she promised her little boy she d do to try to save him. i m the proudest mum in the world. such a beautiful little boy and he fought right until the very end. also tonight. 2a palestinians have died in israeli air strikes on the gaza strip, including six children. israel says it s targeting the militant group islamichhad. and it was a diving one two three at the commonwealth games for england. good evening. archie battersbee, the 12 year old boy at the centre of a legal battle over his care while lying unconscious in hospital, has died. his life sustaining treatment was withdrawn earlier today. archie s mother, hollie dance, described him as a beautiful little boy, adding that she was the proudest mum in the world. it brings to an end a stand off between doctors who said archie was brain stem dead and his parents who wanted his treatment to continue. our correspondent simon jones has the details. saying their final farewells these pictures were released by archie s f
families there before the volcanic eruption. hello, and welcome if you re watching in the uk or around the world. this is bbc news. 2a people are now known to have died in israeli air strikes on the gaza strip, including six children. israel says it s targeting the palestinian militant group, islamichhad, which in response has fired more than 300 rockets. yolande knell has the latest from jerusalem. explosion the full force of israel s new military operation in gaza. this building hitjust minutes after a warning strike. palestinians racing away. a year of relative calm now shattered. this is where one of the first israeli air strikes killed an islamichhad commander, leaving his neighbour in shock. we were safe in our home. we were thrown out of it by the bomb , says maryam. why didn t they warn us? tonight, islamichhad fired heavy barrages of rockets in revenge, it said, for its leader s death. most were intercepted by israeli air defences. but earlier, a missile hit th
2a people are now known to have died in israeli air strikes on the gaza strip, including six children. israel says it s targeting the palestinian militant group, islamichhad, which in response has fired more than 300 rockets. yolande knell has the latest from jerusalem. the full force of israel s new military operation in gaza. this building hitjust minutes after a warning strike. palestinians racing away. a year of relative calm now shattered. this is where one of the first israeli air strikes killed an islamichhad commander, leaving his neighbour in shock. we were safe in our home. we were thrown out of it by the bomb , says maryam. why didn t they warn us? tonight, islamichhad fired heavy barrages of rockets in revenge, it said, for its leader s death. most were intercepted by israeli air defences. but earlier, a missile hit this israeli home. the family went to their shelter when the air raid sirens went off, this local official said. this is probably what saved th
way. we do have a busy time coming up around the country this summer period. music festivals are about to start happening, wimbledon injuly, at the beginning ofjuly, will be another important security operation. there are many armed officers. and we will need them all. the metropolitan police and other forces have an increase in armed officers that they have been able to call upon the year or so, specially trained counterterrorism officers to trained counterterrorism officers to train alongside soldiers who can do things like ripping out of helicopters onto buildings. they are trained not just in helicopters onto buildings. they are trained notjust in standard police firearm techniques that military techniques as well, such as laying down suppressive fire so they can deal with a marauding attack when, potentially, many terrorists are large with firearms. they are newly trained in those sorts of techniques. i think the metropolitan police and the other police forces involved w