welcome to newsday. reporting live from singapore, i'm steve lai. the headlines... international condemnation of israel after at least 45 people are killed at a refugee camp in rafah. the israeli prime minister says the strike was a "tragic incident". in papua new guinea, it's feared more than 2,000 people were buried by a devastating landslide in a remote village. 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. there's no doubt that the labour party now is fundamentally different to the labour party of 2019, when we lost so badly. this modern form of national service will mean the younger people get the skills and opportunities that they need, which will serve them very well in life. and it looks like a flying saucer — we'll explain just

what's been caught on camera in the skies above california. 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 un chief has condemned the strike and has called for the "horror" to end. the israeli army said it had been targeting two senior hamas leaders.

0ur middle east correspondent lucy williamson is injerusalem — a warning, some viewers may find some of the images distressing. 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. 0ur diplomatic correspondent paul adams, who's injerusalem, says israel is once again facing international condemnation. israeli officials have been scrambling all day to try and figure out what went wrong in rafah. how was it that a precision strike involving what they called reduced weapons resulted in a fireball that killed dozens and wounded scores more?

the scenes from rafah were truly appalling. many of those who died were burned beyond recognition. the israelis are saying that they are investigating closely. the prime minister, benjamin netanyahu, has said that it appears to have been a tragic mishap — stopping short of admitting responsibility for this, but clearly indicating that, in the view of the israeli military, something appears to have gone wrong. was this an intelligence failure? how did they not know that so many people were living in that area, in flimsy shelters, in tents and under plastic? what was the source of the flammable material that resulted in a fireball that lasted for more than two hours? all of these questions need to be answered. and, of course, the israelis know that the eyes of the world are on them following the decision, the order

by the international court ofjustice that nothing more should happen in rafah that would cause even more suffering to the civilian population. incidents like the air strike in rafah really fatally undermine israel's rationale for continuing its operation in that area, and its argument that it is doing all of this within the rules of international law. so, there are many, many questions for israel to answer, and i suspect that fairly soon, we will hear some more detailed explanation about what they think happened there. to papua new guinea — where authorities say more than 2,000 people may have been buried in a landslide in a remote village on friday. aid agencies say they're unable to reach some of the people because the ground is still moving. the landslide took place in yambali village, in enga province in the early hours, while most of the community were asleep. entire communities have been left devastated. one woman has been unable to find several members of her family.

translation: l have 18 - of my family members buried under the debris and soil that i'm standing on, and a lot more family members in the village i cannot count. i am the landowner here, but i cannot retrieve the bodies, so i'm here helplessly. there are various challenges hampering rescue efforts. here's the country director of the care international ngo, justine mcmahon. the biggest difficulty at the moment is that the ground is still unstable. so, the png defence force is actually leading the recovery of survivors to move them to safer ground. but, because of the instability, they have to work with great urgency — but also caution. so that's one issue. the other issue isjust the accessibility

due to their damaged load. the united nation's humanitarian adviser in papua new guinea has spent the day at the location of the landslide, and has given this update to the bbc. we were just back today from the landslide location, from the landslide location in enga, in papua new guinea. retrieval operations are ongoing, search and rescue for potential survivors, or bodies of people who were victims of this landslide. so it's difficult to estimate the total number of victims. so right now, the priority is, on the one hand, to continue the search and rescue — or rather retrieval operations — of the bodies, and on the other, to provide shelter, food, wash, humanitarian assistance to the survivor populations. and also, another priority is to ensure that the safe zone is created and other surrounding populations who might be at risk can be a evacuated to safer zones, because the landslide is still progressing and the entire zone is dangerous.

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". 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. russian forces say they have taken two more ukrainian villages in the east of the country — one village in the kharkiv region, and another one in donetsk. ukraine is battling a russian ground offensive in kharkiv region, which began on may ten, in moscow's biggest territorial advance in 18 months. meanwhile ukraine's president, volodymyrzelensky, has been visiting spain, which has promised to give ukraine a billion euros worth of military aid. during the visit, he claimed that russia had fired more than 3,000 guided aerial bombs

at ukraine so far this month. translation: the biggest. problem we have now is that russia's using more than 3,000 bombs per month towards civilians. we predict that russia could use 3,500 bombs next month. this month, they've used 3,200 — and these bombs will fall over the heads of civilian people who have no weapons. it doesn't matter how much protection the soldiers have, they will not be able to resist. around the world and across the uk, this is bbc news.

to the us now — where at least 21 people have been killed as a series of powerful storms and tornadoes swept across several states over the holiday weekend. weather experts monitored the heavy rain travelling around 135 miles — or 215 kilometres — during four hours, across northern texas. hundreds of homes were destroyed, with seven fatalities, and dozens

of people injured. the weather system also struck arkansas, causing the worst damage there for several years. the storm system is moving to the north east, with fears it could cause problems in other parts of the midwest, and even as far away as new york city. and in kentucky, one person was able to film the tornadoes as they went by. they caused severe damage in parts of the state — and the governor has declared a state of emergency, but he said that the devastation could have been worse. and so far, we believe at least a few tornadoes touched down, including the one we know is on the ground at least 110 miles, that tornado barely missed the prison in abbeville, just barely missed mayfield. currently 174,500 86 customers are without power — you can see that live here in the eeoc, but crews are working around the clock to ensure power is restored.

at least 16 people have died after a cyclone hit coastal parts of india and southern bangladesh. nearly a million people were evacuated from the region, as cyclone remal made landfall on sunday evening. bangladeshi authorities say a total of 3.75 million people have been affected — including cox's bazar, where the camps housing nearly a million rohingya refugees from myanmar are now at risk from landslides and flooding. 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 49, 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 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 you have more people, we are 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 11am and 3pm. chi chi izundu, bbc news. the fbi has been investigating the sale of hundreds of treasures that the british museum says were stolen. the museum said around 2,000 of its artefacts have been damaged or removed from its storerooms and then sold on ebay. it suspects dr peter higgs, a senior curator at the london institution, of being involved in their disappearance. dr higgs has denied any wrongdoing and the police are investigating.

our culture and media editor, katie razzall has been investigating what happened for a new bbc documentary called thief at the british museum. i can see a lot of white dots. what does that mean? exactly. the white dots are my way of marking out the ones that come from the british museum. if danish antiquities dealer 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 belong to the british museum? i think it's about 150 here, and roughly the same amount in my drawer over there. more than two years before the global scandal about the thefts 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. ijust couldn't imagine it. ittai has since handed over the gems he believes belong to the museum.

and we followed his mission to find other missing artefacts. to paris... ..and a meeting with a collector 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've belonged to the british museum. very, very sad story. but i'm happy it's going back to the museum. in 2023, a curator at the british museum, dr peter higgs, was sacked in connection with the thefts. he denies any wrongdoing, and the police are still investigating. our investigation has discovered that some of the items the british museum says have disappeared have been on quite a journey. two of the gems were unwittingly put on display at another museum, in germany, and 260 have ended up in washington, dc. the fbi is investigating. we've had exclusive access

to the british museum's own recovery programme. it still hasn't been able to prove in most cases that the objects belong to the museum because so many were never catalogued. it's now begun to register all its collection. there were things - that we could've done better as a museum, i and we've apologised. the museum today, a couple of years on as a result - of this saga, i think, is much more open, | much more transparent. the british museum says it has recovered almost half of the 1,500 items it believes were stolen or missing, but it's likely many others, particularly priceless ancient gold jewellery, will never be found. and hundreds of its artefacts have been damaged. katie razzall, bbc news. and you can hear more about the inside story of how ancient treasures disappeared from one of the world's most famous museums — and how one man believes he uncovered a thief — in our podcast series on bbc sounds or wherever

you get your podcasts. a newly—authenticated painting by the leading 17th—century painter caravaggio is going on display at the prado museum, in madrid. the long—lost painting, which shows roman governor pontius pilate presenting christ to the people, is one of only about 60 known works by the artist nearly escaped the attention of the wider art world as it was initially attributed to a lesser artist. it was about to go on sale at auction for a fraction just a taste for you now of the uk's famous annual cheese rolling competition in gloucestershire. competitors from all over the world ignored warnings about potential dangers. there were a number of injuries last year, but again today people willingly threw themselves down cooper's hill, in a tradition that began two centuries ago. the prize for the winners? appropriately, a large wheel of double gloucester. i'm buzzing, i'm buzzing. it's like you start and then

the adrenaline takes over and then you just go, go, go. you just have to roll, you have to send it and then you'll get it. how do you feel? i mean, there's a little bit of pain. though slow motion pictures are always something. now — a picture to show you of something in though slow motion pictures are always something. now — a picture to show you of something in the skies above california. what do you think this might be? it looks a bit like a flying saucer — but it is, in fact, america's new, state of the art stealth bomber. it's known as the b—21 raider — and is one of the most expensive planes ever to take to the air. this is what it looks like coming in to land, in pictures shared by the us air force. a spokesman said that it was the first aircraft which is "more digital that it is not". that's all for now —

stay with bbc news. hello. the weather over the bank holiday weekend was quite changeable for many of us, and more of the same in the days ahead. tuesday for many will be a rather cloudy day, rain at times, a bit of sunshine, i think, later on in the afternoon. now, the weather front that's approaching us is already visible on the satellite picture. it's not particularly big, it's not going to be particularly wet, but i think enough of the low pressure to give us a fairly dreary day, at least for a time. now, through the night, cloud and rain will approach western parts of the uk, but towards the east, it's generally clear. so, from norwich to newcastle and aberdeen, i think here, first thing in the morning, some sunshine and temperatures around 8—9 — a bit milder out towards the west where we've got these atlantic winds. so, here's all of that cloud and some rain spreading across the country. later in the day, sunshine developing. certainly, i think

the afternoon is looking brighter in northern ireland, and there'll be sunny spells in wales and the midlands. and in fact, through the course of the evening, i think there'll be some late brightness as well as that weather front slowly drifts into the north sea. so, that's tuesday. the low pressure still with us on wednesday. you can see these weather fronts are dragging their heels, and i think on wednesday, it's going to be more of a day of sunny spells and heavy showers. some of the showers will be thundery in parts of scotland and i think along these eastern counties, so the further west you are on wednesday, the drier and sunnier it'll be. in fact, some of these western coasts could end up having a beautiful day — for example, in northern ireland and the welsh coasts. here's thursday — a northerly breeze, so a little on the cool side, and i think showers may become frequent in other areas, so no two days are going to be the same in the week ahead. temperatures 16—18 celsius, so really more of the same, something that we've been used to for days now. that's thursday. now you might be thinking about the weekend already.

it's not long now. the high pressure is expected to build across the uk and last all through the weekend, so that does promise some settled weather, and i think a lot of sunshine on the way as well. in fact, if you look at your apps, they should be already pointing to plenty of sunshine for friday, saturday, and sunday, and the temperatures pretty decent as long as we get those sunny spells. that's it for me, bye—bye.

china launches a brand new investment fund to propel its domestic chip industry, and avert us restrictions. that friction between the us and china has allowed malaysia to step in as a new hotspot for semiconductor factories. hello and welcome to business today. i'm steve lai. to our top story — china has launched a brand new semiconductor investment fund, its largest one to date. the fund is worth over $47 billion, and comes as china tries to boost development of its domestic chip industry, amid us restrictions on beijing's access to advanced chips. china's finance ministry is the largest shareholder of the fund, along with investments from various government enterprises and state—owned banks.

those tensions between washington and beijing over taiwan, trade and technology have encouraged businesses