this is bbc world news today. our top stories. spain's new prime minister, pedro sanchez, is sworn in in madrid. his first challenge — catalonia's separatist leader calls for talks. thousands of palestinians attend the funeral of a nurse killed by israeli gunfire during protests in gaza. her mother says she was trying to help the injured. translation: this is what she was resisting with. on what basis did they think to kill her? she has been targeted since the first day of the protests. after decades of communist rule in cuba, could the new president be about to bring in significant changes to the way the country is run? also in the programme... we travel to the russian city of kazan as it prepares to welcome world cup fans and celebrate ramadan. a very warm welcome.

spain's new prime minister, pedro sanchez, has been sworn into office by king felipe. it followed the ousting of the government of mariano rajoy in a parliamentary vote of no confidence after his people's party was embroiled in corruption allegations. a new separatist catalan government was also formally sworn in on saturday, with its regional leader calling for talks with spain's new prime minister. richard galpin reports. the leader of spain's socialist party taking the formal steps to becoming the country's new prime minister. translation: i promise on my conscience and honour to loyally fulfill the responsibilities of prime minister and to be loyal to the king and to safeguard the constitution, as well as keeping the deliberations of the cabinet secret. king felipe the first to congratulate pedro sanchez, at today's ceremony in the royal palace on the outskirts of madrid.

all of this following a parliamentary vote of no—confidence in the long—standing prime minister mariano rajoy on friday. forced out as a result of a corruption scandal within his party. 46—year—old pedro sanchez takes the reins of power without ever having held government office before. and his party has only a quarter of the seats in parliament. he need allies urgently. meanwhile, the new leader of catalonia, quim torra, on the left, was also attending a swearing—in ceremony. this in barcelona, for members of his separatist regional government. a move which ends seven months of direct, emergency rule of the region by madrid, and already the catalan leader is saying he will pursue the goal of independence, despite last year's failed

attempt to break away following a referendum. translation: this government is committed to advancing in accordance with the referendum of october the 1st. that is to pursue an independent state in the form of a republic — a mandate which was supported by the december 21 elections. it will not be easy, there are powerful interests against this. singing. this catalan government wants negotiations with spain's new prime minister about independence. their support in the last few days helped bring him to power. but madrid says the constitution bans any break—up of the nation. thousands of palestinians have attended the funeral in gaza of a volunteer nurse who was killed by israeli fire during protests along the border on friday.

health officials and witnesses said 21—year—old razan al—najar was shot dead as she ran towards the border fence in southern gaza to help a casualty. in a statement the israeli military said it would investigate her alleged killing by its forces. our arab affairs editor, sebastian usher, reports. once again, thousands of mourners have filled the streets of gaza through which the body of a young woman was carried on a stretcher, wrapped in the palestinian flag. health officials and eyewitnesses say that razan al—najar, our volunteer nurse, was shot in the chest by israeli forces on friday. as she ran to treat a casual date near the border with israel. it has been the scene of weeks of palestinian protests. her father hailed what once would have been her medical code, drenched in blood, as a mother lamented her child and

demanded justice. translation: a mother lamented her child and demandedjustice. translation: this is my daughter's weapon. this is what she was resisting with. on what basis did the soldier kill her? she was targeted since the first day of the protests. so many times she survived death and she would tell me what she had gone through, making an account of every person silent about this. razan al-najar had become a well—known figure at the weekly protest at the border, help to demand the right of return for palestinians to israel. israeli military said it will investigate her death. more than 100 palestinians have been killed by israeli forces since the demonstrations were launched at the end of march. israel says its soldiers have only opened fire to prevent militants from breaking through the border. it accuses hamas, which controls gaza, of orchestrating the unrest for its own ends. but the un and human rights groups have accused israel of using disproportionate force. the death of

razan al—najar has prompted further expressions of concern but palestinians see her as a new, potent symbol of their cause. the prospect of a trade war seem to be getting closer. france's finance minister says the united states have just days to avert it after the trump administration's imposition of steel and aluminium tariffs. speaking after a heated meeting of g—7 finance ministers in canada, mr le maire said washington must reduce tensions because the eu was poised to take countermeasures. the us treasury secretary, steven mnuchin, said that he has reflected some of these views to president trump and that the united states doesn't want to give up its leadership of the world economy. the canadian finance minister said he was disappointed. what did we ask treasury secretary to do? we said that we were collectively helping that we were collectively helping that he would bring the message

back, the message of regret and disappointment, at the american actions and concern that they are not constructive. my sense is he will take that message back to washington. let's take a look at some of the other stories making the news. australia has issued an alert after 83 shipping containers fell from a vessel off the coast of new south wales during heavy swells. the items include sanitary products, surgical masks and nappies. they've begun washing up ashore and there are concerns that they could prove dangerous to whales if they swallow them. a number of people have been injured in clashes between the police and opposition protestors in the malian capital, bamako. police fired tear gas and beat the demonstrators, who were holding a march demanding transparency in next month's presidential election. the authorities had earlier banned the protest, which was organised by a coalition of opposition parties. cuba is getting ready to change its constitution to open up the island's economy to businesses and investments.

today, the national assembly held an extraordinary session where president miguel diaz—canel picked his predecessor, rahul castro, to lead the parliamentary commission that will draft the constitutional reform. let's cross now to the bbc‘s will grant in havana. what sort of changes are we talking about? these are changes that fidel kasper schmeichel raul castro has wa nted kasper schmeichel raul castro has wanted to see codified in the constitution for some time. specifically in terms of the economy. he was a clear that cuba will move to a mixed and more mixed economy than the previous, com pletely economy than the previous, completely socialist economy. he wa nts completely socialist economy. he wants that reflected so perhaps small business owners that are permitted under cuban small business owners that are permitted under cu ban law small business owners that are permitted under cuban law have more legal representation under the constitution. there are other things

also, particularly term limits on the president and all other high officials, age limits also. things that will make a difference to the way that cuba is run but not the underpinning philosophy. the political, socialist nature of the revolution is enshrined in law and they will not be touching that. revolution is enshrined in law and they will not be touching thatm is quite noticeable that the impact it has, when i was in havana last year, i noticed small restaurant owners were really trying to make a go of the opportunities they had and it's a feeling that people are poised to do more of that if these changes come in? yes, i think so. those are some other kinds of businesses that are permitted, small restau ra nts, businesses that are permitted, small restaurants, small bed and brea kfasts, restaurants, small bed and breakfasts, people cannot have much more than that as life stands at the moment. small businesses are as far as they can go. i think those who

are pushing for change will want to see a little more freedom in those terms and they want to make sure that those changes are constitutional. but they don'tjust last for the whim of an administration that they are enshrined in the law. definitely, there is a lot of ordinary cubans who might have the capital, whether from theirfamilies who might have the capital, whether from their families abroad or who might have the capital, whether from theirfamilies abroad or in their own savings, to take a step into the private sector and would be willing to do so as long as the government finally makes good on the promise to allow that to happen. thanks very much. will grant in havana. stay with us on bbc world news, still to come... 70 years ago the uk established the national health service to prove universal healthcare for all. we hearfrom a nurse who was there right from the start. the queen and her husband began

their royal progress. the moment of chronic, in accordance with the order of service, by a signal given, the great guns of the tower shall be shot off. tributes have been paid around the world to muhammad ali, who has died at the age of 7a. outspoken but rarely outfought, he transcended the sport of boxing, of which he was three times world champion. he was a good fighter and he fought all the way to the end, he would do his best. uefa imposes an indefinite ban on english clubs playing in europe. todayis today is the 20th anniversary of the release of the beatles lp, sergeant pepper. a record described as the album of the century. this is bbc world news today.

the latest headlines. spain's new prime minister, pedro sanchez, is sworn in in madrid. his first challenge — catalonia's separatist leader calls for talks. thousands of palestinians attend the funeral of a nurse killed by israeli gunfire during protests in gaza. her mother says she was trying to help the injured. it is the first full day in office for italy's new prime minister, giuseppe conte, after being sworn in on friday. mr conte is to lead a coalition government — one half of which, the five star movement, held a celebration rally in rome today. our correspondent james reynolds was there and sent us this. this rally organised by the five star movement in rome shows just how

quickly things can change in italy. just a few days ago, it was calling for everybody to come here and call for everybody to come here and call for the impeachment of the country's president because he had vetoed the choice of eurosceptic finance minister for the five star coalition. then everybody got together, the arguments were resolved and this rally has been rebranded as a celebration, people still have decided to come out and it is an important moment for five star. bearing in mind, this movement was only founded in 2009 as a direct democracy anti—corruption party and for the first time, it is officially in government. its priority, it says, is to bring about a job allowa nce says, is to bring about a job allowance from many italians who live in poverty, particularly in the south. and the league, its partner, once a tough new policy on

migration. everyone here is in a reasonably celebratory mood because they are still talking about promises. that may change when they realise that they are no longer the antiestablishment parties, five star and the league are officially the establishment and they have to get on with it. now all the sport. hello and thanks for joining us on sport today. at roland garros, serena williams has set up a mouth—watering last 16 tie against maria sharapova after beating 11th seed julia goerges in straight sets. serena williams made her world ranking of a51 look ridiculous with a comfortable 6—3, 6—4 win. she will now face sharapova for the 22nd time and is unbeaten against the russian since 200a. williams will play two time champion maria sharapova after the russian beat karolina pliskova in straight sets.

sharapova is playing at roland garros for the first time since 2015 after serving a doping ban. looking comfortable with that victory. and she marked herfirst match back with victory over the czech sixth—seed injust under an hour. when you are progressing throughout the grand slam, you come across different challenges in a tournament like this and everything that roland garros presents is perhaps more challenges than others with the weather and the schedule. you just have to come forward and face it. i think i proved quite a lot in this match, for my first two rounds. i had to, i didn't have a choice against a player like her. yes, of course i am pleased to be in the next one. 10—time champion rafael nadal eased through to the last 16 with a straight sets win over local favourite richard gasquet. the defending champion and world number one won 6—3, 6—2, 6—2 injust under two hours. the world cup is less than two weeks away and the teams

are getting their last minute preparations in ahead of the tournament in russia. champions germany have been beaten 2—1 by austria. the match was delayed by heavy rain — mesut ozil put the visitors ahead. but austria rallied to score twice and take the victory. elsewhere, england beat nigeria 2—1 at wembley, gary cahill and harry kane putting the hosts ahead, alex iwobi scoring for the super eagles. sweden finished goalless against denmark. the usa are in action against the republic of ireland. they are 1—0 they are1—0 up they are 1—0 up at the moment. to the second day of the second test between england and pakistan at headlingley and it was a wet start in leeds with the morning session lost to the weather... england finally closed on 302 for seven, a first innings lead of 128 — nightwatchman dom bess made a9, captain joe root 45 and jos buttler ended unbeaten on 34. mohammed amir and faheem asraf both taking two wickets for the visitors.

yamaha's valentino rossi has taken his first motogp pole position in a year and a half while breaking a few records at his home grand prix in italy. it was the seven—time champion's 55th pole position in motogp but first since october 2016 and sees him become the first rider to start from pole seven times at mugello. rossi shaved two—tenths off the new lap record to finish ahead of his former team—mate jorge lorenzo, who's now at ducati. suzuki's maverick vinales completed the front row, with championship leader marc marquez starting on the second row after finishing sixth. now to racing, and with the queen in attendance it was masar who came home in front to win the derby at epsom. charlie appleby‘s colt denied the odds—on favourite saxon warrior for a first classic winner for his trainer. masar, ridden by william buick, dominated the 239th running

of the race to scoop the £920,000 in prize money that's all the sport for now. 11 cities across russia are preparing to host fans from around the world for the world cup later this month. one of them is kazan. it's largest city in the republic of tatarstan, a semi—autonomous region in central russia. the city is home to half a million muslims and restaurant owner aydar is getting ready to welcome fans — ensuring that the muslim ones from iran and elsewhere have a place to say their prayers and the chance to celebrate the end of ramadan together. this year marks 70 years since the establishment of the national health service — the nhs — here in the uk. for the first time, free healthcare

was provided for everyone. olive belfield was a young nurse in 19118 when the ambitious new system was brought in. she's been telling witness about her memories of those days. i had always, there was a great thing that i wanted was to be a nurse. . . thing that i wanted was to be a nurse... if anyone asked me, what do you want to do when you grow up? i would always say, i want to be a nurse. i started would always say, i want to be a nurse. istarted nursing would always say, i want to be a nurse. i started nursing when i was 18 in 1945. nurse. i started nursing when i was 18 in 19115. you would then accepted for 12 weeks. you lived within the nurses home. and of course, it is so exciting. it sounds ludicrous. but when you think, you have a uniform, which was pink. if we passed, that

was it. we could then carry on and become our ambition of nursing. joy uponjoy. become our ambition of nursing. joy upon joy. britain's doctors and health centres come under state control in a £132 million per year national health service bill strewn “ soon national health service bill strewn —— soon to come on the statute book. onjuly —— soon to come on the statute book. on july 50 —— soon to come on the statute book. onjuly 50 nhs trusts, providing specialist services, drugs and appliances, care of the teeth and eyes, maternity services... the task that lies ahead of us is far greater than what we have already accomplished. bevan, his ambition in life was to get the nhs. from his early political career, he just wa nted early political career, he just wanted that. and of course, so did

everybody else. people who helped initially would be the poor people. my initially would be the poor people. my first ward was a male medical ward. one of the worst instances was a young man and this young man died. i had never seen anyone die. i stood and cried. and, of course, i think i had most of the patients crying. i can still remember to this day, the registrar immediately got me out of the ward. and she said, the parents had come. make them a cup of tea.

and of course, they could see i had been crying. the mother started. she started crying. and she got hold of me. and she said, you have made me feel better than anyone else. she realised that we were human. i then find out about health visiting. and i went to university. i had always felt that if i nursed, i would like to go out into the community. i could have worked privately as a health visitor. but that was not what i wanted. now, if you're afraid of closed spaces, look away now... a french performance

artist has embarked on a "less—than—comfortable" trip back in time by locking himself in a wooden cavity. abra ham poincheval will stand upright in an oversized wooden replica of one of the world's oldest and most famous stone—age carvings — a lion—headed man. that's it dash see you soon. this evening has seen scotland and parts of northern and eastern england seeing thundery downpours but for many of us it was a fine edge of the day with warm sunshine around and tomorrow with more of that warm sunshine on offer, temperatures will be even higher compared to today. this is a picture going into the night and as thunderstorms slowly fade away but we will keep outbreaks of rain, the northernmost parts and particularly into southern scotland and still overnight, some of that quite heavy.

you can see the clear skies for the bulk of england into wales but there could be fog patches developing as temperatures here dip into single figures. most around 10—14 as sunday begins. cloud for the central belt of southern scotland and the northernmost counties and any early outbreaks of rain clearing but we keep the cloud through the day. northern scotland having sunny spells but the chances slipping thunderstorms and maybe a nice fitted shower in northern ireland and for the rest of england and wales but warm, sunny spells also an temperatures in the warmer spots heading towards the mid—20s. late afternoon, take a closer look at these thunderstorms affecting parts of scotland, particularly in the west. if you catch one of these you could see a lot of rain in a short space of time with frequent lightning and hailstones but further south, northern ireland and england and wales, you can see how isolated these showers are. for most places, warm sunshine and a little cooler on

the north sea coast compared to inland. that theme continues into monday. no pressure to the south becoming less of a player, high pressure to the north—west and a north—easterly flow coming around that and for monday, plenty of cloud around and lower temperatures for many as a result. especially along those north sea coasts. monday, still some sunny sunshine around, west scotland and northern ireland and western wales other could be showers developing and most areas staying dry. in the sunny spells it turns out pleasantly warm but where you have the cloud, particularly on the north sea coast, it will feel cooler compared to the weekend. temperatures recovering towards midweek as a sunshine becomes widespread once again and later in the week, still a few showers around, particularly for southern parts of the uk. hello. this is bbc news. the headlines: the spanish socialist pedro sanchez has been sworn in as the country's new prime minister.

thousands of palestinians have attended the funeral in gaza of volunteer nurse who was killed by israeli fire during protest along the border on friday. she was allegedly shot dead as she ran to help a casualty. the prospect of a trade war seems to be getting closer. france's finance minister says the united states has just days to avert one, after the trump tariffs. please released a statement saying its services are operating at full capacity after customers across europe were left unable to make payments on friday.