the palestinian health ministry says 2a people, including six children, are now known to have died in israeli air strikes on the gaza strip. israel is targeting the palestinian militant group, islamichhad, and says it expects the offensive to last a week. the british foreign secretary, liz truss, said britain stood by israel s right to defend itself, but has called for a swift end to the violence, which has broken more than a year of relative calm. from jerusalem, here s our middle east correspondent, yolande knell. explosion. the full force of israel s new military operation in gaza. this building hitjust minutes after a warning strike. palestinians racing away. a year of relative calm now shattered. this is where one of the first israeli air strikes killed an islamichhad commander, leaving his neighbour in shock. we were safe in our home. we were thrown out of it by the bomb , says maryam. why didn t they warn us? tonight islamichhad fired heavy barrages of rockets in re
explosion. the full force of israel s new military operation in gaza. this building hitjust minutes after a warning strike. palestinians racing away. a year of relative calm now shattered. this is where one of the first israeli air strikes killed an islamichhad commander, leaving his neighbour in shock. we were safe in our home. we were thrown out of it by the bomb , says maryam. why didn t they warn us? tonight islamichhad fired heavy barrages of rockets in revenge, it said, for its leader s death. most were intercepted by israeli air defences. but earlier a missile hit this israeli home. the family went to their shelter when the air raid sirens went off, local official yaron sasson said. this is probably what saved them. no one was hurt. israeli forces are targeting what they say are militant bases in gaza. they maintain they re reacting to a direct threat from iran backed islamichhad. with further deaths in gaza, much now depends on the decisions of the powerful mil
involved in the efforts, including several divers. the mine is in the north of the country in a region that s no stranger to incidents of this kind. now on bbc news, shrimps, saris and guns faarea masud investigates how the demand for shrimp is destroying land that women have farmed for centuries in bangladesh. along the coastline is riverbeds of rural bangladesh, thousands of fields where rice was once grown have been converted into intensive shrimp farms, catering to a multibillion dollar global industry. since the explosion of the industry in the 80s, when the world s appetite for this luxury food grew, there have been increasing allegations of violence and land grabbing by criminal gangs. i ve come to bangladesh to hear first hand about the hidden abuses in the industry, and the detrimental effect of saltwater shrimp farms on these women s health and livelihoods. poor people are being exploited by the rich and powerful and poverty is not being eradicated. these shrimp
bumper day here at the commonwealth games, the penultimate day, with 45 gold medals to be one, easily the busiest games day that we have had so far. the women s road racing, england s anna henderson among the competitors and matt. as for last night. well, we were hoping for a super saturday in the athletics stadium but it failed to materialise. nick miller did win gold for england in the hammer, but other hopefuls were pushed down the medals. here s our sports correspondent natalie pirks. every sinew strained, every effort made, but gold remains elusive. keely hodgkinson won silver at the world championships and hopes were high in the 800 metres, but when kenya s mary moraa turned the burners on, there was no stopping her. bronze for scotland s laura muir and boogie wonderland for moraa. 10 years ago, keely hodgkinson watched super saturday at london 2012 and decided to focus on running. she now has world silver, 0lympic silver and commonwealth silver. i m not quite sure i co