this is bbc news with the latest headlines for viewers in the uk and around the world. as aid begins to reach gaza, president biden says a two—state solution is the only way to resolve the conflict. mac the shift is we still need a two state solution and is the only answer. a military plane crashes in nigeria — killing ten people including the country's newly appointed army chief. after analysing at —— xs debts, world health organization says the covid death toll could be

three times higher than officialfigures. toxic water. how government corruption has left one and a half million people with water shortages in lebanon. the infection will go in his blood. hello and welcome. president biden has said that a two—state solution is the only way to resolve the conflict between israel and the palestinians. he added that there could be no peace unless the region unequivocally recognised the right of israel to exist. mr biden also pledged to help gaza rebuild after the eleven day conflict that saw massive damage to the palestinian territory. aid, some of it from the united nations, has been arriving in gaza. more than 18 million

dollars has been pledged for humanitarian aid and the reconstruction that will follow. this is what president biden had to say when questioned by reporters a few hours ago. there is no shift in my commitment, commitment the security of israel, period. no shift, not at all. but i tell you what there is a shift in. the shift is that we still need a two state solution and it is the only answer. as we said, aid is beginning to arrive in gaza, but the task of reconstruction is huge. our middle east editor jeremy bowen is there. first light in gaza was not a new start, the conflict with israel runs deep, but no air strikes

and time to reflect. men from islamichhad, which fought alongside hamas, have no regrets. they paraded in khan yunis, 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 of bombing. hamas thought the tunnels were safe. locating and hitting them from the air was a significant achievement for israel. prayer over loudspeaker. thousands came to honour the dead men. here in gaza, as well as in israel, there's no sense that they've come to the end of their fight. the bodies could only be recovered after the ceasefire. they're digging for others. high morale here will infuriate israeli nationalist politicians. one said israel had surrendered to terrorism. this is a huge demonstration of support for the armed wing of hamas, the qassam brigades, and they're sending a message as well that despite

the hammering they've taken from the israelis, that they're still here, they're still ready to fight and they're talking as well aboutjerusalem — that has been the theme of many of the chants here in the cemetery. and injerusalem, more violence between palestinian worshippers and israeli police at the al—aqsa mosque. the holy places in the city are charged with national as well as religious significance for israelis and palestinians. now, the israelis are keeping a close eye on what is going on here — the whole time i have been standing here, i can hear a military drone in the air above — but i think they are pretty confident the ceasefire�*s going to hold. on the way down from jerusalem, i could see them packing up their iron dome anti—missile system, at least from some of the batteries, and taking it away on a lorry.

now, southern israel was absolutely paralysed by the attacks, even though there was that big disparity in casualty levels, and here in gaza, there's a lot of rebuilding to do, people have lost their homes, but as well as that, the militant groups will be rebuilding their smashed—up positions, probably their tunnels and, most of all, their arsenals. in gaza, hamas claimed victory, as israel did too. the ceasefire stops the killing, until the next time. it doesn't settle the conflict or even freeze it. but it has transformed gaza's streets. the people are out of hiding. a day ago, going out could get you killed. now, there's a chance to feel alive. jeremy bowen, bbc news, gaza. earlier i spoke to refaat alareer who's an author and journalist in gaza. i asked him to describe the damage done to gaza's infrastructure.

it's almost total destruction in so many areas of the gaza strip and outskirts of — mainly in gaza city and the outskirts. i went to visit my family today in sujaya, the eastern part of gaza city at the border, and utter devastation to — especially to infrastructure and to homes and buildings in certain areas. it is unprecedented. i'm not sure how many years this is going to be... crosstalk. so we're talking about power, are we? we were talking about sewage plants, hospitals, schools, everything? the reports are there are about 20 schools that were damaged. we speak about more than 15 clinics that were damaged, some of them hugely damaged. even gaza's only covid—i9 testing centre was also damaged, largely.

hopefully it's going to be back soon on track. sewage, water, fresh water, internet access, electricity lines have been damaged in so many areas... crosstalk. you see, israel says that hamas deliberately destroyed some of the power cables to make it look as if israel had done that. i mean, have you been able to find out what actually did happen there? yeah, of course. we know that the truth is always the opposite of what israel says. israel says palestinian rockets kill palestinians but also, palestinian rockets kill israelis but also palestinian rockets can easily be intercepted by the iron dome which functions at 95%, so this cacophony of contradictions is what israel got... crosstalk. is it fair to say, though, is it fair to say that conditions in gaza are worse

under hamas because hamas is using civilians as a shield to fire its rockets and that people perhaps are frightened to criticise hamas publicly? we have heard this lie for many years from israel. and it is a racist lie that palestinians want their kids killed. and when israel says this, it is trying to justify, to whitewash... crosstalk. i'm not saying that palestinians want their children to be killed. what i'm saying is that are people in gaza reluctant to criticise hamas publicly for firing rockets out of civilian areas? hamas does not — no palestinian movement fires rockets out of civilian areas. these, again, are israeli fabrications and lies in order to justify the massacres. today, there was an american journalist who tweeted that israel lied about a particular massacre that palestinian rockets destroyed this house

and he — the same journalist — said we did not see the same amount of destruction in israel from the hamas rockets, so what israel has been doing all the time is it kills palestinians and it blames palestinians for dying and tries to deflect the lies in order for people to just at least to confuse many of the people. but however, most of the people are currently not taking the news from israel or the mainstream media. they're mainly dependent on social media — which is also cracking down on palestinian content by the way — and palestinians have done an amazing work, especially the activists and the journalists to expose israel, to show israel for what it is — a racist, apartheid regime that kills palestinians, that kills children as they slept in the safety of their homes. refaat alareer for us there.

one of nigeria's most senior military figures has been killed in a plane crash in the north of the country. general ibrahim attahiru died, along with officers and crew, as his aircraft was flying to the state of kaduna. president muhammadu buhari said their deaths were a mortal blow. the bbc�*s tim allman reports. general ibrahim attahiru was only appointed to his post this year. tasked with fighting islamist insurgents, he has died in what appears to be a tragic accident. according to the nigerian army, he was travelling, along with ten other officers and crew, from the capital to the city of kaduna. his aircraft came down near kaduna international airport, apparently trying to land in bad weather. looming the incident, nigeria's

president, muhammadu buhari, was briefed by his defence minister and other officials. —— following the incident. afterwards he tweeted that he was deeply saddened... for a decade now, nigeria's government has struggled with an islamist insurgency in the north of the country. more than 30,000 people have died in the fighting. around 2 million have been displaced. an investigation into the incident that claimed the lines of general ibrahim attahiru and his officers —— lives. it is now under way. resident buhari said their debts would not be in vain. —— president. tim allman, bbc news. the world health organization says the number of deaths from the pandemic is as much as three times higher than official

figures suggest. the current official number 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 8 million. courtney bembridge reports. more than 3 million people worldwide have officially died from covid—i9, but the world health organization believes the true death toll is far higher. four out of ten deaths are reported globally so there is a lot of already, pre—pandemic, we don't have a good account of deaths, which is a fact of life, and every country must have good systems to track births and deaths and causes of death. in latin america the death toll has just passed a million. most of those have been in brazil. translation: the pain of losing someone to i covid—i9 is inexplicable.

i lost my father, who was a doctor, at the beginning of the year and i still cannot describe it. i think it is a mixture of anger and indignation. it is a huge void and i know that this pain is a pain that is shared by more than 430,000 families in brazil. over the past week, the eight countries with the most coronavirus deaths per head of population have all been in latin america. mexico and colombia are among them. and this is the situation in argentina after a record number of infections this week. translation: social, | economic, educational, religious and sports activities will be suspended in person. it will only be possible to circulate in the vicinity of your home between 6am and 6pm each day. these men are gravediggers in buenos aires. they wear bodysuits, face masks, goggles and gloves to bury coronavirus victims. translation: there are many

things that can affect you. - on top of it all, we have covid, too, and that's unhealthy. it's a daily war in this place. in peru's capital lima, patients are being treated in hallways and the car park is full of body bags. this doctor holds a sign saying "i don't want to die". vaccinations in latin america lag behind much of the world. this is the world health organization on that. just 3% of latin americans have been fully vaccinated against covid—i9. and we still have a long way to go to ensure that everyone is protected. the united states has promised to send 80 million vaccine doses to other nations by the end ofjune, and says courtney bembridge, bbc news. raised their ambitions on tackling climate change. g7 environment ministers say

they'll now aim to keep the rise in global temperatures to 1.5 degrees celsius — a much more demanding target than the 2 degrees celsius they are currently committed to. it'll mean they'll need to work much harder to cut emissions now, rather than putting things off for the future. so what action will they take? our chief environment correspondentjustin rowlatt has been taking a look. the uk is due to host a landmark international climate conference in glasgow in november. so here are the key commitments made today. first off, coal. india and many other developing countries receive subsidies for polluting coal plants from foreign donors, including japan. today, the environment ministers of the uk, the us, canada, japan, france, italy and germany said they will stop any new funding for coal—fired power stations in poorer countries by the end of the year. now, that isn't a big move in itself, but they say they will eventually phase out such support for all fossil fuels.

the ministers said they'd safeguard 30% of land for nature by 2030. the idea is to give space for wildlife and to help soak up carbon emissions. and they agreed much more cash is needed to build solar and other clean technologies in fast—growing economies like india and indonesia. they restated a promise to provide $100 billion a year to low—carbon technologies. the meeting was hosted by the uk's environment minister george eustice. we've been doing huge amounts of engagement with countries all around the world. we want all of them to raise their ambition in their nationally determined contributions to reducing climate change, getting their carbon emissions down, and we want all of them, as well, to do more to recognise the value and the importance of nature and the role that nature can play in tackling climate change. todayjohn kerry, the us�*s climate envoy, called on the nations of the g20

to adopt the same commitments. now, that would include china, the whole european union and russia and that is the point. the g7 countries are some of the biggest economies but if they can encourage the rest of the world to raise its carbon—cutting game in glasgow in november, now that could be a game—changer. one consequence of climate change is competition for shrinking water supplies. lebanon's geography means it's blessed with the stuff — but in the capital beirut and its surroundings areas, more than 1.5 million people sufferfrom serious water shortages. as our correspondent martin patience now reports, it's a story of chronic mismanagement. little nemo was named after the film about the fish. but she

suffers from a rare skin disease. iii suffers from a rare skin disease-— suffers from a rare skin disease. , . ., disease. if he gets bacteria that will go _ disease. if he gets bacteria that will go in _ disease. if he gets bacteria that will go in his _ disease. if he gets bacteria that will go in his blood. i disease. if he gets bacteria l that will go in his blood. now i can't give him water. the tap water here _ i can't give him water. the tap water here is _ water here is so toxic, that his parents are forced to use bottled water to give him a bath. how much money do you think you are spending on just water every day or every month? like 30% of my salary. bg�*s water every day or every month? like 30% of my salary.— like 3096 of my salary. 3096 of your salary — like 3096 of my salary. 3096 of your salary is _ like 3096 of my salary. 3096 of your salary is spent on water? j your salary is spent on water? yeah. that isjust your salary is spent on water? yeah. that is just on your salary is spent on water? yeah. that isjust on him. 11’s yeah. that is 'ust on him. 11's complex— yeah. that isjust on him. 11's complex clinical _ yeah. that isjust on him. 11's complex clinical system means problems like the country's severe water shortages don't get solved. —— lebanon. take agriculture for example. to grow bananas you need a lot of water. and yet farmers like

george are left to fend for themselves. sometimes with disastrous consequences. two summers ago he lost half his crop. "the river dried up, he tells me. and there was no water over spring. we had to resort to groundwater, which is very salty, and bananas are very salty, and bananas are very sensitive to salty water". for decades the government has been trying to build a massive dam here in bisri. supporters say it would go a long way to solving the country's water problems. but protesters say it would be an environmental disaster, and last year following demonstrations, the project was put on hold, after the world bank pulled funding.

nesrine and her kids were heavily involved in the protest. so the only reason you believe that politicians wanted the dam built here was... corruption. because if you talk about1 billion and more, they can cut it into many politicians in lebanon. if you talk about, they make like sources of water for the place, it will not cost too much, so they will not have a lot of money. they will not have a lot of mone . they will not have a lot of money-— they will not have a lot of mone . , ., money. the lebanese government sa s it is money. the lebanese government says it is doing _ money. the lebanese government says it is doing all— money. the lebanese government says it is doing all it _ money. the lebanese government says it is doing all it can _ money. the lebanese government says it is doing all it can to - says it is doing all it can to improve the water situation, but faces enormous challenges, including the current financial crisis. that is of little comfort to baby nemo. lebanon is a country that doesn't take care of its own. let's get some of the day's other news. the national carrier

air india has revealed it's suffered a cyberattack leading to a breach of data. the airline says millions of its customers around the world are affected. it's warning the personal details of 11.5 million passengers, including passport, ticket information and credit card data, have been compromised. president biden has said he's prepared to meet the north korean leader, but only if kim jong—un agrees to discuss his nuclear programme. mr biden was speaking after talks with his south korean counterpart, moonjae—in. both leaders said they shared a goal of a nuclear—free korean peninsula. now, about this time of year the fields of glastonbury in the south—west of england would normally be filled with thousand of music fans listening to some of the world's top bands. for a second year, coronavirus has meant the legendary festival won't be happening. but that hasn't stopped some musicians coming there to perform. colin paterson explains.

the glastonbury festival, not normally associated with peace and tranquillity. grass is pretty long, kind of midcalf length. pretty long, kind of midcalf lenath. , , ., ., length. yes, it is ma'or so everything is i length. yes, it is ma'or so everything is pure, _ length. yes, it is major so everything is pure, peak. length. yes, it is major so i everything is pure, peak life. the festival boss gave us a tour of the fan free site. here we are, tour of the fan free site. here we are. you can _ we are, you can see the pyramid stage here, it is all systems go. customary was cancelled for the second _ go. customary was cancelled for the second year— go. customary was cancelled for the second year in _ go. customary was cancelled for the second year in a _ go. customary was cancelled for the second year in a row, - go. customary was cancelled for the second year in a row, but. the second year in a row, but now music has returned, just without crowds. every day this week acts have arrived to prerecord their sets for tonight's live stream. it is ioini tonight's live stream. it is going to _ tonight's live stream. it is going to be _ tonight's live stream. it is going to be a _ tonight's live stream. it is going to be a really - tonight's live stream. it 3 going to be a really special film, whichjust going to be a really special film, which just celebrates the farm and the festival, and shows all these artists in a completely different way. without the audience. but here, on the farm. without the audience. but here, on the farm-— on the farm. the only way for --eole on the farm. the only way for

people to _ on the farm. the only way for people to see the _ on the farm. the only way for people to see the event - on the farm. the only way for people to see the event is - on the farm. the only way for people to see the event is to | people to see the event is to pay £20 for an online ticket. it is a way of, you know, i guess balancing out a bit from our losses, we lost 5 million, so it is an enormous amount, obviously away not to get that back but it is a way of giving work to people, getting a little bit of money back in the pot and doing something really creative and interesting. the return of— creative and interesting. the return of glastonbury in any form is also hugely important form is also hugely important for the crew, many of whom have hardly worked for more than a year. it has been an incredibly difficult time for a lot - year. it has been an incredibly difficult time for a lot of - difficult time for a lot of people, so be able to do this and employ the number of people we have been able to on this has meant so much to me personally, to send those e—mails and make those calls, to say "we have got a job for you", that has meant the most to me in this whole project, definitely. to me in this whole pro'ect, definiteiyfi definitely. that field there was the first _ definitely. that field there was the first place - definitely. that field there was the first place i - definitely. that field there was the first place i ever l was the first place i ever camped, in the dragon field. it camped, in the dragon field. [it is camped, in the dragon field. is also camped, in the dragon field. it is also clear how much it means to the acts, including wolf

alice. wolf alice have played at three glastonburys, the last time on the pyramid stage. the venue for this is on a rather different scale. this is quite a place to play a gig. i know, it is going — a place to play a gig. i know, it is going to _ a place to play a gig. i know, it is going to feel _ a place to play a gig. i know, it is going to feel like - a place to play a gig. i know, it is going to feel like a - it is going to feel like a dream. , it is going to feel like a dream-— it is going to feel like a l dream._ this it is going to feel like a . dream._ this is it is going to feel like a - dream._ this is me, dream. is this you? this is me, this is my _ dream. is this you? this is me, this is my musical— dream. is this you? this is me, this is my musical cave. - dream. is this you? this is me, this is my musical cave. i - dream. is this you? this is me, this is my musical cave. i am i this is my musical cave. i am really excited actually about playing in the round, i always wanted to go to a wolf alice, finally i will be able to watch afterwards. finally i will be able to watch afterwards-— afterwards. and they are delighted _ afterwards. and they are delighted to be - delighted to be doing their part to help the festival. lasse embry is one of the most important cultural events that we have in the uk, and worldwide, especially for music but there is tons of stuff, dance, theatre, stand up. and to not have that is a big hole in the social calendar. lasse

embry is _ embry is of course going head—to—head with one other major music event tonight. —— glastonbury. that is why they have decided to run repeats of the event tomorrow. tide have decided to run repeats of the event tomorrow. we love you revision, so we are able to - revision, so we are able to do both. a, , revision, so we are able to do both. , ,, revision, so we are able to do both. , ., both. maybe you need to book abba, then you can _ both. maybe you need to book abba, then you can have - both. maybe you need to book abba, then you can have the l abba, then you can have the ultimate matchup.— ultimate matchup. yeah. glastonbury _ ultimate matchup. yeah. glastonbury is _ ultimate matchup. yeah. glastonbury is due - ultimate matchup. yeah. glastonbury is due to - ultimate matchup. yeah. i glastonbury is due to return nextjune. the stages are 90% in place, the fields will not be quite so much. a reminder of our top story: president biden has said that a two—state solution is the only way to resolve the conflict between israel and the palestinians. he added that there could be no peace unless the region unequivocally recognised the right of israel to exist.

that is it from me and the team, hope to see you soon, there is more on the website, goodbye. well, friday, for many of us was an absolute write—off. blowing a gale, heavy rain, surely the weather is going to improve. and, yes, it is. the low pressure is finally moving out into the north sea. it brought some really heavy rain to wales, for example, and some ferocious gusts of wind. here's an example, 89mph in an exposed place in the isle of wight. more typically it was around 60mph or more, so very windy for the time of year, and of course, very wet. you can see where the low pressure is early in the morning on saturday. pretty stormy out to sea there. but for many of us, it is calming down. in fact, so much so that across parts of scotland

and northern ireland, with clearing skies, there will be a touch of frost. but anyway, here's the important bit, saturday's headline — drier, brighter and less windy for all of us. and this is what it looks like for the morning onwards. it will brighten up across many western areas right from the word go. there will be some showers around, particularly in the east of the country, maybe in the south, and there will still be a keen wind blowing out of the north—west, and it'll be chilly — 11 in newcastle, 1a or 15 degrees elsewhere. but you know what? we'll take it after that nasty friday. now, here's the forecast saturday night into sunday — so the skies are clearing again, it's going to be a chilly morning on sunday. but you can't miss this, the winds spinning around behind me. yep, that's the next area of low pressure heading our way. so here's the headline for sunday — you may want to look away now, here it is — rain and wind again. so, this unsettled weather continues. here's the good news, across some eastern areas there will be sunshine in the morning. probably into the afternoon as well. and this weather front won't reach western areas

until later on in the day, but the rain will be accompanied by gale force winds as well. so, not a great second half of the weekend. eventually, that weather front will sweep towards the east later on in the afternoon and into the evening hours. that low pressure is here to stay, it will park itself over us on monday and tuesday, and that means that the weather will remain unsettled into next week. so, you guessed it — showers to come, and remaining cool into next week.

this is bbc news, the headlines: the first international aid convoys have arrived in gaza after the ceasefire between israel and hamas came into place and israel opened border crossings on friday. more than $18 million has been pledged that will follow. president biden has pledged to help gaza rebuild and said that a two—state solution is the only way to resolve the conflict between israel and the palestinians. he added that there could be no peace unless the region, unequivocally, recognised the right of israel to exist. the world health organization says the real number of coronavirus—related deaths is likely to be much higher than the 3.4 million officially reported. it says six to eight million is a more realistic figure, as many covid deaths have not been attributed to the virus.

the health secretary matt hancock has spoken