the reserve for that we need to do this so they can have a normal rotation and then their morale can be improved. intense fighting in an area of northern gaza the israeli army previously said was mostly cleared of hamas militants. and world number one golfer scottie scheffler is charged by police in kentucky with four offences, including assaulting an officer. hello, i'm anna foster. we begin in ukraine where president zelensky has admitted that a lack of military manpower is sapping its forces' morale. he was speaking as new laws to boost army recruitment come into effect. prisoners will now be allowed to join and fines have gone up for men who ignore the order to fight. the country is facing growing military pressure from russia, with their forces shirt on weapons and trying to shore up a weakened front line. he explained why the

new law was needed. translation: we need to staff the reserve- _ translation: we need to staff the reserve. there translation: we need to staff the reserve. there are translation: we need to staff the reserve. there are a serious number of grades that a large number of them are empty. we need to do this so the guys can have a normal rotation, then their morale will be improved. after russian troops crossed the border into northeastern ukraine last week — president putin has said there are no plans to capture the country's second city kharkiv at least for now. the russian leader said his forces were advancing in order to protect the russian border region. here is the latest on how the battlefield looks, 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 northeast, 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 kind - 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 whirs 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.

for more on this i'm joined from rome by maryan zablotskyy, a member of ukrainian parliament. thank you forjoining us. we were afraid —— reflecting about the changes and trying to get more men particularly fighting and president zelenskyy said it is affecting morale. what are you seeing and hearing? you visit the frontline yourself, don't you? i visit the frontline yourself, don't you?— visit the frontline yourself, don't ou? ., ., ., , don't you? i do have relatives servin: don't you? i do have relatives serving and — don't you? i do have relatives serving and those _ don't you? i do have relatives serving and those people - don't you? i do have relatives serving and those people to l don't you? i do have relatives. serving and those people to me that have been on the frontline without change for two years. maybe a one or two week vacation. as we see, there are about six to seven people addressing logistical and supply needs of every person fighting. they need at least some reprieve. they are living

in the trenches and sometimes it is very cold, it is very difficult.— it is very cold, it is very difficult. , ., ~ , difficult. do you think these law changes _ difficult. do you think these law changes will _ difficult. do you think these law changes will make - difficult. do you think these law changes will make a - law changes will make a difference? particularly if they are targeting people who are actively trying to evade being caught up in the first place. they will want to fight, will this change things? it is not necessarily _ will this change things? it is not necessarily that - will this change things? it is not necessarily that we - will this change things? it 3 not necessarily that we need men to fight, the best fighters are volunteers and the once that went up in the first place. but somebody needs to bring food, be involved in production, sometimesjust logistics. for that we need people and we need to request them. is people and we need to request them. , ., ., them. is that the length of time some _ them. is that the length of time some people - them. is that the length of time some people are - them. is that the length of. time some people are serving for, there is criticism that there is no end date for those who get called up. what is your response?

the end is when russia stops bringing us with genocide. it is not a decision we have a choice on. we are in a fight for survival. we will have to wait for as many years as we have to. ~ ,., wait for as many years as we have te— wait for as many years as we have to. ~ ,. h, have to. we saw in the report some new — have to. we saw in the report some new orders _ have to. we saw in the report some new orders arriving - have to. we saw in the report some new orders arriving at l have to. we saw in the report l some new orders arriving at the front position he was at but have been delayed for a sometime. what are hearing about the speed or otherwise with which they are arriving where they are needed? fix, where they are needed? significant improvement and it is not like ukrainian army has not had significant shortages before. in the first months of war we ran of ammunition and had to switch. the situation has improved dramatically and if we look at russian losses confirmed visually, you can see in the last 25 hours russians have lost 17 tanks and a lot of

armour. the russians are suffering, i don't believe they can do this for a long period of time. ., ~ ,, can do this for a long period of time. ., ~ i. ., can do this for a long period of time. . ~' i” ., ., of time. thank you for “oining us. let's get some of the day's other news now. three spanish tourists and an afghan citizen have been killed in a gun attack in the city of bamiyan in central afghanistan. several other people, including foreign citizens, were wounded when two gunmen opened fire on a vehicle in the city's central market. a man who broke into the california home of the former us house speaker nancy pelosi two years ago, and attacked her husband paul with a hammer, has been sentenced to 30 years in prison. david depape's lawyer said he'd been motivated by right—wing conspiracy theories. the presidents of mexico and guatemala have announced that they will boost security at four of their main border crossings. the measures are part of a wider programme to address mass migration.

both leaders have been under huge pressure from washington to stop illegal migrants from central and south america crossing in to the united states. shareholders of troubled plane maker boeing have approved a $33 million final pay package for outgoing ceo dave calhoun. injanuary a panel blew off a 737 max passengerjet, after inspections failed to notice that four bolts were missing. earlier this week, the us justice department said boeing could be criminally prosecuted for two deadly crashes involving the 737 max, after it breached the terms of a settlement. to the middle east next, where the israeli army says it is involved in intense fighting in the jabaliya area of northern gaza — which it previously said was mostly cleared of hamas fighters. the israel defence forces says tanks supported by warplanes and drones are fighting both above ground and in tunnels. troops went back into the area this week after previously pulling out, saying hamas had regrouped there.

hundreds of thousands of palestinians have fled the fighting and bombardment. earlier several american doctors, who were working in the gaza strip, were evacuated. they'd been unable to leave since israeli forces took control of the gaza side of the rafah crossing with egypt last week, in an expansion of the ground operation there. the us national security council spokesman, john kirby, gave this update. there was 20 american doctors, 17 came out today and all 17 wanted to leave. i can't speak for the other three but i can assure you any of them they wanted to leave out now. meanwhile in the occupied west bank , a palestinian militant has been killed in an israeli air strike on thejenin refugee camp. israel said a fighterjet and a helicopter were used to hit a compound, killing islam khamayseh, who it said was responsible for attacks against israelis. the palestinian health ministry

said eight other people had been injured in the air strike, and were being treated in hospital. israel's military confirmed that it had recovered the bodies of three hostages from gaza. it says yitzhak gelernter, shani louk and amit buskila were killed by hamas on october 7. meanwhile the us military says the first aid shipment for gaza to be delivered via its new temporary pier has gone ashore. the israeli army has released this video — which it says shows the arrival of that aid. it's hoped it will help some of the more than 2 million palestinians in dire need of food and shelter, but it isn't able to deliver supplies at the same scale as land routes into gaza. 0ur middle east correspondent lucy williamson reports these three killed nova music festival on the seventh of october. their bodies taken 0ctober. their bodies taken hostage and brought back home

this week by israeli forces. 0ur this week by israeli forces. our hearts go out to be 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. the israeli prime minister has vowed to bring home the remaining hostages. the living and dead. that promise is wearing thin with many hostage families as the war in gaza continues. today's israel army says it had found this i arsenal with a stockpile of heavy weapons. i must make released this video from the same neighbourhood weeks after israel said the area was cleared. the un says aid to gaza has plummeted as southern roots are blocked by israel's

operation in rafah and more than half a million people have fled in search of safety, shelter and food. today the first test of a new temporary peer causeway built by us and british forces to get aid in the force of a lifeline to gaza to relieve the pressure on local populations. and distant politicians. these other first pictures of cargo being driven along the causeway to you when lorries waiting on gaza is sure. among the supplies, temporary shelter kits from the uk. ~ . ., ~ ., , uk. we welcome it. we hope it can be effectively _ uk. we welcome it. we hope it can be effectively scaled - uk. we welcome it. we hope it can be effectively scaled up. i can be effectively scaled up. it is no substitute for proper opening of borders it is expensive and inefficient but we hope it will work. the new ier we hope it will work. the new -ier was we hope it will work. the new pier was little _ we hope it will work. the new pier was little comfort - we hope it will work. the new pier was little comfort for - pier was little comfort for those watching on the shore. translation:— those watching on the shore. translation: , ., ., , translation: they want to bring us food, translation: they want to bring us food. they _ translation: they want to bring us food, they should _ translation: they want to bring

us food, they should bring - translation: they want to bring us food, they should bring us - us food, they should bring us back to their homes, stop the bloodshed, they should come and see how we are living on the streets. , ., �* , ., , see how we are living on the streets. , . �*, ., streets. israel's allies are taken on _ streets. israel's allies are taken on gaza _ streets. israel's allies are taken on gaza 's - streets. israel's allies are taken on gaza 's growingl taken on gaza �*s growing humanitarian crisis. with a $300 million response that will salve not solve. with me is mohamed taha from bbc arabic. there is a lot to talk about. let's start with the open at their strike that happened in their strike that happened in the occupied west bank in an area that has seen a lot of tension in the last few months and years. unusual to see an isn't it? ., �* isn't it? indeed i don't remember _ isn't it? indeed i don't remember in - isn't it? indeed i don't remember in recent i isn't it? indeed i don't - remember in recent memory before the seventh of october or after october seven that we saw an air strike on the west bank. it is significant that they targeted a leader injenin and hamas forces and they

managed to kill him. there are many messages as well i telling, smack that the leaders are a target wherever they are. they also targeted a leader overnight in southern lebanon. also it shows the israelis are a bit fire from aid being able to get leaders of hamas in gaza. they have been aiming for a long time and by this airstrike they managed to get one of the leaders. interesting you mentioned that because the back there was fighting against —— again, which the idf said was cleared. -- again, which the idf said was cleared.— -- again, which the idf said was cleared. , ., , ., ., , was cleared. they now see hamas regrouned- _ was cleared. they now see hamas regrouped. suggesting _ was cleared. they now see hamas regrouped. suggesting perhaps i regrouped. suggesting perhaps that military strategy is not working the way israel had expected and hoped it would. indeed. when we saw that

massive operation, it would expect the fighting is a self and not the north was the best fighting in the north has really significant because israel also said for a long time they were expecting the hostages to be in rafah and leaders of hamas to be in rafah but we have seen that massive fighting for many days, something the strategy needs reviewing. as the americans said, all the time, fighting might not help israel to achieve target in gaza. 0n the negotiations would achieve it. this fighting is significant with the airstrike.- this fighting is significant with the airstrike. slovakia's prime minister, robert fico, has undergone further surgery two days after he was shot

in an assassination attempt. the deputy prime minister, robert kalinak, said mr fico was still in a very serious condition. the shooting has sent shockwaves across europe with leaders linking the violence to an increasingly polarised political climate. slovakian police have charged a 71—year—old man with attempted murder. an inquiry into the uk's biggest health scandal will release its final report in the next few days. more than 30,000 people in the uk were infected with hiv and hepatitis c after being given contaminated blood products by the national health service in the 1970s, 80s and 90s. many have since died, others unknowingly passed infections on to their partners — who then died. victims and their families have spent decades fighting for compensation. chloe hayward explains. it is known as the biggest disaster and an injustice to be so far we know 3000 people have died in the uk from infected

blood and infected blood products given by the nhs. 0verall 30,000 victims have been identified and these fall into two main categories, the people with red genetic blood clotting disorders and people who needed blood transfusions after surgery for example. let's start with the first group, haemophiliacs. they need a special protein called factor viii orfactor ix injected a special protein called factor viii or factor ix injected that helps the blood clot but by the 19705 helps the blood clot but by the 1970s the helps the blood clot but by the 19705 the uk helps the blood clot but by the 1970s the uk was really struggling to meet demand for these blood products and so they started to import from america. but because america pays for blood plasma rather thanit pays for blood plasma rather than it being donated for free, it came from a lot of individuals including prisoners, drug addicts and those most in need for money. with these donations came some deadly viral infections such as hepatitis c and hiv. the late 70s hepatitis c and hiv. the late 705 us hepatitis c and hiv. the late 70s us drug companies were aware that product was infected

with viruses including hepatitis but did not take steps to stop the transmission. what they did was mixed together ever larger batch numbers of donations, sometimes up numbers of donations, sometimes up to 50,000 plasma donations mixed together in one batch and it took just mixed together in one batch and it tookjust one infected donor to infect the entire batch. by 1983, the pharmaceutical companies were aware there was a link between haemophiliacs and hiv but instead of raising the alarm, they kept it quiet. some medics and whistleblowers did try to raise the alarm around the world but health officials did not listen. we now know 1000 and 20 to 50 people were infected with hiv and hepatitis c that had blood clotting disorders in this country. 320 of them children. and almost all have now died. let's look at the second group of people, those with blood transfusions posit they were given blood transfusions in

surgery or after childbirth or after an accident, it was infected with hiv. it was known blood transfusions could affect people with hepatitis as early as the 1970s but those exposed were not tested, even when a test became available. minimal effort made to identify those affected. even now we still have people coming forward in this country that have just been diagnosed decades after their infection but often it is too late. hepatitis attacks deliver, leading to cirrhosis and eventually cancer so late diagnosis often comes with a dire prognosis. the inquiry said group blood transfusion treatment, to 27,000 people were affected with hepatitis c and between 80 and 100 got hiv. during the inquiry we heard from children who grow up as orphans, mothers who buried their children and husband knowingly passing infections onto their wives. victims said

ignored by doctors and treated as dirty or second—class citizens by the nhs. victims and theirfamilies citizens by the nhs. victims and their families waited a0 years forjustice. the and their families waited a0 years for justice. the focus now on compensation. and you can follow monday's proceedings live on bbc news and iplayer. thousands of people in devon are facing the weekend without safe tap water after a parasite entered the supply. a total of a6 cases of cryptosporidiosis have been confirmed and health officials say they expect more to come — with more than 100 other people reporting symptoms of sickness and diarrhoea. southwest water said it was �*truly sorry�* for the outbreak and that the company would not stop working until the situation was resolved. scientists say the solar storms that led to spectacular displays of the northern lights a week ago could return towards earth in two weeks time. the conditions have been caused by a sun spot —

15 times as wide as earth which can expell storms of plasma and magnetic field, causing the displays. this sun spot has now rotated away, but will return, allowing conditions when the aurora could be visible again. 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. _ guys. guys. his driving under scrutiny, this _ guys. guys. his driving under scrutiny, this was _ guys. guys. his driving under scrutiny, this was the - guys. guys. his driving under scrutiny, this was the world l scrutiny, this was the world number 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 away in a

police car. the american donned the green jacket police car. the american donned the greenjacket for police car. the american donned the green jacket for his masters went for that yesterday it was an orange jumpsuit for apple police mug shot as he faced four charges including second—degree assault of a police officer and reckless driving. a charge sheet alleged that he was stopped by police and refused to comply, accelerated forward and dragged the opposite to the ground, causing minor injury. the local mayor said the incident was unfortunate and the legal process will proceed. his lawyer meanwhile insisted the golfer did nothing wrong with that it golfer did nothing wrong with thatitis golfer did nothing wrong with that it is understood the 27—year—old had been trying to navigate traffic builds up in the area following a fatal collision involving a bus and a male pedestrian who had been working at the course. in a statement on social media he said: that is exactly what he did.

despite revealing he had done part of his warmup routine and jail cell, he produced a remarkable round. even with all that happened in a surreal and sombre day, because golf seemed somehow unaffected as he put himself firmly in contention to win another major. in mexico city a tiny taco stand has made history by being the first one of its kind to be winning a michelin star. the stall meassures just three square meters, but its food is getting big attention. it's the only taco shop amongst the 18 mexican businesses to win the prestigious prize. stay with us here on bbc news. hello there. it was another day of contrasts across the uk on friday, with some of the bluest of the skies, the highest of the temperatures across northern scotland — 2a celsius in altnaharra. compare that to just 13, 1a degrees for some north sea—facing coasts, plenty of fret and haar lasting

for much of the day and a cool onshore breeze, too. now, there will be more mist and fog forming through the weekend, a weekend of sunny spells and some showers. but there will be plenty of dry weather, with a large area of high pressure out in the atlantic starting to nose in. low pressure over the near continent, and that's going to send some rain tracking westwards across southern england as we head through saturday morning. otherwise, a dry start to the day. it's mild. there'll be plenty of mist and fog, general murk and some sea fog, too, out towards those north sea coasts. now, all of that is going to be burnt back by the warm, strong may sunshine. plenty of that throughout the day, lots of dry weather, too. the rain in the south will gradually clear away, but some heavy, thundery downpours perhaps developing for western areas. more isolated showers further east. here, it should stay largely dry. and it's cloudier and cooler across northern ireland and northern scotland. still cool again for those north sea—facing coasts,

maybe 2a degrees for the central belt of scotland. 0therwise, temperatures just slightly above the seasonal average — high teens, low 20s. and all of that mist and murk, sea fog willjust reform again as we head through saturday night into sunday morning, a slightly fresher feel to the morning. and again, that mist and the fog first thing is going to start to burn back with all of the sunshine developing. again, it's quite cloudy, i think, towards parts of northern scotland. some of that mist and fog could gradually sink southwards down towards parts of northeast england as we head throughout the day. but there will be a lot of sunshine around, a scattering of showers again, perhaps towards the south of england and again across southwest scotland. once again, it's cooler and cloudier for northern scotland. should be some sunny spells developing across northern ireland. monday is looking largely dry for most. again, some mist and fog, some isolated showers, but then this area of low pressure is going to start to move in from the near continent as we head

through tuesday and wednesday. so through the middle parts of next week, it could turn rather unsettled and a little cooler again, but temperatures building again perhaps by the end of the week.

this is bbc news. the headlines: president zelensky has admitted that ukraine's lack of military manpower is sapping its forces' morale. he was speaking to the french news agency on the eve of the implementation of a new law which will extend kyiv�*s powers of conscription. mr zelensky reiterated

his country's need for better air defences. the israeli army says it's involved in intense fighting in the jabaliya area of northern gaza, which it previously said was mostly cleared of hamas fighters. the israel defence forces says tanks — supported by warplanes and drones — are fighting both above ground and in tunnels. the world number one men's golfer scottie scheffler has been charged with assaulting a police officer outside the venue where he's playing in a major us tournament, the pga championship. he was arrested in kentucky before being released. scheffler said the incident was a big misunderstanding. now on bbc news, the travel show coming up on this week's show... it looks like a flotation device. it does! you could probably get into that. here we go. bon appetit. skibbereen!