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from the itv drama on stage at the national television awards and bear hugs from the black ferns — king charles get�*s a cuddle from new zealand's rugby players. now with all the latest sport here's gavin ahead of this weekend's north london derby, mikel arteta has signed a new three year contract to stay at arsenal until 2027. the manager had just entered the final year of his previous contract, which had brought the fa cup in 2020, and consecutive second—place finishes in the premier league behind manchester city. he says he feels proud, and is looking forward to what's coming next. our football news reporter nizaar kinsella has more. i nizaar kinsella has more. think it's about taking th

step i think it's about taking the next step and it rewards symbolic that he comes before the derby in three years as a long time. it's not going to be defined by what happens in that game, it's about but the legacy will become a candy win trophies, they've not won the league for 20 years and can we take them to win the title finally. as the next step for arsenal, the title finally. as the next step forarsenal, can the title finally. as the next step for arsenal, can they do it and go one better. they've come close to manchester city finishing two points bind them in the premier league table last season but they want to ensure this, they want when the premier league and who knows maybe evenin premier league and who knows maybe even in europe. well, ahead of tottenham's game against arsenal their midfielder rodrigo bentancur has been charged by the football association for using a racial slur about team—mate son heung—min. bentancur later apologised, and said his comments were a "very bad joke". the fa said the uruguay international had been charged with an alleged breach for misconduct in relation to a media interview. bentancur has until a week today to respond to the charge. everton have responded to comments made by american businessman john textor, who's said he hopes to close a deal to buy the club. everton interim ceo colin chong said

there is "some work to be done to complete the transaction", and that "the comments made by mr textor merely represent his personal view on club matters. " any deal depends on textor selling his 45% stake in crystal palace, as premier league rules prohibit individuals from owning more than one team. one of the nfl�*s headline acts is attempting not to make any news off the field, with patrick mahomes insisting he won't be endorsing either candidate in the us presidential election. the kansas city chiefs quarterback has been drawn into the debate, after his wife brittany was claimed as a supporter by donald trump — while taylor swift, who's dating his teammate travis kelce, threw her support behind kamala harris. i don't want my place in my platform to be used to endorse a candidate or do what ever either way. i think my place is to inform people to get registered to vote and inform people to do their own research make the best decision for them and their

families. so, every time i'm on the stage and i get asked these questions, and would be referred back to that and that's what i think makes america so great. jon rahm will be eligible for europe's ryder cup team after he appealed against dp world tourfines imposed on him for switching to liv golf. the former masters and us open champion will now be able to play in the three further tour events that would make him availailable for selection for next year's contest against the united states in new york. they include the spanish 0pen, that had a deadline for entries of thursday — which rahm met having previously said he would not pay the fines, thought to be more than 1.3 million dollars. meanwhile, rory mcilroy a short while ago, while ago, is level par at the irish 0pen after 15... he made a birdie here at the 12th, but then dropped shots on the following two holes as he chases the leader, england's todd clements on four under at royal county down. cricket, and its turned into a dramatic finish at taunton where somerset currently pulled off

a memorable victory against surrey, with the last ball of the match, tokeep the county championship title race open. somerset�*s archie vaughan — the 18—year—old son of former england captain michael vaughan — has taken eleven wickets in the match. this was his second five wicket haul of the gama as he trapped cam steele lbw without scoring — and in the last few minutes, jack leach has also taken his fifth wicket, to win the game for the home side. and that's all the sport for now. more on our top story. here in the uk, the prime minister has described the health service as "broken but not beaten", after a review — commissioned by his government — concluded that the nhs in england was in "serious trouble". the report highlights declining productivity and patients being put at risk by ballooning waits and "awful emergency services". let's speak to professor philip banfield, who is council chair at the british medical association. what make anything which would disagree with? good evening. no. it

gives us a stark reminder of what is deteriorated in the nhs, the medical association has been trying to highlight this for years and has been accused of scaremongering by previous governments and it is good to see that it is recognised. what to see that it is recognised. what do ou to see that it is recognised. what do you make _ to see that it is recognised. what do you make of _ to see that it is recognised. what do you make of the _ to see that it is recognised. what do you make of the solutions offered up do you make of the solutions offered up for community care, digitised health service, sickness, switched to more preventative care?- health service, sickness, switched to more preventative care? there are soperficially — to more preventative care? there are superficially sensible _ to more preventative care? there are superficially sensible and _ to more preventative care? there are superficially sensible and we - to more preventative care? there are superficially sensible and we have - superficially sensible and we have beds in england in this report only applies to england and not that of all nations and the beds are occupied by people fit for discharge and have inadequate community

services but if you suddenly transfer money out of secondary care and you have secondary care waiting lists, then something is going to have to give and so, yes, transfer money out of the drawer going to have to have significant investment, digitalisation of the nhs, we've got doctors using computers that are decades old and they are using windows xp which we are still hand writing prescriptions instead of transcribing. it is ridiculous how out of date and arcane much of this is. . , ., u, out of date and arcane much of this is. final question, can you do what is. final question, can you do what is needed with _ is. final question, can you do what is needed with out _ is. final question, can you do what is needed with out huge _ is. final question, can you do what is needed with out huge amounts l is. final question, can you do what| is needed with out huge amounts of money for the prime minister talks about reform, does that have problems created with the unions? i think it is a fallacy that the unions are a blogger, i know a doctor who is chomping at the bid

for reform and change of their working practices to make them better so they can get on and treat patients. in better so they can get on and treat atients. , ., , ., , ., patients. in terms of being able to do it without _ patients. in terms of being able to do it without large _ patients. in terms of being able to do it without large amounts - patients. in terms of being able to do it without large amounts of - patients. in terms of being able to i do it without large amounts of extra money, what is your thought? in insignificant money and the prime minister talked about not turning on the taps without sorting out the pipe works and you need a skilled plumber to do that. there are skills that are needed to treat patients and there is a cost to that. we have to leave it there, _ and there is a cost to that. we have to leave it there, thanks _ and there is a cost to that. we have to leave it there, thanks for - and there is a cost to that. we have to leave it there, thanks for your i to leave it there, thanks for your time. it's been revealed that the conservative party accepted a further £5 million donation from the businessman frank hester, two months after he was accused of making racist comments about the labour mp diane abbott. in march, claims emerged that mr hester had told staff in 2019 that ms abbott made him "want to hate all black women" and "should be shot.." he apologised for making "rude

comments" about ms abbott but said they "had nothing to do with her gender nor colour of skin". 0ur political correspondent helen catt is at westminster for us. this is come to light because this addition publishes for political parties by the motivations given between march and may this year has just been published in their donations made by frank hester to the conservative party on the 17th of may. it is another sum of £5 million in addition to the £5 million in addition to the £5 million being donated injanuary and £10 million to be donated last year. may is a couple of months after there was a big political route that blew up after the guardian paper had published claims that back in 2019, frank hester had told staff in a

meeting at his health care technology company in leeds that diane abbott, the labour mp made him want to hate all black women and should be shot. and he admitted he made rude comments about this abbott and apologised but said they had nothing to do with their gender nor the colour of her skin. but there was a lot of pressure on the conservatives at the time to give back the january donation in rishi sunak, of course, then prime minister, said the alleged remarks have been racist and wrong but made it clear that his party would not return that money and of course, we know there's been this further £5 million donation we also know and reported injune that there'd been a further donations to the tories that was excepted of under £50,000 but this was another very large donation. this was another very large donation-— this was another very large donation. , ., , ., ., , donation. the questions already beinu donation. the questions already being asked _ donation. the questions already being asked of _ donation. the questions already being asked of where _ donation. the questions already being asked of where the - being asked of where the conservative party give back this amount of money? that conservative party give back this amount of money?— conservative party give back this amount of money? that is the call from the liberal— amount of money? that is the call from the liberal democrats - amount of money? that is the call from the liberal democrats were l

from the liberal democrats were saying the conservatives need to hand this money back and they are also calling on each of the conservative leadership candidates to make that pledge that they would hand the money back and i've put that each of the candidates never had a response from the spokesperson for her team who set the problem was the party was reliant on too few donors and she needed to broaden the appeal in which she give it back, she was asked this after the first set of donations and at the first set of donations and at the first set of donations another time then, she said in effect at the tories should not because he had apologised and forgiveness was important. diane abbott has also been commenting on this that the labour mp who was the target of those comments, she said she was shocked at the conservatives have gone on to accept this further donation and she said it suggested they were not serious about opposing racism and may be desperate for money. the conservative party has not replied to a request for comment.

not replied to a request for comment-— not replied to a request for comment. ., ~ , ., , . six un workers were among those killed in an israeli air strike on a school in gaza — which was run by the un agency for palestinian refugees. un chief, antonio guterres, branded the strike "totally unacceptable". israel's military said it carried out a precise strike on terrorists planning attacks from the school — and released a list of nine alleged hamas members from among the those killed overall. six un workers were among those killed in an israeli air strike on a school in gaza — which was run by the un agency for palestinian refugees. un chief, antonio guterres, branded the strike "totally unacceptable". israel's military said it carried out a precise strike on terrorists planning attacks from the school — and released a list of nine alleged hamas members from among the those killed overall. unrwa says it hasn't received any information on this. bbc verify have been taking a closer look. this video was filmed on wednesday on the main road to a camp in the gaza strip, it shows a school where staff of unrwa were present. it has been used as a shelter for displaced palestinians.

gaza's state run health agency said 6 were killed and unrwa said some of their employees were. these are the scenes inside the courtyard, damage to the building on the east side. let's give you an idea of the site. here is the school and here is that building on the east side where aljazeera filter supply is marked with the unrwa logo. the idf confirmed they conducted the strike and used precise munitions on a hamas command and control centre and that the group continues to export civilian infrastructure. furthermore, israel's ambassador to the un said the unrwa staff were not aid workers and some were involved in the 7th of october massacre. we cannot verify these claims but we have asked unrwa for a response. following the strike, un chief antonio guterres condemned violations of international humanitarian law and unrwa repeated their calls for a civilian infra structure to be protected and for all parties not to use or target schools. they say this school has been struck five times during the current conflict in gaza.

bbc verify has seen evidence of one of these previous strikes, this was the scene on the 6th ofjuly where the hamas run ministry of health said 16 people died. as with all these videos, we have much of the layouts of streets, buildings, trees to what we can see on satellite maps but imagery at the time also helps. these are the school buildings on the 5th ofjuly, and these are those buildings on the 8th ofjuly. as you can see, the building in the corner completely gone as are others, we can so see the wreckage of these buildings in the videos we have been looking at from yesterday. that strike was on the 6th ofjuly, since then, we at bbc verify have been tracking strikes on school buildings in gaza. it should be said, many of these will have been used as shelters. in that period, the idf have confirmed 21 strikes including four in the four days starting from the 6th ofjuly. here they are, the top in each strike, the idf claimed they have targeted terrorists or hamas specifically for sub so, here is the school we have been talking about from yesterday

and the sixth ofjuly. but up here at this school, the largest reported casualty camp of all the school sites we have looked at. it is in the district of gaza city and hospital sources that told bbc at the time, 70 people were killed. the idf claimed the site was an active hamas and islamic jihad military facility and offered these graphics to demonstrate the precision of their strike. these pictures from the afp news agency show the level of destruction inside. we have examined footage from another of the idf strikes also. over here at this school, on the 27th ofjuly where the hamas run health ministry said 30 people died. here at bbc verify, we are tracking strikes on school sites within gaza as well as the claims and counter claims about those involved. philippe lazzarini, the commissioner—general of unrwa told stephen sackur — on the bbc�*s hardtalk programme — that he believes un facilities and staff are being targeted by israel.

what is it like when you hear that as yesterday, wednesday, six members of your staff have been killed in an israeli bomb attack? this is always absolutely devastating. yesterday, i was boarding the plane coming from cairo to london when i heard the news. and this happened in a school which was also sheltering at that time, 12,000 people. and they are in this school because they still believe that the united nations flag can protect them. yesterday, six staff working in the shelter, providing assistance, organising, in fact, the life of these families have been killed. now 220 staff since the beginning of the war. the worst, stephen, is to know that maybe tomorrow we will even have more staff being killed. and the question is when will this end?

not only staff is being targeted, but we have also the united nations premises. two thirds of our installations have now been damaged and more than 500 people have been killed in this installation. you just used a phrase staff are being targeted. unwra staff. the israelis would absolutely and categorically reject that. they say that in this particular case, the strike on the school, they had clear, irrefutable information that hamas was using it as a command and control centre, and they took all the measures they could to mitigate the loss of life for those that were not hamas, but were civilians inside the school. i'm not aware of all the measures which have been taken. this shelter, which is a school in nuseirat few days ago, was used for our polio vaccination campaign. it is sheltering 12,000 people. we have united nations staff living there. we had absolutely no

information before the strike. you had no information. but are you categorically rejecting the israeli statement that hamas was using it as a command and control centre? i have absolutely no information. this is an allegation coming from the israeli. i have absolutely no means to verify this information. here in the uk, former sub—postmasters who inspired a tv drama about the post office it scandal, have been told by the prime minister the government will compensate them as quickly as they can. sir keir starmer was speaking after the former sub—postmistress jo hamilton told bbc breakfast the government was "still messing us around" over compensation payments. she launched a scathing attack on ministers at the national television awards last night. the itv drama �*mr bates versus the post 0ffice' won three awards. here's our entertainment correspondent lizo mzimba. mr bates vs the post office.

cheering and applause it was one of the big winners of the night, the itv series watched by millions and hailed for its portrayal of post office sub—postmasters and sub—postmistresses wrongly accused of theft. while we're just skint little people. scooping up the award for best drama and tobyjones, who played sub—postmaster alan bates, winning best performance. but when the real—life sub—postmasters and sub—postmistresses joined the stars on stage, they made clear they have yet to secure their own win. what i'd like you to know is i went to westminster a couple of weeks back and saw the new minister and, trust me, nothing has changed. and almost... audience groans and boos this morning brought more plain truths. a lot of people have listened to what the government have been shoving out, like they've paid out hundreds

of millions of pounds. but what they never say is how much they've spent on their own legal fees, which is bigger than what they've actually paid out. more than 300 people from our group that fought five years ago in the high court still haven't had their money. it's a joke, isn't it? every government and every prime minister, i don't know how many of them there've been, but they've all stood in parliament and said they're trying to help us but nothing happens. to the bbc, the labour government said... the computer system the post office spent an arm and a leg on is faulty... the itv drama captured

the nation�* hearts and forged lifelong friendships. i mean, we've been all working together on this for about four years, really, altogether, so inevitably, we've become friends in that time. this little group here are, you know, we're all on each other's christmas card list! we've been together for so many years. i that's the word — togetherness. you know, that's the way we beat them and that's the way- we're going to carry on. the post office scandal has been described as one of the biggest miscarriages ofjustice the uk has ever seen and this was the drama that brought the story to life. finally, 555 of us now, ready to tell our stories. a story that off—screen is far from over. lizo mzimba, bbc news. 400 workers are to be made redundant with scotland's only oil refinery, at grangemouth,

due to close by next summer. its owner, petro—ineos, said the decision would "safeguard fuel supply for scotland" by converting the site into a terminal able to import petrol, diesel, aviation fuel and kerosene into scotland — but would require a workforce of fewer than 100 employees compared to the current 475. the policing minister diana johnson had her purse stolen whilst attending a conference for senior police officers on tuesday. msjohnson gave a speech to the police superintendents�* association where she spoke about the growing problem of theft and shoplifting. a 56—year—old man from coventry has been arrested in connection with the incident. now — difficult to keep her out of the headlines — but it was tayor swift's night at the mtv awards last night. she scooped seven awards in all — at the glitzy ceremony in new york — including the top two — artist and video of the year. this is what she said — accepting the awards. thank you to mtv for giving me this

opportunity to thank the fans for what they have done and the fact this is a fan voted award and you voted for this, i appreciate it so much and if you are over 18, please register to vote for something else that is very important coming up, the presidential election. i love you all so, so much, thank you for this moment. cheering and applause the catch up presenter lola schroer talked me through taylor's speech, as well as the other big winners of the night. a day ago, on instagram, she said she endorsed kamala harris in the us presidential election and in the va's she said and in the vma's she said that she would take to the stage in one of her acceptance speeches and encourage people to vote for whoever they wanted and i think that was particularly interesting, she didn't tell them who to vote

for butjust said how important it is to vote. a lot of people seeing how she framed it and it was so similar to that instagram post, guidance to register and get involved in issues. what about the music? let's get onto the music because it was a music award the vma's really focus on pop music and music videos so taylor one seven the vma's really focus on pop music and music videos so taylor won seven awards and that makes her whole total of awards of all time 30, which means she is the biggest number of award winning, she beats beyonce in terms of this. it was a really amazing night for her and she won two of the top awards including artist and video of the year for her song fortnight and post—malonejoined her on stage to accept that award because he featured on the track. it was lovely to see her sharing the stage with fellow musicians and enjoying the night and her success. there are so many pictures from last night and one of them we will put on the screen now, she is there enjoying the night with sabrina carpenter

there on the right and she won for song of the year? she won song of the year and she has been on an absolute roll this summer, she has had three uk number ones with taste, espresso and please, please, please, we love her in the uk and it was believed to see her being celebrated in america. she was pictured there with taylor swift and they were on the eras tour together so it was a night of musicians coming together and celebrating music. in terms of acceptance speeches, tyler, it was interesting what she had to say? she won the award for best afro beat song for her catchy track water. in her acceptance speech, she thought it was really important to make an important point about categorisation. she said even though afro beats has opened so many doors for us, african music is diverse and more than just afro beats and i think that is an important point

because lots of people actually categorise her music as ama piano which is a sound that comes out of south africa where she is from. there is a lot of buzz about what she would do next and how these award ceremonies will categorise music in the future and it is interesting artists have taken to those kind of stages to say that more and more. there was a bit of a break with tradition at buckingham palace yesterday when members of new zealand's women's rugby team — the black ferns — asked for, and were given the go ahead — to hug king charles. the usual protocol is that no—one touches the monarch, but when charles was asked, he said, "why not". the king later described the moment as "a warm hug" which was "much appreciated." he also apologised for not being able to visit new zealand during his upcoming trip to australia and samoa, which he says is because of "doctor's orders', presumably due to his cancer treatment. the black ferns finished their visit to the palace with some royal selfies — they'll play england's red roses at twickenham this saturday.

hello there. it's been cold again today. we've seen the heavy showers pushing further south into southern england. but things are going to change in the next few days. we're going to cut off that supply of cold air. the wind direction will change. we'll see atlantic winds coming in and that will lift the temperatures over the weekend. but it's cold already this evening. we're going to find showers tending to die out. keep a few maybe in the far north of scotland for a while down those north sea coasts, perhaps into north wales. but clear skies, light winds. it's going to be cold. it'll be colder than the last couple of nights. and these are the towns and city temperatures. but in rural areas we could see a touch of frost, particularly southeast scotland, northern england, south east wales and the west country. but wherever you are it will be a chilly start, sunny start for the most part. we'll see a bit of cloud bubbling up, but we're not expecting the showers that we've had over

the past few days. we'll cloud over in northern ireland, that rain holding off until very late in the day, northern areas seeing temperatures again 1a degrees but a little bit milder. further south across england and wales, those temperatures beginning to rise underneath that area of high pressure. and that's giving us the dry day on friday. but pressure will lower in the north west. these weather fronts will bring some rain. there could be a little rain to begin with across scotland, but the main rain will arrive later in the day in western scotland and also northern ireland. in the north west it will be windy. the winds won't be as strong for england and wales, with some sunshine here, particularly for the midlands and eastern england. temperatures could reach 19 or 20 degrees and for all of us it will be a milder day on saturday. temperatures higher than what we've got at the moment and it won't be as cold overnight either. we do have that weather front in the north west continuing southwards into high pressure, so it will be weakening and how quickly southwards it will move is still open to doubt. we may well see a bit of rain to begin with

in northern england. that should clear away some rain for wales. a few spots of rain in the midlands and the southwest. to the north any rain clears away and we'll get some sunshine. it won't be as windy here and temperatures are still reaching 17 or 18 degrees in the southeast where it's dry. temperatures could reach 19 or 20 celsius once again, and we're actually going to see those sort of temperatures into next week too. it's a week that's going to be dominated by high pressure. there may well be some mist and fog in the morning before an easterly breeze picks up later in the week.

today at six, 60 years since the first moonwalk, now it's private enterprise stepping out into space. from here, earth sure looks like a perfect world. the moment the first human being who is not a professional astronaut emerged into the darkness of space. modernising the nhs in england — after a damning report, the prime minister says it must reform or die. new questions over the convicted nurse lucy letby�*s conduct

with newborn babies in another hospital. and praise forjon bonjovi, as the singer helps a woman in distress back from the brink of a bridge. and coming up on bbc news — the manchester united manager erik ten haag says christiano ronaldo is a long way away as he responds to criticism from his former star. good evening. hundreds of miles above earth, a bit of history has been made with the first—ever privately funded spacewalk. until recently, it's been governments which have backed space exploration, but the tech entrepreneur jason isaacman teamed up with elon musk�*s spacex to finance the groundbreaking venture. and this is the image of mr isaacman emerging from the spacecraft silhouetted against

a spectacular view of earth. here's our science correspondent pallab ghosh.

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