this is bbc news with the latest headlines: no let up in the fighting between palestinian militants militants and israel — an israeli man in tel aviv and ten members of an extended family in gaza are among the latest victims in the conflict. a building housing the offices of international media outlets in gaza — including associated press and aljazeera has collapsed after being struck by israeli missiles. it had been evacuated. here, huge crowds of pro—palestinian protesters have gathered in london and marched to the gates of the israeli embassy. people in areas where the indian variant of coronavirus is spreading are urged to get a covid vaccination. wreath laying services have been held across the uk and around the world to mark the centenary of the royal british legion.

and it's fa cup final day — chelsea play leicester in front of 20,000 fans at wembley. leicester are looking to win it for the first time, chelsea are hoping to win it for the ninth. good afternoon. hamas militants have fired dozens of rockets at israeli cities, killing one man. it followed an israeli air strike overnight on a gaza refugee camp, which palestinian officials say killed at least 14 people, ten of them from one extended family. in the latest air strike, a building in gaza city housing international media has been targeted by israeli warplanes. 0ccupants were given a one hour warning to evacuate.

0ur correspondent paul adams reports from jerusalem. in the dark of another long night in gaza, a desperate search for signs of life. a four—storey building in a densely—packed refugee camp hit repeatedly, according to eyewitnesses, and razed to the ground. the rescue operation was frantic. yielding only a catalogue of death. two families, obliterated, at least seven people, including five children aged from five to 14. mohammed hadidi has lost almost everyone. his wife and the children were staying with her brother when the missiles struck. little 0mar is all he has left, found in the rubble next to his mother. israel's military has yet to comment on the attack, but images released overnight display an operation that shows no sign of letting up. israel says it's up to hamas

to stop firing first. that's not happening either. this, the aftermath of a rocket attack in the city of beersheba. there were no israeli casualties reported overnight, but the rockets are, as always, indiscriminate. sirens wail this is a solemn day across the palestinian territories. in ramallah on the west bank, sirens sounded to mark the 73 years since the creation of the state of israel and the dispossession of hundreds of thousands of palestinians. 0n the streets of israel's mixed cities wherejews and arabs live side by side, uneasy quiet this morning after nights of shocking violence. this is jaffa, scene of fresh disturbances last night, now almost deserted. fear and hatred tugging away at the fabric of israeli society. paul adams, bbc news, jerusalem. 0ur correspondent is in gaza and told us what was known about the air strike

on the tower housing some of the international media there. it is hard to clarify this as the landlord of the building was speaking to the media just now and denying any military sides involved in his building. he said it is housing media, tech companies and about 60 residential apartments in the building. it is by far the biggest building so far that has been destroyed. not only during this war, but during the previous collisions. the sound of the explosion was huge, the debris went everywhere. 0ne explosion was huge, the debris went everywhere. one of the main street was blocked because the building was collapsing in the main street. the

building is housing aljazeera tv channel and also some international media broadcasting. just channel and also some international media broadcasting.— media broadcasting. just give us a icture media broadcasting. just give us a picture what _ media broadcasting. just give us a picture what is _ media broadcasting. just give us a picture what is happening - media broadcasting. just give us a picture what is happening in - media broadcasting. just give us a picture what is happening in gazal picture what is happening in gaza generally, anotherferocious night generally, another ferocious night of generally, anotherferocious night of attacks, what is the latest figures on casualties?- of attacks, what is the latest figures on casualties? yes, it was a ve lona figures on casualties? yes, it was a very long night. _ figures on casualties? yes, it was a very long night, air— figures on casualties? yes, it was a very long night, air strikes - figures on casualties? yes, it was a very long night, air strikes were - very long night, air strikes were exchanged all night and this money. but the significant attack was on the refugee camp. it is a refugee camp in gaza city where the israeli air strike destroyed a three—storey building killing members from two different families, including five children and two women, according to the latest statement from the health ministry. also in other places,

there were different air strikes in different areas. targeting flats housing senior hamas military official and also a police station was hit. the israeli air strikes in the last couple of hours. the hamas group fired large rockets towards tel aviv and central israel. the most recent statement said the big building was destroyed in gaza. eame building was destroyed in gaza. some palestinians living _ building was destroyed in gaza. some palestinians living in _ building was destroyed in gaza. some palestinians living in the _ building was destroyed in gaza. some palestinians living in the border area are fleeing, do they still fear there could be an israeli ground attack? ~ . . ., .,

there could be an israeli ground attack? ., ., there could be an israeli ground attack? ~ . . ., ., ., , ., attack? according to a un statement this morning. — attack? according to a un statement this morning. we _ attack? according to a un statement this morning, we have _ attack? according to a un statement this morning, we have as _ attack? according to a un statement this morning, we have as many - attack? according to a un statement this morning, we have as many as i this morning, we have as many as 10,000 people flee their homes in the north and west, people who live near the border left a couple of nights ago. at this morning, after the air strike nights ago. at this morning, after the airstrike in nights ago. at this morning, after the air strike in the north last night we saw more people fleeing with the fear of any israeli ground operation. back in 2014 in the 51 days of war, israel started with air strikes and there was an exchange of air strikes and rockets for a bit of time. then the israeli started the ground operation. this is what is making the people leave their houses. the pictures of tanks near the border. 0n the ground, no tanks are moving or no sign of tanks

moving soon, but the people, one of the family members told me that we have to learn from the lesson of 2014 when we stayed in our homes and the homes were destroyed over our heads. so we decided to leave early to make sure we are safe and our children are safe.— children are safe. that is our correspondent _ children are safe. that is our correspondent in _ children are safe. that is our correspondent in gaza. - jamal elshayyal is a correspondent for aljazeera. hejoins us from doha, the headquarters for the network. aljazeera had offices inside the building. thank you for being here. what do you know about this attack on that media building in gaza? what on that media building in gaza? what we know is. — on that media building in gaza? what we know is. it — on that media building in gaza? what we know is, it is _ on that media building in gaza? what we know is, it is a _ on that media building in gaza? wisgt we know is, it is a flagrant breach of international law that aljazeera offices were decimated, destroyed.

all of the equipment inside it, everything inside it was destroyed live on tv. and this is a very clear attempt by a nuclear power to silence journalists and journalism. it's not the first time we have been targeted, as aljazeera by the israeli military. but this is the most barbaric, quite simply, episode yet which has seen dozens of my colleagues essentially watch as their livelihood was destroyed in front of them. and to paint a clear picture for you and the viewers in the uk, myjournalist colleagues at the uk, myjournalist colleagues at the bbc, imagine broadcasting house, essentially watching it being bombed from the sky with nothing to do? these are journalists, award—winning journalist. aljazeera abides by 0fcom regulations and we are the most professional when we come to report on what is happening. so what

we know is this is a clear, brazen attempt to silence journalists from reporting what is happening on the ground in the besieged gaza strip. the israelis are saying this is a building that housed the military intelligence of the hamas terror organisation. they are saying yes, it has had offices like civilian media outlets like your own, but it was used by hamas as a place to hide and also to use yourjournalists there as... i am just saying said there as... i am just saying said the viewers know that this is what israel is saying? it is the viewers know that this is what israel is saying?— israel is saying? it is a tired argument — israel is saying? it is a tired argument because - israel is saying? it is a tired argument because it - israel is saying? it is a tired argument because it gives l israel is saying? it is a tired l argument because it gives no evidence. this is a building that had associated press, us owned news agency, one of the world's renowned news agencies in the world, do you think the associated press would be in a building that had hamas commanders in it? it is offensive to give that any sort of a reference,

we just saw the israeli military two days ago use journalists in an attempt to trick the fighters in gaza into believing there was a round—up operation. this is a state that has no respect for free press, has no respect for the life of journalists, has killed dozens of journalists, has killed dozens of journalists, including colleagues of mine and friends over the past decade. it is refusing entry from internationaljournalist decade. it is refusing entry from international journalist who are decade. it is refusing entry from internationaljournalist who are on the other side of the border, because they don't want them to go in and report. they can say whatever they want to say, but there is no evidence whatsoever. the evidence is stacked up against them. as a british citizen, my government in the united kingdom and other international, members of the international, members of the international community are not doing anything about this attack on journalists and the free press, it is distressing as a journalist because what it means when we go out to do ourjobs, we are directly in the line of fire of a regime that

has shown little to no respect, has shown nothing but contempt towards journalists. it is time as journalists. it is time as journalists we stop calling this out. it is not a question about both sides, it is not a question about impartiality, it is not about the lovely utopian ideas, this is a very clear—cut thing that we have seen. the buildings of international press being decimated, being transformed into rubble within seconds by one of the world's strongest military is and nobody wants to call it for what it is. like nobody wants to call the ethnic cleansing in sheikjarrah, but want to talk about it as fiction as if it was happening in the a40 and governments want to expand a road i want people to leave. it is high time we depart from these nuances that do not represent the reality. cool things for what they are. reality. cool things for what they are, , ., ., ., reality. cool things for what they

are, ., ., " reality. cool things for what they are. ., ., ~ ., ., ~ reality. cool things for what they are. good to talk to you, thank you. correspondent _ are. good to talk to you, thank you. correspondent for— are. good to talk to you, thank you. correspondent for al _ are. good to talk to you, thank you. correspondent for al jazeera - are. good to talk to you, thank you. correspondent for al jazeera in - correspondent for aljazeera in doha. thank you.— people eligible for a vaccine in areas where the coronavirus indian variant is spreading are being urged to get the jab. the government says testing for the variant is being carried out in parts of scotland, london, the midlands, and also in the north west of england where the army is to be deployed to help with surge testing efforts. 0ur health correspondent katherine da costa reports. excuse me, keep walking. large numbers turned out again in bolton this morning waiting to get theirjab. a rapid deployment of extra doses, tests and contact tracers have been drafted in, as authorities race to contain the more contagious indian variant. over the last week we've expanded it into marquees because we started the week with just 300 people being vaccinated each day and four vaccinators. today we're going to have 42 vaccinators and we are aiming to do 4,000 pfizer vaccines.

there have been calls to immunise younger adults in hotspot areas like bolton and blackburn, but health experts say age is still the biggest risk factor. the gap between doses for the over—50s and vulnerable groups will be shortened to eight weeks to boost short—term immunity, and there's an extra push to reach those who have yet to come forward. there is a bit of a trade—off here because we know that 12 weeks is better for longer term protection, but we think that there is enough of a crisis with this particular virus in the country at the moment to make sure that we get those individuals that have only had their first dose fully protected as quickly as possible. there is concern over what the impact will be when indoor mixing returns next week. some estimates suggest the indian variant already accounts for around a third of all cases. ministers say it's too soon to know what the variant will mean for ending lockdown measures next month. we don't know how much more

transmissible it is yet. - so if it's a low increase in transmissibility, - that wouldn't fundamentally, necessarily, change things. l if it's a high level then - we would have to look carefully at what happens on the 21st ofjune and consider that day. _ so we just have to be a bit cautious. - we don't yet know the answer on that transmissibility. - around 1,000 covid patients are still in hospitals across the uk, the lowest level since mid—september. but about a third of adults are still unvaccinated. it's now an anxious wait to see whether new infections translate to an increase in hospital admissions in the coming weeks. katharine da costa, bbc news. santander says it's working to resolve technical issues that have taken its internet banking platform and mobile app offline. its cash machines are also unavailable and some account holders are reporting that their cards have been declined. santander hasn't said when it expects services to return to normal.

let's get more now on the fa cup final from the bbc sport centre, here's gavin. exciting prospect? yes, it will be a great game. excitement is building ahead of the fa cup final from wembley where chelsea and leicester go head—to—head. kick off at 5.15 on bbc one. it is one of the most famous days in the football calendar. leicesteraiming famous days in the football calendar. leicester aiming for the first fa cup and we canjoin natalie pirks, who is there. what is the atmosphere like at the ground at the moment with so many fans being able to attend this one of course? it is really different. _ to attend this one of course? it is really different. it _ to attend this one of course? it 3 really different. it has been more than a year since we have seen these kinds of numbers on wembley way. they are starting to sing, more than 20,000 here today. last month in the league cup final there were fans but it is more than double that today. it will be interesting to see how the teams react. thomas tickle

taking charge for the first time with fans. but it is special for leicester fans because they are the only top—flight team not to have one. chelsea, different matter. they were in the final and they have won it eight times. chelsea have come up from ninth to fourth since january and a lot of the fans are saying they are feeling echoes of 2012, sacked their manager won the fa cup and then went on to win the champions league. the brendan rodgers has never lost a final in six attempts as a manager. kick off in a couple of hours, starting to get quite lively.— get quite lively. absolutely, natalie thank _ get quite lively. absolutely, natalie thank you. - get quite lively. absolutely, natalie thank you. the - get quite lively. absolutely, natalie thank you. the fans | get quite lively. absolutely, i natalie thank you. the fans are getting into it already. now to the premier league and leeds thrashed

burnley 4—0 in the early match turf moor. killed in from the edge of the penalty area before half—time. jack harrison made it 2—0 after an hour. two more goals followed in three minutes and two from substitute rodrigo. play is under way in the second premier league game at southampton host the relegated fulham. 15 minutes gone in that match and it is goalless. later on, brighton face west ham. rangers have completed an unbeaten season in the scottish premiership by beating aberdeen 40 macro at ibrox. jermain defoe then wrapped up the win late on. it is rangers' 55th title overall and the first in ten years. celtic were the last team to go unbeaten through a season four years ago. the other games in the scottish premiership finished goalless. we have the second leg of

the championship player. jonny brownlee has made the team gb squad for the triathlon at the olympics this summer but the race is on to join him. alex yee has improved his chances with fourth place at the world series race at yokohama. he is one of three britons chasing one spot. among them, tom beshe's. brownlee let him go past to give him a valuable ranking points. alistair brownlee can still make tokyo. he will try to qualify next month in leeds. no way�*s kristian blummenfelt was the winner in yokohama. liam heath had already qualified and has added canoeing world cup goal to his collection. he won the 200 metres in hungary, which will give him a boost as he prepares to defend his 0lympic title injuly. he qualified for the games two years ago. novak djokovic return to the clay in rome a different play after

his quarterfinal against stefan to to patch —— tsitsipas. he was a set and a breakdown. he said it was his toughest match so far and he will be backin toughest match so far and he will be back in court this evening against home favourite, who came from a set down to knock out andre rubel. the italian is through to the finals for the first time and he said it was a dream to get through in his favourite tournament in front of his people. that is all the sport for now but you can get more on the bbc sport website, including build—up to the fa cup final. see you soon. wreaths have been laid across the uk and around the world to mark the centenary of the royal british legion. in a message to coincide with the occasion, prince charles said the organisation ensured the sacrifices of veterans would never be forgotten. 0ur correspondentjon donnison has this report.

bugle plays last post in whitehall this morning, a lone bugler and the last post — to remember those who have been lost but also to mark 100 years of the royal british legion. representatives of the army, the royal navy and the royal air force were among those who laid wreath clinic at the cenotaph, after earlier prince charles had offered his thanks. i wanted, above all, to offer my sincere and heartfelt gratitude to all those who have helped build this wonderful organisation we know today, and to all those who will be part of its future. the british legion was set up in 1921, in the aftermath of the first world war. its mission was to support military veterans and their families. so 100 years after it was founded on this very spot, the royal british legion has marked its centenary,

and for its more than 200,000 members the organisation is as relevant today as it was a century ago. whilst it's a different era now, the nature of the wounds have changed, but the specialist skills that we can offer are just as relevant. a special commemorative 50p will be used for the coin toss before kick—off at this afternoon's fa cup final between chelsea and leicester city. and today's events celebrate an organisation that has been supporting those prepared to make the ultimate sacrifice now for 100 years. jon donnison, bbc news, in whitehall. debenhams closes its remaining shops today after more than 240 years on the high—street. it went into administration in 2019 after several

years of falling sales. our business correspondent, emma simpson, reports. the final few hours. not much left for the bargain hunters now. these stores reopened after lockdown to allow the remaining stock to be cleared. the last 28 shops closed today. the end of an era. debenham's roots can be traced back to 1778, with a draper�*s store in west london selling fabrics, hats and umbrellas. by the 1950s it was the uk's biggest department store — and it continued to expand, pulling shoppers in with its famous blue cross sales. but it failed to keep up with the competition. its problems were years in the making. it first collapsed in 2019. the pandemic then finished it off as it failed to find a buyer. by christmas the business was being wound down, with 12,000 job losses. it's one of the biggest retail failures since woolworths, emblematic of the retail shake—out as shopping habits change.

the chain was an anchor store in many town centres, and its demise will leave large gaps for landlords and local authorities to fill. emma simpson, bbc news. china has successfully landed its first rover on mars. the tianwen—1 lander touched the planet's surface after surviving the treacherous descent by parachute. china's president xi called the landing an �*outstanding achievement�* and said the scientists had placed china in the advanced ranks of planetary exploration. michael bristow reports. only two other nations have reached the red planet, the united states and russia. so there was understandable apprehension among chinese scientists. the landing craft entered the martian atmosphere in a protective capsule and parachuted towards the surface. earth is too far away to control this delicate process.

the rover was on its own. rockets slow the descent further before the final part of this ten month journey — touchdown. the six—wheeled landing craft named zhurong, then opened its solar panels and sent back a signal to earth. back in china, there was relief, joy and celebration. this is the country's first mission to mars. translation: it should be said that this was not an easy task. i it is our first time down this path and we have met many difficulties. the rover will spend three months collecting data. china is now undoubtedly one of the world's leading nations in interplanetary exploration. but the chinese are not the only ones interested in mars. in february, the us rover perseverance made a successful landing there. competition between these two leading nations now extends millions of kilometres into space. michael bristow, bbc news.

now it's time for a look at the weather with sarah keith lucas. good afternoon. well, it is one of those weekends where you've got sunglasses on one minute and you are umbrella—ing up for the next minute, and we are going to continue with that theme for the rest of the weekend. so some heavy downpours around, some sunshine in between the showers and things are staying pretty cool for the middle of may. so the most frequent heavy showers for the rest of today will be for south—west england, the midlands and wales also seeing some hail and storms next. then, as those showers head gradually northwards, easing for most of us overnight, largely clear skies for scotland, 4 or 5 degrees here, the rest of the uk 7—9. but heavy downpours already towards the south—west first thing tomorrow morning and this area of low pressure will be dominating our weather tomorrow, bringing us more torrential showers, initially heaviest in the south—west, but they will pop up elsewhere through the course of the day. by the afternoon you could catch a shower or even a thunderstorm almost anywhere across england, wales and northern ireland. a bit drier in scotland,

but temperatures only 11—16 . hello, this is bbc news. i'm ben brown. the headlines: a building housing the offices of international media outlets in gaza, including associated press and aljazeera, has collapsed after being struck by israeli missiles. it had been evacuated. here, crowds of pro—palestine protesters have gathered in london and marched to the gates of the israeli embassy. people in areas where the india variant of coronavirus is spreading are being urged to get a covid jab,

as questions turn to the impact on the easing of restrictions. wreath laying services have been held across the uk and around the world to mark the centenary of the royal british legion. and it's fa cup final day — chelsea play leicester in front of 20,000 fans at wembley. leicester are looking to win it for the first time — chelsea are hoping to win it for a ninth time. now on bbc news... as cultural venues in england get ready to reopen from monday, stephen sackur presents a special edition of hardtalk from the natural history museum in london. welcome to hardtalk. i'm stephen sackur. this has to be one of the most distinctive museum spaces in the world, the main hall of the natural history museum in london.

for more than a century, this space was dominated by the vast skeleton of dippy, diplodocus dinosaur, but dippy has gone, to be replaced by hope, the blue whale, and that is perhaps a symbol of this museum's desert ——desire to focus not so much on the deep past, more on the fragility of our planet today. my guest is museum director doug gurr. is this now a museum on a mission? doug gurr, welcome to hardtalk. thank you, welcome. it is a real pleasure to be here, but the strangest thing is to be in this vast, beautiful museum with

absolutely no people. that of course because of the pandemic. how strange and hard has it been running a museum in this time? yes, it has been on one level very, very frustrating, because we are here to offer this extraordinary museum to all of our visitors and we have had almost a year now, over a year now, where we have not been able to have so many physical visitors. but actually on another level, a lot of the work goes on behind the scenes, there is so much exciting science work going on, there's crucial conservation work and actually it has been a real impetus for us if you like to get outside of these four walls and start to communicate with our audiences, particularly through the digital channels. so paradoxically, we have actually had more visitors this year than last year, even though we have been closed. you mean online visitors now exceed the average annual numbers you get coming physically? absolutely. so if you think, obviously last year has been strange, but back in 2019 we had about 5.3 million actual visitors to our sites which i think puts us about seventh in the world, but over 16 million digital visitors, so it is already three