greek police have arrested 13 people on suspicion of causing a wildfire which has been blamed on fireworks launched from a private yacht. hello, welcome, i'm samantha simmonds. we start in the middle east — where hamas says at least 38 people have been killed in israeli attacks in several neighbourhoods of gaza city. israel says its fighterjets struck hamas infrastructure. hamas says the attacks targeted civilians. separately, the international committee of the red cross says its field hospital is treating badly wounded people, including children, after explosions in a tent camp on friday, which also damaged its gaza office. here's our middle east correspondent, yolande knell. there have been more deadly israeli strikes on different neighbourhoods of gaza city. in beach camp, or al—shati camp, large strikes there.

you can see these dark plumes of smoke in social media videos. several homes flattened, shocked people rushing to help the casualties who are at the scene. there has been speculation in israeli media that a senior hamas commander was being targeted, but the official israeli military statement talks only about hamas infrastructure being targeted. the israeli military has also put out a statement saying that there was not a direct attack on an international committee of the red cross facility, in al—mawasi, in rafah a day ago. that was where at least 22 people were killed, according to the red cross, when there was shelling on a tent camp for displaced people, and the red cross office nearby was also damaged. to the north of here, on the israel—lebanon border, tensions remain extremely high. there's been an intensification in cross—border violence

with israeli forces and the lebanese armed group hezbollah. but the israeli military says today it killed a man there who was an operative of hamas and another allied group, saying that he was supplying these groups with weapons, and they have put out a video of the deadly drone strike they say was on his car. as we heard, there's growing unrest on israel's northern border with lebanon. the two sides have exchanged fire across the lebanon—israel borderfor months. our middle east correspondent lucy williamson has been to the israeli side of the border this week and sent this report. war empties neighbourhoods. here on israel's northern border, many say war is also the way to get residents back. were you hurt, did it hit you? yes, istood here. david has refused to leave, even when rockets landed right in front of his house a few weeks ago — shrapnel slicing through the walls, missing him by inches.

it's made him even more determined to stay. every day, every night, bomb — problem. and i born here. what i say? look, hezbollah. kill hezbollah. if you live here one night, you go crazy. very, very strong, very problem — bombs, rockets. why? rockets hit kiryat shmona every week. this slipped past israel's defences last friday, hitting a street outside the mayor's office. the us is pushing hard for a diplomatic solution here, but the mayor says full—scale war is the only way out. translation: sitting - here like lambs to slaughter, just waiting for the day they attack us, like we saw in the south, it's unacceptable, and everyone understands the choice is between war now or war later. i don't think there is any country in the world that would accept daily

fire against its citizens. israel has been striking back across the border and talking up preparations for a full—scale offensive against hezbollah. hezbollah has vowed that nowhere in israel would be spared. tough talk is part of both sides�* strategy of deterrence, but it can also spotlight the path to war. looks like a missile. i don't know. it looks like they shot it to the middle... tom was out when a hezbollah rocket hit his house in kibbutz malkiya, right on the border. look what one rocket can do to a house. it just. .. everything ruined. it's crazy, no? he says israel's leadership has failed. they lost it. they need to quit. all of them. yeah. the biggest failure of our army and our country was on 7th of october,

and they were the leaders. there's growing pressure in israel for a ceasefire in gaza. that would likely calm tensions in the north as well. but israel's prime minister is keeping both conflicts going — mortgaged by his promise to far right government allies to destroy hamas before ending the gaza war. playing for time is his specialty, but the longer this conflict goes on, the more it turns into playing with fire. lucy williamson, bbc news, the israel—lebanon border. the israeli army has confirmed its forces strapped a palestinian wounded man onto the hood of a militaryjeep during what they're calling a "counterterrorism operation" in west bank'sjenin on saturday. viewers may find the video we're about to show distressing. in these pictures from the reuters news agency, the wounded man can be seen lying on the hood of a jeep as it drives past two ambulances. we've blurred the image.

the israeli army confirmed the incident, saying it "violated orders", adding that the "conduct of the forces in the video of the incident does not conform to the values" of the idf and the incident would be "investigated and dealt with accordingly". the military said the injured man was transferred to medics for treatment. on the uk election trail, rishi sunak hasjoined other politicians in criticising nigel farage for making remarks excusing president putin's invasion of ukraine. the leader of reform uk — who'll be familiar around the world for formerly leading the pro—brexit uk independence party — claimed that russia's invasion of ukraine was provoked by europe and nato. with more, here's our political correspondent harry farley. vladimir putin this morning at a ceremony to mark the nazi invasion of russia in world war ii. his invasion of ukraine has largely united british politics. this is more like a police interview!

but last night, the man who says he wants to be leader of the opposition, said it was a consequence of eu and nato expansion. we've provoked this war. you know, of course it's his fault. he's used... but we provoked the invasion of ukraine? yes, and very interestingly, once again, ten years ago when i predicted it... by the way, i'm the only person in british politics that predicted what would happen. and of course, everyone said i was a pariah for daring to suggest it. rishi sunak has so far been reluctant to criticise mr farage, perhaps hoping to persuade those who tempted by reform to back the conservatives. no such hesitation this morning. what he said was completely wrong and only plays into putin's hands. this is a man who deployed nerve agents on the streets of britain, who's doing deals with countries like north korea, and this kind of appeasement is dangerous for britain's security, the security of our allies that rely on us, and only enboldens putin further. there has been wide—spread condemnation. farage's comments about russia

and ukraine are disgraceful. i've always been clear that putin bears responsibility, sole responsibility, for the russian aggression in ukraine. i think anybody who wants to stand to be a representative in our parliament should be really clear that whether it's russian aggression on the battlefield or online, we stand against that aggression. the liberal democrat leader, sir ed davey, campaigning on a chicken farm this morning said that only president putin was responsible for the death of civilians in ukraine. mr farage's political opponents are hoping his chances of winning here in clacton are dented by his views on the kremlin. harry farley, bbc news. our correspondent gary o'donoghue says this is a rare occasion of a direct criticism of the reform uk leader by the prime minister in this election campaign. it's true, he's been reluctant, i think, to go after nigel farage for fairly

obvious electoral reasons. but on this kind of territory, if you like, on the ukraine war, he feels much more confident. and that's, i think, because there is large—scale unity, if you like, across the parties on what should be done about ukraine, about backing the ukraine war efforts, about, if you like, putting vladimir putin firmly in the kind of guilty camp on this one. and that's also, i think, why he went as far as to use the "appeasement" word, which of course in britain has huge resonance back to the 1930s and european fascism and the rise of hitler. so i think this is an interesting moment. but, you know, one of the things and one of the consequences i think the parties will be thinking about after the election is, you know, if reform does win seats and if nigel farage himself were to end up in parliament in some kind of role, in some kind of opposition role, would that change the approach of the british government to ukraine?

what we don't really know is what his attitude would be, given his views on ukraine, about continuing the war funding. yeah, gary, meanwhile, the labour party leader has come under criticism on his stance on gender recognition, hasn't he? he has from the author, jk rowling — of course, the author of the harry potter books, an enormously successful and well—known figure and someone who has been critical, if you like, of some of the issues around trans and gender identification. she used to be a labour party member. a labour party donor and she has said that she thinks that labour has abandoned women and she said that she would struggle to support the party this time around. now, labour has moved, or labour in london at least has moved on this, and sir keir starmer said the question time special earlier this week that, you know, he supported tony blair's view that, you know, biological women had

vaginas and that men had penises. and that is seen as a bit of a move from his previous stance on that several years ago. but it doesn't seem to be enough to get the backing of this sort of well—known figure who has in the past been a staunch supporter of labour. russia has hit a residential area of kharkiv city in northeastern ukraine with what local officials say were four glide bombs. the authorities say three people have been killed and nearly a0 others have been injured in the attack, some of them critically. rescuers are searching the debris for survivors. earlier, the governor of the neighbouring russian region of belgorod reported the death of a civilian in ukrainian shelling. police in spain say they have declined an offer of help from british police to search for 19—year—old jay slater, who's now been missing in tenerife for six days.

jay hasn't been seen since last sunday and hasn't been heard from since monday morning, when he rang a friend to say he was lost after going a music festival on the south of the island. fiona trott reports now from tenerife. a teenager's a teenager�*s dream— a teenager's dream— constant sunshine and a beach full of bars. it was jay's first holiday abroad without his parents, and this is something every parent fears. haw something every parent fears. now even teenagers _ something every parent fears. iirrw even teenagers are wary. we literally heard it on the news the day before we came here, and obviously it is a bit shocking. i feel our families were a bit shocked a bit scared. feel our families were a bit shocked a bit scared-— a bit scared. yeah, very worried about is coming _ a bit scared. yeah, very worried about is coming after— a bit scared. yeah, very worried about is coming after the - a bit scared. yeah, very worried about is coming after the news. j a bit scared. yeah, very worried - about is coming after the news. we did about is coming after the news. did make about is coming after the news. - did make sure that once we heard about it, we will always be together, no one is going alone. we were making rules. abs, together, no one is going alone. we were making rules. fix. bit together, no one is going alone. we were making rules.— were making rules. a bit scary, but i've not were making rules. a bit scary, but i've got my — were making rules. a bit scary, but i've got my boyfriend, _ were making rules. a bit scary, but i've got my boyfriend, so _ were making rules. a bit scary, but i've got my boyfriend, so it's - were making rules. a bit scary, but i've got my boyfriend, so it's fine. l i've got my boyfriend, so it's fine. we got _ i've got my boyfriend, so it's fine. we got here — i've got my boyfriend, so it's fine. we got here the same day he went missing, _ we got here the same day he went missing, a — we got here the same day he went missing, a lot— we got here the same day he went missing, a lot of— we got here the same day he went missing, a lot of conspiracy- missing, a lot of conspiracy

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egypt has stripped 16 travel agencies of their licences for organising illegal hajj pilgrimages. more than a million muslims make the journey to mecca annually, but this year more than a thousand people have so far reportedly died — many because of searing temperatures of over 50 degrees. it's feared the death toll could be much higher. unregistered pilgrims do not have access to proper facilities such as air conditioned tents and official transport. caroline hawley reports. it's a sacred duty for muslims to perform the pilgrimage and it's a colossal logistics operation for the saudi authorities. they've been criticised in the past for the way they've handled the hajj, for deadly stampedes. but this year, the danger came from blistering heat. there was water on hand, large sprinklers and some air—conditioned areas for the more than 1.8 million pilgrims.

but it was more than 50 degrees in the shade and the scorching temperature took a terrible toll. ather hussain is imam of leicester's central mosque. he'sjust returned home from saudi arabia, scarred by what he saw. it was undoubtedly a traumatic experience. you would walk and you simply wouldn't know where to look because everywhere you turned, you would see someone struggling in some way or the other, people completely drowned in sweat. it's not just the frail and the elderly who were affected. i saw perfectly fit individuals who were struggling just to make 50 yards. in the village of menoufiya, in northern egypt, a family mourns. 70—year—old effendiya sold jewellery to pay for the pilgrimage. she had a tourist visa and, like many others, wasn't officially registered for the hajj. her children say she was left to walk for miles, taken advantage

of by an unscrupulous tour operator. she called home as she was dying. translation: i screamed and couldn't believe it. - she phoned my brother and told him she felt her soul is leaving her body. i wish i was with her. the casualties come from many countries and there are fears that climate change will, in the future, make the hajj even more dangerous. the charity islamic relief has called for urgent steps to inform pilgrims of the risks, and to ensure that their safety is paramount. caroline hawley, bbc news. firefighters on the greek island of hydra have blamed a group from a private yacht for causing a fire by setting off fireworks. the flames were seen late on friday near a beach on the island, south of athens. local firefighters shared this photo on their facebook page, but it is unclear if this yacht was the one that launched the fireworks. the mayor of the island posted this second picture. earlier i spoke to moira lavelle, who is an independent journalist in athens.

we know that 13 people were arrested. we know that they are all greek citizens and we know that they will appear before the prosecutor on sunday. and what do we know about the fireworks themselves and where they possibly were set off from? the fireworks were set off from the yacht, according to allegations from the greek officials, and landed in the pine forests on the greek island of hydra, and from there the flames began to spread and became quite large. how difficult was it to control? how large was the fire? do we know? i can't say exactly in kilometers at the moment because it's still an ongoing situation, but it's very difficult, especially on the greek island of hydra, to fight fires. the island has no cars, there's no roads that go directly to the beach, so the fire service had to fight via boat and via helicopter, dropping water from the air. it looks like flames are now largely under control, but it's a difficult situation. yes, we're looking at a picture of one of those helicopters dropping

water on the fire. and, of course, wildfires across greece have been a huge problem in the last few years over the summer, haven't they? yes, it's an increasing problem. every year it seems that there's more and more fires. i mean, at the moment there are fires on islands all around athens, on the island of andros. and in recent years, there's been fires from the very top of the country to the islands at the very bottom. people have died, and it seems that the blazes spread further and further and burn for longer and longer. and has preparedness across the country changed over the last few yea rs ? do you feel like the authorities are more ready now to tackle these kind of blazes? it's an ongoing discussion. the greek government has tried to change their approach to fires and has tried to focus more on saving lives and on having sooner and more urgent evacuation orders.

this sometimes has worked, other times not. at the moment, many areas of the country are on high alert and the fire service is on call. however, as the fires spread, it is incredibly difficult to fight the flames in every corner of the country. members of the uk's richest family have received prison sentences for exploiting staff brought over from india to work at their geneva villa. prakash and kamal hinduja, as well as their son ajay and his wife namrata, were found guilty of exploitation and illegal employment by a swiss court and handed sentences ranging from four to four—and—a—half years. they were acquitted on the more serious charge of people trafficking. lawyers representing the defendants said they intend to appeal against the ruling. our geneva correspondent, imogen foulkes reports. the hinduja family has a multi—billion dollarfortune, with interests in oil and gas. they employ 200,000 people worldwide. but inside their lakeside villa

in geneva, the court heard, staff were paid as little as $8 a day, sleeping in cellars, rarely allowed out. sentencing the hindujas to up to a.5 years in prison, the judge told them they had abused their position of wealth and power to exploit people who were poor. the hindujas' lawyer suggested the verdict was political, not legal. translation: i have the feeling this behaviour wasjudged on moral - grounds and not on legal grounds. on the one hand you have a very wealthy family, and on the other poor people. obviously, therefore, it is a sort of punishment for this gap between the two groups of people. the hinduja family have appealed the verdict and are now believed to be in monaco. so despite the sentences, they are not, or are not yet, going to prison. but this high—profile case is not the first time that

geneva's rich and powerful are alleged to have mistreated their servants. it is a reminder that behind the wealth and elegance there is a darker side to the city. imogen foulkes, bbc news, geneva. chinese state media say six people in the flood—hit southern fujian province have been found without signs of life. they'd been missing since a landslide a week ago. they're the latest victims of the severe weather sweeping southern china that's forced thousands of residents from their homes and killed dozens of people. 38 were confirmed dead in flash floods and mudslide in meizhou in guangdong province on friday. iran's supreme court has overturned a death sentence against the popular rapper, toomaj salehi. he was jailed for backing the nationwide protests that gripped the county. his lawyer says the supreme court has ordered a retrial. the rapper became a symbol of resistance, with artists including coldplay and sting joining the international campaign to save his life. kasra naji, a correspondent at

the bbc�*s persian service, has more. it doesn't mean that mr salehi is out of the woods — he's not. this is going back to a lower court which will re—examine the case and decide on a new sentence. so that is where we are today. in iran, thejudicial process is very political in nature and many of these decisions are taken on the basis of the political situation, on the timing, and so on and so forth. today, my guess, the only thing that i can think of is that we are very close to the iranian presidential election, which is going to be held next week on friday, onjune 28th, and maybe the iranian authorities feel that this may be one of those

rare good news that might entice people to come to vote at a time when a lot of people want to stay away from the polls. also that maybe they fear that there may be some backlash if there was going to be an execution of this popular man. now to bangaldesh, where all health centres and hospitals have been ordered to stock anti—venom after reports of a surge in snake bites across the country. hospitals in rural areas say bites, especially by the russell's viper, pictured here, are becoming more frequent. a recent study said around 7000 people in bangladesh die each year from snake bites. the russell's viper was declared extinct in bangladesh in 2002 but scientists say the species has now returned. an animal rights group in india has donated a life—sized mechanical elephant to a hindu temple to perform religious rituals, instead of a real one. the donation in the southern state of kerala is the fourth such attempt to reduce animal cruelty.

the three—metre tall robotic elephant, with a metalframe and rubber coating, can flap its ears, move its head and lift its trunk. activists say captive elephants are subjected to cruelty and torture to train them to take part in temple festivals. there were also many instances of those animals running amok and causing danger to people. it is so common that the elephants run amok cases are reported every yearin run amok cases are reported every year in catalan. as a parody heritage task force reports, the last 15 years, 526 people were killed by elephants used for religious purposes, so to rectify all this, we introduced at this mechanical elephant. let's leave you with some striking pictures from greece, showing in the june filming, also known as the strawberry men, rising behind the

ancient poseidon temple last night after the summer solstice —— strawberry moon. it was the term originally used by the native americans in the northeast us to mark the time and strawberries are ripe for harvest. this video from chinashows a peregrine falcon taking a dislike to a drone, attacking it as it was flying through a majestic canyon. here's the falcon, just in case you missed it. you do not want to mess with that bird, do you? stay with us here on bbc news. the next few days look set to bring the warmest weather of the summer so far. 2a celsius was a top temperature on saturday, but over the next few days, as this warm and rather humid air surges northwards, we can expect higher temperatures than that, perhaps into the high 20s

celsius. some good spells of sunshine, but not necessarily clear blue skies all the time. there will be some areas of cloud, indeed some rain —— on sunday morning, mist or and murk for parts of england and wales, particularly over the hills and coasts. we will see some patches of cloud to the day and some breezes. notenow is having a nice—looking a similar story for scotland, a little breezy in the northern isles. more generally 19—25 celsius. quite a warm night. sunday night into monday. some areas of cloud can understand murky and there, those temperatures in the centre of london no lower than 15 celsius, maybe getting to ten in glasgow and newcastle. with the area of high pressure in charge, it will be dry and even warmer. the frontal system to the west, we will have to keep an eye out on that. keeping an eye out on parts of northern ireland

ijust eye out on parts of northern ireland i just the chance eye out on parts of northern ireland ijust the chance of eye out on parts of northern ireland i just the chance of a eye out on parts of northern ireland ijust the chance of a shower. elsewhere, spells of sunshine, patchy cloud at times, temperatures 2a for parts in northern ireland, and in england and wales, in the mid 20s. through monday night into tuesday, that weather front in the west will start to make inroads. more cloud, outbreaks of rain, maybe to the north of england as well. here a little colour for tuesday, but further south and east, if anything, temperatures climbing further. 28, perhaps 29 celsius. the big uncertainty in the weather story is about how quickly things will change. it looks as though area of high pressure will loosen its grip. france pushing in from the west, low pressure drifting from the south, one or both will rain something more unsettled —— fronts. there is huge uncertainty about how quickly the change will take place. before it

does, some very warm weather on the way.

this is bbc news, the headlines. officials in gaza say at least 38 people have been killed in israeli attacks on the neighbourhood of al—tuffah and al—shati refugee camp. israel's military said the strikes targeted two hamas infrastructure sites. the reform uk leader, nigel farage, has defended his claim that the west provoked russia

into invading ukraine. he said he was not an "apologist or supporter" of president putin. mr farage has been facing cross—party condemnation for the remarks. greek police have arrested 13 people on suspicion of causing a wildfire on the island of hydra. this follows uproar on social media, after firefighters claimed fireworks from a private yacht caused the blaze. and british and american royalty are pictured together at a concert in london. taylor swift took the selfie ahead of her wembley gig — posing with prince william and his two eldest children, prince george and princess charlotte. scotland's first ministerjohn swinney says gender recognition reform legislation passed by the scottish parliament "should be respected" by the next uk government. david wallace lockhart caught up with him at edinburgh's pride march.