an all—out israeli attack on the gaza city of rafah will provoke "anarchy" — without eliminating hamas — a warning from antony blinken. this is the scene live injerusalem — where israel marks its memorial day for fallen soldiers and victims of attacks — as the war in gaza rages on. riot police in the georgian capital of tbilisi move in to clear thousands demonstrating through the night against a controversial vote. russia's defence minister sergei shoigu is out as vladimir putin replaces him in a rare cabinet shake—up. new evidence that the british government was warned by its own staff in the us about the risk of hiv from contaminated blood in the early 1980s. hello.

i'm lauren taylor. israel is marking memorial day, which honours its war dead as its offensive in gaza continues. ceremonies are getting under way as we speak, right now, sirens are sounding across the country to honour fallen soldiers and victims of terror attack. i'm not playing at santry because of broadcasting restrictions in the us. —— we are not playing at sound because of broadcasting restrictions in the us. this year, israelis are also commemorating the more than 1000 victims of the hamas attack on october seventh, which triggered the current war. prime minister benjamin netanyahu is attending the main state ceremony at mount herzl injerusalem, followed by another event in memory of victims of terror at 1pm local time. 0ther ministers are attending ceremonies taking place right now around the country, despite some bereaved families urging them to stay away. politicians from across the spectrum have urged keeping the deep political divisions and heated discourse out of the memorial day ceremonies.

despite the ongoing conflict and retrieval of hostages. the us secretary of state, antony blinken, has warned that such an action would provoke "anarchy" without eliminating hamas. it was his latest attempt to deter israel from carrying out a ground assault. an israeli bombardment in the eastern parts of rafah has already displaced tens of thousands of palestinians. as we look at rafah, they may go in and have some initial success, but potentially at an incredibly high cost to civilians. but one that is not durable, one that is not sustainable, and they will be left holding the bag on an enduring insurgency because a lot of armed hamas will be left, no matter what they do in rafah. or if they leave and get out of gaza, as we believe they need to do, then you're going to have a vacuum

and a vacuum that is likely to be filled by chaos, by anarchy, and ultimately by hamas again. so, we've been working for many weeks on developing credible plans for security, for governance, for rebuilding. we haven't seen that come from israel. we've been working with arab countries and others on that plan. we need to see that, too. we have the same objective as israel. we want to make sure that hamas cannot govern gaza again. we want to make sure it's demilitarised. that israel gets its leaders. that's what we are determined to do. we have a different way and, we think, a more effective, durable way of getting that done and we will remain in conversation with israel about exactly that. 0ur middle east bureau chief, jo floto, joins me now. there remarks from antony blinken highlighting some of the there remarks from antony blinken highlighting some of the concerns regarding the conflict. has that been left aside on memorial day is it bubbling up under the surface? in the run—up to to date has certainly

come up to the surface with military officials albeit anonymously reading the israeli media about their dissatisfaction or concern that there is not a proper political strategy for how to end this war and that in other words in order to defeat hamas may have to replace hamas and we have not seen that set out by the israeli minister what we have had sirens sounding across the whole of israel today as the country marks its memorial day remembering those who have died and all of israel's was put in particular there is dying since october seven. the military offensive carries on and more soldiers are dying and of course there was concern about the fate of hostages who remain in gaza and we think a lot of those hundred and we think a lot of those hundred and 30 odd people have been killed

and 30 odd people have been killed and how many remain to survive as a different version but the anxiety the families of those hostages is huge, palpable and often angry as they protest on israel's streets but today the mood is sombre, reflective but there is also concern about how long this war, which has lasted two days so far, how long it will carry on. —— mike has lasted 220 days so far. on. -- mike has lasted 220 days so far. , . . ., on. -- mike has lasted 220 days so far. , . ., ., ., ., far. they are having to go into other areas — far. they are having to go into other areas that _ far. they are having to go into other areas that they - far. they are having to go into other areas that they say - far. they are having to go into other areas that they say they i far. they are having to go into - other areas that they say they have cleared so how concerning as a to see those areas being fought over again? see those areas being fought over auain? , ., , . ~ see those areas being fought over auain? , ., , ., again? this goes back into the divisions over _ again? this goes back into the divisions over what _ again? this goes back into the divisions over what the - again? this goes back into the l divisions over what the strategy should be. you are right. the idf are in some thought they had cleared of gunmen months ago and now they

have returned to a place south of gaza city for the third time. if you listen to benjamin netanyahu, prime minister, he wants to maintain israel puzzling ability to keep going into gaza to suppress any regrouping of hamas at any point even after a ceasefire which is something obviously hamas does not want but there are increasing numbers within the military establishment here who think that is not a strategy for victory but for continuing this war for ever. white about this is particularly poignant because of the october seven attacks for israelis but at the start of the ceremonies for the army's chief of staff saying you bore responsibility for army failures that they come interesting to hear that. that makes saying he bore responsibility.

—— saying he bore responsibility. yes, very publicly saying they are responsible for those failing reading object of a seventh but the point is when will benjamin netanyahu feel he has to shoulder any responsibility? focused on prosecuting the war and lots of criticism from 20 people in the country and he should like the head of intelligence, head of security and the army say he has to shoulder some responsibility for what went wrong in the lead up to it purpose with evidence.— with evidence. thank you. -- the lead u- with evidence. thank you. -- the lead up to _ with evidence. thank you. -- the lead up to october— with evidence. thank you. -- the lead up to october seven. - we can now speak to shaina low from the norwegian refugee council — she joins us live from jerusalem. i understand you have the ability to gives an update of what is going on in rafah itself because of your team on the ground. what have you been hearing? on the ground. what have you been hearin: ? ., on the ground. what have you been hearin: ? . , ., on the ground. what have you been hearin? . , ., ., , hearing? that hundreds of thousands of palestinians _ hearing? that hundreds of thousands of palestinians have _ hearing? that hundreds of thousands of palestinians have fled _ hearing? that hundreds of thousands of palestinians have fled rafah - hearing? that hundreds of thousands of palestinians have fled rafah at - of palestinians have fled rafah at the last several days, week or so,

since israel issued its unlawful evacuation orders, the report we are hearing from our staff is they, themselves are being displaced, having to evacuate and leave facilities because they are in or close to the areas that israel has called on for people to leave. the real question is what those people will find when they do leave and the reality is there is no safe space in gaza with the areas they are being told to the two are overcrowded, unfit to accommodate hundreds of thousands of people and these are basically barren strips of land with thousands of thousands of tents and makeshift shelters and i spoke to colleagues early last week or told me the conditions were incredibly

overcrowded already even without a huge influx of people with tents so closely packed together there is now space to install latrines or other sanitation services.— sanitation services. about conditions _ sanitation services. about conditions there - sanitation services. about conditions there but - sanitation services. about conditions there but what| sanitation services. about. conditions there but what are sanitation services. about - conditions there but what are you trying to provide? we conditions there but what are you trying to provide?— conditions there but what are you trying to provide? we managed to have a shipment _ trying to provide? we managed to have a shipment a _ trying to provide? we managed to have a shipment a week _ trying to provide? we managed to have a shipment a week ago - trying to provide? we managed to . have a shipment a week ago saturday to serve that you put in our warehouse and we have been accessed that warehouse which is not doing right now and one of the blocks told —— which is now on one of the blocks had been told to leave. we are able to get aid to those in need but well as few dozen pallets are depleted we are concerned about the ability to

get an additional —— get in additional aid and especially when staff ourselves are facing displacement.— staff ourselves are facing displacement. and for more on this story, you can visit the bbc news app or go to our website for all the latest updates. the us secretary of state, antony blinken has warned... i think we might have moved on to other news. let's take you now to georgia. where overnight protests in georgia have continued into the morning in a last—ditch effort to prevent the passing of a controversial law. the bill requires organisations receiving more than 20% of their funding from abroad to register as agents of foreign influence or face fines.

well... the bill requires organisations receiving more than 20% of their funding from abroad to register as agents of foreign influence or face fines. western countries and georgia's opposition have denounced it as authoritarian and russian—inspired, but the country's prime minister vowed on sunday to push ahead with the law. let's speak to our south caucasus correspondent rayhan demytrie who was there overnight. tell as... are protest still going on and is any chance the government will change its mind? it on and is any chance the government will change its mind?— will change its mind? it looks increasingly _ will change its mind? it looks increasingly unlikely - will change its mind? it looks increasingly unlikely given . will change its mind? it looks. increasingly unlikely given that will change its mind? it looks . increasingly unlikely given that it took just 67 seconds increasingly unlikely given that it tookjust 67 seconds for the legal affairs committee that held the third and final reading of this controversial law this morning to pass the third reading. you can see behind me some protesters still remain in the street and they are blocking this main thoroughfare you're into fleecy around parliament.

—— here in tbilisi. i was speaking to someone from the medical university who said they had 6000 students at the university who are boycotting studies and planning to join the protest and we know a similar picture is happening at other... several other universities here in tbilisi so they want to come here in tbilisi so they want to come here and reinforce what is happening overnight and they hope the government might hear their voices and withdraw this controversial bill. ~ ., and withdraw this controversial bill. . . h, . and withdraw this controversial bill. . . , bill. what with the impact be if the bill. what with the impact be if the bill did no bill. what with the impact be if the bill did go through? _ —— what would the impact be if the bill did go through? the main worry as it would restrict democratic freedoms in the country. they say it is about transparency of financing, submitting your annual report and telling us your money is coming from and what you're spending

it on but this bill also comes with the title that these organisations and independent media would have to label themselves as an organisation acting in the interest of a foreign power and protest are worried it was ultimately silence these organisations but more than that they are worried that by adopting this law that the government is kind of making a u—turn on georgia's foreign policy and we know that 80% of georgians want and see the country's future as part of the eu and as they dubbed this law the russian law they worry its adoption with mean going back to russia. there has been some opposition or it was criticism of this from the us in particular. was criticism of this from the us in articular. ., , ., , particular. that is right. there has been a lot of— particular. that is right. there has been a lot of criticism _ particular. that is right. there has been a lot of criticism and -

particular. that is right. there has been a lot of criticism and calls i been a lot of criticism and calls towards the georgian government to halt this law and have more discussions, not to adopt the law and to... a number of european leaders have been saying if you adopt this law it will not help with your current process of a session to the european union because georgia is a candidate country and to join the eu aid received these figures late last year —— back it received these status late last year but they are worried this law would stop it from becoming new member. thank you ve much. the metropolitan police say they've charged three men under the national security act with allegedly assisting the hong kong intelligence service — and foreign interference.

scotland yard said a number of arrests had been made — and searches carried out across england. the three men will appear before magistrates later today. officers says this operation is not connected to a recently reported counter terrorism policing investigation linked to russia. around the world and across the uk. this is bbc news.

russia's defence minister sergei shoigu is being removed from his post and will become the new secretary of russia's security council. he's a long—standing ally of vladimir putin and has served as defence minister since 2012, playing a key role in russia's invasion of ukraine. his replacement will be andrei belousov — an economist and the deputy prime minister. russia editor steve rosenberg explained that at the kremlin, reshuffles are unusual. whoever the russian government ministers are, whoever�*s sitting around that cabinet table, there is one man and one man alone in russia who calls the shots, and that is vladimir putin.

he's the man with all the power. having said that, a government reshuffle in russia is interesting, particularly when key ministers like the defence minister is being changed. they don't happen too often. the foreign minister, he's been in his post for 20 years. mr shoigu, he has been defence minister for 12 years. he was appointed by vladimir putin in 2012, i think. the two men were said to be pretty close for a long time. they even went on holiday a few times to siberia together. last week, we were on red square watching the victory day parade and defence minister shoigu was there inspecting the russian troops. but there had been rumours for some time that he could be moved, he could lose hisjob, and it seems that's what's happening. he still has a job to go to. he's being moved to the russian security council as the head of the security council. but i think that's a demotion compared to being defence minister. who's coming in, who's replacing him?

someone called andrei belousov, who's an economist, and i think that reflects the fact that over the last couple of years, president putin has put the russian economy on a war footing and wants an economist to run things because it's vital, as far as he's concerned, that the the defence industry has enough money to fund this war. president zelensky says there's �*fierce fighting' along a �*large part�* of the kharkiv border in eastern ukraine as russia attempts to regain territory it lost nearly two years ago. thousands of civilians have been evacuated from the area where russia claims to have captured nine villages since they launched their surprise offensive on the region three days ago. strikes were also seen on the russian side of the border in belgorod yesterday, with russian military saying a ukrainian air strike destroyed a section of a 10—storey apartment block. let's speak to our ukraine

correspondent james waterhouse who's in kyiv. it seems like a very fast advanced by the russians in this north—eastern area, tells more about what happened. it north-eastern area, tells more about what happened-— what happened. it certainly is causina what happened. it certainly is causing ukrainian _ what happened. it certainly is causing ukrainian forces - what happened. it certainly is| causing ukrainian forces some concern. we saw the first meaningful border crossing by russian troops since the initial full—scale at the end of week and they are just hanging around, they are taking the territory and claiming they have taken nine villages now and claiming to be inside a town called valve chance which has come under heavy bombing the pass days. —— vovchans�*k. the concern is they are approaching ukraine's second city and while it is not thought that

they are a puddle of taking that city, kharkiv. that would put them an artillery range then the place where artillery defence can do nothing and there is no defence against the artillery shells and there are a lot of people living there, cities can then come under such heavy damage and in a worst—case scenario for ukraine russian soldiers moving in, pinning a flag and calling it liberation so these are worrying times for the kharkiv region and it is clear that russia was looking to capitalise on the late american... and all ukraine can do at the moment is acknowledge it tries to do everything it can. what is the impact of achy departure —— departure of a key figure in the

russian military? few -- departure of a key figure in the russian military?— -- departure of a key figure in the russian military? few expect things to chance russian military? few expect things to change in — russian military? few expect things to change in the _ russian military? few expect things to change in the battlefield - russian military? few expect things to change in the battlefield as - russian military? few expect things to change in the battlefield as a - to change in the battlefield as a direct consequence. things have changed a very unwelcome way for kyiv in the last week. if they are changing the defence minister it signals how things are going but that was a slightly rose tinted interpretation and one economist said it is bad news. they said andrei belousov is an economist as you heard steve say they are, someone central to russia's war footing and central. using more armoured vehicles, tanks as part of armoured vehicles, tanks as part of a country continue to mobilise hundreds of thousands of men and russia making its size. that's a strategy that will continue for some time. it changes little for ukraine.

thank you. new evidence has been uncovered that the british government was warned by its own embassy staff in the united states, about the risk of hiv from contaminated blood in the early 1980s. it's now thought more than twelve—hundred nhs patients with the blood disorder haemophilia were infected with the virus, many after being given a treatment made from american blood plasma. 0ur health correspondent jim reed has this report. from the 1970s to the early �*90s, tens of thousands of patients were infected with hiv and hepatitis c. something that should have saved their life... ..killed them. and still, a0 years later, there's no answers to that. as a child, laura's brother stuart was given a new treatment for his blood disorder, haemophilia. but factor viii was made from thousands of mixed blood donations. ifjust one donor was carrying a virus, the whole batch could be contaminated.

we went in for an appointment. and we went into this room and we were informed that he was hiv—positive. we were absolutely devastated. i mean, you know, to be told something like that is just mind—blowing. at the time, most factor viii was imported from the united states. their high—risk groups — including prisoners and drug users — were paid to give blood. stuart died of aids in his 20s from the treatment he was given. there were so many people that didn't deserve to die. they were given a death sentence. a public inquiry opened in 2018. it's had access to thousands of documents held in archives. now panorama has seen this five—page letter sent back in 1983 from the british embassy in washington to the department of health, clearly warning that haemophiliacs were most at risk from american factor viii. they've literally torn my family

apart, ripped them away from me. sam's father, gary, was another infected with hiv through factor viii. sam lost his entire family by the age of three. my grandad actually was the first person to tell me. he explained about my dad being haemophiliac and was infected with hiv. subsequently passed that on to my mum, who was pregnant with my sister. all three have passed away. the government has said it will establish a new body to compensate people like sam. it declined to comment on the new documents seen by panorama ahead of the public inquiry�*s final report next week. jim reed, bbc news.

and a reminder — you can find out more about this story by heading to the bbc news website — there you'll find details of a special programme called "infected blood, time for answers" which is part ofjim reed' investigation. indonesia's ibu volcano has erupted, spewing thick columns of grey ash into the sky as high as 5 kilometres. the volcano on the remote island of halmahera erupted for about five minutes on monday morning. a smaller eruption was also recorded on friday. authorities raised the volcano's alert status to the second—highest level last week. no evacuation of residents has been reported so far. stay with us here on bbc news. we are back with more shortly.

hello again. the weather this week is going to be more unsettled than it was last week. and that's because low pressure is very much going to be with us for a lot of this week. today, it's bringing in some rain from the southwest, very slowly, pushing northwards and eastwards. some of that rain will be heavy across parts of south—west england, south wales and northern ireland. and the clouds are going to continue to build ahead of it. there'll be some harr coming offshore at times across eastern parts of scotland, but in between, a lot of dry weather, sunny and warm conditions, with temperatures feasibly up to 2a degrees somewhere in eastern england. and as we head through the evening and overnight, the rain continues itsjourney, moving eastwards and also northwards. further showers come into the southwest and we see a return to localised mist and murk across eastern areas. but it is going to be a mild night. in fact, for some of us it will feel

warm for the time of year. so as we go through tomorrow, the low pressure's still with us, the weather front pushing ever further east. and it will be a breezy day, perhaps not quite as breezy as today. we still will have the low cloud, mistand murk along the wast coast. here's our rain. follow it all the way around and you can see a plethora of showers coming in across the south and the west. but in between, there'll be some sunshine, as there will be across parts of northern scotland. temperatures through the course of tomorrow ranging from 12 in lerwick, and 20 in inverness to about 19 as we push down towards norwich. now, on wednesday, we still do have that weather front affecting parts of northern and eastern england with some increasingly patchy rain on it. 0n either side, for northern scotland, for northern ireland, much of wales and southern england, there'll be a lot of dry weather, bar a few showers and some sunshine, with temperatures again up to 20, maybe 21 degrees. moving from thursday and towards the end of the week, the low pressure sinks a bit further south, but we do import more showers

from the near continent. so during the course of thursday, you can see how we start off with showers across the southeastern corner. but they become more widespread across england and wales through the day. some of those heavy and thundery move further north and we're looking at drier conditions with fewer showers and top temperatures, again, round about the 20—degree mark. beyond that, it still is changeable. we're looking at sunshine. we're looking at showers. and temperatures roughly where they should be, orjust above.

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blood soaked sheets on maternity wards