02/08/2014

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:00:21. > :00:25.Israel has carried out fresh attacks on Gaza and Palestinian militants

:00:26. > :00:28.have launched more rockets into Israel as a hunt continues

:00:29. > :00:33.Two Israeli soldiers have been killed since the failure

:00:34. > :00:37.of the latest ceasefire plan yesterday and more than 100

:00:38. > :00:41.Palestinians, according to the Health Ministry - mainly in Rafah.

:00:42. > :00:50.Our correspondent Martin Patience reports now from Gaza.

:00:51. > :01:05.The nightmare continues. Among Israel's targets was Gaza's Islamic

:01:06. > :01:12.University. Officials say 40 homes and three mosques were also hit. As

:01:13. > :01:14.the sun rose, the scale of destruction was revealed. More

:01:15. > :01:23.buildings bombed, more lives ruined. They began the morning's search for

:01:24. > :01:25.survivors among the rubble. This man says three children and their

:01:26. > :01:33.parents were killed in an Israeli air strike. It is external and a, he

:01:34. > :01:39.says. Israel says it does not target civilians and was bombing what it

:01:40. > :01:44.calls terrorist infrastructure. Most of the the past 24 hours has

:01:45. > :01:49.happened in the southern town of Rafah, and Palestinian officials say

:01:50. > :01:59.dozens of civilians were killed in the fighting after how mass captured

:02:00. > :02:01.an Israeli soldier. Israeli troops are still searching for the missing

:02:02. > :02:14.soldier, but Hamer says they don't know where he is and it is likely he

:02:15. > :02:21.was killed in an Israeli air strike along with its fighters. The Israeli

:02:22. > :02:29.military has reportedly said it is close to finishing its operation

:02:30. > :02:31.here, but for Palestinians in Gaza, the conflict grinds on.

:02:32. > :02:32.Tens of thousands of pounds have been raised for

:02:33. > :02:32.a surrogate baby who was abandoned by an Australian couple when they

:02:33. > :02:34.The baby was born to a woman in Thailand,

:02:35. > :02:35.but he has a heart condition and needs urgent medical treatment.

:02:36. > :02:36.The Australian couple took his healthy twin sister home.

:02:37. > :02:55.Born with Down's syndrome and a life-threatening heart condition, he

:02:56. > :03:06.is in the care of his surrogates mother, who lives south of Bangkok.

:03:07. > :03:09.She was paid to carry twins by an Australian couple. They rejected him

:03:10. > :03:10.and returned home with his help the system. TRANSLATION: Because of our

:03:11. > :03:12.poverty and debt, that money was a lot for us. The money would have

:03:13. > :03:13.paid to educate my older children. Online donations and help from

:03:14. > :03:18.charities should ensure he received a medical attention he urgently

:03:19. > :03:21.needs. His surrogates mother cannot understand why his Australian

:03:22. > :03:25.parents have deserted him. TRANSLATION: I felt sorry for the

:03:26. > :03:33.boy. Why did he have to be abandoned when the other kid has it easy. I

:03:34. > :03:38.love him. I love him as if he was my own child. Surrogacy groups in

:03:39. > :03:47.Australia say they are outraged baby has been separated from his twin and

:03:48. > :03:48.abandoned. The Australian couple are unknown and their side of the story

:03:49. > :03:49.has yet to heard. President Obama has admitted that

:03:50. > :03:52.suspected terrorists were tortured in America after

:03:53. > :03:54.the September 11th attacks in 2001. The Central Intelligence Agency is

:03:55. > :03:56.preparing to release a report The President has urged Americans

:03:57. > :04:00.not to condemn security officials, saying they were under enormous

:04:01. > :04:10.pressure at the time. Britain has become the latest

:04:11. > :04:12.country to temporarily close its embassy in Libya because of concerns

:04:13. > :04:15.about escalating fighting between More than 200 people have been

:04:16. > :04:19.killed in Tripoli and Benghazi The Foreign Office said operations

:04:20. > :04:31.would be suspended from Monday. Gatwick Airport says it's business

:04:32. > :04:33.as usual today, saying extra staff have eased the baggage handling

:04:34. > :04:36.problems which afflicted passengers last weekend. A spokesman said early

:04:37. > :04:39.indications showed all flights had so far met the time targets for

:04:40. > :04:46.returning luggage to the baggage claim area.

:04:47. > :04:48.The largest number of gold medals is up for grabs

:04:49. > :04:51.at the Commonwealth Games, on the penultimate day of the event.

:04:52. > :04:54.Northern Ireland has a chance of winning its first gold

:04:55. > :04:56.in the boxing, which will also feature the Olympic

:04:57. > :04:59.There's action too in the diving competition,

:05:00. > :05:02.and for more on that, live to Edinburgh and our correspondent

:05:03. > :05:18.Yes, as you say, today is the day for Olympic superstars. Usain Bolt

:05:19. > :05:25.will be back to run in the final of the four times 100 metres. Nick

:05:26. > :05:30.Aladdin is fighting the gold in the boxing, and in Edinburgh right now

:05:31. > :05:34.Tom Daley is an action, taking part in the preliminary rounds of the ten

:05:35. > :05:39.metre platform. That decides the order in which the divers will go

:05:40. > :05:43.into night's finals. We've just seen his first died. But there was a bit

:05:44. > :05:48.of a splash when he entered the water, so I imagine he will be

:05:49. > :05:52.looking for more success in the coming guides. When he takes part

:05:53. > :05:56.tonight, he will be defending the Commonwealth title that he won in

:05:57. > :06:02.Delhi in 2010. And of course this is the event in which he won the

:06:03. > :06:07.Olympic bronze medal in London 2012. So, as usual, all eyes will be on

:06:08. > :06:12.Tom Daley in the diving pool. Good news for the home nations women, all

:06:13. > :06:16.four of them qualify for the finals of the three metres springboard.

:06:17. > :06:19.Those medals will be contested at around 6pm this evening before Tom

:06:20. > :06:22.Daley rounds of the day's action, going for gold to go with the silver

:06:23. > :06:26.he won here yesterday. You can see more on all of today's

:06:27. > :06:29.stories on the BBC News Channel. The next news on BBC One is at

:06:30. > :06:53.5.20pm this afternoon - bye for now. It is fairly mixed across the UK, we

:06:54. > :07:04.have got low-pressure weather is this weekend. It is taking the main

:07:05. > :07:13.area of rain northwards. You can see this weather front is producing some

:07:14. > :07:18.showers and will continue to do so, but moving fairly quickly, so a bit

:07:19. > :07:21.of sunshine behind. The cloud is bigger further north, so some heavy

:07:22. > :07:23.and persistent rain affecting