from the nationalist government. pop sensation taylor swift will perform her eras tour in the uk soon. but police warn it will be a �*cruel summer�* if fans are conned by ticketing scams. hello and welcome to bbc news. i'm lukwesa burak. 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 10—year—old, elad katzir. 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.

families of israeli hostages have been speaking in tel aviv about the body of elad katzir being recovered. we are grieving today, proud of our larger family and our hostage families. elad managed to survive three months in captivity. he should have been with us today, he could have been with us today. we demand the world to do anything to make this deal come true and bring them all back home. vivian silver was a prominent israeli—canadian peace activist , and was killed by hamas on the 7th of october. she co—founded women wage peace in 2014 —

a grassroots peace movement that now brings together 50,000 israelis. its mission is to find a diplomatic solution to the conflict. ms silver was originally thought to have been taken hostage by hamas but was confirmed dead when her remains were identified five weeks later. manuela rotstein worked with vivian at women wage peace — we have her with us now. welcome to the programme. i wonder if you could describe to us a little bit further the work that your organisation does. we bit further the work that your organisation does.— bit further the work that your organisation does. bit further the work that your oruanisation does. ~ . , ., , ., organisation does. we are years old organisation — organisation does. we are years old organisation with _ organisation does. we are years old organisation with 50,000 _ organisation does. we are years old| organisation with 50,000 supporters in israel. and we work for the in favour of the peace agreement with our palestinian neighbours. what

favour of the peace agreement with our palestinian neighbours. what are our palestinian neighbours. what are your thoughts _ our palestinian neighbours. what are your thoughts on _ our palestinian neighbours. what are your thoughts on the _ our palestinian neighbours. what are your thoughts on the wall _ our palestinian neighbours. what are your thoughts on the wall six - our palestinian neighbours. what arei your thoughts on the wall six months on? ~ , , your thoughts on the wall six months on? . , , , ., your thoughts on the wall six months on? ~ , , ,., ., , on? well, this is something that is the worst nightmare _ on? well, this is something that is the worst nightmare we can - on? well, this is something that is the worst nightmare we can ever l on? well, this is something that is| the worst nightmare we can ever be in. the brutality of this war, the way it started and the way it followed is beyond imagination, really. it is absolutely devastating. speaking of devastating, _ devastating. speaking of devastating, obviously . devastating. speaking of l devastating, obviously you devastating. speaking of - devastating, obviously you lost, as i was just telling our viewers, who lost one of your founders vivian silver on october the 7th. i wonder if you could tell us a bit more about her. if you could tell us a bit more about her-— if you could tell us a bit more about her. ,, ., , ., ., ., about her. she was an amazing, intelligent. _ about her. she was an amazing, intelligent, and _ about her. she was an amazing, intelligent, and very _ about her. she was an amazing, intelligent, and very pragmatic. intelligent, and very pragmatic woman. she wasn't at all a naive

person. she knew she was living in a war zone and she was working for peace and working every day, she was a very active woman. hospitals in israel so they could receive treatment. she founded also with bedouin people and other charity to develop the desert. an absolute person to admire. and we really, we really miss her every day. six. really miss her every day. six months on. _ really miss her every day. six months on, manuel, what are you hoping your organisation can achieve? what would you like to see happen?

achieve? what would you like to see ha en? ~ achieve? what would you like to see ha--en? ~ ~ achieve? what would you like to see ha en? ~ ., ., , achieve? what would you like to see hauen? ~ ~' . , happen? well, i think at this point, we need to — happen? well, i think at this point, we need to understand _ happen? well, i think at this point, we need to understand after - happen? well, i think at this point, we need to understand after the i happen? well, i think at this point, | we need to understand after the 7th of october and the terrible war that followed that war is not leading us anywhere but hell. so we need a diplomatic solution. this is what we have been demanding since we started, really. and now there is a deal on the table and there is an alliance that the united states is forging, together with the pragmatic arabic countries. definitely we think that our government needs to consider it and needs to embrace it.

just before i let you go, manuela, you said there is a diplomatic duration and a deal on the table, what is the deal? the duration and a deal on the table, what is the deal?— duration and a deal on the table, what is the deal? the deal involves recognising — what is the deal? the deal involves recognising the _ what is the deal? the deal involves recognising the palestinian - what is the deal? the deal involves recognising the palestinian people | recognising the palestinian people deserve freedom, they deserve rights. we also, we deserve security and we deserve a state as well, so i think that this major recognition is the basis of an agreement that at the basis of an agreement that at the moment with the united states and the pragmatic countries, it will be supported so that we can arrive obviously not immediately 2—piece —— to pace, this will take a long time,

but to a humanitarian ceasefire and the release of all hostages. manuela, very quickly, why do you think that solution is not acceptable to the prime minister? well, it is not acceptable? yes. acceptable to the prime minister? well, it is not acceptable? yes, why is it not acceptable _ well, it is not acceptable? yes, why is it not acceptable to _ well, it is not acceptable? yes, why is it not acceptable to him? - well, it is not acceptable? yes, why is it not acceptable to him? well, i l is it not acceptable to him? well, i think this government _ is it not acceptable to him? well, i think this government is _ is it not acceptable to him? well, i think this government is a - think this government is a government whose agenda is definitely an agenda that is not supporting the recognition of the palestinian people. quite the opposite. ok, manuela rotstein, thank you very much for your time, and condolences for your founder, vivian silver. thank you. thank you. the british maritime security firm ambrey said on saturday it had received information that a vessel was targeted. approximately 61 nautical miles southwest of hodeidah in yemen. the iran—aligned houthis have staged

attacks 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 added that 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 insisted kyiv must prevail; but 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 reported that 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 fall to the ground, they 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, though, 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 5 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 its border with india and china. mexico has suspended relations with ecuador. as has done nicaragua. it's in protest against a police raid on its embassy in the capital, quito. officers arrested the former ecuadorean vice—president, jorge glas — who later appeared in court on saturday. he'd been sheltering in the diplomatic compound since december but was wanted on corruption charges. mexico says it had granted mr glas �*political asylum' — a move ecuador described as "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. we've been speaking to our correspondent rob cameron, who is in prague, in the neighbouring czech republic. he gave us this update. we won't have a result of these elections until polls close, that is at ten o'clock local time in bratislava which is an hour ahead of london. but it has been described as an incredibly important election for

what is a largely ceremonial position but it comes at a time when slovakia really stands at a crossroads. in fact, some people believe that this election for the post of president, that the whole of slovakia's liberal democracy hangs on the balance of the outcome. the liberal pro—western former diplomat, former ambassador to washington, former ambassador to washington, former permanent representative to the eu, his supporters say he will be able to act as a work against the fs of the populist nationalist coalition government to undertake slacker�*s institutions and create what they claim is a sort of a liberal democracy. the man who is standing against him, mr pellegrini, he is the government candidate, he is an ally in the coalition government and they say that he will do nothing to hold back the other

candidate, so all to play for in this election in slovakia, we should have the results come in perhaps around midnight, slovaktime. 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. now it's time for a look at today's sport with lizzy. arsenal moved back to the top of the premier league before liverpool take on manchester united at old trafford on sunday after easing past brighton 3—0. mikel arteta's side were rarely troubled by roberto de zerbi's brighton once bukayo saka gave them the lead from the penalty spot in the first half. kai havertz added a second after the break —

his ninth of the season — before leandro trossa rd scored arsenal's third against his former club. arsenal top and face bayern munich in the champions league next. really difficult for him to play against, they had so many questions, but i think the team was really mature, was really clever in the game that we have to play, in the determination of the areas they were allowing us to play for, both attacking and defending, i think we had a big performance as well individually. earlier in the day, manchester city drew level on points with leaders liverpool after beating crystal palace 4—2. city were behind after five minutes but kevin de bruyne, back in the side after being rested midweek, marked his return with two goals — his 99th and 100th for the club. rico lewis and erling haaland also scored. city will now turn their attention to their champions league quarter—final against real madrid and their manager is clearly happy to see de bruyne back on form.

it just itjust means it just means i itjust means i have been here a long time. i have been here and have many memories, it is a milestone, it means i have been here for a long time. there were huge wins at the bottom for both everton — their first in 1a matches — and luton — theirfirst in 11 league games. there were also wins for newcastle and west ham, while aston villa and brentford drew. onto germany, where bayer leverkusen are just one win from their first bundesliga title after victory over union berlin. florian wirtz scored the only goal of the game from the penalty spot — as they extended their incredible unbeatn run to 41 matches in all competitions. meanwhile, bayern munich suffered a dramatic collapse at heidenhem. 2—0 up at half—time — they lost 3—2 which leaves bayern 16 points behind leverkusen withjust six games of the season left. there's a big game coming up in seville in spain — where athletic bilbao are taking on mallorca in the final of the copa

del rey which kicks off in around a0 minutes. atletic are looking to win their first major trophy for a0 years, while mallorca, who won the cup in 2003, will come into this one as the underdogs, we went favourites against gerona and sociedad's and now we are in the final so i think anyone can win. it is one game. they are a hard team to play against but i think we have all the best, the great players on the team to break them down, i will do my best to score goals and i think everyone will do their best to give the best in the game. we just take it day by day and take it in the present moment, each game we play, and now we are taking this moment and now we are taking this moment and we will go into that game and try to win. it's also a busy day in the first knock out stages of rugby union's european champions cup. leicester tigers are under way against leinster

in today's final match. leicester took the lead but leinster and now leading. earlier, sans chin —— saracens were thrashed by bordeaux the exeter chiefs fought back against bath to reach the quarterfinals while there was an even bigger comeback in cape town as the defending champions — la rochelle overturned a 16—point deficit to beat the stormers. no problems for the bulls who comfortably beat lyon. red bull have locked out the front row for sunday's formula one japanese grand prix. max verstappen is on pole, maintaining his perfect qualifying record this season. the three time world champion failed to finish the last race in australia but he was quickest in every session in suzuka, although verstappen was only 600ths of a second quicker than his team mate sergio perez. britain's lando norris was third fastest and lewis hamilton will start from seventh on the grid. and that's all the sport for now. 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 few climate activists have packed up their banners and are preparing to go home. earlier, there were cries, cheers of you are not alone as greta thundberg was picked up alone as greta thundberg was picked up off the highway by dutch police and put onto a minibus, along with hundreds of other protesters. 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 to use fossil fuels by offering them tax breaks and subsidies on excise duties. greta thundberg described her arrest as people. most of the protesters have

gone home or have been detained by police and taken away in minibuses. police are just police and taken away in minibuses. police arejust keeping police and taken away in minibuses. police are just keeping watch to make sure nobody else tries to block this highway, the a12 the hague. 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. do stay with us because there is plenty more coming up on bbc news. hello, there. windy and warm, that has been the main characteristic of 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 ridgers10—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 degrees first thing. a bright and sunny day to begin with, clouding over from the west,

with 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 care.

will will this is bbc news. the headlines... the israeli military confirms it's recovered the body of hostage, elad katzir, from khan younis — nearly six months after he was abducted by hamas on october seven. the militant group says it'lljoin a new round of truce talks. president biden is facing growing pressure from within his own party to pause arms sales to israel, following the israeli air strike that killed seven aid workers. 36 democrats in congress signed an open letter expressing

outrage at the deaths. seven people have been killed in russian drone attacks on ukraine's second—largest city, kharkiv. the city's mayor says residential buildings and a children's nursery were struck — a further 11 people have been injured. now on bbc news... the travel show: azerbaijan. i'm on a journey to explore azerbaijan. neither asia nor europe, this is a country where a colourful past and prosperous present intertwine. the price of the caviar in azerbaijan is like four times less than in the uk. filled with ancient wonders, it's a place where the natural world has shaped its history for generations. a unique country, with nine climate zones. it borders russia to the north, iran to the south,