people continue to leave northern gaza on foot, even as tanks mobilise around them. afp is reporting people in gaza are attempting to flee the al shifa hospital as israeli tanks approach. israel has denied reports it has ordered the evacuation of the hospital and instead the idf says it was asked to provide a �*secure route�* out for those who want to leave. thousands of people are protesting in madrid. they're angered by the deal pedro sanchez agreed to that won him another term as spain's prime minister. the deal grants amnesties to catalan separatists. 5,4,3,2,1. cheering and lift off... sort of. space x's starship rocket takes off from boca chica in texas, but says it has lost contact with the booster during the second stage of the flight and is �*presuming rocket failure�*. now on bbc news, the travel show: the way i see it — part one. my name is lucy edwards, and this is my first time injapan.

yay! ooh, it�*s a latte! i�*m experiencing it through sound, taste, smell and touch. all the colours taste different! different, yes! i�*m a content maker, activist and broadcaster. hi, guys. this is my first blind vlog. ten years ago, i lost my eyesight and since then, i�*ve been on a mission to prove that having a disability doesn�*t have to hold me back. i�*ve come a long way learning to live with sight loss... hello, sweetheart. good girl. ..but i�*ve never been this far away from home. it�*s just hit me like a ton of bricks that it�*s actually really hard being in a new place when you can�*t see it. in this first episode... the ferry�*s about to depart! ..i�*m travelling from the mainland to one of the remotest parts of japan. oh, what are these for?

but will i be able to make sense of a country so famous for its visual beauty? this is japan — the way i see it. i�*m injapan�*s capital city, tokyo. it�*s my first time injapan. it�*s going to be very exciting but very overwhelming. where�*s the line? i�*ve lost the line. 0h, here. here�*s the line. i left my guide dog at home and i�*m travelling with my long white cane... ok, i think i�*m on the crossing right now. ooh, there�*s someone with a megaphone. ..and at the moment, i am feeling apprehensive. loud street noises. ah, there�*s so much noise! i�*m going to go for it. i love the fact that

the streets are quite wide. ifelt very confident walking up and down. day one in tokyo, i am going to meet rikarin, who is an influencer and a fashion designer, and we�*re going up harajuku. so, i want to know all about harajuku fashion. then, i�*m going to have a feel with all of my other senses, so i can understand where she�*s coming from and what fashion she likes to wear. 0k. hey, hello! it�*s so lovely to meet you! can i hug you? yeah, course you can. it�*s lovely to meet you. can i get a quick audio description of you? sure, sure. i have a yellow, puffy dress, like this. can i feel? sure! it�*s like an organza dress. oh, wow! with a — like a border knit top with the jeans. it�*s a little bit casual style. oh, you�*ve put jeans underneath. yeah, yeah. can i be guided by yourarm?

sure. so can i hold on to your...? here. that�*s it — perfect. fashion, it�*s a massive passion of mine, just actively touching everything and feeling all the fabric. there�*s this street, it�*s called takeshita street. okay. it�*s like the main street of harajuku. so, all the kids who have heard of harajuku first come here. it looks like so many different, like, tastes is mixed together. some shops, like on the left here, is really gothic. ah! wow! but maybe on the right you�*ll see kebab shop! laughter on the right again, i think you�*ll be surprised. and actually, i�*m going to take you to the sweet place. 0h, 0k. here�*s the first step. yep. yes. ok, the step is quite narrow. wow. it really smells sugary. yeah. 0k. you got one? oh, my god, amazing! oh, my gosh, it�*s so big!

all the colours taste different! different, yes. wow. i think i like the pink one the best. yeah? the blue one�*s nice but it tastes like more like fake sweets. so, this is what harajuku tastes like? yeah. i�*ll stay here. laughs it feels exciting, it feels energetic, and very individual. and here is a shop sign. oh, my god. he only has one eye. oh, representation! he knows how it feels! he�*s visually impaired, too! and the last one. 0k. stop here... 0k. ..and turn to the right. this is a really very famous and important place for the culture called kawaii culture. have you ever heard of it? no. yeah, kawaii means like something cute. we say "kawaii" to every single thing that we love. wow, that�*s so unusual. yeah.

it feels like there�*s loads of clothes around me, so the audio is very dampened. mm—hm. yeah. the clothes there feel like nothing i�*ve everfelt before that i would wear. it was a culture shock. 0h! what do you think is that? i think you cannot... i don�*t know. oh, my gosh. it�*s a big rat. a rat?! a rat, yeah. giggles this culture was born because of a little bit of rebellion — in a good way. that�*s why harajuku fashion or harajuku culture is not only about something really cute. like, it�*s not like that. they always have, like, eyeballs or bones. yeah. or something a little bit dark side. yeah. you�*re walking on the red carpet right now. yeah! i work it! work it, work it! laughter yeah! this shop is for the cosmetics and this room is for the wigs. shall we try some on? i could maybe try this one on. fluffy one. yeah.

i�*ve never worn a wig. oh, really? yeah, never. hey! what do you think? you look like a poodle! what made you want to get into this sort of fashion style? i was like a shy girl, but after i found this community, i feel it�*s totally different from my school or anything, like my family. it�*s different. so, it�*s a completely new community, it�*s new me, so i can be myself however i want. and that really changed my life, i think. i really relate to that because when i got my long white cane out, i felt really self—conscious and nervous. not dressing like other people makes you feel like, "yeah, i�*m me! i�*m individual". yeah. i became blind at age 17 due to a really rare genetic condition. you want to just live the sighted life that you had and every day, every thing, every task that you go to do is a reminder that you can�*t do

it any more and that, for me, mentally, was a massive struggle when i went blind. i�*m heading to saitama, about an hour away from tokyo. i�*m off to see ryusei. he is a blind skateboarder and he has not let his blindness define him. i�*m just really excited to understand why he skateboards and how he does it, because it�*s really scary in my mind! ryusei holds two world records for performing skateboard tricks without eyesight. how long have you been a blind skaterfor?

what�*s it like to skate as a blind person? it seems scary. although i can�*t see ryusei�*s skills, i remember what skateboarding looks like and it blows my mind that he�*s got the courage to get back up every time he falls. 0h! yeah. yeah? yeah. is every skateboard as wobbly? how do you say "three, two, one" injapanese? san, ni... ichi. ..ichi. yeah. go! yeah. excited scream

laughs wa—hey! i can see why this is freeing but i also don�*t want to go too fast! ok, i think that�*s me. it�*s so scary! like me, ryusei lost his eyesight due to a rare disease. he�*s now 95% blind. how did that affect you mentally, you know, suddenly having sight and then not? �*cos i know, for me, i took it really badly for a couple of years. i had a mental breakdown. i just wondered about you and yourjourney.

i know what it�*s like to be in the darkest place because something�*s happened to you that shatters your heart. when you can�*t do just the little things that make up your life, you don�*t believe you can, like, truly go on without some massive, massive willpower behind you. i admire ryusei�*s drive to keep doing what he loves.

i think it�*s really amazing to see other blind people just rock it wherever they are, and that�*s really special. we�*ve got something there that connects us. it�*s time to leave the city, and i�*m heading to a place that�*s unlike anywhere i�*ve been. the automated gates for the... my destination is sado island. and then, you can go through the gate. my local producer ryuso is helping me on the ferry. oh, my gosh. this is a line all the way to the ferry? yeah. this is so cool. i wish we had this in our ports in england. it would stop me falling in the sea. laughs right, now we are about to board the ferry. what is that metal drumming? right, so, they�*re telling us the ferry is about to depart — so that�*s what the drum is. now, we are on the ferry. yay! oh, that�*s so cool! yeah. there was no step up or anything. it�*s so accessible. yeah, it was pretty smooth, wasn�*t it? yeah.

whistle blows the ferry is about to depart! gong bangs cackles that was really fun! so, the ship is slowly turning directions. 0k. and then, from there, it�*s 2.5 hours to sadogashima. lovely. how far down is the water? oh, far enough that you don�*t want to fall. laughs it�*s about, like, a four—storey building. 0h, 0k. i would say, yeah. wow. these are the kind of experiences as a blind person that are really sensory for me — the wind in my hair and the rain, like, little bits of rain. i can hear a seagull. laughs gulls cry i can hear the engine down below. i can hear the water. really cool.

i�*ve come to sado island in the sea ofjapan, and i�*m here to experience a unique tradition called the onidaiko festival. so what is the onidaiko festival? we try to keep the community together and, at the same time, we wish a good harvest and health. the onidaiko is danced to represent the gods. everything�*s connected to each other. i want to find ways to engage with the festival that don�*t rely on eyesight. konnichiwa. terue has brought me to the taiko drumming centre. this building is named tatakokan. tatako. yes. tatako means "let's play taiko" injapanese. oh, tatako! yes! tatako, yes! taiko drumming is an ancient art that�*s central to the onidaiko festival.

so this is taiko. ..not so strong. 0k. relax. yes. ok, good, good. laughter. ok, you lift your arm up higher. and down. beats drum. yes. 0k. more. oh, it�*s good. it's good. i give you to "se, no". se, no is like one, two. 0k, 0k. se, no! next. yes. cheering. i feel like it�*s a sense of self that you find when you�*re drumming. i can�*t see visual pieces of art, but to be able to experience it with wood all around me, i felt the sound just through my whole body.

how was it? amazing! laughter. it was a massive sensory experience. when masami started to drum... ..i didn�*t expect to feel overcome with passion for what she does. i didn�*t know how moved i would be by hearing the sounds ricochet from the drum all the way around the room. it was so moving. wow!

well done. oh, my gosh, that was incredible. ijust, ifeel this sense of calm after that because it was so... you just felt it through your whole body, don�*t you? right. it�*s like your body�*s echoing with the... yeah. ..drums. yeah. i didn�*t have a need to, like, be able to see then, which is like one of the first times in my life. being blind in that moment didn�*t matter. yeah. you can feel that. you don�*t need to see it. just feel it. yeah. that�*s what music does. it�*s just amazing. sniffs. 0h. laughs. thank you. speaks japanese. thank you.

thank you so much. i am so super proud of myself and i�*m not afraid to say it. to think, "oh, being blind is so crummy, i�*ll never go "away" and now, i�*m over the other side of the world and i�*m so excited to experience all of my other senses. as well as drumming, costumes are a key part of the onidaiko tradition. konnichiwa. i�*ve come to meet watanabe aritsune, who carves traditional oni, or demon masks, worn by the festival�*s dancers. translation: there's some chair. 0k. one more, one more. 0k. one more, one more chair. here? no, next to. next to it. laughs. we got there in the end. what�*s in front of me? so, five oni masks

in front of you. the masks are a tactile symbol of what once was and what is now. and i think that�*s beautiful to still have that within the small communities of the island. so, here is his mask. so that usually male only closing their mouths. 0h. 0h! that�*s scary. how does it feel when you see your masks in the festival? are you proud? i loves the lion�*s mechanicaljaw. i think that was one of my favourite parts.

yeah, i like that. the tactile experience is now going to make the festival come alive to me in my mind. i now have a picture of what they may be wearing. i can have an audio description of how they dance, and then i�*m hearing the music. i can fully immerse myself in the festival, so i�*m really excited. drum beats. there are over 100 onidaiko dance groups on the island and they dedicate their performances to a shrine. the lions came out. now, she�*s trying to scare them. wow. they�*re so close. yeah. the lions are moving around as well. yeah. applause. yay! woo! thank you. 0h! he�*s got, he�*s got hair. i felt that day shifted my mindset.

i always thought that my blind experience was less than... oh, what are these for? ..that when i felt something tactile, i didn�*t see that as valid as actually looking at that thing in real life. this is the god of snake. the god of snake. that day proved to me that my tactile experience was as valid as a visual one. yes! yeah. thank you. up the road, a children�*s dance group is performing door to door to the families in the village. i love that it�*s all really immersive. the kids are so, so cute as well. what are they saying? kids chant. it doesn�*t mean anything, but it�*s cheering the people up. so, you mean like "yay"? yes, that�*s...

yay! chuckles. chanting in japanese. this trip has made me more confident. i truly believe that the way i interact with the world in a tactile way when i go back home is enough. chanting continues. i am enough. chanting. oh, my god. the energy is so electric right now. i�*m so excited. it�*s just the chanting. it�*s like, makes you feel like you�*re in a bit of a trance. chants. yay!

the kids are shouting. it�*s just such a sense of community. in the second part of my travels, i�*m back in tokyo... go. ..asking whether guide dogs could be replaced. faster, faster, faster. i�*ve never been guided by ai before. this is so cool! squeals. and i head to hiroshima to find out about the resilience of its people.

hello. for many parts of the country looks like we�*ve seen the worst of the rain but with got a lot of cloud heading our way in the brisk winds and we have seen some breaks in the cloud with some shelter from the winds but the stronger winds are wrapped around the area of low pressure and along the weather fronts, we are driving in the thick cloud and still producing some drizzly showers as well. but temperatures in the south—east and even this evening are at 14 degrees and it�*s very mild. we�*ve seen more than above—average rainfall, so the rain will give us more clouds. the rain pushes east followed by extensive cloud and then come the showers and it will be

windy everywhere but particularly during the morning across western scotland where gusts of wind will reach 45 or 55 miles an hour but kind of a blustery day for most of us were temperatures on the mild side at around 12 to 16 degrees for many. heading into saturday night, we will see plenty of showers and there will be clear spells, so we might catch a glimpse of the media shower, but otherwise a lot of cloud around and temperatures around ten or ii celsius and on sunday low pressure with us but it will be crossing into scotland and hear the winds will be relatively light and down towards the south—west of england and southern wales we will see the windiest weather and gusts of around a0 or 50 miles an hour around coastal areas and the wettest weather sunday northern ireland, northern england and across parts of north wales. still on the mild side, 12 to 1a north wales. still on the mild side, 12 to ia degrees for sunday temperatures. as we head into the new working week, the area of low

pressure starts to slip away into the near continent subbing at the north—westerly winds feeding in, so it will feel a little bit cooler and there will still be some dribs and drabs of rain, particularly across eastern areas with the rain probably showery in nature so there will be areas that stay dry and the best chance of dry weather will be across northern ireland as we go through the afternoon with temperatures coming down a little bit, with highs between ten or 13 celsius monday. into tuesday, the ridge of high pressure builds for a time for the north west and there could be mist and fog patches on the wind is a little bit lighter and some sunny spells before we start to see the weather turning cloudy for western scotland later in the afternoon with the threat of a few patches of rain and temperatures down with highs between seven and 10 celsius on wednesday was the original high pressure across england and wales where the driest weather will be but it gets windy of scotland and northern ireland with some rain at times. temperatures at their lowest towards the south—east of the country starting to turn milder into

the north west. as we head into thursday and friday what you noticed is temperatures will start to drop away and in the mountains of scotland there is the chance of seeing colder weather from scotland there is the chance of seeing colder weatherfrom friday into the weekend and it might be cold enough to see a bit of snowfall across the mountains of northern scotland but still a bit of uncertainty about exactly how cold it will be, so that will be really important to see where rain or snow showers end up going.

live from london. this is bbc news. reports from northern gaza say un school being used as a shelter has been hit. the hamas run health

authorities say at least 50 people were killed in the attack on the jabalia refugee camp. people continue to leave northern gaza on foot even as tanks mobilise around them. the idf denies it ordered an evacuation of the hospital, saying it was asked to provide a �*secure route�* out. the families of israeli hostages held in gaza continue their march from tel aviv to jerusalem. they want to put pressure on the israeli government to secure the release of their loved ones. four, three, two, one... and lift off... sort of. space x�*s starship rocket takes off from boca chica in texas, but says it has lost contact with the booster during the second stage of the flight and is �*presuming rocket failure�*. hello, iam hello, i am christian fraser. a un—run school in northern gaza has been hit. it is believed to have been used

as a shelter for displaced people.