teachers' strikes over pay? at least nine people have died and 1,000 are injured following taiwan's worst earthquake in a generation. and what time is it on the moon? the white house has ordered nasa to find out. and coming up on bbc news — another big evening ahead at the top of the premier league, with manchester city hoping to avoid another loss to aston villa. mayor, but no commitment to a new cash from shadow chancellor rachel reeves. good evening. as international condemnation grows over an israeli attack on a aid convoy in gaza, the bodies of the six foreign aid workers killed in the drone strike have been taken to egypt.

three of the dead are british nationals, including james kirby, from bristol who was a7, and whose family today told the bbc that "all seven were heroes." the head of the isreali military says it was a grave mistake due to "misidentification," and an investigation is now under way. we'll analyse what happened in the air strike and get the latest on the ground in gaza, but first, dan johnson has been speaking to the family ofjames kirby. humanitarian aid relies on people like this, the three british men killed providing security advice in gaza. he has died a hero. you know, they all have. james kirby's relatives share the grief that's reached bristol and six other aid worker families around the world. for him to lose his life in that situation, it's just heartbreaking that, you know, he's lost his life doing that. but he knew the dangers. he was selfless in that regard

and he just wanted to help people. their cars were hit by israel's military as they returned to their base after escorting food into gaza. the cars look to me to be clearly marked. in today's technology, you'd think they'd be able to see that clearly that these vehicles were carrying humanitarian aid workers. this is why we want answers, really, from from the israeli government. john chapman's family said he died trying to help people and was subject to an inhumane act. he was an incredible father, husband, son and brother. james henderson was another former military man using his skills and experience to help feed gaza's hungry. we were told that their route was safe. why wasn't it? israel's been accused of not being careful enough about protecting civilian life. do you think that's the case? 0h, undoubtedly, yeah. undoubtedly that needs to change.

humanitarian aid workers need to be able to do their work. this was a terrible accident, israel says. but according to the un, nearly 200 aid workers have died in this conflict. unconscionable, the secretary—general says, and a result of how the war has been conducted. obviously now no—one's going to be going there to help these people and it'sjust going to drop into absolute chaos. there's international pressure now. so let's just hope that response is heard by israel. israel's promised transparency and investigation and answers. but there's hope these deaths, after so many thousands in gaza, finally prompt serious change. danjohnson, bbc news, bristol. israel's prime minister, benjamin nethanyahu, said of the incident, "this happens in war" and that "a thorough inquiry" is being conducted. there are now grave concerns about aid getting into gaza, with some charities pausing their operations, while they reassess the security situation. from jerusalem, here's

lucy williamson. israel's army said it had misidentified them. today, colleagues wrote their names on the body bags that carried them out of gaza. john chapman, james henderson and james kirby. three british men among seven aid workers killed in israeli air strikes this week. their bodies driven through the rafah crossing into egypt to be flown home to the uk. under pressure to provide answers, israel has promised an investigation. 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 very, very quickly. israel's army initially pointed to poor coordination on the ground and announced new measures to tackle it.

but precise strikes on aid vehicles need a very high bar under both military regulations and international law, and some here say both sets of rules are being broken. i want to be very clear. the strike was not carried out with the intention of harming wck aid workers. it was a mistake that followed a misidentification at night during a war in very complex conditions. it shouldn't have happened. this investigation is being driven by international outrage over a single event, but poor coordination on the ground doesn't fully explain why forces were allowed to fire on a clearly marked convoy that appeared to pose no immediate threat. and there are people both inside and outside the defence ministry who say the explanation goes beyond any individual decision or any individual mistake.

0ne organisation that collects testimony from serving soldiers says there's been a shift in military culture and policies. you know, when i served in the military, the rules were if there is doubt, there is no doubt. meaning if you have any doubt that you're going to hit an innocent person, you don't shoot. today, it means the opposite. if there is any doubt that you are under risk, you need to shoot. these are not the first aid workers to be killed here, just the first known foreign ones. but their deaths have spotlighted questions that foreign journalists currently can't investigate, banned by israel from entering gaza. six bodies left this conflict zone today — the questions did not. lucy williamson, bbc news, tel aviv.

well, what do we know about how the israeli air strikes that killed seven aid workers unfolded? paul adams is here with more details. the team from world central kitchen was attacked late on monday night. it had just collected around a hundred tonnes of food aid from its own temporaryjettyjust south of gaza city. the team escorted the aid to a warehouse in deir el—balah, in the middle of the gaza strip. from there, the team — seven people in three cars — headed back to the coast road marked in blue, which is one of the designated routes israel insists they use, and turned south towards their base in rafah. shortly afterwards, the first car was hit. this is how it looked the following morning. according to the israeli newspaper, ha'aretz, passengers were seen moving to one of the other two cars. but a few hundred yards further on, that too was hit.

here you can clearly see world central kitchen�*s logo on the roof. the same thing happened again — team members all now moving to the third car. but minutes later, and a mile further down the road. another strike. all seven members of the team are now dead. with calls for a proper investigation coming in from all over the world, one thing is clear — israeli forces, almost certainly using a drone, deliberately and very precisely hit all three vehicles. what everyone wants to know is why. clive. paul adams, thank you. let'sjoinjeremy bowen injerusalem. could this be a turning point, do you think, in the way that israel is actually prosecuting this war? weill. actually prosecuting this war? well, it could be a — actually prosecuting this war? well, it could be a turning _ actually prosecuting this war? well, it could be a turning point _

actually prosecuting this war? well, it could be a turning point if- actually prosecuting this war? -ii it could be a turning point if the israelis listen to notjust the strong advice, the outrage they are hearing from some of our closest allies. those allies, including joe biden, have been saying things like that in relation to the killing of so many palestinian civilians now, four months and months and months and it has not changed israeli behaviour. it could well be that other levers will need to be pulled by allies if they want to change its ready behaviour and the biggest one is controlled byjoe biden, the supply of weapons to the israeli, something they have not yet put conditions on and they have not yet stopped the flow, in fact there have been an announcement that more is coming. so on the one hand saying we want you to behave better, to fight the war in a different way, but on the war in a different way, but on the other hand saying here on more new weapons to do it with. it

undermines the message. there are other things going on in the region, the fallout from that assassination in damascus and the political trouble but israeli prime minister mr netanyahu is in. this is a moment where things are swirling, things may change, it is potentially a crossroads but i think there is a lot of war left on this before things start settling down. thank ou, things start settling down. thank you. jeremy _ things start settling down. thank you, jeremy bowen, _ things start settling down. thank you, jeremy bowen, live - things start settling down. thank you, jeremy bowen, live in - you, jeremy bowen, live in jerusalem. the uk's biggest education union, the neu, has begun its annual conference in bournemouth, with pay high on the agenda. its members have indicated they'd support industrial action in this year's negotiations. the government has already warned any pay offer in england is likely be lower than last year's deal. bra nwen jeffreys is at the conference. how likely is another round of teaching strikes? this evening, the leader of the

national education union made it very clear that the possibility of strikes remains on the table. with the potential for ballads during the summer term to create a mandate for the strike starting in september. that follows a consultation with members in england and wales, more than nine out of ten saying they would be prepared to take industrial action over pay. tomorrow the union will consider formally its next steps. what is the background to the pay concern of teachers? in england, experienced teachers had seen their pay fall by 12% since 2010. starting salaries for teachers in england have increased to £30,000 and experienced teachers received 4.5% in the last pay awards, taking the total for last year to 6.5%. but

ministers in england have made it very clear there will be far less this year, more in the region of 1% to 2% as a pay award, and they have told us any strikes would harm pupils rather than make any progress on getting better teacher pay and recruitment. in wales, the government told us what they were to be able to offer will be severely constrained by what the funding they receive from westminster. branwen jeffreys, thank you. 0ur education editor, in bournemouth. police investigating the stabbing of an iranian journalist in london say three suspects left the uk within hours of the attack. pouria zeraati, who works for the uk based persian language tv channel iran international, was attacked last week outside his home. here's tom symonds. he survived, but despite the positive picture, pouria zeraati is said to be all too aware he could have been killed. police searching the street where he lives, where he was approached

by a man asking for money, another grabbing his arms, the first stabbing his legs, before they ran off. an eyewitness who was just down the road told me that he was walking along here when they came running towards him — two young men in their early 20s wearing black hooded tracksuits. he said they looked casual — calm, even. they got into a waiting car and drove off. but he got the number plate. the attack happened in wimbledon. police were able to track the car, a blue mazda — possibly using automatic number plate cameras and cctv — to new malden, where they found it abandoned. it is being forensically examined. from there, the three suspects travelled to heathrow airport. there are regular buses. it's also possible to get a train. scotland yard said they caught a flight out of the uk. detectives will have their passport details and say they've been identified. but for now, the police will not confirm where they went or discuss

any possible motive. the concern is pouria zeraati was targeted as a prominent presenter for a tv station which is banned by the iranian regime. last year an austrian man, magomed—husejn dovtaev, was convicted of scouting out a possible attack on the headquarters of iran international. two other presenters have been threatened. police and the security services have foiled 15 plots against critics of iran. this attack looks more like a carefully planned attempt to terrorise and kill. —— to terrorise than kill. pouria zeraati has told a friend he won't be silenced. tom symonds, bbc news, wimbledon. royal mail says it wants to cut deliveries for second class letters, to every other weekday. the proposal is one of a number of cost—cutting ideas as the company deals with falling numbers of letter deliveries, causing major financial losses. royal mail says its six—day—a—week service for first class letters would remain. simonjack is with me.

how likely is this proposal to get through? how likely is this proposal to get throu~h? , , how likely is this proposal to get throu~h? ,, �*, how likely is this proposal to get throu~h? ,, ., , through? this is royal mail's latest submission to _ through? this is royal mail's latest submission to ofcom. _ through? this is royal mail's latest submission to ofcom. it _ through? this is royal mail's latest submission to ofcom. it is - through? this is royal mail's latest submission to ofcom. it is losing . submission to 0fcom. it is losing money. last year it lost £419 million because, as you say, we are sending fewer letters. in 2004 we sent 20 billion, last year it was just 7 billion. like the competitors, the royal mail is required by a universal service obligation to deliver six days a week anywhere in the country for the same price, whether it was round the corner orjohn 0'groats. that is under review. there was talk of cutting deliveries from five to three days for first and second class. there was a big outcry about that, people said important appointments, magazines and stuff would only arrive on certain days. they will keep the six days a week for first class, they will keep the six days a week forfirst class, put they will keep the six days a week for first class, put that second class to every other day. they said

this could save the company £300 million a year. but with the recent hike we so yet again for the first and second class stamps, that will give them a fighting chance of making a profit. critics say it is another backward step for another one is publicly owned company. $1150. one is publicly owned company. also, there are counterfeit _ one is publicly owned company. also, there are counterfeit stamps in circulation?— there are counterfeit stamps in circulation? ., ., ., circulation? have a quick look at this. you circulation? have a quick look at this- you can — circulation? have a quick look at this. you can see _ circulation? have a quick look at this. you can see that _ circulation? have a quick look at this. you can see that the - circulation? have a quick look atj this. you can see that the stamp circulation? have a quick look at. this. you can see that the stamp on the left is a real one, the one on the left is a real one, the one on the right is a counterfeit. almost impossible to tell the difference. there have been limited cases where people are having depay £5 to go and pick up their mail because it was sent with a counterfeit stamp. it is limited, they are trying to get to the bottom of it. the royal mail say buy from reputable sources, be wary of buying discounted stamps online. be careful. simon jack, thank you. our top story this evening... the bodies of the seven aid workers, including three british nationals, killed in an israeli air

strike, have left gaza. and coming up, juggling parenthood and a career in professional football. coming up on bbc news — inspiring the next generation. darts sensation luke littlerjoins us ahead of the latest leg of the premier league, in front of home fans in manchester tomorrow. could another victory be on the cards? at least nine people have been killed and more than 1000 injured, after an earthquake in taiwan. it was the island's most powerful for a quarter of a century. taiwan sits on the so—called pacific ring of fire, a line of seismic faults where most of the world's earthquakes occur. here you can see the island is formed between two tectonic plates, which push against each other. the worst hit area, was a mountainous region on the east coast, but tremors were felt more

than 60 miles away, in the capital tapei. rupert wingfield—hayes has the latest from the town of su'ao, around 25 miles north of the earthquake's epicentre, where over a hundred people remain trapped inside a tunnel, along a coastal highway. this is the moment the quake struck a taipei tv station in the middle of its morning news show. the shaking was intense and prolonged — even in the capital, more than 100 miles from the quake's epicenter. this is what it did to morning traffic on an elevated highway. and to passengers on a metro train who remained remarkably calm as the car was tossed around like a toy. elsewhere, people ran for their lives, abandoning their coffees and breakfast. most young people here have never experienced a quake like this and were badly shaken.

translation: an earthquake hasn't happened in a long time so it - felt really terrifying. close to the epicenter in the city of hualien the shaking was more intense and the damage much worse. you can see people running from their cars as the building on the left begins to collapse. dozens of buildings have been badly damaged. some now lean over at absurd angles, as if ready to topple at any moment. the death toll is so far mercifully low, but the number of injured has skyrocketed past 1000. eastern taiwan is a mountainous and rugged landscape, and that brought another terrifying threat — landslides. along the coast the quake unleashed massive rockfalls. whole mountainsides seemingly slipping into the valleys below. roads are now strewn with massive boulders, bridges severed and tunnels blocked. these shots from a military helicopter show one famously perilous stretch of road...

it is now completely cut off at both ends with cars and buses stuck inside. rescue crews are continuing to work into the night, in hualien city and across the east of the island. dozens have been brought to safety, but more than 140 people are still reported to be trapped. many of those still trapped are along this highway behind me. several dozen are reported to be tourists in buses trapped inside a tunnel. one can only imagine the horror of being in that tunnel when the earth began to shake and the rocks began to fall. the race is now on to get to them and to bring them to safety. rupert wingfield—hayes, bbc news, in su'ao, eastern taiwan. the former president of the spanish football federation, luis rubiales, has been arrested, in a corruption investigation. he was detained after stepping off a plane, and is suspected of receiving illegal commissions, when negotiating a lucrative deal

to stage the spanish super cup competition, in saudi arabia. he's denied any wrongdoing. guy hedgecoe is in madrid. what exactly are the allegations? investigators believe luis rubiales may have received these illegal commissions while he was negotiating these contracts to stage the spanish super cup football competition in saudi arabia. the competition has been held in saudi arabia on a number of occasions over the last few years. these contracts are extremely lucrative, wet somewhere around £35 million a year. investigators believe he may have personally benefited from them and illegally so. these are very serious allegations against him. he denies any wrongdoing. however, separately from that he is also due to go on

trialfor from that he is also due to go on trial for sexual assault. and that is because of the case that he gave jennifer hermoso, the spanish player at the end of the women's world cup final last august. qm. at the end of the women's world cup final last august.— final last august. 0k, thank you. guy hedger— final last august. 0k, thank you. guy hedger co — final last august. 0k, thank you. guy hedger co in _ final last august. 0k, thank you. guy hedger co in madrid. - the biggest challenge facing our railways, is climate change. so says network rail, which owns and manages the country's tracks and major stations. in its new five year plan, it says it will spend £3 billion to try to deal with effects of extreme weather, like heavy rain causing landslips, shutting lines. katy austin has that story. flooding, heat waves, landslips. they can all be the result of extreme weather, which is becoming more common. that can spell major disruption with damaged equipment and closed lines leaving passengers facing delays and cancellations. network rail is funded by government grants, charges to train companies and commercial sources like property. it expects to have just over

£45 billion to spend over the coming five years. but it thinks the impact of recent inflation will mean the money doesn't go as far and will in real terms be less than the previous five year period. and it's aiming to cut costs by £3.9 billion by 2029. however, it will be spending nearly £3 billion on measures to try and combat the effects of climate change. that's nearly a billion more than before. winters getting wetter, summers getting hotter. and we need to adapt the network. so lots of money spent improving drainage, employing literally hundreds of extra people to maintain drains. we're strengthening embankments and also lots of telemetry and technology to monitor the network in real time. the organisation says funding pressures mean difficult decisions, for example, prioritising busy routes when it comes to replacing equipment or structures. problems between reading and london paddington recently showed what can happen when infrastructure breaks. at one point, passengers

were left stranded for hours. network rail has since announced an improvement plan. what passengers want is a reliable railway and the way you get that is to invest in it so that the system basically works. and it's not, it's not clapped out. where we are is pretty much the same place we have been for the last several decades, which is kind of playing catch up. network rail's boss has acknowledged today that train performance has suffered of late, saying the industry needs to improve this and deal with climate change. katie austin, bbc news. motherhood and a career in football were, until recently, considered incompatible — with many players retiring early in order to start a family. but now, there's a growing number of mothers returning to the women s super league. attitudes are changing and support is increasing — but there are still challenges, as our sports correspondent katie gornall reports. you may know carla ward as aston villa women's manager. commentator: wsl history for aston villa... _

but she has another, more important, job... what did you do at school today? we did science! did you?! ..mum to four—year—old hartley. 0k, are you going to sing to me? wednesdays are special for ward. it's the only day she makes it home to sheffield in time for the school run. you are getting an incredible mum. thank you so much. i feel honoured. thank you. what does hartley think of yourjob? she's very proud. yeah. she loves telling everyone that i'm a football manager. mama! ward co—parents hartley with her former partner. butjuggling the demands of motherhood and management is a struggle. it was just before christmas, hartley said to me, "why do we never "have a day off together?" because naturally i work on the weekends. it's mum guilt. it's tough, you know? you miss parents' evening. you miss shows that she's doing. and that's when you start to question, what are you doing? ward says she feels supported at villa. she is, though, one of only two mums managing in the top flight.

while mothers in management are a rarity, more top players are choosing to have children during their careers. west ham's katrina gorry is one of them — a mum to two—year—old harper. for as long as i knew, i kind of thought, you know, i'd have to hang up the boots before i started a family. it's all i thought about. i dreamt about it. i just knew that there was something missing, and i went to an ivf clinic and four weeks later i was pregnant. and then after i had her, all i thought about is getting back to the game. ifelt like i loved it more than i ever had before. now that clubs are more supportive, football and family are coming together. it's taken baby steps, but the sport is changing. katie gornall, bbc news. the royal family is opening the doors to their scottish residence, balmoral castle, for the first time ever this summer. the public will get to see inside the castle which was built for queen victoria in 1856. tickets are limited to just 40 a day. they cost £100 and visitors can even sit down for afternoon

tea for an extra £50. just before we go to the weather, it's before 6:30, but what time is it on the moon? well, we don't know, which is why the white house has told nasa, to establish a unified standard of time, for the moon. the aim is to set international norms in space, ahead of moves for a more permanent presence there. moon time, is different from earth time, because of it's weaker gravity, as scotland's astronomer royal, professor catherine heymans explains. the way we define time here on earth is using atomic clocks. now, if you took those atomic clocks up to the moon they would run slightly faster because the gravity on the moon is less. you might remember the pictures of the astronauts when they landed at the apollo missions, they bounced up and down. that's because gravity is less on the moon. and the consequence of that, the sort of fundamental nature of gravity is

that the clocks run faster. time for a look at the weather. here's ben. i can't quite wrap my head around that, i will stick to the weather. it is easy to tell what the main weather tight has been, that has been rain. we have had more rain today and low pressure the reason why. in the atlantic, more areas of low pressure, they are forming an orderly tu. by the weekend it will turn windy and also, it will turn warmer as i will show you in a moment. forthe warmer as i will show you in a moment. for the time being across scotland it is cold, rain and snow over the high ground. cloud elsewhere for northern ireland, england and wales and pulses of heavy rain running through south wales and the south of england. 10 degrees in london, colder start tomorrow morning further north and

tomorrow, wet weather across south—east england first thing. that will tend to clear then sunny spells and showers, rain into the south west later. northern ireland and scotland staying cloudy. bits and pieces of light and patchy rain. cold enough for snow over high ground. 16 in london. tomorrow night and into friday we will see rain driving northwards and eastwards once again. the rain really piling up, particularly across the north and the west of the uk. friday is a sunshine and showers stay, windy day but a warmer day, 17, 18 degrees across the south east corner. 0n across the south east corner. on saturday, we are watching this deep blow that is going to pass to the west of the uk, strong winds and gales likely in western parts. there will be sun rain but quite a lot of sunshine and with a southerly wind, something much, much warmer. we may see 20 degrees in places for the first time this year. there will be some rain and they will also be a

lot of wind. that's it. i'll be back at ten, but for now, let's join our colleagues, for the news where you are. bye for now. thank you, clive. hello and welcome to sportsday — i'm gavin ramjaun. attention at the top in the premier league later, as manchester city hope to avoid another defeat to aston villa tonight. rubiales arrested — the former spanish fa boss detained, then released, as part of a corruption investigation. and we hear from the women in football — balancing being a mother — and playing in the wsl. it's tough, you know, you miss parents evening, you miss shows that she's doing, and that's when you start to question what are you doing? also coming up on sportsday... the incredible rise of luke littler — the 17—year—old darts sensation joined us in the studio, to talk how he's inspiring

the next generation.