the lowest incomes. a manchester city masterclass. they dominate real madrid to reach the champions league final in their pursuit for a remarkable treble. good morning. a cloudier start to the day to day that we will see sunny spells developing. a few showers across southern, eastern and central england. another front bringing rain across western scotland and northern ireland later. all the details throughout this morning s programme. it s thursday, the 18th of may. water companies in england have made an unprecedented apology for failing to do enough to stop sewage from flowing into rivers and seas. water uk says it will invest £10 billion over the next decade to put things right, promising the biggest modernisation of sewers since the victorian era. our environment correspondent, jonah fisher, reports. for years, campaigners have complained about the amount of sewage that flows into our waterways, and that profit has been put before the health of our rivers and beaches.
Its virtually all over for england at the Cricket World Cup. Jos buttler s side suffer yet another humiliating defeat to all but end their defence of the trophy. And we have some dense fog around this morning, particularly towards the east this morning, particularly towards the east. That should clear away by mid morning. Still unsettled the heavy mid morning. Still unsettled the heavy downpours and blustery winds. That continue the next few days. More that continue the next few days. More details for you coming up shortlx its friday, the 27th Of October. Our main story. Eu leaders have called for a pause in fighting between israel and hamas to allow aid into gaza, ahead of a vote on an immediate ceasefire at the United Nations today. Overnight, the us military has carried out airstrikes in Eastern Syria against two facilities it says were being used by iran to target american forces. Our middle east correspondent Yolande Knell reports. Keeping hope alive. The families of the 200 plus
Killed in the strip. The un is warning that the last remaining services are collapsing due to a lack of supplies, as israel continues its siege and bombardment. Hundreds of Armed Police Officers continue to hunt for a gunman in the us state of maine, after 18 people were shot dead yesterday. The suspect, robert card, is an Army Reservist and is considered dangerous. Lets ta ke lets take lets update you on what is happening in gaza. A new figure from the hamas run Health Authorities in gaza saying that the death toll is now 7326. With hospitals in the gaza strip either shut or unable to provide medical help, pregnant women are being forced to give birth in dangerous conditions. One of them a journalist Called Jumana Has made a video diary of her experiences. Shes been speaking to bbc arabic s dalia haider. They speak arabic a precious moment captured between a pregnant mother and daughter. Translation im about to deliver any time soon. I hope my second baby arrives safely and peacefully
American Officials Say they were responding to a number of attacks on their forces by iranian backed groups. Thank you forjoining us here on bbc news, day 21 of the girls are israel war. The gaza and israel war. Im lyse doucet. With hospitals in the gaza strip either shut or unable to provide medical help, pregnant women are being forced to give birth in dangerous conditions. The un says there are about 50,000 pregnant women in gaza now. One of them a woman called jumana has made a video diary of her experiences. Shes been speaking to bbc arabic s dalia haider. They speak arabic. A precious moment captured between a pregnant mother and daughter. Translation im about to deliver any time soon. I hope my second baby arrives safely and peacefully, but apparently she will come within a destruction. As israel carried out air strikes we asked jumana, a journalist from gaza city, to record a video diary in the lead up to giving birth. What scares me the most, what i think about every night as
Us forces have struck two Military Facilities in syria they say were being used by irans revolutionary guards. It comes after us troops were attacked in recent weeks in the middle east amid heightened tensions. They are mac thank you forjoining us this morning. You are live with us this morning. You are live with us as we follow the israel gaza war. The main un agency in the gaza strip is again warning its humanitirian work is becoming more difficult because of a lack of fuel in the territory. Its stocks are fast running out. On the military side. Meanwhile israels Defence Forces say they have conducted strikes on hamas targets in central gaza overnight. Our middle east correspondent Yolande Knell has the latest. Israel says it will keep fighting until it eradicates hamas. It says its Ground Troops have continued carrying out limited raids in gaza ahead of a wider invasion, which adds to fears for palestinian civilians. And there are more worries about hostilities spreading, after the