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 59 people were killed in a bomb attack on a mosque in peshawar. people here, some of them have severe burns, other have broken bones from falling rubble. the number of people coming and keeps rising and the death toll too has been going up. 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 campbell johnstone has become the first all black to publicly announce he is gay. music and we remember the man behind many motown hits, barrett strong, who has died at the age of 81. 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, later. our middle east correspondent, tom bateman, reports. injerusalem the wreckage is spreading and another generation grows up in it wache. israel's knew far—right elise minister is vowing to step up home demolitions of palestinian attackers and their families. this home in occupied eastjerusalem was bulldozed east jerusalem was bulldozed yesterday eastjerusalem was bulldozed yesterday but it was his brother that did the crime. and islamic gerhardy militant jailed 16 years ago for murder. this has been the worst period of violence in years and now you have some of the most radical voices and israeli politics in the government calling for more of this for the families of attackers,

evictions, expulsions and home demolitions. the un calls that collective punishment, banned under international law. the israeli government is it deters further attacks stopping the us�*s top diplomat landed what he called a pivotal moment. mr lincoln called to preserve the international formula for peace but that is a distant fading position he meets mr netanyahu in one of the worst periods of violence for years.— in one of the worst periods of violence for years. this is why we are urging _ violence for years. this is why we are urging all— violence for years. this is why we are urging all sides - violence for years. this is why we are urging all sides to - violence for years. this is why j we are urging all sides to take urgent steps to restore calm, to de—escalate. we want to make sure that there is an environment in which we can i hope start to restore a sense of security for israelis and palestinians alike which is of course sorely lacking.- course sorely lacking. there was also — course sorely lacking. there was also what _ course sorely lacking. there was also what sounded - course sorely lacking. there was also what sounded like | course sorely lacking. there| was also what sounded like a warning from mr blinken, for the israeli government to stick to democratic values amid its

plans to boost politicians' power over the courts. proposals which have sparked mass protests against mr netanyahu's coalition. we share common interests _ netanyahu's coalition. we share common interests that - netanyahu's coalition. we share common interests that are - common interests that are growing by the day. we share common values, too strong democracies which will remain, i assure you, two strong democracies. ~ . democracies. meanwhile, there were more _ democracies. meanwhile, there were more funerals _ democracies. meanwhile, there were more funerals on - democracies. meanwhile, there| were more funerals on monday. democracies. meanwhile, there i were more funerals on monday. a palestinian man was shot dead by israeli forces, one of more than 30 this month alone in the occupied west bank. the army said he drove into a soldier when ordered to stop. while israelis are mourned, another of those killed in front of�*s attack by a palestinian gunmen outside a synagogue in a jewish settlement stop it international calls for calm are growing but so too are fears of an inevitable slide into far greater violence.

security has been stepped up in the pakistani capital, islamabad, after a deadly attack on a mosque in the city of peshawar. nearly 60 people, many of them policemen, were killed and many others injured. 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. 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. earlier i spoke to doctor madiha afzal who 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 what the significance of this attack is, and what authorities are most concerned about. pakistan in recent months and for the last couple of years has been dealing with this growing resurgent pakistani taliban insurgency and this resurgence really has come

about because the ttp is now emboldened by a taliban ruled afghanistan next door and the pakistani states waffling, uncertain, shaky approach in recent months where it has been engaging in negotiations and those have, predict ably, as they have many times in the past, failed. so now what we are seeing is the ttp warned that it would be stepping up attacks and we are seeing that, and really there is a sense a very sad, heartbreaking deja vu. a reminder of a pakistan in its very insecure years between 2009 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 a taliban controlled afghanistan. no group has said that it has carried out the attack yet as we understand it but to the point that you are making, what do you think this says about the government's ability to maintain law and order in pakistan right now? the attacker— pakistan right now? the attacker was _ pakistan right now? the attacker was able - pakistan right now? the attacker was able to - pakistan right now? the attacker was able to go | pakistan right now? tue: attacker was able to go through attacker was able to go through a very secure area, where this attack took place, really targeting a mosque that policeman were praying in was a very, very secure area, so the attacker was able to breach notable security checkpoints and that really raises the question as to how this happened. and of the capabilities of the pakistani state to protect its citizens. let's take a look at some other stories in the headlines. the fire department in the us city of memphis says it has

suspended three people in connection with the fatal police beating of tyre nichols. an investigation found that the first—responders failed to provide him with adequate care. six police officers have been suspended. 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 nadhim zahawi's tax affairs, after sacking him as conservative party chairman. mr 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 is delaying a vote on whether to bring forward elections to october.

the proposal, brought foward by president dina boluarte follows weeks of violent protests following the impeachment of her predessesor. the proposalfor snap elections, seen as key to ending the political crisis, was rejected by congress two days ago. the last—ever commercial boeing 747 jumbo jet will be delivered to atlas air on tuesday. it's the cargo version of the distinctive jet. forfive 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 in just 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 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.

ahead. —— we know through forecasts that there is more bad weather ahead. climate changes causing 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. jo bartley is a labour councillor in auckland who's been helping with the clean—up and rescue operation. she gave us a sense of the situation on the ground. 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 still in the clothes that they were in from friday when they were flooded. people not knowing where to go for help and so we have this evacuation centre here in south auckland where we are trying to get as many people into get

housing, to get clothing, to get food and then it is also preparing our other communities for the next lot of rain and making sure they are ready for what is to come.— making sure they are ready for what is to come. what you have 'ust what is to come. what you have just described _ what is to come. what you have just described in _ what is to come. what you have just described in terms - what is to come. what you have just described in terms of - what is to come. what you have just described in terms of what | just described in terms of what is to come as well, and i have seen on social media that you have been to countless houses, visited lots of people in need and any make your experience, just talk us of the rain that you are seeing and how unprecedented this is? we have never had _ unprecedented this is? we have never had a _ unprecedented this is? we have never had a situation _ unprecedented this is? we have never had a situation like - unprecedented this is? we have never had a situation like this i never had a situation like this before. we have seen flooding events in our city, in certain part but never as widespread as we are experiencing right now and likely to be worth. so it is definitely unprecedented and for our communities, no warning. so no—one was prepared for this. warning. so no—one was prepared forthis. no—one warning. so no—one was prepared for this. no—one new, when is the time that a need to evacuate from my home and even then, was getting phone calls

on friday night from families that were in a neighbour's house but they weren't able to get out of the street because it was a river. so their families weren't able to get in to get them and our emergency services were at capacity, so we had families inaudible and we arejust inaudible and we are just grateful that our death toll isn't higher. t our death toll isn't higher. i know you have been quite critical of how authorities have handled this situation, but given what you've described as this unprecedented rain, what else could authorities have done to try to improve communications, for instance, or help people more?- or help people more? what --eole or help people more? what peeple need _ or help people more? what people need is _ or help people more? what people need is information | or help people more? target people need is information and there are so many ways to get information out. people were already on tiktok filming themselves swimming in the rivers on their streets, so it was, wejust had rivers on their streets, so it was, we just had to get information out faster and people need to know, we can i go? where do a go once i am evacuated out of here? because people had nowhere to go.

that was jo bartley speaking to us a while ago about the situation on the ground in new zealand. if you want to get in touch with me about the story so far, on twitter for instance, you can get in touch. you're watching newsday on the bbc. still to come on the programme: his hits were, "revolutionary in sound and captured the spirit of the times," says motown founder berry gordy of barrett strong, who has died aged 81. 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 soil. 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. mission control: 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, 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 l the yachtswoman ellen macarthur a spectacular homecoming - in the cornish port of falmouth after she smashed the world record . for sailing solo _ around the world, non—stop. this is newsday on the bbc. i'm karishma vaswani in singapore. 0ur 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 59

people were killed in a bomb attack on a mosque in peshawar. in other news for you, 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 brazil for 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. our correspondent david willis has the details. jair bolsonaro came here to the united states at the end of last month. he was here on a one month these are, the sort thatis one month these are, the sort that is normally reserved for visiting wild leaders, well, that visa expires tomorrow, and now it has been reported that mr bolsonaro is seeking a six—month extension, he has

applied for a tourist visa that will keep him here for many more months, and that is being reviewed by the us state department. he has been staying at the home of a brazilian martial arts champion since he arrived in the united states, he previously said, mr bolsonaro, 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, that you mentioned in your introduction though, which has prompted his successor, louisa ignacio loulou da silva to launch an investigation into the conduct of jair 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.

new zealand lgbt rights activist, max tweedie explains just how momentous this occassion really is for the country. it is really significant for us here in aotearoa, our communities have been talking about this for a while, when will we see the first all—black who is gay, so that as a mark of how much they are role models back here and aotearoa, and also the significance as head of the reach of the all blacks into notjust urban communities here but also in a rural communities as well, how important that visibility is in these regional centres in new zealand. ~ . these regional centres in new zealand. . zealand. what has been the reaction. — zealand. what has been the reaction, max, _ zealand. what has been the reaction, max, not- zealand. what has been the reaction, max, notjust - zealand. what has been the | reaction, max, notjust from this sporting community but i suppose across the wider drop of new zealand and how i'm people of new zealand reacting to this? t people of new zealand reacting to this? ~ , people of new zealand reacting to this? ~' , ., ., to this? i think there is a lot of celebration _ to this? i think there is a lot of celebration out _ to this? i think there is a lot of celebration out there, - of celebration out there, people are really, you know, excited that this is finally

happened, you know, really praising campbell for his bravery and incoming answer publicly with the story, where it is being celebrated in international media by the all blacks team, new zealand rugby, i was sports minister, grant robertson is also part of the community, so really celebrated, i mean, we have had strong rainbow representation in our black vans, our women's team here new zealand so it is great the all blacks have finallyjoined the party. —— black ferns. finally joined the party. -- black ferns.— finally joined the party. -- black ferns. . ~ , black ferns. talked was by the culture of— black ferns. talked was by the culture of masculinity, - black ferns. talked was by the culture of masculinity, is - black ferns. talked was by the culture of masculinity, is it - culture of masculinity, is it fair to say that in the sporting tradition of rugby and how that is sort of embedded and ideas of patriarchy and how much that is changing now? yeah, i think that is a significant piece of the rugby dominated culture here and it is such a core part of our identity here in new zealand around the all blacks and about rugby generally, i played rugby as a younger kid and it is certainly the environment that we were in at the time is not

one i would have felt comfortable and to come out and, so to add the pressure of the all blacks, the publicity, you know, that is only more challenging. i think we have seen, you know, pretty pervasive, hyper— masculine culture in rugby and that has prevented people from coming out or feeling like they could be comfortable and who they are, while playing the sport, and i don't think that is judgement become i think that speaks to sport, generally, and those kinds of hyper— masculine environment so it is really important that a role model i come out and hopefully, i'm sure he isn't the only one so i hope it inspires other former all blacks or even current all blacks to come out as well. yet, on that, how do you think this may change things? as you point out, this is a momentous occasion orjust for sports but occasion or just for sports but for the occasion orjust for sports but for the wider community in new zealand. yeah, it is, like i said, you know, that visibility piece is really important, representation matters, with our communities — we have studied for years. and to see,

you know, gay all blacks, it is incredibly important for our young new zealanders who are playing rugby but who are also not directly by just playing rugby but who are also not directly byjust trying to find their way and that world and figure out who they are in rural parts of new zealand, so for a role model, you know, like the all blacks to come out as gay is really significant and i hope it dries conversations in households and rugby clubs, and other sporting bodies, but how they can continue to be more inclusive so that more players, whether they are all blacks whether they are all blacks whether they are all blacks whether they are young kids, they can feel comfortable being who they are in the sport that they love. max tweedie speaking to little earlier. before we go there are tributes 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 with long—time collaborator norman whitfield, he wrote this classic for marvin gaye. # heard it through the grapevine...# and this one 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.

what a legacy he is leaving behind, and what remarkable music, it will always stay with us, wanted? before we go, hundreds of bands have descended on hollywood boulevard to see thejonas brothers get their very own star on the walk of fame. traffic came to a standstill while the sale was unveiled and the crowd went nuts. —— the star was impelled. the new album will hit the stores in may. and they were even more delighted when they took part in a walkabout after the ceremony. thejonas brothers launched in 2005 and bach became a teen sensation. they quit the band in 2013 to do solo albums and work in films, but were united in 2019, much to the excitement of their background, and you can see of delighted people on looking

there as they get a chance to greet some of their most favourite stars. a wonderful moment them. 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 1,000 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 north—west. 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 it's 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 south—west 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.

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