and a brit becomes the oldest commonwealth games bulbs medallist in history at the tender age of 75. some of the uk s best known commentators dread me to discuss the lady returned and the lady who did not. dateline london in half an hour s time on bbc news. hello and if you have justjoined us, welcome to bbc news. we begin this hour with the first of a series of hosepipe bans which come into force today. ..following the driestjuly in england since 1935. in the areas affected, people won t be allowed to use hosepipes to water plants and lawns, to clean cars or to fill paddling pools. it follows the driestjuly in england since 1935. today s ban affects customers of southern water in hampshire and the isle of wight. people who break the rules could receive a warning or in extreme cases a fine of up to £1,000. about1 million south east water customers in kent and sussex will face measures from next friday. companies in other parts of the country are planning similar moves in t
Its newsday. Singapore, this is bbc news. Its newsda. ,. , its newsday. Hello and welcome to the programme. We begin in israel, where we begin our programme, as israel continues its mass mobilisation of troops, hundreds of thousands, on the southern border with gaza, the widespread expectation that a Ground Offensive across the frontier maybe coming. But the un is calling for Essential Supplies to be allowed into the territory, where the humanitarian situation is deteriorating rapidly, as israel enforces a complete siege. This follows the unprecedented attack, five days ago, in israel, by militants from hamas, a group committed to the destruction of israel, and designated a Terror Organisation by many western governments, including the uk. At least 1,200 people in israel are now thought to have been killed in the multiple assaults last saturday. At least a thousand palestinians have been killed in retaliatory israeli air strikes. Well be inside besieged gaza, with our correspondent, ru
Condemns what he calls barbaric hamas attacks. This is the Sea Life In Gaza as israel continues to send soldiers close to the border. This is the scene live in gaza. We will speak to paul adams in a moment or two, but first i want to bring you one of the latest lines. We hear British Airways has diverted a flight from london to tel aviv due to the situation in israel. That hasjust come from the spokesmen in the last few minutes, a British Airways jet heading to tel aviv has been diverted. We will look for more details on that boat you see the activity in recent minutes in terms of rockets being fired, in terms of israeli action too, so that you just coming in. More on that in a moment but lets pause and head to the Sports Centre to round up the headlines with ben croucher. India are on course for a big win at the mens cricket world cup, chasing 273 to beat afghanistan in their second group game. Afghanistan were 63 3 when captain Hashmatullah Shahidi and Azmatullah 0marzai put on 121 f
Bbc news now. Gazas only power plant has stopped working after running out of fuel, as israel continues its deadly bombardment for a fifth day. Israeli troops are massing near the gaza border in preparation for what could be a Ground Invasion of the territory, as israel responds to saturdays brutal attacks by hamas militants. These are the Key Developments this hour. Israel says that more than 1,200 israelis are now known to have been killed, since hamas launched attacks on saturday. 169 of those killed were soldiers. The bbc understands 17 british nationals are dead or missing. Palestinian sources say that more than 1,055 people have been killed by israels bombardment of gaza, where entire neighbourhoods have been flattened. Food and medical supplies are dwindling, after israel sealed all crossings into the territory. Both sides have accused the other of war crimes in the attacks, which began on saturday. Strikes against gaza have continued. We canjust we can just show you this. This