cyril ramaphosa is re—elected president of south africa — after his party strikes an unprecedented coalition deal with the opposition. the supreme court strikes down a federal ban on bump stocks — attachments that increase the firing capacity of guns. and — ukrainian soldiers maimed in combat receive life—changing treatment here in the us. hello i'm caitriona perry. south africa's president, cyril ramaphosa, is to stay in office, after being re—elected by the country's parliament. but he only kept power after his party struck an historic coalition deal with its political opponents. the african national congress lost its majority in last month's general election — the first time the party once led by nelson mandela hasn't had full control

of the federal government. in order to keep mr ramaphosa in office, the anc was forced to form a government of national unity with other parties, including the main opposition democratic alliance. its leader, john steenhuisen, is now expected to join the government. he told reporters why he backed mr ramaphosa staying in power the people have spoken. they have not given any party a majority. mr rama posa is the leader of his party. he is the leader of his party. he is the leader of a party that is committed to constitutionalism, democracy and its institutions. our africa correspondent, barbara plett—usher, has more from cape town. zero rama posa played a key role to end apartheid 30 years ago. now he'll steer south africa through a seismic shift in its politics. he won the

democratic alliance shortly before they came to an agreement on a power—sharing agreement, which does include smaller party but really they are at the two key players. this was very controversial within the anc because the democratic alliance has a reputation of representing the interests of the white minority. it denies this, it's a hard reputation to shake. it's free market agenda also clashes with the anc social welfare policy. but anc leaders said this arrangement was really the best way to bring stability to the country. the next step is to allocate cabinet positions. this will include members of the democratic alliance. this multiparty arrangement will not include anc breakaway factions such as the marxist economic freedom fighters and also the mk party of the former presidentjacob zuma. they will probably benefit if this new

government fails to deliver the economic improvements for which south africans voted. many south africans voted. many south africans voted. many south africans do hope that this grand unprecedented alliance coalition does succeed. the us imposed financial sanctions on an extremist israeli group on friday for attacking humanitarian aid convoys heading to gaza. the state department says the us assets of the tsav nine organisation will be frozen and that americans will be barred from dealing with the group. tsav 9 has links to israeli army reservists and militant jewish settlers in the occupied west bank. the sanctions are imposed under an executive order that us presidentjoe biden signed last february to tackle rising settler violence. aid agencies have long warned about the difficulties getting essential supplies into gaza. a spokesman for the un children's agency told the bbc that one aid convoy was denied entry into northern gaza, despite having all the necessary documents to enter.

he said such incidents are common. the un warns that more than a million people in gaza could face starvation by the middle ofjuly — unless more aid is allowed into the enclave. for more on the humanitarian challenges in gaza, i spoke to suze van meegen the norwegian refugee council's head of operations in gaza. you've just come out of gaza. what is your operation like that at the moment? can you get humanitarian supplies in? i would say that any organisation that claims a humanitarian response in gaza is adequate or functioning as normal at the moment would be disingenuous. the norwegian refugee council continues to operate in gaza but we're limping along. we have limited supplies, limited access to fuel. we have limited guarantees of safety. so we can say that we're doing with we

can with limited resources in an extremely unsafe environment. but like everybody else trying to get aid to people in gaza, it is grossly insufficient.— people in gaza, it is grossly insufficient. �* ., ., insufficient. are you managing to net insufficient. are you managing to get anything _ insufficient. are you managing to get anything into _ insufficient. are you managing to get anything into gaza - to get anything into gaza daily, weekly, fortnightly, what is that like at the moment?— moment? every day is unpredictable. - moment? every day is unpredictable. at - moment? every day is unpredictable. at the | moment? every day is - unpredictable. at the time of the initial evacuation orders in rafah on the 6th of may we had roughly 42 trucks sitting at the border in egypt ready to bring an aide that people needed them. they needed every two even more now. since that time we've seen a few trucks come in and unsteady fashion. the stock that they are carrying is dumped on the gaza side of the crossing. there we have a lot of difficulty because of the ongoing security challenges getting it up to where it is needed. we can say that some items are coming in. it is trickling but it is

nowhere near which actually required to meet needs. we've seen a massive _ required to meet needs. we've seen a massive displacement l required to meet needs. we'vel seen a massive displacement of civilians inside gaza in recent days and weeks. people who have already moved once, three times perhaps more. can you describe to us how people are managing that movement, where did they 90, that movement, where did they go, where is safe for them if anywhere? i go, where is safe for them if anywhere?— go, where is safe for them if anywhere? i can say they are managing — anywhere? i can say they are managing with _ anywhere? i can say they are managing with desperation l anywhere? i can say they are i managing with desperation and an interest in clinging to life in the few resources that they have. it's horrendous to see. millions of people leaving rafah and as you said for the second, third, fourth, eighth or ninth time they've moved for the people of very little. they don't have money to help them with the move. for transport even a few kilometres north. when they get to these areas that are so cold, humanitarian

safe zones, we've seen their neither safe nor humanitarian. witnessing people going desperately to areas purely for safety and then arriving to find the same number, the same threats of life it leaves us feeling utterly helpless. in addition to the safety situation and the lack of food. talk to us about the risk of disease that there is as well caused by lack of hygiene and so many people living so close together. we so many people living so close touether. ~ ., ., ~ ., together. we often talk about su lies together. we often talk about sunplies that _ together. we often talk about supplies that aren't _ together. we often talk about supplies that aren't coming i together. we often talk about supplies that aren't coming in j supplies that aren't coming in and we know there's not enough food in gaza. 0ne and we know there's not enough food in gaza. one of the more critical items is safe water. the only way to get safe water to people is if we have a consistent, reliable supply of cool coming through the pipeline from egypt or from israel. that would enable us to pump water, transport that water to those who need it and desalinated, it's very salty

water. in the absence of this the risk of famine, starvation, disease goes up enormously. when we talk about the risk of famine in gaza we're notjust talking about a lack of that what we're really talking about is a lack of clean water. the only way we can get that is if we have a reliable fuel pipeline. we have a reliable fuel pipeline-— we have a reliable fuel --ieline. ~ . ., we have a reliable fuel --ieline. ~ . . , pipeline. what have you been told by the — pipeline. what have you been told by the authorities, - pipeline. what have you been told by the authorities, by - pipeline. what have you been | told by the authorities, by the israelis why there isn't what you are describing their what you are describing their what you need? we you are describing their what you need?— you are describing their what ou need? ~ , ., you need? we understand the arties you need? we understand the parties at _ you need? we understand the parties at conflict _ you need? we understand the parties at conflict at _ you need? we understand the parties at conflict at their - parties at conflict at their own agendas in their own need to act in accordance with their own interests. nonetheless, we know that both parties have an obligation to facilitate aid will be needed. we hear all sorts of excuses. we hear all sorts of excuses. we hear all sorts of excuses. we hear all sorts of stories for that we know there are military imperatives. what we're asking for is the protection of humanitarian space so while people are subjected to ongoing war they also have access to

the very basic resources they need, food, medicine, clean water and safety. we need, food, medicine, clean water and safety.— water and safety. we know ordinarily _ water and safety. we know ordinarily this _ water and safety. we know ordinarily this would - water and safety. we know ordinarily this would be - ordinarily this would be approaching the end of the school year in gaza. children there have missing entire academic year. what is the long—term risk to children in gaza for those who do manage to survive? ., , ., ., ~ survive? people in gaza talk all the time _ survive? people in gaza talk all the time about _ survive? people in gaza talk all the time about their - all the time about their desperation to get the kids backin desperation to get the kids back in school. education is prized by people in gaza. it's something they see is extremely important for their children. many with children, we can all relate where kids were detached from their access to the social environment of school and the educational benefits of school for an extended period. the same is happening for kids in gaza and on top of it they're being traumatised by the war. the long—term risks, where do we even begin? 0n

the long—term risks, where do we even begin? on top of health, on top of the risk of disease and famine, the risk of people safety, kids do not see a future for themselves and their parents are deeply concerned about what that is going to do in terms of trauma. the us supreme court on friday struck down a federal ban on bump stocks, marking the latest move in the battle for gun control. bump stocks are gun accessories that allow semi automatic rifles to fire bullets more quickly, similar to a machine gun. in a 6—3 vote, the court's conservative majority ruled that using firearms with the attachment does not meet the definition of a machine gun underfederal law. they determined that then—president trump's administration overstepped its power, when it issued the ban back in 2018. that ban came after the deadliest mass shooting in modern us history. 60 people were killed in las vegas and hundreds injured — when a gunman used a bumpstock attachment to fire more than a thousand

rounds of ammunition. while more than a dozen states plus washington dc have already banned them, friday's supreme court ruling puts it back to individual states to determine their own regulaitons for bumpstocks. donald trump's campaign weighed in on the court's decision — saying in part, the right to keep and bear arms has never been more critical, and joe biden wants to take that right away from law—abiding americans. president trump won't let that happen, said the statement. meanwhile, vice president kamala harris had this to say. it was bump stocks that resulted in 60 people being dead in las vegas, nevada on the 1st of october. and what the court did today is really rolling back what otherwise is important progress to be made to prevent gun violence in america. and frankly, when we think about the decisions voters will make in november, there is a clear contrast between where we stand and the former president. joining me live is david hogg —

he is a gun safety activist and a survivor of a deadly gun attack on a school in parkland, florida, in 2018. thank you forjoining us on bbc news. you work and campaign for and end to gun violence in this country, when you see the supreme court decisions, reversing the ban on bump stocks, how do you feel? worried, deeply worried about the future. not only because of the future. not only because of the fact that these devices effectively turn a gun like the ar 15 and 70 automatic rifle effectively into a machine gun like we saw in las vegas. ultimately, there is basically no legal case where you can justify using one of these devices. it is meant... it turns these guns into mass murder machines more than anything. it also worries me for the future of our country because we got young people who are losing faith in the supreme court. the nra's been in it for

over $2 million supporting far rightjustices like cavanaugh right justices like cava naugh and rightjustices like cavanaugh and getting a return on their investment. what i worry about is a lack of trust in the supreme court. this is not something that the american people are against, 80% of americans support banning pump stocks and the supreme court is going against that. this stocks and the supreme court is going against that.— going against that. this puts it back to — going against that. this puts it back to the _ going against that. this puts it back to the state - going against that. this puts it back to the state to - going against that. this puts it back to the state to make | it back to the state to make decisions. we know in many states they have already banned pump stocks in the six years since the incident at your own high school there has been some progress, especially in your own state of florida, hasn't there? . , , own state of florida, hasn't there? ., , , ,., there? there has been some progress- — there? there has been some progress. after _ there? there has been some progress. after parkland - there? there has been some i progress. after parkland many people said our republican state legislator is change anything but we actually did. we marched for our allies in student from parkland had the largest protest in american history at the time for the over 4000 schools across america walked out to demand action on gun violence for the air we marched by the millions across the country in 2018 and

raise the age to buy a gun to 21 in florida we has a red flag logic and disarm people who are risk for and since the passage of that law is been over 8000 times. since parkland just in florida for that is used mainly by republican chairs. congress also passed — by republican chairs. congress also passed the _ by republican chairs. congress also passed the first _ by republican chairs. congress also passed the first federal i also passed the first federal gun law in 30 years, the bipartisan safer communities act. even with the ruling today are you in any way hopeful or are you in any way hopeful or are you in any way hopeful or are you entirely pessimistic about gun control in this country? i about gun control in this country?— about gun control in this count ? ~ ,., , about gun control in this count ? ~ , .,, country? i think sometimes hope in this field, _ country? i think sometimes hope in this field, it — country? i think sometimes hope in this field, it can _ country? i think sometimes hope in this field, it can be _ in this field, it can be delusional. as there are so many shootings that happen over and over and over again. what we have to realise is that this isn'tjust we have to realise is that this isn't just about hopeful that we have to believe that change is possible for that we're just going with the status quo. we're here to change, some things are possible working to change the dynamic if it's impossible, make it possible. that's why i think hope isn't

necessarily the right thing i think about. ultimately i know that young americans have the greatest asset that you can have a near side and politics on her side. the fact that we're going to outlive some of the worst leaders in our countries histories by the fact that we're so young. clarence thomas for example is taken millions of dollars and more effectively bribes. we had all the special interests like the nra spent millions of dollars helping to prop up their unpopularjustices like cavanaugh. now people are going to die as a result, unfortunately. that is the consequence was that it's not democrats or republicans as the american people that are going to die as a consequence of this decision because they are helping put to enabled and asks mass shooting.— mass shooting. given that this is an election _ mass shooting. given that this is an election year _ mass shooting. given that this is an election year not - is an election year notjust presidential but the house and so many state—level and local level how many do you think gun control will be? aha, level how many do you think gun control will be?— control will be? a huge issue for the young _

control will be? a huge issue for the young voters - for the young voters consistently ranks as one of the top three or four issues that they care about when it comes to voting. it makes sense. 0ur generation has gone up sense. 0ur generation has gone up going through school shooter drills in our schools in america all the time. president biden generation, they didn't go through such a school shooter drills they want their nuclear bomb drills. what i hope is president barton's generation, in the arms reduction treaty. i have to believe part of that is because they uniquely felt the anxiety of what it's like to go through a nuclear bomb drill was up —— president biden. i know it will not be dissimilar with what we're doing right now. a lot of young americans unfortunately but hopefully a new leadership generation coming in and people want to support us in bringing in the new generation. they can txjoin to nine in the new generation. they can tx join to nine for five for it tojoin us in our work with marge for allies with up join 29 four 54. thank you so much forjoining us on bbc news.

around the world and across the uk. this is bbc news. let's look at some other stories making news. food manufacturers in the uk are recalling a small number of products, understood to be sandwiches containing salad leaves. it comes after concerns over recent cases of e coli. more than 200 people have been affected, some hospitalised. hugh pym has more. the problem was they were spread right around the uk. it was hard to trace the source of this outbreak. they did say that it was probably a nationally distributed food product. today we've learned are more than 200 and of those contacted 4% in hospital with treatment. two large food manufacturers have recalled products, sandwiches and wraps with solder leaves, more than 50 and they been taken off the shelves in retailers. we're told this is a precautionary measure, and not all those products

may be impacted. most people who get e coli recover well at home, but others can get seriously ill. if you do have symptoms, you should not go to work or school until 48 hours after the symptoms stop. you're live with bbc news. in one of the major developments at this week's g7 summit in italy, us president biden and ukrainian president zelensky signed a bilateral security agreement that cements long—term support for ukraine. but with the war now in its third year, ukraine's needs go well beyond weaponry. russia's full—scale invasion has killed tens of thousands of people — and left many more with lost limbs and other life—changing injuries. the future for ukraine foundation estimates that up to 100,000 people in ukraine may have had to undergo amputations. kyiv has kept precise casualty statistics under wraps so as not to demoralise the population, but before the war, the foundation put the number of amputations at around 3,000 a year.

and with the country still fighting russian forces, getting wounded troops prosthetic limbs and care inside ukraine can be difficult. now the future for ukraine foundation is working with a us medical centre to bring soldiers here for treatment. our correspondent helena humphrey went to meet some of them. keep your head up. ukraine calls them their wounded warriors. he is among their ranks. injured fighting for his country the ' eastern front. now he's facing another battle, to regain his strength and states of identity. translation: there were a lot of drones flying over my position and one dropped a grenade to root directly into my trench. since we had a lot of ammunition it detonated and there was a wave of exclusion will dig my legs. up at the tourniquet on but we're under constant fire, i had to wait ten hours to be evacuated. once he was out _ ten hours to be evacuated. once he was out bullet _ ten hours to be evacuated. once he was out bullet was _

ten hours to be evacuated. once he was out bullet was told - ten hours to be evacuated. once he was out bullet was told the i he was out bullet was told the rest of his life he would be in a wheelchair for the prostatic limbs and re—at dilatation are hard to come by in a country still in the grip of war. but here at a clinic in maryland in the united states at least four ukraine soldiers have found hope and healing through a charitable donations.- hope and healing through a charitable donations. let's go. it's ve charitable donations. let's go. it's very hard _ charitable donations. let's go. it's very hard work. _ charitable donations. let's go. it's very hard work. but - charitable donations. let's go. it's very hard work. but i - charitable donations. let's go. it's very hard work. but i can l it's very hard work. but i can do it. , ., , ., do it. the first time that you were able — do it. the first time that you were able to _ do it. the first time that you were able to put _ do it. the first time that you were able to put legs - do it. the first time that you were able to put legs on, i do it. the first time that you i were able to put legs on, what was that feeling like? translation: it felt like when you haven't eaten for a long time and finally you have food. it was a huge joy. i was on top of the world. it was a huge 'oy. i was on top of the world._ it was a huge 'oy. i was on top of the world. and that's why he does it. of the world. and that's why he does it- for _ of the world. and that's why he does it. for decades _ of the world. and that's why he does it. for decades he - of the world. and that's why he does it. for decades he helped| does it. for decades he helped countless us soldiers wounded in iraq and afghanistan to walk again. even he could not fathom what he saw in ukraine. the numbers — what he saw in ukraine. the numbers we're _ what he saw in ukraine. the numbers we're told - what he saw in ukraine. the numbers we're told are 50 times the number that the united states_ the number that the united states suffered in 20 years of wan — states suffered in 20 years of wan so — states suffered in 20 years of war. so the war is not letting

uu we — war. so the war is not letting up. we were told there's about 100,000 amputees put it when i was lasting cheap we went to the hospitals and it was just full of— the hospitals and it was just full of combat injuries. —— key~ — full of combat injuries. —— key. they— full of combat injuries. —— key. they couldn't take care of their— key. they couldn't take care of their own _ key. they couldn't take care of their own civilian patient population, the military had taken — population, the military had taken over the hospital. it's just— taken over the hospital. it's just staggering, the numbers. so staggering that western military surgeons say they haven't seen injuries on the scale since world war ii. meaning ukraine will have to adapt to meet the needs of their wort wounded. this is one way. he was also injured in eastern ukraine. today he uses a prostatic leg and now he's learning to make them. together they will open a new treatment centre like this one in the us backin centre like this one in the us back in kyiv. i centre like this one in the us back in kyiv-_ back in kyiv. i will be able to hel m back in kyiv. i will be able to help my brother. _ back in kyiv. i will be able to help my brother. so - back in kyiv. i will be able to help my brother. so much i back in kyiv. i will be able to | help my brother. so much my brother now his legs, his arms,

unfortunately. but it will be my small part to help them. among the three—year—old, the youngest to be treated here. his physical therapist says his sheer great and determination means the progress he made it just weeks will usually take a year. and now he's headed home. translation: i don't how to describe this emotion. some kind of the elation. to live a full life as a normal person, maybe i can even serve again in another branch and be helpful. and so he will return back to the country he defended to stand proudly on ukrainian soil once again. helena humphrey filed that report and she joins me on set now. helena, we saw from your report ukraine is clearly facing a huge challenge in terms of looking after people who have suffered life changing injuries. what more do we know about how

they are going about it? the scale of the challenges unprecedented as you saw, many young people affected in that report. we were telling the story of a small number of soldiers. this situation is being replicated right across ukraine among people who served but also the civilian population. it's a situation that won't be changing anytime soon, particularly when you look at how russia is carrying out this war. the fact that you've got a heavy reliance in use of drones, all experts i spoke to say this will take decades to clear all of that unexploded ordinance and drones. in the meantime you've got a country which will have to adapt to the needs of the people who have suffered these life—changing injuries in ukraine. they are more used to dealing with older people who might require invitation and would then remain enter wheelchair. here you could see young men, they've got their whole lives ahead of them. remarkably a lot of soldiers say they want to go back to the

front line even after undergoing these life—changing injuries. due to the complex nature of some of these applications that will be possible. how do you make sure that they do? his dream is to walk his three—year—old daughter to school, to hold her for that limbs are really good way of doing that. but they are expensive. you also need physical therapy. that's what you've got people like mike corcoran who's got that expertise with us veterans. he's going to ukraine, his training people how to do that physical therapy and how to make those prostatic limbs. so people can see people making those limbs, they can be made by people who are wearing them, who are using them. he wanted to be entirely constructed of glass, the workshop so people in ukraine can look in ncn, people like them having a fulfilling life even after going through a life—changing injury. of course ukraine it is a massive challenge particularly when it still in

the grip of war. fascinating work. helena _ the grip of war. fascinating work. helena humphrey, i the grip of war. fascinating i work. helena humphrey, thank you so much for that. the usjustice department declined to pursue charges against attorney general merrick garland. it comes just two days after the republican—controlled us house of representatives voted to hold mr garland in contempt of congress for refusing to turn over audio recordings of president biden. the president asserted executive privelege over those tapes. nasa and boeing are now targeting june 22nd for the starliner test mission to return from the international space station. it was originally meant to return one week after blasting offjune 5th with two astronauts on board. nasa did not give a reason for the delay, but said it will allow for more testing. this is the second time the return has been delayed. and comes days after five helium leaks on the spacecraft were discovered. that is it for the moment. thank you for watching. stay with us here on bbc news.

hello. if you're not impressed with whatjune has brought us so far weather wise, i suspect this weekend will do very little to change your view. further showers in the forecast, albeit with some spells of sunshine in between. a rather cool feel for the time of year. the earlier satellite picture from friday shows clumps of shower cloud circulating around the centre of an area of low pressure. and this will be our weather maker throughout the weekend with bands of showers or longer spells of rain, albeit with some spells of sunshine in between. you can see we start saturday morning with some slices of sunshine, but some showers from the word go. some of those are going to be heavy, perhaps thundery. the showers could show up just about anywhere. some brisk winds across both the north and the south of the uk. in fact, through the english channel, we could see gusts of 40 miles per hour or more, at least where it's windy. the showers will move through pretty quickly with light winds. parts of northern ireland, southern scotland, northern england will see slow moving showers and those

temperatures at best between 13 and 17 degrees. so our low still with us through saturday night. and this little weather system here will bring a clump of heavy and persistent rain southwards across scotland, getting down into parts of northern ireland's and perhaps the far north of england by the start of sunday morning. we'll start sunday with temperatures around eight to 11 degrees. a sunshine and showers story again for most of us on sunday. but with this band of more persistent rain sinking its way down across northern ireland, affecting southwest scotland into the north of england, those showers where they do crop up across southern and eastern parts of england particularly could again be heavy and thundery i4 particularly could again be heavy and thundery. 14 degrees for stornoway, maybe 19 degrees for hull and for london. so perhaps just a little bit warmer. into monday sunshine and showers once again, although with quite a lot of cloud, i suspect across northern and western parts. 21 degrees possible across the southeast corner. and as we look further ahead, well, there are some signs that at least for a while,

things might try to settle down with this ridge of high pressure just trying to topple its way in, but signs are it may not last, it may not hold on for all that long with areas of wet weather returning by the end of the week and while temperatures may climb a little, there's certainly no heat wave on the way.

this is just incredible. the caribbean — a collection of 7,000 islands set in shimmering seas, with some of the best beaches and marine life in the world. it's home to over 45 million people, and a mix of cultures, music and natural wonders. but this oceanic environment is as fragile as it is beautiful,