welcome to newsday, reporting live from singapore, i'm i' m steve i'm steve lai. these are our top stories. at least 30 people, including children, have been reportedly killed in israeli air strikes on rafah. the idf says they targeted a hamas—controlled compound. rescue teams search for survivors in the aftermath of a huge landslide in papua new guinea, where almost 700 people are feared dead. education under threat in india: we have a special report from one state where over 20,000 teachers have stopped being paid. and a trilateral summit between china, south korea and japan begins for the first time in four years. we'll discuss first the security challenges in the region, and the business side of the trip in 30 minutes on business today.

we start in the middle east. palestinian officials have accused the israeli military of carrying out a deadly air strike on an area for displaced people near rafah in southern gaza. dozens of people have reportedly been killed, including children. a spokesperson with the palestinian red crescent society said the death toll was likely to increase as search and rescue efforts continued in rafah�*s tal al sultan neighbourhood, west of the city centre. in a statement, israel's military said an idf aircraft struck a hamas compound in rafah, adding: "the idf is aware of reports indicating that as a result "of the strike and fire that was ignited "several civilians in the area were harmed", before adding, "the incident is under review." earlier on sunday, hamas launched rocket attacks towards tel aviv for the first time in months.

the israeli military said at least eigh rockets were launched from the rafah area of southern gaza. all the projectiles were either intercepted by air defence systems or fell in fields. 0ur middle east correspondent lucy williamson has more. still early days but the gaza authorities are accusing israel of carrying out a strike and what they say was an area where internally displaced people from the fighting had been sheltering. garzo�*s information office was saying more than 30 people have died, dozens have been injured in an area north—west of rafah and it said 100,000 people were sheltering there. certainly the number of casualties seems to be backed up casualties seems to be backed up by casualties seems to be backed up by hospitals, by risk resident workers in the area who say they are transporting and receiving large numbers of dead and injured and that it was a designated humanitarian area. i should say this has happened in the context of israel's ongoing military

operation in rough which it says it needs to carry out to target remaining hamas battalions but there has been stiff resistance and earlier today we saw a barrage of rockets fired from rafah towards central towns in israel, including towards tel aviv. rescue teams are searching for any survivors in the aftermath of a huge landslide which swept away a village in papua new guinea. the united nations says about 670 people may have died. dozens of houses are thought to have been buried in rock and earth. the disaster was sparked by an earthquake that hit enga province, some 370 miles north—west of the capital port moresby. this report is from our correspondent katy watson. a scene of total total devastation. in an area so remote and with land here still unstable, rescuers are struggling to do theirjob. more than two days after the landslide, villagers aren't giving up in their hunt for survivors but the situation on the

ground is difficult. the landslide struck in the early hours of friday morning. more than 100 houses were buried at a time when most of the villagers would have been asleep butjust a few bodies have been recovered so far. debris from the landslide is up to eight metres deep in some places but getting heavy machinery to this remote area of highlands is proving difficult. people are using whatever tools they can get their hands on, be it shovels or sticks, to help dig victims out. to make matters worse, nearby tribal violence which is totally unrelated to the landslide is also complicating the delivery of relief materials. but in the search for survivors, some good news. the husband and wife were rescued and thankfully their three children were not there at the scene when the landslip happened. understanding the true scale of this disaster and finding

those thought to have died among this rubble will take some time. katy watson, bbc news. earlier, i spoke tojustine mcmahon from the care international ngo, a humanitarian agency helping with relief efforts. my my understanding is that the authorities are still conducting assessments. they have also launched rescue missions for the survivors. the priority at the moment is to move the survivors to safer ground because as your correspondence just mentioned the land is still quite unstable.— the land is still quite unstable. . ., ., unstable. what are some of the challenges _ unstable. what are some of the challenges rescuers _ unstable. what are some of the challenges rescuers are - unstable. what are some of the challenges rescuers are facing? j challenges rescuers are facing? 0ne challenges rescuers are facing? one of the great challenges is the location. there is one main access road where you can go into the affected areas. a significant part of that has been destroyed so the authorities are desperately trying to repair that section of the road. another one, of

course, is the instability of the ground, which means that the ground, which means that the rescuers have to certainly go ahead with great urgency but also great caution. and just the sheer scale of the emergency. it is an immense challenge for the rescuers. telus a bit about what care international is doing to communities affected? at international is doing to communities affected? at the moment we — communities affected? at the moment we are _ communities affected? at the moment we are waiting - communities affected? at the moment we are waiting for. moment we are waiting for approvalfrom the moment we are waiting for approval from the authorities before we can go in. once that approval is given we will provide immediate food, water and some hygiene. and then over the next few weeks we will increase that support. we will also introduce some child protection work and then potentially transitional shelter. , ., , potentially transitional shelter. , ., shelter. tell us a bit more about child _ shelter. tell us a bit more about child protection - shelter. tell us a bit more i about child protection work. what does that involve an how much of an issue is it in

regard to the landslide that has happened in the aftermath? 0ne has happened in the aftermath? one of the great risks in the aftermath of a disaster like this is an increased number of orphans and people who are vulnerable, particularly single women. that increases the risk of abuse that they may be subjected to. so, we are working with unicef, already in other parts of the highlands affected by violence, to set up child friendly detection spaces, which we anticipate rolling out in this location. just a quick question, is at about the challenge you are facing them, dusting, our reporter was talking about biting in communities as well thatis biting in communities as well that is not helping the situation. that is also a concern for you? it situation. that is also a concern for you?- concern for you? it is a concern _ concern for you? it is a concern but _ concern for you? it is a concern but at - concern for you? it is a concern but at the - concern for you? it is a - concern but at the moment concern for you? it is a _ concern but at the moment there is a very heavy presence of the defence force. so i would anticipate that while they are

there, any violence will be mitigated. however, when they move on then the risk certainly increases. to the uk, where on the fourth day of campaigning ahead of the general election on the fourth ofjuly, the labor party said it won't raise income tax or national insurance, if it wins the election. the pledge was made by the shadow chancellor, rachel reeves, who didn't rule out some spending cuts, saying there would be "difficult decisions" to make. leila nathoo reports. who do you trust with your money? which party should be given control of the public purse? thank you very much. she wants the chance to make decisions on tax and spending. rachel revis making her pitch in west yorkshire this afternoon, promising a labor government would ensure economic stability. today she said if she was made translator would be no rises in income tax or national insurance but acknowledged she would face difficult decisions and that public services were struggling. public services were struggling-— public services were struggling. public services were stru~lin~. �* ., ., ., struggling. we're not going to be bringing — struggling. we're not going to be bringing back— struggling. we're not going to be bringing back austerity - struggling. we're not going to be bringing back austerity but| be bringing back austerity but we have got that immediate injection of cash into our

frontline public services as a down payment on the that we want to make. but in the end we have to grow the economy. rachel reeves insisted all of her plans would be fully costed. she did not rule out having to make cuts to public spending. there was no public campaigning from the tories today butjunior campaigning from the tories today but junior treasury minister said in today but junior treasury ministersaid in a today but junior treasury minister said in a statement in response, this isjust the minister said in a statement in response, this is just the same old labour party who have no plan to take cuts as and instead are living hard—working both labour and the conservatives are committed to get debt following is a share of national income but there is a warning that whichever party gets into government would find itself hemmed in.— gets into government would find itself hemmed in. rachel reeves and jeremy _ itself hemmed in. rachel reeves and jeremy hunt _ itself hemmed in. rachel reeves and jeremy hunt are _ itself hemmed in. rachel reeves and jeremy hunt are both - and jeremy hunt are both desperately trying to square a very difficult circle at the moment. if there is going to be no tax increases over the next several years, then it will be desperately difficult to find enough moneyjust to avoid cutting spending on some brick services let alone finding money to increase them. this is

how the liberal _ money to increase them. this is how the liberal democrats - money to increase them. this is how the liberal democrats will i how the liberal democrats will be getting from a to be during this election campaign, an echo of labour�*s promise from them too. of labour's promise from them too. ~ . , ., of labour's promise from them too. ~ ., ,., , ., too. we were also pledging not too. we were also pledging not to raise taxes _ too. we were also pledging not to raise taxes for _ too. we were also pledging not to raise taxes for ordinary - to raise taxes for ordinary people. people are paying far richard m sherman much tax... record amounts in this parliament and during the cost—of—living crisis that is hurting people really hard. abs, hurting people really hard. a long road ahead to polling day, four parties will be trying to attract attention until then. at least 14 people have been killed after tornadoes ripped through central us, destroying buildings and a petrol station that was sheltering dozens of people. severe storms formed over texas and oklahoma on saturday. at least seven were killed in texas, after a tornado ploughed through a rural area near a mobile home park. two people were also confirmed dead in arkansas. there was major damage to homes and businesses. emergency teams are searching

for those missing. forecasters have warned of more severe weather over what is the memorial day holiday weekend. around the world and across the uk, this is bbc news.

you are watching you stay here on bbc news. leaders from japan, south korea and china are meeting for two days of high—level diplomacy in seoul, the first such talks since 2019. ahead of the summit, japanese pm fumio kishida and south korean president yoon suk—yeol pledged to build greater trust between their two nations, with kishida warning that the international community is at a �*historic turning point�*. let's cross over now to alexey muraviev, associate professor at the curtin university whojoins me from perth. thank you for your time today. how does this meeting fit—in security wise given the current

tensions in the region? just last week we saw military girls being held close to china. ., , china. something that is unavoidable. _ china. something that is unavoidable. leaders . china. something that is unavoidable. leaders of| china. something that is - unavoidable. leaders of these three nations are trying to talk business on trade, you cannot simply pretend that there are no geopolitical or military strategic tensions that exist. you need to remember that all three countries have territorial disputes with one another and that in itself is a cause of friction. secondly, the geopolitical climate... would be a concern military ties with the united states, the presence of us forces involve republic of us forces involve republic of korea and japan would be a concern. equally, to seoul,

japan is china's position on taiwan's. the fact that the chinese are muscling up their presence around the island, theyjust in the midst of conducting exercises that literally encircles the island and from daydream the opinion is clear, they want i want to be part of china. that would not help because of the role that taiwan is playing for example in the microchip industry, which obviously will have direct impact on some productivity of south korean companies, japanese companies, of us companies and certainly it would have an impact for china. so, having the conversation with the three is a good sign but we also need to remember that there are lots of inaudible slide the discussion slightly sideways. slide the discussion slightly sidewa s. ., ., ., slide the discussion slightly sideways-— sideways. there are a lot of -la ers sideways. there are a lot of players that _ sideways. there are a lot of players that would - sideways. there are a lot of players that would be - sideways. there are a lot of. players that would be watching

closely. the us for once. they have been expanding their security positions... how will china deal with this? is it an opportunity for them to broach diplomacy or diplomatic ties with south korea and japan to counter what the us is trying to do? i counter what the us is trying to do? ., , to do? i think every time there is an opportunity _ to do? i think every time there is an opportunity for— to do? i think every time there is an opportunity for leaders i is an opportunity for leaders to have one—on—one and certainly in the first instance it is going to be bilateral not a trilateral type conversation, it is an opportunity to communicate messages across. so i'm pretty sure that head of state of japan and south korea would be vindicating their points as well as their concerns and perhaps also illustrating the position that their partners in washington want them to communicate across to china. similarly, the chinese would probably be outlining or detailing their viewpoints etc and we need to remember only a week or so ago

china's president met with russia's counterpart vladimir putin and they had deep conversations also concerning the situation in north—east asia, notjust ukraine, not just other matters. china would also come from the position they have the backing of another military power currently a member of the united nations security council and a country that obviously south korea, japan have just like the united states have tensions with. so perhaps even a remote issue such as the war in ukraine may also eventually become of the agenda and tokyo and seoul may try to convince beijing to change or alter its position in terms of support of russia in that matter. and coming up on business today: we'll have more on this trilateral summit,

as we will look into the cooperation between the three countries on the trade side. let's take a look at some other stories in the headlines: mass protests have continued in georgia, against a controversial, so—called "foreign agents", law which opponents believe would put the country's independence at risk. earlier, georgia celebrated the anniversary of its independence from russia with official ceremonies being held in the capital tbilisi. a fire at a children's hospital in the indian capital, delhi, has killed at least six babies. several other newborns are receiving treatment after being rescued from the burning building. the cause of the fire is not yet clear. in india's most populous state, uttar pradesh, education for children is under threat. the state has stopped paying the salaries of 21,000 teachers who taught modern subjects such as english, maths and science at muslim religious schools, known as madrasas. archana shukla travelled to some of these madrasas in varanasi, which is also the constituency of prime minister

narendra modi. p, e, r, a... speaks foreign language the future is cast in shadow for nearly two million children studying in madrasas. the government has cut funding for their teacher salaries and cuts mean the teachers might lose theirjobs. madrassas have often been the only source of education for millions of muslim children coming from poor and marginalised backgrounds. but in many towns and villages like this one, free education in madrasas has also helped poor children from other communities. these madrassas have filled the void. in a country where public schools are short on both resources and tutors and private schools expensive for many.

i spoke to the families in the neighborhood. they were anxious. translation: ican't_ send my daughter to government high school. it's very far away. we're poor, have meagre incomes. we can't afford private schools. the teachers taught maths, science and english under a government program aimed to bring madrassa students at par with modern education. the federal government has now ended this two—decade—old scheme. salaries stopped much earlier. science teacher arjun sharma didn't get a regular pay for over five years. his state stipend of $36 a month has been stopped too, leaving him with no income. translation: even with a postgraduate degree, l i work as a farm labour after school. we're struggling financially, but no one listens to us. the stipend was our last hope.

the ministry of minority affairs, which governs these schools, has not responded to bbc queries. muslims are a minority in mainly hindu india, as the majoritarian political rhetoric grows louder, critics say madrassas are losing government favor. only 4% children they go to madrassas. poorest of the poor among muslims. but the impact on communities 100%. i think we need a national law that regulates madrassas and give some kind of reform, not only reform them, give them a fresh lease of life rather than trying to obstruct it. caught between the politics and the bureaucracy, the promise of education that reaches every child in india is becoming harder to achieve. archana shukla, bbc news, varanasi. ukraine says it's managing to hold back russian forces, near the northern city of kharkiv, and inflicting severe casualty numbers.

the russians are being pushed back using artillery, but also drones, which are playing a key role in the war. jonathan beale tells the story of one ukrainian drone unit, on the frontline, in the kharkiv region. they are now on of the most potent weapons of this war. cheap, mass—produced drones being used to deadly effect. and here on the front, they are helping ukraine slow russia's advance. but still not enough. translation: we can hold the back with drones and hurt them badly... back with drones and hurt them badl ~ . back with drones and hurt them badl ...~ ., ,, back with drones and hurt them badl ...~ ., back with drones and hurt them badl...~ ., badly... what you call them? it is what they — badly... what you call them? it is what they called _ badly. .. what you call them? it| is what they called themselves- is what they called themselves— peaky blinders after the cold tv series. but flat cap so where the similarities end. they have been trained by

special western forces. in just a few weeks they have hunted down more than 100 russian soldiers. terrorfrom down more than 100 russian soldiers. terror from the sky. today, they appear to be hiding, so they look for something else. 50 hiding, so they look for something else. so you are stealin: something else. so you are stealing russian _ something else. so you are stealing russian rivals - something else. so you are| stealing russian rivals from the russians, yes?- stealing russian rivals from the russians, yes? it the russians, yes? yes, yes. it is russian _ the russians, yes? yes, yes. it is russian machine. _ the russians, yes? yes, yes. it is russian machine. it - the russians, yes? yes, yes. it is russian machine. it is - the russians, yes? yes, yes. it is russian machine. it is a - is russian machine. it is a second time this man has fought for this territory, his home. he once farmed the fields nearby and then he grew strawberries, now he is planting bombs. but he knows what they are doing will not end this war. translation: write more _ end this war. translation: write more it _ end this war. translation: write more it is _ end this war. translation: write more it is like - end this war. translation: write more it is like more i end this war. translation: write more it is like more or| write more it is like more or less two gladiators fighting each other and neither can defeat the other. may be frozen for several years or decades but this war will last a very long time.

but this war will last a very long time-— but this war will last a very long time. the russians are learnin: long time. the russians are learning too. _ long time. the russians are learning too. when - long time. the russians are learning too. when the - long time. the russians are l learning too. when the peaky blinders try to fly a kamikaze drone into a target, their signal gets jammed. russian drones are as much a threat to ukrainian forces. most take shelter under trees, easy now but harder in the winter. for both sides it is a constant game of hide and seek. ukraine says it has now slowed down the russian frontline. it has stabilise the situation but there is still a fierce battle going on. the much harder task will be to push the russians back. they mightjust weather this storm with the arrival of more western weapons. but what

ukraine really wants is permission to use those weapons to strike inside russia. just a mile from the border, they are doing their best to intercept russian resupply is but are hamstrung. russian resupply is but are hamstrung— russian resupply is but are hamstrung. russian resupply is but are hamstrunu. ., hamstrung. we cannot stop the re arina hamstrung. we cannot stop the preparing of — hamstrung. we cannot stop the preparing of attack. _ hamstrung. we cannot stop the preparing of attack. so - hamstrung. we cannot stop the preparing of attack. so you - preparing of attack. so you need to target _ preparing of attack. so you need to target inside - preparing of attack. so you | need to target inside russia preparing of attack. so you - need to target inside russia to stop them advancing here? {iii stop them advancing here? of course. stop them advancing here? of course- itut— stop them advancing here? of course. but you _ stop them advancing here? of course. but you are _ stop them advancing here? of course. but you are not - stop them advancing here? of. course. but you are not allowed to? no. course. but you are not allowed to? no- and — course. but you are not allowed to? no. and does— course. but you are not allowed to? no. and does that - course. but you are not allowed to? no. and does that make . to? no. and does that make sense to you?— to? no. and does that make sense to you? ha. not at all. sense to you? no. not at all. ukraine remains _ sense to you? i157. not at all. ukraine remains determined to fight but they are still looking to the west to give them the tools to win. jonathan beale, bbc news. tributes are being paid to one of hollywood's most successful songwriters,

richard m sherman, who has died at the age of 95. he wrote over 150 songs with his brother robert for classic films such as mary poppins, jungle book and chitty chitty bang bang. and just before we go, let's leave you with these pictures. it's a giant picnic on paris's most famous avenue — the champs—elysees. you can see here — the french capital's iconic chequered rug, thought to be the world's largest tablecloth. but it was not open to just everyone. 0ver252,000 but it was not open to just everyone. over 252,000 people applied to take part in the event and only 4000 people were chosen and the lucky picnickers were treated with delicacies from some of the top paris chef. look like a lot of fun. thank you for your company on bbc news. business today follows, i will tell you about how ai is being used to help artists get over their stage fright on stage. does sound quite remarkable. to stay with

us on bbc news. i will see you soon. hello. thanks forjoining me. the weather, this bank holiday weekend has been a little hit and miss. this is what we had earlier on during the course of saturday. storms breaking out quite widely across england, parts of wales, some across the irish sea as well, and outbreaks of rain in scotland. now further showers are expected not just on bank holiday monday, but indeed the rest of the week. temperatures will be near normal, nothing spectacular. but at least by the end of the week, it does look as though these low pressures finally pull away as we see high pressure building. but the winds will still come in from the north. so there's certainly no major warm up in the forecast. ok, let's have a look at the forecast then for the short term. so by the end of the night

through the morning, we will have had some clearer weather in the south, further north, always more cloud and some showers first thing. and these are the temperatures around 7am, typically double figures in most of our major towns and cities. so clouds will be bubbling up through the morning. there'll be plenty of sunshine in most areas right from the word go. but storms will also develop, particularly across northern and eastern parts of scotland. now the showers will be very hit and miss. as far as the temperatures go. no real change compared to what we've had the last few days. so typically mid or high teens, a little on the cool side. now, the thunderstorms may continue into monday evening across parts of northern and eastern scotland. elsewhere, the sky should turn clear before the next area of low pressure rolls in first thing on tuesday morning. and you can see outbreaks of rain crossing the country as the weather fronts sweep in. i think the air�*s going to be quite close. temperatures on tuesday despite the cloud still getting up to about 18 degrees in some spots.

and actually later in the day, we'll probably see sunshine developing — or at least a little bit. now, wednesday midweek, we're expecting showers to develop almost anywhere, but more especially across eastern parts of the uk. one or two rumbles of thunder can be expected. i think come the late afternoon the skies should clear out towards the west and it should be a fine, sunny end to the day, for example, in cardiff, plymouth and along the south coast of england. so here's the summary for the week ahead. plenty of shower clouds most days and those temperatures hovering near normal, perhaps a little below at times. that's it for me. bye bye.

the leaders of china, japan and south korea are in seoulfor their first trilateral summit since the pandemic. and we explore how technology is helping musicians perform under pressure. hello and welcome to business today. i'm steve lai. the leaders of china, south korea and japan have gathered in seoul for a trilateral summit — their first meeting in more than four years. ahead of that, south korea's president yoon suk yeol met separately with china's premier li qiang on sunday, where they agreed to resume talks on a free trade agreement. japan's prime minister fumio kishida and li qiang also had a meeting. according to japanese media, kishida asked that china lift its ban on imports of japanese seafood during that

one—on—one.