From Tokyo. Also this lunchtime Gas And Electricity bills will go up for millions of people, after the regulator raised the Energy Price Cap thousands of people signed a petition to save an alpaca that faces getting put down. Barcelona says its Star Player Lionel messi will leave this summer after more than 20 years with The Club. And, one of the biggest Arts Festivals in The World, the edinburgh fringe, finally gets underway today after its cancellation last summer because of the pandemi. And coming up on the Bbc News Channel for the third olympics running, Team Gbs Women Hockey players win a medal and say a bronze was beyond their wildest dreams just a few months ago. Good Afternoon And Welcome to bbc news. The Cyclist Laura Kenny has become britains most decorated female olympic athlete, after she and Teammate Katie archibald won the Womens Madison Event in the velodrome. The pair dominated the 120 lap race, winning 10 of the 12 sprints. It means kenny has won gold in three consecut
But i want to take a moment to mention a couple additional people who are here. There is three who came from vietnam who will be participating this afternoon. I think that for a number of reasons, i want to introduce them, but including in reference to the past discussion, one of the key ways of talking about whats gone on, what is the harm of the war, is to have the faces and the voices of individual people. And we are fortunate today to have tran, the iwan, who is an agent orange victim and survivor who will be part of a panel this afternoon. We have nguyen phu, from project renew, who will be on a panel this afternoon talking about the the effort of project renew to clear the land mines, and unexploded ordinance. And we have ho van ly who himself is a victim of exploded and unexploded ordnance. I want to take a moment to mention two people who are not part of the book but who played a key role in helping to organize this conference. Particularly, the panel wednesday afternoon, and T
moment totake a mention a couple of additional arele who are here they three who came from vietnam who will be participating this afternoon and i think that for a number of reasons i want to introduce them including in reference to the past discussion, one of the key ways of talking about what has gone on, what is the harm of the war, is to have the faces and the voices of individual people and tran teortunate to have wan was an agent or an survivor will be part of agent orange survivor who will be on the panel this afternoon. will beguyen fu talking about an effort to clear landmines and unexploded ordnance. lai who is ao van victim of exploded and unexploded ordnance. i also want to mention two people who are not part of the book but who played a key role in helping to organize this panelence and the wednesday afternoon. that is terry province and john mcauliffe from that vietnam peace memory she committee. we out peace commemoration committee. [applause] a great pleasu
the odd shower for the what s left of that rain is stuck across northern england. the odd shower in other parts of england and wales but again some sunshine to dip temperatures not changing much. warm in the sunshine in england and wales. all of our weather is coming in from the atlantic, and that means some more cloud coming our way for sunday, but this weather front is slowing up, so many places are going to be dry on sunday. the best sunshine and warmth will be in the east. thanks, darren. and that s bbc news at six on thursday 18th august. you can keep up with all the latest developments on the bbc website. from the six team, it s goodbye. the news continues here on bbc one, as now it s time to join our colleagues across the nations and regions for the news where you are. goodnight. hello, and welcome to sportsday i m hugh ferris. the headlines this evening. england try to cling on to south africa as they go past their first innings score on day two of the opening test
but temperatures continuing to rise inland, getting close to 30 degrees in the london area on monday afternoon. temperatures will continue to climb through the rest of the week, particularly across england and wales. heatwave conditions developing in many places here, and by friday we could be hitting 36 degrees in the south. hello, this is bbc news. i m shaun ley. the headlines: rockets have been fired into israeli territory as the islamichhad group responded to israeli air strikes. israel says it killed two commanders after what it called an immediate threat. six palestinian children are among the dead in gaza. israel s now reported to have agreed to a truce. the two conservative party leadership contenders vying the next prime minister outline how they plan to help people cope with the rising cost of living. but former prime minister gordon brown says much more action is needed. archie battersbee s family call for an inquiry into his care a day after he died following