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 the family of 12 year old archie battersbee confirm he has died after his life support was withdrawn.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
most of the next few days, it will be just scattered showers here and there, but i wanted to show you the satellite picture over the last couple of days of those rainfall patterns we have seen, because in some parts of the country, it has been raining, we have had heavy showers, but what seems to be happening is that these weather systems are taking this more south west to north east track, so they are mostly skipping southern parts of the uk, so yes, it may be raining where you are further north, but it is in the south where we have had that 8% of rainfall recently, the lowest since records began, so over the next five days, the most amount of rainfall in western scotland and parts of northern ireland, may in the lake district. but in the south, where we really need it, very little in the way of rainfall, just a few showers. but generally speaking across the country, july for example has been below average, well below average. so the temperatures today, it has been very humi
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
he shows me the new pipe laid to his house. he has covered it in the sand to keep it safe from the scorching heat. now, the wait for water. malarum s wife and daughter have again set out on their dailyjourney. tulsi was five years old when she started walking with her mother to the well. she told me she d take a small pot along. every bit counted. on the way i ask her mother, did the men in the family help? laughter. she laughs and tells me, the men won t even make a cup of tea for themselves. water is only women s work.
of tea for themselves. water is only women s work. she didn t know then that her life was about to change. today, the water from the indira gandhi canal is going to be supplied from this water tank to individual houses. the village council head is in charge. as is common in many indian villages, women get elected to these positions but remain homemakers. it s the men in the family who call the shots. he tells me about the schedule to ensure water supply to all houses in the village. and the supply is finally turned on. machine whirrs.