families in afghanistan are still searching for the bodies of their loved ones almost a week after deadly flash floods hit the north east of the country. scientists believe that they may have solved the mystery of how 31 pyramids, including the world famous giza complex, were built in egypt more than 4,000 years ago. i'm annita mcveigh. more now on the israel—hamas war. al—aqsa hospital is one of the last functioning healthcare facilities in gaza. doctors have been travelling from around the world to volunteer there, among them professor nick maynard. he'lljoin me live in a moment. but first, let's take a look at some clips he recorded for the bbc while he was there. we all know there are some wonderfully talented nurses and doctors there, but it is chaos on the ward.

it was very different to the first trip we had to al—aqsa. we didn't see a huge amount of trauma. we did some trauma cases, but the amount of trauma was much, much worse before. but what we did see were the most appalling effects of the malnutrition that we're seeing across gaza. severe malnutrition prevents wound healing and will prevent these patients from recovering from injuries that otherwise they would recover easily from. and you get this vicious cycle where they really rapidly deteriorate in their health. they will then die of that if they're not treated. but these are often very young people who under normal circumstances, would recover fairly well from their operations. but because they have such severe malnutrition, their wounds will not heal properly at all.

one of my patients, lhama, was an 18 year old girl who had significant explosive injuries. there's no doubt in my mind she would have survived these injuries if she had not been malnourished. very sadly, she died the day we left gaza. they haven't got the equipment to bags, the management bags, the equipment to deal with these. so it's just awful for the patients with faeces and small bowel contents leaking out all over them in their beds, just, just terrible quality of life for them. this is the all the effects of the profound malnutrition we saw over here. we could hear the drones above us. and this was a noise we heard nonstop, 2a hours a day. so it gets very hot in the wards.

there's not enough drinking water anyway for them. we had one child who came in who died of dehydration, essentially, from one of the surrounding camps. so that'll get much, much worse. and it'll exacerbate tremendously the effects of the malnutrition. well, it's the end of a tough two weeks. i'm sitting here in the house in rafah waiting to see whether we can leave gaza today. as we got to the rafah crossing, the frequency and noise of the bombing surrounding us got ever worse. and you can see in the distance just beyond the crossing, the smoke from a bomb that landed

probably two or three minutes ago. and the frequency of the bombings is getting greater as we're waiting to cross into egypt. we have very mixed feelings leaving al—aqsam a big relief to get home. but again, sad to be leaving friends and colleagues and sad to be leaving some of the patients who we've become very attached to. i genuinely believe we're seeing the tip of the iceberg. i think it's going to get inevitably worse. there may well be many, many more excess deaths related to malnutrition. professor nick maynard returned from gaza last week. hejoins me now in the studio. thank you very much for making that a video diary first of all. you've just got back from gaza and i believe you been many times but this is only the second time you've been in since the attacks on october the 7th. how have the condition is different this time since pre—0ctober the seventh? different this time since pre-october the seventh? thank you

ve much pre-october the seventh? thank you very much for— pre-october the seventh? thank you very much for asking _ pre-october the seventh? thank you very much for asking me _ pre-october the seventh? thank you very much for asking me on. - pre-october the seventh? thank you very much for asking me on. it's - very much for asking me on. it's very much for asking me on. it's very different. i've gone to gaza on many occasions since 2010 and it's always very challenging place to visit, always a very challenging health care environment to work in. they are always short of resources but this was in a completely different league. the lack of resources has become extreme. the hospital's overcrowding and very few hospitals are functioning now. the first thing that struck me going into gaza in september a few months ago was the profound overcrowding and gaza is the most densely populated country and one is used to overcrowding but this is something else. it has the capacity for about hundred and 80 patients. hundred and 80 patients there were living in the

immediate grounds of the hospital or around it, so the overcrowding was extreme. �* ., ., u, around it, so the overcrowding was extreme. �* ., ., ., extreme. and from a medical point of view, what extreme. and from a medical point of view. what with _ extreme. and from a medical point of view, what with a _ extreme. and from a medical point of view, what with a key _ extreme. and from a medical point of view, what with a key challenges - extreme. and from a medical point of view, what with a key challenges you | view, what with a key challenges you are facing? you talked a lot about malnutrition.— malnutrition. that was the most strikin: malnutrition. that was the most striking narrative _ malnutrition. that was the most striking narrative from _ malnutrition. that was the most striking narrative from my - malnutrition. that was the most striking narrative from my most| striking narrative from my most recent trip and when i was there over christmas and new year the amount of trauma was horrific. and when you see a lot of emergency patients what we call the triage process, the urgency of treatment, thatis process, the urgency of treatment, that is a fundamental treatment for any patient, especially those needing emergency treatment and what we have seen is the sheer volume of the patients coming in with major explosive injuries and gunshot wounds meant that the triage process collapsed completely because he could not cope with the amount of

workload. we did see a steady flow of trauma coming in from explosions and gunshots. the most striking finding was the severe malnutrition on the profound effect it had on the recovery from these major injuries and surgeries. i recovery from these ma'or in'uries and surgeries. i wonder what impact this has had — and surgeries. i wonder what impact this has had on _ and surgeries. i wonder what impact this has had on you. _ and surgeries. i wonder what impact this has had on you. you _ and surgeries. i wonder what impact this has had on you. you say - and surgeries. i wonder what impact this has had on you. you say you - this has had on you. you say you have been there many times and it's a tough environment to work in as it had an impact on you? i a tough environment to work in as it had an impact on you?— had an impact on you? i always hesitate to _ had an impact on you? i always hesitate to talk _ had an impact on you? i always hesitate to talk about - had an impact on you? i always hesitate to talk about that. - hesitate to talk about that. whatever effect it has on me or mind or colleagues who go out there, i thought it is nothing compared to the impact on the residents of gaza, and particularly the health care workers who i have got to know well over there and have been working 2a hours a day some of them for several

months, and it's a difficult environment to work in both physically and emotionally. and it does have an emotional impact on those who go out there. it does have an emotional impact on those who go out there.— those who go out there. it was busily difficult _ those who go out there. it was busily difficult to _ those who go out there. it was busily difficult to get _ those who go out there. it was busily difficult to get back - those who go out there. it was busily difficult to get back out| those who go out there. it was i busily difficult to get back out and return home, but do you have plans to return to gaza?— to return to gaza? most certainly. i've been to return to gaza? most certainly. i've been going — to return to gaza? most certainly. i've been going for _ to return to gaza? most certainly. i've been going for many - to return to gaza? most certainly. i've been going for many years. it| i've been going for many years. it is embedded in my heart, so i will certainly go again. i don't know when. at the moment missions with medical aid for the palestinians because the border is closed and there is no way of getting in or out and they have been paused but i will certainly go again, i imagine in a few months' time.— certainly go again, i imagine in a few months' time. professor nick ma nard, few months' time. professor nick maynard, thank _ few months' time. professor nick maynard, thank you. _ trade and economic co—operation have been the theme on day two of president putin's visit to china, in the hope of getting a boost for russia's war economy. mr putin has been in the chinese city of harbin where he visited a trade fair.

harbin is a few hundred kilometres from the border with russia, and is a key hub for cross—border trade. he later went to a university specialising in research into new military technologies where he was persuaded to shake hands with one of their robots. earlier, president putin laid flowers at a memorial to soviet soldiers who died during the liberation of north—east china from the japanese in the 1940s. it comes a day after meetings between mr putin and chinese leader xijinping, where they praised their deep ties. let's speak to the bbc�*s china media analyst, kerry allen. so, carry, what is your thoughts on what it's been happening today. clearly china at a time when it's had sanctions imposed by many other countries. , ., ., ., , , countries. yes, a lot of it is very much the _ countries. yes, a lot of it is very much the same _ countries. yes, a lot of it is very much the same as _ countries. yes, a lot of it is very much the same as it _ countries. yes, a lot of it is very much the same as it has - countries. yes, a lot of it is very much the same as it has been . countries. yes, a lot of it is very i much the same as it has been that

we've seen under xi jinping previously on the key leaders have met many times in the last four years and there is a positive messages and an emphasis that the relationship has stood the test of time. they've had 75 years of diplomatic ties so this is one thing really being emphasised but also the trade relationship, so despite sanctions there's been a lot of media interest in china emphasising that that the trade between the two countries has only increased and gained momentum, particularly in the areas of energy and automobiles. kerry, thank you for that. almost a week after deadly flash floods in north east afghanistan, families are still searching for the bodies of their loved ones. the northern province of baghlan is the worst affected, with an estimated 300 people dead and 2,000 homes destroyed — and the number of casualties is expected to rise. 0ur correspondent caroline davies is there, and filed this report. we followed the trail of devastation for miles, following where that body of water had come down,

destroying homes, destroying livelihoods, wheat crops, livestock. and finally, we reached one of the villages that had been the worst affected. some of these villages further up in the mountainside are still entirely cut off because the roads to reach them have been swept away. the longer we spent with people there, the more we were able to get more information, more details, about exactly what had happened when that water hit. and we were able to find out about some truly incredible rescues. friday afternoon, the main street of this village is a raging torrent. 0n the roof, noor ahmad and his family barely visible. minutes later, the building collapses. translation: when the wall fell i remember thinking, _ "i have lost everything. we are all finished." i was underwater and hoping, "oh, god, please take my life so my problems will be over." noor survived, clinging to an almond tree. his ten—year—old daughter had

disappeared downstream. a few kilometres away, abdul ahad showed me where he spotted her, caught in the branches of an uprooted tree. his son pulled herfree. translation: my father and mother said don't go there, _ you will be taken by the flood. but my heart felt for her. there was a feeling i had in myself that i could do it. i took her on my back and i got her to our house. most parts of her body were injured. shaken, muddied, but alive. she is now recovering at a relative's house with no home yet to return to. this is the first time her father has seen the family that saved her. would you like to meet him?

how do you feel now, meeting the people who saved your daughter's life? translation: right now i don't have anything. - if i give them the whole world it won't be equal with what they did for us. 0ne corner of one village, those who did what they could to save others from the waters. one of the ongoing concerns here we've been speaking to charities, including save the children, are that it's difficult to get clean water to many of these villages, as well as trying to continue to get aid in to people who really need it. but there are also longer term questions as well about afghanistan's resilience to these sort of incidents. around the world and across the uk. this is bbc news.

the slovakian prime minister is said to be conscious but his condition remains serious. the deputy prime minister said it would take several days for doctors to be sure that he would recover. 71—year—old man been charged with the attempted murder of the prime minister. let's speak to our correspondent in bratislava and i was seeing some reports flashing up i was seeing some reports flashing up on the wires a couple of minutes ago saying mr fico had undergone further surgery. ago saying mr fico had undergone further surgery-— ago saying mr fico had undergone further surgery. yes, we have heard today from — further surgery. yes, we have heard today from the _ further surgery. yes, we have heard today from the deputy _ further surgery. yes, we have heard today from the deputy prime - further surgery. yes, we have heard i today from the deputy prime minister and from the head of the hospital where he has been treated, they said he had undergone a two hour operation and this was to remove dead tissue from the gunshot wounds and they said that he was still in a

very serious but stable condition and as you have said, the next few days will be crucial for his condition. he remains in an intensive care unit and the doctors say they are doing their best for him. ., ~ say they are doing their best for him. . ~ , ., say they are doing their best for him. . ~ i. ., ., say they are doing their best for him. . ~ ., ., , ., him. thank you for that update. there is a _ him. thank you for that update. there is a crisis _ him. thank you for that update. there is a crisis in _ him. thank you for that update. there is a crisis in teacher - there is a crisis in teacher recruitment. the education select committee said english schools are facing worsening staff shortages with their report identifying ten key subject areas where the department for education missed its own recruitment targets last year. our reporter has more. this is you on your first day as a teacher. the government says there are more teachers in english schools than ever before. but a new report by a group of mps says, even though there are more teachers, there's even more pupils,

especially in secondary schools and colleges. the education select committee says recruitment targets have been missed, which has seen teachers taking classes outside their specialist areas. some schools have dropped certain subjects entirely. these are the subjects where the government missed its recruitment targets by the biggest margin in the last academic year. in physics, just over 17% of the government's target number of new teachers started a postgraduate training course. modern foreign languages was 34%. and in maths, which the government wants to be compulsory until the age of 18, the target was missed by more than a third. what is the novel saying about society then? but what needs to be done? well, the report says there needs to be more money going specifically towards those subjects struggling to recruit, as well as more advertising of the different routes into teaching. union bosses say more needs to be done. what we need to do is make sure that we reduce the bureaucracy, make sure that the flexibility and the love of teaching that can

come out, and really make sure that our profession is highlighted as a place that you can make a difference to young people's lives and have an opportunity to contribute back to society. the department for education says it has delivered on its commitment to pay all new starting teachers £30,000 per year, and is taking steps to ease workload pressures. with a general election on the horizon, labour leader sir keir starmer says one of his top priorities, if he were to become prime minister, would be teacher recruitment. for whoever lands the top job, they're going to have to look at the numbers and find the solution to how best to recruit and retain teachers. nathan standley, bbc news. for thousands of years it's been one of the world's great mystery�*s— just how were the the pyramids built so deep in the egyptian desert. now scientists say they have the answer. they've found evidence of a branch of the nile,

long since dried up, which they say was used to float the giant blocks, needed to build the 4000 —year—old structures, to their destination. let's speak to aidan dodson, who is a professor of egyptology at the university of bristol. a fascinating story for anybody interested in egypt at all, and people are puzzled as to how these huge blocks were moved into place, so does this discovery of a dried up part of the nile, does it fit in your mind with the logistics? alejos it ties in well with how we thought things were done but we always store everything that had been floated over during the nile flood during those years but now we know there is a branch running close to the desert edge meaning materials will be brought in year round which changes our understanding of what the logistics are in pyramid building. i

was going to say, would it explain how there are clusters of pyramids in different locations as well? does su: est in different locations as well? does suggest certain _ in different locations as well? does suggest certain areas _ in different locations as well? does suggest certain areas are _ in different locations as well? tire" suggest certain areas are better from the point of view of river access. , , ., , from the point of view of river access. , , . , ., from the point of view of river access. , . , ., ., ., , _ ., access. the pyramids have a happy of revealin: access. the pyramids have a happy of revealing little _ access. the pyramids have a happy of revealing little nuggets _ access. the pyramids have a happy of revealing little nuggets of _ revealing little nuggets of information over the years. to information over the years. trr something that important in the details people talk about the mysteries of the pyramids and we know who built them and why, it's more some details and logistics and this is where the discovery of the branch comes in that we can understand that they can bring in materials year round rather than certain periods. it is the detail of logistics which this dance rather than solving major mysteries because

there aren't that many in the way of real mysteries.— real mysteries. what will researchers _ real mysteries. what will researchers do _ real mysteries. what will researchers do with - real mysteries. what will researchers do with the l real mysteries. what will _ researchers do with the information in terms of looking at the pyramids are new? i in terms of looking at the pyramids are new? ., �* ~' 3 are new? i don't think it's the pyramids _ are new? i don't think it's the pyramids will _ are new? i don't think it's the pyramids will be _ are new? i don't think it's the pyramids will be looking - are new? i don't think it's the pyramids will be looking at i are new? i don't think it's the | pyramids will be looking at it's more the whole topography because what the discovery of the new branches is it means egypt looks different from what we thought it did and we always thought it was a single run of the nile with fields either side and now we know there is another branch of the nile, so a whole chunk of egypt is an island instead of being joined to one of the banks, so the big issue is not having the pyramids as the bing —— big thing, it's looking up the landscape of egypt and how it is fundamentally different from what we expected it to be three or 4000 years ago and that's really where the future research should be aimed. thank you very much for your time.

more now on the situation in the middle east. soldiers are showing pictures of palestinian detentions in the west bank despite its pledge to act on this conduct revealed by the bbc. legal experts say the filming and postage of such footage may breach international law. the west bank is partially run by the palestinian authority but there's been an israeli presence for decades. we've tracked and analysed over 45 social media posts by 11 idf soldiers operating in the west bank. it shows them arresting men with them kneeling on blindfolded and posing in front of what appears to be children with their mothers. a lot of the footage is taken indoors so it's difficult to locate, but some of it like this one is outside

and with this video we see a detainee lead into a shop and this building in the background which is the same building, a mask, as you can see in this video. by comparing these kind of details with satellite imagery we can see the same scam shopin imagery we can see the same scam shop in the village. and the soldiers uploading the content don't hide their identities. they are tagging each other and naming the battalions. these are for soldiers from one of the reservist battalions, the 9213 who have been filming and uploading videos of detainees to social media across several platforms and we have mapped out some of the operations in northern areas of the west bank. the most prolific. shared several videos across instagram, facebook and tiktok following a deployment to the west bank which he said it lasted hundred and 32 days. his videos, most of which appear to be body come footage often show the men breaking

into homes at night and detaining and binding and blindfolding several people at once. the israeli army told us today that in the event of unacceptable behaviour, soldiers were disciplined or suspended from reserve duty. they say additionally that soldiers were told to not upload social media activity to networks. legal experts said pushing such footage on social media might be a war crime. doctor mark alice, chair of the panel on international criminal court tribunal said the footage we showed him might violate the recognised rules for treating prisoners of war which specifies they should not be exposed to unnecessary humiliation or public curiosity. the israeli army said they would take action after a previous investigation into the conduct of those in ghana —— in gaza. despite the israeli army pledged to change, soldiers have continued to post videos. all eyes have been on gaza and social media gives us unique access to soldiers

in the west bank. it gives us unique access to soldiers in the west bank.— gives us unique access to soldiers in the west bank. it was confirmed that the video _ in the west bank. it was confirmed that the video highlighted - in the west bank. it was confirmed that the video highlighted were - that the video highlighted were removed for violating their guidelines which they say make clear that we do not tolerate content that degrades victims of violent tragedies. met explained it is reviewing the content and will remove content that violates its policies. four rare amur tiger cubs have been born at longleat safari park in wiltshire. the week—old babies are currently being nurtured by their mum, yana. keepers at the park say their birth is important as the species is currently listed as endangered. stay with us here on bbc news. a misty and murky start for some but for most places the sunshine broke through and there is a lot of dry weather on the rest of the day. this was the picture in the isle water in the isle of wight, so you can see

the isle of wight, so you can see the cumulus cloud bubbling up under some places it will spark one or two showers but many of us seeing dry and sunny weather. to the south of the uk we have some nondescript areas of low pressure so they will throw a bit of rain our way at times through the course of the weekend before rest of the afternoon rush hours, particular over the west of scotland, one or two further south but many of us avoiding them. temperatures for most of them between 20 or 23 degrees in the warmest across the west of scotland and cold around the east coast where we have lingering low cloud and fog. through the night we see more of the sea fog rolling in becoming more extensive in northern england and further inland we have this spells but could be patchy to start your saturday morning. fairly mild first thing and light winds around and low pressure close to the near continent on saturday morning and you can see the warm front moving through which

could bring outbreaks of rain to kent and sussex, down towards the channel isles the rain could be persistent and sea fog is still lingering for parts of eastern scotland, burning back during the day but as the showers drift west there could be the odd thunderstorm in wales, south west midlands as well but showers are hit and miss, so a good deal of dry settled weather and if you have outdoor plans, above average but few degrees cooler close to the north coast. similarly on sunday low cloud again moving in from the north sea and scotland is cloudy and one or two showers are not quite as warm but showers are not quite as warm but showers are not quite as warm but showers are few and far between so some good spells of sunshine and light winds and far clear and top temperatures around 22 degrees but cooler around the east coast where we keep the low cloud and merck. insert monday and tuesday low pressure starting to approach so although the next few days are

turning relatively dry but a touch cooler but that cloudy again towards the end of the coming week. goodbye.

at one, the boss of south west water says she's truly sorry for an outbreak of a diarrhoea—like illness in south devon. the source of the infection has been found, with homes and businesses being told to use bottled water or boil water from their taps.

just keeping informed would be good, just about where it's going, how long it's going to be. it's not very good, is it? do you know what i mean? but the fact they are giving water out is a start. the first aid shipment for thousands of desperate people — via a temporary pier off gaza — has made it ashore. ukraine's second largest city comes under sustained drone attack. but vladimir putin says he dosen't want it captured. the skies here above kharkiv buzzing with russian kamikaze trains last night. meanwhile, there is still intense fighting going on on the border. an islamic extremist is sentenced to life for the murder of a 70—year—old in hartlepool last year. the sky—rocketing price of your olive oil due to disease, wildfires and drought. and one of the biggest fights in modern boxing history — usyk versus fury — to be crowned undisputed

champion of the world.