live from london, this is bbc news. lebanon says at least ten people have been killed in an israeli strike on a residential building in the country's south. doctors in india stage a strike over safety concerns — following the rape and murder of a trainee doctor at a kolkata hospital. the african union's health agency says over 18,000 mpox cases have been detected across 13 countries this year. and as ukraine persists in its counter—offensive against russia, two people have been injured by a russian missile strike in the city of sumy. hello,

i'm catherine byaruhanga. we start with the latest developments in the middle east. lebanon says at least 10 people have been killed in an israeli strike on a residential building in the southern city of naba—tieh. the lebanese state news agency says two children were among those killed. israel said it was targeting a his brother weapons depot. lebanese media say his brother has fired more than a0 rockets into northern israel in retaliation. also on saturday, an israeli strike on central gaza killed at least 15 people, according to hospital officials. they said the missile hit a house and warehouse sheltering displaced people. as the fighting continues, the talks in qatar go on. two days of ceasefire and hostage release negotiations have taken place between israeli officials and mediators from the us, egypt and qatar. hamas has not formallyjoined the talks, accusing israel of changing its demands.

president biden is sending his most senior diplomat to israel. the visit by the secretary of state, antony blinken, was postponed this week because of concerns iran could mount a major attack on israel. president biden also urged regional players to refrain from any action that could undermine gaza ceasefire negotiations but said he was hopeful an agreement could soon be reached. earlier, i spoke to our middle east editor, sebastian usher. i started by asking him about that strike in central gaza. we've been hearing from different sources, the latest source saying that at least 18 people were killed and saying that they all come from the same family, among them 11 children aged between 2 to 22. now, we don't have our own confirmation of this at the moment. as you know, we're not able to go into gaza ourselves and we haven't had the health minister in gaza, though it's run by hamas. that's often seen as the most authoritative source of this information. but these are coming from eyewitnesses, from people on the ground.

we haven't heard anything from israel in terms of explaining what the strike, if they carried it out, might have been. but the israeli response so far has been that they're aware of reports and they're looking into them. it's also not clear there have been a lot of evacuation orders that have been issued for palestinians in the past few weeks, and there was one issue just a couple of days ago. it's not clear if this area where the strike happened actually came in to that zone, and if people in that area had received the evacuation order. and, sebastian, you've been looking into another strike, this time in lebanon. in the southern city of nabatieh. just tell us what you've been able to find out. well, again, i mean, this time we have israel saying they did carry out a strike and saying that it was targeting a weapons facility belonging to hezbollah. but people on the ground and the health minister in lebanon give a very different story. they say that syrian refugees, at least ten of them were killed.

we're hearing also from people on the ground that this was a house and a warehouse next to it, and that refugees were there in the house, but they're also workers, syrian workers in the factory who were killed. now, in the last half an hour or so, there have been reports from israeli media of interception of rockets being fired from lebanon into northern israel. they don't appear to have been any casualties or damage done. hezbollah has said that it fired around a0 rockets, and it says it was specifically in response to this israeli strike. and of course, there are concerns that this conflict could spread further into lebanon, but also the potential of an iranian strike on israel. how is this all feeding into the cease fire talks that we've been seeing at the moment? well, stephanie, given an added urgency. i mean, we saw the talks resuming in the past two days in doha, the qatari capital, the mediators egypt, us and qatar there. israel had a delegation with the head of mossad. hamas didn't participate directly, but its officials are in qatar. and what we've been hearing from the us side has been relatively upbeat, suggesting that progress has been made.

we're hearing that essentially what they've described as a bridging solution has been presented, which is to try to bridge across the obstacles that have so often led to these talks, which we've had many times in the past 7 or 8 months, but have never got anywhere. and i think the us is very much trying to play this up. the us secretary of state, antony blinken, is arriving in the region this weekend. he's going to meet the israeli prime minister on monday, and the talks are going to resume next week. now, the us is really presenting it as being the last. um, this is the last barrier, basically, before the deal will be signed. as i say, what we're hearing from hamas doesn't suggest that's necessarily going to happen. and we still don't know from the israeli side, the conditions that hamas says that israel has added are getting in the way. israel says it hasn't put any new conditions. so we're hearing these different narratives from both sides at the moment. there is a sense that the pressure is building internationally. the pressure is also building domestically on both israel

and hamas to do a deal. and, you know, incidents like we've just had this morning in gaza underline the urgency of this for the palestinians in, in, in gaza, that these incidents happen every day. we're having 30, 40, 50, sometimes more than that, people being killed. israel is continuing to strike against where they believe hamas and palestinian fighters have re—emerged. so the need for an end to the war is certainly being accepted by most of the international community as urgent and immediate. non—emergency hospital services across india are shut as doctors take part in a 24—hour strike as part of ongoing protests following the rape and murder of a colleague in kolkata a week ago. thousands of people have taken to the streets in cities across the country to demand justice. the violent assault on the 31—year—old has reignited national outrage at the chronic issue of violence against women.

india's biggest medical association has called on authorities to do more to guarantee doctors�* safety. this is what some of those demonstrating had to say. translation: women of this country are - being wronged daily. i don't understand what we achieve after studying for so many years. whether you're a rich or a poor woman, educated or uneducated, everyone�*s fate is the same. predators can do anything they want to women in this country, there is nojustice, there is no action. we want all health care professionals to be protected. anyone can assault us and we can't do anything about it. we don't feel safe, . very scared right now because many of the times we are on night duties, - we work around the clock. we give 36 hours duty, | like 36—hour duty shifts are there for us. so if this thing happened inside the hospital, - that is like a second home to us. - where are we safe now?

0ur correspondent, archana shukla, has the latest from mumbai. how the largest doctors group, which is the indian medical association, hasjoined into the protest. so today, 2a hours of nationwide strike. first, such where both government as well as private health care institutions will stop all non—emergency services. so all your elective surgeries as well as outpatient departments in both government and private hospitals will be closed today. and that is a mark of protest and literally amping up the protest to put pressure both on the investigative agency as well as the government to do more about safety. we know that the top crime agency is investigating the incident of the rape and murder of the 31—year—old trainee doctor in kolkata, and protesters are trying to amp up more and demand that a speedy trial and justice is given in that matter. and they are also demanding that the government come up with stricter laws to make it safer at workplace.

like we heard from one of the protesters that they spend hours together at the hospital that's literally like their second home. and if they are not safe even there, then where can women be safe? and, you know, despite laws having come into place, they are not effective on ground. most of the protesters who i have spoken to over the last few days have told me that there are laws, but they are not effective and hence they are demanding that the government come up with one, a central law that can protect doctors against any violence that is levelled at them. and secondly, is to also make it more saferfor women at workplaces and outside. you know, despite laws, violence against women has only gone up if we go by the government statistics over the last one year, it has gone up by 4%. and this is something that the politicians, the government and the public all need to sit up and take notice of.

well, earlier i spoke to dr r v asokan, national president of the indian medical association. he gave me his reaction to developments. what happened in kolkata, it is qualitatively different that a crime was committed on a young post—graduate student in a medical college in a major metropolitan city. so it was qualitatively different in the sense the safety of women and the safety at work place are concerned. so we have taken a different stand now, and we have taken a stand that the doctors are right now, the women doctors, they are afraid to go for duty for night duties. so there has been outrage across the country, not only with the doctors, but for the entire medical profession and the people at large.

so that is why, ultimately, we had to take this decision. apologies for interrupting there, doctor. but your voice and your organisation's voice is so important when we look at the dynamics happening in india at the moment. what are you expecting from the government at the moment? five minutes before now, we received a statement from the union health ministry, which i am holding, which says that the union health ministry assures doctors of all possible efforts to ensure safety and a committee to be formed to suggest measures for ensuring the safety of health care professionals. so this statement otherwise is vague, has not contained any stipulations. but these two sentences, contain, uh one. there is an assurance that all

possible efforts will be taken. and this is about the safety of the health care professionals. i think we will now legally study, what they have been offered and we will be responding to it in the course of the day or tomorrow. the african union's health agency has confirmed over 18,000 mpox cases across 13 countries this year. it says more than 1,000 of these cases were reported in just one week. the disease, formerly known as monkeypox, was declared a global emergency by the world health organization this week. the latest variant of the disease has already killed hundreds of people in the democratic republic of congo. travellers visiting central african countries affected by mpox should consider getting vaccinated against the virus, according to new advice. the world health organization is asking countries with vaccine stockpiles to donate them to nations with ongoing outbreaks.

0ur reporter, richard kagaway, has been looking at the challenges governments face in getting enough vaccines. the challenge here is, you know, africa needs about ten million doses and so far there is none across the continent. it's just that we have heard from the danish drugmaker, a bavarian nordic, saying that they're going to donate about 200,000 doses. but then there's just a drop in the ocean. so what african countries right now are doing is coordinating a response. we've seen a heightened surveillance, especially in border points, and are also carrying out public, you know, health information just to sensitise citizens about, you know, the epidemic. and, you know, just the risk in terms of exposure. in terms of exposure. and just bring us up to date in terms of the scale of the outbreak, we know it's affecting kenya, where you are, but also other countries in the region. and we've also seen this case in sweden as well. absolutely.

so the outbreak has been confirmed in a couple of countries. we're talking about 1k countries as at the latest you know update. so the disease has been, you know, endemic in the democratic republic of congo but then has since spread to rwanda, burundi, uganda and also kenya. it's also been confirmed in the central african republic. and there's also been cases reported in west africa, in ivory coast and also in nigeria. just about two months ago, we reported about, you know, cases in south africa, though, those who are considered to be, you know, slightly milder and there are just local transmission. so then suggesting that majority of the people didn't have like a travel history. so that's basically the situation that we're having in the continent at the moment. and richard, when we see outbreaks like this, public messaging is crucial. so what kind of messaging, what kind of conversations are happening there in the region to try and make sure people are aware of this outbreak? ithink, you know,

historically, you know, the outbreak has been sort of like confined to central africa. so i'm talking about the democratic republic of congo and some of the surrounding countries. but what we are seeing right now is because of movement, you know, across the region and because of this strain, which is highly transmissible, it's been spreading to different parts of the continent. so what governments are doing right now is just sensitising the public, you know, just telling them about prevention measures like washing their hands, you know, just observing, you know, hygiene and also reporting people with suspected, you know, cases possibly like symptoms. the only thing is that the new strain has milder symptoms. so that's why a lot of people may not know actually they have been infected. and then that exposes a lot of people in terms of, you know, being infected. to russia, where ukrainian forces have destroyed a strategic bridge in the kursk region — cutting a supply route — as they continue their incursion into russian territory.

in his nightly address, ukraine's president zelensky said, "we see that the occupier is suffering losses, and this is useful, very useful for our defence." he's described the territory captured by ukrainian forces — since they launched their incursion 12 days ago — as an exchange fund, implying they could be swapped for ukrainian regions occupied by moscow. here is our ukraine correspondent. ukraine isn'tjust targeting russian troops, but their supply lines too. a missile makes light work of a major bridge in russia's kursk region. it was a counteroffensive which surprised just about everyone. apart from the ukrainian paratroopers who've released this footage, complete with dramatic music and muscular armour from when they first overwhelmed a russian border crossing and the soldiers manning it.

after a blistering land grab in the kursk region, ukraine's gains are starting to slow. russia is diverting resources like these artillery units to stem the tide. nevertheless, ukraine is bringing in more troops to consolidate what it's taken. this is the main route from ukraine's sumy region into russia itself. you have to imagine it as an artery and as advances start to slow, the question becomes what next? kyiv took this territory with relative ease, with the element of surprise and elite forces, but keeping hold of it as russia turns its head and redeploys thousands of troops. well, that will be very different. ani signed up to defend ukraine with the full scale invasion. no one likes war. we want to finish it. i'm not keen to fight, but for our ukraine, for our people will stand

till the end. anatoly has just returned from russian soil and has noticed a difference in progress. no, we are still advancing. it slowed down a bit, - but we're moving forward. as long as we have - orders and instructions, we'll keep on moving. anatoly hopes his efforts will relieve pressure on other parts of the front line. as of yet, that's not happening. regardless, ukraine's goal seems to be shifting from liberation to producing bargaining chips for a future peace deal, whenever that might be. james waterhouse, bbc news, sumy region. 0ur ukraine correspondent, james waterhouse is in the sumy region with more on the significance of ukraine destroying this key bridge. well, it seems that what ukraine is looking to do alongside drawing in russian troops, is also control its logistics or frustrate supply lines. so we saw, as you saw there

in quite spectacular fashion, a major bridge crossing in the north of the kursk region. it goes over a river that flows into belarus, and that had been used by russia's military to previously feed its invasion of ukraine. but ukrainian forces also control a number of major highways from north to south, connecting to the belgorod region of russia further south, which had been used by russian forces as well. and not just that the town of sudzha, which ukraine has captured, is on a hill, so it is allowing ukrainian forces to control the battlefield in that respect and force russian forces to react, and that is costing them men and machinery. ukraine will be suffering losses as well, but at the moment it's ukraine doing the dictating. and while its advances are slowing, what kyiv will point out is, look, we might be making a kilometre a day. that is still more than what the russian forces

are making in a day in eastern ukraine. but crucially, those russian forces are still moving forward. it's not going to be easy, and i think we just need to look at recent history as to why the same general who came up with this counteroffensive is a guy called 0leksandr syrskyi. he is now the head of ukraine's armed forces. he was responsible for these counteroffensives in 2022, which blindsided russia. he used misdirection by talking up offences elsewhere, and he used the element of surprise. the moment when things turned south went badly for ukraine is when the fighting then slowed. it became static and that favoured russia and its greater size. so we've seen that again, haven't we? in the kursk region they've moved in. they are expanding at quite a rate. they've taken quite a lot of territory very quickly. but russia will gradually divert more and more resources to slowing that advance. and once you have defensive positions firmly in place, which russia has been building, then that really will be

a test for ukraine. and also it will present it with a difficult decision as to when it, when or if it should pull out, because losing men is something ukraine can especially not afford to do, unlike russia. as don has made landfall in bermuda. it is called harry kane ernesto. they have received 30 centimetres of rainfall. and i still�*s slow speed means that it will hit for a long period on saturday.

third all towns in the rocky mountains have been destroyed by fire. the fire could continue for months. indonesia has been celebrating its independence day in the country's new capital, nusan—tara. the ceremony was attended by outgoing presidentjoko widodo and his successor prabowo subianto. nusantara, carved out ofjungle on borneo island, is due to replace sinking and traffic—clogged jakarta as the country's political centre this year. but the $32 billion megaproject is months, even years, behind schedule. elisa sutanudjaya is co—founder and executive director of the rujak centre for urban studies injakarta.

she doesn't believe the new capital will work. so in my opinion, capital won't be a success, at least for the time being, because, you know, it's a really big, uh, things to do and too big to, to, uh, is also a burden for our state budget somehow. yeah. so that's the reason why i don't believe it will be a success project either now or in the future. and, elisa, in the meantime, what we've seen are the major challenges that jakarta is facing. you have overpopulation, air pollution, but crucially, rising sea levels and floods. so the government solution at the moment is to create a new capital and try and get people to move there. don't you think that in the long run that perhaps is the best solution to depopulate jakarta ? uh, well, i don't think so, because, uh, still, you still have to fix the problem of jakarta anyway, even though if you move, then

you the problem still exists. and actually the one that only moving is the. it's the government centre. so it's so jakarta. still like the business capital and also the financial hub for for indonesia. so people still come and flock and try to find a living there injakarta. and then the maximum capacity for nusantara as mentioned by the director is only like two million for, for the next two decades. so at the end of the day, it's not going to, uh, it's not going to attract many people, uh, to nusantara. it's not going to attract many people. and you're an architect by profession and looking at those challenges in terms of how do you solve those problems injakarta, what do you think are some of the solutions that need to be implemented by the government? i think one important things to do and urgent one is from transportation sector.

so in actually jakarta already progressed a lot over the past maybe like six years. uh, and then even though after pandemic we have how can i say some? there are some decline regarding a public transportation user, but now there is a return to before the pandemic. so if we have uh, and keep doing improvement in terms of public transportation project and also uh, doing some post, uh strategy, uh, like limiting car usage and everything. so, uh, we kind of like solve that, uh, mobility, uh, bit by bit. those are some of the solutions to deal with the impact of climate change onjakarta. 5m?

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the south—east corner. 0vernight, there will be a few showers overnight. a brisk south westerly winds and it could be a tad fresh first thing on sunday morning. temperatures in the countryside getting down to single figures. in towns and cities, ten to 13 degrees. high pressure to the south, in between a bit of a squeeze on the isobars. sickly rampart of scotland where there will be some strong winds throughout the on sunday. it will ease off later in the day. it will ease off later in the day. it will blow in some showers across scotland. elsewhere, it would be a fine day with some sunny spells and feeling pleasantly warm in that sunshine. temperatures 21 to 25 celsius. into next week, it is going to be quite changeable. there will be some rain and windy conditions for a time. there will also be some

sunny spells in between these weather systems. we are opening the door to these areas of low pressure. weather systems removing their way in from the atlantic. it will be quite wet throughout monday sickly toward scotland and western fringes of england and wales. the wind will pick up here. they could be some gales around the irish sea coast. the midlands and eastern england were still mostly dry on sunday and there will be sunshine on monday with 25 celsius in temperature. there will be some sunny spells on monday. temperatures typical for the time of year.

this is bbc news, the headlines. hezbollah retaliates. after an israeli strike on a residential building in the country's self kill tells people. the israeli army says that about 55 rockets were fired into northern israel today. hospital officials in gaza say at least 15 people, including children and women, have been killed in israeli strikes on central gaza. the israeli military had earlier ordered the evacuation of nine areas in central gaza. hospitals in india are turning most patients away as doctors stage a 24 hour strike.

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