international condemnation of israel after at least 45 people are killed at a refugee camp in rafah. as election campaigning gathers pace, rishi sunak says his plan for a "modern" national service will strengthen uk security — while sir keir starmer says his party will deliver stability and, above all, change. i think if you look at this labour party, there is no doubt the labour party, there is no doubt the labour party is fundamentally different to 2019 when we lost so badly. rishi sunak defends _ 2019 when we lost so badly. rishi sunak defends his _ 2019 when we lost so badly. rishi sunak defends his plan _ 2019 when we lost so badly. rishi sunak defends his plan to bring back a form of compulsory national service. a british charity warns of a big increase in cases of skin cancer

this year and says people should do more to protect themselves from the sun. good evening. the israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu has said an air strike which killed dozens of people in gaza was a "tragic mishap". the hamas run health ministry said at least 45 people, including children, were killed when a strike hit a camp for displaced people in the tal al—sultan area of rafah. the united states said the killing of innocent palestinians was "heartbreaking", and warned that israel must take every precaution possible to protect civilians. the israeli army said it had been targeting two senior hamas leaders. our middle east correspondent lucy williamson is injerusalem. morning didn't end the nightmare,

but it brought the children, picking through the debris of the dead. the burned remains of shelters mark the place where israel says a top hamas commander was hiding among thousands of displaced families fleeing the fighting in rafah to the south. translation: we were preparing our children's beds for the night _ and we heard a very loud noise and fire erupted all around us. all the children started screaming, the shelter was shaking and our room was full of shrapnel. the air strike hit an area seen as outside israel's current military assault. shouting. israel says it used precise munitions, intelligence and aerial surveillance to reduce the risk to civilians but that the strike ignited fires across the camp.

local reports suggest there was a fuelling station nearby. gaza's hamas—run government says dozens were killed and injured, many of them children. hospitals starved of supplies now flooded with patients, the barely alive. the emotionally dead. shouting. israel's army says it has launched an investigation. last night the idf targeted two hamas commanders in rafah whose hands were drenched in israeli blood. civilian casualties are desperately sad, but this is the war hamas wanted and started. yesterday, hamas rockets were fired from rafah towards tel aviv and surrounding israeli towns. all those heading for urban areas were intercepted.

gaza's civilians can't rely on their government's defences. a family car, today a makeshift hearse for his only sister. where israel and hamas talk of victory, families count their losses until all that is left are the people and then even they are gone. lucy williamson, bbc news, jerusalem. in the uk, the labour leader has pledged to "stop the chaos" and "rebuild the country" in his first major speech of the election campaign. sir keir starmer appealed to undecided voters, and urged people to trust him to deliver economic stability and protect national security. rishi sunak, also out campaigning today, dismissed the speech as "waffle", saying it does not contain "a single plan for the future". we'll have more in a few minutes.

here's our political editor chris mason on keir starmer�*s speech. a man waiting, waiting for his moment, waiting, he hopes, to be prime minister. if you've ever wondered what this man is all about, today was his attempt to give you an answer. the leader of the labour party, keir starmer. applause. this, the village hall in lancing in west sussex, as sir keir spoke of his own background. if you're working class, you're scared of debt. you're scared, my mum and dad were scared of debt. so they would choose the bill that they wouldn't pay rather than go into debt. and they chose the phone bill. they would have the phone cut off rather than pay the bill because it was the easiest one to do without. the labour leader is also acknowledging he has plenty of persuading to do. whatever the polls say, i know there are countless people

who haven't decided how they'll vote in this election. they still have questions about us. has labour changed enough? do i trust them with my money, our borders, our security. my answer is, yes, you can! applause. the challenge for him is can he convert disillusionment from some with the conservatives into votes for him, even enthusiasm for him? do you accept that there is perhaps an enthusiasm deficit, a lack of enthusiasm for you? we have to ask why people are looking to labour, and i think they're looking to labour because they can see a changed labour party, which is absolutely country first, party second. they might be looking, but are they enthusiastic? are you concerned about a lack of enthusiasm for labour? i do think there's an underlying issue here, which is over the last 14 years, i think the government's probably beaten the hope out of many people. and i want to restore the idea that

politics can be a force for good. would you describe yourself as a socialist? look, yes, i would describe myself as a socialist. i'd describe myself as a progressive. how would you describe your socialism? because that word to some people might be scary off putting, but you're happy to answer that question directly, you just did. let me just explain exactly what i mean by that, because for me, this is about, politics is about putting the country in the service of working people. there are only two people who can be prime minister after this election. here is the verdict of his opponent. there's a clear contrast in choice at this election. it's another day, we've had another speech from keir starmer, who you just asked me about, another half hour speech — not a single new idea. he's taking the british public for granted. keir starmer talked today of this road in hurst green in surrey, where he grew up. he claims it's about as english as it gets. those who seek to govern us seek too to attempt to personify,

however imperfectly, the country they seek to lead. biography, background, beliefs — it's all under scrutiny. chris mason, bbc news. meanwhile, rishi sunak had been defending the conservative's plan for mandatory national service for 18—year—olds. the prime minister, visiting a football club in buckinghamshire, said it was a "bold" proposal which would foster a culture of service and strengthen the country's security. the proposal would involve one week of volunteering a month, or a year—long military placement. and this modern form of national service will mean that young people get the skills and the opportunities they need, which is going to serve them very well in life. it's going to foster a culture of service, which is going to be incredibly powerful for making our society more cohesive and in a more uncertain and dangerous world. it's going to strengthen our country's security and resilience. one of rishi sunak�*s mp's was suspended from

the party this afternoon after she endorsed the reform uk candidate standing in the seat she's vacating at the election. lucy allen won telford for the conservatives in 2017 with a majority of more than 10,000. but she's now said she's backing reform's alan adams, who she's known for many years, rather than see what she called "more of the same politics, and more of the same politicians". the snp leader has told voters that the quickest way to "rid scotland of the tories is to vote snp". speaking at a campaign event, john swinney said the party would challenge every conservative seat in scotland. the liberal democrat leader sir ed davey has told voters it's time for change. at the party's scottish launch, he said voters had been doubly let down — by the conservatives at westminster and snp at holyrood. he said the liberal democrats would fight for a fair dealfor communities.

with me now is our political correspondent to discuss what all the political parties have been up to. what do you make of the promises of change which we have heard lots about? h0 of change which we have heard lots about? ., ~ ., , ., about? no bank holiday break for the oliticians, about? no bank holiday break for the politicians, the _ about? no bank holiday break for the politicians, the campaign _ about? no bank holiday break for the politicians, the campaign is _ about? no bank holiday break for the politicians, the campaign is in - about? no bank holiday break for the politicians, the campaign is in full- politicians, the campaign is in full swing. we are hearing slogans, labour the party of change, rishi sunak asking voters not to risk a change in government and claiming only the conservatives can deliver stability and an improving economy. these lines we've heard for a long time. before we get the manifestos, a week away, we are in the broad brushstroke phase of this election campaign. it was interesting where they went, keir starmer went to traditionally true blue territory in west sussex to make his speech and talked about himself, as you heard

in the report, introducing himself, explaining his background, trying to emphasise in his view he has perfectly and quickly changed the labour party and hopes it will give voters confident when he says he can be trusted with the voters' money and security. he will be cheered clearly by a letter to the times by business leaders endorsing their plans, saying the country needs to break free from a decade of economic stagnation. it is the electioneering trick george osborne love to do during those years, and rachel reeves has been caught investors a lot in the last couple of years and this is an endorsement labour will be waving tomorrow. in this is an endorsement labour will be waving tomorrow.— be waving tomorrow. in terms of rishi sunak, _ be waving tomorrow. in terms of rishi sunak, still— be waving tomorrow. in terms of rishi sunak, still having - be waving tomorrow. in terms of rishi sunak, still having to - be waving tomorrow. in terms of. rishi sunak, still having to defend his national service proposal. fix, day his national service proposal. a day after he first _ his national service proposal. a day after he first announced _ his national service proposal. a day after he first announced that, - his national service proposal. c: after he first announced that, still

facing questions, a plan keir starmer called a teenage dad's army. rishi sunak says it's a good thing, it would foster a culture of service, he said it was the right thing to do. he had one criticism today from steve baker, former northern ireland minister, an mp, who said on twitter this is government policy. sorry, this is tory policy that was developed by ministers on the advice of officials and spring on candidates, making it clear he didn't think it was a cracking idea. he told the daily mirror he's gone on holiday to greece where he plans to do his electioneering campaigning. an indication of some of the slight despondency that is there among some tory candidate, then you had the decision by lucy allen to vote for reform. it's a big embarrassment and headache, the conservatives are anxious about them nibbling away at

their votes and you have lucy allen who was a tory mp until today saying she was urging people to vote reform because it would offer an alternative to more of the same politics and same politicians. thank ou ve politics and same politicians. thank you very much _ politics and same politicians. thank you very much indeed. _ cases of melanoma skin cancer are at an all—time high in the uk, with more than 20,000 people expected to be diagnosed with it this year. the charity cancer research uk is warning people to do more to protect themselves from the sun, and say there's been a particularly big increase in cases among older people. chi chi izundu reports. going to take a locating photograph. these are just some of the examples of what melanoma skin cancer can look like and, according to cancer research uk, the number of cases of this serious and often most dangerous form of the disease is on the rise. rates of melanoma have increased by almost a third over a decade. it is more common in the elderly. among those aged over 80,

there was a 57% rise, while amongst those aged 25 to a9, there was a 7% increase. 17,000 melanoma cases every year are preventable. and one source of the uv radiation comes from the sun, damaging skin cells and causing cancer. we think that there are a few different reasons for this record high of melanoma skin cancer cases. the main one being too much exposure to ultraviolet or uv radiation from the sun and sunbeds. but there are other factors at play as well. here in the uk, we have an ageing population, and age is a big risk factor for cancer. we also have a growing population. so when we have more people, we're going to see more cases. another reason the figures are up is because people are getting better at spotting abnormalities and going to the gp. last month, experts revealed

a game—changing jab is being trialled on british patients which has dramatically reduced the risk of melanoma returning. but prevention is key. in order to stay safe, apply generously high factor sunscreen often, cover up and avoid the sun between 11 and 3. chi—chi izundu, bbc news. south west water have apologised to people for not lifting the boiled water risk. dangerous levels were determined last year, and tears shows it was linked to water supplies according to the uk health security agency. sevenseven people had suffered from vomiting and diarrhoea linked to the water parasite. boiled water notices were lifted for thousands of properties, but south west water says its teams

had continued to clean, test and filter the water during bank holiday monday. a spokesperson said... supplies a freshwater can be collected by customers from bottled water stations. this latest statement has not given any date by which it hopes to resolve the problem. a woman who was stabbed to death on bournemouth beach on friday night has been named locally as amie gray, who was 34. she was a personal trainer and coached a local women's football team. another woman, who's 38, remains in hospital with serious injuries. a i7—year—old boy arrested in connection with the incident has been released without charge. police have issued these cctv images of another man

they now want to question. many objects were removed from the storerooms and some were put up for sale on ebay. our culture editor has had special access to the museum. i can see a lot of white dots, what does that mean? the white dots, that is my way of marking out what has come from the british museum. if danish antiquities collector dr ittai gradel is right, then you are looking at ancient gems that were stolen from the british museum, treasures he bought in good faith over years. how many gems here do you think along to the british museum? i think about 150 here and roughly

about the same amount in my drawer over there. about the same amount more than two years before the global scandal about the theft was revealed, ittai had warned the museum an insider was selling its artefacts online. back then he was rebuffed. at first i was in shock, almost paralysed, i couldn't believe it. ittai has since handed over the gems he believes belonged to the museum. and we have followed his mission to find other missing artefacts. to paris... and a meeting with a collector ittai sold gems too. ittai sold gems to. hi, lovely to meet you. the collector has asked us not to show his face. he never imagined these items could have belonged to the british museum. very, very sad story, but i am happy it's going back to the museum. in 2023, a curator at the british museum, doctor peter higgs, was sacked in connection with the thefts. he denies any wrongdoing and the police are still investigating. we have had exclusive access

to the british museum's own recovery programme. it still has not been able to prove in most cases that the objects belong to the museum because so many were never catalogued. it has now begun to register all its collection. there were things we could have done better as a museum and we have apologised. the museum today a couple of years on as a result is much more open and much more transparent. the british museum says it has recovered almost half of the 1500 items it believes were stolen or missing. but it is likely many others, particularly priceless ancient, gold jewellery, will never be found and hundreds of its artefacts have been damaged. katie razzall, bbc news. you can see the full documentary on bbc iplayer. let's look at some of the newspaper front pages,

bbc iplayer. let's look at some of the newspaperfront pages, starting with the guardian which lead to an image of the aftermath of the israeli strike on the displaced people in gaza. it says there has been international outrage and the attack has led hopes for ceasefire talks about risk. the daily telegraph leads with the general election campaign and a promise from rishi sunak that state pensions will never be tax. the picture is not election —related, chose alan titchmarsh, interviewed inside about the reasons for mowing or not mowing lawns. the daily mirror focuses on keir starmer, outlining his promises to bring stability to the uk and critiques rishi sunak�*s plans for national service to return. the photo claims illustrate an exclusive article about the breakdown of the marriage of eamon holmes and ruth langsford. the times has a picture of rishi sunak at his campaign event kicking a ball around. its headline

says 120 leading figures in london have written to the newspaper saying they backed labour and the need for a new outlook for the uk. the express also had rishi sunak played football and focuses on his promise to increase pensions. the scotsman looks at the campaign in scotland and the considerate claim if the snp does badly at the general election, the push for another independence referendum could be derailed. and the financial times looks at the conservative policy on pensions which it says would amount to a £2.11 billion tax cut for pensioners. it also says the european central bank could cut interest rates next week. now, back to the election. a big keir starmer speech and rishi sunak defending his national service plans. a lot of the newscast to discuss, so now on bbc news, it's over to adam fleming and the newscast udo. —— newscast studio.

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talking about inflation falling and nearly hitting the 2% target, which is why we are having the election. you are having a classic bank holiday because i'm in the studio and you are in a pub beer garden. you're not slacking because the name ox ted rings a bell it's where keir starmer grew up. that ox ted rings a bell it's where keir starmer grew up.— 0x ted rings a bell it's where keir starmer grew up. that is right. we are here because _ starmer grew up. that is right. we are here because earlier _ starmer grew up. that is right. we are here because earlier on, - starmer grew up. that is right. we are here because earlier on, keir. are here because earlier on, keir starmer was in lansing in sussex on the south coast, another classic spot to spend a bank holiday monday in the sunshine. he was doing a speech basically the keir starmer the man, who are my, what i about? he brought followers of politics, and i know many are exactly that. there was plenty familiar, but it is a classic of a political campaign that you perfectly, sensibly as a leader, they are all doing it, sort

of recap and go back over stuff you might have sent plenty of times for people only starting to pay attention. there was quite a bit in the speech from keir starmer today about him and where he grew up. you may be familiar with the line about a pebble —— semi in surrey, in a village, and that is where we are right now. it is about 400 yards if that from this very beer garden. what did people think about you turning up to see this famous address that until recently wasn't famous? it address that until recently wasn't famous? , , . , address that until recently wasn't famous? ,, famous? it is perfectly reasonably one or two — famous? it is perfectly reasonably one or two people _ famous? it is perfectly reasonably one or two people around - famous? it is perfectly reasonably one or two people around here . famous? it is perfectly reasonably i one or two people around here might be a little weary about the arrival of journalist like be a little weary about the arrival ofjournalist like me poking about and waving a camera about because they've seen it all before. i'm grateful for the sort of forbearance

of the locals here who are perhaps well used to and a bit tired of seeing folk like me turning up. thank you for putting up with us and many more who turn up in the next couple of weeks or months. it must be a little tiresome having to put up be a little tiresome having to put up with us. i got a little flavour of the sentiment and it is understandable, so thank you for people here putting up with us lot as a reporter bunch yet again. i’tgie as a reporter bunch yet again. i've thoutht as a reporter bunch yet again. i've thought the _ as a reporter bunch yet again. i've thought the back story stuff in the speech, which was the first 20% of the speech, not the whole thing, the first 20%, although if you were to do a check on a word document it would not be at. the thing that struck me was they were doing it again, secluded they think the keir starmer back story hasn't sunk insufficiently to the consciousness yet. people don't follow these things as closely as we do for our

jobs. second of all, the injection of a real rural feeling of it. i hadn't realised how countryside the place he grew up is. i knew the semi, the story about worrying about the bills and his mum and dad having to decide not to pay the phone bill. because that was the service they could live about. i didn't know about when he played football that they were showing the pitch with powers. they were showing the pitch with towers. , , ., , powers. yes, it interesting. iwas rereadin t powers. yes, it interesting. iwas rereading today— powers. yes, it interesting. iwas rereading today tom _ powers. yes, it interesting. iwas rereading today tom baldwin's i rereading today tom baldwin's biography of keir starmer. tom baldwin used to work for the times and went to be director of human occasions for ed miliband. he has written a biography of keir starmer, which is broadly sympathetic, to be fair. tom baldwin is a former employee of the labour party. he

describes, i don't have the exact phrase, so apologies, but he describes around here as being almost as indistinct as some elements of how keir starmer is sometimes portrayed. in other words, not urban, but not rural either. we are not far from the m25, from london, we are in surrey, on the borders of kent. it is definitely far more rural than the kind of label and a character hung around keir starmer when he is described as a lefty lawyer from keir starmer when he is described as a lefty lawyerfrom london. keir starmer today described this as he seesit starmer today described this as he sees it as quintessentially english. it got me thinking that people who seek to govern, seek to represent

us, seek to somehow, however imperfectly, personify the country they want to lead. and we had a bit of it from keir starmer today, talking about this place, basically, and where he came from, trying to paint a picture of what he's all about and what made him as he sees it the man he is, as well as the north london thing, the constituency thing, where he now lives and represent in parliament. and indeed some of those labels that some of his opponents will seek to throw around his neck that might sort up lean into that kind of metropolitan detachment thing that goes with seeing to be from an representing north london. and that thing about landing being somewhere in many senses, it is a world city that

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