this is bbc news. i'm philippa thomas with the latest headlines for viewers in the uk and around the world. our top stories... both israel and the palestinian militant group hamas claim victory, after their deadly 11—day conflict. but clashes injerusalem after friday prayers at the al aqsa mosque compound — raise questions about the ceasefire�*s durability. as thousands of palestinians return to their homes in gaza to assess the damage, aid agencies appeal for urgent access and medical supplies. prince william launches a blistering attack on the bbc after an inquiry heavily criticises the broadcaster over its princess diana interview 26 years ago.

keep brings sadness to note that the failures contributed significantly to fear, paranoia, and isolation that i rememberfrom to fear, paranoia, and isolation that i remember from the spinal years with her. the world health organisation warns that the number of deaths from the global covid pandemic could be as much as three times higher than official figures suggest. and it's back — getting ready for eurovision�*s return tomorrow night after it was cancelled last year because of the pandemic. hello and welcome if you re watching here in the uk or around the world 7 and stay with us for the latest news and analysis from here and across the globe. we begin in the middle east, where thousands of palestinians who fled their homes in gaza during the conflict over the past 12

days have begun returning after a ceasefire came into force in the early hours of friday. at least 215 people were killed there in the fighting, among them more than 100 women and children. 12 people were killed in israel by rockets fired by palestinian militants. israel's bombardment from the land sea and air have also caused huge damage in gaza. our middle east editorjeremy bowen has finally been allowed into the occupied territory by the israelis — here's his report. at two in the morning the cease—fire started and in gaza it was safe to go out again. to celebrate survival and to swear allegiance to jerusalem, the the holy city around 60 miles away which most palestinians here have never been able to visit. we sacrificed everything we have forjerusalem. i am ready to sacrifice my son, and my wife, and myself forjerusalem.

and injerusalem, palestinians were up all night but israel says the city is the eternal capital of the jewish people and it will not be divided again. two million palestinians live in gaza, a thin strip of land along the mediterranean slightly smaller in square miles than the isle of wight. at first light it was time to ask whether the suffering had been worth it. men from the armed group have no doubt, they paraded in one of gaza's towns to bury nine men from their unit. they were killed in a strike on a tunnel on the fourth day bombing. hamas thought the tunnels were safe, locating and taking them from the air was a significant achievement for israel.

thousands came to honour the dead men. here in gaza as well as in israel there is no sense that the cease—fire event to their fight. the bodies could only be recovered after the cease—fire. they are digging for others. hamas are telling palestinians that they fought not just for gaza but for palestinian rights in jerusalem. this is a huge demonstration of support for the armed wing of hamas brigades and they are sending a message as well that despite the hammering they have taken from the israelis, that they are still here, they are still ready to fight, and they are talking as well aboutjerusalem. that has been the theme of many of their chants here in the cemetery. injerusalem, palestinian worshipers fought police in the courtyard of the mosque. the most holy from muslims after mecca and

medina. nowhere in the world is more contested or more charged with national as well as religious significance as this place. the mosque was built at the sight of the jewish temple. jerusalem was where the crisis that led to 11 days of war boiled over and where it might happen again. in gaza, hamas have claimed victory as israel did to the only certainty is that without political change and diplomatic progress, they will fight again. mark regev is a senior advisor to the israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu. he explained how confident he was that both sides would continue to observe the ceasefire. we hope this cease—fire holds, that truth is we have hit their military machine hard and we took out their command and control communications and be eliminated their vast

underground network of analysis and bunkers which we destroyed and we took out also that some of their most senior commanders and they paid a heavy price and a hope it ends. it's not in their interest to shoot rockets at israeli civilians because he will act to protect our people. i would like a solution, hamas is opposed to any reconciliation. they don't believe in peace. they say and arab who makes a peace treaty is a traitor and should be killed. and here's the view from the international spokesperson of hamas in gaza, basem naim we are not preparing or willing to see another time our people are killed by air strikes but at the same time as the only safe, without soaking and tackling the root of the problem which is the political conflict, we are occupied people, we

are oppressed and we are defending ourselves and we are fighting for the rate of that is the means and the rate of that is the means and the right of the listing is not to be forcefully evicted from their homes without guaranteeing the right of palestinians to peaceful worshipers not to be attacked by israeli police and everything will escalate again. joining me now is sara yael hirschhorn, she's visiting assistant professor in israeli studies at northwestern university and is author of a book on the israeli settler movement. welcome to bbc news. we have already spoken about the death toll from the days of fighting and the widespread damage. who would you say are the biggest loser is apt a few days it is clear both sides of the claim victory. is clear both sides of the claim victo . ., ., , is clear both sides of the claim victo . . .,, .,, is clear both sides of the claim victo . . , victory. hamas has tilted its ability to — victory. hamas has tilted its ability to attack _ victory. hamas has tilted its ability to attack the - victory. hamas has tilted its

ability to attack the entity . victory. hamas has tilted its l ability to attack the entity and victory. hamas has tilted its - ability to attack the entity and as mark spoke about in your report earlier that israel considers it to have completed a mission to take out the command and control structure of hamas infrastructure. but the biggest losers are obviously civilians on both sides and those who have died in gaza and in mcl as late as the residence themselves in this neighbourhood of eastjerusalem with the context active and greatest escalation of rockets and retaliation distracted from their original cause.— retaliation distracted from their oriinal cause. , , , retaliation distracted from their oriuinalcause. , , , ., original cause. remind us because a coule of original cause. remind us because a coume of weeks _ original cause. remind us because a couple of weeks ago _ original cause. remind us because a couple of weeks ago we _ original cause. remind us because a couple of weeks ago we were - original cause. remind us because a| couple of weeks ago we were talking about the protest that they were having and the pressure they were underjust having and the pressure they were under just to having and the pressure they were underjust to hang onto what they see as their land. it’s underjust to hang onto what they see as their land.— see as their land. it's a neighbourhood - see as their land. it's a neighbourhood in - see as their land. it's a neighbourhood in brief| see as their land. it's a i neighbourhood in brief -- see as their land. it's a - neighbourhood in brief -- in neighbourhood in brief —— in jerusalem and eight is an area that had pre—existing jewish settlement prior to the war but since the end of the 1940s and onwards there is

been mostly palestinian neighbourhoods and there are several palestinian families being in editing thatjewish settlers would now like to occupy. in essence it's a real estate dispute but it's become a metaphor for the larger narratives of palestinian nationalism fighting over the rights to land and territory.— to land and territory. looking at those who _ to land and territory. looking at those who have _ to land and territory. looking at those who have been _ to land and territory. looking at those who have been drawn - to land and territory. looking at| those who have been drawn into conflict, there is so much into communal violence as well affecting talents to an extent that we have not seen before. that's been a real departure. i not seen before. that's been a real de arture. ~ , not seen before. that's been a real dearture. ~ , , , departure. i think this is the first time we have — departure. i think this is the first time we have seen _ departure. i think this is the first time we have seen that - departure. i think this is the first time we have seen that level- departure. i think this is the first time we have seen that level of. time we have seen that level of jewish, arab into communal violence since the wire and it's been a shock to the system for those who believe that dues and arabs were living side by side with territorial israel mostly in coexistence. there is a lot of damage to repair relationships between religious and ethnic groups. relationships between religious and ethnic grom— ethnic groups. what do you think it's down to _ ethnic groups. what do you think it's down to israeli _ ethnic groups. what do you think it's down to israeli politics? - ethnic groups. what do you think it's down to israeli politics? the | it's down to israeli politics? the

significance _ it's down to israeli politics? the significance of _ it's down to israeli politics? tie: significance of this escalation is rather significant. when the wire or that many explanation erupted, israel is in the midst of trying to form a government at the in two years and it seems at the cusp of this new escalation that i'm on—time neck make a national coalition was going to be able to cobble together a diverse group of israeli politicians with different ideological views under the banner of opposing another netanyahu government but during this escalation does relationships had between us on their and a different face and ideological views have been exposed and it seems unlikely that escalation will able to be formed which leaves a question of whether netanyahu would have to dedicate to form another government or israel will go to a 50 election in two and half years. will go to a 50 election in two and half years— half years. how do you see an netanyahu's _ half years. how do you see an netanyahu's prospects? - half years. how do you see an netanyahu's prospects? i - half years. how do you see an netanyahu's prospects? i see| half years. how do you see an i netanyahu's prospects? i see his --rosects netanyahu's prospects? i see his prospects as _ netanyahu's prospects? i see his prospects as being _

netanyahu's prospects? i see his prospects as being rather - netanyahu's prospects? i see his prospects as being rather good. l netanyahu's prospects? i see his l prospects as being rather good. he is something of a catholic nine nights and a in escalation, i don't think it's something he'd advised are intended to estimate himself, he will be the primary critical beneficiary of it.— will be the primary critical beneficiary of it. thank you for our beneficiary of it. thank you for your time- _ the authorities in south—western pakistan say at least six people have been killed in a blast at a rally in balochistan province held in support of palestinians. more than ten people were injured in the incident in the city of chaman, close to the afghan border. police said a bomb attached to a motorbike was used to target the leader of an islamist group which organised the rally. let's get the rest of the news now. here in the uk the prime minister, borisjohnson, has said he's very concerned about the bbc�*s handling of its 1995 interview with princess diana, after yesterday's highly critical report by a formerjudge. the duke of cambridge has said the report's findings had brought him "indescribable sadness".

the independent inquiry was launched by the bbc after princess diana's brother raised concerns that reporter martin bashir had obtained the interview deceitfully. here's our royal correspondent, nicholas witchell. failed by a rogue reporter and the leaders of a national institution, the bbc. prince william was getting on with royal duties today while his excoriation of the bbc rang through the corporation's corridors. the fact is that pretty much from the moment the panorama interview with his mother was screened in november 1995, william, who was then aged 13, has suspected that his mother was deceived into doing it by the panorama reporter, martin bashir. the choice and intensity of william's words last night was devastating. it is my view that the deceitful way the interview was obtained substantially influenced what my mother said. the interview was a major contribution to making my parents�*

relationship worse and has since hurt countless others. it brings indescribable sadness to note that the bbc�*s failures contributed significantly to herfear, paranoia and isolation that i remember from those final years with her. the bbc is facing tough questions. this was the prime minister on a visit to the hms queen elizabeth. well, i am obviously concerned by the findings of lord dyson's report, i am very grateful for him for what he has done. i can only imagine the feelings of the royal family, and i hope very much that the bbc will be taking every possible step to make sure that nothing like this ever happens again. eton college, the 6th of september, 1995, 12 days before diana had her first meeting with martin bashir at which he produced bogus documents and made far—fetched claims. before that meeting, the family unit

was still functioning. according to william last night, the panorama interview caused a sharp deterioration in his parents�* relationship. this is how the troubled decade of the 1990s unfolded for charles and diana. injune 1992, the book, diana her true story had been published. it later emerged diana had cooperated closely with the author. in december 1992, it was announced the couple were to separate. injune1994, prince charles gave an interview to itv in which he admitted to adultery. by mid—1995, diana was actively considering doing an interview for the bbc�*s panorama programme. it was in november 1995, that martin bashir, after weeks of secret contact with diana, conducted the interview. a few weeks later, in december 1995, the queen gave permission for the couple to seek a divorce.

in august 1997, diana died in a car crash in paris. in his written statement last night, prince harry said the media's culture of what he called "exploitation and unethical practices" had ultimately killed his mother. he continues to be very open about his struggle with mental health issues, a struggle triggered by the events of the 90s. in a new series of documentaries for american tv, he describes the effect it had on him. i wanted to drink, i was wanting to take drugs, i wanted to do the things that made me feel less like i was feeling. but i slowly became aware that, ok, i wasn't drinking monday to friday, but i would probably drink a week's worth in one day on a friday or a saturday night. at the time, it was hailed as the scoop of the decade. more than 25 years later, we finally know the truth, about an unscrupulous reporter

and at times vulnerable woman and the heart that is still very real. nicholas witchell, bbc news. let's look at some of the day's other news. nigeria s chief of army staff, lieutenant general ibrahim atta—hiru, has been killed in an aeroplane crash. the nigerian air force said one of its aircraft crashed near kaduna airport. an unknown number of the general�*s aides were also killed. the cause of the crash is under investigation. the international 0lympics committee says the olympics will go ahead this summer, even if tokyo is under a state of emergency. 0pinion polls injapan suggest the vast majority of people are opposed to the games being held as much as eighty per cent in some polls. that's a sharp rise from the level of opposition recorded in april, driven mostly by an increase in the number of coronavirus cases. nato has laid out how it plans to support afghanistan after withdrawing ten thousand troops from the country

over the coming months. secretary—general, jens stoltenberg said nato would concentrate on providing advice, training, and financial support to afghan security institutions, and ensure the safe operation of kabul airport. nato s exit from afghanistan after twenty years has raised fears of a resurgent taliban that could overthrow afghanistan's western—backed government. stay with us on news, still to come: and spain sets out plans to reopen to all foreign holiday—makers — as long as they're fully vaccinated — from earlyjune. this morning, an indian air force plane carrying mr gandhi's body landed in delhi. the president of india walked to the plane to solemnly witness mr gandhi's final return from the political battlefield. ireland has voted overwhelmingly in favour of gay marriage. in doing so, it's become the first

country in the world to approve the change in the national referendum. it was a remarkable climax. to what was surely the most extraordinary funeral ever given to a poo singen _ it's been a peaceful funeral demonstration so far! - but suddenly, the police i are tear gassing the crowd, we don't yet know why! the prelaunch ritual is well established here. helen was said to be in good spirits, butjust a little apprehensive. in the last hour, east timor has become the world's newest nation. it was a bloody birth for a poor country, and the challenges ahead are daunting. but for now, at least, it is time to celebrate. this is news, the latest headlines fresh clashes have erupted at the al—aqsa mosque compound injerusalem, hours after a ceasefire came into effect between israel and the palestinian militant group

hamas. prince william attacks the bbc after an inquiry heavily criticises the broadcaster over its interview with princess diana. the world health organization says the number of deaths from the global covid pandemic are as much as three times higher than official figures suggest. the current official number of global deaths from the coronavirus is around 3.4 million. but — after analysing what are known as �*excess deaths' — by comparing the number of deaths to the predicted average — the world health organization says a more realistic figure would be between six and eight million. dr samira asma is assistant to the who director general — and a leading specialist on data and analytics. as of today we have about 3.4 million deaths that are currently appointed which is close to as he

said to— three times higher. this is likely a significant undercount and the world health organization along with the un and many exploits around the world are looking at it very closely and gathering data from countries and it is always changing to get the actual count of the human toll of the pandemic even before the pandemic it was a challenge to get the cause of death and registered back. so there is a lot of underlying reasons for us not to have a true count at the moment but countries are working hard to submit the data to the who and we are hoping by the end of this year we would have a true global count but also country specific estimates of the pandemic. both direct and indirect. everything that we have data for latin america and europe

including the narratives and europe is because we have good underlying data systems at the moment. but we are working with other regions to gather the data that is needed. could one of the reasons for the underreporting have been fitted with diagnosis? people not knowing or perhaps a country being lit to admit that covid—19 is rampant? perhaps a country being lit to admit that covid-19 is rampant?— perhaps a country being lit to admit that covid-19 is rampant? there are many reasons _ that covid-19 is rampant? there are many reasons for _ that covid-19 is rampant? there are many reasons for not _ that covid-19 is rampant? there are many reasons for not getting - that covid-19 is rampant? there are many reasons for not getting the i many reasons for not getting the actual count at the moment and the fact is are many because of the lack of testing in the early days of the pandemic because tests were not available. but also how one diagnosis tax did to covid—19 directly and indirectly because of shutdowns or lockdowns and lack of access to essential services as well. so, there are reasons but also the underlying reason is that four

out of ten deaths are appointed globally. so there is a lot of already pre—pandemic and we don't have a good account of death which is a fact of life and every country must have good systems to track births and deaths and causes of deaths. spain has set out its plans to reopen to foreign holiday—makers, saying tourism will be key to its pandemic recovery. visitors from safer countries like britain, china and japan will be welcomed from monday; and fully vaccinated tourists from all countries can follow two weeks later. 0ur madrid correspondent guy hedgecoe has more details. for these countries that were in maine today, for example japan and the uk, we are told that they would be no restrictions at all when you arrive in the country from japan are the uk. you want have to present a negative pcr. you want at the

quarantine, you want have to present any vaccination certificate. you make that a health form but all the red tape is being done away with. that's the idea behind these measures and nancy k and onjune the 7th we are told that other countries outside the eu, for example the united states which is a big terrace in market for staying people from there will be able to come into spain but they really need some kind of proof of vaccination and spain is very much hoping this is the beginning of some kind of attention automatically when it comes to the summer tourism season. the eurovision song contest is back. after being cancelled last year because of the pandemic, it returns tomorrow night in the netherlands. many of the singers who were due to appear last year have returned. but covid means it won't be quite the same. limbering up after a year in lockdown for the chance to join an elite club. victory at eurovision will secure them not

just a place in history, but the opportunity for their homeland to host next year's event. look at my glorious outfit, this glorious outfit. what are you talking about? i feel totally ready, so i am just excited to be on the stage. i've been practising in my hotel room loads, so i'm ready to get on that stage and go for it. but how do you host the biggest singing contest on the planet during a pandemic? so, testing plays a big part in this. every 48 hours this is where we come. journalists, artists, crew, anyone working in eurovision needs to make sure they have not caught covid. and the audience too need a negative test along with their ticket to get inside. but despite this rigorous testing regime, there are still some concerns and some of the local hospitals have warned if there is an emergency here they won't necessarily be able to help because they are still inundated with covid patients. here are your hosts for this evening...

it's hoped the rules and protocols implemented here in rotterdam could be used as a blueprint for the global revival of live events. now especially a lot of people are longing for normalness, the good old days, and ifeel like our shows do give you a sense of that, and we do it under such strict regulations which allow us to be here. so, who are the ones to watch in the final? my top favourite is definitely france, a beautiful french chanson about stepping out of the shadows and into the light. my second is italy. this is a real rock vibe. it is all about being with people, it's edgy, it's dirty, but it's also classy and sophisticated. my third favourite is probably malta. this is very much about the power of saying no. it's about a woman in a bar and men offer to buy her a drink and she is a like, "no thank you, i'm not your honey." covid has made eurovision's mission to bring people together complicated, but more coveted than ever. anna holligan, bbc news, rotterdam.

thank you for watching. good evening. it has been cool and let's and unusually windy for this time of year. it is because we have got a deep area of low pressure. it is about two thirds of the rainfall in some areas in the space of 36 hours and it is giving us a lot of windy mess. most of these are around the coastlines and over the hills but even in mind winds up to gail and it's pretty unusual. my wife and bring weather coming. changing of a wind direction to the north pushing the rain out of the way. when it starts to play in the northwest it would be a cold night. first across scotland but for eastern scotland and england and wales it would be

very cloudy on saturday. it will be a bright picture. with the recent showers around and come sunday we have got another weather front coming off the atlantic to bring more rain. it is how saturday looks. strong windy mess coming from the north and pushing rain out of the way. adding bright skies and sunshine. but a scattering of showers as well. though showers contain heavy and boundary the afternoon. despite sunshine we are looking at 12 through 14 or 15 for the south. it is low for this time of year because we have got arctic air. it will get cut off as we go into tomorrow night. showers will fade away and wrecked the window of dry by night it will look cold by the time he gets a sunday morning. temperatures close to free —— freezing in the north. for northern ireland the next area of rain is starting to wind its way in. on sunday it looks like it might start

cold but bright and eastern areas will hold onto that bright weather in the northeast of scotland. they will be showers and heavy showers following behind. three orfour hours of heavy rain once again. 12 through 14 potentially because of all the cloudiness and breeze and the rain. the low pressure will hang around on monday and tuesday and it would be lots of showers potentially. butjust a hint as we approach the end of next week that we could see high—pressure coming in to bring more weather. stay tuned for the forecast and goodbye.

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there've been clashes between israeli police and palestinians at one ofjerusalem's most sensitive sites, the al aqsa mosque injerusalem. reports say about twenty palestinians were injured as police used stun grenades and protestors threw rocks and petrol bombs despite the unrest injerusalem, a ceasefire between israel and the palestinian militant group, hamas, appears to be holding. the ceasefire began early on friday, ending 11 days of fighting prince william has attacked the bbc for failing to properly investigate complaints about the way journalist martin bashir secured an interview with his late mother, princess diana. an inquiry found there'd been a coverup by bosses at the corporation. the world health organisation says the real number of coronavirus—related deaths is likely to be much higher than the three point four million officially reported. it said that between six and eight million was a more realistic figure.