here s ben rich. is it exciting or are entering a period of calm? is it exciting or are entering a period of calm? perhaps than it has been recently period of calm? perhaps than it has been recently but period of calm? perhaps than it has been recently but that period of calm? perhaps than it has been recently but that is period of calm? perhaps than it has been recently but that is not - period of calm? perhaps than it has been recently but that is not bad i been recently but that is not bad news for the commonwealth games where the weather started pretty decent. we got some patchy cloud to with some sunny spells, throughout the weekend we have the chance to see some rain starting to develop cut is it of all of this cloud on the earlier satellite picture out towards the north west. that will work in and bringing in some outbreaks of rain, some patchy cloud ahead of that producing one or two showers and throughout the afternoon some showers for southern scotland, nor
American Officials Say they were responding to a number of attacks on their forces by iranian backed groups. Thank you forjoining us here on bbc news, day 21 of the girls are israel war. The gaza and israel war. Im lyse doucet. With hospitals in the gaza strip either shut or unable to provide medical help, pregnant women are being forced to give birth in dangerous conditions. The un says there are about 50,000 pregnant women in gaza now. One of them a woman called jumana has made a video diary of her experiences. Shes been speaking to bbc arabic s dalia haider. They speak arabic. A precious moment captured between a pregnant mother and daughter. Translation im about to deliver any time soon. I hope my second baby arrives safely and peacefully, but apparently she will come within a destruction. As israel carried out air strikes we asked jumana, a journalist from gaza city, to record a video diary in the lead up to giving birth. What scares me the most, what i think about every night as
Hello, im lyse doucet. Welcome to our coverage of the israel and gaza war with all the latest updates this hour. Israels army says it conducted a fresh Ground Incursion into gaza overnight to target hamas fighters. It said infantry and armoured units were accompanied by Helicopter Gunships as they entered eastern gaza city. Anti tank guided Missile Launch sites and command and control centres were hit. The army said all israeli troops exited the area with no injuries. This is the second Ground Incursion in as many days. The israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has insisted a full offensive is coming. But he said the date had yet to be determined. The main un agency in the gaza strip is again warning its humanitirian work is becoming more difficult because of a lack of fuel in the territory. Unrwa says its having to drastically limit its consumption of fuel, which is seriously affecting what aid it can provide to people in gaza. But first, lets get more on deepening humanitarian cr
too bad today. through the weekend, turning wet and windy. unsettled weather. rainfall totals mounting up. this morning, showers in parts of northern england, north wales. the odd shower could affect the golf and cricket. more rain in northern ireland later. showers in eastern scotland, north east england. further south you will probably avoid showers. temperatures 14 21. a light wind. showers will come and go. tonight, more persistent rain comes in from the west. the central uk is where we will see wet weather to start the day. northern scotland and the far south of england, seeing clear conditions in the morning. strong wind across parts of england.