peace talks with russia "tomorrow" if moscow were to withdraw troops from his country. and china's premier continues a tour of australia aimed at repairing trade and diplomatic ties. hello, i'm helena humphrey. it's good to have you with us. israel's prime minister is criticising his own generals after they said troops will pause the offensive on gaza to let aid into the territory. the israeli defense forces announced on sunday that they will take "tactical pauses" in a part of southern gaza. the eleven—hour daytime pause only applies to a road that leads northwards from the kerem shalom crossing, the main place where aid convoys can cross into gaza. the army is said to have told prime minister benjamin netanyahu that fighting against hamas in rafah will not stop, but mr netanyahu reportedly called the move "unacceptable".

he is under strong pressure from far—right members of his coalition government to reject any pauses in the conflict until hamas is totally defeated. in a sign of further tension between the israeli army and those far—right parties, the army's chief of staff said sunday there is a "clear need" to conscript ultra—orthodox jewish israelis, who are currently exempt from military service. that's a change mr netanyahu's coalition partners firmly oppose. sunday marks the festival of eid al—adha, one of islam's holiest days. there was a notable lull in fighting with gaza's hamas—run civil defence agency telling the afp news agency that quote "calm has prevailed across all of gaza". lucy williamson reports from jerusalem. allahu akbar. in gaza, they stood to pray in places with little else left standing. allahu akbar. the festival after eid al—adha marking

another milestone in this war, those for whom conflict and celebration are new, those who have lived through them many times before. translation: for all muslims, eid means sacrificing animals i to shed blood. but this eid, there are no sacrificed animals. now, we sacrifice ourselves, we sacrifice our own bodies. agencies warn that a lack of aid is causing acute malnutrition in gaza. today, confusion over a limited daily truce announced by the army along a key aid route. it sparked fury from israel's far—right ministers and a rapid army response to say the fighting in gaza wouldn't stop. but the costs of this war are also pressing on israel's prime minister. 11 soldiers killed in gaza yesterday. his instruction to dismantle the hamas army has left his soldiers still facing a guerrilla war.

translation: when the price is so heavy, we will remember what we are fighting for. we're fighting to ensure our existence and our future. we are fighting to return all our hostages. mr netanyahu's room for manoeuvre on gaza is narrowing. protesters last night called again for an end to the war. but ending it now probably means an end to his government. and the rhetoric over gaza is straining to mask the reality of his choices. caught between his promise of total victory and the prospect of a forever war. lucy williamson, bbc news, jerusalem. as we've been reporting, tensions escalated this week between israel and hezbollah, an islamist armed group based in lebanon. on sunday night, the white house announced it is sending a senior official to the region to try to calm the situation. deputy special assistant to the president, amos hochstein — seen here on a visit to saudi arabia in 2022 — will fly to israel on monday for meetings

with top officials. the biden administration has long expressed concern that the israel—gaza war could spread further in the region. president volodymyr zelensky says ukraine would hold peace talks with russia quote "tomorrow" were moscow to pull its troops out of all ukrainian territories. a two—day summit in switzerland aimed at bringing peace to ukraine wrapped up on sunday. dozens of countries committed to ukraine's territorial integrity, but the names of several countries were notably absent from the final communique. russia was not invited to the conference, but mr zelensky says the results of the summit will be communicated to moscow. our eastern europe correspondent sarah rainsford sent this report from the summit. it was to this swiss mountain retreat that politicians came this weekend to talk peace, to discuss ending the biggest conflict in europe since the second world war. thank you very much. what they achieved was a joint declaration affirming ukraine's right not to be invaded.

but some, including saudi arabia and india, didn't sign up. volodymyr zelensky is still hailing a great success, arguing the world must meet russia's full—scale invasion with full—scale diplomacy. are you worried that international support for ukraine on the battlefield — to win this on the battlefield — is weakening, and that's why you're talking peace? translation: it is not because we are weakerj that we are talking about peace. we've always called for peace. at the peak of war, we were talking about peace. we wanted the world to pressure russia to end the war and stop killing us. but ukraine's forces are under pressure on the battlefield and, ahead of the summit, vladimir putin issued his own peace proposal that was, in fact, a call for capitulation. instead, kyiv is trying to seize the initiative. the talks here focused on the easier issues to agree

on, like the need to return soldiers and civilians from russian captivity. i was beaten and tortured every day, twice. maksym was held for 11 months but he told me attempts to hammer out a peace plan now is not about abandoning the fight. we have enough people. we have enough real — we have enough brave to fight — to fight, and wejust need weapon. ukraine didn't get the unreserved support here it was hoping for but it did get the chance to stress its key message — that russia only understands strength on the battlefield, or in diplomacy. sarah rainsford, bbc news, lake lucerne. for more on this, i spoke with andrew d'anieri, a resident fellow at the atlantic council's eurasia center. andrew, thank you forjoining us here on bbc news.

now, one of the aims of this summit was to engage countries, perhaps, with closer ties to russia. but if you take a look at the finaljoint communique which was signed, you've got countries like india, saudi arabia, for example, south africa not signing it. what did you make of that? i mean, it's really interesting. we saw i think it was about 101 countries, international organisations and observer states join for this peace summit, which really, i think, takes the name from ukraine's peace formula, and the main focus of the summit wasn't to come up with some agreement but was to get broad agreement on three principles, which was ukraine's rights, not only to territorial integrity but for nuclear safety in ukraine, especially with the largest nuclear reactor in europe there, to advocate for the release of all prisoners and the exchange of prisoners and the release of ukrainian children

who are in russia, in addition to safety of navigation in the black sea and an agreement against the weaponisation of grain — all of which russia has done. and so, i think we saw similar dynamics — have sat on the sidelines for quite a while here. india, for example, taking advantage of russia and being able to buy their energy at lower prices. so, i think it is disappointing to see india and brazil and other countries not sign on but that shouldn't distract us from 78 other countries signing on to this agreement from ukraine. well, let's unpack a little bit the different iterations and versions, then, if peace plans. before the summit, president putin came out saying essentially, there could be peace if ukraine were to withdraw its own troops from areas that russia has occupied. volodymyr zelensky saying today instead that if russia, if they pulled out all their troops,

there could be peace talks on monday, he said. and both men do appear pretty immovable in their stances. so, what do you think that says overall about where any potential for peace could be? how far away from that point we could be? yeah, it's really interesting. you hear analysts and experts and politicians on both sides of the atlantic and around the world saying, "0h, "we should have peace in ukraine, "we should just have some compromise" — but as putin laid out, that compromise is giving him a loaded gun and having him promise not to shoot. it hasn't worked in the past and it doesn't appear that putin would make good on that sort of agreement. and so, the ukrainian position is, basically, "we want peace. "we want all our territory that is rightfully ours "from international borders from 1991" and to not have russian soldiers and weapons on their territory — which, under international law, is a perfectly reasonable way to go about defending oneself

from an aggressive war. and so, i think the main thing that we should take from all of this is that putin's designs on ukraine have not diminished. he still aims to subjugate ukraine and could even go further than that. and on the ukrainian side, they just want to defend their territory, defend their people because they know the horrors that exist under russian occupation. let's touch a little on the situation on the battlefield. president zelensky said at that summit, speaking to reporters, that he believed that this situation had stabilised, he said, in kharkiv. but are you concerned that russia could actually launch an offensive on another front? absolutely. and i think we should keep a watchful eye on the kharkiv battlefield, the kharkiv direction there. just because the situation has stabilised doesn't mean russia's not a threat. we've seen that russia can launch these so—called �*glide bombs' that are really difficult for air defences to defend against — in civilian areas, especially. and so, i think the way

to blunt any further russian offensive is to give ukraine more license to strike russian military installations within russian borders. we saw the us and other allied countries allow ukraine to strike russian positions with some weapons but they haven't given the go—ahead on all the weapons that we've provided, especially long—range rocket systems like atacms. they could strike exactly at these kind of russian training centres, tank battalions as well, and the locations from which russia is sending bombs at women, children and families. lastly, andrew, when we take a look at the week that was for g7, some key commitments for ukraine, including that security deal for the united states. but if we also take a look at some comments that we have heard from donald trump at a rally this saturday, he said that, essentially, he would make sure that when it comes to us support, he would have that settled were

he to be in office once again. how much of a concern do you see that as being for ukraine? it's absolutely a concern. trump has gone kind of back and forth on what he thinks about ukraine to some extent. we had back when we were battling it out in congress for the ukraine supplemental, trump tweeted that ukraine — support for ukraine was important to the united states and thart allowed the package to go through. and then, we saw his comments most recently about — which are along the lines of his quote that he would end the war in one day. ithink, you know, trump is someone who is long on rhetoric but is always uncertain in his actions. i think it's unlikely that us policy would improve dramatically under a trump presidency, but we don't know exactly what the contours of that would look like. but in any case, the prospect of a trump presidency does, i think, place a premium on getting ukraine the support they need right now to help defend themselves

and defeat russia and kick russian soldiers out of ukrainian territory. around the world and across the uk, this is bbc news. let's look at another story making news. the uk shadow health secretary wes streeting has said he would have liked more ambition in labour's plans for social care. in an interview on sunday, he acknowledged that successive governments of all parties had failed to deal with problems in the care sector. a leading health think tank warns the nhs is facing its tightest spending limits in decades. the bbc�*s hannah miller has more on the major pa rties' spending plans. both labour and the conservatives have signed up to a plan to bring in thousands more staff to the nhs, which would require funding to increase significantly — to almost £200 billion by 2028. but this is the level of funding they've allocated in their manifestos — around £20 billion less. the nuffield trust says it amounts to tougher spending plans than even

during austerity. the liberal democrats have pledged very slightly more. but the pledged figure from the liberal democrats for nhs spending doesn't include their separately costed pledge to provide free personal care for older or disabled people. you're live with bbc news. australia's prime minister anthony albanese and chinese premier li qiang have been meeting in canberra. it's part of a first visit to australia by a chinese premier in seven years. the two leaders have been discussing trade and diplomatic ties, along with regional security issues. earlier, mr li made an offer to adelaide zoo to send australia two new pandas. the two pandas already at the zoo are due to return home. the chinese premier's trip has also included a tour of winemakers in the famed barossa valley in south australia. beijing recently lifted tariffs on australian wine. i spoke about the visit and the recent years of rocky relations between china and australia with bbc correspondent katy

watson in sydney. 2017 when china was accused of interference here in australia and china responded by ending diplomatic visits and then in 2020 the previous government here in australia wanted an investigation into the origins of covid—19 and that angered china and china responded by banning certain inputs such as wind, as you said, and beef, and that's been, you know, there have been trying to get back on track now with the prime minister albanese when he came he wanted to have a more stable relationship, but ignoring some of the more difficult issues, such as human rights issues, and that's something that he has maintained he will be talking about so certainly trying to rebuild that relationship and make it work as best as possible, given that china is australia's largest trade partner and china wants to have a relationship with australia comes to issues such as natural resources. these two countries want to try to make this work. katy watson.

the us conference of catholic bishops has issued a formal apology for the church's role in mistreatment and trauma inflicted on native american communities. from 1819 to 1969, a us government programme of forced assimilation saw hundreds of thousands of indigenous american children taken from their families and sent to boarding schools, dozens of which were run by the catholic church. survivors have reported mental, physical and sexual abuse. in a document released on friday, the us conference of catholic bishops acknowledged the harm the church caused to native americans, writing, "the family systems of many indigenous people never fully recovered from these tragedies which often led to broken homes harmed by addiction, domestic abuse, abandonment and neglect". for more, i spoke to christine diindiisi mccleave, former ceo of the national native american boarding school healing coalition. christine, thank you very much for taking the time and being with us on bbc news.

you are the descendent of boarding school survivors. what does this apology from the us conference of catholic bishops mean to you? it — it is an acknowledgement that is a long time coming but, frankly, it doesn't mean anything without any actions behind it. and in terms of those actions, what is it that you would like to see? i think that there needs to be a true acknowledgement of the harms that were done. i briefly read through the document and a lot of what they're talking about is the doctrine of discovery, spanish conquistadores, and there is no acknowledgement of the real abuses that happened in catholic indian boarding schools, and that is a lack of accountability and a lack of true justice. i know it can, of course, be difficult to talk about some of those abuses, but if you don't mind, could you tell us about what members of your family,

other people in the community, have had to endure? yes. i've heard many boarding school survivors' stories and my grandfather, who went to a catholic indian boarding school, was subjected to something that is pretty common from survivors to talk about, called the �*belt line', where they had to run down of the middle of two rows of students holding belts. those students were forced to hit the child running down the middle with their belts, and my grandfather was subjected to that same punishment. i understand there is also concern — concern has been raised about sexual abuse also going on in these boarding schools. is that something you have heard about, talking to people in the community? absolutely. my grandfather actually really didn't want to talk about boarding schools and what happened to him there, so i don't know if he experienced sexual abuse but i have certainly heard many boarding school survivors talk

about that and, frankly, it seemed more significant, more prolific within these boarding schools that were run by the catholic churches and other churches. so, you said that this acknowledgement, it doesn't go far enough and you would also like to see further actions. just tell us more about what accountability would look like in your mind. i think, in terms of the catholic church holding itself accountable, that is difficult. but there is a way in which they can participate in truejustice. i think turning over their records and letting — letting those be shared, participating in the current investigation that is taking place through the department of the interior. i think there really needs to be accountability in terms of the abuse that their staff —

either nuns or priests — subjected the children to. and right now, all we have is the survivors' accounting and in some cases, those survivors of abuse are being obstructed from pursuing justice due to special laws, such as the state of south dakota that has changed in statute of limitations to limit survivors from coming forward. so, i think the catholic church has a lot of different things that it can do to participate in true justice and accountability. you spoke about the situation of your grandfather but more broadly, what is the lasting impact, the generational impact, of these abuses? i hear about it all the time. i'm no longer the executive running this national coalition i have transitioned my career into another area.

i am a doctoral student and i am looking at using psychedelic medicines for healing, particularly in native american communities — and i see and hear about boarding school trauma all the time in my current work. cuts 0ut members, native americans. we live with this legacy. it impacts every single area of our life because oftentimes, boarding schools are talked about as a symbol of colonialism. it's more than just a boarding school experience, it's assimilation, forced conversion, genocide, ethnocide, the taking of our way of life, the taking of our language, and making our spiritual ways and practices illegal and demonising them, and there is just so many

impacts that haven't been addressed and that are really impacting our lives and our vitality and our health and our wellbeing to this day. in 2020, you were instrumental in writing the truth and healing commission on indian boarding school policy act. what has the response been to that bill? the work continues. the bill has been introduced a few different times and is currently in congress. there are two bills — one in the house and one in the senate — and we're still hoping to see a national truth commission in this country. canada had its truth commission and the united states has yet to have this reckoning, this accounting, of what the exact harms were — how many children went to the boarding schools, how many went missing, how many children are buried in these boarding school cemeteries. we deserve to know and we have a right to know. let's turn to some other important news around the world. jordan's foreign ministry says

at least 1a of its citizens have died during the hajj pilgrimage in saudi arabia due to intense heat. according to the afp news agency, the iranian red crescent confirmed that five iranian pilgrims had also died, but did not specify how. french police fired tear gas at an anti—far right demonstration in the city of lyon on sunday. it's one of the latest protests ahead of snap elections in france next month. the prince and princess of wales released an official photograph to mark father's day on sunday. the picture — taken by catherine on a beach in norfolk, england, — shows prince william wearing a baseball cap with his arms around his three children. our culture correspondent charlotte gallagher has more. it's a really sweet picture. as you said, it's taken in norfolk on a beach. the family members — so, the prince of wales and his three children, prince louis, prince george and princess charlotte — have their

backs to the camera, they're looking out to sea, they're all dressed very casually — prince william in a baseball cap and a hoodie. and then, the message that accompanies the photo is actually the first time the children have posted a message on social media. and it reads, "we love you, papa. "happy father's day". then, there's two little pink love heart emojis and then, they've got their three initials. so, a really lovely, sweet, casual, relaxed family photo. and emojis as well. it's not the only photo that's been released today, is it? no. so, prince william also issued a tribute to his father — who, of course, is king charles — and the photo is from 1984 and it's when prince william was a toddler. it's taken in the grounds of kensington palace and they're playing with a football — probably a nod to england's game today, i think. and itjust really shows you as well how royal photos have changed because the one that was taken by the princess of wales and posted today of the three children and their father is very relaxed, it's very casual. but the one from nearly a0 years ago is a lot more formal.

prince charles, as he was then, wearing a suit and shoes. you wouldn't probably see him back then doing a photo with a baseball cap on and a hoodie. and before we go, a look at the 77th annual tony awards recognising the best in broadway with performances from the casts of cabaret and the who's tommy, among others. winners included daniel radcliffe for best actor in a musicalfor his role in merrily we roll along, kecia lewis won for her performance in hell's kitchen, thejukebox musical set to the music of alicia keys. stereophonic won best play. the 0utsiders won best musical. you are watching bbc news. our colleagues in london take over. from all of us here in washington, good night. hello. sunday was a day of contrasts. we had some warmer weather than we've had for nearly two weeks where the sun shone —

22 degrees in southern areas — that's average, but a cool 12 degrees under that band of cloud and rain. now, that band of cloud and rain is all associated with this area of low pressure, which has been around since friday. thursday—friday, in fact, it's sinking southwards — the band of rain — as the low pressure starts to pull away. so, we will find that it turns a little lighter, the rain, as it drifts its way southwards but still a few heavy bursts on it, a lot of cloud and some mistiness over the hills. to the north of that, a few showers, but quite cool forjune and cool in southern areas. first thing might be a little bit of dawn mist, but some sunshine. now, gradually through the day, that band of rain will sink southwards and start to break up, so allowing some drier, brighter weather but could be the focal point for some of the heavy showers, rumbles of he thunder, and there will be quite a cluster of showers following on behind to scotland and northern ireland. but in contrast to sunday, temperatures will get to around about 17 or 18, and still pretty warm further south. and those sorts of temperatures around about the average.

it's not promised to dry — there'll still be a good scattering of heavy showers around — but at least with the strong june sunshine in between, we are seeing temperatures or realising temperatures where they should be for the time of year. but a subtle change to the northerly again across the northern half of the uk through sunday night and into — sorry — through monday night and into tuesday and so, it will be again a tad on the cool side tuesday morning. but we're watching developments also in the south. later monday and into tuesday, this could brush certainly cloud if not rain across the channel islands into the south of england. but this ridge of high pressure through the week should keep many places drier than they have been for a while and allow some more sunshine, so it'll feel warmer. but you can see the potential for the blanket of cloud across southern areas, possibly some rain. showers still with us, particularly in central and northern areas, one or two heavy ones as well on that northerly breeze, so it could actually be a bit cooler on tuesday again for northern scotland but again, not too bad — temperatures getting to around the average for the time of year. and that's the way it's set to stay for the rest of the week, but certainly

not promising it dry. there'll be some showers around and that risk of rain both for the north and the far south. so, you can, as ever, stay up to date on the website. but it does look a little drier and a little warmer as we go through this week.

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we will have the headlines for you at the top of the hour, which is straight after this programme. welcome to hardtalk from paris. i'm stephen sackur. president macron has sent political shock waves through france by calling for a snap parliamentary election, a decision prompted by the european election results disastrous for mr macron�*s centrist movement, a triumph for marine le pen's far—right party. my guest today is france's europe minister, jean—noel barrot. now, he's a macron ally, and he knows that the president's extraordinary gamble will have a huge impact, notjust on france but right across europe. question is, will it backfire?