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 with heavy fighting in ukraine's north east, we have a special report from the frontline. ukraine is just about holding the front here in the kharkiv region,

while the russians have launched this fresh assault. shocking footage emerges of an assault by the rap star sean "diddy" combs on his then—girlfriend cassie ventura. the teacher found guilty of having six with two schoolboys whom she started grooming when they were 15. and arsenal's manager on the challenge ahead of this weekend's premier league title match against manchester city. coming up on newsnight at 10.30pm, as a water firm boss says she's "truly sorry" for the parasite outbreak in devon, we look at the state of the industry. can anyone fix it? good evening. israel's military says it has recovered the bodies of three hostages from gaza. it says yitzhak gelernter,

shani louk and amit buskila were killed by hamas on october 7th and that their bodies were recovered in an operation overnight. meanwhile, the us military says the first aid shipment for gaza delivered via a temporary pier has gone ashore. it's hoped this will help some of the over 2 million palestinians in dire need of food and shelter. lucy williamson reports. shani louk, yitzhak gelernter and amit buskila, killed near the nova music festival on the 7th of october. their bodies, taken hostage and brought back home this week by israeli forces. our hearts go out to them, to the families, at this difficult time. we will leave no stone unturned, we will do everything in our power to find our hostages and bring them home.

israel's prime minister has vowed to bring home the remaining hostages — the living and the dead. but that promise is wearing thin with many hostage families as the war in gaza continues. today, israel's army said it had found this hamas arsenal, with a stockpile of heavy weapons. hamas released this video, from the samejabalia neighbourhood, weeks after israel said the area was cleared. the un says aid to gaza has plummeted as southern routes are blocked by israel's operation in rafah, and that more than half a million people have fled in search of safety, shelter and food. today, the first test of a new temporary pier and causeway, built by us and british forces to get aid in. a lifeline for gaza to relieve the pressure on local populations, and distant politicians.

these, the first pictures of cargo being driven along the floating causeway to un lorries waiting on gaza's shore. among the supplies, temporary shelter kits from the uk. we welcome it, we hope it can 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. but the new pier was little comfort for some of those watching from the shore. translation: they want to bring us food? - they should bring us back to our homes, they should stop the bloodshed. they should come and see how we are living on the streets. israel's allies are taking on gaza's growing humanitarian crisis, with a $300 million response that will salve, not solve. lucy williamson,

bbc news, jerusalem. israel has told the un's highest court that accusations of genocide brought by south africa were "completely divorced" from the facts. south africa has asked judges at the international court ofjustice to issue an emergency order stopping israel's offensive into rafah in southern gaza. our diplomatic correspondent paul adams is injerusalem. what did israel tell the court? essentially, israel has repeated some of the case that it made to the court at the beginning of the year, that this was a war forced on it by hamas in that to tell israel to stop is tantamount to saying that it cannot defend itself. it has rafah is a hamas stronghold, hamas is still holding hostages and firing rockets into israel. and it says that it has gone to great lengths to prevent harm to civilians, by

delaying the operation in rafah by several weeks and by telling palestinians to leave. no country intent on committing genocide, it says, would go to such lengths. then there's the question of aid which you havejust there's the question of aid which you have just been there's the question of aid which you havejust been hearing there's the question of aid which you have just been hearing about. the israelis say they have taken steps to improve the flow of aid and in the north the gaza strip, that does appear to be true. but in the south, the aid situation is increasingly desperate. and that is a direct result of israel's military action. obviously, israel wants to avoid a situation in which the court issues an orderfor avoid a situation in which the court issues an order for it to stop the operation in rafah. it would ignore it if the court decides to issue it, but i think the fear that the israelis have is that that would still worsen their international standing and perhaps persuade some of their allies, especially the united states, to do more to rein them in. . ~ united states, to do more to rein them in. ., ~ ,, united states, to do more to rein them in. ., ~ i. ., after russian troops crossed the border into north—eastern ukraine last week, president putin

has said there are no plans to capture the country's second city kharkiv, at least for now. mr putin, on a visit to china, said his forces were advancing in order to protect the russian border region. here is the latest battlefield situation from uk military intelligence. the red areas are russian—occupied, with the arrows showing likely points of russian attack. the recent focus of attention is here in the north east, near kharkiv, where fierce fighting has been taking place. the yellow represents new gains claimed by russia. our defence correspondent, jonathan beale, sent this special report from the front line. near the village of lyptsi, the russians are closing in. the fire from a recent rocket attack near a ukrainian position. we are told to immediately head to a bunker.

taking shelter, recently arrived ukrainian reinforcements. a week ago, they were fighting elsewhere on the front. andrei tells me the situation is dynamic and tense. from a drone feed, they are nervously watching and waiting for another attack. he says it's time to leave. they've just spotted enemy forces advancing. this is where they are directing artillery fire. they are telling us to get out. they've said this area is under threat, and we're going to go. at a field hospital further from the front, medics are treating victor. he has lost his fingers in a mortar explosion. he says he and his men were fending off wave

after wave of russian attacks. they were outnumbered and also outgunned. translation: they have everything, whatever they want, and we have - nothing to fight with, but we do what we can. ukraine's been starved of ammunition, but president zelensky says the shortage is now being addressed. at an artillery line outside the town of vovchansk, they've just received another batch of shells, for their old soviet—era gun. ukraine is just about holding the front here in the kharkiv region, while the russians have launched this fresh assault, but only by pulling units like this from elsewhere on the front, in places where the russians have been advancing. these guys have just been given a new target. but they are frustrated, too, that the russians were so easily able to cross the border.

translation: we could have built some sort of fortifications and lost | less human lives, fewer villages. now, we will have to fight for it again. we will need to use more resources. we could have used logs and concrete. now we will have to use shells and people to take this land back. kharkiv was fortified, but these defences were built well away from the border, beyond the range of russian artillery. too far to make a difference. explosions. further east, where the russians are also gaining ground, ukraine is building more defences — a recognition it may have to pull back here too. but digging so close to russian lines is dangerous and difficult, as we're about to find out. johnny, johnny! johnny! get down! we are told to take cover.

quick, quick, quick. as a russian armed drone hovers right above us, scanning for potential targets. drone whirrs. there is palpable relief when it passes. this is a war in which it is getting harder to hide, where the enemy's watching your every move. yeah, let's go. jonathan beale, bbc news, kharkiv. cctv footage has emerged of the rap artist sean "diddy" combs physically assaulting his then—girlfriend cassie ventura in the corridor of a hotel in 2016. ms ventura made allegations of rape and physical abuse against him in a lawsuit that was settled last year. combs is at the centre of several civil lawsuits accusing him of sex offences. i should warn you that this report by our correspondent emma vardy

contains images which may distress you. cassie ventura claims she suffered years of abuse in her relationship with p diddy, one of the most influential artists in hip—hop. in the cctv footage, she is seen leaving a hotel room. sean combs appears to run after her before carrying out a violent assault. the full tape shows her being kicked as she lies on the ground. after taking her items, next, the rapper seems to be seen throwing an object towards her. the video — obtained by the american news channel cnn — has not been independently verified, but lawyers for cassie ventura, who has not objected to it being shown, say it confirms p diddy�*s disturbing and predatory behaviour. last month, homes linked with sean combs were raided by police in what they said was an ongoing investigation into sex trafficking.

officers searched properties in beverly hills, new york and miami associated with his production company. cassie ventura had previously brought a lawsuit against sean combs in relation to the incident in the video at a los angeles hotel. she reached an out—of—court settlement, but since then, several other women have come forward, accusing him of sexual abuse. sean combs has previously denied all the allegations, his lawyer is calling it a witchhunt and saying he would fight to clear his name. but the video appears to corroborate one of the incidents described in cassie ventura's case. her accusations and others against p diddy — a self—proclaimed bad boy — now part of a dramatic downfall for one of hip—hop�*s biggest names. emma vardy, bbc news, los angeles. a teacher has been found guilty of having sex with two schoolboys. 30—year—old rebecca joynes from salford started grooming them

when they were 15. she will be sentenced next month. from manchester crown court, here's rowan bridge. rebecca joynes as she left court this afternoon. no apology from the former maths teacher found guilty of grooming two teenage boys in her class. the court heard how she began her relationship with the first boy, taking him shopping, buying him a gucci belt and later having sex with him in herflat. while on bail for that offence, she was visited by one of his classmates, later giving birth to his child. as the verdicts were read out, joynes closed her eyes, grimaced and visibly shook in the dock. from the boys' parents, there were stifled cheers. rebecca joynes is a sexual predator. she was their teacher and they rightfully put their trust in her. butjoynes decided to abuse her position and use it to groom two teenagers. addressing joynes, thejudge, kate cornell, said she would grant bail, saying there was an innocent baby involved in this case whichjoynes would understandably

want to see, but she warned her, "be under no illusion what's going to happen onjuly the 4th." the teenagers and their families have said they now want to move on and leave this ordeal behind them. rowan bridge, bbc news, manchester. 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 trying to drive into the valhalla golf club in heavy traffic caused by an earlier, unrelated accident — just hours before his second round of the us pga championship. 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 us pga championship. "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 greenjacket 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, scheffler 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. i never intended to disregard any of the instructions. i am hopeful to put this to the side and focus on golf. that is exactly what he did come up with all eyes trained on him, he

produced a remarkable round, despite all that had happened on a surreal and sombre day for all those involved in the tournament. laura scott, bbc news. a moroccan asylum seeker has been jailed for life for murdering a pensioner in hartlepool. ahmed alid told police he launched the attacks in support of palestine and to oppose israel and the gaza conflict. the judge described the attack, in which 70—year—old terence carney was killed, as a terrorist act. danny savage has the details. ahmed alid, a killer who prosecutors say followed an extreme interpretation of islam. he murdered a pensioner in the street and tried to kill another man. he did it in protest against israel and the gaza conflict. him, him, him! this is the moment of his arrest last october, at 5:30 in the morning in hartlepool. go! down on the ground! you don't have to say anything... minutes earlier, he had stabbed a housemate who had converted to christianity. he survived his injuries. alid had then taken

to the streets with a knife. along here he came across 70—year—old terence carney, a complete stranger who was just out for an early morning walk. alid stabbed him repeatedly. terence's wife says she can't come down here any more because of the awful memories. you attacked and murdered terence carney in a terrorist act. you intended it as revenge for the actions of a foreign country — israel — and to intimidate and influence the british government in its international relations. you hoped to frighten the people of britain and to undermine the freedoms they enjoy. iwould have killed more. he said he would have taken more lives if he had not injured his hand during the attack on his housemate. he was even violent towards officers once arrested. he was hell—bent on violence that day. his extremist views had fuelled him so much that he wanted to cause harm

to anybody he could in retribution for what he was seeing online, on his online media, events happening in gaza. alid has beenjailed for a minimum of 45 years. quick work by police stopped more people being killed. danny savage, bbc news, hartlepool. the number of confirmed cases of cryptosporidiosis in south devon have now more than doubled to 46. it's caused by a water—borne parasite, leading to vomiting and diarrhoea. around 16,000 homes and businesses have been told to boil their water before using it. this morning, the boss of south west water apologised for the outbreak, caused by contamination. this extraordinary image is of ten—year—old zulaikha moments after she was rescued from floodwaters a few days ago in afghanistan, by a teenage boy who risked his own life to come to heraid. devastating floods in the last week have destroyed homes and roads and killed hundreds of people

in the north east of the country. but there have been also been stories like that of zulaikha, as caroline davies reports from baghlan province. this is the story of incredible rescues, told by those who survived. friday afternoon, the main street of fulool village is a raging torrent. on the roof of a mosque, shivering, coated in mud, children dragged from the flood waters. this is one of the men who rescued them. translation: l was in - the mosque when the flood came through the door. we were all underwater. some managed to get on the roof and, with the help of others, we knocked through a window. i tied the children with a shawl and then my friend pulled them up to the roof. footage from the mosque also shows another story — noor ahmad and his family, standing on their roof, 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 under water and hoping, "oh, god, please take my life so my problems will be over." noor survived by clinging to an almond tree. his ten—year—old daughter, zulaikha, 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 here to our house. most parts of her body were injured. shaken, muddied, but alive.

zulaikha 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 since she was rescued. and he is in here. 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. one corner of one village. stories of those who did what they could to save others from the waters. caroline davies, bbc news, borka. plaid cymru has ended its co—operation deal with labour in wales with immediate effect, piling more pressure on first minister vaughan gething. plaid's leader rhun ap iorwerth said

he was proud of what the agreement had achieved, but had deep concerns about some matters. our correspondent hywel griffith can tell us more. it isa it is a pretty tumultuous end to what has been a terrible week for wales public �*s first minister who has only been in the job about two months but already he seems to be in survival mode. at the start of the week ongoing questions of his acceptance of a donation of £200,000 from a company whose owner was prosecuted for illegally dumping waste. and just yesterday he had to sack one of his labour ministers in a row over a leak of a text message he wrote in the pandemic. we should point out that she vehemently denies being the source. and the latest bombshell, the announcement by plaid cymru it was cutting short the agreement in the senedd with their leader, rhun ap iorwerth, saying he questioned thejudgment leader, rhun ap iorwerth, saying he questioned the judgment of vaughan gething and so could no longer work with him. that means life will be very difficult for the first

minister in the senedd with labour only holding 30 seats so from now on, every policy will have to be done deal by deal and the message from the labour group is they support him but he will need to win back the trust of some of their supporters. back the trust of some of their sweden-— supporters. thank you, hywel griffith. more now on the situation in the middle east, and soldiers in israel's army are sharing footage of palestinian detainees in the occupied west bank, despite the military�*s pledge to act on previous misconduct revealed by the bbc. legal experts say the filming and posting of such footage may breach international law. bbc verify�*s merlyn thomas is here with more. thanks, reeta. this is what some of israel's soldiers have been posting on social media. entering palestinian homes in the middle of the night. but this isn't a warzone. it's the west bank. home to 3 million palestinians, it's partially run by the palestinian authority. but there's been an israeli military presence there for decades. one of these soldiers, yohai vazana,

who regularly uploads videos of his patrols, calls them hunts. he is part of the battalion 9213 operating in the west bank. bbc verify have tracked footage posted by yohai and three others in the same battalion, arresting men, posing next to detainees draped with israeli flags, kneeling and blindfolded, and posing in front of what appear to be children with their mothers. we have analysed 45 pieces of footage like this. legal experts said filming and publishing such footage on social media may be a war crime. the soldiers don't attempt to hide their identities, tagging each other, naming their battalion, proudly displaying their work. one soldier posted this photo on his public instagram. this is what he replied to critical comments. the israeli army said they would take action

after a previous bbc verify investigation into the conduct of those in gaza. but photos and videos are still being shared on social media. the culture in the military when it comes to palestinians is that they are only targets, they are not human beings, and we are allowed to do whatever we want to them. we contacted four of the soldiers from the 9213 and one appeared to have blocked us and the others didn't respond. we also took our findings to the israeli army they told us they told us that... reeta. thank you, merlyn. tyson fury and olexander usyk have weighed in ahead of their heavyweight super—fight tomorrow night in saudi arabia. fury was nearly 30 pounds heavier than his opponent, as the pair get ready for boxing's first undisputed heavyweight clash in 25 years. during their face—off, tensions rose, with the pair having

to be separated after fury shoved usyk in the chest. one of the closest title races in premier league history will be decided this weekend. manchester city are favourites to be crowned champions for the fourth time in a row, but if they slip up, arsenal could still claim their first title in two decades, after a breakthrough season under their manager, mikel arteta. our sports editor, dan roan, has been to meet him. without doubt, the best team in the land is arsenal. - 20 years have passed since the gunners' legendary team of invincibles were crowned champions. after years of decline and disappointment, they are contenders again. and today the man who has masterminded arsenal's revival told mejust how much regaining the title would mean. you have enjoyed special moments as a player and as a coach. where would this rank if you do this? probably the best. because i didn't achieve it as a player when i came here and i had a dream and this opportunity we have on sunday.

hopefully, the excitement and happiness and the trophy in our hands. this is what i want to feel. arteta has put the belief back into arsenal since starting his managerial career here five years ago. his team has led for large parts of the season but manchester city have also enjoyed imperious form and are two points ahead. arsenal must now win against everton and hope city fail to beat west ham. do you believe? i do believe. we wanted to be in this position, we have earned the right to live a beautiful day in front of our people on sunday. would you be able to celebrate coming second? not to celebrate, i cannot celebrate if i'm second. despite all the progress? the people deserve a lot of gratitude and recognition for how far we have come. but actually, after, we have to be able to do it. you need that competitiveness, somewhere else to drive the best out of you and raise your demands and try to improve. and adding intrigue is the fact that arteta was previously assistant to city boss pep guardiola.

what was the key thing you learned from pep? it's all about heart, you have to work regardless, and then maintain that will, that ambition, that enthusiasm every single day. pep is extraordinary at that. and so are his team's achievements. city, just one win from a record fourth title in a row. we are in the best position. one game left, destiny in our own hands, to win one game to be champion? every team would love to be in our position, that is for sure. at the same time, will be easy? absolutely not. the sixth title in seven seasons here would underline a level of domination the like of which english football has never seen before, a testament to the quality of this team and its manager. but questions over how the foundations for such success were achieved remain unresolved. well over a year after city were charged with more than 100 alleged breaches of premier league financial rules, the date of a hearing is yet to be confirmed.

the club denies wrongdoing and, in the meantime, many expect them to now extend their supremacy. unless the season produces one final dramatic twist. dan roan, bbc news. time for a look at the weather. this programme continues on bbc one.