the tenth annual dodgers pride night ceremony took place an hour before the game. outside demonstratedders had signs calling, quote, anti-catholic hate. senior correspondent claude claudia claudia cowan with more. reporter: catholic protesters are counting last night s demonstration as a win. about 3400 fewer fanses attended dodgers pride night compared to last year, that according to the catholic league, one of many groups that called for the boycott of last night s game. though previously disinvited but then reinvited group of transand queer satirical nuns were honored with the award. the ceremony happened well before the team usually holds we game events. the dodgers said that was for safety reasons. relatively few fanses were in the stands to witness it. however, outside the stadium some 2,000 protesters blocked entrances and voiced their anger. [inaudible conversations] [speaking spanish] reporter: dodgers fans and people of faith said their issue wasn t with t
hello and welcome if you re watching in the uk or around the world. the heatwave in southern europe is intensifying, with wildfires forcing thousands of people to flee towns and villages. a number of people have already died and temperatures are predicted to go well above a0 celsius in parts of spain and portugal. more than 11,000 people have been forced to leave france s southwestern gironde region, from where our europe correspondent jessica parker sent us this report. planes swoop in as they try to contain the fires raging in southwestern france. more people had to be evacuated from the landiras area today as flames ripped through the forest. a second blaze closer to the coast has seen 10,000 people evacuated. everything went so fast, and the fire, too, was big, big, big. and my friends woke me up and i was like, 0k, this is very serious, what do i take in my room? manon was working and living at a local campsite. for now, this conference centre is her home. 0thers waited
This is bbc news. The headlines Benjamin Netanyahu warns the gaza action has onlyjust begun and israel will use enormous force against hamas. The israeli army tells hamas there is nowhere to hide. It says its recovered the bodies of 1,500 hamas fighters and secured the boundary with gaza. These are the latest pictures from gaza. Our correspondent there is staggered at the scale of the destruction. The heaviest, i think, ever air strikes that i have ever seen in my life and in my 25 years of working as a journalist. Access to food, water and electricity is being cut and the crossing to egypt closed. The un says the gaza siege is a violation of international law. More details emerge of the hamas attack on a Music Festival where 260 people died. Imagine yourself using a rocket that is meant to fire on houses or tanks fired on a group of 20 civilians. This is gaza right now. Well have the latest news from both gaza and israel. More from both gaza and israel. Than 700 people in gaz been mor