scene at ucla at one o'clock this is the scene at ucla at one o'clock in the morning. i am here at the campus, the police have been ramping up cause for pause testers to disperse orface ramping up cause for pause testers to disperse or face arrest. a special bbc investigation has uncovered new evidence about the killing of two boys by the israeli army. police in georgia have water cannons and fired tear gas at thousands of people protesting against a bill that they say targets free speech. and us pop star olivia rodrigo is forced to postpone some uk shows of her world tour because of issues at manchester's delay—ridden co—op live arena. hello and welcome. we start in the us, where pro—palestinian protestors in an encampment at the ucla campus

in california have been told to disperse by police or face arrest. these are live pictures outside the camp, where it's nowjust after 1am local time. more and more students are gathering to show their support, as demonstrations against the war in gaza continue at universities across the united states. earlier, california's governor, gavin newsom, accused the police of being too slow to respond after counter—demonstrators attacked the camp on tuesday night. in texas, riot police broke up a similar encampment, accusing the demonstrators of breaching trespass laws. let's hear from our correspondent helena humphrey who is at the ucla campus live for us. welcome and take us through what is happening right now. you welcome and take us through what is happening right now.— happening right now. you can hear the chanting _ happening right now. you can hear the chanting behind _ happening right now. you can hear the chanting behind me, _ happening right now. you can hear the chanting behind me, chantingl the chanting behind me, chanting from protesters who are booing each time we see more riot police. behind me you see the protesters in the encampment and over the past 30 minutes or so we have heard over the

megaphone increased warnings from the police here saying this is an illegal encampment, these protesters must leave or face imminent arrest but throughout the evening more and more have been coming out and they have been chanting saying we will not leave. earlierwe have been chanting saying we will not leave. earlier we were able to shove questions to some of them asking what are you planning on going and they were shaking their head and you can hear the building now, coming from those protesters, student demonstrators on the sanctioned protest over on the other side, they have been gathering throughout the course of the day despite the five classes have been called off and you can see police including police with riot gear is well under california highway patrol team have in the last 30 minutes put their advisors down. i think it's fair to say it feels like we're in a holding pattern. we know it was around 1am yesterday we saw the scenes of violence, clashes with

counter demonstrators so it remains to be seen if and when police might start to move on the encampment. there's been some criticism of the police including from the california governor, what reaction has there been from there? that governor, what reaction has there been from there?— been from there? that is right, governor gavin _ been from there? that is right, governor gavin newsom - been from there? that is right, governor gavin newsom said . been from there? that is right, i governor gavin newsom said the response was much too slow undertook authorities hours to essentially stop the clashes and in the meantime, look again at the encampment, what you saw happen was the counter demonstrators come to the counter demonstrators come to the area, there were fireworks lobbed over at matches thrown in according to people in the encampment and they described to me they had very bloody scenes, 15 people injured, one person remaining in hospital and speaking to the authorities here we understand all of the la police department has been put on alert racing for some kind of

situation and at the same time hospitals are preparing for some kind of situation. they are on standby. the bigger issue here is about how you make sure people can express themselves and have the right to protest whilst balancing the fact students, jewish students say they feel unsafe and that is the quandary we have seen playing out right across the country. just remind us — right across the country. just remind us what _ right across the country. just remind us what it _ right across the country. just remind us what it is - right across the country. just remind us what it is the pro—palestinian protesters are calling for and how widespread do you think support for their actions is? ,, , ., ~' ., you think support for their actions is? speaking to the demonstrators this evening _ is? speaking to the demonstrators this evening and _ is? speaking to the demonstrators this evening and listening - is? speaking to the demonstrators this evening and listening to - is? speaking to the demonstrators this evening and listening to theirl this evening and listening to their chanting, they are calling for a ceasefire, they are against a ground operation in wrapper and the core of the university campus based movement which has existed for a long time in the united states is with regards to divestment from israeli financial times, something no university campus previously has ever done. in

terms of the question of support, i think what you see is even if encampments end up being dismantled, clearly there is a disquiet here and the discontent like it will not be quelled amongst a certain population of the younger generation. taking a look at recent polling from cnn, it found 85% of young people in the country do not approve of the way president biden has handled the war, the way israel has been prosecuting this war and the support that washington has given it and i think the only thing, i am listening out for what is going on, the only thing that could probably quell that is a lasting ceasefire which we know is proving difficult to come by. to what extent do you think the protests are impacting onjewish students in thejewish community? certainly, president biden has spoken about this as well, not

tolerating anti—semitism, there will be a federal investigation with this campus with regards to a rise in anti—semitic and islamophobic incidents, a conversation which is being had in this country and we are seeing it become very polarised and very intense. and yes, certainly for these students, they have said they feel uncomfortable, other students say they simply want to make their views heard. for say they simply want to make their views heard-— university students in the uk have been holding protests of their own — setting up encampments to object to the ongoing war in gaza. demonstrations have so far been held at universities in sheffield, bristol, leeds and newcastle.

let's speak to lisa stampnitzky — a lecturer in politics at sheffield university who took part in the protest yesterday. a huge proportion of the population in gaza is now at risk of starvation and multiple israeli officials have made statements voicing the genocidal intent including a call for total annihilation of wrapper and other cities and meanwhile our government in the uk continues to lend their support to the israeli government ignoring the massive call for a ceasefire and the millions of people who go out to protest. what people who go out to protest. what is it ou people who go out to protest. what is it you are — people who go out to protest. what is it you are asking _ people who go out to protest. what is it you are asking for— people who go out to protest. what is it you are asking for and why are you protesting?— is it you are asking for and why are you protesting? students are calling other universities _ you protesting? students are calling other universities to _ you protesting? students are calling other universities to end _ you protesting? students are calling other universities to end their - other universities to end their complicity. here at sheffield will soon release a report which documents out the university has taken millions of pounds from manufacturers including the uae to conduct research which aids weapons development including development that supports the development of the

f 35 combat aircraft used by the israeli military and the student protest at sheffield are led by a coalition of students and staff and alumni and they had three key demands, that the university divest from weapons manufacturing, secondly the university sever ties with israeli institutions and the third is for a meeting with students and staff in university leadership. how much support _ staff in university leadership. how much support this _ staff in university leadership. how much support this protest gaining, do you think?— much support this protest gaining, do you think? they are gaining a lot of support- — do you think? they are gaining a lot of support. there _ do you think? they are gaining a lot of support. there was _ do you think? they are gaining a lot of support. there was a _ do you think? they are gaining a lot of support. there was a rally - of support. there was a rally yesterday morning with hundreds of people, i am yesterday morning with hundreds of people, iam hearing yesterday morning with hundreds of people, i am hearing from lots of staff who want to come by and help and support the protest. haste staff who want to come by and help and support the protest.— and support the protest. have you consulted jewish _ and support the protest. have you consulted jewish groups _ and support the protest. have you consulted jewish groups at - and support the protest. have you consulted jewish groups at all - and support the protest. have you consulted jewish groups at all and i consulted jewish groups at all and discussed what possible impact it is having on jewish discussed what possible impact it is having onjewish students? we discussed what possible impact it is having on jewish students? we have cuite a few having on jewish students? we have quite a few jewish _ having on jewish students? we have quite a few jewish members - having on jewish students? we have quite a few jewish members of - having on jewish students? we have quite a few jewish members of the l quite a fewjewish members of the coalition. it myself and a number of other staff involved arejewish and we have jewish

other staff involved arejewish and we havejewish students involved and i have to say i really object to the equation of criticism of israel with anti—semitism. this is not about jews versus other people, this is a protest about the ongoing genocidal acts... but protest about the ongoing genocidal acts... �* . ., ., acts... but the concern among some --eole acts... but the concern among some people are _ acts... but the concern among some people are sound — acts... but the concern among some people are sound jewish _ acts... but the concern among some people are sound jewish students i people are sound jewish students feel and the impact it has on them and whether there is any intimidatory tactics. and whether there is any intimidato tactics. ~ . ., intimidatory tactics. again, i would sa this intimidatory tactics. again, i would say this protest _ intimidatory tactics. again, i would say this protest is _ intimidatory tactics. again, i would say this protest is not _ intimidatory tactics. again, i would say this protest is not in _ intimidatory tactics. again, i would say this protest is not in that - say this protest is not in that jewish students and in fact we have jewish students and in fact we have jewish students and in fact we have jewish students involved in the protest and to equate a protest of the violence with something that is targeted atjewish students is really 0rwellian, to say that is what anti—semitism is, to minimise actual anti—semitism and something that makes jewish actual anti—semitism and something that makesjewish people around the world less safe to say that this anti—semitism if you are critiquing anti—semitism if you are critiquing a word. anti-semitism if you are critiquing a word. . ~ anti-semitism if you are critiquing a word. ., ~ i., israel has reopened the erez

crossing into northern gaza to allow more humanitarian aid into the territory. the united nations is warning that more than 70% of the population face "catastrophic" levels of hunger. it is the first time the main crossing has been opened since the attack by hamas on october the 7th. let's speak to our middle east correspondent yolande knell. welcome and tell us more about what aid is getting through the crossing. the crossing prior to the 7th of october, that is for i used to go into gaza when that was permitted and now we see humanitarian supplies being allowed through there and that is important because that is a crossing that goes directly into the north of the gaza strip and we have been told by the un the threat of a man—made famine is looming largest. it is also only 30 kilometres or just over 20 miles away from the southern israeli port of ashdod, a big container port which israel in

the past couple of weeks has started to open up for humanitarian supplies to open up for humanitarian supplies to go into gaza. that was previously resisted mainly because of domestic political pressure. that opens up an important new route for supplies to get in, food and medicine and water and other goods. it has been welcomed by the us which was pressing for this, something the israelis agreed to after the killing of the 78 workers from world central kitchen at the beginning of april. now we are starting to see measurable progress into gaza. —— seven aid workers. we have had the un briefing about the different problems they have when it comes to distributing aid in gaza in particular with passable roads, on exploded ordinance and those saying they are subject to restrictions on

goods going on. tell they are subject to restrictions on goods going on-— they are subject to restrictions on goods going on. tell us the latest on any ceasefire _ goods going on. tell us the latest on any ceasefire talks. _ goods going on. tell us the latest on any ceasefire talks. we - goods going on. tell us the latest on any ceasefire talks. we heardl goods going on. tell us the latest i on any ceasefire talks. we heard not long ago from antony blinken urging hamas to reach a deal.— hamas to reach a deal. indeed, the oint he hamas to reach a deal. indeed, the point he has _ hamas to reach a deal. indeed, the point he has made _ hamas to reach a deal. indeed, the point he has made and _ hamas to reach a deal. indeed, the point he has made and other- point he has made and other international players is what is needed to alleviate the suffering of people in gaza. this is a message they are sending to hamas, to have a new ceasefire deal and at some thing hostage families in israel have been calling for consistently. we have seen them holding demonstrations over the past few days. sending the message to the government they want a deal to bring hostages home on the deal on the table at the moment we understand, the proposal is for a a0 day ceasefire in exchange for more than 30 israeli hostages of the remaining 120 of which the israeli military say 3a are known to have been killed. more than 30 being

returned to israel and many more palestinian prisoners being released from israeli jails. hamas asked for more time to consider this proposal and we are expecting to hear from it in the coming hours but it's not clear at the moment which way things will go. clear at the moment which way things will no. . ~' ,. around the world and across the uk. this is bbc news.

since the october 7th attacks, the world has been focused on the actions of the israeli military in gaza. the west bank is another section of palestinian territory that has received less attention. it's home to 3 million palestinians and is partially run by the palestinian authority, but there has been an israeli military presence for decades. that military presence has drastically increased since the beginning of the war and violence has been surging. a special investigation by isobel yeung, josh baker and sara 0beidat, has uncovered new evidence about the killing of two boys by the israeli army. here's isobel yeung. you may find some images in her report distressing.

0n the 29th of november last year, basil and adam were killed by israeli forces. 0urteam basil and adam were killed by israeli forces. our team have been piecing together what happened. we have been able to collect footage and mobile phone footage, witness testimony and information about the movements of the military that day and that has allowed us to create a timeline of the shootings. in the afternoon in a convoy of at least six israeli armoured vehicles was returning from a nearby raid and we have tracked the route acrossjenin which took them past the street where basil and adam away. the boys and around seven brands were out on the street. cctv footage from a shop shows basil in the foreground holding something in his right hand and making a movement with that with his left hand towards it. you see

him shot and falling backwards. more bullets hit the ground nearby. video from another angle shows eight—year—old adam slightly further down the same street from basil and he is shot in the back of his head as he is trying to run away. it also falls this time forwards understand dragged behind a car. we were also able to obtain another crucial video of this incident which is a nearby boy who was filming on his phone at the time and he was able to capture one of the israeli military vehicles driving by. in the footage and slow down and enhanced it shows the driver door opening. you can see that right here. the driver has a direct view of the boys. they are around 2a metres away from basil and 36 metres away from adam. we know that at least 11 shots were fired from the direction of the armoured

vehicle because we examined the bullet strikes at the scene. we have also got hold of copies of basil and adams medical report sunday show bullets struck the chester basil and another one hit adam in the back of his head. the exact rules around when soldiers can and cannot use lethal force in the west bank are secret but some of the rules apply elsewhere are public. guidelines of the israeli defence forces state that the use of lethal force must be a last resort and that it must be proportionate in relation to the danger suggesting that basil and adam would have needed to pose a serious threat to the soldiers. according to all the video evidence that we have examined, eight—year—old adam was not armed when he was shot in the back of his head. the israeli army has said the suspects had been attempting to hurl explosives towards their forces which put them in immediate danger. they also share this annotated picture with us that they say shows an explosive device lying on the

ground close to where basil was shot in the object looks consistent with a type of very small pipe bomb used in the west bank but we cannot fully verify the image itself. we have shown our findings to international human rights experts, doctor lawrence 0koye for and the co—director of the centre for international law told us the soldiers were in armoured vehicles, evenif soldiers were in armoured vehicles, even if they were a threat they should have driven away and planned an arrest rather than defaulting to apparently indiscriminate lethal force which is a violation of international law. pencil the ul special robert on human rights and counterterrorism told us while there may be questions about the use of lethal force in the case a bass of the killing of adam in his view appears to be a war crime. britain's biggest indoor arena — co op live in manchester — has postponed its opening yet again, and called off this week's concerts by the grammy award winner 0livia rodrigo. the third and latest attempt to open

was abandoned last night, less than an hour before a performance by an american rapper, with fans left queuing outside. shows by the comedian peter kay have already been rearranged twice. music fans last night complained of being left out of pocket — while managers blamed a technical issue let's speak to our reporter sarah rogers who's outside the venue. download opening for a third time, what is going on?— download opening for a third time, what is going on? third time unlucky for the £365 — what is going on? third time unlucky for the £365 million _ what is going on? third time unlucky for the £365 million venue, - what is going on? third time unlucky for the £365 million venue, said - what is going on? third time unlucky for the £365 million venue, said to i for the £365 million venue, said to be one of the biggest indoor entertainment venues outside north america and fans actually got here last night, they were queueing and waiting to go inside and they were given this piece of paper which said to them, they kindly ask fans to leave the area and we deeply apologise for the significant inconvenience this will cause. we

now know that it was part of an air conditioning unit that fell from the ceiling, that was after a sound check from the american rapper had already taken place and really late notice but if we look at the rest of the car park what we are at the moment, it resembles a building site. lots of heavy duty equipment, people arriving early in the high viz vests and hard hats and lots of people going inside which suggests there is more work to be done. 0livia rodrigo as you said, she is on her world tour at the moment. this was herfirst on her world tour at the moment. this was her first uk leg, she on her world tour at the moment. this was herfirst uk leg, she has released a statement that says i am so disappointed we are unable to perform in manchester due to a venue related technical issue. we are doing our best to reschedule the show and i really hope to see you soon. sponsors the co—op are asking for an explanation from the oak view group behind the building who have

said they will not put on any kind of cake or concert unless the safety was spot on. aside from safety issues, this now is a logistical nightmare. there's tens of thousands of tickets that need to be rescheduled or refunded and we still don't know if the events that are going on at the weekend or next week are going to happen. for going on at the weekend or next week are going to happen-— are going to happen. for now, thank ou. let's take a look at some other stories in the headlines. ukrainian officials say a russian missile attack injured i3 people in the southwestern city of 0desa on thursday. similar strikes earlier in the week killed at least eight. politicians in the solomon islands have chosen a new prime minister who's in favour of close ties with china. jeremiah manele won a vote by fellow members of parliament. his main opponent wanted to curb beijing's influence in the pacific. senators in the us state of arizona have voted to repeal a i9th—century state law banning abortion, unless the mother's life is in danger. it was revived after the us

supreme court overturned the constitutional right of women to a termination. a 75,000—year—old neanderthal skull, made up of more than 100 fragments of bone, has been painstakingly put back together, and used to create a 3d reconstruction. the remains were discovered in a cave in the kurdistan region of iraq — which archeologists believe may have been a burial site. 0ur science editor, rebecca morelle, has more. revealed for the first time — a face from the ancient past, a female neanderthal who lived 75,000 years ago. she's been called shanidar z. her face was recreated from this skull unearthed six years ago. we can say that she's neanderthal from various features, so perhaps the most obvious one is this quite large brow ridge that runs across above the eyes, but also things like the shape of the nose.

so the nose is quite wide at the top. a detailed analysis suggests she was probably around her mid—a05 with particularly worn teeth. by the time the teeth are getting this worn down, chewing is not as effective as it would have been, so she's not able to eat in quite the same way. we've got some other indications of sort of poor dental health, some infections, some gum disease as well. probably by the time the skeleton and the teeth are this kind of worn, you're actually getting to the natural end of life. the skull was found like this — in profile and completely flattened into a two—centimetre thick layer. transforming the crushed skull into what you can see here has been astonishingly difficult. it's made from hundreds of fragments of incredibly fragile bone that have been painstakingly pieced together. it's like the ultimate 3d jigsaw puzzle. it's taken the best part of a year to complete. the skeleton was discovered in a cave in the kurdistan

region of iraq. the excavation was followed by a documentary team. archaeologists have been unearthing neanderthal remains there since the 19505. they found bones from at least ten individuals. they think it's a burial site where different groups of neanderthals brought their dead over many years. i think it means that they must have cared for each other. they were looking after other members of the group, and that care went on after they died. because they were carefully placed and probably covered. there's absolutely no doubt that they maintained a tradition over several hundred years of, "this is where you put grandma." since the first excavations, the cave has been transforming our understanding of neanderthals. the species disappeared about a0,000 years ago, while modern humans — that's us — thrived. but now there's evidence from the cave they used tools, built fires, and cooked together. you're getting into a world where you can see neanderthals sitting around, preparing food,

heating them up, some kind of simple cooking going on, and presumably that beginning of socializing in ways. so that's just another example of they're more and more like us. what an incredible story. stay with us here on bbc news. we will be back with more from california as police continued their presence at the ucla campus in california. the university has declared a daylong encampment there to be unlawful. back with more shortly. hello again. we have thousands of thunderstorms across parts of southern england and south wales this morning, they are easing up but even into the afternoon we still could catch one or two sharp showers

across the south. the mist and murk across the south. the mist and murk across central and eastern parts of the country pushing towards the north sea, the lion's share of the sunshine in scotland and northern ireland with some showers in northern ireland, the highest temperature is 22 degrees in scotland and east anglia, 2i temperature is 22 degrees in scotland and east anglia, 21 in liverpool, corner along the north sea coastline. through this evening and overnight the weather from producing thunder is with us, basically waving north and south. further north, clearer skies but mark mist and low cloud coming from the north sea across central and eastern areas but no issues of frost. heading into tomorrow, this is the weather front. eventually it will move northwards during the course of friday, taking cloud and thundery downpours with it. you see the progress it makes, cloudy across england and wales and the thundering downpour smells northwards, clipping

eastern scotland, not all of us will hear the odd rumble of thunder and the lion's share of the sunshine in the lion's share of the sunshine in the north—west and it should brighten up in the south. top temperatures in the sunshine 2i temperatures in the sunshine 21 degrees in western scotland, cooler again along north sea coasts. 0n again along north sea coasts. on saturday, still a fair bit of cloud, still producing some patchy light rain across the northern half of the country, dry in the south until later and we see rain coming in across the far south—west. temperatures down but still western scotland could see 18 degrees. 0n scotland could see 18 degrees. on sunday, this is what is bringing in the rain across the south. an area of low pressure with attending france, not much in the way of wind so we start with cloud and patchy rain across parts of scotland. a lot of dry weather, low pressure coming in bringing more rain across southern counties of england,

extending potentially into wales. temperatures ii—i7 north to south.

this is bbc news. the headlines: california police are being criticised for their response after a pro—israeli group assaulted a pro—palestinian student camp — before officers were called to the ucla campus.

meanwhile in texas, state troopers move in on a protest camp at the university in dallas — the latest escalation in demonstrations at schools in the us. israel reopens the erez crossing into northern gaza — allowing more humanitarian aid into the famine—threatened territory. and india's general election is under way, with more than 18 million new, first—time voters heading to the polls. let's return to our top story — and those protests across us university campuses. this is the scene live at the ucla campus in california, where students have been told to disperse by police or face arrest. more and more students are gathering to show their support, as demonstrations against the war in gaza continue at universities across the united states. meanwhile, riot police in the state of texas have broken up a similar protest camp, accusing the demonstrators of breaching trespass law. 0ur correspondent, tom bateman, was at the university of texas in dallas, as the authorities moved in — and gave us this update.