people in the centre of gaza city say they are seeing some of the heaviest fighting since the war with israel began. and families face deportation from australia because of its laws on people with disabilities. it's 8:00 in the morning in singapore, and 8pm in washington dc where joe biden is coming under increasing pressure to drop out of the presidential race. more senior us democrats have publicly urged president biden to step down. congressman adam smith said if mr biden were to continue his campaign for re—election, it would be a mistake. earlier, the us president had insisted he's not going anywhere. our north america editor sarah smith reports from washington.

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haven't lost. _ same message. i'm not last, i haven't lost, i— same message. i'm not last, i haven't lost, i beat _ same message. i'm not last, i haven't lost, i beat him - same message. i'm not last, i haven't lost, i beat him last i haven't lost, i beat him last time, i'll do it this time. he did any potential rivals to try and topple. did any potential rivals to try and nipple-— did any potential rivals to try and topple. with anyone who should run — and topple. with anyone who should run against _ and topple. with anyone who should run against me, - and topple. with anyone who should run against me, go i should run against me, go ahead, announce for presidents. challenge me. i ahead, announce for presidents. challenge me-— ahead, announce for presidents. challenge me— challenge me. i will take more than this dough _ challenge me. i will take more than this dough to _ challenge me. i will take more than this dough to erase - than this dough to erase memories of that disastrous debate performance. dealing with everything _ debate performance. dealing with everything we _ debate performance. dealing with everything we have - debate performance. dealing with everything we have to i debate performance. dealing| with everything we have to do with... look... if... we finally beat medicare. i hear ou, i finally beat medicare. i hear you. i hear— finally beat medicare. i hear you, i hear you. _ finally beat medicare. i hear you, i hear you. the - finally beat medicare. i hear| you, i hear you. the wadeye spokeswoman _ you, i hear you. the wadeye spokeswoman faced - you, i hear you. the wadeye spokeswoman faced a - you, i hear you. the wadeye l spokeswoman faced a barrage you, i hear you. the wadeye - spokeswoman faced a barrage of gotchas about why an expert on parkinson's disease has visited the white house eight times in the white house eight times in the last year. has the white house eight times in the last year-— the last year. has the president _ the last year. has the president been - the last year. has the l president been treated the last year. has the - president been treated for parkinson's? is it being treated? no. is it taking medication for parkinson's? no. those of the things that i can give you full—blown answers on but i'm not going to confirm a

specialist, any specialist that comes to the white house. in a prime-time _ comes to the white house. in a prime-time interview _ comes to the white house. in a prime—time interview with abc news on friday, he said he didn't need to take a cognitive test and that no—one could proceed to stand down as a candidate. proceed to stand down as a candidate-— proceed to stand down as a candidate. ., ., ., candidate. no-one said that i should leave. _ candidate. no-one said that i should leave. but _ candidate. no-one said that i should leave. but if— candidate. no-one said that i should leave. but if they - candidate. no-one said that i should leave. but if they do? | should leave. but if they do? well, i'm _ should leave. but if they do? well, i'm not— should leave. but if they do? well, i'm not going - should leave. but if they do? well, i'm not going to - should leave. but if they do? well, i'm not going to do - should leave. but if they do? | well, i'm not going to do that. are you sure?— are you sure? yes, i'm sure. look, if— are you sure? yes, i'm sure. look, if the _ are you sure? yes, i'm sure. look, if the lord _ are you sure? yes, i'm sure. look, if the lord our - are you sure? yes, i'm sure. i look, if the lord our mighty... inaudible. look, if the lord our mighty... inaudible— look, if the lord our mighty... inaudible. . , ., ., inaudible. vice president kamal harris has been _ inaudible. vice president kamal harris has been steadfastly - harris has been steadfastly loyal as those who want mr button to step down a uniting around the idea that she should be the one to take over. no—one can force it but many will keep trying to persuade him to go. another democratic congressman has come out and said that he thinksjoe biden should step aside, adam smith said it is clear he can no longer struggling and particularly make his case to the american people. and so this weekjoe

biden will be fleeting for his political life at the same time as hosting that nato summit here in washington including a one—on—one meeting on wednesday with keir starmer and then on thursday, doing a rare, live press conference and that will very much be seen as another make or break moment for his campaign. i spoke to natalie andrews, a us congressional reporter for the wall streetjournal and asked her if the divisions over president biden's leadership can last until november. a lot of them are quite a saying that it cannot, unsustainable, you have several democrats were put out statements today and told reporters that the need to get in line, thatjoe biden one primary is, he is our guy, he wasn't challenged in the primaries in a way that made for ourfall primaries in a way that made for our fall some primaries in a way that made for ourfall some debate primaries in a way that made for our fall some debate at the time and some lawmakers say they feel like there was a little bit of a cover—up, therefore they didn't understand biden's condition and told debate and so they couldn't have made a good decision several months ago and teal saw him. he is going to be

tricky, the democratic convention is in mid august and that's whenjoe biden would formally become the party's nominee and a lot of lawmakers see that as being up against the clock, this is happening quickly. the clock, this is happening cuickl . �* v the clock, this is happening cuickl. �* v ., the clock, this is happening cuickl.�* �*, ., . quickly. biden's health concern are held -- _ quickly. biden's health concern are held -- front— quickly. biden's health concern are held -- front and _ quickly. biden's health concern are held -- front and centre, l are held —— front and centre, do we know what the reaction is or has been from trump and republicans? how do they see these events unfolding? we are seeinu these events unfolding? we are seeing republicans _ these events unfolding? we are seeing republicans be - these events unfolding? we are seeing republicans be quite - seeing republicans be quite quiet. they have a little sense of amusement as they walk by and see reporters huddled around democratic leaders offices with mikejohnson about the policy debate or latest republican fray so, we have seen several is returned back to washington to be used, the reporters are teasing after democrats and looking at them and we haven't seen donald trump in large numbers, they are letting democrats have two answer for this are letting democrats have two answerfor this moment and

are letting democrats have two answer for this moment and that i want to distract from it. here's our north america correspondent peter bowes on howjoe biden intends to fight back, especailly during the upcoming nato summit hosted by the us. they will be talking aboutjoe biden, that's the only topic it seems on the agenda for the democrats because this is their biggest crisis they could possibly face at this stage in the election cycle withjoe biden now, i think it's on four occasions over as many days, twice on friday, in a speech, television interview on another television interview on another television interview on another television interview under letter he sent to the democrats for them to digests and to discuss, saying the same message from joe biden, i am staying in this race, i believe i'm the only parts of the qualification to fight donald trump yet, this drab trip of concern from his fellow members to his party are now senior members of the house of representatives expressing concern especially what adam smith has been saying thatjoe biden cannot articulate the message that he believes he

cannot meet the burden of being the candidate in the next few months and that kamal harris would be a stronger candidate. there is no other issue that the democrats are going to be distracted by and saw this as a result. , �* ., , result. president biden has this duties, _ result. president biden has this duties, president - result. president biden has this duties, president of. result. president biden has i this duties, president ofjudah this duties, president ofjudah to attend to while this is all unfolding, he said to me the uk's new prime minister, which we expect there? the traditional— we expect there? the traditional first - we expect there? the l traditional first meeting between the new prime minister, keir starmer, of the uk and the american president of the day and traditional part, they will both express their friendship, their countries friendship, long enduring friendship between the two nations and how they will continue to work together to a common goal but there are clearly key issues that they are both concerned with at the moment, ukraine, the continuing war in ukraine, the continuing war in ukraine, the war in gaza, getting

hostages released on seven the framework release trying to get that ceasefire that's been discussed over the last few weeks. those are the two most significant issues right now, there will be discussing irani, nuclear weapons, climate change, the full raft of issues when they mean by clearly, i think the continuing destruction and more broadly with the nato meeting will be joe biden's personal position. well, as nato leaders gather in the us, russia has carried out a massive and deadly bombardment of ukrainian cities. at least 36 people have been killed and dozens more wounded, according to officials. in the capital kyiv, the main children's hospital has been largely destroyed. medical staff and emergency services have been trying to clear the rubble by hand to find survivors. five cities across the country have been attacked. but russia has denied targeting civilian infrastructure — insisting the strikes had been aimed at military facilities. our ukraine correspondentjames waterhouse sent us this report.

frantic desperation on a summer morning, people helping with bare hands at ukraine's largest children's hospital. even for a war—hardened city, this was a missile strike which broke the gruelling rhythm of the war. some of the young patients were being treated for cancer, already fighting for their lives. they illustrate how these attacks do not discriminate. translation: we were in the middle of surgery when the windows got shattered, the surgeon quickly covered the baby to save him. i want the world to stop this, these children are innocent. tatiana had a near miss. translation: we got here before it all started. then the search for survivors

stops for another missile alert. an underpass acts as a shelter this time. residential buildings were also hit in kyiv, here bodies were recovered. other cities were also attacked. on a visit to neighbouring poland, president zelensky promised retaliation. translation: beyond any doubt, we are going to rebuild everything that these terrorists have destroyed, and beyond any doubt, we are going to respond to these savages from russia. everybody who was injured will get the necessary help, and we pledge to work to bring russia tojustice. ukrainians often describe a daily wait on their shoulders, sirens sounding in cities like kyiv all the time, and occasionally explosions will follow, and occasionally it is a big one. now, you can see people singing as they are giving out water. attacks like this don't really

influence the battlefield, but what they are designed to do is terrorise and suppress the ukrainian people. for a second time, rescue teams have to find cover due to another air alert. only on this occasion, they sing the ukrainian national anthem. a dark day for a city still defiant. james waterhouse, bbc news, kyiv. our russia editor steve rosenberg has reaction on the attacks from moscow. well, the russian military today said what it normally says — we do not target civilians. we did target military industrial sites and air bases. and as for the destruction in kyiv, it blamed that on a ukrainian air defence missile. now, ukraine insists that it found remnants of a russian cruise missile. now, what has the russian president been saying about these devastating attacks? absolutely nothing in public. i mean, earlier this afternoon, russian television showed

vladimir putin marking what is known here as the day of russian family and love. and then his guest arrived, the prime minister of india. now it was prime minister modi who told vladimir putin to his face two years ago that this was not a time for war. and i wonder what mr modi will have been saying to vladimir putin tonight in the light of these attacks. but really, this is one of those days where i feel most acutely the chasm here between reality and appearance, because only on friday i was in the kremlin listening to vladimir putin, claiming to be committed to a diplomatic solution to the war in ukraine. and three days later, dozens of russian missiles launched at ukraine tell a different story. as we heard, narendra modi is in moscow this week.

it's his first foreign trip since winning re—election last month, and his first bilateral summit with president putin since 2021 before russia's invasion of ukraine. i'm joined in the studio by karthik nachiappan, research fellow at the institute of south asian studies at the national university of singapore. thank you forjoining me this morning. what's your take on mr modi and why his chosen moscow as his first port of call since being re—elected? as his first port of call since being re-elected?_ as his first port of call since being re-elected? indian prime minister have _ being re-elected? indian prime minister have chosen _ being re-elected? indian prime minister have chosen the - minister have chosen the neighbourhood for their first visit but a modi has picked rusher. i think there's a couple of reasons,, it's the signal that russia's policy partner and not to show russia matters. second, ithink partner and not to show russia matters. second, i think india is a state that balances relationships both in the east and the west. and you've seen that in several ways of the last few years, arranger modi was in the g7, a very close partnership with washington and equally important relationship

with russia. and just as you see europe and the united states experienced different kinds of political struggles, it makes sense for arranger modi to deepen and invest russian relationship right now at a fluid moment. —— narendra modi. and a third reason is china. india is deeply concerned of the closer russia china relationship and where that's going and this is an opportunity to sensitise moscow of these concerns. and to ensure that russia will remain committed to india if any issues or crises erupt between india and china. we issues or crises erupt between india and china.— issues or crises erupt between india and china. we have been re-uortin india and china. we have been reporting on — india and china. we have been reporting on was _ india and china. we have been reporting on was because - reporting on was because leaders attacks on ukraine, we saw images of the hospital that was struck earlier, india has been keen to stay neutral when it comes to this conflict and keep doing business with russia, that's it to continue. it will continue. i think india and prime minister modi has stated that it's not along for war, it is an errorfor war,

india would like towards and an end soon but it's not a position to affect the outcome because russia is not in a position to end the war, it is in a position of strength and it looks like it's winning the war and india it looks like it's winning the warand india cannot it looks like it's winning the war and india cannot force an outcome that russia doesn't want. and you saw this at the recent year greenpeace summit in switzerland, india was one of the seven countries that did not sign the communicate because it wanted both sides to because it wanted both sides to be part of a peace plan. india is concerned about the economic effects, oil, food, inflation and the energy and oil aspect in particular have considerably written of the last few years because india is growing fast and it needs more energy for its economy and russia is a partner that is able to provide that right now. and finally, it is china. we come down to china and the fact that the india china relationship has been deteriorating, india needs russia diplomatically and

russia diplomatically and russia needs an india diplomatic is well in nation to balance against china.- balance against china. let's sta on balance against china. let's stay on that _ balance against china. let's stay on that and _ balance against china. let's stay on that and what - balance against china. let'sl stay on that and what rushes needs out of this relationship, can you elaborate?— needs out of this relationship, can you elaborate? russia and putin is, as — can you elaborate? russia and putin is, as i _ can you elaborate? russia and putin is, as i mentioned, - can you elaborate? russia and| putin is, as i mentioned, seem to be in a position of strength. he is interested in the blue medically expanding as options, in asia. he was in vietnam recently, he was north korea but in the indo—pacific theatre, the biggest price is india. and russia, iwould suspect does not want to get too close to china itself and it needs partners that i can balance against china and india is the most important diplomatic partner in that respect. so investing, reinvesting and committing to india is important for rusher to remain a key act in asia. lots at stake. thank you very much for coming in and sharing your views. around the world and across the uk, this is bbc news.

you're live with bbc news. hamas has said israel's most recent military offensive in gaza city could push the ceasefire talks that are due to resume in qatar this week — "back to square one" and that prime minister netanyahu would be solely to blame for a potential collapse of the talks. palestinians in gaza city — in the north of the strip — say they have experienced one of the most intense israeli bombardments since israel launched its war on hamas after the group's 7 october attack. people say columns of israeli tanks are advancing into the city centre from different directions. the gaza civil emergency service says it believes several people have been killed. these pictures are of the al—ahli baptist hospital in gaza city — it's now deserted after being evacuated, with its patients taken to the already overcrowded indonesian hospital — one of the only functioning hospitals left. before the assault, the israeli army issued evacuation orders for several neighbourhoods in the centre of the city. but one of the areas that has come under the most intense assault was not included. more evacuation orders have since been issued.

our correspondent injerusalem, sebastian usher has more on these developments. in direct talks between israel and hamas, a ceasefire deal in the release of remaining hostages in gaza should begin within the next 48 hours, that's what a senior palestinian official has told the bbc. they been preparatory talks in cairo between the heads of a spy agency of us, israel and egypt. all of this is pointing towards a greater sense of height, creditors of the men term, such a deal may be possible but those involved are warning that this could still take weeks but there are difficult issues that lie ahead. all of this is happening as in gaza itself, in gaza city, more and more palestinians are receiving evacuation orders from the israeli army to leave the areas where they have taken shelter

as the israeli military expands its new assault, the tanks have surrounded the centre of the city and we've had thousands of people already on the move from one part of the city over the last two weeks, we've now had three evacuation orders in just under two weeks in gaza city, the sense that almost every palestinian there now could be on the move and that the ability for them to find shelter is becoming more and more difficult, one of the people that we spoke to said that there was really only one route now that they could take which is to go north towards the port but even there, basic supplies, the finding it difficult to find water to give them to their families, the situation on the ground remains desperate, the situation diplomatically for the moment has become more hopeful. australia is a migration nation — a third of its population was born abroad and it prides itself on its multiculturalism. but there's a significant exception — disabled people or those with medical

conditions. the rules are so strict that many foreigners with disabilities or medical conditions are often denied an australian visa — and those already living in australia face the threat of being made to leave. campaigners are pressuring ministers over policies that the un has labelled as discriminatory. our australia correspondent katy watson now reports from perth in western australia. oh, good shot! he's onlyjust learned to walk, but little luca is already kicking a ball like a pro. you scored! high five. born in australia, this is home. mum laura and dad dante moved from scotland to work in jobs that australia desperately needs. laura trained as a nursery teacher. dante is a painter decorator, but the life they've built here could be pulled from them in an instant. luca was born with cystic fibrosis. because of that, they've been told they can't stay here permanently. according to australia, he's a burden. i was devastated. like, i think i cried for like a week because ijust

thought like, you know, ijust feel really, really sorry for him. like, he'sjust a defenceless 2.5—year—old. and, you know, hejust doesn't deserve to be discriminated in that way. the sticking point is luca's treatment. australia says it would cost around $1.3 million. the family are now appealing against the decision to not give them a permanent visa. if they lose, they'll have to leave the country. it's like we're here for you when you need us, but you know, when the roles are reversed and we need you, it's like, no, sorry. costs too much money, go away. you go back to your own country. even though we've lived in and paid into your country for the last eight years, it'sjust... it's a bit, just a bit heartbreaking. sometimes, you know, you've got to pinch yourself and realise you're getting paid to do it. australia is actively looking for migrant workers to fill skills gaps. police forces across the country want british officers to sign up, making up just some of the 30,000 brits who moved to australia last year. are you having butter? no. claire is hoping

to be one of them. she's worked for the police in london for 21 years. still living in the uk, she now has two job offers in australia, but she's been told she won't get a visa. her younger daughter, darcy, has down syndrome. when i first applied, i had hoped that it wouldn't be an issue because she doesn't have any medical problems. she's fit and she's healthy and she goes to school and she participates in clubs and all of that sort of stuff. so i had hoped that it would be ok. it's a bit bittersweet, really, because the likelihood of me being granted a visa is pretty much zero. it doesn't matter whether you were born here or how long you've lived here. it comes down to maths and viewing a disabled person as a burden, as opposed to looking at what people can contribute. it's an attitude that the un is concerned about, warning that australia could be discriminating against disabled migrants and their families. these are the things that we want the government to implement to bring about changes to the migration health requirement. immigration lawyerjan gothard

is part of a group called welcoming disability. they're calling for an overhaul of the law to make it easier for disabled migrants, or those with health conditions, to move to australia. if we say to people with disability, you're not welcome here, we're saying not implicitly but directly to people living with disability in this country, "you are not welcome here either", you know. given the opportunity, we would rather not have, you know... —— we would rather not have you. nora and danny are hoping to win their case on compassionate grounds. the immigration minister wouldn't give us an interview. their department did say, though, the government was reviewing the health requirements, perhaps making it easier for children like luca to continue their lives here. katy watson, bbc news in perth. finally, some stunning pictures from the deserts of chile. the sand dunes of the atacama desert, the driest on the planet, have been blanketed by white and purple blooms after early rains caused flowers to spring up in the dead of the southern hemisphere winter. the weather phenomenon known as el nino is believed responsible for the recent heavy rains. early blooming of the atacama

last happened in 2015. those are some stunning pictures and before we go here on newsday, one a day about what's coming up on business today where we will give you an update on the latest trials and tribulations that have been encountering a boeing and this time, it involves those masks that drop down and give the oxygen, all the details coming away on business today, next. —— business today. bye for now. hello. a fairly unsettled spell ofjuly weather is set to continue. more rain on the cards over the next few days. let's take a look at the expected accumulations. and you can see blue colours really across the map. so we're all going to see a little bit of rain

between tuesday and thursday. this is probably the wettest spot. parts of eastern scotland, north—east england. we could see more than 60mm on top of the highest ground. so on tuesday band of rain moves its way north. things are turning a little bit more humid towards the south. here's the low pressure that's drifting northwards through the overnight period into tuesday as well. and we've got this warm front pushing north. so that's going to introduce a bit more of a southeasterly flow of air and bring it temperatures certainly a little bit warmer, a bit more of a muggy feel in the south compared to recent days. let's take a look at tuesday morning. then by about 9:00 that rain will mostly have been easing from southern england, but still some showers. big puddles for the south west of england. south wales two. that bulk of the rain is sitting across parts of northern england into northern ireland, southern scotland, central and northern parts of scotland. seeing some sunshine to start your tuesday morning. but this area of rain, it's a frontal system, continues its progress north. these easterly winds quite blustery, blowing in across north—east england and eastern scotland as well. so pretty wet

if you're under that band of rain 15 or 16 degrees. but in the sunnier spells midlands perhaps getting up to around 21. few showers around across parts of southern and eastern england, so could be a little bit of light rain on tuesday at wimbledon, potentially on wednesday as well, but it won't be a washout. i think. any rainfairly showery in nature now moving through into wednesday, then we've still got this band of rain overnight sitting across scotland, parts of northern ireland, still seeing some wet weather potentially as well. look at those overnight temperatures, most of us between about 12 to 15 degrees. so we've got that humid air more widely across the uk as we head into wednesday. but low pressure still driving things so still bringing outbreaks of rain for northern and eastern scotland, some of that quite slow moving. so rainfall totals really mounting up here, some showers to also into northern ireland, perhaps one or two into the northwest of england. further south you're more likely to have a bit of a drier day with some more sunshine, but not completely dry anywhere, i think. top temperatures in the sunshine in the south up to about 22,

but still only ia or 15 in the north towards the end of the week, then we've still got another area of low pressure. looks like it will affect parts of southern, perhaps south—eastern england, so it's a bit up and down over the next few days really, but temperatures perhaps a little bit warmer, at least for a time than they have been.

america's aviation regulator will inspect over 2,000 boeing 737jets, amid concerns their oxygen masks could fail in an emergency. india's prime minister narendra modi has arrived in russia, in his first bilateral visit since winning a third term in office.

hello and welcome to business today. i'm steve lai. we begin with boeing. the main us aviation regulator has ordered the inspection of thousands of boeing 737 max planes, over concerns related to the oxygen masks aboard the jets. our north america business correspondent erin delmore has more on this latest probe. the federal aviation administration is acquiring operators to check the oxygen masks are as of 2600 aeroplanes. the job is to make sure the mask seven shift at a position which could potentially leave the out of passengers reach in an emergency. any necessary corrective actions needs to be completed at the march between 120 days. this is the latest sign of trouble for the now embattled aviation giant. earlier monday,

boeing agreed to plead guilty to a criminal conspiracy charge and paid millions