i'm helena humphrey. �*s didavi with us. —— it's good to have you with us. us speaker of the house mike johnson is reportedly considering legislation to sanction the international criminal court, a day after the court requested arrest warrants for the israeli prime minister and defence minister over accuastions of war crimes. arrest warrants were also issues for three hamas leaders, including yahya sinwar. the us denounced the icc�*s decision. speaking at a senate foreign relations committee hearing, us secretary of state antony blinken was critical of the move, and said the decision will only draw out the war in the middle east. the extremely wrong—headed decision by the icc prosecutor yesterday, the shameful equivalents implied between

hamas and the leadership of israel, i think that only complicates the prospects for getting such an agreement. we will continue to forge ahead to do that, but that decision, as you've said, on so many levels, is totally wrong—headed, and we'll be happy to work with congress, with this committee, on an appropriate response. those comments from the us secretary of state came as he faced criticism from democrats and republicans over the administration's israel policy. as he began his testimony, mr blinken was interrupted by protestors, who called him a war criminal, and accused him of being involved in genocide. meanwhile, in the middle east, israel has pledged to return broadcast equipment that it seized from the associated press. the equipment was used by the american news agency to show the shot you see here, which was a continuous live view of gaza, from israel. the move to cut the ap camera shot was condemned as shocking by the united nations, and raised concern from the us, an israeli ally.

israel said it confiscated the equipment for security purposes, and accused the associated press of providing footage to aljazeera, which israel banned earlier this month. medical workers in israel have told the bbc that palestinian detainees from gaza are routinely being kept shackled to hospital beds, and forced to wear blindfolds and nappies. israel's army has said that restraints are only used when there's a security risk. this report, from our middle east correspondent lucy williamson, contains some details and images you may find distressing. sufi survived months of war unscathed. he left military detention in israel permanently disabled. a taxi driverfrom khan younis, released without charge, after weeks of interrogation. his return soured by sadness. translation:

my soured by sadness. translation: my legs got infected and turned blue and soft as a sponge. after seven days, they took me to the military hospital. they operated twice to clean the wound, but it didn't work. afterwards, they took me to a public hospital, where the doctor gave me two options, my leg or my life. doctor gave me two options, my leg or my life-— leg or my life. never israel's army nor— leg or my life. never israel's army nor health _ leg or my life. never israel's army nor health ministry - army nor health ministry responded to these allegations. there is growing concern over the medical care of guards and detainees in israel. classed as unlawful combatants even before interrogation, doctors say they are kept shackled and blindfolded, including during hospital treatment. allegations have centred on a new field hospital at the military base. one senior medic they patients

are kept blindfolded and in nappies, with all four limbs handcuffed to the bed. the arm , handcuffed to the bed. the army. not _ handcuffed to the bed. the army, not me, _ handcuffed to the bed. the army, not me, they - handcuffed to the bed. tue: army, not me, they create handcuffed to the bed. tte: army, not me, they create the patient to be dependent ioo% army, not me, they create the patient to be dependent 100% on you like a baby. you are cuffed, you are with diaper, you need the water, you need everything. it is dehumanisation of them. the army told _ dehumanisation of them. the army told us _ dehumanisation of them. the army told us that _ dehumanisation of them. the army told us that the need to handcuffed detainees in the medicalfacility handcuffed detainees in the medical facility was examined individually and daily and that cutting was done when the security risk required it. diapers, or nappies, it said, were only for those patients with limited movement. the doctor told us these measures were applied to all patients without assessment, even those who couldn't walk. if they can't stand on their legs, why are they shackled? t can't stand on their legs, why are they shackled?— are they shackled? i can't answer this. _

are they shackled? i can't answer this. this - are they shackled? i can't answer this. this is - are they shackled? i can'tl answer this. this is stupid. the hamas attacks on the 7th of october left israel's hospital staff treating captured fighters alongside their israeli victims. many current detainees are released without charge for the complex feelings of some medics remain. two medics told us pain killers had been withheld, causing what one described as an unacceptable amount of pain. this man, who we are calling the oni, described a case he said took place in a public civilian hospital. his words have been voiced by an actor. t hospital. his words have been voiced by an actor.— voiced by an actor. i have knowledge _ voiced by an actor. i have knowledge of _ voiced by an actor. i have knowledge of one - voiced by an actor. i have knowledge of one case i voiced by an actor. i have - knowledge of one case where the painkillers where used selectively during a procedure. if you put together that someone is undergoing an invasive procedure, which involved even incisions, and the patient doesn't know about that, and is blindfolded, then the line between treatment and assault thins out.— assault thins out. treating . uards assault thins out. treating guards and _ assault thins out. treating guards and captives - assault thins out. treating guards and captives on - assault thins out. treating -

guards and captives on military sites was meant to resolve doctors�*s ethical dilemmas, but those dilemmas remain. the moment a hospital at state oman closes, one told me, we will celebrate. lucy williamson, bbc news, jerusalem. myanmar is in the grip of a war, largely forgotten by the outside world. rebel forces there are fighting an intense battle against the military regime. the country's transition to democracy was cut short, three years ago, by a military coup. people took to the streets in protest but were met with a brutal crackdown. in october, several disparate rebel groups united to form a single, nationwide insurgency, which has now conquered large swathes of territory. the fighters, known as the kndf, are presenting the myanmar military with the biggest threat to it's rule in years. the united nations says the civil war has left thousands dead, and forced more than 2.5 million people to flee their homes. press freedom in the country is restricted, but the bbc�*s quentin sommerville spent a month with the rebels in karenni state, at theirjungle bases, and on the front line.

a revolution is rising across myanmar. hidden from the world by its remoteness, few countries are more isolated, few conflicts more unseen. we spent a month with the insurgents, on back roads and jungle tracks in karenni state, where they are winning against the army. they've driven the military out of most of their territory. but main roads are mined, and we're still in range of army warplanes, so we have to take the long way round. a steep opposition hilltop, above one of the last four military bases remaining in the state.

gunfire. that sniper, can they see us from here? yeah, sniper can see. sniper men can see here. the insurgents come with a message, a chance to surrender for the soldiers in the base below. they started firing at me, and mortar bombing. we cannot start yet, we already prepared our loudspeaker. but it's easy, no problem, we will start soon. this man defected to the resistance, after 12 years with the army. he says he speaks the soldiers' language. for now, they don't appear to be listening. there are 80 men still holding out in the base below. cease fire! cease fire, please! translation: i do not wish to fight against you, - because i think of

you as my brothers. i'm fighting against the system. we have surrounded you. this is your last chance. all of your lives will be spared. i will not let you die. few of these young fighters expect he'll be successful. so the men there... explosion. ..as you can hear, they still have plenty of weaponry, despite the fact that they've been stuck in that base for a month. so these men have sent their message. they've had the response. it doesn't look like they're surrendering today, so they're withdrawing. sometimes, i think the world has forgotten about us. they concentrate on ukraine and also israel, and after that, they forget us. it's a war from another age, with close—quarter combat, and casualties run high.

the karenni nationalities defence force has taken its fair share. their leader, marwi, seen here, has led from the front and paid the price. more than 350 of our brothers and sisters already more than 200 sacrificed for their body parts. at the same time, as you see this morning, hundreds of people are willing to join with us, and willing to fight against the burma army. so those are our friends. it's a slow and ferocious conflict. in shan state, at this base, a counteroffensive against the kndf. mortars start landing around us. none of these fighters have

body armour or helmets, and neither do we, so we head for the only available cover. there's another one. so that's, i think, three shells have come in, in the last five minutes. and you really get the sense of what this conflict is about, because that is a professional, professional military over there, firing artillery, firing mortars. these men are irregulars. they're a strong alliance, a ragtag of rebel groups, and they've had a lot of success, but they've taken on a professional army, and that army is edging closer. beyond these banana trees, the military are crawling through the undergrowth. so you see now, it's not safe. so better we go back, and later we can decide again, and we can come back any time. all right, let's go. let's go.

let's go, but fast. the kndf are used to sneak attacks, but this is unexpected. let's go, let's go. let's get out of range. go, go, go. so it looks like, as we arrived here, the military squad was coming in, and they've been training their guns on this area. the commander said it's not safe, we have to get out of here, so we're going to head back to the second line, which hopefully is out of range of their weapons. go, go, go, go. directly ahead of us, a fresh mortar strike. they're narrowing in on the vehicles. bleep. that's another one, just landing behind us. just keep driving, philip, fast as you can. it seems like they're trained on the road. just checking to see if there are other vehicles that made it. behind us, more near—misses.

0h, bleep! bleep. you know, very quickly, they have a drone. so it's dangerous. they have drones following us. you don't have enough ammo to mount the assaults that you need to take these final bases. the military rulers in this country have everything. how are you going to defeat that advantage? they have the artillery, they have the aeroplanes, they have the mortars. we do have enough heart. we do have enough morale. we do have enough humanity. that's the way how we're going to defeat them. even though we don't have physical material, and not enough, but this is enough. and now they have

record volunteers. # i am a soldier and i'm pushing on...# their ranks have never been stronger, their victories never greater. # i am a warrior and this is my song....# the ballot box failed them. their peaceful protests were met with force. so they're taking the fight to the military. myanmar�*s new revolutionaries are on the march. # if that don't bring you fear, i swear you'll fear # these marching feet...# quentin sommerville, bbc news, karenni state, myanmar. around the world and across the uk, this is bbc news. let's look at another story making the headlines. the conservative mp, craig mackinlay, will return to parliament on wednesday, after losing his hands and feet to sepsis. he was given just a 5% chance

of survival when he was rushed to hospital, last september, and put into an induced coma as his organs began to fail. now back home, and using prosthetic limbs, he's been speaking to our political correspondent helen catt. within about half an hour, i went this very, very strange blue. �* went this very, very strange blue-- yes. _ went this very, very strange blue.- yes, my - went this very, very strange blue.- yes, my whole | went this very, very strange - blue.- yes, my whole body, blue. blue? yes, my whole body, to to blue. blue? yes, my whole body, tap to bottom. — blue. blue? yes, my whole body, top to bottom, he _ blue. blue? yes, my whole body, top to bottom, he has _ blue. blue? yes, my whole body, top to bottom, he has come - top to bottom, he has come everything blue, and that is, i can't remember the full name of it, but it's called a septic shock. dic is when you're having a very severe septic event, and they knew what it was, and they pretty much immediately put me into an induced coma. there were discussions happening about these arms and legs, because by then, they had turned black. craig's hands and feet were amputated in december. he plans to campaign for faster access to his types of prosthetics and raise awareness about sepsis. you're live with bbc news. one person is dead and at least seven critically injured, after a flight from london

to singapore hit extreme turbulence. the pilot diverted to bangkok in thailand. jonathan head sent us this report. shaken by their ordeal, the passengers were met by an army of ambulances after they landed in bangkok. they'd just been served breakfast when the boeing airliner plunged without warning. a shot taken just after it landed gives a sense of the absolute chaos on board. another passenger, jerry, was travelling with another passenger to a wedding in australia. bit of turbulence, and suddenly the plane plunged...| don't know how far, but they said 6,000 feet. it didn't seem like 6,000 feet. but it was a long way. and so sudden, there was no warning at all, and i ended up hitting my head on the ceiling, my wife did. some poor people who were walking around ended up doing somersaults. it was instantaneous. it really was.

and horrible. the aircraft was over thailand, on the last stage of a 12—hour flight from london to singapore, when it dropped a staggering 6,000 feet, experts believe, throwing any passengers not wearing seatbelts into the ceiling. many were injured, and one, a 73—year—old british man, jeffrey kitchen, died. the pilot then declared an emergency, and asked to land at bangkok, the closest airport. translation: we currently have seven cases of critical _ injuries, 23 cases of medium injuries, including a flight attendant. the rest are minor injuries. occasional air turbulence is a risk people know comes with modern—day flying, but the singapore airlines crew told passengers that this was the worst turbulence they had ever experienced. it will take an investigation now to find out whether this was something that came out

of the blue, or whether there were other factors involved. these images show just these images showjust how powerful the forces were that those on board flight sq 321 were subjected to. a rare occurrence, certainly, but a very frightening one, too. jonathan head, bbc news, bangkok. joining me live is oriana pawlyk — aviation reporter for politico. oriana — there will be an investigation into what happened — the us also sending technical advisors. what will they be looking into? you will have the national transportation safety board helping the singapore authorities with this investigation, and they will look back at the flight path of this aircraft, where it was when it experienced this turbulence. so far reports

suggest it could be attributable to clear air turbulence, which is quite dangerous actually because it is something you cannot see on radar or different technologies on the aircraft and honestly appears out of nowhere, and say thatis appears out of nowhere, and say that is something that flight attendants are especially wary about when they are up in the airof about when they are up in the air of course not wearing their seat belts as much as passengers are, but that is why they remind passengers to keep their seat belts on at all times for things like this to happen. times for things like this to ha en. �* ,., times for things like this to hauen. ~ 11: times for things like this to hauen. 11:1 ., . ., happen. about 5500 aircraft experience _ happen. about 5500 aircraft experience something - happen. about 5500 aircraft | experience something called severe turbulence every year. scientists are saying it could double, perhaps even triple in the coming years. climate change for example could also have a role in that. is that something that the airlines are going to have to get to grips with, prepare for? absolutely, and that is _ with, prepare for? absolutely, and that is something - with, prepare for? absolutely, and that is something that - with, prepare for? absolutely, and that is something that the | and that is something that the unions are already talking with their airline counterparts. they are not as concerned with the aircraft themselves, they are built to different standards nowadays to withstand some of this turbulence, newer

models especially, but of course, like i said earlier, with folks moving about the cabin, unless you are in a seat with a seat belt on, you are not always going to just be safe, ultimately, until you are strapped in that seat. so that is something they are going to talk about, mitigation measures, something that the faa will ultimately be looking into and study from the us side of things, and the national transportation safety board as well makes those recommendations on what airlines should be doing as these events begin to increase or at least have peaks and valleys during the summer trouble months. b5 valleys during the summer trouble months.— valleys during the summer trouble months. as you say, a reminder— trouble months. as you say, a reminder really _ trouble months. as you say, a reminder really about - trouble months. as you say, a reminder really about the - reminder really about the merits ofjust keeping that seat belt on, but we will be waiting to see exactly what this investigation says. but this investigation says. but this isn't really coming at an optimum moment for boeing. the plane—maker is facing intense scrutiny in this country. the us justice department as well has decided it can be charged for crashes with regards to the

737 max crashes. how do you anticipate that proceeding? going again is under a microscope right now and ultimately when talking about this event, this weather anomaly. boeing is going to assist in this. when you talk about bowing overall as a manufacturer and all the other types of scrutiny it has at this time, this event may not be attributable to all the other thing is that the aircraft manufacturer has going on. it has its 90 day plan that it owes the faa after the alaska airlines incident coming up, so again, as it thinks about these processes and procedures, in terms of manufacturing aircraft, that is something it owes regulators and answers right now, especially with all of these congressional inquiries into it, the department ofjustice on the us side of things is looking into boeing as well, but again, in this climate event, they will be helping with the investigation for the singapore airlines incident to see what they could help with.

and with all of these issues taken together and of course you very rightly make that distinction with regards to a climate event but what do you think it could mean for reputation, particularly at a time when you were mentioning there, that senate probe into there, that senate probe into the safety culture of the plane—maker as well. what impact does that have on public perception, briefly, if you don't mind?— perception, briefly, if you don't mind? boeing is in the headlines — don't mind? boeing is in the headlines constantly, - don't mind? boeing is in the headlines constantly, as - don't mind? boeing is in thej headlines constantly, as you saw today, just from this event alone, again before the initial reports came out that it could have been whether, every headline splashed around had the boeing 777 model to grab people's attention, and they know and they are very acutely aware that they are in the spotlight, whether by the media or again by the many enquiries into what is going on back at the manufacturing plant. thank ou for joining us. the first ever trial of a former us president is nearing its end, as donald trump's defence team rested its case on tuesday. closing arguments in the historic hush money trial

are set to begin next tuesday. then, the jury will begin weighing the evidence on whether mr trump illegally covered up a payment to adult film star, stormy daniels. the former president faces 3a felony counts of falsifying business records. as he left the courthouse earlier, mr trump characterised the trial as "political interference". this is all about biden. can't campaign so he trying to injure his opponent. they are trying to hurt the opponent because they can't win fair and square. it is a third world country way of campaigning. our new york correspondent nada tawfik sent this report. the defence of a staircase and donald trump decides not to take the stand.— take the stand. trumps's lawyers _ take the stand. trumps's lawyers wrapped - take the stand. trumps's lawyers wrapped up - take the stand. trumps's lawyers wrapped up their take the stand. trumps's - lawyers wrapped up their case early on tuesday after calling two witnesses. donald trump had

previously said he would testify in his own defence, but doing so would have opened him up doing so would have opened him up to potentially damaging questions from prosecutors. it is no surprise that he opted not to. butjurors cannot hold that against him, as the burden is on prosecutors to prove their case. thejudge is on prosecutors to prove their case. the judge will remind thejury of their case. the judge will remind the jury of that. try�*s fifth amendment right that he can't be compelled to be a witness against himself. trump, speaking to reporters, said his team put up a great case. he wasjoined in court team put up a great case. he was joined in court today by a large number of republican politicians and his eldest son. donjunior said his father don junior said his father didn't donjunior said his father didn't testify because don junior said his father didn't testify because there is absolutely no reason and no justification to, calling the trial a scam. now that both sides have rested, they will spend the long weekend preparing their closing arguments to thejury. preparing their closing arguments to the jury. you are watching bbc news. i am a helena humphrey in washington, dc. thank you for your company,

we will have more world news for you at the top of the hour. in the meantime, of course, you can whisk a two hour app all the website, bbc .com. greater detail on some extraordinary reporting from the bbc�*s quentin sommerville after spending a month in myanmar embedded in the conflict. stay with us here on bbc news. hello, there. hello, thanks for joining hello, thanks forjoining me. we had some wet weather today but wednesday for some of us will be a wash—out, persistent rain, heavy at times on the way, and it's starting this evening. now, here's the forecast. it has already been quite wet in east anglia and the south—east. the rain will spread into the midlands and the night, merge into the peak district, and then spread into northern england by the early hours of wednesday morning. it could reach ali —— eastern

parts of wales too but scotland and northern ireland, apart from a few showers here and there, actually looking generally dry. so tomorrow's forecast, then, this is the morning, a widespread area of rain, we will zoom in and see what is happening around three or lipm. what is happening around three or4pm. by what is happening around three or lipm. by that stage i think the heaviest of the rain will have cleared east anglia, the south—east, and along the southern counties, blustery winds and occasional showers. so here is that persistent rain from the midlands, wales, the north of england, pretty much everywhere. that rain isjust nudging into southern scotland, more showery, though, across the highlands. but look at northern ireland, escapes most of the rain. if anything, that rain should reach you later in the afternoon, probablyjust into the east of northern ireland. now this is an area of low pressure that has parked herself in the north sea, and that weather front will just spiral around the centre of the lows, and in some areas the rain will keep falling on the same place for a couple of days, so really a substantial amount of rainfall is possible. now, by thursday, the rain will be, well, not quite as heavy and it will be more patchy, but i think a lot of cloud and at

least a chance of encountering some rain on thursday. the best of the weather in the south, the south—east, as well as east anglia. in fact, the south—east, as well as east anglia. infact, in norwich, london, portsmouth, plymouth, it could actually end up being a fairly bright if not sunny day, but cool. now, how much rain are we going to get? well, through wednesday and thursday, a lot. these teal colours across the pennines and generally northern england could indicate as much as 40 or 50 metres of rain but the met office is suggesting that in some spots, in the extreme case, we could have as much as 100 millimetres of rain or more, and that will lead to some flooding. now here's the good news, as we head towards the end of the week and into the end of the week and into the weekend. the weather will slowly settle down, there are indications that as we go through the weekend come into bank holiday monday, we are going to have primarily dry and great weather, with just a scattering of showers. so some good news for you there. bye—bye.

voice-over: this is bbc news. we will have the headlines for you at the top of the hour, which is straight after this programme. hello and welcome. this week we will talk about the hit netflix series baby reindeer and the huge media controversy it has generated. baby reindeer is a drama that purports to be based on a true story, but a woman has come forward to say it is about her and that she has been misrepresented.

i have a sneaky feeling you might be the death of me. and we will meet the reporter who has uncovered how ai—generated news stories have been passed off as the work of human journalists. the articles had a byline and head shot, but it was all ai. let's start with baby reindeer. it tells the story of scottish comedian richard gadd and how he was stalked after serving a woman a drink in a pub. his stalker, named martha in the series, allegedly sent him more than 41,000 emails and left 350 hours of voicemails to his phone. martha also turns up at his home and workplace. baby reindeer is the nickname that his stalker has given him. and at the beginning of the first episode, we are not told this is based on true events — we are told "this is a true story," and that statement has drawn a lot of attention. according to netflix, this has become a huge worldwide hit with 60 million views globally in one month.

here is some of the series.