residents say the rsf have been hitting populated areas on the western side of the city, and the sudanese armed forces have responded with air strikes. these are the latest images from el fasher. medical workers say that since friday dozens have been killed and hundreds injured. earlier i spoke to our africa correspondent barbara plett usher — in nairobi and asked her the latest in el fasher. well, the city el fasher is packed with civilians. you have hundreds of thousands of people there in a city, trapped in a city, that is under siege by the rapid support forces and they are getting caught up in the fighting as the battle begins to move in, which it has been over the last week, with heavy weapons. you have reports that the rapid support forces have been firing artillery shells from their positions in the eastern part of the city, those shells, some of them,

have been dropping in populated neighbourhoods in the south and the west. the army has been responding with air strikes and the number of casualties have been mounting. there is only one functioning hospital and it is overwhelmed. already, the city had been in a dire humanitarian situation because that siege had been going on for about a month now and many of the people in the city have already been displaced. they have been fleeing the fighting elsewhere. they need food aid, they need medical aid, and thatjust hasn't been able to get in. again, as the fighting gets worse, that will get worse. un officials have been warning for weeks now that it is going to be absolutely catastrophic if there is a full—scale battle. the us has been warning of a large—scale massacre and is also nowjust recently sanctioned two rfs commanders for their alleged role in the el fasher fighting. millions of people across the country have been displaced and millions in need of humanitarian assistance. what is the status of the conflict? well, the status of the conflict is that it is one of the worst

humanitarian catastrophes in the world at the moment. as you said, millions displaced, millions facing malnutrition and hunger. there is famine looming, there are conflict spots in the country, in el fasher, also in the capital khartoum, and in another state, but the issue is it is very, very difficult to get humanitarian aid in because it is hard to get the food across conflict lines, to get into the country. the medical situation is very grim as well. in some ways, it is the forgotten war. although it is a real catastrophe, it has been eclipsed, really, by the conflict in gaza and ukraine. although, it also has to be said that it is just very difficult forjournalists to get in. it is very hard to get visas, we have been able to get some images out of darfur, you have seen some of them, but now the internet there has been shut off by the sudanese authorities. even though it is the forgotten war, it doesn't seem to be one that

will be ending soon because a year of diplomatic efforts to try to negotiate a ceasefire have all failed. israel's military says five of its soldiers have been mistakenly ina rare in a rare public sign of divisions over the direction of the campaign, mr glen urged netanyahu to declare that israel has no plans to take over civilian and military law in gaza. netanyahu harshly replied that he was not ready to exchange hamas for satire. to get more in these divisions, we have the foreign editor ofjewish news uk. i think gallant speaks for most people, really. most experts in israel believe that netanyahu doesn't have a plan

for the day after hamas. that's clear. whenever netanyahu talks about what should happen the day after hamas, he speaks in very vague terms. he speaks of civilian control for the palestinians, those who are allied with israel — we don't know who that would be. and sometimes he mentions other arab nations, such as the uae, who should apparently take part in controlling gaza. now, after he said that, the uae said we're not going to take part in that at all until this war is over and we can sit down and discuss properly what's going to happen. so gallant is reallyjust saying what everyone in israel knows. netanyahu, you're playing political games, it's time to stop it, because if you don't, not only will we not achieve our goals, which is to get rid of hamas and get the hostages out, there won't be any way of leaving gaza in a good place. someone needs to take control of it and it shouldn't be israel. what does it mean, these divisions within the cabinet? how could that play out? i mean, we see increasing numbers out on the streets for many months now protesting against prime minister benjamin netanyahu and demanding the hostages be returned. i think eventually we will see at least two of the war cabinet

members leave, that is benny gantz and gadi eisenkot, who reallyjoined netanyahu's emergency government after the war. they have already said that there should be elections by september. so if come september and netanyahu hasn't called for new elections, i think we will see them leave the war cabinet and then netanyahu will be back to square one, with his far right ministers who will hold him hostage. that is what they are doing now. they are demanding that he continue the war and that he basically leaves the hostages. they don't want to engage in any deal with hamas. so it is a very serious situation. and i believe we will see an eruption of the war cabinet very soon. a man who was once known as �*britain�*s kindest plumber�* has had his british citizenship award rescinded — following a bbc investigation. james anderson, who's from burnley, was honoured in 2023 for his work providing free

plumbing services to vulnerable people. he raised millions of pounds in donations, but the bbc discovered that he had faked stories about his charitable work. he denied some of the allegations but admitted he had made mistakes. ed thomas has the story. now, you won't meet people more remarkable than the plumberjames anderson. james anderson's acts of kindness moved the nation. his name isjames anderson. he'sa plumber... and we put a shout out on social media. we've analysed those social media accounts. so far he's helped over two million people across the country... - uncovering misleading false posts, allegations vulnerable people have been exploited. the most shocking was this, injune 2022. a lady covered with an emoji, upset and desperate. it says, "when i got there, she had a noose, ready to commit suicide."

the truth is that her name wasjoyce and she died years before the story ofjames anderson saving her life. we tracked down joyce's daughter, andrea. joyce's kitchen. she had no idea her mother's image was used by depher. when i got there... she had a noose ready to commit suicide. how do you describe that post? a lie, it's a complete lie. some of the images were linked to fundraising appeals. how do you sleep at night? it's like vulnerable people like my mother is their moneymaking machine. james anderson has helped many vulnerable people, but we found multiple examples of misleading posts. this one claims the woman with the hidden face died from carbon monoxide.

we later learned the story was fake. hey, are you all right? hi, ed from bbc news. james anderson agreed to speak to us about his company's use of social media. really appreciate you speaking to us. starting with this story aboutjoyce and thoughts of suicide. i didn't put that on. that's from depher�*s account. is that post true? that post is not true, no. the family has said that is a lie. what do you want to say to that family? i've just said i apologise to the family, but i will have to look further into that, onto the old account. and the carbon monoxide death story? it's depher�*s post, but how it got onto depher�*s account, i don't know. that's an absolutely disgusting misleading post, yeah. and i apologise from the bottom of my heart. is that a lie? that is a lie, whoever�*s put that on, yeah. we spent over £3 million, 0k? is £3 million correct, yes or no? i don't know. you don't know? i don't know.

we've helped over two million people. 2,150,000 to be exact. that's exact? that's. .. are they made up figures? they're guesstimates? they're guesstimates, yeah, guesstimates. james anderson said he'd been a victim of online trolls, but also apologised for any mistakes. there's lessons to be learned, they will be learned. if i have to shut down depher tomorrow, i will shut depher down tomorrow and you will never see it again. ed thomas reporting. as we mentioned — the british citzen awards have rescinded the award they gave to mr anderson. in a statement, they said: we pride ourselves in recognising individuals across the uk who work tirelessly and selflessly to make a positive impact on their communities and charities. the information that has come to light aboutjames anderson's actions does not align with our values.we have therefore informed him of our decision to rescind the award. now it's time for a look at the weather with ben rich. hello.

some places continue to bask under blue skies and warm sunshine, but for others, it's quite a different—looking day. some cloud and rain for one of our weather watchers this morning in cambridgeshire, in association with this frontal system. weather at the moment is still being driven by low pressure, centred to the south of us. but we will see some outbreaks of rain continuing westwards across the midlands into wales, some heavy thundery downpours to the south of that. for northern england, northern ireland and scotland, some decent spells of sunshine. but even here, one or two heavy thundery showers breaking out. temperatures in northern scotland up to around 2a celsius, more generally, 17 to 21. but always feeling a bit cooler than that where you have the cloud and the rain, which through the late afternoon and the evening could turn very heavy indeed across parts of the west midlands, mid and north wales. there could be enough rain for some localised flooding and some travel disruption before that rain clears away westwards, leaving a band of cloud behind across parts of wales and northern england. and elsewhere, there will be some patches of mist and fog, some clear spells, too.

we start tomorrow morning with temperatures generally between seven and i2 celsius. so a band of cloud to start off across parts of northern england and north wales. there'll be some patches of mistiness elsewhere, but a lot of that should tend to lift and break up. and then, we will see some spells of sunshine, albeit with a scattering of showers. temperature—wise, well, highs of 21 to 22, maybe 23 celsius in the warmest locations. now into the weekend, we will continue to see some mist and fog, particularly at night and in the mornings. also some spells of warm sunshine, but with some heavy showers, particularly on saturday, where you're closest to this area of low pressure. quite a flabby feature, but centred just to the south of us. could see some more persistent rain for a time first thing across south east england. that will tend to clear and it is southern parts that i think will bear the brunt of the showers on saturday. further north, a lot of mist and murk and low cloud first thing, some spells of sunshine, but more cloud creeping into north

west scotland and northern ireland that'll knock the temperatures back a little bit for some areas. and then into sunday, a mostly dry day, actually, a few showers. best of the sunshine likely to be across england and wales. more cloud for northern ireland and scotland, certainly turning cooler in the north of scotland. furthersouth, highs of around 22 celsius.

live from london, this is bbc news. police charge a man with the attempted murder of the slovakian prime minister, who's in a serious condition after being shot. south africa asks the international court ofjustice to instruct israel

to stop its offensive in rafah. we'll be live in the hague. here in the uk, labour's keir starmer sets out his party's key messages ahead of the general election, insisting they have not "scaled back" on their ambitions. and scientists solve the mystery of the origin of these ancient trees. hello, i'm samantha simmonds. we start in slovakia, where a man has been charged with the attempted murder of the country's prime minister. robert fico was shot several times yesterday while speaking to a crowd during a visit to handlova, a small town in the centre of slovakia. he's now in a serious, but stable condition in hospital in bratislava. at a news conference, the slovak interior minister described the suspect as a lone wolf who opposed the government. more details about the condition of

mr fico are emerging all the time.