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Another United Nations-run school in Gaza has been hit by a missile.

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Palestinians say at least ten people have been killed

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There has been no word so far from the Israeli military

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Live now to our correspondent in Gaza, Martin Patience.

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Martin, what's the latest? Eyewitnesses say that an Israeli air

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strike struck the entrance of the school. Palestinian health officials

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say that children are among the dead and that more than 30 have been

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injured in this attack. It is believed that thousands of

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Palestinians were sheltering at this school, believing it would offer a

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degree of sanctuary. But this is in fact the third deadly attack at a UN

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school since this conflict began. Just last week Israel received

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international condemnation after another incident at a UN school left

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at least 17 dead, and as you said the Israeli military has yet to

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comment on this incident. What we do know is that there has been intense

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fighting in and around Rafah, after it was believed that Hamas militants

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captured an Israeli soldier. Israel is now saying that a soldier is

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dead. STUDIO: Thank you for joining us.

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Well, here, the Foreign Secretary Philip Hammond

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says the conflict in Gaza is having an "intolerable" effect

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It follows a row between Ed Miliband and Downing Street, after the Labour

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leader accused the Prime Minister of getting it "wrong" on Gaza.

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Our political correspondent Eleanor Garnier is at Westminster.

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The language being used by politicians here in Westminster is

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getting stronger, not just in what they are saying on what is happening

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in the ground in Gaza but a ratcheting up in the tone of the

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exchanges between the Prime Minister and the leader of the Labour Party.

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First, Ed Miliband criticised David Cameron's responds to Israel's

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offensive in Gaza claiming his silence was inexplicable. That

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prompted an unusually strong response from Downing Street, which

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said it was shocked that Ed Miliband was using this situation, and

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playing politics with this situation. Right from the start the

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Foreign Secretary, along with the Prime Minister, has consistently

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called for a cease-fire in this conflict and today in Sunday's

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Telegraph, Philip Hammond has described the situation on the

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ground in Gaza as intolerable for civilians. I think if and when the

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numbers of people dying in this conflict continues to rise the

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language here will get tougher and far more intense. Thank you for

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joining us. A Royal Navy survey ship is

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preparing to evacuate Britons from Libya amid worsening violence

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in the country. More than 200 people have been

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killed in Tripoli and the eastern city of Benghazi

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in the past two weeks - as fighting Britain's Foreign Office had

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previously urged British people Here, the fees that medical staff

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can charge for assessing people who claim they've suffered whiplash

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are to be drastically reduced. At the moment, health professionals

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can charge up to ?700 From October, that will be reduced

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to ?180 in an attempt to cut the The Deputy Prime Minister Nick Clegg

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wants to make new garden cities more attractive by compensating nearby

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homeowners The Government is proposing three

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new garden cities of around 15,000 homes each to ease

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the housing shortage. This report from

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BBC Countryfile's Tom Heap. The satellite town scheme is planned

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to reduce the congestion in London and give workers employment

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in pleasant surroundings. The garden city movement began over

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a century ago in response to similar housing pressures to today - a huge

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demand for homes around London. This was the result -

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Letchworth and Welwyn Garden City where parks and gardens were woven

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amongst the housing. The Government thinks

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similar developments today Avoiding the protests,

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which greeted other recent big We could maybe give deductions

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on their council tax for the period of time during which

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the garden city is being built. We could possibly also say to those

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homes where they think the price of their home will be affected -

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we will guarantee the price of their home by buying it,

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if you like, up front. Bicester

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near Oxford is experiencing rapid growth and is one place interested

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in becoming a garden city. Nearby villages, though,

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are worried about the effect on their lives, homes

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and also the loss of green space. Is that going to incentivise

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householders to accept a garden city on a massive greenfield site

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near to their home in preference to redevelopment of an unsightly

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brownfield site within the town or Nick Clegg's remarks seem to have

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surprised the Department for Communities and

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Local Government, which described them as "an interesting contribution

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to the debate." Homeowners affected may want

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to firm up this potential And you can hear more

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on that story on Countryfile, It's the final day of the

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Commonwealth games - and tonight Glasgow will host the closing

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ceremony - including performances But there's still been plenty

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of action. England's Lizzie Armitstead has won

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gold in the women's cycling road race - with her team-mate

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Emma Pooley taking silver. That leaves England at the top

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of the medal table and Scotland Rain returning for the end of the

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Commonwealth Games, the closing ceremony tonight.

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You can see more on all of today's stories on the BBC News Channel.

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The next news bulletin on BBC One is at 6:35pm

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continuing to be quite varied day by day. Yesterday we saw some

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torrential downpours courtesy of

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