this is bbc news, the headlines... we're on the front line in ukraine where its military says heavy battles are looming. russia pushes ahead with its assault near kharkiv. president zelenskyy has passed to new laws including asking prisoners to fight. the israeli military says its recovered the bodies of three hostages — it says were they were killed while escaping a music festival on october the 7th. to sudan — where the governor of darfur is urging civilians to take up arms to defend themselves amid the ongoing war. and — the first guidance for the vatican in a0 years on the reporting of "apparitions" and supernatural phenomena.

let's return to one of those main stories, and the latest on the civil war that is an golfing suit on. with the governor of the darfur region now urging civilians to take up arms to defend themselves. violence is escalating around the city of elashir, the city of elfashir, where the paramilitary rapid support forces — or rsf — are trying to capture the city from the sudanese army. medical aid agency msf says the city's south hospital had seen more than 400 casualties since may ten, including 64 deaths, though it said the real toll was far higher. the united nations says it has only received 12% of the $2.7 billion being sought for sudan, adding that "famine is closing in". people have said that they are terrified of the continued fighting exclusions. we have spoken to one local man whose identity we will protect for his own safety. it shows

his life right now. today is a friday, 17 of may. i'm talking to you from el fasher since last friday, june of may, fasher witnessing heavy fighting between the conflicting parties in sudan. unfortunately, this fighting deteriorating the security situation and humanitarian situation in the city. explosions. as you hear while i'm talking to you, the... this ugly noises of the artillery weapons from my beloved city alpha from my beloved city al—fashir because of this fighting. the life is completely stopping, al—fashir. people cannot protect their normal life.

they cannot go to their business. simply, life is stopped here because of this heavy fighting. many casualties and deaths among the civilians in different neighbourhoods of al—fashir. i want you to deliver the message, or the message of the darfurians in al—fashir to be heard to the british people and to the other people in the world. simply, people in al—fasher are dying because of this desperate situation. life right now on the ground there. our africa correspondent, kalkidan yibeltal, says the fighting has intensified — with people trapped in towns and cities struggling, as conditions worsen. for weeks, there had been warnings

and concerns that there might be an intensified fighting around or in the city. al—fashir. this is the last urban center in the darfur region currently and not under the control of the much feared paramilitary group, the rapid support forces. so now, since last week, exactly a week ago, we were witnessing these clashes happening in and around the city. so now this statement coming from the darfur authorities suggest that the fighting is intensifying and they are mobilising all day that they can to defend the city from the encircling rapid support forces fighters. there are around 800,000 people trapped in this city. this city has been serving as a source of sanctuary for many people from other villages and towns fleeing the violence in the nearby darfur region and then coming there. so it's been a humanitarian hub, which means it has a massive displaced population. now this displaced people

are being followed by the violence there and there are... they have nowhere else to go. on top of that, for the residents there, they are describing aerial bombardments, shelling in heavily populated areas and living in a fear and uncertainty on top of that, because of the city is being encircled and besieged by the rapid support forces. there is a very critical shortage of supplies there. they are describing struggling to get food and water and even medical supplies are now not functioning properly. world number one golfer scottie scheffler has been charged by police in kentucky with four offences, including assault on a police officer. he was arrested after allegedly avoiding traffic caused by an accident which officers were dealing with near to the valhalla golf club, just hours before his second round of the us pga championship.

he denies any wrongdoing. laura scott reports. guys, guys. his driving under scrutiny, this was world number one golfer scottie scheffler being detained by police on arrival at the pga tour championship. "please help me, he said to the media as he was "please help me", he said to the media as he was handcuffed and taken off in a police car. a month ago, the american donned the green jacket for his masters win. today it was an orange jumpsuit for a police mug shot as he faced four charges, including second—degree assault of a police officer and reckless driving. to the shock of the golfing world. he is an extraordinary talent. the fact that this has occurred on the morning of the second round of the major championship with him as the world number one golfer, the reigning masters champion, it really is extraordinary. as i say, a sense of shock here. it is understood scheffler had been trying to navigate traffic that had built up

in the area following a fatal collision involving a bus and a male pedestrian who had been working at the course. afterward, he explained on social media it was a very chaotic situation and there was a big misunderstanding of what i thought i was being asked to do. despite arriving with less than an hour to spare before his second round, scheffler appeared relaxed. with all eyes trained on him, he made a solid start on a surreal and sombre day for all those involved in the tournament. laura scott, bbc news. the price of olive oil has skyrocketed in the last year, due to diseased crops in italy, wildfires in greece and droughts in spain. the average cost has gone up almost 39% in the past 12 months here in the uk. that means the average 500 millilitre bottle, now costs

just over eight pounds — or ten dollars — whereas last year, it was five pounds. here's colletta smith. so we use this for vinaigrettes and for starting soups. it's beautiful stuff, but it's too expensive now. in this deli, like millions of restaurants and kitchens across the country, one key ingredient is skyrocketing... everything's been forced up, but olive oil has gone up, yeah, much quicker than the rest of it. ..and shoppers in supermarkets are noticing it, too. just picked up this 500—millilitre bottle of olive oil. it's in a plastic bottle and it's pretty much bob—on the average price at the moment, which is £8.04 for a bottle this size — way more expensive than wine. it's no wonder they call it liquid gold. i'm not going to lie, i've stopped buying it. yeah, ijust buy the spray instead. changing to other. alternative products. i like to use olive oil, but it's too expensive to use any more. you avoid the olive oil altogether? not altogether, but i'll only. probably get it if it's on offer.

they call it olio santo, holy oil, in italy. someone who does know why it's costing more to make olive oil is claire. she and her husband andy own a little olive farm in southern italy... you harvest the olives using these. these are called bacchiature... ..and sell the oil here in the uk. the weather's had a huge impact. it has got a lot hotter. over 40 degrees in the high summer is normal now. in spain, two summers of droughts have had a huge impact, and they're europe's biggest olive oil producer. in greece, wildfires have roared through olive groves. and as well as the heat, claire and andy are facing a new disease. in italy, we've got the service bacterial infection xylella, which has wiped out huge numbers of olive groves. the cost of picking and pressing are much more expensive too. net costs are a good 30—40% more. fuel prices have gone up. bottling and containers have all gone up. so tins are now probably,

probably nearly double what they were a few years ago. and brexit rule changes mean andy and claire now have to ship the oil over little and often. when i first started shipping the olives over, for under 100 kilos of olive oil, it would cost e100. it's now e210. it would cost e100. another bad harvest this summer will keep prices high, as olive oil slides from a staple to a luxury item. colletta smith, bbc news. still to come on the world today — and has one of the world's greatest mysteries been solved? just how were the egyptian pyramids built? and — a rare close encounter caught on camera — a deep—sea squid goes into attack mode, with a camera. around the world and across the uk. this is the world today on bbc news.

weeping statues, divine apparitions and miraculous healing relics. guidelines on supernatural phenomena like these have been updated for the first time in almost half a century by the vatican — which says that catholics need to be more cautious about accepting that such events are genuinely miraculous. here's our religion editor aleem maqbool. millions of catholics make a pilgrimage to holy sites around the world. lourdes in france, fatima in portugal, medjugorje in bosnia are all associated with apparitions of the virgin mary. but in a social media age, new sites are quickly inundated without claims being verified. and there have been high—profile controversies, like the crying statue in new mexico whose tears, on analysis, were found to have been olive oil. so to speed things up, the vatican has changed its guidelines.

translation: we are not going to definitively say i something is supernatural, just whether there are clear obstacles to it being. put in exceptional circumstances, if he is interested in a particular phenomenon, a pope can ask for further investigation. the vatican has made it clear today there is no pressure on catholics to believe these things, while recognising also that mysticism plays an important part in the faith of many and it has said, in some cases, these supernatural events can stimulate the community. the bishop of salford says his pilgrimages have given him spiritual nourishment, and that the new rules are important. if there are extraordinary events and they are proven beyond all doubt to be true, that is very important for our faith, but they are few and far between and we must not create or manufacture things and claim they are divine

and supernatural when clearly they are not. some will be sceptical about any such events being proven beyond doubt. but, for the sake of the millions of faithful who do, the vatican is trying to keep up with the times. aleem maqbool, bbc news. let's speak to christopher white. he is the vatican correspondent at national catholic reporter. christopher, good to have you with us. so we said there, the last time this guidance was revised was 1978. what has changed in this latest publication?— what has changed in this latest ublication? ~ . , publication? well, i mean, the first thing that's — publication? well, i mean, the first thing that's changed _ publication? well, i mean, the first thing that's changed is _ publication? well, i mean, the first thing that's changed is the - publication? well, i mean, the first thing that's changed is the world i thing that's changed is the world around the vatican, primarily the internet age. social media has led to a real explosion of these cases, and i think that's why we saw the vatican tapping the brakes, saying that before anything is declared to

be supernatural or even in that realm, the vatican has to really have a serious review of these cases. so the primary thing that's changed in terms of the review process has been that the vatican doesn't allow bishops themselves to issue a declaration, but it first has to come to rome and only once it's reviewed by rome can bishops sayjointly it's reviewed by rome can bishops say jointly with the it's reviewed by rome can bishops sayjointly with the vatican, a thumbs—up or thumbs down on a particular case. truth? thumbs-up or thumbs down on a particular case.— thumbs-up or thumbs down on a particular case. why does it need a oli like particular case. why does it need a policy like this? — particular case. why does it need a policy like this? i— particular case. why does it need a policy like this? i think _ particular case. why does it need a policy like this? i think one - particular case. why does it need a policy like this? i think one of- particular case. why does it need a policy like this? i think one of the i policy like this? i think one of the concerns we saw _ policy like this? i think one of the concerns we saw in _ policy like this? i think one of the concerns we saw in the _ policy like this? i think one of the concerns we saw in the vatican i concerns we saw in the vatican document today is there have been scores of incidents around the world where these alleged apparitions or visions or revelations have sort of led to all sorts of cult phenomena. and there have been people that have been swindled out of money, people that are taking pilgrimages to places that really the church would say has no spiritual value, and the language that we saw it coming from the vatican today is saying, this is

a form of spiritual abuse. and so they see a need to reign the sin. and it's a really interesting point that in the modern era, its guidance around catholic should believe, and what they can safely dismiss. and i suppose that's the really difficult balancing act of saying, is this something that we should be astonished by or impressed by, or actually it's ok to dismiss it as something else? i actually it's ok to dismiss it as something else?— actually it's ok to dismiss it as something else? actually it's ok to dismiss it as somethin: else? ~' ., , something else? i think the top line from all of this _ something else? i think the top line from all of this is _ something else? i think the top line from all of this is the _ something else? i think the top line from all of this is the prefect - something else? i think the top line from all of this is the prefect of i from all of this is the prefect of the vatican office which took great pains today to reiterate over and overin pains today to reiterate over and over in a vatican press conference that look, catholics do not have to believe in any of this. none of this is obligatory for the faith. and these sort of visions or operations, even when they are given a sort of clearance from the vatican are only meant to aid in 1's spiritual life. it is by no means a requirement of the faith. in an internet age where

people are seeing visions of mary or jesus on their toes store in their coffee cup, this is a real call for prudence and to tap the brakes and say, let's be very careful before we claim this to be anything other than just an odd quirk of nature.- just an odd quirk of nature. chris, it's really good — just an odd quirk of nature. chris, it's really good to _ just an odd quirk of nature. chris, it's really good to have _ just an odd quirk of nature. chris, it's really good to have you i just an odd quirk of nature. chris, it's really good to have you with l it's really good to have you with us, thank you. our it's really good to have you with us, thank you. 0urvatican correspondent at national catholic reporter, thank you. for thousands of years it's been one of the world's great mysteries — just how were the egyptian pyramids built? 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 4,000—year—old structures to their destination. egyptologist dr chris naunton told us about what this new research tells us. we know that the nile was the primary means of transport and communication for the ancient egyptians. the problem, if you like, up to now

has been the river where it is today is quite a long way from where the pyramids are to be found. so even if the blocks were moved close ish to the site close—ish to the site of these enormous monuments, then you know how do the ancients then manoeuvre them that last bit? and actually this new research seems to show that there is a channel now dried up, entirely invisible, previously unsuspected, which would have conveyed those blocks much, much closer to the pyramids than we knew previously. the new research sort of helps us to chip away at the problem of exactly how they built the pyramids. but it doesn't, unfortunately, take us all the way. we still are somewhat in the dark as to how once the blocks are manoeuvred to the site, how they are then arranged into these enormous monuments. from the mystery above ground to one way below the oceans. rare footage has captured

the moment a deep—sea squid went into attack mode...on a camera. take a look at this. a deep—sea squid flashes a pair of brilliant "headlights" ?intended to dazzle the prey — as it goes in for the kill. scientists filmed the squid on a research trip in the pacific ocean. but this isn't the only glimpse they caught. this is the view from the camera that had the close encounter with the squid. the bait was a piece of mackerel. to give us some expert insight into the footage, i've been speaking to squid biologist, sarah mcanulty. long ago, we really werejust working with nets to pull squid up from the deep sea. and by the time they get to the surface, they're really pretty banged up. and so you can't get a sense of how these squid live their lives. and so in the last 20 years or so, we've been sending robots with cameras down.

and we've gotten amazing video across the oceans of lots of different species, from the giant squid to smaller — but still pretty big — squid like this tunijia. when we see them on camera like this, it's really hard to get a sense of the scale because there's nothing to compare them to is just talk us through how big these things are. yeah, squid can be a pretty wide range of sizes. the smallest squid is going to be like the size of your pinky fingernail. the biggest is going to be about the length of a bus. this squid in particular was about on general. that species is about 5 to seven feet long. this one in particular was slightly smaller than that, but they're pretty sizeable squid. you wouldn't want to swim with one, probably. and talk to me about what we probably called head lights, these things, we're just looking at them now. they're called photophors.

i hope i pronounced that correctly. what are they used for? so they're used for all different things depending on the squid species in this squid. yeah, i think they're used for distraction and we're not 100% sure what they're used for. but one thing that's really remarkable about them is that they are the largest light producing organ in any animal ever. you're watching bbc news. schools in england will be told not to teach sex education to children younger than nine, under new published guidance. head teachers have since raised concerns that the plans could leave young people searching for information online. with me is catherine carr, presenter of about the boys — a bbc radio 4 podcast series — where young men from all over the uk talk frankly to catherine about sex, consent, life online and friendship. they discuss porn, their struggles at school and becoming men. nice to see you, welcome. i'll come onto that sex education story in just a second, but tell us about the podcast first small. this is fascinating, you've got such a great

into young men, a really formative age. into young men, a really formative ace. ~ . into young men, a really formative aie, . ., ., , into young men, a really formative age. what are they telling you? i think overwhelmingly, _ age. what are they telling you? i think overwhelmingly, i - age. what are they telling you? i think overwhelmingly, i sort i age. what are they telling you? i think overwhelmingly, i sort of. think overwhelmingly, i sort of split it out into five subjects and you just listed a few of them. there were themes that went through all five and those were overwhelmingly that boys want us to know, they told me, i'm not saying about all boys, they told me they have feelings, people think they are not soft inside, they made of stone, they are supposed tojust man inside, they made of stone, they are supposed to just man up and keep going when the going gets tough. but actually they do have emotions and they want to share them and they don't want to be judged for it. they are also confused because i get messages online about what it is expected, smart, tall, and they find a girlfriend if their integrals, and the girls say we want you to be emotionally available in soft, so it's really conflicting messages and they want people to sort of stop and listen to them. find they want people to sort of stop and listen to them.— listen to them. and all of those thin i s listen to them. and all of those thins in listen to them. and all of those things in themselves _ listen to them. and all of those things in themselves are i listen to them. and all of those i things in themselves are fascinating because it is such a change. and it's easy to point the finger of blame at things like social media,

isn't it, where this confusion comes in. but is it fair to say as well that boys of a certain age have been overlooked in all of the debates we are having in society right now, that they are sort of a forgotten generation of young people? it’s generation of young people? it's reall generation of young people? it�*s really hard to say that, isn't it? because i'm for everyone is invited, i'm for me too, i'm for everything that helps women and girls speak out and speak up and gain equality, that's brilliant. but if you feel like some of the boys expressed bafflement to me, they are too young to understand what the patriarchy might be, how it might have served them or actually not. 0r might be, how it might have served them or actually not. or why they are supposed to be the problem. and some of them are sort of saying, if i go to another woman and stem assembly, i'm so bored of them, and other once told me that from your ten onward, or year eight onwards, i was hearing all men must die in the canteen, said by girls who had picked it up from social media based on the meat to movement. and he was thinking of these things stick, why am i the baddie, i haven't done anything. am i the baddie, i haven't done an hini. �* ., .,

anything. and therefore that will sha ie, anything. and therefore that will shape. one _ anything. and therefore that will shape, one assumes, _ anything. and therefore that will shape, one assumes, their- shape, one assumes, their aspirations, their hopes, their aunt ambitions for what happens next as they grow up. and therefore it could have a real lasting legacy. you would hope — have a real lasting legacy. you would hope not _ have a real lasting legacy. you would hope not and _ have a real lasting legacy. 7m. would hope not and one lovely boy who was 16 from devon said to me, it shouldn't be girls against boys, it shouldn't be girls against boys, it should be girls and boys against the problem. and we can't look to blame girls, i'm not saying the pendulum swung too far, nothing like that. all i'm saying is, it is a good moment to stop and listen to boys, what they're actually telling us. where our young people getting information from? as we said at the start, that report this week the schools in england are told not to teach sex education to children younger than nine, where will they find information becoming adults? you mentioned social media and let's not limit, but look, we give our kids minicomputers, often they don't have regulations or apps to control how long they spend on them, then we send them off and say bye—bye, by the way, it's full of pornography and hyper sexualisation so good luck. boys are telling me, we don't know where to look, to find out

things about periods, where things are and what to do. so we go looking for it, we get in trouble for finding it in the wrong places and we feel left out. we want people to have — that's what women and health select committee latest device was — when they point out how high the rates are in school and college, the only answer is better and more sex education. it’s only answer is better and more sex education. �* , , ., ,. ., ., education. it's been fascinating to talk to you- _ and you can catch catherine's podcast �*about the boys�* on bbc sounds stay with us on bbc news, the contacts that is coming up for you next. we'll see you very soon, bye—bye. hello. friday started off fairly misty and murky, but through the day things brightened up. we've had a bit of high cloud, meaning the sunshine has been hazy in places, but plenty of blue sky, some shower cloud too. this was the picture in staffordshire a little bit earlier on and actually through the weekend the weather isn't going to be changing very much.

so we've still got spells of warm sunshine, a few showers, but we won't all see them and some mist and some fog patches, too, through this evening and tonight we'll see some of that mist and low cloud and fog around some of these north sea coasts, eastern england, eastern scotland, also quite cloudy for the western isles, perhaps parts of northern ireland, too. and further south across england, some patchy rain moving in through the night as well. but we start saturday on that mild theme, but we have got quite a bit of mist, and murk around. so we've got low pressure that's sitting across the near continent. a couple of areas of low pressure here, in fact, but it's high pressure across the atlantic that's going to be really dominating the weather, i think, for the next few days. so this is how saturday starts. then we've got that sea fog around some of these coastal areas that should burn back through the day, one or two showers. and actually across wales, perhaps south west of england, north—west england, south west scotland, they could be heavy and thundery at times, but then we hit miss but they'll be hit and miss so we won't all see them.

and top temperatures similar to recent days, 20—23 degrees for many of us, perhaps a touch cooler if you do keep hold of that low cloud a little bit longer for north—east england and eastern scotland as well. now heading through saturday night, now, when we see the mist and fog reforming again, sea fog once again piling in for the likes of the murray firth north—east england as well. and temperatures remaining on the mild side, frost free, certainly heading on into sunday morning. so sunday, a very similar sort of day really again, predominantly dry and morning mist and fog which will slowly break up and burn back towards the coast. we'll perhaps hold on to a little bit more in the way of cloud across northern parts of scotland with one or two showers and the chance of the odd shower cropping up further south across england and wales, perhaps one or two into northern ireland. but the vast majority actually looking dry, 21—22 degrees in the warmest spots, a little bit cooler around some of those east coasts, again. and moving through into monday, we've got low pressure trying to move in from the atlantic, but also from the near continent as well. and there's more of a chance that that's going to bring some rain from tuesday into wednesday. so i think a little bit more unsettled through the middle of next week. and then a hint that things turn a little drier and warmer again

towards the end of the week. bye— bye.

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even if this new route reaches full capacity, we are still only talking about roughly 150 lorries a day. that is a small propation of what is required. thatis that is a small proportion of what is required. that is a small proportion of what is required-— that is a small proportion of what is reiuired. ~ . . , is required. what we are seeing here is required. what we are seeing here is is in failure — is required. what we are seeing here is is in failure of _ is required. what we are seeing here is is in failure of humanitarian i is required. what we are seeing here is is in failure of humanitarian aid i is is in failure of humanitarian aid which _ is is in failure of humanitarian aid which is _ tonight we'll have the latest on a day of significant developments in the middle east the isreaeli army says it's recovered the bodies of three hostages from gaza. also today, the first shipments of aid unloaded from a us built pier in the territory. and we have a special interview with the palestinian ambassador to the united nations, and ask him what a post war gaza looks like. plus russia's vladimir putin says his troops are not trying to capture the ukrainian city

of kharkiv is he bluffing? and a mystery thousands of years in the making: we speak