and who'll come out on top, arsenal or manchester city, on the final day of the premier league season? president biden�*s national security adviser is due in israel to hold talks with prime minister benjamin netanyahu, that meeting is the latest us initiative to try and halt the fighting in gaza after the failure of negotiations involving israel and hamas. earlier, jake sullivan held talks with saudi arabia's crown prince in the in the saudi city of dhahran. in the latest violence, at least 28 palestinians are reported to have been killed , most of them in a strike are reported to have been killed, most of them in a strike on a house in nuseirat in the central gaza strip. there are signs of splits in israel, benny gantz, a member of the war cabinet has threatened to withdraw his centrist

party from the coalition unless prime minister benjamin netanyahu sets out a post—war plan for the gaza strip. it's part of an ongoing rift between the two. earlier i spoke to our correspondent danjohnson, who is injerusalem, about splits in the israeli government. they have been working together in coalition since the hamas attacks of the 7th of october. but that's been a fragile, delicate coalition that was perhaps always potentially in jeopardy and in the last week has dropped into open criticism of the prime minister. and it's notjust coming from benny gantz. earlier in the week, the defence minister, yoav galant, made similar comments, but a similar challenge to benjamin netanyahu, saying that a clear plan needed to be laid out for what happens after the fighting ends when the military campaign concludes. what next for gaza and its people? how to rebuild the infrastructure in that territory, how to represent the palestinian people, how to rebuild, how they will be governed for the future, and how to make sure

there is security there that keeps israel safe without keeping the idf there indefinitely, bogged down in a long running conflict of military rule, which benny gantz says would in the long run, mean less security for israel. so he's calling for the prime minister to lay out a clear plan. but benjamin netanyahu so far has refused to engage with that question. he's sticking to his first priorities, eradicating hamas and returning israeli hostages. but the fact that former israeli hostage bodies were recovered over the last few days only underlines the questions about the success of that campaign and whether the prime minister's aims are actually being achieved now so many months on into the conflict with the idf having to go back into areas where it had previously declared hamas to have been eradicated, putting more israeli lives at risk. and with so many palestinians uprooted just in the last week with the intensification of military operations around rafah, more than 800,000 palestinians have been forced to flee again in the last few days.

and this does add pressure to benjamin netanyahu, doesn't it? he's facing both pressure domestically. there are protests and also from his allies. growing protests amongst the israeli public. yes. questioning what this military strategy is aiming to achieve now. is the eradication of hamas actually realistic? is there any prospect of bringing back some of the more than 120 hostages who are still held in gaza alive? what are the peace negotiations going to look like if they are able to resume? and what is the future for gaza? what does the prime minister want to see in conclusion of the military operation, but then for the longer—term future? these are huge questions being asked by the israeli public, right at the top of the war cabinet, by the us and other international partners. and the national security adviser from the united states, jake sullivan, is coming to israel today to raise those points directly with benjamin netanyahu, to seek some answers, to seek some assurances about the safety

of palestinian refugees and to get some extra aid into gaza. that's another priority, given the restrictions on aid flows over the last week or so, especially as military activities intensified around rafah. so benjamin netanyahu looking resolute. he's unwavering in his determination, his priorities, but he is facing growing criticism and more and more open challenges from people closer to him. this may not bring down the government, even if benny gantz leaves the coalition, but it leaves benjamin netanyahu increasingly isolated and potentially even more reliant on the extreme right—wing voices in israeli politics. a 14—year—old boy has died and a 13—year—old boy is in a critical condition after getting into difficulty in the river tyne at 0vingham in northumberland on saturday. the boys went into the water near to 0vingham bridge yesterday

afternoon and multiple emergency service crews were deployed to the scene. the parents of both boys are being supported by specially—trained officers. let's get more on this with our reporter andy gill in 0vingham. what more can you tell us? the olice what more can you tell us? the police were _ what more can you tell us? the police were called _ what more can you tell us? tie: police were called to this what more can you tell us? ti2 police were called to this part of the river tyne at about 3.30 yesterday afternoon because of those two boys that had got into difficulty in the water. they went into the river a couple of hundred yards downstream from here. there is a rope swing which is popular with young people. as you said, a major search and rescue operation was mounted involving the police and rescue, the fire service. ai3—year—old boy was rescued from the river. he was taken to hospital, where he is said to be in a critical condition. the body of a 14—year—old boy was pulled from the river and he was pronounced dead at the scene. at this same location to years ago,

another 13—year—old boy called robert hattersley also drowned. there is actually a photograph of him on the rocks here, by way of a memorial. last year, northumberland fire service were critical of youths who had ignored requests to come out of the river. this is a very popular spot with teenagers when the weather is warm. we have been speaking to a local councillor who herself nearly drowned as a teenager, and she is trying to get more education in schools about the dangers of swimming in the river here. she also wants more physical safety measures. there are life belts up on the path yeah, because the riverfloods, but she wants more safety measures because this is such a dangerous stretch of the river tyne. the congolese army says it has quashed an attempted coup

d'etat in the capital, kinshasa and killed its leader. a group of armed men in military fatigues broke into the residence of a close ally of the president at dawn and were later seen within the vicinity of the presidential palace.central and west africa have been hit with eight coups since the year 2020. an inquiry into the uk's biggest health scandal will release its final report next week. 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. in total, 3,000 people died. it's been described as the biggest treatment disaster in the history of the nhs. victims and their families have spent decades fighting for compensation. so how much will that compensation be? 0ur political correspondent tony bonsignore looked ahead to tomorrow's report and possible compensation for vitcims.

the question is, of course, how much and when will people start seeing those final amounts, the final compensation scheme? there has been some payments so far, but there's been huge pressure on the government to speed this up, to get a final framework out for compensation for those many, many thousands of people who've been affected. we get the final report tomorrow, monday. and so in anticipation of that, the defence secretary grant shapps was asked about that on laura kuenssberg here on the bbc a short while ago. here's what he had to say. the idea it's taken all of this time to get to the truth, i think is heartbreaking. i haven't seen the report yet. the government has already said that it will want to respond quickly to it. and so i know that that's what will happen. can you confirm the compensation? i can't. i'm not in that position. we'll certainly want others and the chancellor and the prime minister to talk about it. but i do know, as i say,

from my own constituency casework, it's heartbreaking and it's the system over decades having let down these families. and not only has this been a scandal that's gone back decades, but of course it will take many, many more years just to get that compensation out. it's such a huge problem, this. so this is something potentially the labour party will inherit if they win the next general election. so, same question to the shadow health secretary, wes streeting, on the same programme. here's what he had to say. let it be justice for- the victims of this scandal, because every four days, _ another victim dies without justice. and justice has been - delayed for far too long. i suspect all parties are going - to have to take some pretty heavy criticism on the chin when sir brian reports tomorrow, including us. i and we will take that criticism on the chin. even more importantly, even in this election year where we're, - you know, slugging it out for who governs britain, i i hope we can see that rare moment i of consensus in our politics to put. this situation right.

well, he said justice has been delayed for far too long now. prime minister david cameron, when he was in office, apologised for the scandal. several governments have presided over this. there's still criticism, isn't there? there will be criticism, yeah. i mean, it was theresa may, david cameron's successor as prime minister, who began this inquiry, who launched this inquiry, and that's back in 2017. and she's talked since about some of the resistance she met within whitehall to this. jeremy hunt today, in the sunday times, talking about the dilemmas he faced, given the huge amounts of compensation that will have to be paid out here. i suspect tomorrow, though, given the gravity of what's happened, i suspect tomorrow will be primarily about the victims. and i think there will be an attempt by politicians to raise above party politics on this, because some of the stories, as we've seen, are absolutely harrowing.

there is plenty more on of this on the bbc news website and the app, and we will keep covering the scandal and bring you the results of the report tomorrow. to slovakia where prime minister robert fico's life is no longer in danger, following an assassination attempt. that's according to his deputy, robert kalinak. he says mr fico's condition remains serious and he still needs intensive care after undergoing hours of surgery since the attack on wednesday. the 71—year—old man charged with attempting to murder him is to remain in custody following a court hearing on saturday. further bad weather is hampering rescue efforts in southern brazil, where flooding has left vast areas underwater. in the three weeks since the storms first hit the state of rio grande do sul, at least 150 people have died, and 600,000 have been forced to leave their homes. 0ur south america correspondent, ione wells, has this report.

the roads that connect these cities, these cities that hold people's homes, some now entirely underwater. helicopters are the only way to reach some people who need help. this woman had a stroke, and ambulances would not be able to get her to hospital in time. she lives near a lake that has flodded the surrounding roads. even by helicopter, we arrive hours later than needed after a stroke. these rescues are not without their risks. as we fly back, the weather turns bad. visibility is poor. rescue flights are called off for the day. the aim is to get people to safety. about 6,000 people are now living in this university sports hall that has been converted into a shelter. people here are coming to terms with having lost everything. they don't know when they can return home, if they'll have a home to go back to, and some are fearful about going back to a place

that they worry could flood again. albertine is here with her husband, sons and grandchildren after being rescued from their flooded home. translation: 50 helicopters passed by, and none of them stopped. - then it started to rain. my son who is here, he was at the window, shouting that his father was old and couldn't walk, and then a boat came and picked us up. i came with just the clothes on my body. i was very sad, really sad. i didn't even sleep five nights. but after i saw that, it seems like everyone is going to help us. so i think i am not worried any more. i'm really not. hope is what albertina holds on to. hope of soon returning home. looking down on herflooded city, that seems a distant prospect. ione wells, bbc news.

to new caledonia in the pacific, where french forces have smashed through dozens of roadblocks to clear the way from the capital noumea to the main international airport. it's part of what's described as a "major operation" to regain control, after six nights of violence, which have left six people dead and hundreds injured. the unrest was sparked by changes to voting rights. officials say more than 600 heavily—armed gendarmes have been deployed to the french island territory to secure the highway to noumea. earlier i spoke to david boydell, a resident of noumea, whose road been protected by a barricade. things have been fairly quiet today, sunday, in most parts of noumea. the rains have been coming down. that has perhaps helped. but in dumbea, the next town, about four or five kilometres out, there was a lot

of detonations this morning. helicopters flying overhead near the main hospital. i can say thatjust a few minutes ago it was announced that the road between here and the airport has been freed. it is not open to transport yet. but these 600 gendarmes, as you said, were there with armoured cars. there were 60 barriers between here and the airport, 60 kilometers away. they have got through them all. now, they are clearing all the mess, it was mainly burnt out cars that were put across the the carriageway. so, we're hoping that fairly soon that road will be open to the public. and the airport is hoping to open to commercial flights on tuesday. schools are still off. schools will be off for the next week and the state of emergency is still going on, as well as the nightly curfew from 6pm to 6am.

we are seeing some of these pictures, we are seeing burnt cars, we are really seeing the extent of the damage that has been caused here. could you explain, put into perspective why we are seeing this sort of reaction, and some of the concerns at play when it comes to these potential new laws? one reason, and some people are realising it now, is the gulf between the rich and poor in new caledonia, there are some local people, the kanak people, who are homeless and can't get jobs. and there is a certain resentment sometimes against people who come from abroad and work here. there is a policy in place for local people to getjobs, but it's not working for everyone. also, the fact that for the last two years, we have had political stalemate between the independence movements and the non—independence movements. the country voted three times against independence. but the problem was, the third referendum was a bit of a problem

because it was boycotted because of covid by the independence parties and they don't recognise the result. so they are the main reasons. and really the fact that the two sides aren't talking to each other very much. the independence side have refused to meet with the french government and the local non—independence groups together, they will meet with them separately but not together. and that is necessary for it to go ahead. of course, as you know, the most recent thing is the opening the voting to people who have lived here for the past ten years, and the local kanak population feel that will make them a small minority. the english premier league season reaches its climax later on sunday. it's in manchester city's hands as they chase an unprecedented fourth top flight title in a row.

this is how it stands. a win against west ham will mean they'll be champions once again, but any slip—ups and arsenal — who arejust two points behind — could lift the trophy instead. it doesn't bother the manchester city manager pep guardiola that his team is not universally loved. the fact is that if you ask all the premier league teams, at the start of the season, who would be in a better position on the last game of the season, we are in the best position. that is for sure. it is in our hands, to win one game to be champions. everybody would like to be in our position, that's for sure. the arsenal manager mikel arteta says his team are still in with a chance of winning the trophy. ido i do believe that we are in this position. — i do believe that we are in this position, we have the right to have a beautifui— position, we have the right to have a beautiful day in front of our

people — a beautiful day in front of our people on sunday, with the hope and the opportunity that we can lift the trophy— the opportunity that we can lift the trophy at _ the opportunity that we can lift the trophy at the end of the match. liverpool may be out of contention but it's a big day for them too. their match at home to wolves will bring an end to almost nine years of manager jurgen klopp in charge. the german led them to champions league glory in 2019, before winning the premier league title for the first time for 30 years. he's also lifted the fa cup and the league cup during his time at the club. it's going to be tough to say goodbye. commemorations are being held in italy to mark 80 years since the allied forces won the battle of monte cassino — one of the bloodiest in the second world war. tens of thousands of troops from a number of countries, including the uk, were killed before the mountain—top monastery and the nearby town were captured from the nazis. let's speak to our correspondent kasia madera. this was the scene 80 years ago of bitter battles. this is the

commonwealth graves cemetery. if there is one casino, exactly the place where the allied forces had to take. it was an important critical point, because from their german forces had complete views of the surrounding valleys. typically, it starts to rain. it was a poignant and beautiful day here earlier on. look at the conditions that the soldiers had and what the battle was like. on a mountaintop perch, the monastery that was worth fighting for. but with heavy losses on both sides, victory came at great cost. big italian railway guns arranged against the german lines... - by the end of 1943, allied advances into italy had forced the germans back. but blocking the route to rome was the town of cassino. it's no longer possible to speak of cassino as a town. _ this is how it looks today. the battle that took place here is often described as the most bitter and brutal of the second world war. it lasted for more than four months, in appalling conditions during the harshest italian

winter on record. history hasn't always appreciated the sacrifice of those who fought here. they were known as the d—day dodgers, mocked for missing the normandy landings. yet the sacrifices were high, with countries including the uk, the us, france and poland having 55,000 casualties. the germans suffered losses of around 20,000. now, the last few veterans are marking this milestone anniversary, recalling their harrowing experience. if you feel the same way as i do, we are a family. we are a family because we come here to honour those who didn't make it, who fell in here on their road to poland. yes, they didn't make it, but i did. 80 years on, their sacrifices for the battles of monte cassino are not forgotten.

that was one of the ceremony is taking place for those from the polish forces switch fought so tirelessly and ultimately put the polish flag over monte cassio. typically, it was raining. with me, your father—in—law actually fought with the polish second corps. he must have be an extraordinary man? just before the war started, he lived on the ukrainian side. he ended up in siberia. along with thousands of other polls. and then stalin agreed with general anders that the polls could be useful in

world war ii. he released the soldiers and then they travelled a long route from siberia, through palestine, iran. and then they re—formed under general anders. with the brits as well, they went through italy, ended up in cassino, and this is where the battle started to remove the germans from the abbey on the hill. did remove the germans from the abbey on the hill. , ., ~ ., ., the hill. did he talk about what happened? _ the hill. did he talk about what happened? when _ the hill. did he talk about what happened? when you - the hill. did he talk about what happened? when you look - the hill. did he talk about what happened? when you look at l the hill. did he talk about what i happened? when you look at that hill, it was difficult terrain, it was rugged terrain, compared to the kind of fighter you saw in the trenches of the first world war. hand—to—hand combat. did he speak about that? hand-to-hand combat. did he speak about that? , , , about that? very little, because i think they suffered _ about that? very little, because i think they suffered because - about that? very little, because i think they suffered because of. think they suffered because of siberia, basically. and having to recoverfrom siberia, basically. and having to recover from that experience. on the way to fight with general anders, he

lost two daughters. my wife lost to mako sisters, my wife's generation, polish lady. she lost to michael young sisters. after the war, we met at a polish dance in manchester. figs at a polish dance in manchester. as is often the way. what is fascinating, yourfather—in—law is often the way. what is fascinating, your father—in—law was with the bear, a legendary figure. yes, same unit, the bear was rescued in palestine as a very young bear, and the polls thought these animals are suffering, let's take it with us. so it followed the soldiers and ended up in italy, in cassino. as the bear got a little bit older, if thought it was a soldier. amazingly,

it shared a beer with the soldiers, it shared a beer with the soldiers, it ate their cigarettes. it it shared a beer with the soldiers, it ate their cigarettes.— it ate their cigarettes. it has become a — it ate their cigarettes. it has become a bit _ it ate their cigarettes. it has become a bit of _ it ate their cigarettes. it has become a bit of a _ it ate their cigarettes. it has become a bit of a legend - it ate their cigarettes. it has become a bit of a legend in | it ate their cigarettes. it has - become a bit of a legend in itself. edward, thank you so much. we are huddling under because of the rain thatis huddling under because of the rain that is falling, but these were the conditions, because it was bitterly cold between those times of january and may. that is what the commemorations are about, to honour those that lost their lives in that battle for monte cassino. hello. a fine sunday for many, but there will be some big weather and temperature contrasts across the uk today. where we've got some of that lingering fog into the afternoon, particularly around some north sea coast temperatures will probably hold at around 12 celsius. but with some longer spells of sunshine, a sunnier day than yesterday, some of the warmest weather, 25 degrees, will be found across parts of south england and southeast wales. here, certainly more

sunshine than yesterday. we will see a few isolated showers pop up, lots of low clouds lingering towards the north and the east. here's the details for the afternoon, though. mid—afternoon, those lively showers, quite pokey ones across some southern counties and south wales, but nowhere near as extensive thunderstorms as we saw through yesterday. that low cloud, probably around the coast of yorkshire northwards. a few heavy showers and thunderstorms, though, around the southern uplands and the cumbrian fells, 20 to 23 here, down a bit on yesterday, but always cooler compared with recent days across the far north of scotland. now, into tonight, mist, low cloud will roll in more widely across the eastern half of the uk. could come as far west as the midlands, maybe getting into parts of western scotland, too, but some clear skies in the west. but even here the odd fog patch possible, temperatures similar to recent mornings. it does make for a bit of a grey and a bit of a slow commute for some of you on monday morning. a lot of that low cloud, though, breaking up quite quickly here in the morning. they will see patchy

still across some northern areas. a heavy shower to the west of northern ireland into the second half of the day. but it's here the highs of the temperatures up to 23 degrees. elsewhere, down a little bit on what we've seen this weekend. a few isolated showers towards the south east later on and a greater risk of showers on tuesday. starting to see the weather change after this warmth of the weekend. showers and thunderstorms more widely, scotland, northern england and across ireland. there'll still be some longer spells of sunny weather across parts of england and wales and still warm in that sunshine, too. but the big change really comes late tuesday into wednesday, gathering in the near continent, an area of low pressure, more extensive rain. how far north that goes and how quickly it moves across the country, a bit of a question mark at the moment. but it's certainly going to bring windier conditions compared to what we've seen this weekend and into the start of the week where we'll still have some sunshine quite widely. outbreaks of rain then developing from tuesday onwards and, as i said, it will start to feel a little bit cooler compared to this weekend, too. bye for now.

this is bbc news, the headlines president biden�*s national security adviser is due in israel to hold talks with prime minister benjamin netanyahu. earlier — jake sullivan held talks with saudi arabia's crown prince in the saudi city of dhahran. it's the latest stage in the us initiative to try and halt the fighting in gaza.

police say a fourteen—year—old boy has died and a thirteen—year—old boy is in a critical condition — after they got into difficulty in the river tyne in the northeast of england. the two boys entered the water yesterday afternoon. the younger child was rescued and taken to hospital. the ukrainian boxer — 0leksandr usyk — has become the first undisputed world heavyweight champion in a quarter of a century. he beat britain's tyson fury in a fiercely competitive contest in the saudi capital — riyadh which went the entire twelve rounds. let's return to what's been described as the uk's biggest health scandal. a public inquiry will announce its final report after more than 30—thousand people in britain were infected with hiv and hepatitis c after being given contaminated blood products by the national health service in the 1970s, 80s and 90s. earlier i spoke to cara mcgoogan —