the headlines: this is the moment hamas leader ismail haniyeh — is told that three of his sons were killed in a strike in gaza. israel says they were hamas operatives. japan and the us announce a new era of strategic cooperation, with the building of a joint air and missile defence system. arizona's supreme court rules that the us state can enforce a near—total abortion ban from 1864. nearly 100,000 people are evacuated as floods hit kazakhstan and russia. and exit polls in south korea are projecting a landslide win for the opposition in parliamentary elections. live from our studio in singapore, this is bbc news. it's newsday.

we begin with the war in gaza. israel has confirmed that it has killed three adult sons of the hamas leader, ismail haniyeh, with an airstrike in gaza. ismail haniyeh said the vehicle they were driving in was hit in the al—shati camp, west of gaza city. but he said the deaths of so many members of his family won't affect the demands hamas is making in ceasefire negotiations. across gaza, palestinians have been marking eid in the midst of the devastation caused by six months of war. with famine looming and most of the population displaced, few have been able to hold traditional celebrations. here's our international editorjeremy bowen. three missiles hit the car in the shati refugee camp in gaza city. ismail haniyeh's three sons and three grandchildren were killed, along with their driver. witnesses told local journalists that they were visiting bereaved families. the israelis said they attacked to stop the men committing an act of terror.

the dead man's father is the senior hamas political leader deeply involved in ceasefire talks. ismail haniyeh was in qatar when he was told his sons were dead. their blood, he said, was no more precious than that of any palestinian, and hamas would not change its position on the ceasefire. killing members of ismail haniyeh's family might strengthen suspicions that israel's prime minister does not want a ceasefire deal with hamas and will buy time by sabotaging the talks. for muslims, this day is supposed to be joyful. it is eid al—fitr, the celebration at the end of ramadan. even in gaza — this is rafah — where life was always hard, eid was a respite. this year, graveyard visits instead of presents, sweet treats and new clothes for the children. this woman is at her son hassan�*s grave, one of more than 33,000

palestinians killed by israel. translation: i'm asking god to take | revenge on israel and america. may they suffer too. oh, god, have their children killed and their wives widowed. they destroyed our house. we live on the street. gaza is drowning in destruction, darkness and damnation. ben—gurion university, about 25 miles from gaza, looks tranquil. but more than 100 students and staff from here were killed or taken hostage on seventh 0ctober. 6,500 students were mobilised. among them, three young men just back from gaza after months in combat. tell me what the impact of 7th of october was on you. i think everybody here is related somehow to what happened. everybody knows someone that was kidnapped, that was killed. it's all around the country. i mean, you saw palestinian

civilians inside gaza and they've been going through hell. what was going through your mind? i think many of them aren't innocent, and i think it will be really hard to find those that are innocent. but it doesn't mean i think everyone should get hurt. and what's the future going to be, with the palestinians next door? i think that if you would have asked me this question on october 6th, then i would say definitely yes, i would just do a palestinian state, let them live over there, we'll live over here and we'll coexist and everything will be nice. but after october 7th, it seems clear to me that they don't want it as much as i wanted it. of course, i prefer to be here in the university to study, to go and drink my coffee instead of going fighting a war. like, war it's not fun going to fight in a war, but sometimes it's necessary. and in this situation it's necessary. it's a two way street. like, your question.

i mean, like, it feels kind of israel's responsibility. to not radicalise gazans, but where is gazans' responsibility- towards us, you know? i mean, if we ever want to coexist, . if we want a two state solution, i we need responsibility on both sides, with accountability. - at the north end of gaza, the fences that did not stop hamas have been repaired. last week, after international anger about the humanitarian catastrophe in gaza, israel promised to open this crossing, erez, to allow aid directly into the north, which faces famine. it is still shut. prime minister netanyahu is under a lot of pressure at the moment — from the americans who want a ceasefire and for him to open the gates of gaza to unlimited amounts of humanitarian aid. from the hostage families who want a deal with hamas, to get their people back. and from the ultra nationalists in his own coalition who have said that if that offensive into rafah

doesn't go ahead, then they will bring down his government. north gaza, gripped by hunger and disease, is on the other side of the wall. when the siege was imposed, the israeli defence minister said they were fighting human animals. six months on, israel's allies say its 1,200 dead on the 7th 0ctober did not give it license to kill and destroy so much. the united states and japan have announced what they called a new era of strategic cooperation, with the building ofajointairand missile defence system. speaking alongside the visiting japanese prime minister, fumio kishida, president biden said the upgraded military pact was strictly defensive in nature. the uk defence ministry also announced they will hold joint military exercises with the us and japan from 2025, like these in the south china sea over the weekend.

speaking a little earlier, president biden said the co—operation between the countries had never been greater. 0n the economic front, our ties have never been more robust. japan is the top foreign investor in the united states. say that again. japan is the top foreign investor in the united states. and we, the united states are the top foreign investor in japan. nearly one million americans work injapanese companies here in the united states. meanwhile mr kishida emphasised the importance of a free and open indo—pacific region. translation: we underscore the im ortance translation: we underscore the importance of— translation: we underscore the importance of peace _ translation: we underscore the importance of peace and - importance of peace and stability in the taiwan straits and confirmed our position to encourage peaceful resolution of cross street issues. it was part of a wider trilateral summit. for more i have been speaking with don mclean gill in manila. he told

me what was at stake for all countries involved.- countries involved. this first-ever— countries involved. this first-ever trilateral - countries involved. this - first-ever trilateral summit countries involved. ti 3 first—ever trilateral summit is a reflection of all three states and their shared goals towards establishing and maintaining the rules —based order, the player larger role as a responsible state borders in the indo pacific and that is inclusive of the maritime domain. we've seen in the past few months china stepping up its assertive and expansionist interest in the south china sea, the greater south china sea, the greater south china sea and in the west as well. this trilateral aims to keep the domain free open and rules based on we've been looking at more regular maritime drills and to institutionalise such levels of defence cooperation to ensure con to annuity despite changes in the domestic political systems. we also look into capacity building more robust information sharing and perhaps other forms of

multidimensional levels of defence cooperation in the cyberspace, cyber tech ology cooperation, cyber security cooperation, cyber security cooperation and at the same time focusing on economic and trade investment which is also equally important in addressing the china challenge in the region. the china challenge in the reuion. ~ ., ., .,~ ., region. what do you make of the seed region. what do you make of the speed with _ region. what do you make of the speed with which _ region. what do you make of the speed with which the _ speed with which the philippines has moved closer to the united states since president marcos came to power? we have to understand that since the beginning of the administration of president marcosjunior, manila has marcos junior, manila has offered marcosjunior, manila has offered to strengthen and seek to strengthen its relationship to strengthen its relationship to china because china is our main trading partners. but china has been showing a huge divergence between what it says and what it does and is a pragmatic middle power in the indo pacific with our own agency this has, of course, catalysed our position to proactively engage more, more

steadily with the united states and our like—minded partners with those traditional and non—traditional partners as well and as you can see here this is a response to the converging interests between manila and washington to enhance both collective and individual resilience, to address the emerging challenges in the indo pacific and at the same time keep the rules —based order enhanced and secured amid revisionist forces in the region. revisionist forces in the re . ion. ~ revisionist forces in the region-— revisionist forces in the reaion.~ . , region. we have seen japan in the us announce _ region. we have seen japan in the us announce a _ region. we have seen japan in the us announce a new - region. we have seen japan in the us announce a new era i region. we have seen japan in the us announce a new era of| region. we have seen japan in l the us announce a new era of a strategic cooperation, the building of a joint area missile defence system. should we expect new announcements from the trilateral meeting? given that it is still taking place they endeavour to keep it substantial. a possible drill and institutionalising it is important and we would like to see the strengthening of trade

and investment supply chains for semiconductors. these things are very much important given the growing importance of economic resilience in the indo pacific and the intersection between politics and economics. have also been looking into possible issues on critical minerals and we may also witness a more robust framework for cyber security. so what matters most is that they forwarded collective long—term roadmap to ensure the progression and continuity from what would be discussed and i think this is the important part of the trilateral that should be envisioned. let's have some _ should be envisioned. let's have some live _ should be envisioned. let's have some live pictures - should be envisioned. let'sl have some live pictures now from washington where we can see the president ofjapan making remarks alongsidejoe making remarks alongside joe biden making remarks alongsidejoe biden let's listen in. prominent american and japanese guests to take my wife also just told me it was hard to tell who the guests of honour

is. so i was relieved when i was shown the seat right next to the president. last year president biden and doctor biden visited my hometown of hiroshima... . some comments there from the japanese leader as he is at the white house attending a dinner hosted by president biden and his wife, doctorjill biden as well. for more former president donald trump has said that arizona has gone, quote, "too far" on abortion — after the state's highest court issued a ruling outlawing abortion, unless the mother's life is in danger. the law revives a near—total ban on abortion that dates back to 1864, making an abortion,

or helping a woman to obtain an abortion, punishable by two to five years in prison. the ruling in arizona came a day after mr trump said abortion should be left for individual states to decide, not the federal government. so what does the ruling mean for women in arizona and who will be impacted most? dr alison norris is a professor at ohio state university and co—chair of wecount — a us abortion data reporting study. arizona provides a really important example to us about how uncertainty in the policy landscape can be a barrier to care. ~ landscape can be a barrier to care. ~ ., landscape can be a barrier to care. ~ ., , ., care. we saw that before the dobbs decision _ care. we saw that before the dobbs decision a _ care. we saw that before the dobbs decision a woman - care. we saw that before the dobbs decision a woman in i dobbs decision a woman in arizona, more than 1000 abortions, 1200 abortions provided each month in that state and then with the decision the uncertainty around this very old law from 1864 caused many providers in the

state to stop being able to provide care in the number of abortions provided dropped to 210 in the next month. we know that access to abortion care is essential for the health and well—being of people who find themselves pregnant with a pregnancy they cannot continue. and when care is diminished or eliminated completely it is the people who are experiencing the most structural disadvantage were least able to leave the state to get care elsewhere. could you elaborate on the point about the structural disadvantage?— point about the structural disadvantaue? . , ., , disadvantage? certainly. people of all walks _ disadvantage? certainly. people of all walks of _ disadvantage? certainly. people of all walks of life _ disadvantage? certainly. people of all walks of life and _ disadvantage? certainly. people of all walks of life and up - of all walks of life and up with a pregnancy and sometimes theyjust with a pregnancy and sometimes they just feel they cannot continue and they need to terminate. most americans want that decision of autonomy for themselves and a large majority of americans want that decision for other people. but despite that there are significant

barriers to accessing abortion care. it could be in the case of a state like arizona if it were to turn out that it is not legal to have an abortion in that state than there is no access to provision at all and anyone who wants an abortion will have to travel out of state. the travel takes time and money and social resources and money and social resources and for the people who are already experiencing life circumstances such that they are denied or do not have access to money and resources they cannot take a day off from work and do not have their own car, they have people at home they need to take care of, for those folks the need to travel out of state for an abortion can become an insurmountable barrier to obtaining that kind of care. ., , , of care. former president trump has said that _ of care. former president trump has said that arizona _ of care. former president trump has said that arizona has - of care. former president trump has said that arizona has gone . has said that arizona has gone too far on this decision and he was the one who wanted to leave it to the states. arizona republicans have denounced the decision as well. this is a tricky political position for

them. ., them. something that we have been thinking _ them. something that we have been thinking about _ them. something that we have been thinking about is - them. something that we have been thinking about is the - them. something that we have been thinking about is the way| been thinking about is the way that chronic uncertainty in the abortion landscape, these sort of surprising moments that come from court cases, it has become somewhat the norm in the united states over the last set of months since the dodds decision. there's been a lot of surprising moments in the political rhetoric that takes place coming from politicians and from the court, itself, that contributes to the uncertainty. sometimes policy decisions can increase uncertainty and others can decrease. those policy decisions can increase and decrease sigma that makes stigma. so what might pick that what most people want is steady reliable access to good quality healthcare when they need it,

the political uncertainty can really drive some of the things that increase barriers to those kinds of care. around the world and across the uk. this is bbc news.

exit polls in south korea's parliamentary elections are projecting a landslide win for the opposition. the democratic party and other opposition groups are projected to win about two—thirds of the 300 seats in parliament. if confirmed, the result would be a blow to president yoon suk—yeol and his people power party. let's cross over to our correspondent in seoul, jean mackenzie. a landslide predicted for the opposition in south korea. how much of a surprise is this? we have most _ much of a surprise is this? we have most of _ much of a surprise is this? - have most of the results now and it does appear that the liberal opposition party have won a landslide majority. now

president yoon has been unpopular ever since he took office so his approval ratings have tended to go between about 30 and 40%. people here have wrestled at what they see is quite a confrontational political style. quite a confrontational politicalstyle. he's quite a confrontational political style. he's been accused of mishandling the economy but even so i don't think either side expected him to be punished quite so much. this is a landslide, as we said, for the liberal opposition party. yes, they did when this many seeds in the last general election back in 2020 but the circumstances were very different than. you had a very different than. you had a very popular liberal president in office. so this dp that make defeat for the ruling party is being seen as a vote of no—confidence in the president and it weakens his authority, even though it may look as if much has changed on paper, when you look at the votes. what you look at the votes. what does the — you look at the votes. what does the upcoming - you look at the votes. what does the upcoming for - you look at the votes. what does the upcoming for his l does the upcoming for his presidency and is this just a domestic issue for him? if

presidency and is thisjust a domestic issue for him? if you look at the _ domestic issue for him? if you look at the day-to-day - look at the day—to—day politics, what it means is that he is going to struggle to pass laws in the national assembly, he will struggle to push ahead with his agenda because the smaller parties will now be able to team up to push ahead laws that they like and block the law they do not. so his government will struggle to tackle some of these urgent issues that south korea is facing. rising food prices, a slowing economy, a rapidly ageing population. when you look at foreign policy, the national assembly does have less say over that so we may see the president used to focus his attention on this. that is what we have seen him do over the last two years. has had some radical changes to south korea �*s foreign policy and this time. he's taken a tough stance on north korea and build up stance on north korea and build up a relationship with the united states and japan in order to counter north korea and china. but crucially he had the authority to do this because the adjustment under presidential election. now he has, in effect, just lost an election and as we said it weakens his authority and it

will be less accountable so less power to push ahead on foreign policy that does not have popular support here in south korea.— south korea. briefly, tell us what voters _ south korea. briefly, tell us what voters have _ south korea. briefly, tell us what voters have been - south korea. briefly, tell us. what voters have been saying south korea. briefly, tell us- what voters have been saying to you? what voters have been saying to ou? , ., what voters have been saying to ou? , ._ ., you? yesterday we were at the ollin: you? yesterday we were at the polling station _ you? yesterday we were at the polling station speaking - you? yesterday we were at the polling station speaking to - polling station speaking to people as they were going into cast a ballot. everybody has said that yes, foreign policy is big here in south korea but thatis is big here in south korea but that is not what voters are concerned about. they are concerned about. they are concerned with economic issues detect the sort of things that really impacts what is in their wallet at the end of the day. the people going in and out of the polls were telling us that they were worried about food prices that have been rising rapidly. they were worried about inflation and the cost of housing he incredibly hard to afford an apartment. these are the sort of day—to—day issues that people are voting on. thank you so much for that. jean mckenzie speaking to us from salty dig —— from saul.

the worst flooding in almost a hundred years has hit russia and kazakhstan, forcing the evacuation of more than a hundred thousand people. the flooding — in the urals and western siberia — has been caused by unseasonably warm temperatures, which has melted snow. in the russian city of 0renburg — home to half a million people — water levels have reached dangerous levels. thousands of people have left the city. 0renburg is downstream from the city of 0rsk, which was inundated when a dam burst last week. 0ur russia editor steve rosenberg gave us this assessment of the flooding. sirens. in places, 0renburg is a city submerged. roads turned into rivers by the worst flooding here in living memory. "evacuation under way," is the message for anyone still living here. "all the houses are flooded," says the local mayor. he's sailing down the streets, surveying the devastation. spring floods are common in russia, but not on this scale.

it's thought the combination of heavy rain and rapidly melting snow in warm weather caused rivers to burst their banks. in 0renburg, thousands have left their homes or been helped to leave by emergency services and by volunteers. "everything was dry yesterday," she says. "the water came at night, so fast." and look what damage it's done inside the houses. they have been rescuing pets as well stranded by the deluge of water. and look what damage it's done inside the houses. the floating fridge — a reminder of the destructive power of water. and flooding has affected towns and villages across the ural mountains and western siberia. beyond russia, too.

this is neighbouring kazakhstan. here, 100,000 people have been evacuated from the flood zone. meanwhile, other russian regions are preparing for flooding as water levels continue to rise. steve rosenberg, bbc news, moscow. police and the city of philadelphia, pennsylvania and the united states at least two people were shot at the celebration marking the end of ramadan or the police say they do not believe the violence was connected to the celebrations. additionally police say an officer fired a weapon and struck a 15—year—old who the police say was carrying a gun. four people were arrested and a number of weapons seized. at least one victim was taken to hospital. before we go — they say retirement is a reward for a lifetime's hard work — and that's certainly the case for one canine in the uk. nine—year—old �*trigger�*, who's known as the �*dogfather�*, has fathered 323 puppies during his work in the guide dog's breeding programme. guide dogs says each of those puppies had brought

independence and confidence to the lives of blind and partially sighted people all over britain. trigger will spend his retirement with his dog breeding volunteer of seven years — who will officially adopt him. a reminder of our top story before we go. israel has confirmed it has killed three aduu confirmed it has killed three adult sons of a hamas leader with an air strike in gaza. the vehicle they were driving in was hit near a camp west of gaza city but the leaders said the deaths of so many members of his family will not affect the demands that hamas is making in the ceasefire negotiations. more on that story and many more on our bbc website. that is also available on our mobile app as well. i'll see you at the same time again tomorrow.

hello. well, some of us are in for a fine day. thursday's expected to bring warm, sunny spells to many northern and eastern parts of the country. certainly won't be like it everywhere — in fact, farfrom it in the morning across many western and southern areas of the uk. right now, a lot of cloud shrouding the uk. weatherfront is crossing us, bearing rain and dribs and drabs possible anywhere through the night and in some areas even quite heavy for a time. but this weather front is caught in a current of very mild air streaming in from the southern climes, quite a breezy end to the night is expected as well. but i think by the time we get to around 6:00 in the morning, you can see the skies are clearing across many eastern and some western areas of the uk as well. temperatures will be in double figures in most major towns and cities. so here's the morning, then, the forecast. you can see still a fair amount of cloud across some southern and western areas, dribs

and drabs of rain, but already sunshine across, say, many northern and north—eastern parts of the uk. the temperatures very pleasant indeed — widely, i think, into the high teens or 20 degrees across england, eastern scotland, around 18 and out towards the west, around 14 to 17 degrees celsius. but the west will always be more cloudy. now into friday, the south of the country is closer to an area of high pressure. so i think brighter skies here, but i say brighter, not necessarily all that sunny, because we still have that relatively mild and murky current south—westerly wind, in fact, bringing some outbreaks of rain to north—western areas. so the sunny, brighter skies will always be further towards the east and south and every bit as mild or warm, 20 degrees widely in some areas — mid or high teens. now, that warmth isn't going to stick around. in fact, saturday night into sunday, we're expecting this slightly cooler air mass or much cooler air mass drifting in out of the west and the north atlantic and brought also by this area of low pressure, which is expected to sweep

in some rain to many north—western areas of the uk. so yes, we've got three days of relatively mild if not warm weather given some sunny spells, but by the time we get to sunday and certainly into monday, it's all change — colder and outbreaks of rain from time to time.

from space to land and sea, security and economic ties between us and japan been given their largest ever grade. and we break down the challenges and opportunities faced by migrants arriving in the wol�*s number one economy. good morning welcome to asia business report. die steve lai. 0ur business report. die steve lai. our top story today, japan and the united states are forging an even closer relationship following a bilateral summit in what. prime minister fumio kishida and presidentjoe biden unveiled a wide range of agreements that will enhance not just security but agreements that will enhance notjust security but economic ties as well top now take a look at some pictures earlier of them arriving for an official dinner. aside from plans to upgrade the military alliance, the two historical allies have reached deals aimed

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