26/07/2014 BBC Weekend News

Good afternoon. The bodies of at least 76 Palestinians have been

recovered from the rubble of destroyed buildings in Gaza

during a a 12-hour ceasefire. Israel has described it

as a humanitarian window, which will end later today.

Palestinians have been returning to their homes to search

for the missing and the dead. Most of the bodies have

been found in the suburb of Shejaiya. Our correspondent,

Chris Morris, travelled there with some of the residents.

As soon as the guns fell silent, they began pouring into the town.

Thousands of people, it was difficult to come to terms with what

they found. -- pouring into the suburb. Abdul has come back to his

house, or at least what is left of it. Eight members of his family

lived here, their belongings are now scattered on the ground.

In the last two wars, this was a safe place commonly says, but this

time it has been completely destroyed. He says he has never seen

anything like this before. On the other side of the street, a man

helps his brother clear everything out of their house. Piling it on top

of the car, to take it somewhere more safe.

Inside, part of a mortar, found on the porch. Along with more familiar

everyday things, lying on the floor. Even the cupboard doors are coming

off, they are not Even the cupboard doors are coming

off, they are taking any chances. Still, flashes of

They can destroy all of these 100 times, but we will rebuild it 100

times. We need to live in dignity or die, he says. As Israel and Hamas

have attacked each other, there is no question that Palestinian

civilians have suffered disproportionately. This

humanitarian cease-fire is only due to last for 12 hours. No one knows

if it is going to be extended. That is why people have come in to grab

what they can, while they can, they do not know when they will be back.

A body has been found... It is carried away for burial.

A body has been found... It is already been recovered from the

rubble. On the edge of the suburb, the

Israeli army, still poised. Israel says this neighbourhood was the

command and control centre for Hamas, full of tunnels and rocket

launching sites. For most people, it was simply home.

Meanwhile a meeting between US Secretary of State John Kerry

and other diplomats has been taking place in Paris.

The aim is to agree a long-term ceasefire between Israel and Hamas.

John Kerry has been seeking a seven-day cease-fire, which has so

far been rejected by both sides. Any prospect of this latest meeting

leading to a longer cease-fire? Not really, there are big players here:

John Kerry, Philip Hammond, and the Europeans as well, but also the

Turkish Foreign Minister, the Qatar Foreign Minister, a way of getting

through to Hamas. Putting pressure there. INAUDIBLE

We do apologise but we seem to have lost that line, we will try to get

back to him as soon as possible. Russia has said new sanctions

proposed by the European Union will jeopardise international

co-operation on security. The sanctions, including travel

bans, are the EU's latest response to the crisis in Ukraine.

Forty military police officers from the Netherlands have arrived in

eastern Ukraine to help search for bodies from the Malaysian airliner,

which crashed there nine days ago. From Kharkiv, Tom Burridge reports.

International observers are able to access the crash site of Flight MH17

but so far the work has been limited and the armed guards tell you that

this is a war zone in rebel controlled Ukraine. So late last

night, moves to reinforce the international team here. On board,

an armed Dutch military police, travelling first to government

controlled eastern Ukraine. The Dutch police are now here in

Kharkiv, it is a city with its own memorial for those victims from all

over the world. Dutch officials are now assessing the situation further

east in Donetsk, if they decide it is safe enough to travel to the

crash site, police will accompany international investigators who it

is hoped will be able to spend long periods of time there, and a safe

environment, to crucially gather more evidence to establish what

really happened to Flight MH17. Meanwhile, travel bans and asset

freezes against 50 more people, including two senior Russian

security officials and the Russian backed leader of Chechnya, part of a

new proposed barrage of sanctions against Russia by the European

Union. The human cost of the war keeps rising. For the mother of this

lady, it is a painful price, they are now just two of 240,000 forced

from their homes because of the fighting.

The first female commander of a major British warship is

understood to have left her vessel after allegations of

an affair with one of her officers. Commander Sarah West, 42,

was coming to the end of a seven-month deployment

on board the frigate, HMS Portland. What more do we know about this? It

was May, 2012, when she became the first woman to command a major

warship in the history of the Royal Navy, she was said to have earned

her new role after displaying leadership, moral courage and sound

judgement. She had been on board HMS Portland, since January, on a

deployment, ship is currently in the Caribbean, it is due back to its

base in Plymouth shortly. We do not know exactly when the commander left

the frigate, the Ministry of Defence have not confirmed the circumstances

in which she left. They have said she is now on annual leave and her

second-in-command is in charge of the ship. A spokesman said they were

aware of an allegation of a breach of the code of social conduct

on-board Portland, which was being treated seriously and anybody found

to fall short of the high standards of the Royal Navy could expect to

face appropriate action. That code covers personal relationship, which

are not permitted if they compromise operational success. She could face

sanctions including being removed from her command, if she is found to

have breached the code. A judge is being investigated

after he was accused of falling asleep during a child

rape trial at Manchester Crown Court, forcing it to be abandoned.

Barristers complained that Recorder Philip Cattan fell asleep

as an alleged victim was cross-examined.

The jury was dismissed and the trial will have to be

re-started at a later date. There are 29 gold medals to be won

at the Commonwealth Games today. The action is already underway where

England suffered a late defeat in the netball to Australia

but Wales have enjoyed a successful morning in

but Wales have enjoyed gymnastics as Andy Swiss reports.

Sailing their way to the games, a flotilla of 250 boats, setting out

from Greenock to Glasgow, as part of the city 's Commonwealth

celebrations. As they journeyed down the River Clyde, others had more

pressing concerns. Including Wales's Frankie Jones, the ultimate

test of grace and agility, she had already picked up two silver medals

here and this morning she picked up three more. Five silver medals in

total, with gold once again just out of reach. In the netball, meanwhile,

heart ache for England against old rivals Australia, they led for much

of the match but ended up losing 49-48. Agony for them but they

should still qualify for the later stages. COMMENTATOR: Holding onto

the ball in the contact area... Soon to be an Olympic event, the

rugby sevens, at Ibrox, New Zealand showing why they are the favourites,

they have never lost a game in the Commonwealth Games, and their

victory was 39-0 over Canada. Do not forget you can join me for

all of today's stories on the BBC News Channel. Next news here on BBC

One is at 5:25pm. Until then, goodbye.

For some of us it has cooled off today, not quite so scorching in

Scotland and Northern Ireland, in the south of the country, still a

pretty hot one, but for most of us, some sunshine around, Shell was

moving into Scotland and Northern Ireland as we speak and it is a

cooler change, which is going to be heading our way in the next couple

of days. -- shower. All of us will experience fresher weather. The