must be released. the latest push for a truce follows the killing of hamas's political leader ismail haniyeh, during a visit to iran. fresh talks for a ceasefire deal for gaza are slated for this week. hamas has urged mediators to implement an existing plan presented by president biden last month — and has ruled out new rounds of negotiations over the terms of a deal. israel said it will send a team of negotiators to take part. i spoke to the bbc�*s barbara plett usher and asked her where the ceasefire talks stand now. well, lucy, the mediators, that is the qatar and egypt along with the united states, have renewed a very intense push to try and get those ceasefire talks back on track and this is because of the regional tensions of the potential attack by iran following that assassination of the hamas leader on its soil. the us administration believes that a ceasefire deal in gaza

is a crucial to try and get the tensions down in the region so they are really creating a push to have those talks later in the week. so, they said that the framework is on the table, this is, of course, the framework that president biden presented at the end of may but there was differences about how to implement it and they were prepared to issue a bridging proposal if it was necessary. israel had said earlier that it was ready to send negotiators and hamas have not said anything until recently but now they have responded. they said that those ceasefire talks should resume from where they left off, that israel has since proposed new conditions but it seems that the hamas is willing to participate in the talks despite the killing of its political leader, itjust doesn't really believe that israel is a serious believe that israel is serious having launched these new conditions and continuing operations in gaza.

what the hamas position really is, is they're waiting to get a clear answer from the negotiators and from israel about what exactly is on the table at this point. people with type i diabetes currently have to inject themselves synthetic insulin up to 10 times a day in order to survive — measuring their blood sugar levels each time. new research, which is in its early stages, could, it's hoped greatly imporve their qulity of life. researchers are working on novel insulins which mimic the body's natural response to changing blood sugar levels and respond instantly in real time. rachel connor, director of research partnerships at the type one diabetes charity jdrf uk explains why this research would be so life—changing the insulin people with type one diabetes currently use to manage their condition is imperfect, it isn't like the insulin made by bodies. people who don't have type one

diabetes don't make that insulin. when you are administering insulin, it doesn't work straightaway. that is one of the challenges we are looking to solve with this new funding to try and make an insulin that will work straightaway and, crucially, stop working as soon as the job is done in the body. this is a more responsive type of insulin, potentially? that would mean people wouldn't have to check their blood sugar levels as frequently. absolutely. our hope is that by developing responsive forms of insulin that get to work quickly, they would be able to do the job of the pancreas... is another kind of drug would do. without the person with type one diabetes constantly having to interact and change their doses and measure their glucose levels. the dream would be to have one injection per day that would be able to handle the glucose levels

entirely throughout the day without the person with type one diabetes doing anything at all to manage their condition. i understand that a number of universities around the world are working in partnership on this project. you mentioned new funding, how much is this and where has it come from? so, this funding amounts to just short of £3 million in this particular phase, but this is part of a wider initiative called type one diabetes grand challenge, a £50 million research funding partnership betweenjdrf, diabetes uk, and another charity. i think anybody with type one diabetes or as a family member or friend with type one diabetes will want to know when, i think anybody with type one diabetes or has a family member or friend with type one diabetes will want to know when, potentially, this might be coming into use. that is a really tricky question. at the laboratory, we are at the laboratory stages of developing the insulin. we don't know what the future holds.

what we are hoping for is that we will be able to advance the ideas of these six scientific teams around the world much closer to clinical testing, so that we begin to get to know when these insulins will work for helping people with type one diabetes manage their condition. a helicopter has crashed into the roof of a hotel in the northern australian city of cairns, killing the pilot. two people staying at the hotel — a man in his eighties and a woman in her seventies — were injured and taken to hospital. the company which owns the helicopter say it was being taken on an unauthorised flight when it crashed. who are watching bbc news. you can lead a horse to water and, it turns out, convince it to drink if the reward is great enough. a study has shown that the animals performed better than expected in a complex reward—based game. researchers found that

when denied treats for not following the rules of the game, the horses were able to instantly switch strategies to get more of those rewards. louise evans is the lead researcher on the study, she explained her research. my phd research is all about whether horses and their stress levels and physiological arousal levels are related to how well they learn. iset up... me and two other doctors who contributed to this work, we set up an experiment which trained 20 horses to touch a target. when they touched the target, they were rewarded with food. then, i introduced an extra challenge, which was a cyclist head torch, which i wore around my middle. when i switched on the light, i wanted the horses to inhibit their learned response,

which was touching the target. so, i wanted them to stop and wait. and then, when i turned the lights back off again, they could touch the target and be rewarded. this is quite complex for horses, it involves them inhibiting an urge, but, we expected the horses to learn this within a few training sessions. three weeks later, the horses were still performing really poorly, they were touching the target every single time and were not paying any attention to the light at all. we had some discussions about why that might be. we wondered if horses were not good at this. it might be too difficult for them to inhibit the response. or, we wondered if they had figured out that if they touch the target every time, sometimes they get rewarded, sometimes they don't, but there is no cost, there is no negative outcome for making those errors.

today is expected to be the uk's hottest day of the year so far. the highest temperatures are due around the south east of england, and could hit 35 celsius. but elsewhere, things are a bit cooler, and in scotland and northern england there's been a thunderstorm warning. our correspondent duncan kennedy is in lee—on—the—solent: at lee—on—the—solent, they are back in the solent. the sun has brought out the heat seekers once again in this changing summer. what do you make of the weather? lovely. very nice. hot and sunny, just how we like it. it hasn't been great this summer? the start of the summer wasn't great but it sort of picked up now, - hasn't it, so that's good. it's the same across great swathes of the south and east. well, it's lovely, i mean, we have been waiting for it for ages. so, lovely, great. it has not been a blockbuster summer, has it? no. no, it hasn't, no. we've had so much rain.

in some places, it is due to go well past 30 celsius in the next few hours. can it ever get too hot? because they're talking about some places being in the 30s today? yes, it can be too hot, so that's why we come out early and that's when we go home, in the heat. with the heat back on, summer means safety. this coastguard helicopter was checking from the skies whilst... the white board, no life jacket either, so we'll. keep an eye on those. ..here on the beach volunteers are scouring the shoreline making sure there are no problems. we have to keep an eye - on what we call the little people, so swimmers, the paddle boarders, people at the water's edge. - eyes on the coast, that's our motto. eyes along the coast, that's our motto. - but it's not all sun, lightning is believed to have caused this fire at aviemore in scotland. firefighters were called during a thunderstorm, one of many due in some parts of the uk. health experts are urging people to take people to take the usual cautions

with protection and hydration. sun or rain, these past few months have thrown up a familiar story of the summer. now it's time for a look at the weather with helen wilets. hello there. this current heat has culminated in some really intense showers and thunderstorms, but that heat is still with us across central and eastern areas. we are still to confirm the highest temperature, but without a doubt the warmest day of the year so far. it might be that the thermometers read 35 degrees somewhere and we'll confirm that into the evening, but with it there will be i or 2 isolated storms across central and eastern areas, more prevalent further north and east, clearing the mainland but hanging on for shetland. very few showers following on behind. it's a fresher feel, but still with strong sunshine across much of northern ireland, scotland, western parts of england and wales and even further east. look at those temperatures,

30 to 35 c with that high humidity. but behind our band of showers, the humidity will just step down a notch. so a slightly more comfortable night for sleeping in many areas of england and wales, but further west, the winds are strengthening and bringing that cloud and more rain across northern ireland and western scotland by morning. so here, quite a warm and muggy night as well. in fact, we could have some misty low cloud around the coast. so, as we go into tuesday, there's that next band of rain — all tied in with low pressure, the winds a little bit stronger as well, but again, it's mostly a feature through the morning for northern ireland and for scotland. it crosses the irish sea into wales, south west england, northern england in the afternoon, but again southern and eastern areas stay largely dry and still very warm. 27—28 degrees, but windier in the north and west, and that will make it feel a little cooler than those temperatures would suggest. now, come wednesday, that weather front is with us. we think in southern areas, probably no more than a band of cloud with a ridge of high pressure building in behind. so, drierfor northern ireland, drier for scotland

and northern england, and just a few showery bursts of rain on our weather front further south. but it will take the temperatures down by then. 20 to 25 is not far off average for the time of year, just a little above in the south. come thursday, we've got more rain coming in and this time it does look set to move its way further southwards, albeit very slowly, to give drier weather. with just a few showers to the north of that weather system. and it mayjust be hanging around still in the south as we move into friday as well. so you can see that as the heat comes to an end, we will start to see more rainfall, particularly in the north and west, but eventually some rain further south and east. as ever, you can stay up to date, particularly with warnings on the website.

live from london, this is bbc news. russia evacuates parts of its belgorod region — close to kursk — as ukrainian forces continue their surprise cross—border offensive. vladimir putin says russia will respond. translation: the defence ministry's main task is to push and to kick - the enemy out of our territory. the enemy is probably trying to improve its future negotiating position. thousands of people in greece are told to flee their homes, as wildfires edge to outskirts of athens. the greek government calls for international help. warnings were missed

about the mental health of valdo calocane, who went on to kill three people in nottingham last year. america's defence secretary orders a guided missile submarine to the middle east, as fears of a wider regional conflict grow. after weeks of sporting excellence, the olympics have drawn to a close — now paris turns its attention to hosting the paralympics. hello, i'm anita mcveigh, and welcome to the verified life. russia's president vladimir putin has told a meeting of his senior officials that ukrainian forces must be kicked out of the country. he was speaking as ukraine continues its week long offensive with troops advancing up to 30 kilometres — that's 18 miles —

inside russian territory.