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some sunshine, i will have your full forecast coming up. it s friday the 17th of may. our main story. thousands of residents in south devon have been warned they face having to boil tap water for another week while it s unsafe to use directly from the source. south west water says a faulty pipe valve in a field could have allowed a parasite to make its way into the network, infecting hundreds of people. aru na iyengar reports. the queue for bottled water stretched all the way down this road, 130,000 were handed out by south west water by 5:00 yesterday. we have got two children that have been ill last week because we re in the actual affected area, sort of high brixham. just keep being keeping informed will be good just about where it s going, how long it s not very good, really, is it? i mean, the fact that keeping water out to start and i suppose people here are angry about what they say is a lack of clear communication. for over a week, people in the fishing town of brixha ....
and coming up on bbc news, liverpool managerjuergen klopp says he will not forget a day as he prepares for his final match after nine years in charge. hello. the boss of south west water says she s truly sorry for the outbreak of a diarrhoea type illness in south devon. 22 cases of cryptosporidiosis have been confirmed in the brixham area, with more than 100 others reporting symptoms to their gp. the water company says it s found the source where the parasite could have made its way into the network, but 16,000 homes and businesses have been told to boil all tap water. esme stallard is in paignton in south devon for us. lam here i am here in the beautiful seaside town in devon right near to one of the three water distribution points south west water has set up. all morning residents, businesses and holiday makers have been collecting water here, but now hearing they could face another week of the situation as south west water tries to clean up up the contamination. anot ....
are still unaccounted for. the idf expressed condolences to the victims families. our hearts go out to them, to the families, at this difficult time. we will leave no stone unturned. we will do everything in our power to find our hostages and bring them home. we will not rest until we do. meanwhile, lawyers for israel have told the international criminal court that south africa is making a mockery of genocide . it comes after south africa asked the un s top court to order israel to stop its incursion in rafah, citing the genocide convention. now that both sides have presented arguments, it s up to the icj s judges to decide whether it is necessary to issue a ruling. from the hague, here s the bbc s anna holligan. israel describes south africa plasma case as an inversion of reality, divorced from facts, and accuse south africa of exploiting the genocide convention by presenting outlandish allegations. such as accusing israel of creating extermination zones, using langu ....
to pick up those housing costs. but it also represents a personal challenge for an increasing number of older people who are faced with limited options and an ever present uncertainty. i expected that there would be consideration for when i was older, for older people in general. but it s not. we seem to be left out of everything and it seems that nobody cares. theyjust don t care any more. that s all from us tonight. no time for the papers, i m afraid. kirsty s here on monday. till then, have a good weekend. goodnight. breaking news from around the world 2a hours a day, this is bbc news. it would be a violating israel s right to defend itself, and enabling hamas to continue to commit crimes. israel said that if hostages were released, and hamas lay down its arms, then hostilities would cease. i spoke to the former israeli ambassador to the us, michael oren. ijust want i just want to ask you about the hearing at the international court ofjustice that s been under way these pa ....
to capture the city of kharkiv, in the north east of the country. but, in kharkiv region, police are going door to door in the town of vovchansk to evacuate the remaining residents, as russian shelling intensifies. these images are from vovchansk. russia launched a surprise offensive there last week, with one analysis suggesting russian forces have advanced by about 10 kilometres, creating a new front in the war on ukraine. a sixteen and a half hour air raid alert has now been lifted in kharkiv itself. our ukraine correspondent james waterhouse is in kyiv with the latest. this war has now firmly moved from trench warfare in this north eastern part of the front line. i don t think the words of vladimir putin, where he said at a press conference in china, that there were no plans, for now, to try and capture the city of kharkiv. i don t think that will bring a collective sigh of relief for the thousands of people still living in the city. i think there are two things at p ....