who gave them the lead, scoring in a sixth successive home premier league game. a foul saw villa awarded a penalty in the second half and another goal from the spot. west ham briefly rallied with jarrod bowen benefiting from a deflection to become only the third player ever to score in each of his club s opening five away matches of a premier league season. no answer to villa s dominance, as ollie watkins scored his eighth goal of the campaign and substitute leon bailey added a fourth, as villa crowned an 11th successive home league win. aston villa s tally of 19 points is the highest after nine games of the premier league season for 25 years. before kick off at villa park, these were the scenes a minute s applause for sir bobby charlton, a day after the england world cup winner died at the age of 86. at old trafford today, fans have continued to sign a book of condolence and pay their respects to a manchester united legend, with flowers placed in front of the holy trinity
they are trying their best to provide essential services to gazans trapped inside gaza, with very little food, water, medicine and fuel. so this is an important update to bring you. 17 more trucks apparently are carrying aid into gaza through that all important rafah crossing which you can see here. this is controlled by egypt and is often used to bring goods in and is often used to bring goods in and out of gaza. i will keep these live pictures and bringing our guest sarah davies, a public relations officer at the international committee of the red cross. thanks so much forjoining us on bbc news. as we watch these live pictures of the rafah crossing, i want to ask you to give the viewers an insight into how bad things are within gaza. thank you so much for having me. as everyone has really seen over the last more than two weeks now, the humanitarian situation for people in that gaza is dire and only increasing. their needs are increasing. their needs are increasing. people h
rocket forces. israel has been carrying out intensive aerial bombing of gaza since the hamas attacks inside israel two weeks ago, in which 1,400 people were killed. the palestinian health ministry says about 4,700 gazans, mainly civilians, have been killed in the israeli air strikes. that includes 55 people overnight. israel s military has warned civilians in gaza to keep moving south for their own safety, as it prepares to increase pressure on hamas, which is designated a terrorist origanisation by the uk, us and other western governments. the israeli defence forces said one of its aircraft also targeted a mosque in the palestinian city ofjenin, in the occupied west bank. israel says the mosque was used by a hamas cell as a base to plan and execute attacks against civilians. earlier, the un s humanitarian chief told the bbc that the handful of aid trucks heading into gaza was not enough. the crossing is on the egyptian border and is the only route not bordering israel
Forwards Eben Etzebeth, Bongi Mbonambi and Pieter-Steph du Toit are the frontrunners to captain South Africa against Wales at Twickenham on June 22, head coach Rassie Erasmus said on Thursday.