Test. Englands cricketers are sliding towards defeat in birmingham, five wickets down now on the final day. We will have the latest for you. Thanks olly and matt has all the weather one word wet. We are in the height of the Holiday Season we are in the height of the Holiday Season and the weather is in a cantankerous mood, lots of showers around and wetter weather to come, believe it or not. I will have more details in half an hour. Thanks matt. Also coming up on afternoon live, well have the latest from hong kong where police have fired tear gas to disperse democracy activists trying to enforce a general strike. Hello everyone this is afternoon live im martine croxall. The Prime Minister has pledged to spend 850 Million Pounds on nhs building projects, at 20 hospitals in england. The money over the next five years, will be used to upgrade outdated facilities and equipment. A further billion pounds is to be used to tackle a backlog in hospital improvements. Speaking on a visit to a hos
Pizza gains World Heritage status. World heritage status. And coming up in the sport on bbc News Premier League clubs make history in the Champions League with 5 teams from england reaching the knockout stages for the first time. Good afternoon and welcome to the bbc news at one. The leader of hamas, the Palestinian Islamist group, has called for an uprising or intifada in response to president trumps decision to recognise jerusalem as the capital of israel. Palestinians in the west bank and gaza strip are today holding a day of strikes and protests and israels military has used water cannon against protesters in bethlehem. Traditional allies of the United States, including saudi arabia and france, have condemned president trumps decision, but israel has hailed it as historic, and mr trump himself insists his plan will help to promote peace in the middle east. Heres our correspondent tom burridge. Tension is again simmering here in the Israeli Occupied west bank. Israeli soldiers confr
Is accorded World Heritage status by the Cultural Agency unesco. F s. e traditional allies of the United States, including saudi arabia and france, have condemned President Trumps decision, but israel says its a welcome step forward, in gaza, hamas, the Palestinian Islamist group, called for another uprising. In arabic it is intifada, a word synonymous with more troubled times. Israels Prime Minister is now claiming others will follow suit. Translation i have no doubt that once the American Embassy moves to jerusalem or even before, there will be a movement of many other embassies to jerusalem. The time has come. But the International Reaction so far suggests otherwise. In istanbul, anger directed at washington outside the us consulate last night. And americas allies, like france, also disagree. President macron was today at an airbase in qatar. A peace deal between the palestinians and israelis he says is only possible ifjerusalem has an international status. Translation the status of
Tell the story of the weather. This has been the story this morning in the Northern Isles but for scotland tomorrow i suspect we will have seems like this with blizzard like conditions and frequent snow showers tonight but how far south will they go . Stay watching and i will tell you in half an hour. Thank you. Well be talking to tvs nick hewer about why 80 of the worlds orphans arent actually orphans and what hes doing to help them. We might talk about that other apprentice presenter, dondald trump, as well. Hello. The leader of hamas, the Palestinian Islamist group, has called for an uprising or intifada in response to President Trumps decision to recognise jerusalem as the capital of israel. Palestinians in the west bank and gaza strip are holding a day of strikes and protests and israels military has used water cannon against protesters in bethlehem. Traditional allies of the United States, including saudi arabia and france, have condemned President Trumps decision but israel has
Captain steve smith nears a ton as he leads the australian fightback on the second day of the vital third ashes test in perth. Good evening and welcome to the bbc news at six. Relatives of the four children who died in a house fire in salford have said they dont know how they will be able to tell the childrens mother, who is in a medically induced coma and likely to remain that way for several weeks. 15 year old demi pearson, brandon, aged eight, lacey, aged seven, and three year old lia died following the fire on monday, which police are calling a targeted attack. The child rens grandfather says the family had been harrassed before and the police had been called on sunday night but left. The house was set alight a few hours later. Three people have been charged with murder. Judith moritz has been speaking to the family. This is the most harrowing of cases. Yes. Its impossible to some it up. I spent an hour this afternoon with the pearson family, with mike pearson, whose grandchildren