and a man who has been running the entire length of the african continent in a mammoth challenge taking him across 16 countries, has reached the finish line of his year long quest. has reached the finish line of his year—long quest. hello. the israeli military says it has withdrawn all its ground troops, apart from one brigade, from southern gaza, to focus on other offensives including rafah. it's six months since hamas gunmen stormed into southern israel, killing 1,200 people and kidnapping more than 250. the attack sparked what's become the deadliest and most destructive israel—gaza war, killing over 33,000 palestinians. 0ur international editor, jeremy bowen, has more from jerusalem

0ver six months, gaza has been ravaged by war, disease, death and now imminent famine, caused by israel's siege. the un calls it "a betrayal of humanity." kibbutz nir oz, right on israel's border with gaza, feels like a time capsule stuck in the horrors of the 7th of october. hamas broke in at dawn. they killed and took hostage a quarter of the 400 or so israelis who lived here. sayed was laying there dead. you could see that he was trying to hold the door closed and actually the door was locked. the army opened the door later. ron and his family survived in their safe room. then he recovered dead friends and neighbours, some in pieces.

in this house, you know, that was the first time that we realised that we are not looking for only bodies, because the beginning, you know, we took a lot of bodies. the interrupted, terminated lives — laundry neatly folded the night before the attack give israelis a sense of moral clarity. going around this place, you can understand why israelis believe very strongly that they're fighting a just war in gaza. of course, their allies feel the same. their quarrel is with the methods that israel has been using that have cost so many innocent palestinian lives. and as for the family who lived here in this house, they're dead. israelis support the war. many are also back on the streets, demanding the resignation of the prime minister. netanyahu's stated war aims — total victory over hamas, as well as freeing the hostages — have not been achieved. the demonstrators say that's because they come second

to his own political survival. nava rosalio leads a movement called shame. netanyahu has an interest to lengthen the war as much as he can because as long as the world is still going on, he can say that now is not the time to know elections. now is not the time to look for who is responsible. which is he. everyone here faces uncertainty, sometimes fear and a forbidding future. israelis and palestinians look at each other with horror. since the 7th of october, the old city ofjerusalem, the heart of their conflict, has been mostly quiet. during ramadan, many palestinians under 55 need police permission to join the crowds moving to the holy mosque. palestinians were already convinced that their lack of rights under israeli occupation amounted to apartheid. israel denies that allegation,

and another, considered plausible by the world court, that it is committing genocide in gaza. both sides believe that the other has carried out inhuman, unforgivable crimes since the 7th of october. new wounds on a century of scars. dimitri diliani, a palestinian christian activist, says israelis are in denial. killing children is killing children. it doesn't matter who is the child that's being killed, it doesn't matter who is doing the killing. i do sympathise with the holocaust. i recognise the holocaust. but that does not mean a green light for israel to commit genocide against my people or any other people. this is ramallah on the west bank. polls show palestinians have strong support for the hamas attacks, but like most israelis, they deny that their side commits atrocities. what happened on october 7th

wasjust one, one... what's the word? one thing that happened in a long... many years of oppression. so again, i'm going to repeat myself that our struggle will continue until we are free. that's what any people under occupation, under oppression, under colonial settler, colonial settlers will do. we can report first—hand here on the occupied west bank, just as we can from israel. but foreign journalists are not allowed into gaza by israel or egypt. the bbc commissioned a palestinian freelance in rafah to film ii—year—old rema getting food for her family. translation: if we get - there early, we get some food. but if we're too late, the food runs out so we won't have anything to eat. the food we bring is only enough for one meal. this has become a daily ritual for the children who fled to this part of rafah with their families. much less aid reaches northern gaza,

where famine is imminent. israel, under us pressure, is letting more food in, but it's also insisting that it can't finish off hamas without attacking this town, where 1.4 million palestinians, including rema, are sheltering. she says getting her family food makes her happy. but rema's pot is all seven people have to eat in a single day. six months on, the gaza war is not over. a wider middle east war threatens. this could get worse. jeremy bowen, bbc news, jerusalem. the israeli cabinet has approved sending a delegation to cairo to renew talks with hamas. but prime minister benjamin netanyahu said a ceasefire would not be agreed until israeli hostages were released. translation: the achievements of the war are great. _ we eliminated 19 out of 2a of the hamas battalions,

including senior commanders. we killed, wounded or captured a significant number of hamas terrorists. we purged shifa and many other terrorist headquarters as well. we destroyed factories manufacturing rockets, control rooms, weapons, ammunition, and we continue to systematically destroy what is underground. we are one step away from victory. israel is not the one preventing a deal. hamas prevents a deal. its extreme demands were intended to bring about an end to the war and leave it intact, meaning to ensure its survival, its rehabilitation, its ability to endanger our citizens and our soldiers. surrendering to hamas demands will allow it to try to repeat the crimes of october 7th again and again, as it promised to do. hamas hopes that the pressure from outside and inside will make israel surrender to these extreme demands. it will not happen.

israel is ready for a deal. israel is not ready to surrender. gaza's health ministry says at least 33,175 people have been killed in the territory. many of those people have relatives here in the united kingdom. ehab 0mar is one of them. he is a member of the british palestinian families group. which was set up during the war. hello and thank you forjoining us. it has been six months, how has it been for you?— been for you? externally difficult. extremely difficult, _ been for you? externally difficult. extremely difficult, we _ been for you? externally difficult. extremely difficult, we wake - been for you? externally difficult. extremely difficult, we wake up i been for you? externally difficult. | extremely difficult, we wake up by the news and sleep by the news, it is not getting better and everyday is not getting better and everyday is more loss than gain in our

community in the uk.- is more loss than gain in our community in the uk. what laws have ou community in the uk. what laws have you undergone? _ community in the uk. what laws have you undergone? i— community in the uk. what laws have you undergone? i lost— community in the uk. what laws have you undergone? i lost a _ community in the uk. what laws have you undergone? i lost a lot _ community in the uk. what laws have you undergone? i lost a lot of - you undergone? i lost a lot of family members _ you undergone? i lost a lot of family members in _ you undergone? i lost a lot of family members in gaza, - you undergone? i lost a lot of - family members in gaza, including some of the pictures you might be sharing today about cousins who have been displaced all over the country. also family members sheltering in north gaza with no access to supplies keeping up bread and water but i lost a lot of family members who were killed by a number of strikes across gaza. h0??? who were killed by a number of strikes across gaza.— who were killed by a number of strikes across gaza. how did your family deal _ strikes across gaza. how did your family deal with _ strikes across gaza. how did your family deal with that? _ strikes across gaza. how did your family deal with that? it - strikes across gaza. how did your family deal with that? it is - family deal with that? it is difficult. _ family deal with that? it is difficult, to _ family deal with that? it is difficult, to be _ family deal with that? it is difficult, to be honest. - family deal with that? it 3 difficult, to be honest. trying to explain it to the kids, i would say the long history of the struggle and the long history of the struggle and the occupation and trying to explain it, why it is happening and why nobody is stopping it, this is even

more difficult. if a politician cannot understand it, there is about question that we need to raise there. we try to take it day by day and how we could support our family members in gaza.— members in gaza. what is the most difficult question _ members in gaza. what is the most difficult question the _ members in gaza. what is the most difficult question the children - members in gaza. what is the most difficult question the children ask. difficult question the children ask you, what have you struggled to answer? ~ , ., , , you, what have you struggled to answer? , , ,, answer? why nobody is stopping this? can --eole answer? why nobody is stopping this? can people see — answer? why nobody is stopping this? can people see it? _ answer? why nobody is stopping this? can people see it? can _ answer? why nobody is stopping this? can people see it? can people - answer? why nobody is stopping this? can people see it? can people see - can people see it? can people see this level of devastation and bloodshed and why we cannot have family members safe. what bloodshed and why we cannot have family members safe.— bloodshed and why we cannot have family members safe. what would you like to happen — family members safe. what would you like to happen next? _ family members safe. what would you like to happen next? you _ family members safe. what would you like to happen next? you are - family members safe. what would you like to happen next? you are part - family members safe. what would you like to happen next? you are part of. like to happen next? you are part of this group the british palestinians group. what are you calling for? we are group. what are you calling for? - are calling for what the hundreds of thousands of people marching the streets are calling for, and immediate ceasefire and this is the only way forward. this is number

one, to allow the people our families, to demand the losses —— to mourn the losses and take whatever pieces of their lives are remaining and for the international community to take responsibility for the palestinians and help them rebuild gaza. to what it was before. hoop gaza. to what it was before. how much family _ gaza. to what it was before. how much family do _ gaza. to what it was before. how much family do you _ gaza. to what it was before. how much family do you have left in gaza? g much family do you have left in gaza? �* ., , ., , ., , gaza? a lot, my aunties are elderly and cannot — gaza? a lot, my aunties are elderly and cannot move _ gaza? a lot, my aunties are elderly and cannot move out. _ gaza? a lot, my aunties are elderly and cannot move out. in _ gaza? a lot, my aunties are elderly and cannot move out. in north - gaza? a lot, my aunties are elderly and cannot move out. in north and| and cannot move out. in north and central gaza my cousin may loss theirfamily, four central gaza my cousin may loss their family, four kids ages 10—15 and also sheltering in rafah, likely 1.5 million palestinians living in a makeshift camp with no access to sanitation or services. i do makeshift camp with no access to sanitation or services.— sanitation or services. i do not know if you — sanitation or services. i do not know if you are _ sanitation or services. i do not know if you are part _ sanitation or services. i do not know if you are part of - sanitation or services. i do not know if you are part of the - sanitation or services. i do notl know if you are part of the gaza families reunited campaign lobbying the british government for

unification of family in gaza with family in the uk. is this something that you would like to do as well? of course. we have been talking to a of course. we have been talking to a lot of the parliamentarians about this initiative or this campaign. we are a community in the uk and we would like to have a similar scheme afforded to the ukrainians during the current horrendous for a new crane. it is very simple, about temporary shelter or safety haven for our families temporary shelter or safety haven for ourfamilies until temporary shelter or safety haven for our families until the war is finished and when it is finished they can go back but it is very difficult to live under this condition, trying to children why our loved ones are living in those conditions in gaza.— conditions in gaza. people are starvin: conditions in gaza. people are starving in _ conditions in gaza. people are starving in gaza. _ conditions in gaza. people are starving in gaza. how- conditions in gaza. people are starving in gaza. how much i conditions in gaza. people are i starving in gaza. how much time conditions in gaza. people are - starving in gaza. how much time deep they have, how have they responded

so far? we they have, how have they responded so far? ~ ., �* ., . so far? we don't have much time. there is a — so far? we don't have much time. there is a mix _ so far? we don't have much time. there is a mix of _ so far? we don't have much time. there is a mix of responses, - so far? we don't have much time. there is a mix of responses, no i there is a mix of responses, no official response from the british government no. we as a community requested to meet with the prime minister, we haven't received a response, they are asking you questions around the mechanisms and all that which would be acceptable to the public in the uk. we have not seen any response yet. we to the public in the uk. we have not seen any response yet.— seen any response yet. we wish you luck and condolences _ seen any response yet. we wish you luck and condolences for _ seen any response yet. we wish you luck and condolences for your - seen any response yet. we wish youj luck and condolences for your family loss in gaza. thank you for your time. . ~ loss in gaza. thank you for your time. ., ~' ,, here in the uk, the foreign secretary has warned that the uk's support for israel is not unconditional. writing in the sunday times, lord cameron said there was "no doubt where the blame lies, " warning it "must never happen again," after three british men were among seven charity workers

killed when their convoy was hit in gaza last week. however, the deputy prime minister, 0liver dowden, defended the uk's continued arms sales to israel. he's rejected calls for the government to publish the legal advice it's had about whether israel's conduct in the war has breached international law. with the latest here's our political correspondent helen catt. he was pushed on this morning. and, yes, he said that israel's war was legitimate. he also said that it was the uk government's assessment that it was still legal for british companies to sell arms to israel. now, if a british company wants to do that, it has to get an export licence from the government and that takes into account criteria like the uk's international law obligations and the risk that any goods or products that are being sent to a country could be used to violate human rights. now what mr dowden said was that the government's assessment of that hadn't changed,

that it was still legal. he also suggested that if that changed and israel was found to have broken international law, then those exports could stop. but he insisted, and speaking to the bbc�*s laura kuenssberg earlier, that israel was being held to high standards. of course, we have concerns about the way in which israel is conducting itself. that is why we have raised issues, for example, in relation to aid and getting more aid in, and that's why we've raised issues in relation to deconflicting, but that is in the context of of a legitimate conflict that israel is pursuing. and helen, what did he say specifically about any legal advice that the government had received? well, there's been a big question about this, because what i've set out for you just now is the government's assessment, the government's position. but there's been lots of questions asked over the last week about what advice the government has been given by lawyers on which it's

come to that conclusion and come to reach that. and mr dowden didn't directly deny a claim that was made by a conservative mp earlier this week that at least some of the advice that lawyers had given government was that israel had broken international law. instead, he said that the government wasn't intending to publish any of this advice. labour, the main opposition party in the uk, has said that that is the wrong call. the shadow foreign secretary, david lammy, told the bbc earlier that he believed they should be publishing a summary of that advice, so that people could be certain that international law was not being broken. this is a very serious issue. it's now gone on for six months. 0n issues of proportionality. and precaution and distinction, there are real concerns notjust from judges, l from the intelligence community, but the broader public. _ for that reason, let us be sure that we are not in breach. - now, labour is not calling for arms exports to be suspended as some

other parties in the uk like the liberal democrats and the snp are. but what david lammy said he wanted was for the foreign secretary, lord cameron, who plays a key role in setting out and deciding the government's position, to be asked more questions about this in the house of commons. lord cameron is a member of the house of lords. that means he doesn't usually get asked them. he can't go into the commons to be asked questions by mps in the usual way, but there is a way of doing it, working with the convention and david lammy wants to see that happen. now it's time for a look at today's sport with lizzie greenwood—hughes. hello from the bbc sport centre. hello, we're starting with the premier league where liverpool missed out on going top again — held to a 2—2 draw by their old rivals manchester united at old trafford. it means liverpool stay second in the table behind leaders arsenal on goal difference. 0ur football correspondent john murray reports. liverpool will be wondering how they did not win this match having led through a lewis diaz goal and being so dominant. yet in fact they needed

a low late mo salah penalty to salvage a point which means this exciting premier league race has tightened up. manchester united came out and proceeded to turn the game around. bruno fernandes equalised from the centre circle and united went in front with a curling finish from the 18—year—old with his first goal at old trafford. liverpool level that will hold events don't ultimately cost them. i'm ok with it. i know that in a lot of moments, we could have turned or pushed this game in our direction. being at half time 1—0 up and 15—0 in shots is a crazy away game, to be honest. we cannot talk about things we didn't do right. we know we can improve and be calmer in moments.

that is what we will work on. as far as i know, we have a point more than before the game. we are still in that race, so it is fine. very mixed emotions. on one side, i'm very disappointed to drop seven points in one week. when you are in winning positions, and we have to blame ourselves i for making stupid mistakes. we have to learn from it. 0n the other side, i'm very proud. you see how we are improving, and the potential for the squad| and this team is amazing. i'm very proud today as well. in the day's other games, bottom side sheffield united forced a late draw with chelsea and tottenham moved into the top four after beating nottingham forest. the much—hyped top of the scottish premiership clash had everything from early goals to late equalisers, but ultimately it ended in a 3—3 draw, to keep leaders celtic a point ahead while rangers have a game in hand. celtic dominated the first half — daizen maeda putting them ahead early on, before a penalty made it 2—0.

rangers also scored from the spot, before abdullah sima equalised in the 86th minute. and there was a frantic finish, with adam idah putting celtic ahead, before rangers' rabbi matondo levelled again. the former newcastle and wimbledon managerjoe kinnear has died at the age of 77. as a player with tottenham, kinnear won the fa cup, two league cups and the uefa cup. he was also capped 26 times for the republic of ireland. afterfailing to finish in australia a fortnight ago, normal service resumed for formula one world champion max verstappen at the japanese grand prix. the dutchman took a clean sweep of pole position, fastest lap and race win — the 57th victory of his career. verstappen beat his red bull team mate sergio perez by 12.5 seconds. carlos sainz continued his impressive start to the season with third at suzuka. england's women lost their final 0ne—day international against new zealand in hamilton,

although they'd already won the series. new zealand reached their target of 195 to win with seven wickets in hand and 66 balls remaining. sophie devine hit a six, to not only win the match, but reach her century too. mathieu van der poel broke his own record time to win the paris—roubaix race for the second year in a row. after a gruelling 260 kilometres on the cobbles, the dutch world champion broke away near the finish, taking almost three minutes off the mark he set last year. it was his sixth win in a "monument" — the name given to road cycling's five most prestigious one—day races. and that's all the sport for now. a british man hasjust become the first person to run the entire length of africa. 27—year—old russ cook, an ultra marathon runner, who calls himself the hardest geezer, has finally reached the finish line after a year on his feet. his epicjourney had pitfalls along the way. it ended in the last

half an hour in tunisia. now, solar eclipse fever is building. millions of people in north america will be able to witness a rare solar eclipse on monday, hoping to spend around four minutes in total darkness, as the moon's shadow blocks the sun's light. emma vardy reports from texas. the daily cattle drive — usually the main attraction here, but now, thousands of people are herding to see this city of cowboys plunged into darkness. a first for some, others travelling to witness an eclipse again. the birds are quiet, nothing moves. there's just this magical hush.

i feel like it's going to be really fun and cool. people are rolling into the path of totality from all over the world and will be craning to get a good view. oh, my neck. nine of you in this trailer. yes, ma'am. how is that going? it's going 0k. what do you think it's going to be like? crazy. i think it's going to feel. pretty intense, you know, just watching it happen. what are you expecting to feel? maybe something spiritual come over me or it may touch my soul. i don't know. we planned this elopement in three weeks. more heavenly alignments are happening in arkansas, where a mass wedding will see some 300 couples tie the knot beneath the celestial event. this seems like the perfect storybook wedding, - the coolest wedding ever. this is a memory we'll take with us for the rest of our lives. this is the moon moving into perfect alignment between sun and earth. not since 1970 has there been a total eclipse passing over such a populated area of north america —

an experience for humans and animals alike. and during the eclipse, gordon had been crowing all morning, suddenly was quiet and just shuffled about rather nervously. and it'll be another 50 years before it happens again. the shadow of the moon has been approaching the earth for several hours this morning. we're going to have a huge impact across the us. - so over 30 million americans are in the path of totality - and another 150 americans are within 200 miles drivel of that path of totality. so the impact that this eclipse - is going to have on everyone's daily life is fascinating. while scientists can predict the precise time and path of an eclipse centuries into the future, what's harder to forecast is the weather. and with it looking pretty overcast here at the moment, people will have to hope for a glimpse during a break in the clouds. god, if you're listening, you know, clear it outjust forfour and a half minutes! a prayer that millions across america are hoping to be answered, or they'll be waiting for the next one till the cows come home.

emma vardy, bbc news, texas. there is a full guide on the solar eclipse on the bbc news website. stay with us, this is bbc news. hello there. it certainly has been a weekend of contrasts — wet and windy, stormy for some, glorious for others. you had to make the most of the sunshine when you had it. after the warmest day of the year so far in east anglia, it was not a bad start to sunday morning. it did cloud over a little as the day progressed. and the week ahead is going to stay pretty unsettled, i'm afraid. 0ften wet and windy, a little bit cooler as well to begin with. but then there's a potential for something warmer to return from wednesday into thursday later on. more on that in just a moment. but we've got this deepening area of low pressure for monday, which is going to bring some wet weatherfor some of us. so we'll start off on monday morning

with rain into the channel isles, moving up through cornwall, gradually into south wales, up through the irish sea. ahead of it, we'll have this band of showery rain developing as well. so across england and wales it's a case of quite a lot of cloud around. there will be some showery outbreaks of rain. top temperatures, though, still on the mild side, 17 celsius here. in the east, the pennines, 17 celsius and it may stay dry for much of the afternoon. heaviest of the rain through the isle of man, just fringing into northern ireland. the bulk of scotland for monday afternoon, staying fine with some sunshine, highs of ten to 12 celsius. but that rain will move its way across northern england into scotland overnight, and also the wind direction is set to change back to a north—westerly, which is going to push that milder air over into eastern europe. a cooler air source arrives for all of us on tuesday. tuesday doesn't look a particularly pleasant day either. there'll be a spell of heavy rain which will grind to a halt for a time across southern scotland and northern england.

quite a lot of cloud and plenty of frequent showers. temperatures on the whole will struggle due to the strength of the wind gusts in excess of 35 to a0 mph, so on your thermometer, probably only looking at between eight and 12 celsius as a high. wednesday will start off for some of us quite promising. we've got this little ridge of high pressure quieting things down, but the next frontal systems are waiting in the wings to move in from the west. so eastern areas seeing the best of the dry weather on wednesday with some sunshine coming through. that rain clears through to sunny spells and scattered showers in the north, but it is going to allow more heat to return in the south later on.

this is bbc news. the headlines... israel says it has withdrawn more ground troops from southern gaza. the move was announced as benjamin netanyahu claims his troops are "one step from victory". the israel gaza war reaches its six month mark. hamas attacked israel killing about 1,200 people and taking hundreds hostage in october. in the war that has followed, the gaza health ministry says at least 33,000 palestinians have been killed.

events are being held across rwanda to mark three decades since the beginning of the genocide against ethnic tutsis and moderate hutus. and a man who has been running the entire length of africa in a mammoth challenge across 16 countries, has reached the finish line of his year long quest. now on bbc news... take me to the opera — the power of glyndebourne. i've been an opera fan for decades, and i want to share my passion with you. so i'm on a mission to find out how opera is reinventing itself for the 21st century. this time i go to glyndebourne in the english countryside to find out why it's a unique place that offers more than opera. we've got beautiful grounds and gardens and lakes, a wonderful visual art gallery and then a wonderful opera.