on students. and we speak to the son of— on students. and we speak to the son of former _ on students. and we speak to | the son of former bangladeshi prime minister sheikh hasina, says his mother would be willing to face trial if returns to bangladesh. hello, i'm rajini vaidyanathan. welcome to this hour. an israeli air strike on a school building has killed more than 70 people. it was sheltering displaced people in gaza city. the director of the elahi hospital has told the bbc. images reviewed by the bbc confirmed people —— children are among those killed. witnesses say that the missiles hit a mosque inside the school complex while people were praying. jenny hill sends us this message and a warning, this report contains distressing images. anguish, bewilderment. israel struck before dawn, shattering the sanctity of morning prayer. thousands of displaced civilians were sheltering here,

a place of refuge suddenly a scene of carnage. "there isn't any safe place," this woman cries. "no place is safe." "where is the world?", he asks. "why does it stay silent in the face of these crimes?" how many times have gaza's ravaged walls echoed to the sound of a mother's grief? umm says three of her sons were killed. "i'm 80," she sobs. "i've never seen anything like this before. "the way they're bombing us is like an earthquake." but israel claims this was a legitimate target, that the school housed a hamas command centre. in a statement on social media, an israeli defense forces spokesman said around 20 hamas and islamichhad militants were operating out of the compound. israel has repeatedly struck school buildings in recent weeks.

each time, they insist they conceal hamas bases and each time, they insist they strive to minimise civilian casualties. the strike comes at a time of heightened tension in the middle east. international governments are urging hamas and israel to agree a ceasefire and hostage return deal as soon as possible, and extensive diplomacy is ongoing to try to stop the conflict in gaza from spiralling into an all—out regional war. and as palestinians mourn their dead and take shelter for another fearful night, it's hard to see hope in the ruins of gaza. jenny hill, bbc news, tel aviv. the administration of president biden has responded to news of the attack. a white house national security council spokesperson says:

butjust hours before the bombing, the us state department announced it was releasing $3.5 billion of weapons funding for israel. ukraine's volodymyr zelensky has confirmed for the first time that it is launching an offensive. at least 13 people have been injured from the debris of a ukrainian launched missiles. explosions also in kyiv as the country's symi region. russian and ukrainian forces have been locked in intense fighting in kursk since tuesday. strict security measures are in place there and to other regions, rodnyansky and belgorod.

—— byra nsk. the acting governor of russia's kursk region has ordered a faster evacuation of civilians in areas at risk of ukraine's surprise cross border incursion. kursk borders ukraine and is where russian and ukrainian forces are locked in intense fighting now in its fifth day. meanwhile, the un's nuclear agency is urging both sides to exercise maximum restraint, as fighting nears a nuclear plant in kursk. reports suggest ukraine's army could be operating up to 35km inside russia. love to william courtenay, seniorjohn fellow of the rand corporation and former american diplomat who served as us ambassador to georgia and couzeix done. welcome to the programme. —— kazakhstan. do you make of president zelensky�*s admission that his forces are now operating inside russia? �* , , ., russia? it's been a huge success _ russia? it's been a huge success for _ russia? it's been a huge success for ukraine, - russia? it's been a huge success for ukraine, it . russia? it's been a huge - success for ukraine, it builds morale in ukraine after suffering some russian advances, not large advances but some russian advances recently. the goal of the

ukrainians appears to be, in part, to humiliate president putin, humiliate the kremlin, and this really has had that effect. if we go back to the afghanistan war in the 1980s, the last time oscar invaded a neighbour, the war still inaudible soviet troops did not pull out until an automatic liberalising regime change with gorbachev coming to power so inaudible hoping this kind of humiliation could have some kind of impact on whether to me putin stays in power.— putin stays in power. would you no as far putin stays in power. would you go as far as _ putin stays in power. would you go as far as to _ putin stays in power. would you go as far as to say _ putin stays in power. would you go as far as to say this - putin stays in power. would you go as far as to say this may - putin stays in power. would you go as far as to say this may be l go as far as to say this may be a tipping point following months where ukrainian forces felt pretty resigned and defeated about how that counteroffensive had been going? it counteroffensive had been hoin? . ., , , counteroffensive had been uuoin? . . counteroffensive had been hoin? . ., , ., going? it certainly is a change in momentum. _ going? it certainly is a change in momentum. it's— going? it certainly is a change in momentum. it's hard - going? it certainly is a change in momentum. it's hard to - going? it certainly is a change| in momentum. it's hard to say whether it is a tipping point, we will have to wait and see what some of the results are, but certainly the russians are now on guard. the ukrainians good strike not only in kursk but in other places as well, so they are going to have to pull

some troops back to defensive operations and that will make it a little bit easier for ukrainians to find vulnerabilities in the front line of the battle. £31 vulnerabilities in the front line of the battle. of course, the us has — line of the battle. of course, the us has promised, - line of the battle. of course, the us has promised, and i line of the battle. of course, i the us has promised, and other western nations, more aid to help ukraine in its ongoing fight. how is that changing the equation? fight. how is that changing the e . uation? ~ , , fight. how is that changing the euuation? ~ , , ., equation? the westerners are -arovidin equation? the westerners are providing more _ equation? the westerners are providing more modern - equation? the westerners are - providing more modern equipment and more advanced equipment, so f-16s and more advanced equipment, so f—16s are going in for example, the swedish airborne early warning control aircraft are going in, that's going to provide a powerful capability for ukraine to enhance its air defences and perhaps attack the air planes that are launching these devastating inaudible. what might we see next from russia? �* , ., , what might we see next from russia? �* , . , . ., russia? it's a bit uncertain. the russians _ russia? it's a bit uncertain. the russians are _ russia? it's a bit uncertain. the russians are going - russia? it's a bit uncertain. the russians are going to l russia? it's a bit uncertain. . the russians are going to have to do pull back some of their plans and figure out a more effective strategy. ukrainians have been successful in several

points in using deception, i guess, this is certainly a great example, the ukrainians pulling off a big surprise. two years ago, the ukrainians took heike of oblast from russia, most of kharkiv i blast using deception and they think the russian black sea flagship so i think all of these were great examples of deception. the russians now have to worry that ukraine could use deception more effectively in the future. let's talk about the geography in this as well. remind our viewers of the significance of the kursk region. the viewers of the significance of the kursk region.— the kursk region. the kursk reuion the kursk region. the kursk region of— the kursk region. the kursk region of course _ the kursk region. the kursk region of course in - the kursk region. the kursk region of course in world i the kursk region. the kursk i region of course in world war ii was the largest tank battle in world history, a few thousand tanks were there. but it is, for russia, is particularly symbolic, in part because of that. and by being close to the ukrainian border, there are large ukrainian influences in the kursk region. so i think the kremlin is going

to have to worry now that it may have to do something to make sure that the kursk region is hardened, i guess, to future attacks and the ukrainians may have some influence in kursk that has to be reduced. find that has to be reduced. and 'ust that has to be reduced. and just briefly. _ that has to be reduced. and just briefly, as _ that has to be reduced. and just briefly, as there - that has to be reduced. and just briefly, as there now intensifies again, what role could diplomacy play in ending this conflict? it’s could diplomacy play in ending this conflict?— this conflict? it's too soon for diplomacy _ this conflict? it's too soon for diplomacy to - this conflict? it's too soon for diplomacy to play - this conflict? it's too soon | for diplomacy to play much this conflict? it's too soon - for diplomacy to play much of a role. both ukraine and russia seem to be committed to a continuing fight using diplomacy plays a greater role on both sides become exhausted. it happened in the mid—19 90s, for example, in the former yugoslavia and so, it was possible to negotiate a date in the court but right now it is not possible, really, to do something like that. william courtenay — something like that. william courtenay from _ something like that. william courtenay from rand - courtenay from rand corporation, thank you for sharing your insight on that story. sharing your insight on that sto . ., ., the son of bangladesh's former prime minister, sheikh hasina, has told bbc news his mother would be happy to return to the country

to face trial. student leaders in the interim government are demanding she's held accountable for killings her security forces have long been accused of. her son sajeeb wazeed said his mother did not order attacks on students, but added that individuals responsible for human rights abuses while his mother was in power should be "brought to justice". —— sajeeb wazed joy. ms hasina's15—year rule ended after weeks of student—led protests in which hundreds were killed. she's currently sheltering in neighbouring india, after she fled bangladesh on monday. ms hasina is the daughter of bangladesh's founding father, who was assassinated during a military coup, along with most of his family. her son sajeeb wazed joy is based in the us. he told me his mother hopes to return to bangladesh and is in regular contact with her. i actuallyjust spoke to her half an hour ago. i've been speaking to her every day. the current situation is she is monitoring what's

happening in the country and, of course, we are very concerned. right now, there seems to be absolutely no law and order. there's still looting and rioting going on throughout the country, especially looting. it seems to be open season for looting. citizens are banding together to guard their own neighbourhoods because there does not seem to be any government. you have the protesters demand that — the protesters vandalized the house of the chiefjustice of the supreme court, demanding his resignation, and they submitted a list of names to be supreme court justices, and the interim government simply accepted that and replaced the supreme court. so, you basically have the supreme court of bangladesh has just been replaced, without any due process, by mob rule. i have spoken to people who say that they were tortured by the security forces, that family members have been disappeared and also,

we saw in recent weeks hundreds of students who were killed at those protests. what accountability should your mother take for the actions and the accusations against her security forces? i believe that everyone in the security forces and the security apparatus that was responsible for those should be brought tojustice. they should face accountability. so, you concede that those things happened? because we, in the past, had denials from your mother's government and the party that these even happened. we had tried to bring things to justice. if you will remember when the first reports of extrajudicial killings surfaced, our government had tried and sentenced the son—in—law of our own ministers for the trial of extrajudicial killings. i'm not going to deny, i'm not going to tell you that everything was perfect and mistakes were not made. many of us actually, a lot of us — i am learning

for the first time as well — because i believe, no, our law enforcement agencies did not do a lot of this. but the people in the chain of command perhaps went too far and they should be held accountable. you do think they should be held accountable? i mean, some of the student leaders say that if your mother was to return to bangladesh, she should face trial. that is fine. you know, that is perfectly fine. that should not scare us because in the previous military dictatorship that took over in 2006, they filed — they arrested my mother. they tried to prevent my motherfrom going back. she went back, they charged her with corruption. they went to trial, and at trial, she was acquitted because there was absolutely no evidence of corruption against her. this case as well, you have to prove it in court, so let's have a trial. let's have a trial and see who was responsible. my mother did not order attacks on students. she did not. in fact, if my mother had been willing to kill students, my mother would still

be in power today... but then why were hundreds of students killed in recent weeks? not hundreds. that number is exaggerated because many of those killed were civilians. many of those killed were police as well, and no—one is mentioning that. why is no—one mentioning the police that were killed and the civilians? and who killed them? what's going to happen to your mother? she's in india at the moment. what's her next move? there's lots of speculation and rumour about her perhaps trying to go to the uk or other countries. those are all rumours. she has made no plans. this was going to be her last term — she is 76. her dream was to retire to her village home. when the violence escalated, when they decided, the demand became the resignation of government, she decided, "look, i don't want our security forces to kill "students. "i don't want my own special security force "and prime minister's guards.

in order to guard the prime minister's residence, they would have to open fire on the demonstrators who marched towards it. "i would not want that loss of life." "i don't want their blood on my hands.". those were her exact words to me. she was going to resign, there was going to be a constitutional handover of power, probably new elections called by parliament within three months. unfortunately, with the mob marching on the prime minister's residence, there was not any time to do any of that. i was the last person to speak to her. when her special security forces took her to a secure location — an air force base — and had a helicopter ready, my aunt — she told my aunt, "you get "on the helicopter, i'm going to stay here. "i don't want to leave my country." my aunt called me immediately, i talked to her, i talked to my mom. i said, "listen, mom, this is a mob. "they are going to kill you. "our priority is to keep you safe, keep you alive." you said recently that she wants to return to bangladesh. is that still the long—term plan? yes, of course. my mother does not want to live outside of bangladesh.

whether it is in politics or she is retired, she wants to go home. will she be able to, though? imean, i mean, that's her dream. but realistically, she would not be welcomed if she would return. they said that about my family. they killed my grandfather. they slaughtered 17 members of my family. they called him a dictator, that he had — they said the same things about him, that he had become authoritarian. but the alternative in bangladesh was far worse and so, we came back and we came back stronger. were mistakes made? yes, of course. but if you look at the history of bangladesh, the most successful government in the history of bangladesh was my mother's. sajeeb wazed joy. sheikh hasina's son. venezuela's supreme court has said it won't rule against the vote held. the court criticised the opposition for failing to co—operate with the process and said it decision would be final. president nicolas maduro,

who's held powerfor 11 years, was declared the winner by the government controlled electoral issue amid allegations of fraud. the opposition said it receive double the number of votes. the us is among the countries who have said the election results were fraudulent. the results have only been accepted by a handful of nations, including cuba, russia and china. people across venezuela are unable to access the social media platform x after mr maduro placed a ten day ban. he accused the owner elon musk of inciting hate, civil war and death. mr maduro blames elon musk for being a driving force behind protests following the election. authorities will to the government have been accused of cracking down on descent. the government says it has arrested at least 2000 people who have protested against the official results. i spoke with the director of the center for strategic and international studies' americas programme, ryan berg. what's going to happen now? you have mr maduro saying that

that result is legitimate. he seems to be supported now by the authorities on that but the opposition say it was not free or fair. thanks very much for having me on. the key here is that maduro has gotten caught with his hand in the cookiejar. he's gotten caught here in a massive electoral fraud — what many experts call the largest in latin america's history — and now, he is trying to create facts on the ground. he's going through processes, through institutions in venezuela that he controls to try to firm up the support notjust within his regime but on the international stage for this fraudulent election. the problem for him is that much of the international community understands what he's up to. they have not recognised the results, they've demanded the vote tallies and maduro is busy trying to obscure and give credible reasons for why he can't produce them. again, he has not been able to provide any credible reason for why he cannot produce the tallies. so far, he's said there had been attacks from north macedonia, also blaming

elon musk and so on and so, he is in a real bind here in terms of being able to convince partners and even leftist allies of his in latin america that this election was legitimate and that he was the victor. so, he has asked these supreme courtjudges to certify the results. what is likely to happen? are they likely to abide by that request? well, they are likely to abide by that request because this is one of the institutions that is firmly controlled by the political movement maduro belongs to, but the key to note here is that this is not the proper institution to certify the election — there is a national electoral council, which is the proper body to certify an election, also controlled by maduro. even some of these leftist allies who made a trip to caracas this past week have said they do not recognise the ability of the supreme court to certify the election. it's not their proper role. we have now seen that social media platforms, such as x, have now

been shut down, people cannot access those. what's the likely consequence of that for people in venezuela? well, there is no doubt venezuela may potentially be entering one of its darkest hours. the reason that we believe x is being shut down as well as whatsapp a number of other social media platforms and encrypted platforms for communication is to engage in a media blackout in terms of what's happening on the ground on vezenzuela. we think this means the repression will only increase. of course, maduro wants to shield some of that repression from the glare of the international community. thus far, 2,000 — more than 2,000 people have been arrested. they've been sent to prison, where maduro says they will endure re—education camps and forced labour. 2a people have died. according to human rights organisations. so, things are getting pretty bad on the ground for people

who are simply demanding that their vote be counted and the tabulations be produced. just briefly, what leverage does the international community have — or, indeed, the opposition — to change the course of where things might be going? the good news for the opposition is they won this election, according to the tabulations they possess in their control, by a ratio of over two to one and so, the people are with them on this. the international community, for the most part, has recognised the fact that there's been a massive electoral fraud and so, the entire purpose of this election, which was meant to give maduro new credibility and legitimacy, is basically being denied to him. ryan berg there. three days of mourning have been declared in the brazilian state of sao paulo after a plane crash which killed all 62 people on board. teams have been working to find victims. at least 21 bodies so far have been recovered from the site of the crash. among the victims are a group of doctors, university students and four members of the same family.

the airline voepass said four passengers with dual citizenship are among the victims — three venezuelans and a portuguese woman. videos posted online show the moment when the dual—engine plane spiralled towards the ground, catching fire and exploding on impact. and was en route to the main airport in sao paulo city when it came down in a residential area of vinhedo. brazil's airforce said the aircraft was flying normally until 1:21pm, when it stopped responding to calls. pilots did not report an emergency or adverse weather conditions. the head of brazil's aviation accident investigation centre says the plane's black box containing voice recordings and flight data is being analysed. earlier, i spoke to our brazilian reporter and asked for an update on the investigation. the brazilian air force are saying the crew did not declare an emergency or bad weather conditions before the tragedy. brazilian authorities have

elected the two flight recorders from the plane and investigations are under way but there is still no estimation on when the results of this investigation should be disclosed to the public. one of the studies being disclosed as a possible cause for the accident is they were advised —— that was ice on the plains of the aeroplane but they are saying it is still too early to come to a conclusion. what is the aviation safety record of our lives in brazil? brazil is a very safe market for flying. it does not have a record above average of flights and accidents. but, of course, when a tragedy such as the one that happened friday happens, the entire country worries about safety. but it is considered the time now is one of the safest to fly because the number of accidents happening is historically low. but, of course, when 62 lives are lost, that goes

—— you lose that consideration. indeed. three days of mourning in the sao paulo region. tell us more about what we know about some of those victims that died on board. well, there was some initial confusion about the exact number of victims but on saturday, the airline confirmed it was 62 people on board. 58 of those were passengers and former crewmembers. of those passengers, many were medical doctors. they were on their way to a professional congress in sao paulo. one single hospital connected to a university lost eight of their staff in the tragedy. among the victims was also a three—year—old child travelling with her dad who also died in the accident. families of the victims are, on top of dealing with their loss, having to deal with other horrors such as pictures of the bodies of their loved ones being shared on messaging apps and social media. on top of

that, scammers are using the tragedies to create fake profiles on the internet, collecting money on behalf of the families. thank you for bringing us up to date on that story. vice president kamala harris and minnesota governor tim walz are contiuing their tour of us swing states as they campaign for the white house. life to the scene and you can see tim walz taking to the podium as the crowd cheer and the rally is taking place in moss vale s, nevada, but of course being a state the democratic campaign sees as crucial. . ,., , democratic campaign sees as crucial. . ,, ., crucial. recent polls show kamala harris _ crucial. recent polls show kamala harris as - crucial. recent polls show kamala harris as a - crucial. recent polls show kamala harris as a two . crucial. recent polls show i kamala harris as a two point lead in the state over former president donald trump. the campaign rally follows an endorsement from the culinary union which is nevada's largest union, presenting around 60,000

workers there. moving to the trump campaign which says it is a victim of a cyber attack, after politico setter began receiving e—mails from an anonymous account containing documents from inside mr trump's political operation. trump's political operation. trump campaign claims the iranian government behind the haque, citing past hostilities between mr trump and iran, however there is no direct evidence linking around two the attack —— the hack,. that's all for the moment. stay with us on bbc news. hello. sunday promises to be a sunny day across many parts of the uk and turning really quite hot across the south of the country. the outlook into monday points to even hotter weather and the possibility of some big showers and thunderstorms in the northwest of the uk. so, here's the morning, then, on sunday. admittedly, it will be a little cloudy to start with in the south, perhaps some mist and murk and coastal fog,

particularly in the southwest. a bit of drizzle, too. but the rest of the uk, it's sunshine all round, right from the word go. now, we may have to wait a little bit across the south before that sun breaks through but i think come the afternoon, it really will be that strong sunshine beating down on us nationwide. so, how hot is it going to get on sunday? well, typically in the mid to high 20s across wales and england but one or two spots could reach 30 in the south. more comfortable across northern ireland and scotland — low 20s here but, of course, gloriously sunny. and then, there will be some changes on the way come monday. a cold front is going to sweep off the atlantic. behind it, we've got cooler air. ahead of this weather front, hot air is spreading in from the south. look how hot it's going to be on monday across the north of france — high 30s — and that hot air is going to clip the uk. so, let's see what's happening, then, early on monday. we've got cool air spreading in off the atlantic, that very hot air spreading out of france.

where it clashes, we'll see storms breaking out here in the northwest of the uk. very difficult to pinpoint where they're going to be but they will be spreading towards the northwest. and the temperatures — around 20 or so in the northwest but widely into the 30s across england and possibly the mid 30s around london and the south—east. so, a very hot day to come for some of us on monday and the humidity will increase as well. it really will feel quite uncomfortable. now, tuesday, these weather fronts and low pressures basically win. they sweep across the uk and all of that heat will be pushed towards more central and eastern parts of europe. now, there will be still some warmth left, i think, across eastern parts of the uk on tuesday, possibly the high 20s — 27, 28 celsius. but look at the values here — already dropping into the low 20s across wales and parts of western england.

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kyle rittenhouse flashing white power signs, hanging with the proud boys. you actually believe this i is a white supremacy sign? what do you think it is? it's "ok". he's either a white supremacist or he's a hero. allegedly he's part of a militia. - have you ever heard this . president say one negative thing about white supremacists? kyle rittenhouse went with weapons to a black lives matter protest, murdered a couple of people. how shocked are we that 17—year—olds with rifles decided they had to maintain order when no—one else would? three people got shot. yeah. two people were murdered. yeah.

to me it's murder, i'm sorry. thank god for people like kyle rittenhouse being there to stand up to so many evil people. kyle rittenhouse has become a cause celebre because there are those who believe that white america is under siege. alarm/explosion reporter: in the biggest criminal case in kenosha history, rittenhouse claims he shot and killed two protesters and injured a third, in self—defence. the case has generated national attention. the central issue in this case is going to be self—defence. the evidence will show the defendant, kyle rittenhouse, who was 17 years old at the time, armed himself with an ar—15... ..and, using that rifle, killed two unarmed people — joseph rosenbaum and anthony huber.

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