prepare to watch the show s final episode. the opening ceremony of the 22nd commonwealth games takes place in birmingham tonight. prince charles will represent the queen and 30,000 people will be inside the alexander stadium, with millions more watching around the world. the show will include performances from local music and dance groups, emphasising the city s diversity. more than 5,000 athletes are set to compete over a packed 11 days. they will be representing 72 nations and territories. the queen s baton will also be a key part of that ceremony, after being carried for 294 days through commonwealth countries. athletes will compete in 19 sports and 280 medal events, which will include for the first time women s t20 cricket, 3 on 3 basketball and 3 on 3 wheelchair basketball. also for the first time, there are more medals for women than for men, and para events are all part of the main games. 0ur sports reporterjoe lynsky explains what s in store. they have waited four yea
israelis have been killed. the gaza ministry of health says 400 and 13 palestinians have been killed by israeli air strikes in gaza, including 78 children. the israeli army also says more than 400 palestinian militants have been killed after infiltrating southern israel, with dozens more captured. israel says it is still trying to regain full control of eight areas where hamas militants infiltrated following saturday s attack. the number of israeli civilians and soldiers taken hostage has been put at 100 by the israeli embassy to the us, though some have been freed. in northern israel, hezbollah rockets targeted three military positions, with israel responding with barrages of artillery into southern lebanon. the un security council is meeting in new york to discuss the situation. 0ur middle east correspondent yolande knell has the latest on the conflict. and i should warn you, her report has some distressing images. a devastating bombardment. israel promised overnight that h
then begin to carry out retaliatory air strikes in gaza. at around 11:30am, israel s prime minister benjamin netanyahu declares, we are at war, in a video posted on x. the enemy will at war, in a video posted on x. the enemy will pay at war, in a video posted on x. the enemy will pay a heavy price on a scale enemy will pay a heavy price on a scale it enemy will pay a heavy price on a scale it has enemy will pay a heavy price on a scale it has never known. i call on all citizens scale it has never known. i call on all citizens of israel to listen to the home all citizens of israel to listen to the home front command instructions. we are the home front command instructions. we are at the home front command instructions. we are at war the home front command instructions. we are at war and we will win. shortly we are at war and we will win. shortly after, at 12:30pm, we hear from the palestinian president mahmoud abbas. he says his people have a right to defend t
from within his own party to pause arms sales to israel. nearly forty congressional democrats have signed a letter calling for no further weapons to be sent until a full investigation is completed into monday s air strike on an aid convoy in gaza. it says the strike on the trucks along with the ever worsening humanitarian crisis in gaza makes it unjustifiable to approve further weapons deliveries. the politicians who have signed the letter include one of mr biden s key allies the former speaker of the house of representatives, nancy pelosi. this letter comes as a growing number of countries are calling for an independent investigation into that israeli strike on aid workers. on friday, the idf published the findings of an investigation into the deadly attack. britain has echoed calls by the charity world central kitchen for an independent review. of those seven aid workers killed, three were british nationals. the british foreign secretary, lord cameron, said london
turning up the heat qatar s credit rating is cut amid a growing political crisis. plus he s cut ties with his business empire but a lawsuit claims president trump is still flouting the us constitution. he has until tomorrow to respond welcome to world business report. i m sally bundock. also coming up china s trade figures surge in may, they are surging, cheering investors but spelling more controversy in the us. concerns are growing about economic fallout after fellow arab states cut ties with qatar over their links with alleged terrorist groups. standard and poor‘s has cut their rating, the stock market is down 10% in the currency is at 11 year low. qatar is a tiny nation but a very important one business terms. it has one of the world s largest reserves of natural gas it has seen exports of its liquefied natural gas or lng soar in recent years. that s made the state phenomenally wealthy it has built up one of the world s biggest sovereign wealth funds, worth a