plus: the president of georgia vetoes a controversial new law on foreign funding that's sparked weeks of protests. i'm helena humphrey. it is good to have you with us. we begin in the middle east, where thousands of protesters have gathered in israel, amid anger over prime minister benjamin netanyahu's failure to secure the release of hostages still being held in gaza. these are the scenes in tel aviv. police have arrested some demonstrators and used water canon to disperse two rallies, which had merged. in the latest development, the israel defense forces say that they have recovered the body of another hostage — identified as ron binyamin. in the latest sign of divisions within mr netanyahu's war cabinet, benny gantz has threatened to bring down the prime minister's government, unless he agrees to a far—reaching plan for gaza — with a deadline to do so in around three weeks�* time.

meanwhile, the united nations says more than 800,000 people have now fled rafah, in southern gaza. many have been forced to head northwards, to areas which the united nations says have little clean drinking water or sanitation, as the israeli offensive continues. 0ur diplomatic correspondent paul adams sent this report. street battles injabalia. israeli forces have been fighting here for days. gunfire hamas, they say, is back, and needs to be dealt with. this is dangerous urban warfare, at close quarters. the israelis were here months ago and moved on. these, some warn, early signs of an insurgency that could last for months. israel has been attacking from the air too. scenes today reminiscent of the war�*s terrifying early stages. buildings flattened, bodies trapped under the rubble. gunfire more street battles —

this time, in the south. the israeli army still advancing on rafah, the only city yet to experience a full—scale assault. but 800,000 palestinians have already fled the area, to the coast or to other devastated cities. with israel issuing fresh evacuation orders in the north, as many as a million palestinians have been displaced in the past two weeks — almost half gaza's entire population. some aid is getting in, some of it along america's new maritime corridor. it's a welcome new route. but with other key crossings still closed or not functioning as they should, it's not enough. tonight, in tel aviv, another display of support for israeli hostages still in captivity. the mood sombre, after news that the bodies of four hostages have been retrieved from the wreckage of gaza. the fourth, ron benjamin, identified today.

my heart goes out to those families who received the news yesterday that their loved ones are not alive. time is not on our side. time, for a long time already, has not been on our side. and pressure is building on the prime minister. a senior cabinet member threatening to resign in three weeks, unless the government spells out a clear strategy. translation: at the fateful. crossroads where we are now, the leadership must see the big picture to identify risks and identify opportunities, formulate an updated national strategy, so that we can fight shoulder to shoulder. this war is exposing deep political divisions. two senior ministers now pleading with mr netanyahu to explain his endgame, soon. paul adams, bbc news, jerusalem. for more on this, i spoke to itamar rabinovich,

former israeli ambassador to the us. i would like to begin, if i may, with the comments that we've heard today from benny gantz. something of an ultimatum issued to prime minister netanyahu, saying that if there is not a plan for a post—war period in gaza, if it doesn't have that plan by the 8th ofjune, that he would threaten to withdraw the support, to withdraw his centrist party from the government. what did you make of that? quite a bit. and actually, there were six items to the ultimatum, and an ultimatum, it is. and it is not a stand—alone ultimatum because a couple of days ago, the minister of defence, mr gallant, came out and openly criticised

mr netanyahu for the conduct of the war. and his refusal, or evasion of making some clear decisions regarding the future or what you call "the day after". so he put together that with the minister of defence and the ultimatum by mr gantz — who, by the way, is not a full member of the government or the cabinet. he and his party only joined the war cabinet because of the emergency, but they are not full members of the government. in any event, if he does leave the government, it would probably be a very important step. the end of the netanyahu government and the holding of new elections. not sure, but potentially so. but could there also be the risk, if we saw mr gantz withdraw his support, that that could actually see prime minister netanyahu look to more far—right lawmakers to shore up his support? some lawmakers who have said that they believe that israel should occupy gaza for "the day after", as you put it. yes.

i mean, mr gantz has said departure from the government coalition, if it takes place, will not mean the government would be toppled because mr netanyahu will have a majority of 64, going back to his original right—wing cabinet, or government. and of course, it would mean that there would be a sharp turn to the right. practically, this is what mr gantz has been saying anyway. he says, you have been going to the right, you have capitulated to the diktats of certain ministers. indicating very clearly mr smotrich and mr ben—gvir. so it would bring matters to a head in terms of israeli politics.

and i should also mention that every night, there are large demonstrations in several places across the country, the biggest one in tel aviv, and tonight was a particularly big one. let's touch more on that, then. taken together, the comments from yoav gallant, as well as benny gantz, who today said netanyahu must choose between victory or disaster, does this reflect broader concerns in gaza as to how netanyahu is prosecuting this war, and also his failure to secure any kind of deal to secure the release of any kind of hostages? yes, that is correct. and of course, mr netanyahu has his base that stays with him, and the country is torn or divided between people who support him and a majority — according to the polls — who are now critical of him, and in the event of an election, they would vote against him. so he is obviously not interested in an early election. and the issue of the hostages occupies a very high place on the agenda. ironically, if you want to know

how bad the situation is, we had some — quote unquote — good news. four bodies of hostages were retrieved from the gaza strip. so, in today's israel, this is called — quote unquote — good news. i want to touch on the situation as well in gaza. four palestinians there, according to the un agency... the head of the agency, philippe lazzarini, has said 800,000 palestinians have had to flee rafah. and he says they are doing so without safe passage, without protection. they are going to places without sanitation, clean drinking water and so on. doesn't israel have an obligation to make sure that those people who are having to flee, amid a ground operation, have somewhere to go to? it should be the case, but it is not at all certain that a large—scale operation

will take place in rafah. at this point, what is happening in rafah is a limited operation. i should say the american national security advisor is coming to israel tomorrow to discuss precisely that point. the us is not interested in an expanded israeli operation, and it would be a topic high on the agenda of his conversations with mr netanyahu. so we will have to wait until this meeting and perhaps other conversations take place to know whether the kind of large—scale operation that would require 800,000 — or any large number of palestinians — to move yet again would be a reality or a speculation. well, that will be a very interesting conversation. of course, we will be monitoring what comes out of it. but it also comes at a time when there have been warnings from the united nations, when we've seen the pictures ourselves of children suffering from acute malnutrition. is there the risk, faced

with this situation, that washington could withdraw some of its support for israel? i doubt that the united states will withdraw its support from israel. and let me also mention the exotic possibility that the leadership of hamas would agree to make a hostage deal. in that event, there would be a ceasefire of 45 days. there will not be a large—scale operation. and a lot of suffering from the palestinian population could be averted. so, it's not israel alone, hamas is also a party to this. georgia's president has vetoed a controversial new law on foreign funding that's sparked weeks of mass protests largely led by the country's youth. the president says that the legislation was an obstacle on georgia's path to eu membership and was russian in both �*its essence and spirit�*. but she acknowledged her veto is largely symbolic and will likely be overruled by parliament. the �*foreign agent�* law, would require non—government organisations and media to register if they receive more than 20% of their

funding from abroad. 0ur correspondent rayhan demytrie has more from tbilisi, where protesters gathered following the president�*s announcement. and these protesters, they favour their president, salome zourabichvili, who has been campaigning relentlessly last year to ensure that georgia gets its candidate status with the eu. and georgia did indeed receive this candidate status, but the problem now that these people see that the adoption of this law may derail the country from its chosen path to join the eu. that is why we have seen such a huge reaction here from the youth. these protests have been driven by georgia�*s youth, students, schoolchildren, and they believe that georgia�*s european future is at stake. joining me to discuss this is giorgi revishvili, former senior advisor to the national security council of georgia.

welcome to you, thank you for being with us. this move from the president is largely symbolic, the majority party could overturn it. so what do you think the president is hoping to achieve through that veto? , , , hoping to achieve through that veto? , ,, ,., ., hoping to achieve through that veto? , ,, ., ,., veto? despite georgian dream havin: veto? despite georgian dream having votes — veto? despite georgian dream having votes to _ veto? despite georgian dream having votes to override - veto? despite georgian dream having votes to override the i having votes to override the veto, it was a time in principle move by president zourabichvili as it places the entire political responsibility on georgian dream and it limits their manoeuvring space. georgian dream primarily has three options now. keeping the law, revoking it or overrating veto. now the ball is in the court of georgian dream. all week, georgian dream push the idea of modifying and amending the law wanted —— once it has finally passed, which could be regarded as a smoke screen that aims to drag out the process and to wear out the wave of protest. so it was a right move from the president because now georgian dream is in the

corner, they have to make a move. the first two of keeping the law or revoking it, it would mean a defeat, a sort of defeat in terms of upcoming parliamentary elections because it would be huge reputational damage. if georgian dream decides to override the veto, then the sanctions are looming because georgia�*s national partners including the united states and europeans may signal —— may signal sanctions may be used against the georgian dream party. in used against the georgian dream -a . used against the georgian dream .a _ ., . used against the georgian dream -a . w ., used against the georgian dream party. in the face with all of these options, _ party. in the face with all of these options, i'm - party. in the face with all of these options, i'm curious i party. in the face with all of. these options, i'm curious why these options, i�*m curious why georgian dream brought this forward, this law in the first place, when presumably based on previous scenes and demonstration and so on, they knew that this would be unpopular. knew that this would be unpopular-_ knew that this would be un--oular. , , , ., ., unpopular. yes, but georgian dream's strategic _ unpopular. yes, but georgian dream's strategic objective i unpopular. yes, but georgian dream's strategic objective isj dream�*s strategic objective is to remain in power at all costs. so they see georgia as a

nation democracy and the institutions are quite weak, so there is no genuine checks and balances. and civil society and independent media basically serves as checking and balancing the government. so they wanted to repress and suppress and basically silence all critical voices before the upcoming parliamentary elections. so they will ensure their victory. that is the whole idea of reintroducing this deal. d0 whole idea of reintroducing this deal-— whole idea of reintroducing this deal. , ., ~ ., this deal. do you think that it will perhaps _ this deal. do you think that it will perhaps give _ this deal. do you think that it will perhaps give the - this deal. do you think that it | will perhaps give the european union pause for thought about membership, and should it come to borrow your parlance, georgia is a nascent democracy, you said it doesn�*t have the checks and balances yet? you said it doesn't have the checks and balances yet? well, the eumpean — checks and balances yet? well, the european union _ checks and balances yet? well, the european union are - checks and balances yet? well, the european union are not- checks and balances yet? well, | the european union are not only european union, nato and the united states and other key partners of georgia harshly criticised and condemned georgian dream�*s decision to

pass the law because the law is incompatible with georgia�*s european path as you write we mentioned. the west openly underscored that this legislation jeopardises georgia�*s un and eu aspirations —— rightly mentioned. it will be impossible to become a nato new member, that�*s why tens of thousands of georgians have been demonstrating for almost two months now and they are determined in their protests to finally pressure the government to revoke the law. but we also need our national partners to be more decisive in their action. these two factors might pressure the georgian dream government to actually back down from these very draconian and undemocratic, this very draconian and undemocratic law. as former adviser to the

national security of georgia, what message do you think this is sending right now to moscow, do you think it could embolden russia? ., , _, , do you think it could embolden russia? ., , , . russia? the only country that this law favours _ russia? the only country that this law favours is _ russia? the only country that this law favours is of - russia? the only country that this law favours is of course l this law favours is of course the russian federation, the existential threat to georgia. because russia moscow wants to see georgia isolated from the west. and if there is problems and obstacles on our path to european union and nato, it only favours moscow because it will increase the influence over georgia and the georgian government will only have the situation in an isolated space to either drift back into the russian sphere of influence. that�*s why this law should not be passed. because otherwise, it will undermine the very crucial georgia�*s national security interests. crucial georgia's national security interests.- security interests. giorgi revishvili, _ security interests. giorgi revishvili, thank - security interests. giorgi revishvili, thank you - security interests. giorgi| revishvili, thank you very much. ., revishvili, thank you very much. . ., ,

ukrainian president volodymyr zelensky says his country only has about a quarter of the amount of air defences needed to fend off russian attacks. his comments come as russian forces continue their summer offensive. so far, moscow claims it has seized a number of villages on ukraine�*s north—eastern border, near kharkiv. president zelensky added that ukraine needed up to 130 f—i6 fighterjets to continue to defend its skies, and that its military was also short on manpower. 0ur ukraine correspondent james waterhouse has more on the president�*s comments now, from kyiv. well, i mean, he always plonks air defences at the top of his wish list. that�*s been the case for the past year or so because of two things, really — russia has continued to launch missile attacks on cities across ukraine, but also, russia has become far more superior, more dominant in the air right across the front line. so what that means is when you have exhausted, thinly—stretched ukrainian

troops trying to defend cities, you have russian fighterjets flying in and dropping missiles and glide bombs. and as of the situation in the north—east, where this incursion is taking place, you know, we�*re hearing from the authorities around the town of vovchansk, which is on the border, they�*re saying thousands of glide bombs have been dropped, which reflects, i think, russia�*s ability to mount these kind of strikes unchallenged. so president zelensky has been quite specific on what he both needs and lacks. he wants more air defence systems. he says he�*s only got a quarter of what he needs, as you say, and then he specified how many f—i6 fighterjets he would like. it�*s worth pointing out that despite ukrainian pilots being trained by western allies in the uk, for example, and others promising them, not one has been used operationally by ukraine. it was once predicted they would arrive last year. that hasn�*t happened. here we are, halfway through

2024, no fighterjets yet. but he�*s not giving up on that, clearly. james waterhouse there. in kyiv. the former chief—of—staff to the russian opposition leader alexei navalny has vowed to never give up fighting against president putin. mr navalny died in february, in a russian prison. leonid volkov said the fight to change the country must go ahead despite his death. mr volkov was badly beaten in a hammer attack in march in lithuania, which he believes was ordered by mr putin�*s regime. and in his first interview since that attack, he also backed mr navalny�*s widow, yulia, to lead the opposition campaign against the russian president. he spoke with the bbc�*s laura kuenssberg. attacked outside his own home, leonid volkov�*s fight against putin was nearly a fight for his life. the close friend and confidant of the late alexei navalny was assaulted in lithuania, where he�*d tried to find safety from the russian regime. he was not saying anything, there was no message. like, the message, the attack was the message — we know where you live,

we can kill you. the attack was just weeks after the death of navalny, the charismatic leader who had been both critic and target of the kremlin for many years. my message...for the situation when i'm killed is very simple. not give up. he died in prison, after being locked up by the regime for his beliefs, but leonid says the battle for democracy must go on. he asked us to never give up and, like, to continue our work and to build this, to defeat putin and to build this beautiful russia of the future that alexei dreamed for so many years is the only practical way to preserve his legacy and to make his ultimate sacrifice not to be in vain. putin is capable of anything. the mantle to lead the movement

now passes to navalny�*s wife, yulia — a job she never chose, but a role she now plays. yulia is a very strong personality and a charismatic leader. she never wanted to be in this public role and she was always a very close political adviser to alexei, and for us, for navalny�*s organisation, the teams that navalny organised and gathered together, it�*s very clear and natural that our task in this situation isjust, like, to support yulia in all her endeavours. putin�*s new aggressive push in ukraine, a reminder of the risk he poses. a danger some of his opponents have to live with every day. laura kuenssberg, bbc news. let�*s turn to some

other important stories around the world now. slovakia�*s deputy leader says the country�*s prime minister, robert fico, is steadily approaching a "positive prognosis", after being shot on wednesday. he is currently in a serious condition and has undergone several surgeries. mr fico was shot four times, at close range, as he greeted supporters. meanwhile, the man charged with his attempted murder appeared in court and will be held in custody until trial. flash floods — triggered by heavy rains — have killed at least 50 people in afghanistan. officials in the province of ghor, in central afghanistan, say that thousands of homes have been damaged or destroyed, and about 2,000 shops are under water. many key roads have been cut off. parts of north—west india are dealing with extreme heat, including in the capital of new delhi. parts of the city got up to 47.1 degrees celsius, or 116 degrees fahrenheit. those temperatures are expected to last for several days. they come during a six—week—long general election in india. some experts worry the heat

wave could pose health risks, as people wait in line to cast their votes. now, bridgerton has been a fan favourite on netflix for four years, and it has just returned for a third outing. set in the early 1800s, the series showcases the regency era, with its decadent gowns and grand ballrooms. and grimsthorpe castle, in lincolnshire, has served as the backdrop to some of this year�*s scenes. let�*s take a look at how the filming went. we�*ve been open since about 1978, so we�*ve been open a long time. but you don�*t really see us, you know, that much on the internet or anything like that. so, yeah, seeing usjust randomly scrolling through your phone, you�*re like," oh, that�*s grimsthorpe castle", in a little advert by netflix. yeah, it was really cool. you look especially beautiful tonight, ms featherington. this is the bamburgh hall, and this is where they filmed their ballroom scene. and it was amazing.

so they hung these beautiful blue curtains and they made sure they matched the colours, blue and gold, to the grimsthorpe colours. so we�*re blue and gold. so this floor, you can see, is stone and marble. and because they wanted to bring in 200 dancers, film crews, as you can imagine, that�*s heavy trolleys, lots of cameras, lots of lights, so they built a fake floor. it was the first night they filmed coming out of a carriage, and they came in the doors and you could just see their faces change. they sort of were acting, came in and then theyjust stopped, looked around and were like, wow! and they said it was amazing, and that it was one of the most beautiful properties they�*ve actually filmed in. so that was nice to hear. i�*m really hoping it�*s going to bring more visitors to grimsthorpe. more visitors to lincolnshire. and a slightly different demographic as well. maybe like a younger audience that don�*t normally

visit stately homes. you�*re watching bbc news. you can always go to the website for our latest where we are tracking the latest developments in israel and gaza, as well as president zelensky�*s warnings about further russian attacks. there is also a live page for tyson fury�*s boxing match currently under way in saudi arabia. you�*re watching bbc news, i am helena humphrey. thank you for your company, i will have more at the top of the hour. join me thenif at the top of the hour. join me then if you can. hello, thanks forjoining me. fairly quiet on the weather front across most of the uk right now. the storms have also cleared from south—western england, as well as wales. this is what we had during saturday — flash floods in places. how about the weather on sunday? it�*s actually not looking bad at all for most of us. a lot of bright, if not sunny, weather on the way.

however, some coastal areas, particularly around the north sea, could be grey and chilly. so this is how we start the day. inland and out towards the west, the weather�*s looking fine and sunny right from the word go. but these eastern counties, or here, it may take time for that sunshine to break through that layer of grey, all that stratus and sea fog that will have rolled in overnight. so the afternoon looking pretty sunny across most of the uk, again, with the exception of some coastal areas. could be some showers across south—western parts of scotland, maybe the south—west of england. inland, 22 or 23 celsius in that strong sunshine. but where the low, grey clouds stick around anywhere along the north sea coast, but particularly the further north you are, it will be chilly, maybe no higher than around 12 degrees. we had that on saturday. could happen again on sunday. so through the course of the evening, you can see that low grey cloud. once again, it�*s going to roll inland. 0ut towards the west, it�*s going to stay generally clear. now, here�*s monday. cloudy skies out towards the east, but then the sun

comes out and it�*s a repeat performance. a fine day on the way. again, temperatures in the low 20s inland, closer to the coast, closer to around the mid—teens. now, on tuesday, subtle changes. showers will appear in different areas. we could see some forming across scotland, northern ireland, the lake district as well. but i think the further south you are, the better the weather will be. temperatures won�*t really change an awful lot. in fact, overall, the first half of the week, for most of us, isn�*t looking too bad. but as we head through wednesday and thursday, this low pressure sweeps in out of the east this time. it�*ll bring quite breezy weather and also a spell of persistent rain, and at times, it will be heavy. so a change on the way second half of the week, and that�*s reflected in the forecast here. not really bad at all until around about tuesday, bar a few showers here and there. but then wednesday, thursday and friday, it�*s all change and it�*s hello, low. bye— bye.

hello, everybody. a very warm welcome to talking business weekly with me, aaron heslehurst. let�*s go and take a look at what�*s on the show. it�*s a new lipstick revolution.

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