the ukrainian military say, heavy battles are looming, as russia pushes on with their assualt on the north eastern border near kharkiv, we speak to a journalist who's returned from the area under bombardment. scottie scheffler, golf's world men's number one, is detained by police before his appearance at the pga championship in kentucky, we'll bring you the latest. the head of south west water in the uk, apologises for the outbreak of a stomach bug in south devon, after a parasite is found in the supply. and, the first guidance for the vatican in a0 years —on the reporting of �*apparitions�* and supernatural phenomena. let's start in gaza because american troops have, for the first time, used a temporary pier

to deliver humanitarian aid. these pictures from us central command show the structure. the first consignments were brought ashore a few hours ago. it comes as israel has accused south africa, of distorting reality in its attempt to get the international court ofjustice to force a halt to its military campaign in rafah, in southern gaza. here's dan johnson. this is a floating lifeline bringing aid directed gaza. built by the us military, so larger ships can deliver additional supplies under the supervision of the world food programme and israel's military. the americans stressed that his humanitarian work, there are no us military boots in gaza. listen to the insistence this should only supplement aid by road. the pier is temporary and not meant to replace land routes into gaza.

there is british aid heading from cyprus and the royal fleet auxiliary ship cardigan bay has helped open the new route. aid has been restricted since the main border crossing from egypt was closed last week when israeli soldiers moved into rafah. we have very little food and fuel coming through the border crossings in the south and we are always trying hard but failing currently to bring inconsistent volumes of food. hundreds of thousands of palestinians have been further displaced and the un warns of dwindling food and impending famine. getting aid to people in need across gaza cannot and should not depend on a floating dock far from where they needs are most acute. land routes are the most viable, effective and efficient a delivery method which is why we need all crossing points open. the international court ofjustice, is well again has defended its conduct in the war,

responding to further claims by south africa its latest military action in rafah amounts to genocide. israel is engaged in| a difficult and tragic armed conflict. south africa ignores this factual context. it is essential in order to comprehend the i situation. and also ignores the applicable legal framework of— international humanitarian law. it makes a mockery of the heinous charge of genocide. _ military actions built in rafah over the last week but stopped short of an all—out assault. the prime told soldiers yesterday the operation was a vital part of the campaign against hamas. the battle for rafah is critical. it is notjust the rest of the battalions, it is also their oxygen pipes for escape and resupply. this battle of which

you are an integral part is a battle that decides many things in this campaign. israel supported the construction to help ease palestinian suffering, but there is a clear warning — it is still not enough to feed gaza's people. let's speak to our diplomatic correspondent, paul adams. poll, tell us more about this new temporary pier. how much aid they hope, in the coming days, will actually come through that route. relatively small amount so far. i'm just looking at what you nsaid has said about the initial delivery today. food bars for 11,000 people, therapeutic food for 7200 malnourished children and hygiene kits for 30,000 people. it was also in that first shipment, some british aid, some 8400 shelter coverage kits. plastic sheeting to help people construct their own shelter. as they move from one place to

another. 0n as they move from one place to another. on that movement, we now are learning that more than 600,000 people have had to move as a result of the start of his real's offensive in the rough area at the beginning of last week. thatjust gives you some idea of the sheer quantity, this year need that is faced by the displaced population of the gaza strip and so these early deliveries on this maritime bridge are not going to make a huge difference. american officials say that they expect that the equivalent of between 90 and 150 trucks a day may end up rolling along that maritime corridor. that is a significant amount and it does deliver aid, you know, right into the middle of the gaza strip so i don't think we should be dismissive of the potential for this new age should be dismissive of the potentialfor this new age route should be dismissive of the potential for this new age route to make some kind of a difference. the need is vast and everyone agrees there is no substitute for viable,

functioning land crossings. let there is no substitute for viable, functioning land crossings. let me ask ou a functioning land crossings. let me ask you a broader _ functioning land crossings. let me ask you a broader question. - ask you a broader question. everything that surrounds the government, the netanyahu strategy on rafah, what is the latest that you were hearing?— on rafah, what is the latest that you were hearing? well, we think that israeli _ you were hearing? well, we think that israeli troops _ you were hearing? well, we think that israeli troops are _ you were hearing? well, we think that israeli troops are pushing - that israeli troops are pushing further and further towards the centre of rafah. we do not know exactly what the military of the government's intentions are. do they intend to launch an all—out offensive on the heart of rafah itself? something that the british and american governments have been urging benjamin netanyahu not to do for weeks and weeks and weeks. 0r for weeks and weeks and weeks. or are they content with this slightly gradual process in which large numbers of people are fleeing and getting out of their way and they are able to concentrate on the business of demolishing a hamas's infrastructure, taking on gunmen as and when they find them. at some point, a decision will have to be

made and we know from the comments made and we know from the comments made earlier in the week by the defence minister that there is a real sense of uncertainty about where this campaign is going. not just in rafah itself but when that battle is over. what point does it feel say, we have done enough damage, we now need to start to think and plan properly for the day after? . , . thanks very much. more on the aid situation now. sam rose is the director of planning at unrwa who is in rafah. thank you and welcome to the programme again. your reaction to this temporary pier finally opening? thanks, matthew, thanks for having me on. we welcome all efforts to get more aid flows into the gaza strip given how desperate the situation here is but when this pier was set up, it was intended to be complementary to land routes. it was not supposed to be the solution. we

are now in a situation where those crossings, the land crossings have all but closed so we welcome it. we hope that it can commit your correspondence said, be effectively scaled up but it is no substitute for a proper opening of borders. it is expensive and it is inefficient but we hope that it will work. {flare but we hope that it will work. give me an idea _ but we hope that it will work. give me an idea of _ but we hope that it will work. give me an idea of the _ but we hope that it will work. give me an idea of the difference there is between what is getting in and the need, in terms of what is actually required. absolutely. peo - le actually required. absolutely. peeple need _ actually required. absolutely. people need everything - actually required. absolutely. people need everything here. actually required. absolutely. - people need everything here. we've got 1.8 million people below the gaza line. they cannot survive on 90 trucks, and 150 trucks. people cannot survive in trucks of age, period. people need proper services, they need proper infrastructure. they need access to health care, water, toilets, sanitation, they need homes. so any amount of aid getting in is no substitute. it is

positive, but it is cold comfort to the people of gaza who remain under complete blockade and remain under constant bombardment is. just a brief word in _ constant bombardment is. just a brief word in terms _ constant bombardment is. just a brief word in terms of _ constant bombardment is. just a brief word in terms of aid - constant bombardment is. just a l brief word in terms of aid workers, people still trying to get out. what is the latest that you are seeing? people getting out in terms of aid workers? that is not possible. the land borders have been closed for aid workers for some time now. we are concerned about that but were more concerned about the 600,000 people in rafah now who on the move, who have left and moved to the coast, to barren agricultural land or sand dunes are back into the bombed out ruins of buildings and literally have nothing. there is nothing there in terms of the conditions are squalid, they are inhuman. cervicalfor entry conditions are squalid, they are inhuman. cervical for entry of crossings to allow aid to flow, to allow people to get in and out. == allow people to get in and out. -- so we call — allow people to get in and out. —— so we call for the entry into

crossings. —— so we call for the entry into crossings. israeli troops continuing to post footage from the gaza conflict despite a pledge to act on this. they will give us latest. they have been looking at exactly that area. they have been looking at exactly that area. french police have shot dead a man, after a synagogue was set on fire, in the north—western city of rouen. he reportedly approached police armed with a knife and an iron bar. the city's mayor says, the attack on the synagogue didn't just affect the jewish community but the entire city is "battered and in shock". ukraine's top commander has warned, heavy battles, are looming, on the north—eastern front, after russia's surprise advance, a week ago today. the kharkiv region has come

under sustained attack, vladimir putin says, the country is trying to carve out a, buffer zone, in the area that borders russia. moscow says, it seized 12 villages in the past seven days. this video is from the town of vovchansk, which is facing the brunt of these intense russian attacks. let's speak to guillaume ptak, a correspondent for the washington times, just back from some of the areas, under russia attack around kharkiv. welcome here to the programme. just ascribe to our viewers the sorts of things you've witnessed in the last few days around these villages in the kharkiv area. {iii few days around these villages in the kharkiv area.— few days around these villages in the kharkiv area. of course. thanks for havin: the kharkiv area. of course. thanks for having me _ the kharkiv area. of course. thanks for having me on. _ the kharkiv area. of course. thanks for having me on. so, _ the kharkiv area. of course. thanks for having me on. so, it _ the kharkiv area. of course. thanks for having me on. so, it was - the kharkiv area. of course. thanks for having me on. so, it was aboutl for having me on. so, it was about three weeks ago with my colleague. we set out towards vovchansk which lies about three kilometres from the russian border, to the north east of the city of kharkiv, to the regional capital. and the closer we got we could tell that the intensity of the fighting was pretty heavy, in the sense that you could make out huge plumes of black smoke over the horizon. you could see a lot of

equipment, of troops, of ammunition being ferried back and forth from kharkiv. initially intended to rally a small village about 15—20 kilometres away which was used as an evacuation part to evacuate civilians from areas. we took a route that would have brought us closer to vovcha nsk route that would have brought us closer to vovchansk so those at the checkpoint there said we recommend you do not take that and take another instead. and my colleague, another instead. and my colleague, an artillery shell landed 300 metres away from the checkpoint and drove to the point that we shall go through that route so we took another one and you could see a lot of buses with people being evacuated. you could see this incessant back—and—forth of police cars evacuating people. in one village, volunteers and the police had set up this kind of hub where civilians would be first brought from vovchansk and the front line areas to be taken care of, to be taken in charge first by

psychologists. then take into a processing centre in the city itself where they were given food and clothing and financial help if they needed it and provided with temporary accommodations if they did not have family members to take care of them. it a pretty grim situation especially when you see that those residents, many of them did not leave because up until that point, the other wanted to stay because they consider that this is their home, their houses, are some of their role old, some of them are handicapped, some of them which is not in any shape or able to leave on their own volition so they had to be taken care of by the police. let their own volition so they had to be taken care of by the police.- taken care of by the police. let me ask ou taken care of by the police. let me ask you about _ taken care of by the police. let me ask you about the _ taken care of by the police. let me ask you about the ukrainian - taken care of by the police. let me i ask you about the ukrainian response because they've sent reinforcements. what sense did you get over the last few days of their ability to stop the russian advance? i few days of their ability to stop the russian advance?- few days of their ability to stop the russian advance? i would say that, b the russian advance? i would say

that. by new. _ the russian advance? i would say that, by now, ready, _ the russian advance? i would say that, by now, ready, the - the russian advance? i would say that, by now, ready, the russian| that, by now, ready, the russian advance has been slightly stand by the reinforcements that ukraine ascend. they been able to kind of stem that advance. the russians made segues into the city of vovchansk itself, to the northern edge, there are videos coming out of russians taking losses both in personnel and equipment so feels a bit like firefighting, really, but so far it has been effective in halting the russian advance. the fighting is ongoing, the city, unfortunately, is under heavy bombardment centre of many front line localities. it is still very difficult. _ many front line localities. it is still very difficult. just - many front line localities. it is still very difficult. just a - many front line localities. it is still very difficult. just a final thought because when you are talking to a producer you said to her that you thought this push, the surprise pushit you thought this push, the surprise push it has been is actually, in your view, a diversion tactic from vladimir putin. what do you mean by that? if this is the diversion, what is the main focus? i would say that

the intention, they did not intend to seize kharkiv itself but to create a buffer zone and that might be one of the intentions but i reckon it is also a ploy to get ukraine to stretch even thinner it's already kind of overextended defences, and allow for the russians to push in the direction which is been assigned a very heavy fighting and in the event that the russians were able to capitalise on that push, and you kind of have a break, the last big urban area still in the hands of ukraine in the donetsk region which, in my opinion, is one of the main objectives, the moment, the russian army. we are very grateful for your time the russian army. we are very gratefulfor your timejoining the russian army. we are very grateful for your time joining as he wanted a's verified thigh. just giving us the very latest. thanks very much for your time. thank you. scottie scheffler, golf�*s current world number one has been handcuffed and detained by police before the start of the second round of the pga championship in kentucky. these are the pictures of him being led away. scheffler was attempting to get to the course

to prepare for his round. police were dealing with a fatal road accident not involving the golfer and had stopped traffic. local media report scheffler was charged with assault of a police officer, criminal mischief, reckless driving and disregarding signals from an officer directing traffic. it is an extraordinary story. bring us right up to date.— us right up to date. yes. an extraordinary _ us right up to date. yes. an extraordinary story. - us right up to date. yes. an extraordinary story. to - us right up to date. yes. an | extraordinary story. to bring us right up to date. yes. an - extraordinary story. to bring you right up to date, he is here, he is already playing in his second round here. you arrived at the course round about an hour before his tee time. these golfers normally are plenty of time to prepare for a round of golf. they will visit fitness trainers and the range and that sort of thing. it was a very hurried preparation and, obviously, in the backdrop of an extraordinary

morning in which he was arrested, led away in handcuffs, and, as you say, now facing four charges including as his attorney has accepted, felony charge of second—degree assault on a police officer. we have heard a statement from scottie scheffler shortly before he teed off here. he said this morning i was proceeding as directed by police officers. it was a very chaotic situation. understandably so, considering the tragic accident that had occurred earlier and there was a big misunderstanding of what i thought i was being asked to do. i never intended to disregard any of the instructions. i'm hopeful to put this to decide and focus on golf today. of course, all of us involved in the tournament express our deepest sympathies to the families of the man who passed away in the earlier accident this morning. it truly puts everything in perspective. so that is the very

latest from here at valhalla. is you are talkin: latest from here at valhalla. is you are talking were _ latest from here at valhalla. is you are talking were obviously - latest from here at valhalla. is you are talking were obviously looking | are talking were obviously looking at those pictures from last night. around that fatal road accident and then seeing at the golfer being led away. we also saw the pictures of him. are all so accustomed to, on the course. and then you see a mugshot that has been released of golf�*s number one. i mean, what is the thought that, in terms of these four offences, what is likely to happen next?— four offences, what is likely to hauen next? ., , happen next? welcome his attorney has said this — happen next? welcome his attorney has said this morning _ happen next? welcome his attorney has said this morning that _ happen next? welcome his attorney has said this morning that will - happen next? welcome his attorney has said this morning that will now. has said this morning that will now go through the usual kind of court procedures and who knows what the timetable for those will be? scottie scheffler�*s hope will be to continue to concentrate on the golf as best he can. it is worth putting into context that not only is he the world number one, he is the masters champion. he is one of the most wholesome refutations of any of the leading golfers in the world. he is

regarded as a gentle giant and, actually, the dominant way in which he plays the game and shuts out to an immense flies in the face of what is an otherwise a very generous demeanour. so there is a big feeling of shock among the golf community that he finds himself in the situation that he does right now. i'm sure that is absolutely true. thank you so much forjoining us live in over the busy afternoon. being as right up to date on that breaking development. around the world and across the uk. this is bbc news.

more now on the situation in the middle east. soldiers in israel's army are sharing video of palestinian detentions in the occupied west bank, despite its pledge to act on previous misconduct revealed by the bbc. with more on this, let's cross over to our colleagues at bbc verify. merlyn thomas is standing by to give

us the latest on this. 0ver over to you. soldiers from the israeli defence _ over to you. soldiers from the israeli defence forces - over to you. soldiers from the israeli defence forces have - over to you. soldiers from the i israeli defence forces have been posting photos of palestinian detainees in the occupied west bank on social media. now, the west bank attempted 3 million palestinians and is partially run by the palestinian authority but there has been an israeli military presence there for decades. we've tracked and analysed over 45 social media post by 11 idf soldiers operating in the west bank. it shows them arresting men, posing next to detainees draped with the israeli flag, kneeling and blindfolded and posing in front of what appear to be children with their mothers. a lot of the footage is taken indoors so it is difficult to geo— locate but some of that, like this one, is outside. so this when we see a detainee be led into a shot and then you see this building in the background. which is actually the same as this building. it is a

mask. and you see the shot in this video. by comparing these videos and these images we can see the same mask and shot here in the village. the soldiers uploading this content don't hide their identities. tagging each other and naming their battalion. these are for soldiers from one of the battalions. they have been filming and uploading videos of detainees to social media across several platforms. we have mapped out some of their operations in the west bank. the most prolific goes by this. he shared several videos across different social media platforms. his videos, most of which appear to be social media, show the men detaining and blindfolding several people at once. the israeli army told us that, in the event of unacceptable behaviour, soldiers were disciplined and even suspended from reserve duty. additionally, they said they are instructed to

avoid uploading to social media networks. we attempted to contact soldiers on the public social media accounts to put our findings to then one appears to have blocked us and the others have not responded. legal experts said filming and publishing such footage on social media may be a war crime. an international law experts at the footage we showed him might violate the recognised rules for treating prisoners of war which specifies that they must not be exposed to unnecessary humiliation or curiosity. the israeli army said they take action after a previous bbc verify investigation into the conduct of those in gaza. despite the israeli army's pledges to change their soldiers are continuing to post these videos. while all eyes have been on gaza, social media gives as unique access to the conduct of some soldiers in the west bank. . , conduct of some soldiers in the west bank. ., , . conduct of some soldiers in the west bank. . , . v

bank. thanks very much. let's turn to a fascinating _ bank. thanks very much. let's turn to a fascinating story. _ the vatican says catholics need to be more cautious about accepting phenomena as �*supernatural�*. the church's doctrinal office has released new guidelines providing six categories for events from ruling that they're definitely not supernatural, to proclaiming an event �*genuinely miraculous'. let's speak to our southern europe correspondent, mark lowen. congratulations. the best line of the day earlier i was saying the vatican normally communicates with smoke, it is now grappling with coping with social media. so well done with that. explain these new guidelines. done with that. explain these new uuidelines. ., , ., guidelines. yeah, indeed. it is an institution _ guidelines. yeah, indeed. it is an institution for _ guidelines. yeah, indeed. it is an institution for the _ guidelines. yeah, indeed. it is an institution for the mysticism, - guidelines. yeah, indeed. it is an| institution for the mysticism, isn't it, and are one of the reasons we are also fascinated by it. and yet, it is also trying to crack down on abuses of the elected supernatural. in any area of social media, in

which claims of apparitions, claims of weeping statues, claims of healing relics can be below the knee, quite frankly. could be stated, could be the subject of disinformation and rumour. can be made forfinancial gain disinformation and rumour. can be made for financial gain so, for the first time in almost 50 years, the vatican has now come out and said, look, bishops, local bishops need to be much more cautious in assessing the validity and credibility of such claims. so they will with six options, as you said in your introduction. meaning, something which would be a ruling which would, in effect, allow for worship to continue at a spot which they may have been a divine apparition, for example. it will not necessarily rule that it was a supernatural phenomenon. no, this would be in consultation, closer consultation with the vatican. because there have been instances in the past where bishops have ruled that an event is supernatural only to be contradicted

by a successor or indeed by the vatican. it is aiming to try to avoid that. tighter coordination in that respect. they would only be a very exceptional circumstances in which the vatican or a paper could rule that something supernatural. we are all aware of these areas, like in the words, in france. here in portugal where there are sites of pilgrimage that have whipped up the catholic faithful for decades and even centuries but, equally, there had been a flourishing bogus claims of supernatural phenomenon which this document is trying now to regulate. is this document is trying now to re . ulate. , , ., this document is trying now to reuulate. , ,., ., , regulate. is there something that is caettin regulate. is there something that is getting worse _ regulate. is there something that is getting worse things _ regulate. is there something that is getting worse things like _ regulate. is there something that is getting worse things like social- getting worse things like social media being available to everyone? i think the last time they issued guidance in this whole area was what? in the 70s, at some stage? yeah, 1978. that was issued as a concern about the growing hamas media environment back then. now we

are in a social media environment in which information, disinformation and fake news, to use that awful phrase, can spread like wildfire. there is a concern about that. there was an italian woman who bought a statue back from bosnia, which is an area, a contested area, actually. it was a claim to an apparition which has not been confirmed by the vatican. she claimed that there was jesus and mary, appearing before that statue. she drew massive crowd only to be contradicted eight years later by the vatican who said this is not supernatural. an attempt to try to crack down on that. i'd make absolutely fascinating. thanks for being live with us on today's programme. we are back with more headlines just programme. we are back with more headlinesjust in a programme. we are back with more headlines just in a moment or two. don't give away. hello. it was a bit of a misty, murky start for some of us, but for most places, the sunshine has broken through and there's a lot of dry weather on the cards for the rest of today.

this was the picture in freshwater on the isle of wight a little bit earlier on. we can see that cumulus cloud that's bubbling up, and for some places, that willjust spark off one or two showers, but many of us are seeing some dry and sunny weather. now, to the south of the uk, we've got a couple of nondescript areas of low pressure here, so they are going to throw a little bit of rain our way at times through the course of the weekend. but for the rest of the afternoon, a few showers, particularly so for the west of scotland, the odd thundery one here. one or two further south across parts of england and wales, but many of us avoiding them. temperatures for most of us between 20 to perhaps 23 celsius, warmest across the west of scotland, a little bit colder around this east coast where we've got a little bit of lingering low cloud and fog. through this evening tonight, we'll start seeing more of that sea fog rolling in, becoming more extensive for parts of northern, eastern england, down the east coast. further inland we've got some clearer spells,

but there could be some patchy fog almost anywhere to start saturday morning. fairly mild first thing, we've got those light winds around. low pressure close to the near continent on saturday morning, though. we can just see this warm front moving through and that could very well bring some outbreaks of rain to parts of kent and sussex, essex, for instance, first thing in the morning. down towards the channel islands, some of that rain could be quite persistent. sea fog still lingering for parts of eastern scotland, perhaps northeast england, burning back during the day, but as those showers drift westwards, there could be the odd thunderstorm, perhaps wales and southwest england for instance as well, but any of the showers are fairly hit and miss on saturday. a good deal of dry, settled weather if you've got outdoor plans. temperatures again a little above average, but always a few degrees cooler close to that northeast coast. similarly, on sunday, we've got low cloud again moving in from the north sea. scotland is a little bit cloudy. i think one or two showers, not quite as warm, but for the rest of the uk, any showers are fairly few and far between, so some good spells of blue sky and sunshine, light winds after early mist and fog clears, and top temperatures around 22 celsius, but cooler around that east coast where we keep that low cloud and murk. head on into monday and tuesday,

we've got low pressure starting to dry and approach, so although the next few days relatively dry, it looks like things turn more unsettled from mid week onwards. a touch cooler, but perhaps drier again towards the end of this coming week. bye— bye.