hello, this is bbc news. i m shaun ley and these are the headlines. the family of 12 year old archie battersbee confirm he has died after his life support was withdrawn. conservative leadership contenders set out their approaches to dealing with the economic downturn forecast by the bank of england. a bus carrying passengers to a roman catholic pilgrimage has crashed in northern croatia, killing 12 polish people and injuring more than 30 others. israeli planes strike palestinian militant targets in gaza for a second day as israel s army says it is preparing for its operation to last a week. officials in gaza say at least 14 palestinians have so far died in the violence. the effects from a cyber attack on the nhs 111 system could take until next week to resolve after phone lines and electronic gp referrals were affected. fire chiefs warn that cities need to be better prepared for wildfires as another heatwave is forecast for some parts of the uk next week. clive will be here j
scientists examined satellite data gathered during the past four decades over the entire arctic circle. now on bbc news: india s wait for water. from the hot desert to the cold mountains and dry arid plains, only a fraction of the 200 million homes in india s villages have tap water. bbc s divya arya investigates. when you can t get water from taps, life revolves around where the water is. india s villages house 200 million families. only a fraction have tap water. it s very hard to carry pots of water repeatedly on your head from that source of water to the village, which is almost a kilometre from here. from the hot desert. ..to the cold mountains. ..and dry, arid plains. it s backbreaking. i want to find out when will the walk be over? when will water come home? in 2019, prime minister narendra modi made a promise. to bring water through taps to each home in every village by 202a. he said it will ease women s daily lives. i ve set out on a journey across the country to che
of a sitting president. the 54 year old denies three criminal charges stemming from his purchase of a handgun in 2018 the prosecution claim he was heavily addicted to drugs at the time and lied about it in registration forms. the first lady, jill biden, attended the jury selection hearing in delaware. president biden was not present. he issued a statement saying he was proud of his son, but he would not comment on the case. our correspondent tom bateman has been outside the courthouse in wilmington. well, five months before a presidential election and a trial here that will throw a very public glare on the personal life and the allegations of drug misuse of the son of the us president. now, hunter biden arrived here first thing this morning along with members of the biden family, including his stepmother, the first lady, jill biden. she satjust behind him at the front of the public gallery in the courtroom all day. i was in the press benches and watched hunter biden turn an
where a jury has been selected in the trial ofjoe biden s son hunter on gun charges. it s the first prosecution in us history for a child of a sitting president. the 54 year old denies three criminal charges stemming from his purchase of a handgun in 2018 the prosecution claim he was heavily addicted to drugs at the time and lied about it in registration forms. the first lady, jill biden, attended the jury selection hearing in delaware. attended the jury selection president biden was not present. he issued a statement saying he was proud of his son, but he would not comment on the case. our correspondent tom bateman has been outside the courthouse in wilmington. well, five months before a presidential election and a trial here that will throw a very public glare on the personal life and the allegations of drug misuse of the son of the us president. now, hunter biden arrived here first thing this morning along with members of the biden family, including his stepmother, the f
Charity finds one in Saeed Mohammed Al Naboodah Group Trophy Handicap to have been bullied. And a light show and the Southern Hemisphere. Good morning. Welcome to bbc newsroom live. A huge car bomb in the Afghanistan Capital Kabul has killed at least 80 people and injured over 350. The huge explosion happened in the Diplomatic Quarter of the city near the French Embassy during morning rush hour. Our correspondent Harun Najafizada is at the scene and sent this report. This is the scene of the huge bombing which rocked the Afghan Capital kabul. Today we understand it was a water tanker or a lorry full of explosives which hated this strategic location right in the heart of kabul. It is very close to the german embassy, the indian embassy, the french and british embassies. It is also walking distance from the provincial palace. The police have cordoned off the area at the moment and we are not allowed to move further than this for several reasons. One of them is that there might be another