this is bbc news. the headlines: heightened tension in the middle east following saturday's rocket attack on the golan heights which killed 12 children playing football — israel blames the lebanese group hezbollah. uk chancellor rachel reeves, will announce billions of pounds of spending cuts, blaming a black hole in the uk's accounts left by the conservatives. they have expected to accept pager

with the government today. the world food programme says 4.4 million children under the age of five are acutely malnourished in northern nigeria. hello. i'm anita mcveigh. let's return to the middle east, where concerns are growing about an all—out war after 12 children and teenagers were killed at the weekend when a rocket fell on a football field in the israeli—occupied golan heights. the attack led israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu to return early from the united states to meet his cabinet, which has authorised him and his defence minister to decide when and how to retaliate. benjamin netanyahu benjamin neta nyahu has benjamin netanyahu has visited that site in the golan heights. let's speak to ha hellyer, he's a non—resident scholar at carnegie endowment for international peace.

thank you forjoining us. give us a sense in your view as to how quickly this situation could escalate, but of course that is the fear that this could escalate into an all—out regional conflict. could escalate into an all-out regional conflict.— could escalate into an all-out regional conflict. thank you for havinu regional conflict. thank you for having me- _ regional conflict. thank you for having me. the _ regional conflict. thank you for having me. the reality - regional conflict. thank you for having me. the reality is - regional conflict. thank you for having me. the reality is for i regional conflict. thank you for| having me. the reality is for the past ten months there has been the concern that the law of unintended consequences could lead the region into a full—scale regional war. at many points over the past ten months i think you have seen different actors being very reckless in retaliating against one another, but also underestimating how impossible it is to do calculator escalations the israelis have made a very clear there are going to strike lebanon and it will be soon. i wouldn't be surprised if it was in the coming hours. at the same time they do not

want because it is not one they are prepared for. in the golan heights, but we do know that israel will respond. the question will be can't they respond in a way that isn't going to tumble out of control in terms of consequences and reprisals from hezbollah. i do think we can be sure of that. i don't know what they have in mind or what is planned, but i think it is an incredibly risky step. you say it is very difficult to have a calculated escalation. because of that law of unintended consequences. you can never be sure what one action may lead to. tell us

more about the background to the golan heights, its strategic significance and the reason for the contentious mess around this part of the region. the contentious mess around this part of the reuion. ., contentious mess around this part of the reuion. . , contentious mess around this part of the reuion. ., , the region. the golan heights has occuied the region. the golan heights has occupied syrian _ the region. the golan heights has occupied syrian territory. - the region. the golan heights has occupied syrian territory. israel. occupied syrian territory. israel invaded it in 1967 and has occupied it ever since. they declared it annexed some years later. more or less the entirety of the international community recognises it as occupied territory and i am glad that the bbc continues to refer to it as the occupied golan heights because it is as occupied territory as gaza, the west bank, as east jerusalem and the sinai peninsula until the peace treaty between egypt and israel. all of these were territories that were taken in 1967. it frankly doesn't serve at the

moment strategic benefits. we move beyond that due to the advances in technology and so on. there are quite long—standing disputes around water and connection to water supplies, but this is an inheritance from the 1967 war. you have a largely druze population and they maintain quite strong connections to their syrian identity. it is peculiar to see how hezbollah would have targeted them. there is an israeli military installation in the golan heights. we israeli military installation in the golan heights.— israeli military installation in the golan heights. we are out of time. thank ou golan heights. we are out of time. thank you very _ golan heights. we are out of time. thank you very much. _

as we heard earlier, britain's new chancellor, rachel reeves, is expected to accuse the former conservative government of covering up the true state of the public finances as she sets out tough decisions on spending cuts. on taking office, ms reeves ordered officials to conduct a fresh assessment of public funding needs, which she will present to parliament ahead of her first formal budget statement later this year. live to westminster and our political correspondent helen catt. it is clearly not going to be an easy speech. clearly she is not having an opportunity to make any easy decisions, they will all be difficult by the side of things. i think we always knew that was likely to be the case. economists were saying that you have won the election was going to face difficult choices and at the time they accuse labour and the conservatives have not facing up to that situation. rachel reeves will argue later, all we —— we are expecting her to, is

that when they got the chance to look at the full books they got a few nasty surprises. she is expected to identify this £20 billion gap between the amount of tax that is coming in and the amount of spending that has been planned. that is being referred to as a black hole. why? because the road that rachel reeves has set herself as she cannot fill that gap by borrowing money. we are expecting to get from rachel reeves some of the first steps about how she will do that, things like making spending efficiencies, potentially cancelling some infrastructure projects, like some new hospitals and a road tunnel. the conservatives are pitching back strongly against this, saying this is a con laying the ground to raising taxes. more now on that breaking news this hour, that it's expected that the uk government and the doctors' union,

the bma, will announce thatrjunior doctors in england have struck an improved pay deal — it would spell an end to long—running strike action. our health correspondent nick triggle is here. we have just heard about some difficult spending conditions, but money has been found at this dispute with the doctors. it money has been found at this dispute with the doctors.— with the doctors. it has been a long-running _ with the doctors. it has been a long-running dispute. - with the doctors. it has been a long-running dispute. strike i with the doctors. it has been a - long-running dispute. strike started long—running dispute. strike started backin long—running dispute. strike started back in march last year and there have been 11 workouts since then. it does appear that the government and the british medical association negotiators have reached a deal. we understand it is worth over 20% on average over two years. junior doctors got 9% in 2023—24. that will be topped up by another 4% and this year they will get 6% and an extra 1,000 lump sun on top, which works out at over 20% for two years. this is what has been agreed by the

negotiators. they only started meeting last week and it has to be put to members of the british medical association, so the tens of thousands ofjunior doctors who have been involved in industrial action. it will be for them to decide if they agree to this deal, but it does seem a significant breakthrough. let's talk to professor linda yueh, author and economist at the university of oxford. good to have you with us. thank you for your time. what are you expecting from the speech from the chancellor today? she expecting from the speech from the chancellor today?— chancellor today? she will not announce _ chancellor today? she will not announce any _ chancellor today? she will not announce any taxes _ chancellor today? she will not announce any taxes but - chancellor today? she will not announce any taxes but i - chancellor today? she will not j announce any taxes but i think chancellor today? she will not - announce any taxes but i think she will announce, announce any taxes but i think she willannounce, it announce any taxes but i think she will announce, it has been pretty well previewed, cuts in spending. this is i suppose the first step to working out what can be captured. in the autumn we will hear about taxes to fill those gaps and probably our

five year or so spending review —— spending review. these fiscal rules is that she has to balance the books over the course of the parliament. i think today she is probably going to announce three different areas, public sector waste, coming back on consultancies and infrastructure projects. if you are progrowth agenda, you do need infrastructure as part of it. what she announces today that uber cup will be important. today that uber cup will be important-— today that uber cup will be important. today that uber cup will be imortant. ~ , ., ., ., today that uber cup will be imortant. , ., ., ., ., , important. why no mention of taxes toda ? not important. why no mention of taxes today? not announcing _ important. why no mention of taxes today? not announcing the - important. why no mention of taxes today? not announcing the tax - important. why no mention of taxes| today? not announcing the tax rises, civen today? not announcing the tax rises, given where — today? not announcing the tax rises, given where g _ today? not announcing the tax rises, given where g sat _ today? not announcing the tax rises, given where g sat in _ today? not announcing the tax rises, given where g sat in the _ today? not announcing the tax rises, given where g sat in the books, - today? not announcing the tax rises, given where g sat in the books, is . given where g sat in the books, is pretty inevitable, unfortunately. i think it is a sequence. the important thing is if you were to propose a change to the fiscal rules, you might remember new labour, they used to have a role

which allowed them to borrow to invest. if you could have a third fiscal rule and persuade the general public, taxpayers and other creditors that you are borrowing to invest in key infrastructure, that will give some fiscal headroom. another big test is weather the independent body the office for budget responsibility looks at the plans and says that will generate growth. that is quite key if you are going to try to convince all of us you are borrowing to invest. unfortunately, by ruling out tax increases on the three major categories, there is not a great deal of scope to increase taxes in other areas. there is some scope, i should say, but i think this is the challenge. today by setting out perhaps narrowing that gap, that gives her a little bit more room to work out how much tax she does

nature raise. when you raise taxes you have the potential of dampening growth. i think the sequence here is a chilly really important.— a chilly really important. linda, ureat to a chilly really important. linda, great to get _ a chilly really important. linda, great to get your _ a chilly really important. linda, great to get your analysis. - some news from the olympics, the great british team has won its first gold of the games. laura collett completing the final round of showjumping to wind that gold, back to back 0lympic titles for her in the eventing. a very tight contest against france, he takes over, while japan claimed the bronze. we will get more on that when we are back in paris a little later. around the world and across the uk. this is bbc news.

in northern nigeria 4.4 million children under the age of five

are acutely malnourished. the world food programme says that's more than double last year's figure. families are grappling with high food inflation and security concerns and many can no longer afford to feed their children. the bbc�*s madina maishanu has been to the main city of katsina state to find out more. this seven—month—old waiting line in this my nutrition clinic in katsina. it is run by doctors without borders. she lost her mother a few months ago. now her aunt will took her in, she is struggling to make enough on her own baby. on days that i find food, the babies can eat but on days i don't get to eat, they will keep sucking on my nipples and cry because of hunger. once a notice there is no milk. it hurts me to see other kids

looking chubby and healthy, but she keeps getting smaller by the day. that is why i brought her here. according to the world food programme, 2 million children under five were acutely malnourished in northern nigeria last year. that number has more than doubled to 4.4 million this year. msf say its services across the region are overwhelmed. seeing them in that condition does affect me mentally because you make all provisions for the patient to be better, yet still you have mortalities and patients will give up right in front of your eyes. jamela brought her baby to this my nutrition clinic a few days ago in desperation. after his body became swollen and the general hospital couldn't help. he became malnourished right after i weaned him from my breast. now we lack food.

we used to live in the village but bandits forced us to leave. my husband has to go out to look for a job. like jameela, most people in katsina are farmers. not only are they grappling with high inflation, making food less affordable, the region is gripped by long—standing security threats. many farmers have been driven off their land by bandits and have lost their livelihoods. even though there are no formal camps, some areas are used as informal camps, like this one in katsina. this area houses many people that were displaced at the outskirts due to the bandit issue. he is one of them. he used to own a huge productive farm on the outskirts of katsina. but after bandits repeatedly attacked his village, he and his large family fled to the city.

he now sends his older children out to look for work. we eat food once a day. we don't eat beans or vegetables. i wish i could go back to my farm, today or tomorrow. god willing. for someone who used to give away food now i am being assisted with food, that is enough reason for my heart to explode. a nigerian army spokesperson recently said they have re—strategise the national fight against the bandits to help farmers return to their land and in response to this report, katsina's deputy governor said the state is tackling hunger. the strategy we have embarked upon was procurement of assorted grains. which we sold at highly subsidised prices and there are some we gave out free.

we recently conducted operations in the front line local governments. we are able to clear most of the camps of the bandits so that our people can go back to their farms. he disputed my malnutrition is increasing in the state. the season has just started, where are you getting the numbers? go to the village now and find out from the villages. but families are still waiting to return to their homes. my wishes for my son to get better, and for the situation to become a thing of the past. i pray to god to be able to go back to our farms so we can feed our family. until the country's security and economic issues are overcome, vulnerable children are suffering the consequences. bbc news, katsina, nigeria. well, madina maishanu joins me now

live from abuja with more details on the situation in nigeria. tell me more about the key factors behind this. as the government doing enough? {line behind this. as the government doing enou~h? ., .,. ., , enough? one of the driving factors is the food inflation _ enough? one of the driving factors is the food inflation in _ enough? one of the driving factors is the food inflation in the - is the food inflation in the country. it is at an all—time high right now, at about 40%. this is making the life of the common people in the country, the life of the common man really difficult. second, there is the deteriorating security situation. conmen popularly known as bandits. we also have the stable exchange rate, which is making imports basically impossible in many

parts of the country. regarding the government response, there have been various food distributions going on in the country. they amount of food being distributed up against the amount of food that is needed, it is amount of food that is needed, it is a drop in the ocean. the government has several at times that they are trying their best to eradicate this government so that farmers can return to their lands. you government so that farmers can return to their lands.— return to their lands. you are focusin: return to their lands. you are focusing on — return to their lands. you are focusing on what _ return to their lands. you are focusing on what is _ return to their lands. you are | focusing on what is happening return to their lands. you are i focusing on what is happening in return to their lands. you are - focusing on what is happening in the north of nigeria. 0ther focusing on what is happening in the north of nigeria. other similar problems in other parts of the country? problems in other parts of the count ? , country? they were in the north-western _ country? they were in the north-western part - country? they were in the north-western part of - country? they were in the north-western part of the | country? they were in the - north-western part of the country. north—western part of the country. in the whole of northern nigeria, about 4.4 million children are presently acutely malnourished. if you look at it in general in the

country, about 32 million people are presently food insecure. with a number that high, this means a malnutrition cases will definitely keep rising. medicine sand from say they have witnessed a significant spike in many of the treatment centres all over the country. these malnutrition cases have almost doubled and in some cases more than doubled. ~ ., ., ~ , ., doubled and in some cases more than doubled. ~ . ., ~' , ., , doubled. medina, thank you very much. now, from uae to chile we've seen heavy rain and floods in unexpected places around the world recently. scientists say atmospheric rivers play an important role, and they are now becoming intense, longer, wider and often destructive. for instance, catastrophic flooding hit the middle east in april 2023 and then chile two months later, which was hit by 500 millimetres of rain in just three days. the sky dumped so much water that it also melted snow on some parts of the andes mountain.

a year earlier, parts of australia had been hit by what politicians called a �*rain bomb', with more than 20 people killed and thousands evacuated. what is making these "rivers in the sky" more destructive, and how can we adapt to them? for more on that, with me is our global environment correspondent navin singh khadka. good to have you with us. what exactly are these rivers in the sky, what causes them? it is exactly are these rivers in the sky, what causes them?— what causes them? it is the moisture. — what causes them? it is the moisture, because - what causes them? it is the moisture, because of - what causes them? it is the j moisture, because of global what causes them? it is the _ moisture, because of global warming, there is more and more moisture, particularly in the tropics. it did happen before, but now we have more moisture and therefore the scientists are saying it is travelling longer distances and getting more intense. we also have the jets scream changing, getting more intense. we also have thejets scream changing, and getting more intense. we also have the jets scream changing, and these rivers are now meandering as well and the question is where will they damp this enormous amount of rainfall? i

damp this enormous amount of rainfall? , ., , rainfall? i understand these atmospheric _ rainfall? i understand these atmospheric rivers - rainfall? i understand these atmospheric rivers in - rainfall? i understand these atmospheric rivers in this i rainfall? i understand these i atmospheric rivers in this guy have atmospheric rivers in this guy have a rating a bit like hurricanes. tell us about the impacts of these. what us about the impacts of these. what ha--ens us about the impacts of these. what ha ens is us about the impacts of these. what happens is when _ us about the impacts of these. wrist happens is when massive amounts us about the impacts of these. liv"isgt happens is when massive amounts of rainfall arrive, particularly at locations where you are not supposed to see them, and also the fact that there is no early warning then there is this massive flood, or a landslide even. when ice took to the met office in india, they were saying that these represent the sky are now emerging with monsoon reigns and they are reaching into those places. there is no proper forecasting. they are yet to have that technology. what can be done to adapt? they are liaising with hydrologists and try to work it out. it still happens a lot in the west coast of the us. but it is not

happening in other parts of the world, they will have to adapt, learn this in the wake of climate change. that is the challenge we will have to live with.— will have to live with. thank you very much _ will have to live with. thank you very much for— will have to live with. thank you very much for taking _ will have to live with. thank you very much for taking us - will have to live with. thank you very much for taking us through | will have to live with. thank you i very much for taking us through that story. you can see more on that on the bbc website, and all the key stories of the day. we'll be back in paris a bit later as well, where we will bring you more news on the first gold in the olympic games for team gb. to stay with us here on bbc news. —— do you stay hello again. we start this new week with very warm or even hot weather. tomorrow we could reach 32 celsius somewhere in the south—east of england, making it the warmest day

of this year so far, but midweek we start to see a thundery breakdown and by the end of the week it will be fresher, with sunshine and showers. today, high pressure very much in charge of our weather. we've got these weather fronts bumping into it and weakening, but they will produce a band of cloud and also some light rain. ahead of that, one or two showers getting into western scotland and northern ireland, but a lot of dry weather for the rest of the uk. a fair bit of sunshine, just some fair weather cloud bubbling up through the day. temperatures 22 in aberdeen, 23 in newcastle, 28 or 29 in london. if you are tempted to the sea, these are the sea temperatures around our shores, so 14 to 18 degrees. still a bit chilly for me though, i must say! into this evening and overnight, our weather front continues to drift from the north—west, heading south—eastwards, but weakening all the time. it will tend to fizzle by the end of the night and we're looking

at some clear skies with some patchy mist and fog forming across south—west england. it's not going to be a cold night, our overnight lows 11 to 15. tomorrow, the remnants of that weather front producing the cloud will be with us, but it will break up further through the day. there will be a lot of dry weather, a fair bit of sunshine. windy across the far north of the country, especially shetland. here too we could catch the odd shower, but temperature—wise what we're looking at 21 in aberdeen, 20 in belfast, 26 in birmingham and potentially 31 or 32 celsius in the south—eastern quarter. for wednesday, we were seeing a bit of a thundery breakdown in southern areas, through the english channel, some southern and south—eastern counties. at times there will be a lot of cloud across the north—east of england and north—east scotland making it quite a grey day here, but a lot of dry weather still, just not as warm or hot. highest temperatures about 26. as we head on from thursday into friday, we still will have some thunderstorms around, but by the end of the week, low pressure starts to take overfrom high pressure.

on thursday itself again, humid, low clouds, some showery rain, indeed some of that turning thundery. beyond that it's a mixture of sunshine and showers. of sunshine with showers.

they are offered a 20% rise to bring strikes to an end. the chancellor will reveal details this afternoon. rachel reeves is also expected to announce she is scrapping several major building projects to plug what she claims is a £20 billion black hole in public finances. also on the programme... a first gold for team gb at the olympics — the eventing team hold off france

to claim victory. and tom daley wins the fifth olympic medal of his career, taking silver with noah williams in the men's synchronised 10m platform dive, cheered on by his family. this time last year deciding to come back, not knowing whether i would make the synchro team, let alone qualify a spot for the olympics, and now to be here in paris diving in front of my son, who's just right there, who actually asked me to come back, it's just so special. and coming up on bbc news... team gb begin monday's action in gold medal position in the equestrian eventing. can the defending champions hang on while under pressure from france? good afternoon and welcome to the bbc news at one.

the government and the doctors' union, the bma, are expected