:00:08. > :00:09.This is BBC World News Today with me, Philippa Thomas.
:00:10. > :00:12.Israel's Defence Minister says it's going to stop Hamas one way or
:00:13. > :00:18.another - by air or by ground - as the government takes authority
:00:19. > :00:22.The Israeli military says its air strikes are targeting what
:00:23. > :00:26.it terms 150 terror sites in Gaza, and that it's shot down a rocket
:00:27. > :00:31.Can Afghans bridge their political divide?
:00:32. > :00:34.Abdullah Abdullah claims victory in last month's election,
:00:35. > :00:38.despite the results giving the lead to his rival.
:00:39. > :00:42.The Commonwealth Games puts Scottish fashion in the spotlight.
:00:43. > :00:44.We'll look at the mixed reaction to parade uniforms unveiled
:00:45. > :00:58.I will be reporting live from Rio where excitement is reaching fever
:00:59. > :01:09.pitch with just two hours to go until the Brazil-Germany semifinal.
:01:10. > :01:15.Israel says it is considering all options against militants
:01:16. > :01:22.in the Gaza Strip, including a possible ground incursion.
:01:23. > :01:36.Today it's launched air strikes on what it calls 150 terror sites
:01:37. > :01:38.in Gaza, strikes in which Palestinian officials say at
:01:39. > :01:43.This is the aftermath of one strike on Gaza city,
:01:44. > :01:47.where at least six people were said to have been killed.
:01:48. > :01:49.The Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas has demanded that Israel end
:01:50. > :01:58.The BBC has reports from both sides of the conflict.
:01:59. > :02:01.In a moment we'll have a report from James Reynolds in Sderot, but we
:02:02. > :02:09.Footage filmed by the Israeli military as its strikes target Gaza,
:02:10. > :02:17.This car was turned to wreckage as Israel hit three Palestinian
:02:18. > :02:23.It says it wants to stop those behind rocket attacks.
:02:24. > :02:29.Just a few hours ago, the three men, all Hamas militants, were driving
:02:30. > :02:35.Now they have been carried into the graveyard.
:02:36. > :02:37.They were killed in an Israeli air strike.
:02:38. > :02:44.And just look at the crowds who have turned out to pay to their respects.
:02:45. > :02:48.With several civilians killed here in southern Gaza,
:02:49. > :02:55.including children, Hamas leaders swore they'd hit back.
:02:56. > :02:58.We warned the occupiers against escalation and attacking homes,
:02:59. > :03:04.At the hospital, ambulances ferry in wounded and doctors worry about how
:03:05. > :03:10.Within one or two days or three days, I don't know,
:03:11. > :03:20.But with dozens more rockets fired from Gaza into southern Israel
:03:21. > :03:30.today, the cycle of violence continues.
:03:31. > :03:33.Israel is massing its forces on the border with Gaza.
:03:34. > :03:36.It's called up reserves, and it's determined to stop
:03:37. > :03:43.I feel that I am not safe where I live, although I know I've got
:03:44. > :03:50.shelters and all the army around me and everything.
:03:51. > :03:52.But still, it's scary just to be around the noises
:03:53. > :03:55.In towns and villages along the border,
:03:56. > :03:59.Since midnight, more than 90 rockets have hit this country.
:04:00. > :04:06.This is the headquarters of Israel's southern command.
:04:07. > :04:09.And if Israel does order a ground offensive into Gaza, that operation
:04:10. > :04:18.Are you about to order a ground offensive into Gaza?
:04:19. > :04:22.By one way or another, we are going to stop Hamas.
:04:23. > :04:27.Either by charging them a heavy price, or by launching any kind of
:04:28. > :04:32.offensive measures by air, by ground or whatever, in order to stop them.
:04:33. > :04:38.A ground offensive into Gaza would be its most serious move.
:04:39. > :04:50.James Reynolds, BBC News, southern Israel.
:04:51. > :04:52.The Afghan presidential contender Abdullah Abdullah has claimed
:04:53. > :04:53.victory in the election despite results giving
:04:54. > :05:01.Mr Abdullah says he received fewer votes than Ashraf Ghani,
:05:02. > :05:12.Now the US has warned that any attempt to seize power is legally
:05:13. > :05:16.could lead to Washington cutting off aid. President Obama spoke to
:05:17. > :05:18.Abdullah Abdullah today and called for calm.
:05:19. > :05:22.This may look like a victory rally, but no win has been declared yet.
:05:23. > :05:30.What we have had so far is provisional results that put
:05:31. > :05:32.Dr Ghani one million votes in the lead.
:05:33. > :05:35.That has been totally rejected by people here and by Dr Abdullah
:05:36. > :05:38.But he has resisted calls today to announce a parallel government,
:05:39. > :05:40.which is what his supporters wanted to do.
:05:41. > :05:43.He is asking for more time, knowing that by announcing some kind of
:05:44. > :05:46.provocative act like that, it could throw the country into crisis.
:05:47. > :05:49.We've already seen a portrait of President Hamid Karzai taken down
:05:50. > :05:54.and replaced with one of Abdullah himself, and he knows that those
:05:55. > :05:57.kind of acts here in Afghanistan could be deeply provocative.
:05:58. > :06:00.Later this week, we are expecting the Secretary of State, John Kerry,
:06:01. > :06:07.Dr Abdullah told his supporters that the Americans were not here
:06:08. > :06:18.to take sides, but to try to unravel what he sees as a mess.
:06:19. > :06:25.At least five people have been killed by an attack by Al-Shabab on
:06:26. > :06:32.Somalia's presidential palace. Witnesses say they heard explosions
:06:33. > :06:37.and heavy gunfire. Al-Shabab was driven out of Mogadishu in 2011, but
:06:38. > :06:46.is continuing a campaign of gorilla warfare.
:06:47. > :06:48.British scientists claim to have made a major breakthrough in
:06:49. > :06:51.developing a blood test to predict the onset of Alzheimer's disease.
:06:52. > :06:54.They claim it has an accuracy of 87%, but other experts have
:06:55. > :06:56.warned that the test isn't yet ready for doctors' surgeries.
:06:57. > :07:04.Jill and Dominic have lived with Alzheimer's for more than a decade.
:07:05. > :07:07.She has been caring for him ever since he was diagnosed. Today's
:07:08. > :07:12.research breakthrough has come too late for them. They conceive that
:07:13. > :07:18.some in the future may benefit from early diagnosis.
:07:19. > :07:24.Some people can go for a test because they want to know what facts
:07:25. > :07:28.are. But other people, who don't know what the facts are, and then
:07:29. > :07:34.suddenly find what the facts are, can be very distressed by it.
:07:35. > :07:38.In this London laboratory, they have devised a simple blood test based on
:07:39. > :07:42.the presence of certain proteins. The aim is to predict which
:07:43. > :07:45.patients displaying symptoms like memory loss will succumb to
:07:46. > :07:52.Alzheimer's, said trials of possible treatments of drugs can be applied
:07:53. > :07:55.to the right people. For research purposes it is very important,
:07:56. > :07:59.because it will guide us on current developing drugs and different
:08:00. > :08:02.pharmaceutical companies would be able to treat these people a lot
:08:03. > :08:08.earlier, because we want to detect them a lot earlier before they
:08:09. > :08:11.convert to Alzheimer's disease. Alzheimer's accounts for about two
:08:12. > :08:16.thirds of the total number of dementia cases in the UK, 820,000.
:08:17. > :08:21.The test was trialled on 1100 patients. It predicted with 87%
:08:22. > :08:26.accuracy which would develop Alzheimer's. This is an important
:08:27. > :08:28.milestone on the journey towards finding a new treatment which would
:08:29. > :08:34.delay the onset of Alzheimer's, but while research continues, it may be
:08:35. > :08:41.a few years yet before the test is widely available to patients
:08:42. > :08:43.soap will people worried about their brain function be offered a test to
:08:44. > :08:48.tell whether they could develop Alzheimer's? Because all tests have
:08:49. > :08:51.what we call a false positive rate, which is where you say that someone
:08:52. > :08:56.is going to get his condition or a disease and in fact they want, is
:08:57. > :09:02.certainly wouldn't and shouldn't be available for general screening of
:09:03. > :09:04.the public yet. More than 40 million people suffer
:09:05. > :09:09.from dementia around the world. Alzheimer's research has moved
:09:10. > :09:10.painfully slowly. Now British science has opened up new
:09:11. > :09:16.possibilities. A bakery in Northern Ireland
:09:17. > :09:19.which refused to make a cake with a slogan supporting gay marriage
:09:20. > :09:21.could be taken to court This is
:09:22. > :09:24.the controversial cake design. It features the Sesame Street
:09:25. > :09:26.characters Bert and Ernie along with the logo of Belfast-based
:09:27. > :09:29.campaign group, Queer Space. The bakers' owners, who are
:09:30. > :09:32.Christian, decided to refuse the order and felt so strongly about it,
:09:33. > :09:51.they posted this response online. The directors and myself considered
:09:52. > :09:55.it and looked at it and felt that this was at odds with our beliefs,
:09:56. > :09:59.and it is in contradiction with what the Bible teaches, and on the
:10:00. > :10:06.following Monday, we rang up the customer to let them know that we
:10:07. > :10:10.couldn't take his order. Marriage in Northern Ireland has not been
:10:11. > :10:11.redefined. It is still defined as being a union between one man and
:10:12. > :10:13.one woman. Gavin Boyd is a gay rights
:10:14. > :10:16.campaigner with the Rainbow Project in Northern Ireland, and supported
:10:17. > :10:18.the discrimination complaint. And Simon Calvert is a spokesman
:10:19. > :10:21.for the Christian Institute, which has given advice on how to
:10:22. > :10:35.deal with the case to the bakery. Welcome to you both. Simon, surely
:10:36. > :10:39.this is a case of outright discrimination? No, because it is
:10:40. > :10:43.nothing to do with turning away customers, nothing to do with the
:10:44. > :10:47.sexual orientation of the people who asked for the cake to be produced
:10:48. > :10:50.for them. It is all to do with the content of the message that these
:10:51. > :10:56.Christian bakers were required to print. We can all think of
:10:57. > :10:58.situations where we might be asked to do something which goes so
:10:59. > :11:03.fundamentally against our core values that we just couldn't do it.
:11:04. > :11:08.That point was reached for these bakers here, and now we have the
:11:09. > :11:12.equality can try to force them to endorse same-sex marriage. I think
:11:13. > :11:18.most people feel that that would be going too far. Davin, it is their
:11:19. > :11:25.business. Why can we not turn customers away? We already have
:11:26. > :11:28.clear discrimination laws, this falls under the realm of something
:11:29. > :11:33.you can't do. You can't pick and choose your customers based on their
:11:34. > :11:37.sexual orientation. Simon, isn't that the point? The Bible's
:11:38. > :11:42.teachings can't transcend the law of the land? Gavin has just said that
:11:43. > :11:44.they are picking and choosing customers based on their sexual
:11:45. > :11:49.orientation, and as Stix blamed, that wasn't the issue. People come
:11:50. > :11:53.in and out of the baking shop all day long whatever time of day, and
:11:54. > :11:58.whatever their background, they get a good service. The issue here was
:11:59. > :12:02.whether they should be compelled to promote a particular message, and
:12:03. > :12:06.nobody should be obliged to promote a controversial political message
:12:07. > :12:13.that they don't agree with. Gavin Boyd, in Northern Ireland, the
:12:14. > :12:18.assembly has voted down the idea of sanctioning gay marriage several
:12:19. > :12:22.times. There is a socially conservative weight of public
:12:23. > :12:32.opinion there. He I wouldn't say that at all. A recent survey by the
:12:33. > :12:36.belt fast -- Belfast Telegraph showed the majority in favour of gay
:12:37. > :12:38.marriage. -- same-sex marriage. That is where the UK Government made a
:12:39. > :12:40.massive mistake on this issue, they is where the UK Government made a
:12:41. > :12:43.massive mistake on this thought they could deal with it through
:12:44. > :12:47.devolution, and ultimately what that is created as a system by which
:12:48. > :12:50.someone from Belfast, I can go and get married in England, and when I
:12:51. > :12:57.come back home, I'm not married any more. I have moved from one place in
:12:58. > :13:01.the UK to another, and my relationship has been reclassified
:13:02. > :13:04.without my consent. That is a fundamental constitutional anomaly
:13:05. > :13:10.that the UK Government created. How do you answer the charge that it is
:13:11. > :13:17.fundamentally unfair? I am here to speak about Shows bacon company. --
:13:18. > :13:22.baking company. They are being threatened for not printing the
:13:23. > :13:25.message support gay marriage. That is the issue at stake here. I think
:13:26. > :13:30.most people whether they agree with the Christian bakery company or not,
:13:31. > :13:34.they will think, let them get on with it, don't force them to promote
:13:35. > :13:37.a message they don't agree with. The customers in this case went to a
:13:38. > :13:42.different bakery up the road, got their cake and suffered no loss. But
:13:43. > :13:45.if the equality commission when their legal action, they will suffer
:13:46. > :13:50.real loss, loss of conscience and potentially loss of business. There
:13:51. > :13:55.is a lot at stake for anyone who cares about freedom of conscience.
:13:56. > :14:02.Gavin Boyd? What happened in this case was that the Baker took money
:14:03. > :14:07.for a cake, entered into a contract with people, and then the Board of
:14:08. > :14:13.Directors decided the message was unconscionable, and they wanted to
:14:14. > :14:16.avoid the contract. It is against the law, it doesn't matter what
:14:17. > :14:24.their reasons are doing it was. If you enter into a contract to provide
:14:25. > :14:31.service overcome -- public, you don't get to pick and choose your
:14:32. > :14:36.customers. Thank you both very much. It is a match worthy of the World
:14:37. > :14:39.Cup final itself. Tonight, host nations Brazil face Germany in the
:14:40. > :14:43.first of the semifinals. With the tournament's powder boy Neymar out
:14:44. > :14:49.for the rest of the tournament, can Brazil still pose enough of a threat
:14:50. > :14:52.to those resilient Germans? My colleagues Ben Brown in Steve Evans
:14:53. > :14:55.join me now from Rio de Janeiro and Berlin where they have in soaking up
:14:56. > :15:03.the atmosphere. Steve, how was it feeling? It's very loud here in
:15:04. > :15:09.Germany and Berlin. I am on the fan mile, it's going to be full of fans,
:15:10. > :15:13.some of them already and it's a mile-long and screens all the way
:15:14. > :15:18.right down. The big screen just up here and already they're shouting
:15:19. > :15:23.and I am going hoarse. Which fan are you, who are you supporting?
:15:24. > :15:26.Germany! Why? Because they're the best. Are you absolutely sure
:15:27. > :15:33.they're going to win tonight? Of course. No doubt? No doubt. OK. Let
:15:34. > :15:41.me ask you, why do you think they're going to win? I think we are going
:15:42. > :15:45.to win because Germany have better players and Neymar is not in the
:15:46. > :15:48.game. There is a big home advantage for Brazil. They're playing at home
:15:49. > :15:55.and they never lose at home. They never lose at home. But today we
:15:56. > :16:02.win. We will see. Thank you both very much. So, the atmosphere here
:16:03. > :16:07.is clearly fabulous, people are gathering. They expect 20,000,
:16:08. > :16:12.30,000 maybe more here. The rain is coming down, it's raining in the
:16:13. > :16:16.air. But not in their hearts. Steve, I don't know how much of a voice you
:16:17. > :16:21.are going to have in a few hours' time, but thank you very much. Ben,
:16:22. > :16:24.in Rio, we heard Brazil never lose on their home turf but they're
:16:25. > :16:29.worried, aren't they? They are worried. It's fair to say, by the
:16:30. > :16:32.way it's been raining here, as well. Although it stopped a short time
:16:33. > :16:36.ago, I am glad to say. They're worried because they're without
:16:37. > :16:46.their star man, Neymar, their poster boy, the best player. He is injured
:16:47. > :16:50.with and they're without De Silva, their captain who is suspended, but
:16:51. > :16:54.these people on the beach, we can show them to you now, they're
:16:55. > :16:58.preparing to watch on the big screen there, a little bit damp and chilly,
:16:59. > :17:03.but they're packing in to that beach waiting to see the game. Maybe some
:17:04. > :17:09.of them are nervous. In fact, what some have been saying, maybe it's a
:17:10. > :17:12.reverse psychology, up until now all the pressure has been on Brazil,
:17:13. > :17:15.they looked like a team with the weight of the nation on their
:17:16. > :17:19.shoulders, 200 million people expecting them to win this World
:17:20. > :17:25.Cup. But now, in a sense, there is less pressure on them because they
:17:26. > :17:28.don't have Neymar and De Silva, in a sense maybe that will help them
:17:29. > :17:32.because they've less psychologically pressure. People don't expect them
:17:33. > :17:36.to do so well. People say yes, maybe Germany have the better players.
:17:37. > :17:39.Maybe this isn't a great Brazil side, not as good as previous sides
:17:40. > :17:43.down the decades but that pressure is off them. Perhaps they can do
:17:44. > :17:49.better. That at least is the hope of the fans here. It's an amazing
:17:50. > :17:54.atmosphere. It's ratcheting up, it's electric. Not long to the game, over
:17:55. > :17:59.an hour and 40 minutes. Have you one of these, it's a Neymar mask and I
:18:00. > :18:03.have been hearing thousands of fans are hoping to at least channel his
:18:04. > :18:06.spirit, even if he is not on the pitch? Exactly. I don't have one
:18:07. > :18:10.myself, maybe I should go and buy one. I have been down there a few
:18:11. > :18:13.minutes ago and everyone's wearing the masks, they're also wearing
:18:14. > :18:17.number ten, his number, all in honour of him. Unfortunately for
:18:18. > :18:25.Brazil he is not on the pitch. He is one of the spectators today. Ben in
:18:26. > :18:29.Rio, they'll be obviously hoping they can pull back against
:18:30. > :18:33.expectations. I haves about been hearing they've a -- I have also
:18:34. > :18:38.been hearing they've a seem psychologist, is that the norm? A
:18:39. > :18:43.lot of teams do use them, I think because Brazil felt under so much
:18:44. > :18:46.pressure and stress with this vast weight of expectation, national
:18:47. > :18:50.expectation that because they're the home side they would get their 6th
:18:51. > :18:53.World Cup. They did bring in the psychologist and they've been coming
:18:54. > :18:57.in for a bit of stick for that, the manager has been coming in for a bit
:18:58. > :19:00.of stick, but their view is anything that helps, anything that helps the
:19:01. > :19:04.players, if it helps them win football matches it's a good thing.
:19:05. > :19:06.Ben in Rio, thank you very much. It's going to be a very exciting
:19:07. > :19:11.night. Don't forget you can keep across the
:19:12. > :19:15.World Cup action on our website, including analysis on that critical
:19:16. > :19:18.match and Brazil's chances without Neymar. You can also join the
:19:19. > :19:26.conversation on Twitter. A new statue of Mahatma Gandhi is to
:19:27. > :19:29.be erected outside the The announcement was made in Delhi
:19:30. > :19:34.by UK Government ministers leading Kasia Madera went to
:19:35. > :19:45.Parliament Square to see Overlooked by the British Houses of
:19:46. > :19:50.Parliament, Parliament Square has been the scene of many protests and
:19:51. > :19:55.demonstrations, so it seems fitting this will be a home it a new stat
:19:56. > :20:01.true of Gandhi, the father of the world's largest democracy, India --
:20:02. > :20:06.statue. He will be in some esteemed company, Nelson Mandela, Lincoln,
:20:07. > :20:11.many British Prime Ministers, including sir Winston Churchill.
:20:12. > :20:17.It's claimed that Sir Winston wasn't a big Gandhi fan. Gandhi, of course,
:20:18. > :20:21.led India's non-violent campaign of resistance against British rule and
:20:22. > :20:24.he was assassinated shortly after India and Pakistan won independence.
:20:25. > :20:28.The announcement of the statue was made on the site of his
:20:29. > :20:32.assassination in Delhi. Gandhi is an inspiration to everyone
:20:33. > :20:35.in the world. I think this statue will also be a monument to the
:20:36. > :20:44.friendship between Britain and India. The sculptor, Philip Jackson,
:20:45. > :20:49.has been approached to take on the project. It's hoped that it will be
:20:50. > :20:54.paid for by sponsors and by public donations and so far reaction from
:20:55. > :21:00.the public has been pretty positive. I am an Indian, it's a proud moment
:21:01. > :21:05.for me. He is a great figure and a good idol for a number of people to
:21:06. > :21:10.follow his ideals. Yeah, particularly the one about
:21:11. > :21:14.non-violence in today's day and age, that's something that everybody
:21:15. > :21:21.should look up to. I think that's wonderful. Gandhi was an advocate of
:21:22. > :21:25.non-violent resistance and an effort to achieve social justice for all.
:21:26. > :21:29.The aim is to finish the statue by next year to mark the 100th
:21:30. > :21:35.anniversary when Gandhi left South Africa to go to India and start off
:21:36. > :21:40.that historic non-violent campaign for independence.
:21:41. > :21:45.attention, the clothes people wear will always be in the spotlight.
:21:46. > :21:47.spotlight. So some reaction was inevitable when Scotland, which will
:21:48. > :21:52.hosting the Commonwealth Games, unveiled its parade uniforms but
:21:53. > :21:55.that reaction varied from refreshing to, frankly, embarrassing.
:21:56. > :21:58.embarrassing. However, these are not the first sporting outfits to come
:21:59. > :22:05.will also be seen at the opening ceremony in Glasgow have been
:22:06. > :22:08.at the opening ceremony in Glasgow have been criticised as looking
:22:09. > :22:15.Sochi were designed by Ralph Lauren, but do they look a bit like
:22:16. > :22:21.Christmas jumpers? So what do you do? Do you just keep
:22:22. > :22:26.England's 2005 football squad, including Ashley Cole and Jermaine
:22:27. > :22:28.Do you just keep it simple and black?
:22:29. > :22:30.Here's Giorgio Armani's official team uniform for England's 2005
:22:31. > :22:32.football squad, including Ashley Cole and Jermaine Defoe.
:22:33. > :22:35.The Team Scotland uniforms for the Commonwealth Games were created by
:22:36. > :22:37.international textile designer Jilli Blackwood, explaining here why she
:22:38. > :22:54.This is the opening ceremony of the Commonwealth Games. The Scottish
:22:55. > :23:00.team will be coming out after 70 countries, is it, and they will be
:23:01. > :23:05.larger than life, as well. Therefore, I just couldn't put the
:23:06. > :23:12.Scottish team in something that's, you know, that just - that wouldn't
:23:13. > :23:19.be bold enough. With me is Amber Graafland, fashion
:23:20. > :23:23.director with the Daily Mirror newspaper. Your reaction to these
:23:24. > :23:26.outfits? I said it in The Mirror today, I ever a little bit
:23:27. > :23:30.embarrassed for them and I understand she was presented with a
:23:31. > :23:34.brief and wanted to design outfits that were very bright and she wanted
:23:35. > :23:37.them to be noticed, but I think they're going to be noticed for the
:23:38. > :23:42.wrong reasons. People have already been laughing at them. What does it
:23:43. > :23:46.say to you? I think it says 1970s, like a pattern you would pick up in
:23:47. > :23:51.the back of a magazine and how you can make your own Scottish highland
:23:52. > :23:56.fling outfit. It's not forward looking enough? Original? It looks
:23:57. > :24:00.very dated, it's original but dated to me. I sometimes think if
:24:01. > :24:04.something, if you have something like a tartan that's traditional and
:24:05. > :24:08.that is beautiful, maybe sometimes you can play with it too much. I
:24:09. > :24:11.don't think the colours work for me and they should have kept it
:24:12. > :24:16.traditional. That's the difficulty, because the designer was given a
:24:17. > :24:20.brief, tartan really had to come into it, the Commonwealth Games in
:24:21. > :24:23.Glasgow. Absolutely but the colours don't work for me. It's the colours
:24:24. > :24:28.against the material she's used for the spirit and the dress. It's just
:24:29. > :24:32.not very contemporary. There's nothing fashion about it, nothing
:24:33. > :24:35.sporty about it. It hasn't come together at all. Have you got any
:24:36. > :24:42.examples where they have got it right? We showed a few examples, is
:24:43. > :24:45.your taste more the all in black? We don't talk about successes, if you
:24:46. > :24:48.like, it's human nature to remember the outfits that didn't work. You
:24:49. > :24:52.pulled up some fantastic examples before. We do remember the bad ones
:24:53. > :24:55.and maybe we don't necessarily remember the good ones. Keep it
:24:56. > :24:58.simple. Especially now when sportswear is so fashionable and
:24:59. > :25:03.it's all about sportswear, if you look at the high street, I would
:25:04. > :25:08.have thought it would have been a challenge to get right. She might
:25:09. > :25:13.have been dammed if she didn't and if she came up with something sober
:25:14. > :25:17.the word boring would have popped up. No one is going to say that's
:25:18. > :25:22.boring! It's colourful and dramatic. We know what you think about it, has
:25:23. > :25:27.overall reaction been it tries too hard? It hasn't been positive
:25:28. > :25:32.really. It's just too much going on there. Is it also something to do
:25:33. > :25:35.with the fabric you are given to work with because these are athletes
:25:36. > :25:40.striding out in the ceremonies? It would have been easy to do something
:25:41. > :25:44.with a nod to sportswear that would have looked contemporary and good
:25:45. > :25:47.and what's happened is trying to make something modern and colourful
:25:48. > :25:52.and something to make a statement. She's made it look dated. Thank you
:25:53. > :25:56.very much for coming in. We are going to show you pictures from
:25:57. > :26:00.California that might rather give you the jitters. Spare a thought for
:26:01. > :26:08.these thrill-seekers, they were stranded when the ride called The
:26:09. > :26:12.Ninja struck a tree. One of the cars dislodged - this is making me feel
:26:13. > :26:20.faint even reading it! They managed to free all passengers, four people
:26:21. > :26:23.suffered minor injuries. Our main news: Israel's defence
:26:24. > :26:28.Minister says it's going to stop Hamas one way or another by air or
:26:29. > :26:34.by ground as the Government takes authority to call up 40,000 more
:26:35. > :26:38.troops. The Israeli Ministry says it's shut down a rocket in the Tel
:26:39. > :26:42.Aviv area and air raid sirens have been heard in the city. Israel has
:26:43. > :26:51.launched air strikes on what it calls 150 terror sites in Gaza.
:26:52. > :27:01.Once again, as was the case on Monday, Tuesday turned out to be a
:27:02. > :27:04.wet day in some parts of the British Isle. The good news about Wednesday
:27:05. > :27:06.is that there will be sunshine and