28/07/2014 BBC News at Six

At least eight children are believed to have been killed in Gaza

as a hospital and a children's playground is hit.

The injured are rushed to Gaza's main hospital.

It is time for a cease-fire. In the name of humanity, the violence must

stop. Both Israel and the Palestinian

militant group Hamas are blaming each other

for these latest atrocities. Intense fighting in eastern Ukraine

stops international investigators from reaching the crash site

of flight MH17 for a second day. The conman who stole hundreds

of thousands of pounds in donations Dramatic storms across

the south east of England bring And from training

in a small local pool in Shetland to a bronze medal in the

Commonwealth Games, aged just 13. On BBC London, screaming passengers

trapped on a smoke-filled Tube. The Met Police unveiled their latest

strategy for dealing with crime in the West End.

Good evening and welcome to the BBC news at six.

After a brief pause in hostilities between Israel

and Gaza over the weekend, there's been a missile attack on a hospital

It's claimed ten people have been killed, eight of which are children.

The Israeli military have denied responsibility, insisting

There are also unconfirmed reports tonight that four people have been

This report from our Middle East correspondent Martin Patience

in Gaza contains some distressing images.

At Gaza's casualties keep arriving, among them

children, playing outdoors. But no street in Gaza is safe. There is

utter desperation in this hospital, many families are rushing in and

fearing the worst. Caught up in a conflict he cannot possibly

understand, this boy and girl were injured in what Palestinians say was

an Israeli air strike. Israel say they were injured by a misfired

Palestinian rocket. I was at home when I heard a huge blast, says this

man. I rushed out to the street and it was full of bodies. Earlier in

the day, amid the ruins, they marked the end of Ramadan. This festival is

supposed to be a moment of joy and celebration but there was only

bitterness and sorrow here. At a cemetery in Gaza, families paid

their traditional respects, but even the dead are not spared. The blast

of an Israeli air strike on earth one body which had to be reburied.

More than 150,000 Palestinians have been forced out of their homes by

the fighting. Most are staying at UN schools but there were no gifts for

the children here, only desperation from their parents. TRANSLATION: We

have fled from our homes. Those who have left their homes don't feel

Eid. We have nothing. The Israeli military continues to destroy

tunnels used by Hamas to stage cross-border attacks. Israel says

that until the safety of its citizens is guaranteed, it has the

right to continue this offensive. Orla Guerin, our Middle East

Correspondent, Shocking scenes again. There has

been an upsurge in the violence on both sides. The Israeli media are

reporting that four Israelis have been killed in a community close to

the Gaza Strip. This is allegedly the result of a Palestinian rocket

attack. The media here are also reporting there was an infiltration

by Palestinian militants. Five militants were killed, they say, but

we don't have official confirmation yet. In Gaza there was an attack on

a playground, ten people were killed, at least nine of them were

children. Israelis are insisting this was the result of a Palestinian

air strike. Israel are saying this was the fault of Hamas, a rocket

misfiring. We have had warnings from the Israeli army given to thousands

of residents in the north of the Gaza Strip, they are being told by

text and in phone calls to evacuate immediately and go to Gaza city.

That would suggest there could be an escalation comment. We are expecting

to hear around now from Israel's prime minister, who has been facing

growing international pressure for a cease-fire. Very clear tonight if he

will announce a cease-fire or in fact announce that the operation in

Gaza is being broadened. You can find out more about

the situation in Gaza and in Israel Ukrainian officials are claiming

that data from the black box flight recorders

from Malaysian Airlines flight MH17 confirms it was destroyed

by shrapnel from a missile blast. The United Nations human rights

chief says the shooting down of the Fresh fighting close to where

the plane went down has prevented international

monitors from accessing the crash site for the second day

in a row, despite assurances they From the region,

Tom Burridge reports. On the road through eastern Ukraine,

we saw families fleeing the fighting. Victoria and her grandson

crammed in their car. They are bombing houses, she says, we want to

stay alive. The white cloth, their plea for no harm. Where the smoke is

rising, the city which they have left. We saw Ukraine's army fire

heavy artillery. Four months pro-Russian rebels have held much of

the land here, a conflict in which hundreds of civilians have died. Now

the Ukrainian army is on the offensive. This is as far as we can

go, there has been fierce fighting in this part of eastern Ukraine,

particularly around the city of Donetsk and it is the Ukrainian

government forces that have been making advances. Generally speaking

in that direction towards the crushed dried -- crash site of

flight MH17. Dutch investigators were prevented from reaching the

site, even with armed guards. We are sick and tired of being interrupted

by gunfire despite the fact we have agreed there should be a cease-fire.

But it appears the crash site is not the main objective for these

Ukrainian forces. They want to take ground and main roads to the east of

Donetsk which link that important city to Russia. Meanwhile, life for

those who still live here is anything but easy. For the

essentials, they wait. The fighting goes on.

James Landale, our deputy political editor, is in Downing Street for us.

James, some movement on possible sanctions?

Yes, I think in the next 24 hours we will see a substantial strengthening

of the international community 's macro sanctions against Russia. This

afternoon David Cameron took part in a conference with President Obama

and the leaders of France, Germany and Italy and they agreed there

should be a clear and robust response. So far most sanctions have

involved Russian individuals freezing their assets, making it

harder for them to travel. What we expect will happen tomorrow in

Brussels is that EU ambassadors will meet and greet for the first time

substantial economic sanctions against Russia, targeting financial

sector defence and technology. In practice that will make it much

harder for Russian banks to get access to EU capital markets, it

will mean future defence deals will not happen and there will be a large

ban on the west selling innovative energy technology to the Russians.

There will be limits and qualifications to this. There will

be no ban on taking Russian oil and gas, the French will still be able

to sell their aircraft carriers to the Russians. The Americans wanted

to get the rest of Europe to step up to the plate, also to send a very

clear signal it has also been announced today that the British

Armed Forces will send 1300 members of the Armed Forces to Poland this

autumn to take part in a large NATO exercise. It is a clear signal of

strength, ministers say. Amidst the diplomacy tomorrow there will also

be another reminder of the human cost of this crisis when David

Cameron meets families of those victims of flight MH17.

More than half of the UK could be opened up to fracking under plans

being set out by the Government. It's inviting companies to bid for

new licences to extract oil and gas from shale, but stricter rules would

apply to national parks and areas of outstanding natural beauty.

Supporters say it's a chance to reduce how much we rely

on imported energy. But opponents say fracking damages

the countryside and can cause minor earthquakes.

Here's our Industry Correspondent, John Moylan.

The East Midlands, once home to a thriving coal industry but this area

is rich in jail, if fracking is coming it could come here. We know

there is oil and gas in the ground in this area, and to the right here

we know that they are shale rocks so this is a prospective area to be

considered. In addition to the East Midlands there is vast quantities of

oil and gas and shale rocks across the north of England. Studies have

also revealed billions of barrels of oil in the south of England and oil

and gas in central Scotland. Some of these areas are already licensed.

Now the Government is offering companies the rights to drill across

vast areas of Britain stretching from Scotland to the south coast. We

think it is very important that we take advantage of this opportunity

to explore the gas that may be underneath our soil in order to

increase the domestic security of our energy supplies. Fracking

happens deep underground, it involves injecting water, sand and

high chemicals into shale rocks to release the oil and gas within.

Opponents say it will harm the environment. In recent weeks there

were angry demonstrations against fracking in Northern Ireland in the

environment. In recent weeks there were angry demonstrations against

fracking in Northern Ireland in to allay their fears, the Government is

tightening the rules about exploration in places like this, the

South Downs National Park. In May I met local resident Marcus Adams, who

is fighting plans to drill here. He says the Government should have gone

further. This was an opportunity to put a blanket ban on fracking in

national parks, areas of outstanding natural beauty and heritage sites.

There is always that element of doubt that the door is potentially

open and that worries me. Back in the East Midlands, fracking could

have big implications. Ratcliffe Power Station runs on coal, but

believed it lies huge volumes of shale. If this region is opened up

to fracking, in theory this could be converted to run on locally produced

gas. But that is a big if. How much of the UK is likely to face fracking

will become clearer later this year. John Moylan.

Lloyds Banking Group is to pay fines of ?218 million to the British

and American regulators for its role in manipulating key interest rates.

It's among the largest fines ever imposed

by the Financial Conduct Authority. The penalties cover the manipulation

of a rate used to calculate fees due to the Bank of England

for supporting the bank during the financial crisis, as well as

the interbank lending rate Libor. A man from Devon has been told he

faces a lengthy prison sentence after admitting defrauding the

military charity, Help For Heroes, of hundreds of thousands of pounds.

Exeter Crown Court heard that 51-year-old Christopher Copeland had

claimed to be raising money for the charity but

in fact was keeping it all himself. Jon Kay reports.

An apology as he left court today. Christopher Copeland, the man who

claimed he was helping him rose, but who in fact was just helping

himself. I was trying to do something really good and I messed

it up. You were defrauding hundreds of thousands of pounds. It was not

intentional of course. The judge at Exeter Crown Court said it was hard

to imagine a fraud with more aggravating features. Copeland

collected more than a quarter of a quarter of ?1 million at shopping

centres across England and Wales, telling the public it would help

injured servicemen and women through Help For Heroes, instead it went

into his own bank account. I think the motivation is greed actually. I

think he has seen an opportunity whereby he can put in vast amounts

of money and it is pure greed. whereby he can put in vast amounts

country have reacted with dismay to this case. The charity has described

Christopher Copeland's acts as devious, calculating and appalling.

Frankie Johns is raising money for Help For Heroes with a bike ride

next month, he says these actions risk giving all fundraisers a bad

name. I am disgusted and I am just glad they have caught

name. I am disgusted and I am just he goes on to take more money. The

charity believes Copeland was a one-off. He was caught when other

fundraisers became suspicious. one-off. He was caught when other

Prosecutors will try to seize his assets and he faces a lengthy prison

term when he is sentenced in Our top story

At least nine children are believed to have been

as a hospital and a children's playground are hit.

And still to come: a children's playground are hit.

a special report on six months in the lives of the youngest victims

of the fighting. Later on BBC London:

Doubling your rent. Why, for the first time ever,

Londoners are now paying twice as much as the rest of the country.

And a new genetic test for IVF embryos.

Faster and more embryos.

has gone too far. After days of hot dry weather,

parts of London and south-east England have suffered

dramatic storms and flash floods. In parts of Sussex, a month's

rainfall fell in just one hour. Streets turned to ice thanks

to freak hail storms. And commuters were forced to wade

through flooding in Worthing station near Brighton.

The summer storms brought chaos for commuters as Jon Brain reports.

The summer with parts of VA 40 underwater, the tailbacks went on

for miles. As for the trains, look at what commuters in Worthing had to

insure at their local station. We went down to the subway to look and

people were up to their chest in water. The storm itself came and

went quickly but the problems remain. Here at Worthing station,

passengers needing to use the platform on the other side have

crossed through an underpass. As you can see, it's completely flooded.

The whole area is inaccessible. Some homes nearby have also been deluged.

Emma has lived here since she was five and has experienced flooding

before but never as bad as this. We are going to let it sick side and

then -- subside and check on the damage afterwards. No, I'm not

happy. Businesses have also taken a hit. The only delivery from the

florist in Worthing today was straight to the skip. For the

owners, it's been a day of throwing out and mopping up. We have just

cleaned out all the stock that has been floating around on the floor.

Vases smashed, clashing into each other, and it was almost like a

shipwreck. Computers, as you can see, completely wiped out. It went

about halfway up to the computers. One rail company described today as

a zombie apocalypse. Something of an exaggeration, perhaps, with what was

turning into a long hot summer having a sting in its tail.

The war in Syria is now into its fourth year and is thought to have

claimed more than 150,000 lives. Millions have been displaced with

many living in refugee camps. Those trapped within Syria are

suffering the daily horror of the conflict, none more

so than the nation's children. The BBC's Chief International

Correspondent, Lyse Doucet, has been to several cities

across the country to meet some of them and sent this report.

There is no end in sight to Syria's brutal war, and children are not

just caught in the crossfire, they are targeted. Syria's war is a war

on child. The homes are being destroyed and their schools

attacked. They are living through violence

that no child should see, and they don't forget it.

Some children already want to fight back.

On all sides, children's lives are steeped in the politics of this war.

And the youngest are fighting their own battles. Just to survive. Tell

me what it was like for you inside. Syria's children tell us a lot about

this war and they also give us a glimpse into the future. The longer

this war goes on, the harder that future will be. For the children,

for Syria. And you can watch Lyse's film,

Children of Syria, tonight on BBC2 at 9:00pm.

Ofcom has ruled that an episode of the BBC's Top Gear programme

breached broadcasting rules by using an offensive racial term.

The broadcasting watchdog said the remark, which was made by the

presenter, Jeremy Clarkson, during a programme screened in March,

was not justified by context. It's day five of the

Commonwealth Games in Glasgow and there are 27 gold medals up

for grabs, with 12 different sports taking place across the city.

Our sports correspondent Natalie Pirks is there.

In the lawn bowls, life normally moves at a more sedate pace, but not

when Scotland are in a final, going for gold in the men's pairs. How

Alex Marshall and Paul Foster went for it. Thumping Malaysia 20-3 and

breaking records along the way. Scotland's historic 12 gold medal of

the games. This is the highlight of my career. The highlight of my

career. To win country is phenomenal and I'm very emotional -- to win a

gold medal in your own country. In the men's triples, Northern Ireland

ticked up their first silver of the games and Wales a bronze, a

hat-trick of medals on the green. Royalty came to town, and perhaps

apt that they would see the king of squash fighting his big English

rival. World champion and flag bearer Nick Matthew -based James

will strop in a repeat of the final, but it was Matthew's weighted lob

that saw him become the first man ever to retain his singles

Commonwealth title. In the women's singles final, the two best players

in the world were pitted against each other, but the legend of the

sport, Nicol David was too strong. Over at Hampden, the stadium was

filling up ahead of the day of athletics, and Wales had big hopes

in the para discus. He said he wanted to deliver a performance that

the country could be proud of, but his big rival, Dan Greaves did not

get the memo. his big rival, Dan Greaves did not

get the England's discus Dan threw a massive throw leaving Davis to

settle for silver. And Nigeria showed just what it meant to them to

win a bronze medal. Giving the sport a little more exposure than they had

expected. I was not expecting that. The

13-year-old swimmer Erraid Davies wowed her home crowd taking bronze

in the breaststroke, not bad for a girl who has had to train in a pool

one third of the size in her hometown. A huge roar for a new star

in the pool, Scotland's youngest ever Commonwealth competitor is now

its youngest ever medallist as well. Erraid Davies was four years old

when she took to the water to ease pain and strengthen her hip. What

started as therapy has now propelled her into the swimming elite. I was

really scared going into the heats, but I wasn't scared in the final

because I knew I had a chance. But I didn't expect it. What does it mean,

this incredible achievement of getting a medal and representing

Scotland? I'm just really excited and happy. The 13-year-old told only

a few friends she was competing, but when she carried a baton in

Sheffield -- Shetland, the secret was out. She trains in this modest

pool the island home, and her parents are overcome with pride at

what she has done. parents are overcome with pride at

and crying at the same time. It was amazing. I think she was given a

natural talent that she has worked at it as well. We will have no

problems keeping her feet on the ground. Erraid is a swimming

sensation and has now spent all morning doing interviews, and there

is considerable media interest in what she has achieved. Erraid is not

yet sure what the future might hold, but she has a few weeks now to enjoy

her swimming success before heading back to school.

at the weather. Here's Peter Gibbs.

Not quite snow in July, but these are hailstones from Hove, they are

long gone now, but still some showers through the evening and

night in the south-east but they showers through the evening and

across the North West we see patchy rain edging in across Scotland and

Northern Ireland as well. In between the zones, clear spells and

temperatures the zones, clear spells and

nights. A damp start across the London area and other parts of

south-east England, but not problematic rain. Further west, we

break out into the sunshine, across problematic rain. Further west, we

the Midlands, Wales and into the north-east, but the click -- thicker

cloud edging into Scotland and Cumbria so maybe a bit damp over the

fells underlay strict written -- and the Lake District. Could be a damp

start in Glasgow, but the rain breaks up in Northern Ireland and

across north-west Scotland with cloud breaking up as well. The

brighter weather should work its way in on fairly brisk winds as the day

wears on. The brighter skies pushing into the south-east, lightening

things appear nicely with sunshine breaking through and thicker cloud

edging in across Wales and Northern Ireland. Behind that, fresh air,

temperatures at 18 or 20, but it could reach 27 once the sunshine

breaks through. We get a prompt pushing through from Tuesday to

Wednesday and that will take the very warm air into the continent,

and lots of isobars, so a breezy old today with a scattering of showers

for Scotland, Northern Ireland and northern England, but a good chance

of staying dry further south and temperatures close to the seasonal

average. Looking a little unsettled for the second half of the week,

scattered showers, sunny spells and temperatures close to average.