sheikh hasina, who says his mother would be willing to face trial if she returns to bangladesh. hello, i'm rajini vaidyanathan. welcome to this hour. an israeli air strike on a school building has killed more than 70 people. the director of the hospital has told the bbc. children among those killed have been confirmed. our correspondentjenny hill sent us this report. and a warning to our viewers — it contains distressing content. anguish, bewilderment. israel struck before dawn, shattering the sanctity of morning prayer.

thousands of displaced civilians were sheltering here, a place of refuge suddenly a scene of carnage. "there isn't any safe place," this woman cries. "no place is safe." "where is the world?", he asks. "why does it stay silent in the face of these crimes?" how many times have gaza's ravaged walls echoed to the sound of a mother's grief? umm says three of her sons were killed. "i'm 80," she sobs, "i've never seen anything like this before. "the way they're bombing us is like an earthquake." but israel claims this was a legitimate target, that the school housed a hamas command centre. in a statement on social media, an israeli defence force spokesman said around 20 hamas and islamichhad militants were operating out of the compound. israel has repeatedly

struck school buildings in recent weeks. each time, they insist they conceal hamas bases, and each time, they insist they strive to minimise civilian casualties. the strike comes at a time of heightened tension in the middle east. international governments are urging hamas and israel to agree a ceasefire and hostage return deal as soon as possible, and extensive diplomacy is ongoing to try to stop the conflict in gaza from spiralling into an all out regional war. and as palestinians mourn their dead and take shelter for another fearful night, it's hard to see hope in the ruins of gaza. jenny hill, bbc news, tel aviv. the administration of president biden

it went on to say. butjust hours before the bombing, the us state department announced it is releasing $3.5 billion of weapons funds for israel. i wasjoined in studio by the bbc�*s international editor jeremy bowen. he shared his reflections on the strike on the gaza city school. it's almost become a ritualistic process now that after these things happen, there's condemnation, sometimes from israel's allies, like the americans, saying they are concerned about civilian casualties, but however, the americans, while they have repeatedly now for almost a year been telling

the israelis did not kill so many civilians, the americans continue to provide the weapons which the israelis use to kill those civilians. and you've just said they've released those funds as well. that, ithink, gives a certain hollowness to the things they say. the pressure that america has, potentially, to use against israel is through weapon supplies, but they have chosen not to use it. as for the israelis, they absolutely insist they are being very careful, they say they use precision weapons, that there were maybe 20 hamas operatives killed, but the thing is, under international humanitarian law, there has to be a degree of proportionality. so, even if it could be proved — and we can't prove it, because the israelis won't let us get into gaza, foreignjournalists — even if it can be proved that they did kill 20 hamas operatives, the question is whether killing 60, 80, 100 civilians is an appropriate price,

if you like — a brutal word — for that, in terms of proportionality. and i would suggest and the un has suggested and the eu, which called it a massacre, has suggested that isn't proportionate. we're hearing reports that there may be more talks for a possible cease—fire back on the table. we have had this conversation for months now — when is there going to be cease—fire, what will the terms be? what hope do people that you are talking to who are in this process have about a cease—fire? the fundamental problem is that hamas and israel have a different conception of a cease—fire is. the hamas conception is an end to the war, israel pulls out, finish, and a release of hostages and an exchange of prisoners. the israelis�* conception is basically the hostages come out, and then if they want to, they can resume the war. that is a very big distance apart, and that's the gap that the negotiators

have to try to bridge. and we are sitting here in washington, dc. there's been a lot of talk about the leverage that the us can have, particularly on israel. what leverage might they have right now and what pressure points could they use on israel? the main thing they have, words don't work, israel go their own way always, is weapon supplies. they are not using that leverage. they have decided not to. biden is very, very pro—israel and he is continuing with that. he's giving them relatively mild criticism of what they do. it makes the americans uncomfortable, it's bad for america's position in the middle east and elsewhere to support, it is bad for the democrats potentially electorally as well, here in the united states, but, no, i think that neither side there, there aren't many... i don't think hamas listen much to others and i don't think

the israelis do either. and don't forget, of course, israel prime minister netanyahu's right wing, particularly mr smotrich, had been issuing some very fierce statement saying there should be no cease—fire until hamas is completely destroyed. how do you define that? i suspect every time you get a statement like that, hamas gets more recruits. jeremy bowen, the bbc�*s international editor, there. u nless unless 13 people have been injured from ukrainian lodged missile. —— launched. the acting governor of russia's kursk region has ordered a faster evacuation of civilians in areas at risk of ukraine's surprise cross border incursion. kursk borders ukraine and is where russian and ukrainian forces are locked in intense fighting now in its fifth day.

strict security measures are in place there and two other regions — belgorod and bryansk. more than 76,000 people have already been evacuated from the region, as moscow struggles to repel the attack. russia imposed what it calls a "counter—terrorism operation regime" in three regions, as moscow attempts to halt a surprise cross—border incursion by ukrainian troops. authorities in the kursk, belgorod and bryansk regions now can restrict the movement of people and tap phones, ukrainian president volodymyr zelensky acknowledged saturday night that the country's forces are "pushing the war" into russia. translation: today, i i received several reports regarding the front lines and our actions to push the war onto the aggressor�*s territory. i am grateful to every unit of the defence forces, ensuring that ukraine is proving that it can indeed restore justice and ensure the necessary pressure on the aggressor. president zelensky there. now to brazil. three days of mourning have been declared in the brazilian state of sao paulo,

after a plane crash which killed all 62 people on board. teams have been working to find victims. at least 21 bodies have been recovered from the site of the crash. among the victims are a group of doctors, university students and four members of the same family. videos posted online show the moment when the dual—engine plane spiralled towards the ground, catching fire and exploding on impact. the airline said the plane took off from cascavel, and was en—route to the main airport in sao paulo city when it came down in a residential area of vinhedo. brazil's airforce said the aircraft was flying normally until 1:21pm, when it stopped responding to calls. pilots did not report an emergency or adverse weather conditions. the head of brazil's aviation accident investigation centre says the plane's "black box" containing voice recordings and flight data is being analysed. joining me alive is our present reporter. bring us up—to—date on what more we know about this

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connected to a university lost eight staff in the tragedy. among victims was also a three—year—old child travelling with her dad that died in the accident. victims come on top of dealing with loss, dealing with other hybrids. messages from their loved ones on social media. and scammers are using their profiles to collect the money from people. thank you for bringing _ money from people. thank you for bringing us _ money from people. thank you for bringing us up-to-date - money from people. thank you for bringing us up-to-date on i for bringing us up—to—date on that story. —— update. the son of bangladesh's former prime minister, sheikh hasina, has told

bbc news his mother would be happy to return to the country to face trial. student leaders in the interim government are demanding she's held accountable for killings her security forces have long been accused of. her son sajeeb wazeed said his mother did not order attacks on students, but added that individuals responsible for human rights abuses while his mother was in power should be "brought to justice". ms hasina's15—year rule ended after weeks of student—led protests in which hundreds were killed. she's currently sheltering in neighbouring india, after she fled bangladesh on monday. ms hasina is the daughter of bangladesh's founding father, who was assassinated during a military coup, along with most of his family. her son sajeeb wazed joy is based in the us — he told me his mother hopes to return to bangladesh and is in regular contact with her. i actuallyjust spoke to her half—an—hour ago. i've been speaking to her every day. the current situation is, she is monitoring what's happening in the country, and of course we are very concerned. right now, there seems to be absolutely no law and order, there's still looting and rioting going on throughout the country, especially looting... citizens are banding

together to guard their own neighbourhoods because there does not seem to be any government. yet the protesters demand... the protesters vandalized the house of the chiefjustice of the supreme court, demanding his resignation, and they submitted a list of names to be supreme court justices, and the interim government simply accepted that and replaced the supreme court, so you basically have the supreme court of bangladesh has just been replaced without any due process by mob rule. i have spoken to people who say that they were tortured by the security forces, family members have been disappeared, and also we saw in recent weeks hundreds of students who were killed at those protests. what accountability should your mother take for the actions and the accusations against her security forces? i believe that everyone in the security forces

and the security apparatus that was responsible for those should be brought tojustice. they should face accountability. so you can say that those things happened? we in the past had denials from your mother's government and the party these even happened. we had tried to bring things to justice. if you will remember, when the first reports of extrajudicial killings surfaced, our government had tried and sentenced one of the sons of our own ministers for the trial of extrajudicial killings. many of us actually, a lot of us, i am learning for the first time as well, because i believe, no, our law enforcement agencies do not allow this, the people in the chain of command perhaps went too far and they should be held accountable. you do think they should be held accountable? some of the student leaders

say that if your mother were to return to bangladesh, she should face trial. that is fine. it is perfectly fine. that should not scare us, because in the previous military dictatorship that took over in 2006, they arrested my mother, they tried to prevent my mother going back. she went back, they went to trial, and at trial, she was acquitted because there was absolutely no evidence of corruption against her. this case as well, you have to prove it in court, so let's have a trial. let's have a trial to see who was responsible. my mother did not order attacks on students. she did not. in fact, if my mother had been willing to kill students, my mother would still be in power today... but then why were hundreds of students killed in recent weeks? not hundreds. that number is exaggerated, because many of those killed were civilians. many of those killed

were police as well, and no—one is mentioning that. why is no—one mentioning the police that were killed and the civilians? and who killed them? what's going to happen to your mother? she's in india at the moment. what's her next move? there's lots of speculation and rumour about her perhaps trying to go to the uk or other countries. those are all rumours. she has made no plans. this was going to be her last term — she is 76. her dream was to retire to her village home. when the violence escalated, when they decided, the demand became the resignation of government, she decided, "look, i don't want our security forces to kill students. i don't want my own special security force and prime minister's guards..." in order to guard the prime minister's residence, they would have to open fire on the demonstrators who marched towards it. "i would not want that loss of life." those were her exact words to me. she was going to resign,

there was going to be a constitutional handover of power, probably new elections called by parliament within three months. unfortunately, with the mob marching on the prime minister's residence, there was not any time to do any of that. i was the last person to speak to her. her special security forces took her to a secure location and air force base and had a helicopter ready. she told my aunt, "you get on the helicopter, i'm going to stay here, i don't want to leave my country." my aunt called me immediately, i talked to her, i talked to my mom. isaid, "listen, mom, they are going to kill you. 0ur priority is to keep you safe, keep you alive." you said recently she wants to return to bangladesh. is that still the long—term plan? of course. my mother does not want to live outside of bangladesh. whether it is in politics or she is retired, she wants to go home. will she be able to? realistically, she would not be welcomed if she would return. they said that about my family. they killed my grandfather, they slaughtered 17

members of my family, they called him a dictator. they said the same things about him, that he had become authoritarian, but the alternative in bangladesh was far worse, and so we came back and we came back strongly. were mistakes made? yes, of course, but if you look at the history of bangladesh, the most successful government in the history of bangladesh was my mother's. sheikh hasina's son speaking to me earlier. venezuela's supreme court has said it went rule against the vote held. the court said its decision will be final. president nicolas maduro, who's held powerfor 11 years, says he won the vote last month. the opposition said it receive

double the number of votes. the us is among the countries who've said the election results are fraudulent. the results have only been accepted by a handful of nations, including cuba, russia and china. people across venezuela are unable to access the social media platform x after president maduro. placed a ten—day ban on the app. he accused the platform's owner, elon musk, of inciting hate, civil war and death. the pair have frequently argued on the platform. mr maduro blames musk for being a driving force behind protests and dissent following the election. authorities loyal to maduro's government are cracking down on dissenters. the government says it has arrested at least 2,000 people who have protested against the official election result. i spoke with the director of the centre for strategic and international studies' americas programme, ryan berg. what's going to happen now? you have mr maduro saying that that result is legitimate, he seems to be supported now by the authorities on that, but the opposition say it was not free or fair. thanks very much

for having me on. the key here is that maduro has gotten caught with his hand in the cookie jar. he has gotten caught here in a massive electoral fraud, what many experts call the largest in latin america's history, and now he is trying to create facts on the ground. he is going through processes through institutions in venezuela he controls, to try to firm up the support notjust within his regime but on the international stage for this fraudulent election. the problem for him is that much of the international community understands what he's up to. they have not recognised the results, they demanded the vote tallies, and maduro is busy trying to obscure and give credible reasons for why he can't produce them. again, he has not been able to provide any credible reason why he cannot produce the tallies. so far, he's said there had been attacks from north macedonia, also blaming elon musk and so on, and so he is in a real bind here in terms of convincing partners and even leftist allies of his in latin america that this election was legitimate and that

he was the victor. he has asked the supreme court judges to certify the results. what is likely to happen? are they likely to abide by that request? they are likely to abide by that request, because this is one of the institutions that is firmly controlled by the political movement maduro belongs to, but the key to note here is that this is not the proper institution to certify the election. there is a national electoral council, which is the proper body to certify an election, also controlled by maduro. even some of these leftist allies who made a trip to caracas this past week have said they do not recognise the ability of the supreme court to certify the election. it's not their proper role. we have now seen that social media platforms, such as x, have now been shut down, people cannot access those. what's the likely consequence of that for people in venezuela?

there is no doubt venezuela may potentially be entering one of its darkest hours. the reason we believe x is being shut down as well as whatsapp, and encrypted platforms for communication... it's to engage in a media blackout, in terms of what's happening on the ground. we think this means the repression will only increase. thus far, 2,000, more than 2,000 people have been arrested, they've been sent to prison, where maduro says they will endure re—education camps and forced labour. 2a people have died. things are getting pretty bad on the ground for people who are simply demanding that their vote be counted and the tabulations be produced. just briefly, what leverage does the international community or indeed the opposition have to change the course of where things might be going?

the good news for the opposition is they won this election, according to the tabulations they possess in their control, by a ratio of over two to one, and so the people are with them on this, the international community for the most part has recognised the fact that there's been a massive electoral fraud, and so the entire purpose of this election, though it was meant to give maduro new credibility and legitimacy, is basically being denied to him. vice president kamala harris and minnesota governor tim walz are contiuing their tour of us swing states as they campaign for the white house. this is the scene in las vegas. they are due to hold a rally in the state of nevada shortly. a state the democratic campaign sees as crucial. recent polling shows harris has a two—point lead in the state over republican

presidential nominee, former president donald trump. the harris—walz campaign rally follows an endorsment from the culinary union, which is nevada's largest labour union and represents 60,000 workers across the state. meanwhile, the trump campaign says it is the victim of a cyber attck, after the news organisation politico said it began receiving emails from an anonymous account containing documents from inside trump's political operation. i'm rajini vaidyanathan. do stay with us. hello. sunday promises to be a sunny day across many parts of the uk and turning really quite hot across the south of the country. the outlook into monday points to even hotter weather and the possibility of some big showers and thunderstorms in the northwest of the uk. so here's the morning, then, on sunday. admittedly, it will be a little cloudy to start with in the south, perhaps some

mist and murk and coastal fog, particularly in the southwest. a bit of drizzle too, but the rest of the uk, it's sunshine all round, right from the word go. now, we may have to wait a little bit across the south before that sun breaks through, but i think come the afternoon, it really will be that strong sunshine beating down on us nationwide. so how hot is it going to get on sunday? well, typically in the mid to high 20s across wales and england, but one or two spots could reach 30 in the south. more comfortable across northern ireland and scotland — low 20s here, but of course gloriously sunny. and then there will be some changes on the way come monday. a cold front is going to sweep off the atlantic. behind it, we've got cooler air. ahead of this weather front, hot air is spreading in from the south. look how hot it's going to be on monday across the north of france — high 30s. and that hot air is going to clip the uk. so let's see what's happening, then, early on monday. we've got cool air spreading in off the atlantic,

that very hot air spreading out of france. where it clashes, we'll see storms breaking out here in the north—west of the uk. very difficult to pinpoint where they're going to be, but they will be spreading towards the northwest. and the temperatures, around 20 or so in the north—west, but widely into the 30s across england and possibly the mid 30s around london and the southeast. so a very hot day to come for some of us on monday, and the humidity will increase as well. it really will feel quite uncomfortable. now, tuesday, these weather fronts and low pressures basically win. they sweep across the uk, and all of that heat will be pushed towards more central and eastern parts of europe. now, there will be still some warmth left, i think, across eastern parts of the uk on tuesday — possibly the high 20s, 27, 28 celsius. but look at the values here, already dropping into the low 20s across wales and parts of western england.

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