officials say the main search for survivors from wednesday s devastating earthquake in the south east of afghanistan has ended. more than 1,000 people are thought to have been killed in the remote part of the country. doctors say many children may be among the victims. relief efforts have been hampered by heavy rain and the destruction of road and communication networks in paktika province the worst hit area. entire villages have been destroyed, with survivors saying they re finding it difficult to bury their dead. 0ur afghanistan correspondent secunder kermani is there a
a&e departments in england are causing serious harm to patients, according to a healthcare safety watchdog. landlords are to be prevented from evicting tenants without giving a reason, under government plans to make the private rental market in england fairer. one of the most significant archeological discoveries in british history sheds new light on the realities of the dark ages. a warm welcome to bbc news. downing street is under pressure to publish a letter from boris johnson s former adviser on the ministerial code, lord geidt, who resigned suddenly last night. on the ministerial code, lord geidt, the on the ministerial code, lord geidt, second ethics minister the second ethics adviser the prime minister has lost in two years. apart from a brief statement saying he was stepping down with regret , no explanation was given for the peer s departure. just two days ago, lord geidt told mps it was reasonable to suggest that borisjohnson had breached the ministerial code whe
italy the leaders of france, germany and italy are in ukraine today in a show of european support for the country. the actor kevin spacey appears in court in london, accused of sexually assaulting three men. and hot and getting hotter britain s heatwave expected to peak tomorrow with temperatures of 3a celsius. and coming up in the sport later in the hour on the bbc news channel. the premier league fixtures have been released for next season. manchester city start the defence of their title against west ham. borisjohnson s ethics adviser who resigned last night has accused the prime minister of putting him in an impossible and odious position . in his resignation letter, lord geidt said the prime minister had asked him to consider measures understood to be on a trade issue which risked a deliberate and purposeful breach of the ministerial code . lord geidt s letter also says he came close to quitting over the partygate affair. in response, the prime minister said