welcome to newsday, reporting live from singapore, i'm karishma vaswani. the headlines... the us secretary of state says israel must resolve the conflict with the palestinians, underlining washington's support for a two—state solution. security has been stepped up in pakistan after at least fifty—nine people were killed in a bomb attack on a mosque in peshawar. people here have burns others have broken bones from falling rubble. while the number of people coming in is rising the death toll to his going out. former brazilian president, jair bolsonaro, has applied for a tourist visa to allow him to extend his stay in the us.

former new zealand rugby international campbelljohnstone has become the first all black to publicly announce he is gay. # i heard it through the bright side, not much longer would you be mine. i? side, not much longer would you be mine. , , ., ., be mine. # tributes are paid to motown legend _ be mine. # tributes are paid to motown legend barry _ be mine. # tributes are paid to motown legend barry strong i be mine. # tributes are paid to l motown legend barry strong who has died at the age of 81. live from our studio in singapore. this is bbc news. it's newsday. hello and welcome to the programme. we start in the middle east — where the us secretary of state has been holding discussions to try to resolve the escalating crisis there. antony blinken said that urgent steps are needed to restore calm between israelis and palestinians, following days of rising violence. he travelled tojerusalem for talks with israel's prime

minister, benjamin netanyahu. he'll meet the palestinian leader, mahmoud abbas, on tuesday. our middle east correspondent, tom bateman, reports. injerusalem the wreckage is spreading and another generation grows up in its wake. israel's new far right police minister is vowing to step up home demolitions of palestinian attackers and their families. this home in occupied eastjerusalem was bulldozed yesterday. but it was his brother that did the crime, is islamicjihad militantjail16 years ago for her murder. this is been the worst period of violence in years. and now you have some of the most radical voices in israeli politics in the government calling for more of this for the families of attackers evictions, of this for the families of attackers, evictions,

expulsions and home demolitions. the un calls a collective punishment banned under international law. the israeli government says it deters further attacks. the us�*s top diplomat landed at what he called a pivotal moment. mr anthony blinken called to preserve the international formula for peace, the so—called two state solution. but that is a distant and fading ambition. he meets benjamin netanyahu amid one of the worst periods of violence in years. that's why we're urging all sides to take urgent steps to take urgent steps to restore calm, to de—escalate we want to make sure that there's an environment in which we can i hope at some point create conditions where we can status secure a sense of security for israelis and palestinians and the like which is sorely lacking.

there was also what sounded like a warning for government to stick to democratic values and its push power over the courts. proposals which have sparked massive protests against mr netanyahu's coalition. we share common interests, which are growing by the day. we share common values, two strong democracies which will remain, i assure you two strong democracies. meanwhile, there were more of funerals on monday. a palestinian man was shot dead by israeli forces, one of more than 30 this month of the occupied west bank. the army said he drove into a soldier when ordered to stop. while it israelis mourned another of those killed in friday's attack by a palestinian gunman outside a synagogue in a jewish settlement. the international calls for calm are growing but so too are fears of an inevitable slide into far greater violence. you will find lots more on our website — just head to bbc.com/news —

or download the bbc news app. security has been stepped up in the pakistani capital, islamabad, after a deadly attack on a mosque in the city of peshawar. nearly sixty people, many of them policemen, were killed and many others injured. the prime minister, shehbaz sharif described the bombing as an attack on pakistan itself. the attack has been linked to the pakistan taliban which ended a ceasefire in november. the bbc�*s caroline davies reports from the scene. a violent act that destroyed a place of prayer. the explosion ripped through the mosque in a police compound in peshawar when it was filling up for lunchtime prayers. hundreds were inside. some survivors crawled from the rubble. rescue workers used their bare hands to try to find others.

ambulances were still arriving at peshawar�*s lady reading hospital well into the evening. the families who had waited hoping for better news, now distraught as instead, their loved ones arrived lifeless. inside the hospital, waiting in a corridor, we found zohaib nawaz, his arm in a plaster cast and his back injured. he told us that he remembers a white flash, and was blown five or six feet back by the force of the blast. then the rubble fell on him. he spent more than an hour trapped beneath it. still in his police uniform, sitting with his wife, javed khan tells us that he had just walked into the mosque when the blast happened. he fell down with the force, and has a severe head injury. it was a hectic situation. there were so many patients, so many attendants who were here, so many injuries who were here. it definitely makes me afraid. i am a human being. these are my brothers and sisters who are here. i do care for them. my heart bleeds for them.

people here have, some of them have severe burns, others have got broken bones from falling rubble. the number of people coming in still keeps rising. the death toll too has been going up. this evening, funeral prayers for the dead. pakistan has seen a growing number of violent attacks by groups who want sharia law implemented in the country. pakistan's army had claimed that they had broken the capabilities of these groups, but today's explosion and the damage it has caused will make many fearful that more attacks are to come. caroline davies, bbc news, peshawar. we'll have on pakistan later in the programme. we later in the programme. will hearfrom an we later in the programme. will hear from an expert about we will hear from an expert about the security situation there. let's take a look at some other stories in the headlines. police in the us city of memphis say a sixth officer has been suspended in connection with the fatal beating of tyree nichols

earlier this month. an investigation found that they failed to provide him with care. five have been charged with second—degree murder. the uk prime minister rishi sunak has denied claims that he was slow to act over allegations about nadeem zahawi tax affairs after sacking him as conservative party chairman. mr rishi sunak said he had acted decisively when mr zahawi was found to have broken the ministerial code. russia has accused borisjohnson of lying, after he claimed vladimir putin threatened him with a missile strike. the former prime minister says president putin told him it would "only take a minute", during a phone call before the invasion of ukraine last february. the claims are made in a new bbc documentary. peru's congress has delayed a vote on whether to bring forward elections to october. the proposal brought forward the president following weeks of violent protest following the impeachment of her predecessor. the proposalfor

snap elections seen as key to ending the political crisis was rejected by congress two days ago. the last of our commercial boeing is seven for seven jumbo jet will be delivered on tuesday. it's the cargo version of the distinctive jet, the five decades it's been the most successful passenger plane ever built and is affectionately known as the queen of the skies. it first took off in 1970. the city of auckland in new zealand is seeing more rain, days after what the city mayor called a �*once in a century�* flood, which has left at least four people dead and hundreds more homeless. large parts of the city were inundated with three—quarters of the usual summer rainfall injust 15 hours. sofia bettiza reports. it was the wettest day on record for new zealand's largest city. last friday a

storm swept across auckland causing majorflooding. people had to flee their homes as many houses were badly damaged. streets were swamped. and this train came off its tracks. this is new zealand's national state flooded with water. at least four people have died and 350 need emergency accommodation. and now more bad news for auckland, new zealand's weather authority has issued a red heavy rain warning for the region. it's the highest level reserved for extreme events. my focus in reserved for extreme events. ij�*i focus in the reserved for extreme events. m1 focus in the focus of central government is supporting auckland through what is still a big challenging i had of them. there's a big clean—up to go. we know through forecasters more. ., . ., , more. climate changes causing eisodes more. climate changes causing episodes of _ more. climate changes causing episodes of heavy _ more. climate changes causing episodes of heavy rainfall- more. climate changes causing episodes of heavy rainfall to i episodes of heavy rainfall to more common and more intense in

new zealand. and with heavy rains forecasting various parts of the city for at least the next five days auckland remains under a state of emergency. let's get a sense of what's happening on the ground withjo bartley. she's a labour councillor in auckland who's been helping with the clean—up and rescue operation since friday. great to get you on the programme. if you could talk us through the situation right now and how bad the rain has been. thank you so much for this opportunity. the rain has been quite bad, actually. so far we've got a bit of a reprieve right now so everyone is just getting the help that they need. we still have families coming into the centre of a still in the close they were in from friday when they will flooded. people not knowing where to go for help. we have this evacuation centre here in south auckland where we are trying to get as many people

into get housing, to get clothing, food it's also preparing our other communities for the next lot of rain. and making sure they are ready for what's to come.— what's to come. what you've 'ust what's to come. what you've just described _ what's to come. what you've just described in _ what's to come. what you've just described in terms - what's to come. what you've just described in terms of. just described in terms of what's to come as well. i've seen on social media that you have been to countless houses, visited lots of houses for them in your experience, talk us through the scale of the rain that you are seeing and how unprecedented this is. we've never had — unprecedented this is. we've never had a _ unprecedented this is. we've never had a situation - unprecedented this is. we've never had a situation like - unprecedented this is. we've| never had a situation like this before. we seem flooding events in our city in certain parts but never widespread as we are experiencing right now. and likely to be worse. it is definitely unprecedented. therefore our community, no warning. no one was prepared for this. warning. no one was prepared forthis. no warning. no one was prepared for this. no one knew, when is the time i need to evacuate

from my home. and even then i was getting phone calls on friday night from families that were in a neighbours house but they weren't able to get out of they weren't able to get out of the street because it was a river. and so their families weren't able to get them in our emergency services rack capacity. we had families and we arejust capacity. we had families and we are just grateful that our death toll isn't higher. hopefully, the state of emergency will mean that were better prepared. i emergency will mean that were better prepared.— better prepared. i know you've been quite _ better prepared. i know you've been quite critical _ better prepared. i know you've been quite critical of _ better prepared. i know you've been quite critical of how- been quite critical of how authorities have handled the situation. given what you've described as the unprecedented reign, what else could authorities have done to try and improve communications or help people more?— and improve communications or help people more? what people need is information. _ help people more? what people need is information. it's - help people more? what people need is information. it's so - need is information. it's so difficult to get information out for the people were already on tick tock filming the rivers on the streets. we've just get

information out faster and people need to know where can i go. where do i go once i am evacuated. because people have nowhere to go. evacuated. because people have nowhere to 90-— evacuated. because people have nowhere to go— nowhere to go. labour cancer in auckland- _ nowhere to go. labour cancer in auckland. best _ nowhere to go. labour cancer in auckland. best of _ nowhere to go. labour cancer in auckland. best of luck- nowhere to go. labour cancer in auckland. best of luck with - nowhere to go. labour cancer in auckland. best of luck with the | auckland. best of luck with the rescue and clean—up operation. i wish you and your teams the very best of luck going forward. thank you forjoining us on newsday. you're watching newsday on the bbc. still to come on the programme. his hips were revolutionary and sound and captured the spirit of the si barry strong has died at age 81. —— barrett. this is the moment that millions in iran have been waiting for. after his long years in exile, the first hesitant steps of ayatollah khomeini

on iranian oil. south africa's white government has offered its black opponents concessions unparalleled in the history of apartheid, and the anc leader nelson mandela is to be set free unconditionally. three, two, one. a countdown - to a critical moment. the world's most powerful rocket ignited all 27 - of its engines at once. and apart from its power, it's this recycling of the rocket —i slashing the cost of a launch — that makes this _ a breakthrough in the . business of space travel. two americans have become the first humans to walk in space without any lifeline to their spaceship. one of them called it a piece of cake. thousands of people have given the yachtswoman ellen macarthur a spectacular homecoming in the cornish port of falmouth after she smashed the world record for sailing a solo around the world nonstop. this is newsday on the bbc. i'm karishma vaswani

in singapore, our headlines. the us secretary of state says israel must resolve the conflict with the palestinians undermining washington support for a two state solution. security has been stepped up in pakistan after at least 59 people were killed in a bomb attack on a mosque. doctor madiha afzal is from the foreign policy programme at the brookings institution, who's a specialist on pakistan and who wrote pakistan under siege. i asked her how this blast might set the stage for future attacks. pakistan in recent months and for the last couple of years has been dealing with this growing resurgence pakistani, talavera ttp insurgency. ttp insurgency. this resurgence really has come about because the ttp is now

emboldened by the taliban ruled afghanistan next door. and now also because of the pakistani states waffling, uncertain, shaky approach to the group in recent months where it's been engaging in negotiation and those have predictably, as they have many times in the past failed. so now what we're seeing is the ttp warned it would be stepping up attacks. and we're seeing that. really there is sad, deja vu, a reminder of pakistan and it's very insecure years between 2009 and 2014 when the ttp dig take tens of thousands and 2014 when the ttp did take tens of thousands of pakistani lives. only to be vanquished by a military operation from 2014 onwards. now this is going to be very complicated because the ttp can

move across the border into taliban controlled afghanistan. no group has said it carried out the attack — what carried out the attack — do you think this says about what do you think this says about the governments ability to maintain order in pakistan right now?— to maintain order in pakistan right now? really targeting a mos: ue right now? really targeting a mosque that _ right now? really targeting a mosque that police _ right now? really targeting a mosque that police were - right now? really targeting a mosque that police were in i right now? really targeting a i mosque that police were in was a very secure area. the attacker was able to preach multiple security check counts. it really raises a question as to how this happened. and the capabilities of the pakistani state to protect its citizens. i want to move to other news. the former president of brazil, jair bolsonaro, has applied

for a six—month visa to remain in the us. mr bolsonaro is facing multiple investigations in brazilfor alledged wrongdoing while in office and inciting riots that stormed the country's congress. on his last day in office, he arrived in florida on a visa for heads of state — the visa expired that day. david willis has all the details for us. bolsonaro came here to the united states at the end of last month. he was here on a one month visa, the sort that is normally reserved for visiting world leaders, that visa expires tomorrow and now it's been reported that mr bolsonaro is seeking a six—month extension. he's applied for a tourist visa that will keep him here for many more months. that is being reviewed by the us state department. he's been staying at the home of a brazilian martial arts champion since he arrived in the united states.

he previously said that he planned to return to his home country at the end of this month. but that was before the siege took place on government buildings earlier this month. which has prompted his successor lula da silva to launch an investigation into the conduct of bolsonaro. david willis reporting. new zealand's first all blacks rugby player has publicly come out as being gay. 43—year—old campbelljohnstone was a prop who played in three test matches in 2005 and in a television new zealand interview said he hoped coming out would take away the pressure and stigma surrounding the issue. joining me now to talk about what breaking that stigma looks like in new zealand is lgbt rights actvist and director of auckland pride, max tweedie. wonderful to get you on the programme. just to start by asking, how much of a moment is this and how significant is is that this is happened? it’s

that this is happened? it's reall that this is happened? it�*s really significant for us here. i think culturally our communities have been talking about this for a while of what we get to see the first gate all black? i think that's up mark of how much they are viewed as role models. it also the kind of significance this has on their reach the all blacks have it notjust urban communities here in rural as well and how important that visibility is in those regional centres in new zealand. what's been the reaction? _ centres in new zealand. what's been the reaction? not - centres in new zealand. what's been the reaction? notjust - been the reaction? notjust from the sporting community but across the wider backtalk of new zealand and how people are reacting to this? i new zealand and how people are reacting to this?— reacting to this? i think there's _ reacting to this? i think there's a _ reacting to this? i think there's a lot _ reacting to this? i think there's a lot of - reacting to this? i think. there's a lot of celebration out there. i think people are really excited that this has finally happened. really praising campbell for his bravery and coming out so publicly with the story. it's been celebrated in the

international media by the all blacks team, our sports minister is also part of the community. really celebrated. we've had strong represented dictation on a women's team. it's great that the all blacks have finally joined the it's great that the all blacks have finallyjoined the party. talk to us about the sort of culture of masculinity. is it fair to say that within the sporting tradition like rugby and how that is embedded with ideas of patriarchy and how much that is changing now. i think that's a significant piece of the rugby dominated culture here. it is such a core part of our identity in new zealand around the all blacks and rugby generally. i played rugby as a young kid and certainly the environment that we were in at the time is not one that i would've felt comfortable coming out in. you add the pressure of the all blacks and the publicity more

challenging. i think we have seen pretty pervasive hyper— masculine culture within rugby. that has prevented people from coming out or feeling that has prevented people from coming out orfeeling like that has prevented people from coming out or feeling like they can be comfortable in who they are while playing the sport. i don't think thatjust are while playing the sport. i don't think that just as rugby, i think it speaks to sport generally and those kind of environments. it's really important that a role model like campbell can come out. hopefully, i'm sure is not the only ones. hopefully it inspires all blacks to come out as well. ., ., , ., ~' inspires all blacks to come out as well. ., ., i. ~ , as well. how do you think this miaht as well. how do you think this might change _ as well. how do you think this might change things? - as well. how do you think this might change things? as - as well. how do you think this might change things? as you | might change things? as you point out, such a momentous occasion notjust for sports but for the wider community in new zealand. it but for the wider community in new zealand.— new zealand. it is. that visibility _ new zealand. it is. that visibility piece - new zealand. it is. that visibility piece is - new zealand. it is. that visibility piece is really. visibility piece is really important, representation matters are communities have set it for years. and to see 93)’ set it for years. and to see gay all blacks is incredibly important especially for our young new zealanders who are playing rugby but also who aren't playing rugby and just

trying to find their way in the world and figure out who they are in rural parts of new zealand. fora are in rural parts of new zealand. for a role model by campbell to come out as gay is really significant. i hope he drives conversations in households and rugby clubs and other sporting bodies about how they continue to be more inclusive so that more players, whether they are all blacks or whether they are all blacks or whether young kids can feel comfortable being who they are in the sport that they love. so fantastic to get you on the show. thank you for the time and sharing your thoughts with us today. before we go, there are tributes today to barrett strong who's died at the age of 81 he was the name behind some of the greatest songs released by the motown record label.

# your love give me such a thrill # but your love don't pay my bills # i need money #| that's what i want. ..# he wrote and sang on the label's first major hit, money, in 1960. # you should have told me yourself # that you loved someone else # instead, i heard it through the grapevine. ..# along i with longtime collaborator norman whitfield, he wrote this classic for marvin gaye. # heard it through the grapevine. ..# for the temptations. # papa was a rollin' stone # wherever he laid his hat was his home. ..# the motown founder, berry gordy, - said that barrett strong's songs were revolutionary and captured the spirit of the times. the motown songwriter barrett strong who's died aged 81.

amazing music and what a legacy left behind. amazing music and what a legacy left behind. that's all for now — stay with bbc world news. hello there. most of us had a fine day on monday with plenty of sunshine around. it is arguably one of the best days weather—wise we'll see this week, with the sunshine and relatively mild air. did tend to cloud over in the west later in the day. and that's a cloud is all associated with an area of low pressure. this up near iceland in the north atlantic. look at this weather front wrapped round and round and round the centre of the deep low, kind of like water going down a plughole. now, this low is going to influence our weather because the weather fronts are associated with that low, even though it's over 1000 miles away. all those fronts are actually dangling across the uk, a warm front followed by a cold front. so we've got a bit of rain from that feature. here comes the cold front southwards over the next few hours, bringing a little bit of rain across parts of england and wales, showers following into the northwest. now, although we did

have an early dip in temperatures in the nights down to about freezing, actually, temperatures by dawn coming up about seven or eight degrees pretty widely. and into tuesday morning, the dregs of that weather system clearing the south pretty quickly. any rain, light and patchy. sunshine follows. a few showers into the north west of england and wales, but the majority of the day showers for northern ireland and scotland, where some of the showers will be falling as snow in the mountains about 500 metres elevation. so for the most part should be above the road network, really. not expecting any major problems. it's going to be a windy day wherever you are, but particularly so in scotland, with gusts of wind reaching around 50 or 60 miles an hour, and the winds get even stronger than that as we go through tuesday night. the iceland low passes close to the faroe islands, just kind of squeezes the isobars and give us wind gusts of 70 or even 80 miles an hour across parts of northern scotland. those winds could be disruptive then for a time, still very windy across these northern areas into wednesday before the winds start to ease down a little bit later in the day, it will still be pretty blowy.

we've got a warm front that is going to be bringing some rain wednesday across northern ireland into southwest scotland, northwestern parts of england and wales, quite a bit of cloud elsewhere, a few breaks, but mild weather. temperatures 11 degrees across the south. and then looking at the weather picture later in the week, we've got relatively mild air coming around the top side of this area of high pressure. so, weather—wise, well, for many of us, it's going to be largely dry, probably quite a lot of cloud around and staying quite breezy. but look at these temperatures, 12 degrees for a time. for reference in london this time of the year, the average is about seven. bye for now.

welcome to hardtalk, i'm stephen sackur. how good is the biden administration at multitasking when it comes to international security crises? this year, we're likely to find out. as the us continues to lead the western response to putin's all—out invasion of ukraine, it must prepare for another looming showdown with iran.