look at the global south. look at the way in which the global south has reacted, for instance, in relation to ukraine. countries are not looking at resolving problems as if it was 1945 with a handful of great powers. and i think the paper seriously addresses that and wants a new government, whether it's a continuation of a conservative government or a new labour government, to look afresh at how we might deal with these matters. he's known as the hardest geezer, and russ cook from west sussex has earned that nickname — by running the entire length of africa, for charity. he set off last april from south africa's southern—most tip and has covered the equivalent distance of 385 marathons. the route took him north through countries including angola, nigeria and ivory coast, before ending in the north of tunisia. ellie price reports. only the hardest geezer could do it.

cheering. russell cook has just run nearly every day for 352 days, covering more than 10,000 miles. let's go! day three. day four. day six. the heavens have opened. he's run through deserts, rainforests, savannahs, mountains and 16 countries. and so far he's raised more than £700,000 for the running charity and sandblast. bit windy. soon enough, we'll all be in tunisia, sipping strawberry daiquiris on the beach. 0h—ho—ho! he's had complications with his health, visas, the weather... he sneezes. highs of 39 degrees out here today. twisted me up! ..and other man—made threats. they said we should go more to the main track. we're going to get blown up over here. really? yes. but he's taken it all in his stride. i'm too damn ferocious, boys and girls!

in this final stretch, the 27—year—old had a little help from his friends — a few more running mates than he's used to. he's achieved something no—one else in this world has ever managed. and that strawberry daiquiri! ellie price, bbc news. earlier russ cook spoke about what he hopes to achieve through the challenge. honestly it's totally bananas to me that the amount of people have been following and come out to support and stuff. i think it would be awesome to get people moving more. i'm a big believer in sport, in general doing wonders for people's lives and it's changed my life. so i'd love for more people to be inspired or motivated to go out running or taking part in any kind of sport. the deepest level of motivation for me is legacy for...

i guess, you know, like my family. what this, like the cook name... and you know, when i think about when i have kids, what i want to pass on to them. that's like the deepest level of motivation for me. every monday for nearly six months, people who live around windermere have been protesting against sewage discharges into the lake. today was the 23rd week that they stood outside the offices of the water company, united utitilies to demand an immediate end to the spills. and they were joined this morning by national water campaigner and musician, feargal sharkey. judy hobson reports.

an 80s pop star now the face of a growing movement to clean up our lakes and rivers. today, feargal sharkey lent his support to the save windermere campaign. the group holds a protest here every monday demanding an end to sewage pollution. we cannot figure out how to preserve something as unique and precious as lake windermere, what chance do you think any other little brook, stream, lake, pond is going to have if we cannot save lake windermere a plague of locusts on all of our houses. according to the environment agency, 3.6 million hours of sewage was discharged into our waterways last year. the save windermere campaign says it's damaging the ecology of one of the uk's most iconic lakes. you cannot have a leisure facility and a tourist facility

that has become nothing more than an open air septic tank. and by the way, every single river in england is now polluted. and the biggest source of that pollution, like lake windermere, is the water industry. united utilities says it's invested billions in safe and clean drinking water and reducing storm overflows is a new government requirement. we invest three times what we pay to shareholders each year. that investment is into our infrastructure to improve services. in the case of storm overflows, we're planning to invest over £3 billion to tackle 400 of our storm overflows, and that will see spills reduced by 60% by 2030. it was a fleeting visit from feargal sharkey, but the save windermere campaign will continue to be here every week. judy hobson, bbc north west today, windermere. a professional carers support group in nottinghamshire is trying to raising aware about care workers

and the legal minimum wage, saying many of then don't earn it because of unpaid travel time. it's after a new law came into effect last week which means people who provide unpaid care to relatives or friends are now entitled to five days of unpaid leave. jeremy ball has more. david's been bedbound with parkinson's for the last four years. tracey and nicola are his lifeline. fantastic! david lives alone here at his flat in west bridgford. without their support, he'd need to move to a care home. it's total difference because i couldn't manage here without them — i couldn't because i can't get up on my legs and walk into my kitchen and cook a meal — which you did used to do. david gets four of these half—hour visits every day. but now nicola and tracey and several other carers are supporting each other, too, to deal with everything from coping with medical emergencies to every domiciliary carer's bugbear. travel.

you reach the stage where there's nothing you can do about it. i had five minutes to get to the call, it took me over 15 minutes. trying to get to someone i knowing that they need you, it's really difficult. nottingham is getting very bad for traffic, i getting very bad for roadworks. i think people see carers as making a cup of tea and having a chat, and it's so far from that. we give medication, we check skin integrity, we ensure that the client is well and healthy — and if they're not, we act on that. so now they've all signed up to the new homecare workers�* group, along with online members from as far afield as devon and wales. you know, you leave a note to say, "put the laundry on, take it out." it's been set up by rachel kelso, who hopes it'll also help them challenge exploitation within the industry. 10% to i3% of domiciliary care workers — that's home care workers — are not paid for their travel time and to the effect of being illegally paid under the national minimum wage. it's a huge problem. it is exploitation. government's talking

about opening up career pathways for care workers — lovely — but let's look at unpaid travel time, let's look at that basic hourly rate and let's look at insecure contracts. it's all documented, all in here. but the homecare workers�* group is backed by rachel's boss. she hopes it can protect responsible care firms from competitors that cut corners. we need to support our carers, to give them a fighting chance to do a really good job. and we want the home care workers to feel supported, treated like any other health—care professional. and there's so, so many bad stories, but the good stories are that people live at home. what would you like on? people like david — who rely on these visits for so much more than their meals and personal care. it's about their independence, and living life to the full. jeremy ball, bbc news. a spokesperson for the department for health told us carers are covered by recent rises in the national living wage and said the government is taking

a number of steps to give the caring profession "the recognition it rightly deserves". the hairy bikers�* si king has thanked motorcylists who turned out in their thousands in east yorkshire yesterday to pay tribute to dave myers, the other half of the famous pairing, who died in february. the rideout took them from beverley to scarborough and whitby and was organised to raise money for cancer research. becki thomas reports. a taste of yorkshire paradise. he was one half of the tvjewel, the hairy bikers. was one half of the tv “ewel, the hairy sweat was one half of the tv “ewel, the hai bikers. ,, , ,., ., hairy bikers. seven seed sourdough. d and hairy bikers. seven seed sourdough. dry and say — hairy bikers. seven seed sourdough. dry and say that _ hairy bikers. seven seed sourdough. dry and say that quickly. _ hairy bikers. seven seed sourdough. dry and say that quickly. dave - hairy bikers. seven seed sourdough. dry and say that quickly. dave myersi dry and say that quickly. dave myers is known for his love of food and motorbikes. but he sadly passed away from cancer earlier this year. around 6000 bikers paid their

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another mild day. some of us have seen spring sunshine, not everyone. low pressure moving from west to east. 0ver low pressure moving from west to east. over the next few days low pressure remains close by. an unsettled theme to our weather. blustery rain around at times. it will turn cooler than it has been. this area of low pressure has been pushing towards the south—west of the uk. a couple of weather fronts. for the rest of the day we have outbreaks of rain for some, especially heavy for parts of northern ireland, into the south—west of scotland, and the far south—west of scotland, and the far south—west of scotland, and the far south—west of england. if you showers elsewhere for northern and western areas. towards the south—east, i7, western areas. towards the south—east, 17, 18 celsius. and some sunshine across the north of scotland. heading into the evening, if you are hoping to get a glimpse of the partial solar eclipse, your best bet will be across the north west of scotland, particularly towards the western isles. perhaps if you have as bills for parts of northern ireland in the west, but for most of us it will be cloudy and

wet. rain continues through the ceiling and tonight. it becomes particularly heavy for parts of southern and eastern scotland as well. our reasonably mild night out there, temperatures 7—9 c. we start tuesday with a lot of cloud. 0utbreaks we start tuesday with a lot of cloud. outbreaks of rain. it will be a windy day for most, particularly towards the south—west. this rain will be quite heavy particularly for a southern and eastern scotland. that is the risk of flooding. winds will be a feature, gusting up to a0 mph on land for most of us, it could be stronger than that, even 65 mph towards the south—west. a blustery, cooler day. 8—12 c are top temperature but when you add on that when it is going to feel colder than that. i colder air mass, the blue colour is back with ours, through tuesday night and into wednesday. it could be a chilly night. this ridge of high pressure before the next front. through the day on wednesday another breezy day, a lot of cloud,

outbreaks of rain pushing eastwards. heaviest across the north—west of the uk. temperature is pretty much where they should be for this time of year, perhaps a little below for some of us. 10—15 c. it looks like things were warm up in the south. it could be 20 celsius or higherfor friday and saturday. it stays unsettled in the north west. goodbye.

live from london. this is bbc news. displaced palestinians start returning to the gazan city of khan younis. israel says it has withdrawn nearly all ground troops, as it re—groups for the next stage of war. donald trump says abortion rights should be decided by us states, rejecting a national abortion ban before november�*s election. the un�*s atomic watchdog warns a new drone attack on ukraine�*s zaporizhzhia power plant raises the risk of a major nuclear accident. and millions of people are gearing up for a total solar eclipse, which will plunge parts of north america into darkness.

hello, i�*m geeta guru—murthy. welcome to bbc news now. we start in the middle east, where palestinians have begun returning to the devastated city of khan younis in southern gaza, after israel said it was reducing the numbers of soldiers in the area, six months into the israel—hamas war. israel�*s defence minister said troops are being redeployed and preparing for further operations against hamas. the israeli military could still mount an offensive against hamas�*s last stronghold in rafah, despite the us leading international pleas for restraint. israel and hamas are now looking at fresh proposals on the table at talks in cairo aimed at securing a truce in gaza and a hostage release deal. 0ur chief international correspondent lyse doucet is injerusalem. she gave us the latest from there.

the big question being asked here this morning