us universities increase pressure on anti—war demonstrators to suspend protests. and russian missile attacks continue, as zelensky warns that western weapons aren't arriving fast enough. hello, i'm helena humphrey, glad you could join me. western leaders are urging hamas to accept a ceasefire offerfrom israel, which could pause fighting in a war that has lasted over 200 days and — according to gaza's hamas—run health ministry — has killed 3a,000 gazans. america's top diplomat — us secretary of state antony blinken — is making a high stakes trip to the middle east, asking regional leaders to press hamas to accept the terms of a new deal. mr blinken says the offer is "extraordinarily generous". hamas negotiators have reportedly left peace talks in cairo, saying they will

return with a response, though there is no indication of a timeline. frank gardner has more, from jerusalem. what's been —— being debated is the permission by the israeli military for large numbers of palestinian displaced people, currently who are sheltering in the south of the gaza strip, in the south of the gaza strip, in the city of rafah, to move back to their homes in the north. that is something israel has resisted in the past. israel, reportedly, would also remove some of its forces from gaza. this would be during the a0 day truce. and they would of course be the exchange of hostages and prisoners. probably hundreds if not thousands of palestinian prisoners coming out of israeli jails in return from a rather lower figure that was originally lowerfigure that was originally demanded by israel, an initialfigure of around 33 israeli hostages. now, from the

israeli hostages. now, from the israeli side, there is a dual pressure going on here. pressure from the united states to do this deal and pressure domestically, from all the families and friends of the hostages who've been demonstrating and shouting louder and louder against the government here — "your policy isn't working" stop the netanyahu government has a voice insisted that the only way—or the best way to get the hostages out is by military pressure, but it's not working, it is not producing any results, and they can see that, and every day that goes by increases the risk that more of those hostages will die in one way or another.— those hostages will die in one way or another. frank gardener re ”ortin way or another. frank gardener reporting there. _ live now to laura blumenfeld, a former senior advisor on the middle east at the us state department, now a senior fellow at the johns hopkins school of advanced international studies. welcome to you, laura. very good to have you with us once again. we're starting to get some idea of the potential

contours of what deal might look like. some potential concessions on the israeli side in terms of the number of hostages and on the hamas side in terms of the length of that ceasefire. it is potential at the moment but what do you make of the shape of that deal? secretary antony blinken as his foot on the gasp but the question is is he in neutral or drive? i'm here for several reasons. first of all, hamas is being offered a better deal and an improved deal and they acknowledged that for the first time in seven—month israel isn't softening their position. i said a second reason is hamas by releasing those two hostage tapes last week of the american hostages that they're they're clearly playing their big cards. that says to me they are under increased pressure, whether from within or from without, they are ready to cut a deal. also on the israeli side, i think there has been some trading with president

biden. there was a nearly hour—long phone call yesterday between netanyahu and biden and 75% of that time, i am told, took place was about the hostage deal. there is also the icc which is threatening to issue arrest warrants were netanyahu and others, so i think, i have a feeling there is a bit of trading there, if you soften on the hostage deal we will protect you at the icc. and finally and very importantly, it can't be underestimated, the impact of the israeli jewish calendar, coming up in the next week is cut holocaust memorial day which is very emotionally evocative the israelis, and two weeks from now we will have independence day. i don't see how they will be able to celebrate without a deal. laura, your message —— mentioning the softening stance when it comes to hostages, around 33 potentially being released down from the a0, and of course we know, many people are still being held. how do you think the israeli public would react to that?-

you think the israeli public would react to that? well, i think it is — would react to that? well, i think it is a _ would react to that? well, i think it is a sort _ would react to that? well, i think it is a sort of - would react to that? well, i think it is a sort of a - would react to that? well, i think it is a sort of a sad - think it is a sort of a sad reality that they've been forced to put their arms around it which is that they now understand that a0 may not be alive. the numbers keep producing of how many people are alive and i think their senses quit while you are behind and let's bring home who you can. i5 behind and let's bring home who ou can, , ., ., , behind and let's bring home who oucan., . . you can. is hamas was re'ected, exlorin: you can. is hamas was re'ected, exploring the i you can. is hamas was re'ected, exploring the possibility,- you can. is hamas was rejected, exploring the possibility, what i exploring the possibility, what then in this war?— then in this war? well, i think then in this war? well, i think the pressure _ then in this war? well, i think the pressure is _ then in this war? well, i think the pressure is on _ then in this war? well, i think the pressure is on hamas. - then in this war? well, i think i the pressure is on hamas. there is world pressure on there. yes, netanyahu's threatening to go into rafah, i think that might be a more of a negotiating tactic, i don't think he will go in, certainly not without the us approval, and us approval is conditions based, not time—based. conditions based meaning you need to meet certain metrics, most important of them is moving the civilian population, the palestinians, to a safe place. that is nearly unachievable so i think that is a faint for now, not a real option for the israelis. laura

is something _ option for the israelis. laura is something you _ option for the israelis. laura is something you brought. option for the israelis. laura is something you brought up option for the israelis. laura - is something you brought up was concerns from israeli officials about the potential for high ranking officials to be served with arrest warrants from the icc. were that to come to pass, what position do you think that might put washington in? weill. might put washington in? well, ou might put washington in? well, you know. _ might put washington in? well, you know. it _ might put washington in? well, you know. it is _ might put washington in? well, you know, it is one _ might put washington in? well, you know, it is one more - might put washington in? well, you know, it is one more lever. you know, it is one more lever for their administration. they have always had the military lever where they can threaten to slow down weapons delivery to slow down weapons delivery to the israelis as they leverage. the americans have often been the only thing that stands between them and worldwide diplomatic, or legal condemnation. right now the administration came very clearly and said that the icc does not have jurisdiction clearly and said that the icc does not havejurisdiction in this case and so they can use that to their benefit as they try to moderate israel's positions and bring them closer to that prolonged ceasefire and hopefully a two state solution which is what our goal has been all along. which is what our goal has been allalong. before which is what our goal has been all along. before 0ctober seven we were talking about regional integration. we were almost

there. the israelis in some ways are stuck on october seven for them. ways are stuck on october seven forthem. forthe ways are stuck on october seven for them. for the palestinians it is october eight, the aftermath and the destruction. the americans are still talking about, in fact, the americans are still talking about, infact, secretary the americans are still talking about, in fact, secretary actor —— antony blinken said today that 0ctober ten. that was the day he was supposed to come to the region two that mega deal between saudi arabia, israel and the united states for greater regional integration and a better day for all. laura blumenfeld, _ and a better day for all. laura blumenfeld, a _ and a better day for all. laura blumenfeld, a former - and a better day for all. laura blumenfeld, a former senior. blumenfeld, a former senior adviser on the middle east at the us state department, now a senior fellow at the johns hopkins school of advanced international studies. always great to have your take. thank you. protests against the war in gaza are ongoing on university campuses across the us. you can see pictures here of protests on campuses in washington dc, texas, wisconsin and new york all continuing on monday. more than 350 people were arrested at campuses across the country over the weekend. and in new york, columbia university officials have reportedly begun

suspending students involved in protests after they defied a 2pm deadline to disperse. 0ur north america correspondent nomia iqbal has more. the atmosphere here on campus is pretty calm. people are in an upbeat mood. earlier today, there was this deadline. students were told by the president of the university to voluntarily start moving. and there was an implication, therefore, that police might come in. we did see police outside, but that's not happened. students are still inside the encampment and they're saying they're not going anywhere until their demands are met. and essentially those demands are cutting economic and academic ties with israeli institutions. they also want an amnesty for students who have been suspended, any faculty members — so professors at the university — who have also been suspended orfired — many of them were actually standing outside the entrance of the encampment, arms linked to protect the students inside. i spoke to a student who's a negotiator trying to get

these demands met. and he said to me — his name is mahmoud khalil — he said that the students weren't budging until all these demands are met and they will keep going. one of the key dates coming up is graduation on may the 15th. there are students here who aren't on either side, really, whojust want to get to graduation. but the students with the gaza solidarity movement have said to us that they will keep going as long as it takes. mac nomia iqbal reporting there. it's a similar scene here in washington dc, as about 200 protesters at george washington university rally for a fifth day. on monday morning, protesters removed barriers that were put up by the university to deter their encampment site. the university called the removal an "egregious violation of community trust". to understand what demonstrators there are calling for, i spoke to moataz salim, a graduate student at george washington university and a palestinian—american student activist.

moataz salim, thank you so much for being with us here on bbc news. firstly, talk to us about what you are calling for through these protest. first and foremost _ through these protest. first and foremost i _ through these protest. first and foremost i would - through these protest. first and foremost i would say i through these protest. f “st and foremost i would say that what we're calling for on a larger scale is an end to the genocide and we are here in solidarity to my people that there is still a genocide going on and there is a student movement to remind people that the education and systems in gaza have been entirely decimated. a more practical requests, or demands, would be to — we are asking the gw university to divest from any of their— any companies such as tech companies or weapons manufacturing companies, either here in the us or in israel, that are here in the us or in israel, thatare aiding here in the us or in israel, that are aiding the effort

against gaza.— that are aiding the effort against gaza. that are aiding the effort aiainst gaza. �* ~ ., i, against gaza. and i know that ou've against gaza. and i know that you've been _ against gaza. and i know that you've been there _ against gaza. and i know that you've been there for- against gaza. and i know that you've been there for a - against gaza. and i know that i you've been there for a number of days. have you heard anything from the university? what have your interactions been like with officials? trite been like with officials? we haven't - — been like with officials? we haven't - i _ been like with officials? we haven't - i mean, - been like with officials? - haven't — i mean, it has mostly been negative, unfortunately, in terms of their response because what we've seen from them is more of a crackdown. when we first started the encampment they responded by barricading us in. they also from the very first night, around 3am, they sent in a lot of mpd �*s, local police cars just around the perimeter. they sent about 10—15 policeman to come into the encampment, so we were actually getting, we were prepping to potentially be arrested. we later found prepping to potentially be arrested. we laterfound out that the university administration did in fact call mpd to come in and arrest us but the mpd declined. so we

know that last night there was also a request because we haven't the barriers that we set up to barricade us in, we essentially broke them down and took over the university yard so we know that there was another request made by the admin, declined again by the mpd, and they also put out an e—mail this morning. they referred to it as unlawful, illegal, things of that nature. so so far, the response has been pretty aggressive on their end. mostly negative. can been pretty aggressive on their end. mostly negative.— end. mostly negative. can i 'ust end. mostly negative. can i just say--- _ end. mostly negative. can i just say... may _ end. mostly negative. can i just say... may i _ end. mostly negative. can i just say... may i just - end. mostly negative. can i just say... may ijust say, l end. mostly negative. can i i just say... may ijust say, may ijust just say... may ijust say, may i just put to you just say... may ijust say, may ijust put to you the concerns which i am sure you are aware ofjewish students at multiple universities, across the country, reporting feeling unsafe. are you concerned about that? are thosejewish students

are some who may not even support the actions of the israeli government, try to go about their education? i mean, i think about their education? i mean, i think that _ about their education? i mean, ithinkthat | _ about their education? i mean, i think that i would _ about their education? i mean, i think that i would contend - i think that i would contend with the fact that they feel unsafe, i would say moby are more appropriate world —— may be a more appropriate word would be discomfort which is a sort of more understandable. part of the reason that is is because the israeli state uses its propaganda to sort of co—opt thejewish its propaganda to sort of co—opt the jewish faith as part of its creation, its identity, when in reality, i mean, we have a lot ofjewish students who are part of the encampment who are part of the encampment who are part of the encampment who are very much in solidarity with gaza, and from what i understand from them and the way they've spoken about their jewish faith is that it — that they always emphasise it is all about love for all and acts of service to the world and i would say that if there is a discomfort there, that is

understandable, but if they were to come in and really talk to us, they would realise that our demands and our whole ideology behind this has nothing to do with thejewish faith stop it is only about the israeli state, its occupation of palestine, its genocide in gaza and that is the only thing we are really calling for is to enter the genocide in gaza and to stop the occupation of palestine.— to stop the occupation of palestine. i, i, ,, palestine. moataz salim, thank ou ve palestine. moataz salim, thank you very much _ palestine. moataz salim, thank you very much for _ palestine. moataz salim, thank you very much for being - palestine. moataz salim, thank you very much for being with i you very much for being with us. ., ~' you very much for being with us. ., ~ , ., you very much for being with us. . ~' i” ., you very much for being with us. . ~ n ., ., around the world and across the uk. this is bbc news. let's look at another story making the headlines. the national crime agency has issued an unprecedented alert to all schools in the uk, warning about the danger of so called �*sextortion'. that's when criminals trick young people into sharing intimate images of themselves online and then blackmail their victims for cash. angus crawford explains.

gangs posed as young men or women, send explicit images to targets they identify via social media. they demand the same in return. then,... the fill will be — same in return. then,... the fill will be shared _ same in return. then,... the fill will be shared with - same in return. then,... the fill will be shared with your friends, _ fill will be shared with your friends, your family, your workmates... everyone you know. unless _ workmates... everyone you know. unless you — workmates... everyone you know. unless you pay. the workmates. .. everyone you know. unless you pay-— unless you pay. the ca is warning _ unless you pay. the ca is warning that _ unless you pay. the ca is warning that the - unless you pay. the ca is| warning that the criminals unless you pay. the ca is - warning that the criminals are increasingly targeting young people, especially teenaged boys. it is mainly done by gangs based in west africa or southeast asia. their aim— terrify children into handing over as much money as they can. the nca say they want parents and schools to take the alert very seriously but not to panic. you're live with bbc news. russia is continuing its aerial bombardment of ukrainian cities. a russian missile attack on an educational institution in the southern port city of 0desa has killed four people and injured around 30. seven are in serious condition.

the regional governor said the dead included three women and one man. president zelensky said on monday that russia is taking advantage of the slow delivery of western aid. while much needed military assistance is beginning to arrive, mr zelensky said it needs to be delivered faster. ukrainian forces in recent months have suffered from a shortage of ammunition and air defence systems that has given russian forces an advantage on the battlefield. here's what mr zelensky had to say earlier, at press conference with nato chiefjens stoltenberg. translation: promptness in weapons and supply it literally means the stabilisation of the frontline in ukraine stop artillery 155 calibre, long—range weapons, these other weapons our partners have these must be the weapons should be at work here in ukraine to destroy the terrorist ambitions. the russian army is preparing forfurther ambitions. the russian army is preparing for further offensive and together we must stop that.

our partners have all the means necessary for us. scotland is looking for a new leader after its first minister, humza yousaf, announced he'll step down afterjust 13 months in office. mr yousaf�*s political future was thrown into doubt on thursday, when he ended a power—sharing deal between his scottish national party and the scottish greens. it left him facing a confidence vote he was at risk of losing. 0ur scotland editor, james cook, has more from edinburgh. mr yousaf, are you resigning today? a simple answer — yes. not at home in dundee, though, but here at the official residence of the first minister in edinburgh, the place which gave its name to the power—sharing deal with the greens which humza yousaf dumped so disastrously last week. unfortunately, in ending the bute house agreement in the manner that i did, i clearly underestimated the level of hurt and upset that caused green colleagues.

i've concluded that repairing our relationship across the political divide can only be done by someone else at the helm. humza yousaf will have a place in the history books as the first muslim, the first descendant of immigrants, and the first scots asian to lead scotland's devolved government. but his time in office was tough — most of all when his in—laws were trapped in gaza for a month. but he also lost a westminster by—election to labour and endured policy problems from hate crime to gender health care, all with his party under the shadow of a police investigation. the drama here today isn'tjust about who occupies this house, it's about what they want to do while they're in there. and this whole affair has highlighted divisions in the snp — divisions on how to achieve independence, divisions on economic policy, and divisions too

on social issues, not least — the most contentious topic of gender. as he found out, governing is hard, but governing without a majority is much harder. james cook, bbc news, edinburgh. a new report from the washington post provides the clearest link yet between india's government and the foiled assassination attempt targeting a sikh separatist in the us last year. the article — which was published on monday — reveals the name of the officer from india's spy agency who allegedly orchestrated the attempt on gurpatwant singh pannun. mr pannun is a dual us—canadian citizen. he served as the legal counsel and spokesman for sikhs forjustice, a us—based sikh separatist group banned in india. the report also cited current and former western security officials who mapped potential links to members of india's prime minister narendra modi's inner circle to the plot. the indian government has denied the allegations. it comes as the us tries to strengthen its ties

with india to counter some of china's geopolitical influence. the white house says it is taking the post reporting very seriously. joining me now to discuss the report is washington post national security reporter, ellen nakashima. ellen, thank you for being with us. very interesting article. talk to us about the information you found from the indian government and this assassination plot. what we revealed in our article today was the indian, the plot itself was the indian, the plot itself was directed from within india's top spy agency, is what intelligence services called the indian research and analysis wing or also known as r&aw. this was directed from within the indian government, the foreign intelligence agency. we also revealed the name of the intelligence

officer who directed or allegedly directed this plot. his name is vikram yadav and he was working for three at the time. he has since left the agency and gone back to the police reserve force. ihind agency and gone back to the police reserve force. and when ou ut police reserve force. and when you put these _ police reserve force. and when you put these allegations - police reserve force. and when you put these allegations to i you put these allegations to the government, what did new delhi say?— delhi say? they said very little and _ delhi say? they said very little and in _ delhi say? they said very little and in fact - delhi say? they said very little and in fact had - delhi say? they said very little and in fact had not. little and in fact had not commented on the publication of the story now. they complained this is something that is under investigation and that this investigation and that this investigation is also a matter of national security. they also repeated their assertions that they do not undertake extrajudicial territorial killing. the the state

department also put out saying that india, where there are credible allegations of extraterritorial killing and harassment and intimidation of overseas dissidents and journalists. what is so shocking here... crosstalk. please go ahead. shocking here. .. crosstalk. please go ahead.— please go ahead. while this aien please go ahead. while this agency had _ please go ahead. while this agency had been _ please go ahead. while this agency had been known - please go ahead. while this agency had been known in l please go ahead. while this - agency had been known in recent years especially in the last two years, undertake killings and assassinations in pakistan, neighbouring pakistan, to reach overseas and attempt an assassination on us soil and that they actually did carry out an assassination in canada last year, is fairly brazen. indeed. and this plot it appears to have exposed divisions, if you will, in the biden administration in terms

of prosecuting and indian intelligence officer. watmore have you been able to learn about that? —— what more. that's right. we also revealed that there were internal tensions within the administration over how to handle this information, this evidence, there was considerable evidence that led some senior prosecutors and fbi officials to believe they could bring a charge against mr vikram yadav, the intelligence officer. but in the intelligence depart —— in the justice department, in the end the officials opted not to charge this indian intelligence officer. they knew they were participating in — we call them into agency or agency

discussions, for instance, with the white house and state department in which the white house aired concerns that they needed to and wanted to also protect this strategic partnership that they were cultivating building and investing in with india. and in bringing charges now against... 0n bringing charges now against... on that point, you mentioned the strategic partnership. where do you think this now puts that strategic partnership with india right now at a time when we know that washington has been courting that, briefly, if you don't mind. yes, i think that both countries have gone to great lengths to protect and preserve it. this administration, the biden administration has, as we show in our story, they took

fairly notable steps to ensure that they acted with restraint. they sent senior officials like the cia director to india to talk to their indian counterparts and win assurances that they were going to investigate and carry out a credible investigation and promises not to have something, like something like this should not happen again but in the end they did not charge thejustice department opted not to indictment. they had been no expulsions or sanctions or no real punishment. trite expulsions or sanctions or no real punishment.— expulsions or sanctions or no real punishment. we will have to leave it _ real punishment. we will have to leave it there _ real punishment. we will have to leave it there but _ to leave it there but washington post national security reporter, ellen nakashima, thank you very much. you are watching bbc news. i will have more at the top of the hour. join me then. hello there. monday brought some bright and breezy conditions

for some of us, and in the sunshine it felt pleasantly warm, particularly if you had a little bit of shelter. in fact, we saw temperatures around 17 degrees through east anglia and down into the london area. it was a very different story furtherwest, however. cloud and rain lingered for much of the day and in some spots we had just shy of half an inch of rain. now, if we take a look at what's going to come through tuesday, it will be a similar kind of story. unfortunately, out to the west we'll see quite a lot of cloud and some outbreaks of rain. clearer skies further east and with lighter winds we'll see a little more in the way of sunshine. so showery rain across south—west england, wales and into northern ireland through the morning. that low pressure not moving very far, so it'll stay rather grey and damp. we could see a few scattered showers across east anglia and south—east england into the afternoon. but sandwiched in between the two, a lovely slice of sunshine. temperatures will respond, the high teens quite widely here. even in the cloud and rain, well, we'll see temperatures

mid—teens for some. some improvement into northern ireland. western scotland keeps a few scattered showers, but eastern scotland a little bit cooler with a breeze coming in off the sea, but it will be largely dry and sunny. so that low pressure just pulls a little bit further out to the west and the wind direction changes to more of a south—easterly. now, to start off with on wednesday it'll be a relatively mild start but that south—easterly breeze, well, that could just drive in a little more cloud in off the north sea and the potential for some showery rain to drift its way along those east coast once again. so west will be best on wednesday in terms of sunshine and potentially in terms of warmth. so we could still once again see temperatures into the mid to high teens quite widely. now, as we move out of wednesday, towards the end of the week, the weather story gets a little bit messy. it's likely that that weather front could still enhance some showers across central and southern england. the low pressure never too far away with the best of the drier, brighter weather the further north. we are always going to keep those temperatures,

though, slightly above the average for the time of year. but still, that wind coming in from the east. so at times we will be chasing cloud amounts around. there will be some outbreaks of rain, but it'll stay relatively mild into the bank holiday weekend.

winners on wall street. we'll look at the jump in tesla

and apple shares and what china has to do with all of it. and how the mining of materials crucial for a green economy is disrupting lives. hello and welcome to asia business report. i'm steve lai. let's begin in the us, where major stock indexes have made slight gains. this is where they stood at the end of the trading day. shares of elon musk�*s electric vehicle company tesla surged by more than 15%, after his visit to china. apple shares also rose ahead of its quarterly results. the bbc�*s michelle fleury has more from new york. for apple and tesla investors the big question is how are they doing in china? elon musk�*s car companyjust got good news on that front. tesla cleared a major hurdle for its full self driving technology in china after years of trying. this is a key moment for the electric car maker.

it faces fierce domestic competition in china along with softer demand.