negotiations. closing gaps. almost by definition, when you get down to the last items, they tend to be the hardest, so there was still a lot of work to be done, hard work, but we are determined to try and get it done. we also talked about the imperative of surging and sustaining humanitarian assistance for the people of gaza. 100% of the population of gaza is acutely food insecure. 100% is in need of humanitarian assistance. there have been positive steps taken in recent days to improve the situation, but it's not enough, and we talked about what needs to happen to get much more assistance and many more —— to many more people. we also talked about rafah. we share israel's goal of defeating hamas, responsible for the worst massacre ofjewish people since the holocaust. and we share

the goal of ensuring israel's long—term security. as we have said, though, a major military ground operation in rafah is not the way to do it. it risks killing more civilians, wreaking greater havoc with the provision of humanitarian assistance, and further isolating israel around the world, and jeopardising its long—term security and standing. so we are looking for to having israeli officials in washington next week to talk about a different way of achieving these objectives, objectives we share of defeating hamas and ensuring israel's long—term security. it an integrated humanitarian, military and political plan. as i said, we will be talking about that next week, going through the details of what we see as the best way forward. we also had an opportunity to talk about the longer term trajectory,

what needs to happen once the conflict in gaza is over. conversations we have had with arab partners in the last couple of days, and with israel as well. we are determined that israel succeed in making sure it can defend itself, that the 7th of october never happens again, that it emerge from this strong, secure, integrated in the region, with the future of security and peace not only for israelis but for palestinians and other friends in the israelis but for palestinians and otherfriends in the region. we believe there is a path forward to do that. we will continue to work to flesh out that path and try to walk down it in the days and weeks ahead. mr secretary, thank you. can you -ive mr secretary, thank you. can you give us _ mr secretary, thank you. can you give us an— mr secretary, thank you. can you give us an update on the ceasefire talks— give us an update on the ceasefire talks in_ give us an update on the ceasefire talks in doha are? what is the latest — talks in doha are? what is the latest you _ talks in doha are? what is the latest you have heard from the negotiators? also today israel has announced a land seizure of 800

hectares — announced a land seizure of 800 hectares in the occupied west bank, 'ust hectares in the occupied west bank, just when— hectares in the occupied west bank, just when you were doing your visit here _ just when you were doing your visit here what — just when you were doing your visit here. what are your thoughts? gn just when you were doing your visit here. what are your thoughts? on the negotiations. — here. what are your thoughts? on the negotiations. i— here. what are your thoughts? on the negotiations, i can't _ here. what are your thoughts? on the negotiations, i can't give _ here. what are your thoughts? on the negotiations, i can't give you - here. what are your thoughts? on the negotiations, i can't give you any - negotiations, i can't give you any more details other than to say we are intensely engaged in them, working with the qataris and egyptians and israel. we have teams in doha, and as i said, we have gotten it down to a few remaining gaps, but the closer you get to the goal line, the harder that last yard is. so there are some hard issues to work through, but we are determined to do everything we can to get there and to get people home. the negotiators will be working intensely to see if we can get that done. i haven't seen the news you refer to, done. i haven't seen the news you referto, but look, done. i haven't seen the news you refer to, but look, you know our views on settlement expansion. you know our views on everything from demolitions to evictions, to other steps, unilateralsteps

demolitions to evictions, to other steps, unilateral steps that are taken that make the already challenging prospect of two state even more distant. anyone taking steps that make things more difficult, more challenging is something we would have a problem with. ~ , ., something we would have a problem with. ~ i. ., ., , with. when you say, we have teams, ou mean with. when you say, we have teams, you mean the — with. when you say, we have teams, you mean the us _ with. when you say, we have teams, you mean the us has _ with. when you say, we have teams, you mean the us has teams - with. when you say, we have teams, you mean the us has teams on - with. when you say, we have teams, you mean the us has teams on the l you mean the us has teams on the ground _ you mean the us has teams on the ground in— you mean the us has teams on the ground in d'oh had today, and can you confirm — ground in d'oh had today, and can you confirm the negotiations have begun? _ you confirm the negotiations have begun? |f— you confirm the negotiations have beuun? , ., ., ., ., ., begun? if they are not ongoing now, they certainly _ begun? if they are not ongoing now, they certainly will _ begun? if they are not ongoing now, they certainly will be _ begun? if they are not ongoing now, they certainly will be in _ begun? if they are not ongoing now, they certainly will be in the - begun? if they are not ongoing now, they certainly will be in the hours - they certainly will be in the hours ahead. ., , ., , they certainly will be in the hours ahead. ., , , ahead. can you tell us in practical terms what _ ahead. can you tell us in practical terms what the _ ahead. can you tell us in practical terms what the us _ ahead. can you tell us in practical terms what the us was _ ahead. can you tell us in practical terms what the us was trying - ahead. can you tell us in practical terms what the us was trying to i terms what the us was trying to achieve — terms what the us was trying to achieve with _ terms what the us was trying to achieve with the _ terms what the us was trying to achieve with the resolution - terms what the us was trying to achieve with the resolution putl achieve with the resolution put forward — achieve with the resolution put forward at _ achieve with the resolution put forward at the _ achieve with the resolution put forward at the united - achieve with the resolution put forward at the united nations. achieve with the resolution put - forward at the united nations today? on your— forward at the united nations today? on your conversations _ forward at the united nations today? on your conversations today, - forward at the united nations today? on your conversations today, you - on your conversations today, you described — on your conversations today, you described in— on your conversations today, you described in broad _ on your conversations today, you described in broad strokes - on your conversations today, you described in broad strokes somel described in broad strokes some themes — described in broad strokes some themes that— described in broad strokes some themes that are _ described in broad strokes some themes that are familiar- described in broad strokes some themes that are familiar — - described in broad strokes some themes that are familiar — i - described in broad strokes some i themes that are familiar — i wonder whether— themes that are familiar — i wonder whether you — themes that are familiar — i wonder whether you delivered _ themes that are familiar — i wonder whether you delivered or— themes that are familiar — i wonder whether you delivered or heard - themes that are familiar — i wonder whether you delivered or heard anyj whether you delivered or heard any messages — whether you delivered or heard any messages today— whether you delivered or heard any messages today that _ whether you delivered or heard any messages today that are _ whether you delivered or heard any messages today that are new - whether you delivered or heard any messages today that are new and i messages today that are new and different— messages today that are new and different from _ messages today that are new and different from your— messages today that are new and different from your past - different from your past conversations _ different from your past conversations here. - different from your past conversations here. onl different from your past conversations here. on the resolution, _ conversations here. on the resolution, which - conversations here. on the

resolution, which got - conversations here. on the resolution, which got very | conversations here. on the - resolution, which got very strong support but then was cynically vetoed by russia and china, i think we were trying to show the international community a sense of urgency about getting a ceasefire, tied to the release of hostages, something everyone, including the countries that vetoed the resolution, should have been able to get behind. the resolution also condemned hamas. it is unimaginable why countries wouldn't be able to do that. but i think the fact that we got such a strong vote despite the veto by two of the permanent members of the security council is again evidence of the commitment and conviction of countries around the world, notably on the security council, to see about getting this ceasefire, getting the release of hostages, now. that is what the resolution said and called for, and i think it showed a strong commitment to that from many countries. with regard to the

conversations we've had, look, this is an ongoing process. as i said, we were really focused on three things — the hostage negotiations, humanitarian assistance, and rafah. it was important that we focus on all three things. i'm not going to get into the details of what we discussed, but i think, from my perspective at least, these were important, candid conversations to have at a critical time on all three of those issues. igraffiti have at a critical time on all three of those issues.— of those issues. will israel be isolated if— of those issues. will israel be isolated if it _ of those issues. will israel be isolated if it doesn't - of those issues. will israel be isolated if it doesn't change l of those issues. will israel be l isolated if it doesn't change its path? — isolated if it doesn't change its ath? ~ ., isolated if it doesn't change its ath? ., , ., ., isolated if it doesn't change its ath? . , ., ., ., path? what i shared, and what i think we have _ path? what i shared, and what i think we have heard _ path? what i shared, and what i think we have heard from - path? what i shared, and what i i think we have heard from president biden is well directly is, we have the same goals — the defeat of hamas, israel's long—term security. a major ground offensive in rafah is not, in ourjudgment, the way to achieve it. we have been clear about

that. most important, we have a senior team coming to washington next week, we will all be taking part in those discussions and we will be able to lay out in detail, i started today, but it is important that the teams with the expertise lay out the details of how those goals can best be accomplished with an integrated humanitarian, military and political plan. we will put that on the table. we will hear from them as well, of course. we will take it to next week. thanks.— to next week. thanks. anthony bfinken to next week. thanks. anthony blinken departs _ to next week. thanks. anthony blinken departs after— to next week. thanks. anthony blinken departs after his - to next week. thanks. anthony i blinken departs after his meeting with benjamin debt —— benjamin netanyahu. he said they were closing the gaps on that deal for a hostage release and ceasefire. the last parts, he said, are the hardest. he said they also talked about surging and sustaining assistance in gaza. he said 100% of the people need humanitarian assistance. he said it has improved in the last days but

not enough. on rafah, we heard the israeli prime minister said the plan was still to go into rafah. he said they shared israel's goal of defeating hamas and in ensuring israeli security. he said the way to do it was not to kill civilians and to jeopardise long—term security. he referenced a meeting in washington next week with israeli officials, he said, to flesh out potentially other road maps to achieving the ends that israel needs. in terms of the longer term, there were conversations about what happens after the conflict ends. those were the key lines in terms of how anthony blinken so that meeting in israel. in haiti, members of a transitional

council have been chosen, ten days after armed groups forced the resignation of the prime minister. police said they had killed one of the country's top gang leaders. the country continues to spiral into violence, and there is of course a humanitarian crisis. it isn't easy studying law in a lawless society, nor politics in a power vacuum, or economics in a collapsing economy. these students are doing all three. those schools in gang—controlled port—au—prince are mostly shut. classrooms in the calmer city of cap—haitien remain open to its young people seeking an education against the odds. the dean says everything from the law school's curriculum to its salaries have been affected by the anarchy. translation: whether it's the upkeep of the building or the materials, - we haven't had any support from the state in covering it. we even haven't been able to pay our teachers properly,

or bring in any visiting professors from outside. "at this time i feel lucky to have a university place at all," says this student. "all we can do is keep studying." for weeks now, the haitian capital has resembled a war zone. as the gangs advance into new neighbourhoods, the national police are struggling to repel them. an exodus of people from the city is heaping pressure on an already overstretched education system as thousands of youths fleeing the violence are looking to enrol in safer cities. if haiti is ever to get back on its feet, it will need its best and brightest in government. unfortunately, the political chaos here is only surpassed by the collapse in security, all of which has led to a humanitarian disaster which is disproportionately affecting haiti's young people. the officials in charge of cap—haitien, the country's main safe haven, must now provide basic services for the city's population, its newcomers,

and keep the gangs at bay. i believe in the public population. the people who live in cap—haitien have to collaborate with the municipality and the police department, thejustice department. that is the reason i believe cap—haitien will be safe. of everything on the list of haiti's failing infrastructure — food provision, housing, government and security — it's education that is perhaps the most tragic. it speaks of the loss of a generation of haiti's young people unmoored from their futures, uncertain as to what kind of country the violence will leave behind for them. will grant, bbc news, cap—hatien, haiti. thousands of patients in england with suspected lung

cancer are being offered a blood test which can show if they can get early access, to alternative therapies. the test can identify genetic variations in tumours, which can be treated with tablets, rather than standard chemotherapy, often leading to fewer side effects. our medical editor fergus walsh reports. oh, headaches for two weeks. i thought it was a migraine. my gp just said, "you need to go to hospital right now." kat robinson is 33 and lives in dorset with her daughter, paige. a non—smoker, six months ago she was diagnosed with advanced lung cancer. i've got three tumours in my lungs, which then spread on to lymph nodes. they said, "we can see you've got seven tumours in your brain and that's what's causing the pain." i couldn't believe it, couldn't understand it, and it was a massive shock

to my family and me. kat was being prepared for radiotherapy and standard chemotherapy, but a blood test showed her cancer had a genetic mutation which responds to this drug, brigatinib. so it's only one tablet a day, and it's amazing. the quality of life is improved massively. i don't stay in hospital at all and i'm able to continue with my day—to—day life. have you done one carrot? doctors have told kat she has at least a year to live, but perhaps several more. she's decided to be completely open about her condition with 11—year—old paige. we're trying to build as many memories as we can, so that i can remember, she can remember, everyone can remember the times we had. she's learnt a lot of things in the last few months.

she's grown up quite fast. this is a blood test. one of the blood tests that we use. what's special about the test is it can identify dna which has broken off a cancer and is circulating in the blood. it can show what gene mutations are driving cancer growth, so patients get targeted drugs. it really allows patients to get on treatment very, very quickly. but, more importantly, it allows them to get on absolutely the correct treatment for their particular cancer. these tablets have dramatic effects in shrinking the cancer down, and in most cases they have markedly fewer side effects. people don't lose their hair. over the next year, 10,000 patients across england will benefit from these blood tests, part of a revolution in the diagnosis and treatment of lung cancer. kat knows that at some point her drug will stop working,

but it is giving her more time with her sister and daughter. every spare minute we have, we just try and spend it together. my advice for people who are facing cancer diagnosis would be don't hide away. don't close up. talk to people. be close to your family. until recently, there had been little improvement in survival for lung cancer. but the earlier, wider use of targeted treatments is beginning to change the outlook for patients. fergus walsh, bbc news. around the world and across the uk, this is bbc news.

let's return to ukraine. the region along the country's north—eastern border with russia has

seen intense bombardments in recent days. entire villages are being evacuated, with hundreds of frail and elderly people moved to safety. it's all happening in the same week that vladimir putin secured another term in the kremlin, promising to continue the full—scale war he launched two years ago. our eastern europe correspondent sarah rainsford reports from sumy, near the russian border, on what that means for ukraine. nina hasjust lost everything she owns. they all have. ukrainian pensioners who've been forced to flee russian bombardment and abandon their homes. nina's pain is felt by everyone here. villagers were evacuated under fire, by police, urging them on to safety. some had to be carried across bridges already bombed.

this is sumy region, on the border with russia. the police video shows whole streets there destroyed in air strikes. so the first thing i hear at this temporary shelter is a plea for help for ukraine's soldiers. then anger at the man who launched this war, and just secured himself another six years in the kremlin. translation: putin is our enemy. what did he come here for? we never touched him. but so many people have been killed, so many tortured, so many have lost their arms and their legs. and what for? most who arrive think they'll go home one day. confused, as well as scared. this is the latest evacuation of people from villages that are under fire close

to the russian border, being brought here for safety. more ukrainians who've had their lives turned upside down by this war. baby katya's life began under fire. she's just a month old. her mother tells me her heart is aching to be home again, that it hurts. she just wants all this to end. it's not only the fighting that families are fleeing. they're escaping occupation, too, by russia, a life under vladimir putin's rule. zoya and her husband travelled three days to reach sumy from a village now full of russian soldiers. everyone coming from occupied territory gets a security screening by their own country. then finally, zoya can tell her children that they're safe. she tells me she left because life under russian control scared her and it

crushed her spirit. translation: as we were driving here, i started to cry. _ i breathed in the fresh ukrainian air. yes, we are ukrainians. we want our country to flourish, for our children and grandchildren to live in peace. i'm sorry. "it's very hard," zoya tells me, because she knows she's safer now. but ukraine is no closer to peace. sarah rainsford, bbc news, sumy. more on all of our main stories here on the programme. but let's turn away from all the heavy lifting and big stories we have been covering. the chelsea flower show has stunned visitors with its beautiful displays for years, but this year

the organisers have got something special in store. for the first time, a "no adults allowed" garden — designed by children, for children — will be on display. our culture correspondent, charlotte gallagher, has been given a look behind the scenes. i've been invited to a top secret summit — and, in fact, i shouldn't really be here. this is strictly no adults allowed. children from sullivan primary in south—west london are putting the finishing touches on their very own garden for chelsea flower show. so have you been learning about gardening while you're doing this? yeah, we've been learning about gardening for a while now. what's been the favourite thing about doing this project? probably being able to design and make the garden in general, which is going to go into the flower show for everyone to enjoy and see. i think that's the key thing, when we're designing with plants, we're trying to find things that complement each other. but it's a steep learning curve, so some grown—ups have been allowed in. so lots of wacky ideas. things that we are making work — it's going to be things

like carnivorous plants, which isn't typically what you'd find in a normal chelsea show garden, and some other wacky things that we said actually is a step too far. i mean, crocodiles... ..might not work. and we had underground lakes and rivers and really big, big features, which we've distilled into kind of more show garden format. so, yeah, certainly some things won't make the cut, but other things have really inspired what we're going to be creating. first of all, hands up. who's heard of an iris plant before? i'm impressed. more than i thought. these irises are being planted so they'll flower in time for the show in may. the garden will also include boulders to scramble over, a stream to splash in and a secret den. and, unfortunately for me, it seems like the pupils aren't just learning about gardening. hello. today, we are at rhs wisley gardens to help design our garden at the chelsea flower show. sorry.

what's going on? this is myjob. what are you doing? sorry. no. no adults allowed. this is a garden designed by children for children. they're getting their hands dirty, learning how to grow plants. i was with one little girl today, and she was planting an iris, and i was giving her a few tips on making sure we press the soil down. and then she said to me, she said, "you know what? "i want to be a gardener when i grow up." and then she stopped, and then she said, "actually, i am a gardener, aren't i?" the children have been sending out invitations to some vips. i would love for the king to come because i would like him to see what we have been doing at the rhs. and he's not been very well, so it might cheer him up seeing your garden. yeah, i think it would cheer him up because seeing children that are designing a garden is a shock but it will...

i think it will be very exciting for him. that's royalty ticked off. how about pop stars? if you could pick anyone to go into your garden to look at it, who would you pick? justin bieber. so big ambitions for the guest list — a king and a superstar. and you can see for yourself just how excited the children are for their chelsea flower show debut. all cheer. wow. really good. great stuff from charlotte calico. before we break, i want to show you one of the most watched videos currently on our website. these are pictures from minnesota, and that bright flash that you see is the moment this hot air balloon crashed into power line cables. it was coming in to land during strong

winds. if you squint hard enough, you can see the basket detached from the balloon, which then floats away. incredibly, we are told, people on board only sustained minor injuries. we will have all the latest. a very busy day concerning the middle east. the headlines in a moment or two. temperatures in southern england a couple of days ago got close to 19 celsius. tomorrow, afternoon highs of nine celsius. colder air digging down from the north. behind a weather front, down from the north. behind a weatherfront, which down from the north. behind a weather front, which you down from the north. behind a weatherfront, which you can down from the north. behind a weather front, which you can see on our earlier satellite image, this line of cloud bringing outbreaks of rain. behind that, speckled shower close racing in. it is windy in the north—west of the uk, gales and the far north, plenty of showers, some heavy with hail and thunder, some

wintry of the high ground, particularly in scotland. anything, temperatures coming down towards the end of the day. this evening tonight, we will lose the last of that weather front. some clear skies but clear... temperatures will drop close to freezing. there may be one or two icy patches on roads. tomorrow, low in charge. it will be windy and we will see plenty of showers pushing across many areas. perhaps a line of more organised heavy thundery showers drifting south, some of those continuing to be wintry of a high ground in the north. a widely windy day, gusts of 40 north. a widely windy day, gusts of a0 or 50 mph in northern and western parts. temperatures of nine or 10 celsius, not unusualfor

parts. temperatures of nine or 10 celsius, not unusual for this time of year but down on where we have been. when we factor in the wind chill, these are the fields like temperatures. we can knock a few degrees off those temperature values. through saturday night, the winds will ease a little, stay blustery far eastern coasts of scotla nd blustery far eastern coasts of scotland and england, where we will see some showers on sunday morning. then a slice of drier, clearer, calmer weather, then a slice of drier, clearer, calmerweather, before then a slice of drier, clearer, calmer weather, before a band of cloud and rain pushes and from the west later in the day. temperatures up west later in the day. temperatures up a little, 9—13 c. it does look unsettled as we head into next week. there will be showers or longer spells of rain at times. nothing particularly warm in the offing for the coming days.

live from london, this is bbc news. drama at the un as russia and china veto a us draft resolution which tied an immediate ceasefire in gaza to hostage releases. russia and china simply did not want to vote for a resolution that was penned by the united states because it would rather see us fail than to see this council succeed. we have a special report about gaza's orphans. we hearfrom one young girl — the only member of her family to survive — after her home was destroyed in the conflict. large areas of ukraine suffer blackouts after russian missiles target energy infrastructure in the most intensive

barrage in months. in the uk police are investigating alleged racist comments made by a top tory donor, frank hester — who's given £10 million to the conservative party. and hope for thousands of patients with suspected lung cancer being offered a blood test which can show if they can get early access to alternative therapies. hello. welcome to verified live, welcome to verified live. we start with the drama at the un security council — where russia and china have blocked a us draft resolution, that tied an immediate ceasefire in gaza to the release of hostages held by hamas. it was the first time america had supported calls for an immediate ceasefire in the region, having previously used its own veto to block such demands. the draft us resolution also called for more aid to enter gaza and voiced us objections to an israeli offensive in rafah.