nine people are dead, at least 700 injured. uganda's constitutional court has refused to overturn a controversial anti—homosexuality law, considered one of the toughest in the world. returning to our top story, we have had a statement from the family of one of those aid workers. it is the family ofjames kirby. they one of those aid workers. it is the family of james kirby. they have paid tribute to him, they say he will be remembered as a hero, they say despite the risks his compassionate nature drove him to offer assistance to those in dire need. a genuine gentleman, james was always willing to lend a helping hand to anyone even in the face of senseless violence, james lost his life trying to save others, he will never know what a void he has left, our family will never be the same.

they go on to say they are incredibly proud of who he was, and what he achieved. so, that you can read that on our bbc news live page and we will bring you more here on bbc news throughout the day. we will turn to one of our other top stories in taiwan. more now on taiwan which has been hit by it's biggest earthquake in 25 years. the government says at least nine people have died and more than 700 others have been injured after an offshore earthquake struck the east coast of the island. earlier i spoke to william yang, a journalist in tapei who told us about his experience of the earthquake. the morning at about 8.00am i i was woken up but this very lasting earthquake shake, it was shaking left and right and then up and down and i heard thing falling off my shelves and immediately realising that this is an earthquake that a scale we haven't experienced for many year, so i hid under the table

and my first instinct as a journalist is to check the information and see where the epicentre is and realised it is come cambering the east taiwan, and after that, basically every ten minutes after, for hours we felt aftershocks, so by the end of, about noon today, it is really difficult to distinguish where the shaking is from the aftershocks or me feeling dizzy. from the aftershocks or me feeling di . ., _ from the aftershocks or me feeling di . ., from the aftershocks or me feeling dizzy. you say you hid under a table. dizzy. you say you hid under a table- did _ dizzy. you say you hid under a table. did you _ dizzy. you say you hid under a table. did you manage - dizzy. you say you hid under a table. did you manage to - dizzy. you say you hid under a table. did you manage to get| dizzy. you say you hid under a i table. did you manage to get out dizzy. you say you hid under a - table. did you manage to get out of the building or did you have to stay and particularly hoy high up were you? and particularly hoy high up were ou? ., . , and particularly hoy high up were ou? ., ., , ,, and particularly hoy high up were ou? ., ., , you? unfortunately, because the my flat is a bit further _ you? unfortunately, because the my flat is a bit further away _ you? unfortunately, because the my flat is a bit further away from - you? unfortunately, because the my flat is a bit further away from the - flat is a bit further away from the immediate exit and the elevators weren't really working in my flat so i could only try my best to open the doors of my flat, and do the precautions as i was taught as a kid here in taiwan, so that was hiding

under a table, so that nothing will fall on to me, so that is basically what i was able to do in the very few seconds i had.— what i was able to do in the very few seconds i had. yes, you mention there ou few seconds i had. yes, you mention there you are — few seconds i had. yes, you mention there you are taught _ few seconds i had. yes, you mention there you are taught adds _ few seconds i had. yes, you mention there you are taught adds a - few seconds i had. yes, you mention there you are taught adds a child - there you are taught adds a child what to do, the country is used to earthquakes, just explain to viewers round the world.— round the world. right, so basically eve ear round the world. right, so basically every year in _ round the world. right, so basically every year in taiwan, _ round the world. right, so basically every year in taiwan, we _ round the world. right, so basically every year in taiwan, we will- round the world. right, so basically every year in taiwan, we will have l every year in taiwan, we will have three to five different scales of the earthquakes but, very occasionally we will have earthquakes that are at the same magnitude as the one today, the one before today that was also surpassing the magnitude seven is in 2001, when a magnitude 7.6 earthquake hit central taiwan, that killed 2400 earthquake hit central taiwan, that killed 21100 people, but luckily the earthquake today at least so far, the information that we have, seems to have limited the scale of the casualty, and i think it also shows that taiwan has really systemically

implemented a response system to natural disasters like especially earthquakes. yeah, we have seen pictures of damage in the epicentre, what it is like in taipei from your experience? so apart from the initial first two really large earthquakes, basically, life is back to normal, even though there are still schools, buildings being damaged so they had to discharge the students much earlier and at the same time internet connection is a bit spotty, and that is actually one of the reasons why i am kind of connecting into the studio, in less conventional way. that is here in the uk, a grieving man has been told ashes he believed were his late wife's are not hers. richard shaw used legacy independent funeral directors in hull, after losing his wife rita last year. police are investigating the funeral directors responsible for her cremation. 35 bodies were removed from the firm

by officers following a "concern for care of the deceased". our reporter, ellie price has this report. richard shaw got the call on good friday — police had found his wife rita's ashes in a mortuary. they were not in the urn in their home, as he had believed they were. and he's angry with those responsible, as he told my colleague peter levy. words cannot describe him — or the person — who has done the deeds. and it must be awful for other people, as well. it's unbelievable, you know? you trust a person, and you trust them because it's somebody you'd never go to — it's a last resort — and it's... it's hard to describe, peter. richard doesn't know whose ashes are in his urn, but he says he'll treat them with dignity. i can either keep the ashes or i can get them back — ring them up or something like that. so i says, "well, personally, i want to keep them," and i'm going to look after them because i've looked after them for all this time. and i'm going to...

i've got a bit of a garden around the back, peter, and when i do the ashes and stuff for rita, i'm going to put them in there because they can't trace who they're for. his story is depressingly familiar. a few weeks ago, we reported the case of peter welburn, who paid almost £2,000 to legacy independent funeral directors in hull, and was given ashes by a funeral director four weeks before his wife was actually cremated. well, i think he'sjust give me some ashes to keep me peaceful and the bairns all happy over christmas, which is disgusting. they've just give me anybody's ashes. last month, 35 bodies and a quantity of ashes were removed from legacy independent funeral directors by police following concern for care of the deceased. a 46—year—old man and a 23—year—old woman who were arrested on suspicion of prevention of a lawful and decent burial, fraud by false representation, and fraud by abuse of position, remain on police bail. ellie price, bbc news.

the uk's largest education union is considering whether to formally ballot its members for strike action over teachers' pay. in a consultative ballot, members of the national educational union, which represents staff in england and wales, indicated they would strongly back such a move. here's our education correspondent, hazel shearing. we got used to scenes like this outside school gates last year, but could it happen again? teachers who are members of the national education union have supported the idea of more strikes for a fully funded and above—inflation pay rise in an informal consultative ballot in england and wales. there is an appetite amongst teachers for action over pay, but i think that is coupled with a worry about being misrepresented and misunderstood. but unless we take action over pay, you know, the devaluing of education willjust go on and on and on and on.

last night, the neu executive met to discuss the next steps, and whether or not to move to a formal ballot. the total pay award for teachers last year was 6.5% — including starting salaries in england reaching £30,000. the government has asked the pay review body in england to take into account the existing pressure on school budgets, and to look at whether rises should be targeted at subjects with shortages of teachers. it said further strike action would cause more disruption to pupils. pay won't be the only thing on the minds of neu members at their conference in bournemouth this week — they'll also be talking about things like 0fsted, which the government says drives up school standards with its inspections, after most members said single—word judgements were unfair. but it's the idea of more strikes that could have the most direct impact on parents. hazel shearing, bbc news.

the body which manages britain's railways says its five year plan to invest £16 million aims to deliver a better service for passengers. network rail says it will use its budget over that time to try to provide "the best level of train performance possible", with targets to slash passenger cancellations. our goal is to improve reliability. our plan is to deliver a simpler, better and greener railway. this plan has some demanding targets for improving performance — for example, a 16% reduction in passenger cancellations. so there's lots of areas where we're aiming to deliver better service to passengers, and better resilience for the network. back to our top story, in the last half an hour the family of one of the british workers who died, james kirby have paid tribute to him saying he will be remembered as a

hero. i spoke to someone earlier about the situation in gaza. condolences for the families and all the british people, for the heros that we consider heroes here in palestine, who put the needs of people before their even needs and went to gaza, to support the people there. unfortunately, the actions that, the immediate actions that come to my mind here as an organisation are two things, first of all the people in the north, world central kitchen was the biggest distributor for aid for food in the north for people who are massively in need of aid and secondly, unfortunately, the safety and security of our staff who are working currently in gaza. what we do all do, including like world central kitchen is we co—ordinate our movement, deconflict the locations are staff are staying in and make sure we have visibility, to

show that these for instance vehicles or people are wearing vests with logos, to make sure at least, the minimum safety and security related for then, but now it is again confirmed there is nothing safe in gaza, unfortunately, including aid workers. 50 safe in gaza, unfortunately, including aid workers. so explain ho our audience. _ including aid workers. so explain ho our audience, do _ including aid workers. so explain ho our audience, do you _ including aid workers. so explain ho our audience, do you talk— including aid workers. so explain ho our audience, do you talk to - including aid workers. so explain ho our audience, do you talk to israeli l our audience, do you talk to israeli military sources about where you are going to be operating, so they know you are there?— you are there? there is a co-ordination _ you are there? there is a co-ordination unit - you are there? there is a co-ordination unit all - you are there? there is a co-ordination unit all the j co—ordination unit all the international organisations, the humanitarian organisations would have communication with them. basically what we do is we co—ordinate for instance the location of our officer, we co—ordinate for instance the convoys we are going to receive and where we are going to receive them, and also, we have what we call, what is called green areas, all green zones, between, in between the different distribution points, you would not

have these green points you would cross at certain point n the case of world central kitchen this was co—ordinated fully as we understood, including the departure between the south and the north, so this is something that is unique about this unfortunately. 50 something that is unique about this unfortunately-— unfortunately. so you now reassess our unfortunately. so you now reassess your operation _ unfortunately. so you now reassess your operation in _ unfortunately. so you now reassess your operation in gaza? _ unfortunately. so you now reassess your operation in gaza? so - unfortunately. so you now reassess your operation in gaza? so let - unfortunately. so you now reassess your operation in gaza? so let me i your operation in gaza? so let me share with — your operation in gaza? so let me share with you. — your operation in gaza? so let me share with you, the _ your operation in gaza? so let me share with you, the heroic- your operation in gaza? so let me share with you, the heroic team i your operation in gaza? so let me i share with you, the heroic team they have, and also, very similar to our colleagues from world central kitchen. we were, saying there are some organisations that are putting operations on board but when we discussed with our colleagues they refused and i am tell glowing the few —— future you will see world central kitchen workers going back to help the people in gaza. so what we are doing now, while we are not operating directly in the forth, we are still going to continue our work in the south, we will, we are working with our partners in the north, try to gif them more advices on how to pay attention to safety and security related practise, but

we are not going to suspend the work currently, of of course, this does not mean if the situation becomes very harsh, this will not have an implication on our work in the future, already it is very dangerous for the team tonnes ground to do what they want to do, the mandate that are mandated to do, to help the people. but in the future i can't guarantee what is the circumstances o so far we are a remind yore can get the latest on the israel—gaza war on a live page “p the israel—gaza war on a live page up and running on the bbc to hollywood next. kirsten dunst says her new film about a civil war in present day america "is a warning" about what could happen. the film called — civil war , features a president some have compared to donald trump. it's written and directed by alex garland, who's behind dystopian hits such as 28 days later. charlotte gallagher has been talking to kirsten and alex

about their film as well as , men being paid more in hollywood an america divided. engulfed by civil war. citizens of america... led by a president who is refusing to leave the white house. kirsten dunst plays a war photographer traumatised by her work. i think the movie is very much so a warning, and i think it leaves people with so much to think about, and ifeel like if you're in the theatre and you really take it in, i think it's a very moving piece about journalists, and you don't really get that look inside in the way that alex filmed this movie, and kind of felt very realistic while watching the film. every time i survived a war zone, i thought i was sending a warning home. "don't do this." but here we are. the film is set in america,

but really this film is about two things. it's aboutjournalists, and it's about polarisation. populist politics and polarisation, which leads to extremism and extremist thinking, and that is happening in america, but it's happening here in this country, and has been happening here for a long time, and it's happening across europe. i could list the countries, or you could list the countries, where that would be true. he saved my life twice, and i've never even seen his face. kirsten has been acting since she was a child, and as a teenager starred in some of the biggest films of the era. she had stardom, but she didn't have pay equality. i definitely grew up in a time with major pay disparity between the lead actor and myself, even though i had been in bring it on and he hadn't. and did you feel in that time you were in a position that you couldn't say, "hang on, why is this person being paid more than me?"? we wa nt we want to go nato foreign ministers

summit. david cameron the foreign secretary is talking there. let us have a listen.— secretary is talking there. let us have a listen. the most successful defensive alliance _ have a listen. the most successful defensive alliance in _ have a listen. the most successful defensive alliance in history - have a listen. the most successful defensive alliance in history and i defensive alliance in history and nato is strong, and is getting stronger, today we will be having the first time a swedish foreign minister has attended this meeting as a full member of nato and with sweden and finland joining nato has become stronger. the most important thing we can do, to make sure this alliance continues to grow, and continues to strengthen, is to ensure that we all spend over 2% of our gdp on defence,er many more countries are doing that but we need every country to do that. frankly thatis every country to do that. frankly that is best thing we can do to headache sure the nato summit in washington is a success, and it is also the best way to prepare for the american elections in the autumn, whatever their outcome may be. turning to the situation in israel, and gaza, the dreadful events of the last two days are a moment when we

should mourn the loss of these brave humanitarian worker, including the three british citizens that tragically were killed. we should also send our condolences to their families, and our thoughts should be with them. i welcome what the israeli foreign minister said yesterday to me about a full urgent and transparent inquiry into how this dreadful event was allowed to happen, and we want to see that happen, and we want to see that happen very very quickly, i also welcome the fact he spoke about much more aid getting into guards, up to 500 trucks a day, that is essential, we have been promised these things before and it needs to happen, including longer opening times at the vital crossing points but of course the extra aid weren't work unless the there is proper deconfliction, unless aid can be taken round gaza and we avoid the dreadful incidents like we have seen in the last couple of days, that is vital, and britain will be watching very closely to make sure that that

happens. thank you very much. so a that is the foreign _ happens. thank you very much. so a that is the foreign secretary lord cameron as he arrived at the nato foreign ministers summit in brussels. he touched, as you heard there at the end on what he called there at the end on what he called the dreadful events, in gaza, he said that we should mourn the loss of the humanitarian workers, including three british worker, and send condolences to them, he also said that he welcomed that israel had said there would be a full and transparent inquiry, so that lord cameron there arriving at the nato foreign an advert posted on istagram by model and tv personality katie price. has been banned by the advertising watchdog. in the ad, which promoted a low—calorie diet, the former model detailed her meals adding up to only 755 calories a day. the advertising standards authority

said the ad was "irresponsible" and must not appear again. let's speak to our reporter aruna iyengar, whojoins us from the newsroom. just, outline what this ad said and what the problem was with it? well. what the problem was with it? well, the ad which — what the problem was with it? well, the ad which was _ what the problem was with it? well, the ad which was on _ what the problem was with it? -ii the ad which was on instagram featured katie price haven't her breakfast, it was a video of her extolling the virtues of the low calorie dieted she was advertise, and the advertising standards authority which monitors adverts and can come down with, and look at complaints and decide whether it that should be withdrawn decided this was a misleading advert because it said first of all that the advert should be clearly flagged, and it said that you had to engage in the ad, you that had to watch it to realise that the bottom of the post where it had hashtag ad and that was only at the bottom of the advert, so to get to that point you have had to fully engage in the advert before you saw that, so it was not clearly flagged up. it was said to be irresponsible, because it showed

katie price taking around 775 calleris a day, and it said that was irresponsible to be promoting a diet which was less than 800 calleris a day, around it said that really he should have been guiding her viewers towards medical advice before they took such an extreme diet and she should have emphasised that the diet should have emphasised that the diet should only be taken for a short period of time. katie price has withdrawn the advert now. 0k, there is another advert in the news today. this one about nationwide, that features the actor dominic west, that has been banned, what was the decision there and why? right, so again, the advertisings standards authority said the advert was misleading, this featured dominic west, the actor, he was the bad boss of a fictional bank and basically it was criticising other banks for bank closure, this is, there has been happening in the past couple of years where larger banks

have been closing banks on the high street because people are changing the way they are banking, and the nationwide took out this advert between october and november last year, and the asa said it was misleading because it led viewers to believe that nationwide had completely stopped closing its bank branches and that it would not be doing that any more and it said it was misleading because nationwide had said it would not close any more branches until 2026 and before the adverts went out it had closed branches two branches in the previous year, so it said that was misleading, there was round 228 complaints about this and one of the people who complained was the leading bank the large bank santander. thank you very much indeed. they are a lifeline for many families, but some youth clubs across the uk are facing an uncertain future, with financial pressures

threatening them with closure. gamesley community centre in derbyshire is one of those clubs. whenjohn maguire visited earlier this year, the building when we visited a month ago, things were looking bleak. this community centre faced closure, and the volunteers here, launched a crowd funders, in an attempt to save the clubs that meet here. the funders, in an attempt to save the clubs that meet here.— funders, in an attempt to save the clubs that meet here. the day it got aired, i clubs that meet here. the day it got aired. i was — clubs that meet here. the day it got aired, i was working _ clubs that meet here. the day it got aired, i was working on _ clubs that meet here. the day it got aired, i was working on my - clubs that meet here. the day it got| aired, i was working on my computer went bing, bing, bing, and it was just what the hell is going on here? we were just so overwhelmed by it all. just amaze, it was literally people from all over the country, just saying we have seen your report and we want to help, so, yeah, it was just absolutely, yeah, and we want to help, so, yeah, it wasjust absolutely, yeah, it and we want to help, so, yeah, it was just absolutely, yeah, it was overwhelming really. the buildings owned by derby shy county council who want to close it down. local people and businesses have rallied round with donations and ralph prizes, including these beds, hence tonight's bed making

contest. put beds, hence tonight's bed making contest. ., , , ., contest. put it top bed now, well done. contest. put it top bed now, well done- the _ contest. put it top bed now, well done. the activity _ contest. put it top bed now, well done. the activity -- _ contest. put it top bed now, well done. the activity -- activity - contest. put it top bed now, well| done. the activity -- activity goes on, how done. the activity -- activity goes on. how many _ done. the activity -- activity goes on, how many ralphs _ done. the activity -- activity goes on, how many ralphs have - done. the activity -- activity goes on, how many ralphs have you i done. the activity -- activity goes i on, how many ralphs have you down tonight they are receiving a visit from john robert, he is the founder of am 0 and a supporter of the charity that runs on side across the uk. he is passionate about places like this and, the part they play in people's lives there is 15 volunteers here tonight that are giving their time for free. these kids know they are giving their time for free. kids know they are giving their time forfree. it is kids know they are giving their time for free. it is a kids know they are giving their time forfree. it is a different relationship and so they will talk to those people, that i will talk to them about different challenges that i are having in their lives and so, it isjust as i are having in their lives and so, it is just as important from an education perspective, doing art here or whatever they are learning, i guess the difference is this, if you boil it down. these kids are choosing to come here, and they have to go to school. maybe we should put

some investment where the kids are choosing to go. some investment where the kids are choosing to go— some investment where the kids are choosing to go-_ choosing to go. talking to the children here, _ choosing to go. talking to the children here, they _ choosing to go. talking to the children here, they enjoy i choosing to go. talking to the children here, they enjoy the | choosing to go. talking to the i children here, they enjoy the sports available as well as the activities art and cooking, but the word that keeps coming up is friendship, and the opportunity to socialise. it is ve like the opportunity to socialise. it is very like social _ the opportunity to socialise. it is very like social so _ the opportunity to socialise. it 3 very like social so you get to socialise with like loads of other people, doing things that you never really got to do. and helps you do things you never thought you would. it is fun to do when there is nothing _ it is fun to do when there is nothing else because there is nothing — nothing else because there is nothing really on the estate to do, so, social, — nothing really on the estate to do, so, social, good fun, so, like if it gets— so, social, good fun, so, like if it gets shut— so, social, good fun, so, like if it gets shutdown it won't help lots of kids because we come here to socialise — kids because we come here to socialise and meet new people. the volunteers socialise and meet new people. tia: volunteers are in socialise and meet new people. ti2 volunteers are in the process of setting up a community group that can take over the building from the council. they will need almost £70,000.—

council. they will need almost £70,000. ~ , ., , £70,000. we still need more funds, we are always _ £70,000. we still need more funds, we are always going _ £70,000. we still need more funds, we are always going to _ £70,000. we still need more funds, we are always going to feed - £70,000. we still need more funds, we are always going to feed more, i £70,000. we still need more funds, we are always going to feed more, itj we are always going to feed more, it is one of them things the building istoried. we are building quite a big cohort of groups that want to come, use the centre, and provide activities so i think this could be the best thing everfor the activities so i think this could be the best thing ever for the actual, for the centre and the estate and the young people on the estate. it has given them, sort of empowered them to take ownership of it. their determination _ them to take ownership of it. their determination is _ them to take ownership of it. their determination is obvious. - them to take ownership of it. their determination is obvious. they promise to succeed and save their youth club for families here, not just because they want to, but, they say, because they have to. john maguire, now the weather. we have low pressure rattling into the south—west, and pushing north—eastwards, each one bringing some rain, some heavy rain at that

and as we head into the weekend we can see the squeeze in isobars. it's going to be windy, particularly so in saturday with some of us having some gales. so, with all that rain and the rainfall accumulation chart, you can see a lot of dark blues and also some of the lighter greens. so we're looking for some parts in excess of 50 millimetres, two inches of rain. what we have at the moment is a slow moving weather front across the north of the country, slowly pushing out of northern england, into southern and central scotland. rain easing across northern ireland, brightening up a touch behind before the next band of rain comes in from the southwest, with strengthening winds. still brisk winds accentuating the cool feel across the northeast, where we'll hang on to cloud and rain on and off through the day. now through the evening and overnight, a lot of this rain peters out, but there'll be a lot of cloud around, still some mountain top snow and the rain in the southwest will continue to push slowly northwards and eastwards. temperature—wise, it's going to be cold in the north, twos, threes and fours. come further south and we're looking at between six and a milder ten degrees. so tomorrow we start with this rain across southern england and wales. it's going to be pushing in the direction of the south

east and east anglia. a lot of cloud, producing some drizzle, some showers. and then more rain comes in from the southwest as the next area of low pressure arrives. temperatures still chilly in the brisk wind in the northeast at six in lerwick, to 15 in london. as we head on into friday, further rain to come across the north of the country. it's going to be windy. this rain is going to be heavy and persistent in scotland. northern ireland, there'll be some showers around as well. temperatures five in the north to 16 or 17 as we push down towards the south. so more of us will be in the milder air, the air coming up from the south, as it will do on saturday. on saturday quite a lot of dry weather around. some showers in the west. the rain continuing to edge for the north, but it is going to be a windy day. gales with exposure, gusty winds wherever you are. and you could well see 20 degrees somewhere in the southeast and east anglia.

live from london. this is bbc news. president biden expresses his outrage at the deaths of seven international aid workers in an israeli air strike on gaza. the three british aid workers killed in the strike have been named — foreign secretary david cameron labelled the deaths "completely "unacceptable".

the dreadful events of the last two days are a moment where we should more the loss of these brave humanitarian workers, including the three british citizens that tragically were killed. taiwan is hit by its biggest earthquake in 25 years — nine people are dead, at least 700 injured. uganda's top appeals court has refused to overturn a controversial anti—homosexuality law, considered one of the harshest in the world. police say three men wanted in connection with the stabbing of an iranian tv host in london left the uk within hours of the attack. hello i'm nicky schiller. we start in the middle east. israel is under increasing international pressure after seven aid workers including three uk citizens were killed in an israeli airstrike in gaza. president biden has said he's outraged and heartbroken by the deaths.

a few moments ago, the british foreign secretary lord cameron said