this. live from london. this is bbc news. lebanon says at least 10 people have been killed in an israeli strike on a residential building in the country's south. fire crews fight a blaze at the culture and arts centre, somerset house, in central london. india's ministry of health urges doctors to end their strike protest, promising to look urgently at their safety following the rape and murder of a junior doctor at a kolkata hospital. the african union's health agency confirms more than 18,000 mpox cases have been detected across thirteen countries this year. and after ukrainian troops destroy a strategically important bridge in russia's kursk region, russia attacks the border city of sumy.

hello. lebanon says at least ten people have been killed in an israeli strike on a residential building in the southern city of nabatieh. the lebanese state news agency says two children were among those killed. israel said it was targeting a hezbollah weapons depot. lebanese media say hezbollah has fired more than a0 rockets into northern israel in retaliation. also on saturday, hospital officials say an israeli strike in central gaza killed at least 15 people. they say a house and warehouse sheltering displaced people was hit. as the fighting continues, ceasefire and hostage release talks continue in qatar. wyre davies has more from jerusalem. images and reports from across the region show that there are still huge obstacles to peace, despite the positive messages coming from talks in qatar.

in gaza, an overnight israeli air strike reportedly killed 15 people in the central area of the palestinian territory. although israel said it had eliminated a number of armed fighters, several women and children were also reportedly killed. translation: what happened is that i around one o'clock in the morning, i three rockets hit directly the house of this man and his family. there were many children and women inside, mainly women, around 20 in total. to the north, deep inside lebanon, the israeli air force said it had also struck hezbollah targets, including a weapons storage facility. the reports from the scene said at least ten people were killed, many of them syrian refugees, including a woman and her two children. translation: this is an industrial area, - a brick factory, slaughterhouse, metalfactory, aluminium factory and cow farm. it's an industrial and civilian area. nonetheless, president biden

has welcomed the reported progress in the qatar talks. i'm optimistic. it's far from over. i think we've got a shot. are you more optimistic now than you have been in months past? yes. why? if i told you that, i'd give away what's going on. his secretary of state, antony blinken, is heading to the region to promote what has been called final bridging proposal, hopefully leading to a ceasefire in gaza and the release of hostages in exchange for palestinian prisoners being held in israeli jails. efforts have been intensifying to try to secure a ceasefire deal in gaza , with the us secretary of state antony blinken heading to the region for talks. let's speak to nawaf al—thani, former qatari director of defence intelligence and former defence attache to the us. he has been involved in the negotiation process. thank in the negotiation process. you forjoining us here i

news. thank you forjoining us here on bbc news. how would you characterise the progress that has been made so far? firs of all, thank you for having me. i am firs of all, thank you for having me. iam not firs of all, thank you for having me. i am not involved firs of all, thank you for having me. iam not involved in firs of all, thank you for having me. i am not involved in the negotiation process, a quick correction. having served with the government, but no longer with the government, but no longer with the government we have seen progress in the past couple of days that we have not seen in quite a few months which echoes what the president of united states and the leader of qatar and the president of egypt have made clear as an object approach to was a ceasefire. the mediation has ended, the technical teams have been going through and continue to go through even as we speak today, and in the continuing week, to iron out the bridging plans that would bridge the

gaps from the original biden administration plan that was presented in may and hopefully, be “p presented in may and hopefully, be up for the end of next week in egypt, we may see something positive. egypt, we may see something ositive. . . , egypt, we may see something ositive. . ., , ., egypt, we may see something ositive. . ., ., , positive. hamas have said that they believe that — positive. hamas have said that they believe that the _ positive. hamas have said that they believe that the israelis _ positive. hamas have said that they believe that the israelis have - positive. hamas have said that they believe that the israelis have been l believe that the israelis have been adding new conditions. what is your assessment of that accusation? weill. assessment of that accusation? well, the nature of— assessment of that accusation? well, the nature of negotiation _ assessment of that accusation? well, the nature of negotiation is _ assessment of that accusation? well, the nature of negotiation is a - assessment of that accusation? -ii the nature of negotiation is a back and forth. what we can say from what we can see and obviously, both the qataris, the americas and the egyptians are playing close to negotiations. back and forth is part of the game and is part of negotiation. that is the what exactly negotiation. the end that is what is imported and the technical teams work this week until the end of this coming week and just before the age of the meeting, they have the age of the meeting, they have the burden of working on these

bridging solutions for those differences.— bridging solutions for those differences. , ,., bridging solutions for those differences. , , ., ., differences. there is something that has happened _ differences. there is something that has happened this _ differences. there is something that has happened this week _ differences. there is something that has happened this week that - differences. there is something that has happened this week that might. has happened this week that might appear to some onlookers to be at odds with the role that united states has ta ken odds with the role that united states has taken in this mediation process. the united states has approved the sale of arms $120 billion to israel and yet, at the same time, we are trying to establish a ceasefire deal. how compatible is that in your view? i think the role of the united states is a very important. indispensable. you can't deal with israel or the palaces live palestinians or the middle east as a whole without the people who live here and united states. i think it is a balancing act, i think it is an important bison act. i think what we have seen is a very positive move forward and very encouraging it —— but i think it is important positive act. i

think a lot needs to be done in the next three days on both sides. both sides have to agree are not getting everything that they want but the release of hostages, ceasefire, humanitarian aid, already 40,000 at it has been reported in gaza has been killed. this region which has been killed. this region which has been spoken —— it is now very strong probability of getting this thing done. ., , probability of getting this thing done. . , ., . done. finally, we had in recent weeks -- _ done. finally, we had in recent weeks -- this— done. finally, we had in recent weeks -- this was _ done. finally, we had in recent weeks -- this was a _ done. finally, we had in recent weeks -- this was a last - done. finally, we had in recent- weeks -- this was a last opportunity weeks —— this was a last opportunity to bring about some sort of cessation. how true is that? assure you, if you have got the chance of a deal, you just keep talking until you get it across the line? their qatari foreign _ you get it across the line? their qatari foreign minister- you get it across the line? their qatari foreign minister was - you get it across the line? tue: " qatari foreign minister was very clear that qatar would not never

give up on a peaceful solution whenever there is any chance for a peaceful solution. they would never give up on mediating towards a peaceful settlement. so there negotiations and an immediate is a very clear on that. in the end, it is up to both sides, both of the hamas negotiators who are not present today but are being briefed obviously and you agree to move forward and the israelis, the israeli government to be specific and the prime minister's government. they have to commit to this important tenets of peace which is ceasefire, release of hostages and moving towards humanitarian plan. they will not give up but this window is to close closing very rapidly. window is to close closing very raidl . ., ~ window is to close closing very raidl. ., ~ ,, window is to close closing very raidl. ., , . ., rapidly. thank you very much for our rapidly. thank you very much for your time- _ rapidly. thank you very much for your time. thank _ rapidly. thank you very much for your time. thank you _ rapidly. thank you very much for your time. thank you very - rapidly. thank you very much for your time. thank you very much | rapidly. thank you very much for. your time. thank you very much for havin: your time. thank you very much for having me- — 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 demonstrated in city streets across the country, demanding justice. the assault on the 31—year—old has reignited national outrage at the chronic issue of violence against women. the most recent statistics show 445,000 crimes against women in 2022. that's on average about 51 crimes every hour. among those, there were 31,000 rapes reported. 0r, on average, one rape reported every 16 minutes. our correspondent, archana shukla, has more from mumbai. now, the largest doctors group, which is the indian medical association, hasjoined into the protest. so today, 24 hours of nationwide strike. first, such where both government as well as private healthcare 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 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. 0ur correspondent in mumbai. around 70 firefighters are dealing with a fire at london's somerset house. we can show you the live pictures. london fire brigade say 10 fire engines have been deployed, with plumes of smoke seen coming from the historic arts centre on the banks of the thames.

if you're not familiar with it, it is a former stately home that is on the strand in central london. it is home to it an art museum which houses a collection of the samuel courtauld trust, including many masterpieces from the middle ages to the 20th century. masterpieces from the middle ages to the 20th century. police say there are no reported injuries and nobody is thought to be inside the building. there were visitor seen outside on the streets. there were visitor seen outside on the streets. the cause is not yet known. we have got our correspondent very shortly —— but we will speak into —— will be speaking to our correspondent very shortly. the african union's health agency has confirmed more than 18,000 mpox cases across 13 countries this year. it says more than a thousand of these cases were reported in just one week. the disease, formerly known as monkeypox, was declared a global emergency by the world health 0rganization 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. i'm joined now by dr sarah pitt, virologist from the university of brighton. thank you very much for interrupting a saturday afternoon to talk to us. the advice to these parts of africa is to get vaccinated. haifa the advice to these parts of africa is to get vaccinated.— is to get vaccinated. how easy is that? i don't— is to get vaccinated. how easy is that? i don't know _ is to get vaccinated. how easy is that? i don't know how- is to get vaccinated. how easy is that? i don't know how easy - is to get vaccinated. how easy is that? i don't know how easy it i is to get vaccinated. how easy is that? i don't know how easy it isj that? i don't know how easy it is going to be to access the vaccine and also, i am not show that the countries in europe and other parts of the world outside of africa —— i am not sure that the countries in

europe and other parts of the world is a priority. it is there is a shortage of vaccines, and they will are saying that the who in africa and the centre of disease control in africa is asking countries to donate, if they have got any left over vaccine, donate, if they have got any left overvaccine, it donate, if they have got any left over vaccine, it to donate them to the countries where it is really needed the most. in this case, it is particularly the democratic republic of the congo where there are hundreds of cases and hundreds of deaths, and also it is spreading to other countries it in africa. that is where the need for vaccines is at the moment. that is what i would advise so i don't know how easy it is going to be to get a vaccine if you're thinking and on holiday. really, i would say that people should take care and take precautions. if there are cases that have been reported in a country that have been reported in a country that have visiting, then to be very careful rather than trying to take

reflexes flax is a really need it. how many have been caught out with a shortage of axes around the world and the vaccine that we have got potentially in the wrong place? with —— with a shortage of taxis around the world. i’m -- with a shortage of taxis around the world-— the world. i'm not sure because after the last — the world. i'm not sure because after the last global _ the world. i'm not sure because after the last global outbreak i the world. i'm not sure because after the last global outbreak in 2022 to 2023 which to take the world by surprise, the number of cases from person—to—person transmission outside of africa was very unusual. we did vaccinate people and we did improve the testing facilities that they had in countries outside of africa, including here in the uk. i was really hoping that that would be a wake—up call to the world because to reassess if you are able to help the countries where most cases are, which is west and central africa. to get that under control through vaccinating people routinely there, that was put stop the spread of the

virus in those countries and protect them. it would also reduce the chances of something like this happening that we are seeing at the moment. i am happening that we are seeing at the moment. iam hoping happening that we are seeing at the moment. i am hoping that once this outbreak is brought under control, however long that takes we might actually wake up and decide to do what i havejust actually wake up and decide to do what i have just said. 0ffer routine vaccinations to people in areas where there rabbit is mostly found in order to protect them and to protect the rest of the word for something like this from happening again —— where the virus is mostly found. it again -- where the virus is mostly found. , u, now it's time for a look at today's sport. manchester united lead the way with the first match of the premier league season. liverpool are guessing ipswich town. there are 2—0

up guessing ipswich town. there are 2—0 up thanks to mo sala. therefore just got a few minutes left. five more games to come later on. and clean at the emirates with arsenal, the team that have come closest to dethroning much this issue over the last two years taken on wolves. the manager knows what they need for this campaign. he knows what they need for this campaign-— knows what they need for this camaiun. . ., ., , , campaign. he had to has to be very close to the — campaign. he had to has to be very close to the numbers _ campaign. he had to has to be very close to the numbers that - campaign. he had to has to be very close to the numbers that we - campaign. he had to has to be very close to the numbers that we have | close to the numbers that we have seenin close to the numbers that we have seen in recent years, that is for sure. when you are looking ahead and everything that you we are doing and everyone is enthusiastic, we have to improve to get better, to look for higher ceilings, this is what i think everyone needs. it is motivating, it is inspiring. every day, something new to look up. we have created that culture and we want to keep going.— have created that culture and we want to keep going. across europe, the big leagues _ want to keep going. across europe, the big leagues are _ want to keep going. across europe, the big leagues are getting - want to keep going. across europe, the big leagues are getting under . the big leagues are getting under way. the psg started the defence of

their title. way. the psg started the defence of theirtitle. in way. the psg started the defence of their title. in spain, they have been going since thursday, real madrid one of those display on sunday and there are just two games to play, including in valencia where barcelona starts in la liga. the new boss knows that they will have a tough time on their hands to reclaim the title with their famous rivals, including adding clean and vapid to the ranks. that —— killian m backpay... fist the ranks. that -- killian m backpay- - -_ the ranks. that -- killian m backpay. .. the ranks. that -- killian m backa �* ., ., ., , _ backpay... at the moment, i am happy with what the — backpay... at the moment, i am happy with what the team _ backpay... at the moment, i am happy with what the team shows. _ backpay... at the moment, i am happy with what the team shows. when - backpay... at the moment, i am happy with what the team shows. when you l with what the team shows. when you see all the players, we have a really strong team i think. carlos alcaraz called his defeat at the cincinnati 0pen the worst match of his career as his preparations for the us open took a hit.

and the temper showed his racket, bearing the brunt of his frustrations during his defeat to gael monfils. alcaraz had won the first set, but lost the next two to the 37 year old to go out at the second round stage. i felt sometimes that i wanted to break the rackets. it never happened before because i could control myself in those situations, and those feelings. today, i could not control myself because as i said, i was feeling that i was not playing any kind of tennis. so, i was —— it was really frustrating for me and it was really frustrating for me and it was sample point that i left the court. i did not want to be in the courts. it was a hard moment for me. jack draper's good form continues in cincinnati. having beaten stefanos tsitsipas earlier in the week, the british number one, then overcame felix auger aliassime in three sets

to reach the quarter finals, although it ended with a controversial match point. draper's half volley was allowed to stand, even though his opponent insisted the ball had hit draper's racket, then the ground. and new zealand avenged their rugby championship loss to argentina with a comprehensive 42 points to 10 win in auckland. willjordan scored two of their six tries, as the all blacks defied the wet conditions at eden park, a place they've not lost in 30 years. meanwhile in perth, south africa beat australia by 30 points to 12, a week after the world champions won their first encounter. and that's all the sport for now. thank you very much. let's return to the story that about a hundred firefighters tackling a fire at somerset house. we firefighters tackling a fire at somerset house.— firefighters tackling a fire at somerset house. ~ h, , firefighters tackling a fire at somerset house. ~ u, , ., somerset house. we can see quite a lot of smoke — somerset house. we can see quite a lot of smoke from _ somerset house. we can see quite a lot of smoke from the _ somerset house. we can see quite a lot of smoke from the building. - lot of smoke from the building. let'sjoin our lot of smoke from the building. let's join our correspondent over there. this let's join our correspondent over there. �* , let's join our correspondent over there. a , ., .,

there. as you said, there is around a hundred — there. as you said, there is around a hundred firefighters _ there. as you said, there is around a hundred firefighters here - there. as you said, there is around a hundred firefighters here if - a hundred firefighters here if tackling this blaze at somerset house. we know that around 15 fire engines have been deployed, including from soho some of the surrounding areas. the metropolitan police say that there are no reported injuries. what we do know is that the london fibre great said it receiving reports of these incidents —— make their london fire brigade said it started receiving reports of this is a dent around... all around me, you can see lots of people around, the building is currently close as staff and visitors, presumably people who are in the galleries waiting outside to see if they can go back in. what we also see around us, the smoke, there's a lot of smoke and there was very thick smoke in the courts of somerset house behind me as well. there is also reported closures and traffic incident as welljust there is also reported closures and traffic incident as well just as there is also reported closures and traffic incident as welljust as we

have been told that there's going to be some impact on the traffic. this will cause a really busy area. i mean it is a sunny saturday afternoon. there are lots of bars and restaurants around here. you can see there is a recording currently in place by me. somerset house is a historic building and culturally very important as well. it is home to the courtauld gallery which houses masterpieces from the middle ages right up to the 20th century. at this point, we don't know what has caused the fire and we don't know what damage if any, there will be to these collections.— be to these collections. thank you very much- _ venezuela's opposition leader, maria corina machado, has called for both nationwide and international demonstrations on saturday, urging people to protest against president nicolas maduro's disputed election victory last month. these are pictures from sydney earlier today. protesters in the australian city kicked off a global rally in support of venezuela's opposition. it comes days after a group

of united nations experts said that venezuela's presidential election lacked �*basic transparency and integrity�*. experts have criticised venezuela's national electoral council for declaring the incumbent, president maduro, the winner without publishing detailed voting tallies. on friday, the organisation of american states, meeting in washington, adopted a resolution calling on venezuela to publish comprehensive details of the results. ms machado said she would join a march in venezuela's capital, caracas. let us speak to an investigative journalist based in caracas. thank you very much forjoining us. what you very much forjoining us. what you think the real result might have been? ~ you think the real result might have been? . . . . ., you think the real result might have been? ~ ., . . ., ., ., been? well, according to an investigation _ been? well, according to an investigation that _ been? well, according to an investigation that several i investigation that several newspapers and other organisations independently did, the tally is that the opposition showed look legitimate and those tallies are showing an overwhelming victory for gonzales and not for nicolas maduro as the electoral council claimed.

the fact that the government has not been showing not only the tallies, but the results state by state and the electoral table by electoral table which is their custom here in venezuela, brings a lot of doubts around the process itself. hour around the process itself. how surrised around the process itself. how surprised are _ around the process itself. how surprised are you _ around the process itself. how surprised are you that - around the process itself. how surprised are you that people outside of venezuela have chosen to take part in demonstrations for a situation that is happening thousands of miles away from them? not surprise at all. even before when the opposition started gathering a large masses around the campaign around a gonzales, people around the world, over 7 million he fled the country due to the extreme situation here in red era, expressed their desire —— here in venezuela,

expressed their desire to come back. i was reading this on social media, the different parts where there are demonstrated already happening. now, they feel that they have that responsibility, the ones that could not vote could not come to vote, they feel that this is their share and the price that they have to do to bring awareness on the situation that venezuela and the government, the opposition are living in the right now as we speak. just very briefl , right now as we speak. just very briefly. what _ right now as we speak. just very briefly, what risks _ right now as we speak. just very briefly, what risks are _ right now as we speak. just very briefly, what risks are people i briefly, what risks are people taking byjoining these demonstrated in venezuela? taking by joining these demonstrated in venezuela?— taking by joining these demonstrated invenezuela? ., . ., in venezuela? enormous risks. we are talkin: in venezuela? enormous risks. we are talking about — in venezuela? enormous risks. we are talking about is _ in venezuela? enormous risks. we are talking about is over— in venezuela? enormous risks. we are talking about is over 1300 _ in venezuela? enormous risks. we are talking about is over 1300 people - talking about is over 1300 people detained already and the government says 2000 people have been arrested in deplorable conditions without any representation. if you step out in the street, you definitely risk your

freedom and your life.— freedom and your life. thank you very much _ freedom and your life. thank you very much indeed _ freedom and your life. thank you very much indeed for— freedom and your life. thank you very much indeed forjoining - freedom and your life. thank you very much indeed forjoining us l freedom and your life. thank you - very much indeed forjoining us from caracas here on bbc news. hello there. it's fairly settled weather for the weekend. it's not altogether dry as we've seen this morning, there have been a scattering of showers, because we are still under this dominant low to the north of the uk, with its west north—westerly winds bringing in the showers off the atlantic. and those winds are fairly brisk, not as strong as they were yesterday, but still strong enough to push the showers across scotland. many places still escape them, as we'll see in northern ireland. we've had 1 or 2 for england and wales. they could even be the odd one where we see the lion's share of the sunshine in east anglia and the south east, but warmest here 24, 25. 19 to 20 in the north. the temperatures are around about average for the time of year, perhaps just a little bit above in the south. but it means, again, that we've got some high levels of pollen if you're out and about, stretching right the way up into scotland now,

and with more sunshine on offer tomorrow, i'm sure a similar case. but the cloud does melt a little overnight. the winds start to ease, the showers start to fade under the influence of that ridge of high pressure. so again, i think it'll be quite cool or even quite fresh as we get towards sunday morning. temperatures will be in single figures in rural areas — as low as 5 or 6 in the north. and that's under the extending influence of the azores high, where we get a lot of our dry and settled weather from at this time of year. but again, yes, it's promising to be quite sunny first thing. the cloud bubbles up. there'll be a few showers developing — probably fewer than today on balance. a scattering for scotland primarily, and one or two in northern ireland and not as brisk a wind as today, but temperatures might be a degree or so down, but it'll still feel warm in the strong august sunshine, and we'll still see some of that as we go into next week, but increasingly it turns unsettled. later on monday, this next area of rain starts to move in from the atlantic. the next area of low pressure. it's going to pull in more of a southerly wind ahead of it, so we'll find that our dew points or our humidity rises. so monday night will actually be quite uncomfortably warm for sleeping once again.

and by the end of play monday, we've got that heavyish rain coming into northern ireland, western and northern scotland, the western fringes of england and wales. but we stay largely fine further east. we could just have some fog first thing under the clearer skies and some sea fog as that humidity increases further west. and then, i think, for the rest of the week, a very unsettled looking picture — showers or longer spells of rain. we will of course put the detail on as we get closer to the time.

this is bbc news. the headlines... hezbollah retaliates — firing a barrage of rockets into northern israel, after an israeli strike on a residential building in southern lebanon which killed ten people. the israeli army says about 55 rockets were fired across the border today. no casualties have been reported. hospital officials in gaza say at least 15 people, including children and women, have been killed in israeli strikes on central gaza. meanwhile, us presidentjoe biden says he believes a ceasefire deal is "closer than ever". india's ministry of health urges doctors to return to work. doctors are on strike demanding better protection after the rape and murder of one of their colleagues in a kolkata hospital.

and around 100 firefighters fight a blaze