liverpool which has been turned into a massive entertainment venue as it prepares to open its doors later this week. a huge day for england at the women s world cup. they play nigeria in the last 16. lam i am live in brisbane where we was be speaking to england fans ahead of that match. it is the first knockout game that match. it is the first knockout game at that match. it is the first knockout game at the world cup. a disappointing end for england at the netball world cup. they say they re gutted but still grateful, as they re forced to settle for silver after losing to australia in the final. good morning. a day of sunshine and scattered good morning. a day of sunshine and scattered showers. many of us missing scattered showers. many of us missing their showers altogether. leter missing their showers altogether. later the missing their showers altogether. later the cloud will build in the south west and we will the light and patchy south west and we will th
have a series of reports looking at life in afghanistan. also on the programme: more than 80,000 tourists are stranded in a chinese resort, after a coronavirus outbreak sparks a lockdown. and the icelandic volcano spewing out lava and molten rock, that s become a hit with tourists. live from our studio in singapore, this is bbc news it s newsday. hello and welcome to the programme. there were tears ofjoy amongst democrats in the us senate as a landmark bill to tackle climate change was passed. after more than a year of intense wrangling, the sweeping reforms are being seen as a major victory for president biden. republicans had tried to derail the legislation, worth $430 billion, claiming it would undermine economic growth. it also contains measures to reduce the price of healthcare and introduce new taxes for business. senate majority leader, chuck schumer, shared hisjoy that the bill has passed. 0ur bill reduces inflation, lowers costs, creates millions of manufacturing j
a bbc news investigation reveals dozens of english councils have cut back on holiday food vouchers for children on free school meals. and 72 artefacts forcibly removed from benin city during a british military incursion in 1897 will be returned to nigeria by a london museum. if you have just joined if you havejustjoined us if you have justjoined us a warm welcome to bbc news. we present this bulletin with this news. begin this bulletin. a ceasefire between israel and the islamichhad group could be imminent after two days of violence that have been the worst between israel and gaza for a year. militants fired rockets towardsjerusalem today after a second commander was killed in an israeli air strike. egypt has been trying to broker a truce to which israel is reported to have agreed. the israeli operation began on friday. since then at least 30 palestinians, including several children, have been killed. from jerusalem, our middle east correspondent yolande knell reports.
the palestinian militant group, islamichhad, says it has agreed to a ceasefire with israel to end three days of fighting, which began on friday. the truce brokered by egypt is expected to come in to force shortly. israel said several hours ago that it had agreed to the ceasefire, but there has since been a further wave of violence. our middle east correspondent, yolande knell, sent this report. a crush of grief for islamichhad s most powerful commander in gaza. revenge, the mourners shout. and soon it came, the armed group firing barrages of rockets at israeli cities. the death of the veteran militant is a serious blow to the jihadist group. he was killed here with seven others in intense israeli bombing. it was horrifying. they targeted the house with five or six rockets, says this man, who lives nearby. there were bodies on the ground. and today, the violence also reached jerusalem, as israeli nationalists visited its most disputed holy site for a jewish holiday.
i hope my gender isn t a fearful thing for the fans, because in this world particularly, there aren t rules and that s a great thing. good afternoon and welcome to bbc news. new laws are to be introduced, giving people greater control over what happens to their online personal data. the government says the legislation offers the right to be forgotten, with proposals in the data protection bill making it easier to withdraw consent for information to be used. companies will also have to obtain explicit consent, rather than using pre selected tick boxes, to gather details online. here s our political correspondent, leila nathoo. our lives are led online. we all leave a digital trail. but what happens to all the information we upload about ourselves? a new law will ensure that the united kingdom will retain its world class regime of protecting personal data. now we will have more control, data protection laws are being strengthened. the government has confirmed a bill will be