kharkiv. slovakia were struck. —— kharkiv. slovakia votes on a new president in a contest between a pro—western former diplomat and a candidate from the nationalist government. and the pop sensation taylor swift will perform the era tour —— eras tour in the uk. people are targeted by ticketing scams. hello. welcome to bbc news. the israeli military has recovered the body of a hostage in gaza, during an overnight operation. the israeli military has recovered the body of a hostage in gaza, during an overnight operation. it accused the islamichhad group of murdering the man, who's been identified as elad katzir. he was a7. israel said its mission to search for hostages, and return them to israel, would continue. from jerusalem,

hugo bachega reports. elad katzir kidnapped in southern israel six months ago, his body returned from gaza today. the israeli military says he was murdered in captivity by the islamicjihad group. and that his body was found in khan younis overnight. during the attack on a kibbutz in october, elad's father was killed and his mother was abducted but freed in a deal in november. in a facebook post, his sister blamed the israeli government for his death. in gaza, a desperate wait for food amid warnings of famine. aid deliveries have been, at best, sporadic, but when help does arrive, people rush to get it. translation: when we were displaced at the beginning, we used to eat - rotten bread because of the high prices of food here. this is the only place where i can get food for my children. the attack on a convoy that killed seven aid workers this week has put

even more pressure on israel. from the us came a warning — it should do more to boost humanitarian assistance and protect civilians and aid workers or risk losing american support. the world food programme has been able to serve 1 million people every month with food because they completely depend on us. but we have challenges. we don't have the necessary security guarantees to work here. israel is not only facing pressure from its allies, but also threats from its enemies. the army here is on high alert. there's anxiety about a possible iranian strike. iran has vowed to respond to the death of a senior commander in damascus earlier this week in an attack iran has blamed on israel. both sides may still want to avoid a full—out war, but miscalculation is always a risk and the consequences of an escalation unpredictable.

hugo bachega, bbc news, jerusalem. for more on the humanitarian crisis being based in gaza, we speak to a new guest. let's speak to arwa damon — founder of �*inara', the international network for aid, relief and assistance. shejoins me in rafah now. please could you tell is firstly more about what your organisation does? we more about what your organisation does? ~ ., , ., ., does? we are focused on medical and mental health — does? we are focused on medical and mental health care _ does? we are focused on medical and mental health care for _ does? we are focused on medical and mental health care for children, - mental health care for children, especially those with complex injuries resulting from war or natural disasters. in the context of gaza, we launched an emergency rapid response, and as such, we diversify the work we do. it still revolves around paediatric mental health, but also providing hot meals where we can, distributing things like nappies, baby milk, sanitary pads,

hygiene kits, anything the population could need. the big challenge, of course, is everybody in gaza needs everything. there has not been enough aid, there is not enough capacity on the ground, and we are all very, very impacted by what happened earlier this week with that strike on the world central kitchen volunteers and staff. that had a massive impact on the ground, i am not entirely sure of most people realise the reach and number of individuals that world central kitchen were able to feed every single day. in kitchen were able to feed every single day-— single day. in the wake of that strike, single day. in the wake of that strike. how — single day. in the wake of that strike, how are _ single day. in the wake of that strike, how are you _ single day. in the wake of that strike, how are you and - single day. in the wake of that strike, how are you and your. single day. in the wake of that - strike, how are you and your team feeling about your safety? fiur strike, how are you and your team feeling about your safety? our team is gazan. feeling about your safety? our team is gazan- this _ feeling about your safety? our team is gazan. this is _ feeling about your safety? our team is gazan. this is their _ feeling about your safety? our team is gazan. this is their land. - feeling about your safety? our team is gazan. this is their land. these i is gazan. this is their land. these are the people. as upsetting as that was, and as jarring as that was, they very much have this attitude of: we have to continue serving our

people. if they are not able to put aside their own fears, decide their own tragedy and continue to serve the shelters when we are working, continuing to work with the children, then who is going to do it? it is of course extremely unnerving, and i got into gaza about two days after that world central kitchen strike took place with the humanitarian group from a different organisation, and it was all we were talking about. the world central kitchen had some of the best deconfliction with the israelis. they had the strongest lines of communication with the israelis, evident in the fact they were able to do more deliveries to the north, able to get in and meals in, feeding, supplies and, c. yet this still happen to them, and that goes to the heart of what many organisations have been complaining about. that is the process of deconfliction stop simply, it is not working, it is one of big challenge

is getting to aid where they need it. ., ., , ., ~ is getting to aid where they need it. how do you think witnessing --eole it. how do you think witnessing people psychologically - it. how do you think witnessing people psychologically in - it. how do you think witnessing people psychologically in rafahj it. how do you think witnessing - people psychologically in rafah with the prime minister laying out his intentions to enter rafah in the next event is it? it intentions to enter rafah in the next event is it?— intentions to enter rafah in the next event is it? it is one of the first questions _ next event is it? it is one of the first questions people _ next event is it? it is one of the first questions people ask, - next event is it? it is one of the i first questions people ask, maybe next event is it? it is one of the - first questions people ask, maybe it is because i came in from the outside and they think i might have a magical answer to all of this, but they want to know. they want to know if i think this is going to happen. they want to know, if it does happen, if there any plans where they will go, if they will be pushed out of the sea, out against the egyptian border, what is going to happen to them? that is the big issue, nobody knows. there is no actual plan for moving the civilian population at this stage. and not just moving the civilian population, but you need to realise the entire humanitarian infrastructure currently supporting the population of rafah is going to need to be

moved. it is an extraordinary psychological toll. moved. it is an extraordinary psychologicaltoll. i moved. it is an extraordinary psychological toll. i was a journalist with cnn for 17 years, i have been to war zones, across the region, and in many other places, and this is very different. this is the first time i am actually seeing this level of desperation, population starving, population to access aid, that is only a few kilometres away. it is effectively being forced into this completely and totally catastrophic humanitarian situation by democratically elected nations. —— are democratically elected nation. this is an evil game for humanitarian organisations to drag out how to cope with all of this. —— this is a new game. indie out how to cope with all of this. -- this is a new game.— out how to cope with all of this. -- this is a new game. we keep hearing the warnings — this is a new game. we keep hearing the warnings about _ this is a new game. we keep hearing the warnings about an _ this is a new game. we keep hearing the warnings about an impending - the warnings about an impending famine, starvation, and as the media, there are many images we are unable to broadcast. what are you saying that we, the rest of the

world, cannot yet see? it is these little details. — world, cannot yet see? it is these little details. you _ world, cannot yet see? it is these little details. you walk _ world, cannot yet see? it is these little details. you walk into - little details. you walk into somebody pass tent, it is for families crammed into a tiny space. there is no sewage system. you take one step and flies fly up. there is no way forfamilies one step and flies fly up. there is no way for families to keep themselves or their children clean. we are swarmed everywhere we go. mostly by mothers holding small children who are either burning up with fever and are unable to access medicine, there are a number of mothers saying they were unable to get epilepsy medication for their children, there are countless mothers coming up with these listless and limp babies who are malnourished. it is a very real fear. and then, of course, the psychological toll of all of this: adults cannot cope with what is happening to them. children, of course, cannot. one mother came up

to us as we were leaving one location and said: i do not know what to do with my son, he is six years old, and he keeps screaming and convulsing every single night, and convulsing every single night, and this began after he saw his sister pass head blown off, he saw her decapitated and a strike that took place, and it is almost impossible to describe the sheer psychological pressure that exists on every body. huge swathes of this stretch of land are incomplete and total darkness at night. it is really unnerving you hear the drones, the explosions reverberating through your body, the shock wave of them, and it is constant, and it is relentless, and it doesn't end. thank you very much for sharing your experiences in gaza. thank you very much. that was the founder of the

international network for aid relief and assistance speaking to us live from rafah in the south of gaza. families of israeli hostages have been speaking in tel aviv following the recovery of the hostage. tote been speaking in tel aviv following the recovery of the hostage. we are aurievin the recovery of the hostage. we are grieving today. _ the recovery of the hostage. we are grieving today, proud _ the recovery of the hostage. we are grieving today, proud of _ the recovery of the hostage. we are grieving today, proud of our - the recovery of the hostage. we are grieving today, proud of our larger i grieving today, proud of our larger family and our hostage families. he managed to survive three months in captivity. he should have been withers today, he could have been with us today, elad katzir. we demand the world to do anything to make this deal come true and bring them all back home. .

make this deal come true and bring them all back home.— them all back home. , chief correspondent, _ them all back home. , chief correspondent, lyse - them all back home. , chiefl correspondent, lyse doucet, them all back home. , chief- correspondent, lyse doucet, has them all back home. , chief— correspondent, lyse doucet, has been reporting from israel on the eve of the six month anniversary of the hamas attack. israel is under mounting pressure to do more to bring hostages home, but also to change the way it is fighting this war. joe biden, from the beginning of this war, has in the last few days significantly toughened his language. in what was widely described as a very tense telephone conversation on thursday, with israel's pro minister, benjamin netanyahu, he warned that if israel did not change the way it was fighting this war, america would have to change its policy. the united states and many other countries around the world arising if israel to be much more to get aid into gaza, to protect civilians, and to bring about a ceasefire which could bring the hostages home. so, is this a significant moment?

i have been speaking to an ambassador, and former us diplomat, now president of the us now president of the us middleast policy council. i asked a feat she thought it was a turning point. we haven't seen anything like this in decades in the close relationship between the united states and israel. there has not been questioning at senior levels about our arms relationship, let alone the diplomatic relationship. this is a change everyone can mark as significant and meaningful. the relationship, of course, there is a long pipeline for weapon sales. any urgent or immediate pivot is something that would be very difficult to carry out. the signal is strong, and one clearly the prime minister is heeding. do you think president biden will respond to this congressional call?

he is willing to use tough talk, as you know, but many ask if he would actually take the step to suspend the transfer of those arms that israel depends on. they make up two thirds of the weaponry israel is using to fight this war. true. what i would say is that the president clearly communicated to the prime minister that he meant business. president biden is known for his straight talk, which we understand was used during that call. these calls from democratic members of congress to strengthen his hand. this helps the prime minister understand that this is notjust talk, that there is support that there is support in the united states from long—time staunch supporters of the government

of israel and israel as a _ nation who are saying that enough is enough, that there are changes that— are necessary. so, i strongly believe these members of congress are strengthening the hand of the president, and should give the changes that the united states is looking for that will mean the relationship doesn't have to alter in an appreciable way. a vessel has reportedly been targeted approximately 61 nautical miles south—west of the port of her data on the yemeni coast. the iran aligned houthis staged attack on shipping in the red sea region for months in solidarity with palestinians in the gaza war. the head of nato says western governments are facing an authoritarian alliance comprised of russia, china, iran and north korea

which is working ever more closely together. jens stoltenberg told the bbc�*s "sunday with laura kuenssberg" programme that the government in beijing was propping up what he called russia's war economy. he said north korea was sending enormous amounts of ammunition to support president vladimir putin's war against ukraine. mr stoltenberg said nato was responding by working with countries outside the alliance, including japan and south korea. on the war in ukraine, he said kyiv must prevail; but he said it might have to make compromises. most wars end at the negotiating table. but what we know is that what happens around the negotiating table is very closely linked to the situation on the battlefield. so now russia believes they can achieve their goals on the battlefield by by continuing to push militarily against ukraine. so the way to convince

russia that they have to sit down and accept a solution where ukraine prevails as a sovereign, independent, democratic nation in europe is to give military support to ukraine. then, of course, at the end of the day, it has to be ukraine that decides what kind of compromises they are willing to do. we need to enable them to be in a position where they can actually achieve an acceptable result around the negotiating table. viewers in the uk can see more of that interview on "sunday with laura kuenssberg" on bbc one tomorrow morning at nine o'clock. seven people have been killed in two russian drone attacks on ukraine's second—largest city, kharkiv. the city's mayor says iranian—made drones hit several buildings, including a residential blocks of flats, early on saturday morning. 11 people were injured. our eastern europe correspondent sarah rainsford

updated us from kyiv. there are constant strikes in kharkiv at the moment. it is becoming increasingly regular to hear of missile and drone attacks against ukraine's second city up in the north—east of the country. certainly we know that seven people were killed early this morning. so the first missile struck sometime after midnight. two s—300 russian missiles, according to ukrainian authorities, fired at kharkiv killing residents in a residential areas of the city and wounding other people there. they then talk about a wave of drones launched at kharkiv city centre. they say those were shot down by ukraine's air defences and of course when that happens it means fragments fault of the ground, the explode, more people are injured and more buildings are damaged. we know about nine residential buildings, blocks of flats, have been badly damaged in this latest attack on kharkiv, but it is the latest of many. certainly, we don't know exactly what the russians were targeting. they say it was a military target.

we do know, thought, in recent days the energy system in kharkiv has come under direct and sustained attack and that that city is now living with blackouts, rolling blackouts, people without power for at least six hours every day. the military regime that seized power in myanmar three years ago has suffered another big defeat, this time on the eastern border with thailand. opposition forces have taken control of the busiest border crossing into thailand, through which much of myanmar s trade passes. for months, the soldiers have been under attack by ethnic karen insurgents who are fighting to overthrow the military. the authorities in myanmar have also lost control along parts of the border with india and china. mexico has suspended relations with ecuador. it's in protest against a police raid on its embassy in quito. officers arrested a former ecuadorean vice—president, jorge glas. he'd been sheltering in the compound

since december but was wanted on corruption charges. mexico says it had granted glas �*political asylum', but ecuador authority called the action �*illegal�*. glas's lawyer said he was innocent. it's been described as an election between those who support the west and those who favour the kremlin — people in slovakia are voting in presidential elections. they are choosing a successor to the country s liberal president, zuzana caputova. she decided not to seek re—election after receiving what she said was a torrent of abuse, including death threats. two men are now bidding for the largely ceremonial but highly influential post ? the pro—western former diplomat ivan korcok

and peter pellegrini, the candidate of the populist nationalist government. an investigation's under way after two passenger planes collided on the ground at heathrow airport. a stationary british airways plane, with 121 passengers and crew on board was hit by the wing of an empty virgin atlantic plane, which was being towed at the time. there are no reported injuries and the incident caused minor damage. dutch police have arrested several climate activists who attempted to block a main road in the hague. those detained included the swedish campaigner, greta thunberg. our correspondent, anna holligan was there: the final of the climate activists packed up their banners and are preparing to go home. earlier, there were cries and cheers as greta thunberg was picked up off the

highway by dutch police and put onto a minibus along with hundreds of other processes. you can see her here chatting happily to fellow activists. she is here in the hague to announce international actions against governments who make it cheap and easy for large companies use fossil fuels by offering them tax breaks and subsidies on excise duties. greta thunberg described her arrest is peaceful. most of the protesters have gone home i have been detained by police and taken away in minibuses. police are keeping watch to make sure nobody else tries to block this highway, day 12, in the hague. to australia next. more than 150 people have been rescued from floods in and around sydney. others have been told to be prepared to leave their homes because of the rising floodwaters.

the region's main reservoir, which supplies most of the city's drinking water, is overflowing. there've been three days of torrential rainfall across much of eastern australia. people living in parts of new south wales have been told to stay indoors. now pop sensation taylor swift will be performing in the uk this summer as part of her record—breaking eras tour. but police and consumer groups are warning fans to be vigilant when buying her tickets online, with reports of scams. here's our culture reporter noor nanji and her report contains flashing images. welcome to the eras tour! it's the hottest ticket in town — taylor swift's world tour, which comes to the uk later this year. this has been the most extraordinary experience of my entire life. but some fans, desperate to see the us pop idol, have fallen victim to scams. they include sian williams, who had promised to take her daughter to swift's show in cardiff.

it's the fact that we've paid £250, lost £250, so you're out of pocket, and we still haven't got any tickets. so it's sort of that roller—coaster of emotions. being angry with myself, sad that we've lost the money, even sadder still that we don't have tickets. tickets to taylor swift concerts sold out within minutes when they first went on sale, and now it is extremely difficult to find them. some swifties are turning to social media or other means, but that leaves them open to fraudsters. police scotland says it has received 16 reports of fraudulent taylor swift ticket sales online in the past fortnight, amounting to more than £5,000. it's urging the public to be vigilant. the warning has been echoed by consumer groups. fraudsters love mass appeal and huge emotion, like a taylor swift concert, so we would say, buy your tickets

through an official secondary ticket reselling platform. if you buy from a private seller, use a credit card or paypal, and always, if it looks too good to be true, then it probably is. a cautionary word for swifties if they want to avoid a cruel summer. # it's a cruel summer #. noor nanji, bbc news. we are going to take you to tel aviv, seems very familiar now of protesters in tel aviv. on saturday and sunday we usually see these protests and rallies are being held. this, we understand, is an anti—government rally where those in the crowds have been calling for the prime minister benjamin netanyahu to stand down. they are angry at his mismanagement of the war on hamas in

gaza. what can we see there? it looks like security leading the way a photographerfrom looks like security leading the way a photographer from the looks like security leading the way a photographerfrom the main looks like security leading the way a photographer from the main crowd area. we have also seen scenes of smoke and scuffles as well within that crowd. that protest are being told to sit on the ground. stay with this hero on bbc news. more coming up. hello, there. windy and warm, that has been the main characteristic of the weekend pass �*s weather so far. in fact, storm kathleen bought gusts of wind along the west coast, 60—70 mph, and at the top of the mountains in scotland, just shy of 100 mile an hour wind was recorded. south—westerly winds across east anglia and south—east england. the warmest day of the year so far, temperature is widely getting over 21 degrees. still the dominant

feature in the dominant part of the weekend. this could bring more persistent outbreaks of showery rain heading through the day. closest to the low, frequent crashes of shower here. the middle part of the afternoon will see a line of showers developing across south—west england driven on by the south—westerly wind. heavier burst mixed in there pushing into wales. and the midlands. east anglia, south—east england, largely dry and sunny. not as warm. 17 degrees, still above average for the time of year. few showers in northern england, a scattering containing scotland and northern ireland, top ten ridgers 10-13 . in northern ireland, top ten ridgers 10—13. in comparison to where you are a few days ago, that is still better. moving out of sunday and into monday, another low pushing in from the south—west. the new working week begins on an unsettled note. still relatively what mild. not a cold start on monday. 5—10 first thing. a bright and sunny day to

begin with, clouding overfrom thing. a bright and sunny day to begin with, clouding over from the west, the rain arriving, showery outbreaks across the south—west and wales. heavier bursts through northern ireland and northern england. it says largely dry into scotland, and the midlands, east anglia, south—east england, driving with some sunshine, still relatively warm, 17 degrees overall high. in the middle part of the week, it seems likely to stay unsettled, ridges of high pressure for a time, low moves in, bringing gale force wind to the south—west. high pressure sits across europe and might keep things a little bit quieter down towards the south by the end of the week. looking ahead, an unsettled start, showers are longer spells of rain, and temperatures back to where they should be really the time of take

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live from london, this is bbc news. the israel military confirms it's recovered the body of hostage, elad katzir, from khan younis — nearly 6 months after being abducted by hamas. president biden is facing growing pressure from within his own party to pause arms sales to israel. this follows the israeli air strike that killed seven workers. 36 democratic members of congress have signed an open letter expressing outrage at

the deaths. 7 people have been killed in russian drone attacks on ukraine's second—largest city, kharkiv. the mayor claims residential buildings and a children's nursery were struck. pop sensation taylor swift will be performing her eras tour in the uk soon. but police and consumer groups are warning fans to be vigilant to ticket scams. now, it is time for sports day. hello, and welcome to sportsday. i'm ollie foster. here is what is coming up... it's a century of manchester city goals for kevin de bruyne as his double at crystal palace keeps them in the title race. there have been many good memories, and it's a nice milestone to score that many for the club. itjust means that i've been here a longtime.