this is bbc news — the headlines: the us secretary of state tells israel — an all—out attack on rafah will provoke anarchy — without eliminating hamas. russia's defence minister sergei shoigu is out — as vladimir putin replaces him in a rare cabinet shake—up. prime minister rishi sunak is to warn that britain stands at a crossroads before what he will call some dangerous years. and — making a splash — a record number of wild swimming spots in england are designated as bathing sites. hello, i'm lauren taylor. the prime minister will shortly argue in a major speech that britain stands at a crossroads before what he will call some dangerous years in which almost every aspect of life will change. rishi sunak will seek to set out the choices facing in the country ahead of an election expected later this year. the labour leader sir keir starmer will spend the day with labour's newly elected regional mayors.

we can cross live to westminster and our political correspondent hannah miller. we have had some previewing of the speech. tell us what we can expect.

if they choose to spend more money on defence then it is likely going to have to come from other departments. there are questions about the extent to which that is an affordable commitment. we also expect rishi sunak to make the speech about him as an individual rather than his party. it is significant because it is her first among his first major outing since the terrible local election results just a couple of weeks ago. in that

sense, trying to use this again to canterbury the tone. labour, as you say, are out around the country trying to talk about the impact that their new mayor that won in the local elections could have and damage under a labour government. their response to the speech so far before the speech is to say the conservatives can't fix the country because "they are the problem." as the prime minister rishi sunak has the prime minister rishi sunak has the power to respond to the hugely dangerous world as he sees it. it is unclear whether we will necessarily hear anything new today about his plans to respond but he is trying to tap in voters�* fears and set out a kind of vision for how the country could respond over the next five years or so. could respond over the next five years or 50-— could respond over the next five years or so. hannah miller, thank ou ve years or so. hannah miller, thank you very much- — years or so. hannah miller, thank you very much. just _ years or so. hannah miller, thank you very much. just to _ years or so. hannah miller, thank you very much. just to let - years or so. hannah miller, thank you very much. just to let you - years or so. hannah miller, thank. you very much. just to let you know, the prime minister will give that speech and about half an hour, just under half an hour on bbc news, so stay with us, you can watch it alive when rishi sunak stands up to speak.

the duke and duchess of sussex visited a school in lagos on the final day of their three—day tour of nigeria. our africa correspondent simijolaoso has more. singing another day, another celebration — this time in lagos and with young budding basketball stars who share a love for the game, like the duke. it brings people together and creates community, and there are no barriers. the princejoined the children in the drills — much to their delight. it was awesome and good. like, ifeel so happy. it was fun. and you were playing on court when prince harry was also on court. what was that like? it was like we were working together and collaborating to make a team. every time you do something like this, the youth are inspired. and you have an incredible leader like harry — prince harry — and meghan, you know, i think we are blessed

for a day like this. their partnership will mean children in the nation�*s capital, abuja, will soon enjoy a fancy new court they are funding. from basketball to polo, sport has been a constant theme during this trip, and the couple have been driving home the message about how it has the power to change lives. arriving at the polo club, that�*s what they hoped the money raised at this charity game will do. time to say goodbye to nigeria. he told the crowd they�*ve had a wonderful time, calling lagos a beautiful place. thank you so much. simijolaoso, lagos. later this month, south africa will be going to the polls. violent crime is one of the big issues in this election. last year, the country�*s murder rate reached a record 20—year high. as part of a bbc africa eye investigation, ayanda charlie had exclusive access to the frontline

communities who are fighting back. it�*s friday night — a policeman has just been shot. theyjust hijacked him and his girlfriend. they take his car and the gun. so this is a regular occurrence? yeah. this is a regular occurrence and situation that is happening. and this is diepsloot. welcome to diepsloot. nights like these are familiar for volunteer patrol groups who say if they don�*t fix their community, then no—one will. people are scared in township. who�*s next? who�*s going to die? diepsloot is in the hands of the criminals. and we know that once they�*ve found out who are patrolling here, we will be a target. the volunteers are badly equipped. the risk to their lives is very real. two years ago, david�*s son alfa was shot and killed whilst out on patrol. he was 21. they blow the whistles to alert the other guards that there were criminals. unfortunately, he was the first person to reach the place

and he managed to shoot alfa on his arm. unfortunately, he didn't make it. i'm trying to accept the situation, but it's still hurtful. 0h, he left a big gap in my life. i mean, there is no law in this place. south africa has one of the highest murder rates in the world, according to the un. the latest crime statistics show young black men living in townships like this are most at risk. but the problem of violent crime cuts across racial and ethnic lines. my body blocked out the sound. i couldn't hear the sound. - that's when they shot through my shoulderj i went to him and collapsed. last august, ingrid and herfamily returned to theirfarm to find armed intruders. her husband, duane, was shot dead. how do you feel about the state of crime in the country? i feel it's a dire situation. it's chaos _

people are working very hard at being farmers to keep our| country on the go. there are shortages of everything. and then you have to fear. for your life to be a farmer. another set of volunteers begins a nightly patrol. we�*ve got about 500 radio members. that�*s active radio users. they cover the ii sectors. so if there is a problem in that sector, they will call it through to us. these farmers are part of a group called afriforum. they campaign for the interests of mainly white afrikaners. in a few minutes, we'll be heading out to tonight's mass patrol. - to patrol is going to be happening in cars today, trying to find - any suspicious vehicles, trying |to see any suspicious activity. | as a first responder, you are armed. you can�*t to go to a gunfight with a knife. that�*s how it goes. you�*re prepared to use your firearm and be in a gunfight?

i won�*t hesitate to protect my family. that�*s it. if i must come into a scuffling between the other guy and he will hurt me, i won�*t stand back for him. police budgets have almost doubled in 20 years, but as the economy stutters and unemployment remains high, people are willing to do whatever it takes to survive. in a statement to the bbc, a police ministry spokesperson said, while they concede crime is at unacceptable levels in some parts of the country, aggressive policing interventions have been ushered in. these include a mass recruitment drive of 30,000 police officers over three years. you can watch bbc africa eye�*s full film crime and punishment in south africa on the world service youtube page. people who claim universal credit — and who work less than 18 hours a week — will now have to look for more work, or risk losing their benefits. it�*s part of changes to the welfare system, which the government claims could save £4 billion a year.

our business correspondent marc ashdown reports. we must be more ambitious in assessing people�*s potential for work. right now, the gateway to ill—health benefits is writing too many off... the prime minister last month outlining the aim of these changes. it means, from today, anyone working less than 18 hours a week will have to look for more work, or risk losing their benefits. the prime minister has billed these sweeping reforms of the welfare system as crucial to helping more people into work. the earnings threshold is being raised from 15 hours a week to 18 hours a week, so it affects anyone earning £892 a month or less — up from £617 a month. for couples, it�*s now £1,157 rather than £988. interview, just waiting for them to come back... they will have to engage with a jobcentre coach and prove they�*re actively looking for more hours. if there�*s no progress after 12 months, they risk having their universal credit claim closed. but charities warn the crackdown

could unfairly target those with disabilities or mental—health issues. anyone who�*s suffering from a complicated long—term health condition, oranything which is limiting the amount of hours they can work, is going to struggle potentially to meet the demands of these changes. and, again, it could have a drastic impact on their standard of living, on their ability to be able to cope. the prime minister says up to 200,000 people could be helped back into work, and warned that benefits have become a lifestyle choice for some, rather than a safety net. it�*s all part of a welfare reform package which could save up to £4 billion. but labour said the reforms are a reheated version of a plan announced seven years ago, and that they would have a laser—like focus on getting people back into work. marc ashdown, bbc news. a record number of wild swimming spots in england have been designated as bathing sites by the government. the 27 locations include 16 on rivers, but it doesn�*t mean they are clean.

the water quality is only monitored by the environment agency after their designation. our environment correspondentjonah fisher has the details it's the start of the bathing water season, and i'm here at jaywick to take a sample. the environment agency is in charge of testing england�*s bathing water. the bottle is now labelled up for identification at the lab. from may to september, it takes samples at more than 400 locations. they�*re all sent to a laboratory near exeter. and we were invited to take a closer look. the samples have to be tested within 2a hours of being taken in order for it to work properly. so all through the night, couriers have been delivering these bottles of water here, so they can be analysed first thing in the morning. bayley will be here, will be passing a known volume of water from that sample through a filter such as this one. the outcome of the tests here determines whether the bathing site is rated excellent,

good, sufficient or poor. we�*re looking for two different types of bacteria — e.coli — escherichia coli — and another group called the intestinal enterococci. and they�*re used to indicate the levels of faecal pollution — poo — in the water. that pollution could have come from different sources — humans, farm animals, birds, dogs. and the higher the levels of that pollution, the more likely it is somebody could get ill through using the water. last year, 96% of the sites met the minimum standards, but there was an increase in the number rated poor, and a fall in those rated excellent. 27 new bathing sites have been announced today, and most of them are along rivers. but before you reach foryourswimming costume, bear this in mind — designation is based on whether a site is popular with swimmers and whether it has facilities, like toilets, nearby. it does not mean that the water is clean.

so this is wolvercote mill stream at the north end of port meadow in oxford. this bathing site was designated two years ago, and ever since has been rated poor. but for campaigners like claire, the environment agency tests are vital — focusing minds on how to clean up the pollution. if a designated bathing water site fails, then the water company and the local authority and the environment agency have to work together to improve that water quality. and we wouldn�*t have had the investigation, we wouldn�*t have the promises of upgrades we�*ve had if we didn�*t have this designation. we didn't bring our budgie smugglers with us today. this family drove from london for a picnic, but with the water rated poor, opted to stay on dry land. we�*ve got a three—year—old so, again, it would be the perfect place for him to have a little swim, but probably not. it�*s a dilemma many families may face if this turns out to be a hot summer.

it�*s going to be a big summer of sport, with the euros, olympics and paralympics coming up — but there�*s another sportsman we need to get behind. 13 year—old charlie issacs has been selected to represent england at the youth angling world championships. charlie, who has been fishing with his dad since he was four, is preparing to compete in serbia this august. 0ur reporter andy howard went to meet him. you don�*t have to be sitting on the banks of bitterwell lake with charlie for long before this happens... that�*s a skimmer, that is. any good? yeah, they�*re lovely. talk me through fishing for you. what i like about it, a stress—free mind and catch as many fish you can really and just working things out. you say a stress—free mind. as in, all you focus

on is fishing, nothing else. i think the matches i fish at the moment is, like, five hours. can you concentrate that long on anything else? probably not, no. it must take a lot of patience. yeah. when you�*re not getting a bite, like i am now, you�*ve got either feed orjust think what you�*ve done, if you�*ve overfed it or you need to put some more bait in. what�*s going wrong now then? it does need another feed, i�*d say, say so i�*m going to feed again. what can you remember about the moment you�*ve made the england squad? i was so happy. probably that is the most happiest i�*ve ever been. i mean, when they said my name, it was just unbelievable. i was like, "get in!" and that also goes for his dad, who�*s been teaching charlie how to fish since the age of four. even before i had kids, i wanted to have my own son fish for england. so it�*s a lifetime sort of goal, if you want. just a dream, isn�*t it? it gives him a massive opportunity. hopefully, he can push on from that and maybe have a career in angling. that�*s my hope for him, but he�*s

going to want to do it himself. got to want to do it himself. so hopefully this is this is the beginning of a longer story. can you see yourselfjust fishing your whole life? yeah, ican. i don't think i'll ever go away from it, i love it. i think about it every day. do you? _ i wake up. think about fishing. go to school. come back. think about fishing. it's brilliant. i think you�*re supposed to ask a fisherman what�*s the biggest fish he�*s ever caught. biggest fish i've ever caught? 15le~ — maybe a bit bigger. maybe. what does that look like with your hands? that big! no, i'm joking — about that big. the old ones are the best. thejokes, i mean, not the fishermen. andy howard, bbc news in coalpit heath. the final seasons of top boy and happy valley were among the winners at last night�*s baftas. both shows came away from the ceremony with two awards, with top boy taking best drama. but despite leading

the nominations race — with eight in total — royal drama the crown left empty—handed. 0ur entertainment correspondent lizo mzimba was at the ceremony. some of the biggest names on the small screen turned out for this year�*s awards, presented — for the second year running — by rob beckett and romesh ranganathan. hello and welcome to the 2024 bafta television awards... three very different shows shared the honours, winning two awards each. all i'm asking for is a guarantee. best drama went to the gritty gang drama top boy, with jasminejobson also taking home the award for best supporting actress. idid it! i love you! 0h, love you all, thank you so much for the love and support. the girl finally brought it home! you reduced her to nothing with your endless, endless abuse and your nasty little threats. happy valley won memorable moment for the climax of its final episode, while sarah lancashire won best actress for the second time.

it goes to...sarah lancashire. she paid tribute to her fellow cast members, and to the bbc. i feel very, very privileged to have been surrounded by these brilliant actors, and to charlotte moore and the bbc for giving this very british drama a very british home. i wondered if you had a man to share your life with. best limited series went to the real—life crime drama the sixth commandment. i didn't think it was that obvious. and the bafta goes to... ..timothy spall. and one of its leads won best actor. the reality is, sometimes you get a chance to... ..to play, you know, people that are, you know, that have had a terrible thing happen to them, and... ..and all they wanted was love, and it�*s a beautiful thing to be

able to tell a story about something like that. next week, strictly come dancing celebrates its 20th birthday. it received an early present — winning best entertainment show. this is really the perfect present, isn't it? it is. 20 years on television is a very long time. television years are rather like dog years, aren't they? yes. — do you know what i mean? yes! it's an industry whereby 20 years is — you know, we don't take it for granted, and we really do appreciate everyone at home who's been along for the ride with us and has been part of it... yeah. ..because it's wonderful. i feel like the show genuinely goes from strength to strength. hello! we�*re live! we�*re on channel 4! best entertainment performance went to joe lycett for his weekly live show, late night lycett. it does mean a lot. i�*ve never won a bafta and been there for it, because i was lucky enough to win one last year, but i was in australia on tour. i truly didn�*t think

was going to win last year. really didn�*t think i was going to win — the category was nuts that i won in this year. and so it means a great deal. whaaaaa! my god, it's been an absolutely brilliant night so far! while best live event went to last year�*s eurovision extravaganza from liverpool. we need to thank the people of liverpool, as well, - because they made it such a vibe i and such an event, and it became... it went from being — _ obviously it is already the world's biggest singing contest — but it went into, like, - a week—long festival where people |were coming from all over the uk| because we were hosting on behalf of ukraine. - i think she�*s pregnant. the battle of the soaps was won by casualty. can you pass the ultrasound? i'm thrilled that you are receiving the bafta fellowship this evening, and i send my heartfelt congratulations. and there was a message from the prince of wales and a standing ovation as floella benjamin received the bafta fellowship.

lizo mzimba, bbc news. a 300—year—old elephant tusk, a cannon, and some human bones are just some of the hundreds of relics that were found at sea, or washed up on the shores of the uk last year. a bbc freedom of information request shows more than 300 items were declared to the official government body for offshore wrecks and salvage. rebecca ricks has been finding out more. below the surface lies an often haunting history, and some of the treasures found deep down are more unusual than others. ijust saw something poking out of the mud and it was just a little bit too smooth to be a piece of rock or wood. and i put my hand down and grabbed it and i thought, "i think i know what this is." and when i levered it out of the sand, the sand cracked in a big semicircle. and that�*s when i realised that i�*ve got an elephant�*s tusk. and now it�*s hanging in his pub in kent.

surprisingly, it�*s not the only elephant tusk declared in recent years. off the coast of falmouth in 2019, another was filmed being brought up from a ship from the 1600s, thought to be linked to the slave trade. and here it is. wow. bringing it to dry land was just the start. you have to get the salt out of them. if the objects are allowed to dry, the salt forms crystals on the inside, and quite often the object will fall apart. it needs to go into a museum. but because it�*s ivory, because it�*s associated with the slave trade, finding a home for it has been difficult. the receiver�*s list is fascinating. ejector seat parts, a bomb shackle, human bones, mammoth bones, and even a 2.5—tonne bronze french—made cannon from the 17th century.

not to mention the statues, the ship�*s bells, the crockery and the iron swords. if you find something from a wreck, you have a duty to report it in 28 days or face a possible fine. in southampton, the receiver of wreck is working through a backlog. when something is reported to us, we have a year to find an owner for that item. and then what we do is we negotiate between the owner and with the finder. but of course some of the items bought up, some of the most common items — things like portholes, they won�*t have a great monetary or historical value unless you know the name of the wreck it�*s come from. we�*ve had things like beer vats that have been reported to us, gas masks. on one occasion, we even had a jacuzzi, which had fallen off of a superyacht. well, sometimes the things found at sea are a little too big to be stored indoors. this anchor is thought to weigh about 2.5 tonnes, and for the last two years, it�*s been living in this hedge. the 19th century trotman�*s anchor was caught in richard�*s fishing nets. now, in brixham, richard is still waiting on a decision from the receiver. we�*ve been stuck with it now since then, waiting for the receiver of wreck to give us the go ahead to be able to get rid of it, to try

and claim back some of the expense we�*ve had. in 30 years of fishing, it wasn�*t richard�*s only unusual find. probably one of the funniest was a kipper, packed in a vacuum pack, with a knob of butter ready to be served. cows, sheep. the sea is still a very mysterious place. the dredging industry has been doing its bit too — identifying culturally—importa nt items. i think for us some of the oldest are the palaeolithic finds. so we have had some really amazing finds that date back to the middle palaeolithic period. so everything from hand axes to mammoth teeth. it�*s just really incredible to be the first person to touch something in say 300,000 years. 0ur coastlines are a treasure trove of history and riches. there�*s no doubt the curiosities will continue to land in the hands of people for decades to come. rebecca ricks, bbc news, devon. now it�*s time for a look at the weather with carol kirkwood. 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 east 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.

live from london, this is bbc news.

a warning from rishi sunak — the prime minister will say britain stands at a crossroads ahead of potentially dangerous years. the us secretary of state tells israel an all—out attack on rafah will provoke anarchy without eliminating hamas. riot police in georgia move in to clear thousands demonstrating through the night against a controversial new law. and donald trump�*s hush—money trial continues, with his former lawyer, michael cohen, due to give evidence. hello, i�*m lauren taylor. we start here in london, where the uk prime minister will argue, in a major speech in the next hour, that britain stands at a "crossroads" ahead of what he will call some "dangerous years", in which almost every aspect of life will change. we�*re expecting rishi sunak to argue that his "bold ideas" can "create

a more secure future" for britons, ahead of an election