bbc news, devon. live from london. this is bbc news heavyays they have entered the border town of vovchansk. there is a cabinet shake—up in russia as well. donald trump was my criminal hush money trial begins with former attorney michael cohen expected to take the stand. rishi sunak warns of dangerous years ahead in the —— in a major speech ahead of an expected general election. hello, welcome to bbc news now. russia has intensified its attacks in northeast ukraine — raising fears the city of kharkiv could soon be in range of its artillery. the border town of vovchansk has been heavily bombed. kharkiv�*s governor has said russia is trying to stretch the frontline —

bbc news. the united states has suspended a shipment of heavy weapons to israel after president biden warned that the us would not supply arms that could be used in a major assault on rafah in southern gaza. people in rafah say there is constant shelling today with israeli tanks massed on the outskirts of the city where hundreds of thousands of people fled for safety. the mp natalie elphicke, who defected from the conservative party to labour yesterday, has told the bbc tonight she is sorry for comments she made supporting her ex—husband after he was convicted of sexual assault. charlie elphicke was found guilty of sexually assaulting two women in 2020. 0ur political editor chris mason is in central london. what she said has caused a fair amount of consternation among labour mps. it really has, yeah. there is anger, there is fury and upset amongst

this is bbc news, the headlines. after heavyella braverman, has told the bbc rishi sunak needs to �*change course' if the conservative party is to avoid a political wipeout. attempts to secure a ceasefire in gaza are continuing for another day in cairo, with the two sides still unable to agree the exact terms of a truce. lengthy negotiations on saturday failed to yield any breakthrough. the israeli cabinet has decided to close down the operations of the aljazeera television network in the country. prime minister benjamin netanyahu had previously described it as a �*terrorist channel'. aljazeera has described the decision as �*criminal�*. china's leader, xijinping has arrived in france. he's expected to meet french president emmanuel macron tomorrow, along with the president of the european commission, ursula von der leyen. for more on the fallout from the local elections, it's now time for today's sunday episode of newscast, with laura kuenssberg, paddy o'connell and henry zeffman. newscast. newscast from the bbc. hello. it's pa

bbc news. the ukrainian military say, heavy battles are looming, as russia pushes on with their assualt on the who's returned from the area under bombardment. scottie scheffler, golf's world men's number one, is detained by police before his appearance at the pga championship in kentucky, we'll bring you the latest. the head of south west water in the uk, apologises for the outbreak of a stomach bug in south devon, after a parasite is found in the supply. and, the first guidance for the vatican in a0 years —on the reporting of �*apparitions' and supernatural phenomena. let's start in gaza because american troops have, for the first time, used a temporary pier to deliver humanitarian aid.

this is bbc news, the headlines: after heavy losses in the local elections in england, the former homeve party is to avoid a political wipeout. attempts to secure a ceasefire in gaza are continuing for another day in cairo, with the two sides still unable to agree the exact terms of a truce. lengthy negotiations on saturday failed to yield any breakthrough. the israeli cabinet has decided to close down the operations of the aljazeera television network in the country. prime minister, benjamin netanyahu, had previously described it as a �*terrorist channel'. aljazeera journalists have been among the only reporters inside gaza to report on the war. officials in brazil say more than 10,000 people have been rescued in the southern state of rio grande do sul as floodwaters continue to rise. more now on the fall out from thursday's elections. the conservatives suffered significant losses in what was one of the party's worst ever performances in england's local elections — culminating with defeat in the west midlands, losing the mayoral election to labour. our political correspondent nick ear

this is bbc news, the headlines... after heavynak needs to �*change course�* if the conservative party is to avoid a political wipe—out. labour�*s called for a general election. attempts to secure a ceasefire in gaza are continuing for another day in cairo, with the two sides still unable to agree the exact terms of a truce. an israeli minister has told us his government has no option but to continue the war until hamas is eliminated. officials in brazil say more than 10,000 people have been rescued in the southern state of rio grande do sul as floodwaters continue to rise. entire communities have been ordered to evacuate the state capital. the pop superstar madonna has given her biggest ever concert to an audience of more than a million fans on copacabana beach in rio. among those who joined her on stage was her 13—year—old daughter. let�*s begin with the fall—out from thursday�*s elections. the conservatives suffered a significant defeat in the west midlands, losing the mayoral election to labour. it comes after one of the party

this is bbc news, the headlines. after heavyishi sunak needs to "change course" if the conservative party is to avoid a political wipeout. attempts to secure a ceasefire in gaza are continuing for another day in cairo, with the two sides still unable to agree the exact terms of a truce. lengthy negotiations on saturday failed to yield any breakthrough. the israeli cabinet has decided to close down the operations of the aljazeera television network in the country. prime minister benjamin netanyahu had previously described it as a "terrorist channel". aljazeera has described the decision as "criminal". officials in brazil say more than 10,000 people have been rescued in the southern state of rio grande do sul as floodwaters continue to rise. now on bbc news...click. this week, alasdair gets on his bike to find out how the same engineers can create the ordinary...

bbc news, the headlines... we're on the front line in ukraine where its military says heavy battles are looming. russia pushes ahead with its assault near kharkiv. president zelenskyy has passed to new laws including asking prisoners to fight. the israeli military says its recovered the bodies of three hostages — it says were they were killed while escaping a music festival on october the 7th. to sudan — where the governor of darfur is urging civilians to take up arms to defend themselves amid the ongoing war. and — the first guidance for the vatican in a0 years on the reporting of "apparitions" and supernatural phenomena. let's return to one of those main stories, and the latest on the civil war that is an golfing suit on.

bbc news. flash floods triggered by heavy rains have killed at least 50 people in afghanistan.ses have been damaged or destroyed and about 2,000 shops shops are under water. many key roads have been cut off. the un says more than 300 people died last week after flash floods caused by the unusually heavy seasonal rains devastated villages in the north. now tojohannesburg, where jacob zuma is officially launching the manifesto for his new party at a rally today. the former south african president was previously barred from running for the upcoming general elections, but the decision was later overturned. the elections will be held on the 29th of may. earlier, i asked our deputy africa editor anne soy how jacob zuma was viewed in the country. he's quite a divisive figure here in south africa, which is why when he launched this new party, which is barely four months old, we have seen ipsos polls, for instance, show that it has gone up to 8% in popularity. so that tells you that he has some support within the country and particularly in kwazulu—natal, the province where he comes fro

this is bbc news. after heavy course" if the conservative party is to avoid a political wipe—out. hopes for a ceasefire in gaza appear slim, with the two sides still unable to agree the exact terms of a truce. lengthy negotiations have so far failed to yield any breakthrough. negotiators are expected to return to cairo for a fresh round of talks on tuesday. israeli police have raided the offices of the aljazeera television network, after the cabinet decided to close down the operations of the broadcaster. aljazeera called claims it was a threat to israeli security a "dangerous and ridiculous lie". china's leader, xijinping, has arrived in france. he's expected to meet french president emmanuel macron tomorrow, along with the president of the european commission, ursula von der leyen. hello, i'm kylie pentelow. welcome to bbc news. more now on the fallout from the local elections in england. the conservative party suffered significant losses in what was one of the party's worst ever performances in england's local

heavy side. this is bbc news.uk's general election amidst a growing exodus of conservative mps. campaigning out in west midlands — sir keir starmer says labour will lower the voting age to sixteen if its party wins. with south africa's general election just days away — will nelson mandela's legacy be enough to secure another anc win, or will voters turn away? and two big football finals are underway — man city and man united going head to head in the fa cup and celtic and rangers face off in the scottish fa cup. you are watching bbc news. our top story this hour: party leaders are touring the country as they take their message directly to voters, it is the third full day of election campiagn. rishi sunak has been to the north as sir keir starmer heads to the west midlands. michael gove and dame andrea leadsom have added their names to a list of more than 100 mps who say they won't contest their seats at the general election. the announcements came as the parliamentary session was officially closed last night — all

instead, a heavy police presence is set to continue. emma vardy, bbc news, los angeles.inefield for universities over the last two weeks, trying to find the balance between upholding the speech and protecting students on campus and going about their day, and dealing with the claims of anti—semitism from jewish students as well. all of those tensions boiled over here last night. it seems that what happened at around iipm last night here, in the pro—palestinian demonstration, the pro—palestinian demonstration, the encampment, there was a surge of concert processors which lead to violent clashes between the two groups of rival protesters, there were wooden barricades picked up and used as weapons, fireworks thrown over the crowd, and a relative small number of police on site at that time. the university called in the los angeles police department, the lapd, and they suddenly rushed to try to break up this violence, but by then it had really escalated, and he took police a number of hours to separate protesters. what is now behind me is the encampment from the appropriate li

bbc news. bbc news. the time is 6:18. our top story this evening: as heavyt putin insists there are no plans for russia to capture ukraine's second city, kharkiv, for now. the vatican is tightening it rules on supernatural phenomena for the first time in over 50 years. and on bbc london: a five—year—old boy who died after falling from a block of flats is named locally as aalim makail. the renters facing no—fault evictions that say changes to the law aren't coming fast enough. this extraordinary image is of 10—year—old zulaikha moments after she was rescued from floodwaters a few days ago in afghanistan by a teenage boy who risked his own life to come to her aid. devastating floods in the last week have detroyed homes and roads and killed hundreds of people in the north—east of the country. caroline davies reports from baghlan province. friday afternoon, the main street of fulool village is a raging torrent. 0n the roof, noor ahmed and his family, barely visible. minutes later, the building collapses. translation: when the wall fell, i remember thinking, "i h

news from the bbc. and we begin this programme in ukraine for the country's top commander has warned of heavy battles onhe new front in the north—east region of kharkiv. the russian president vladimir putin says there are no plans to capture the country's second city but said moscow was instead carving out a buffer zone. moscow was instead carving out a bufferzone. russian moscow was instead carving out a buffer zone. russian forces have been advancing in the north—east and fierce fighting has been taking place. the yellow on this map represent new gains claimed by russia. our defence correspondent has been to the front line. from there he sent this special report. we are told to immediately head to a bunker. taking shelter, recently arrived ukrainian reinforcements. a week ago, they were fighting elsewhere on the front. andre tells me the story is dynamic and tense. from a drone feed, they are nervously watching and waiting for another attack. nervously watching and waiting for anotherattack. he nervously watching and waiting for another attack. he says it is time to leave. they've just spotted enemy f

the terrain is difficult and heavy rainfall isn't helping. aruna iyengar, bbc news.

sunshine, but later on sunday there is a chance of some heavy showers, maybe some thunderstorms moving in from the south. live from london — this is bbc newsk�*s troubles continue as another rishi sunak�*s troubles continue as another one of his mps, natalie elphicke, defected from the conservatives to labour, saying the prime minister has let the party down. the un says no supplies have entered in gaza yet. the worlds oceans suffer from a record sufferfrom a record breaking suffer from a record breaking year of heat. we take a deep dive into the impact on marine life. prince harry marks the tenth anniversary of his invictus games for wounded military veterans with a special service. a rare visit for prince harry to the uk to celebrate their movement he started. what isn't on the schedule is any planned meeting with his father, the king. hello, i'm lucy hockings, welcome to bbc news now, three hours of fast—moving news, interviews and reaction. we start with dramatic developments in uk politics and for the prime minister rishi sunak, who suffered heavy defeats in last week's local elections in england. moments before he stood in parliament

bbc news. ukraine's top commander has warned heavy battles are looming, on the north—eastern front after russia's country is trying to carve out a buffer zone in the area which borders russia. moscow says, it seized 12 villages in the last seven days. this video is from the town of vovchansk which is currently facing the brunt of these intense russian attacks. let's go back to our panel. bill, give us the us view of what is happening in ukraine. a lot of people in ukraine is saying because there was the delay in getting american weapons and ammunition stew ukraine russia then seized the advantage and launched this land of it leave incursion around kharkiv. it is an issue that is dividing republicans more than democrats. you see democrats generally supportive of ukraine, it is a real flip from the cold — of ukraine, it is a real flip from the cold war politics of the 1980s where _ the cold war politics of the 1980s where you now have a russian friendly — where you now have a russian friendly strain of the republican party. _ friendly strain of the republican party. by— friendly strain of the repub

heavy side. this is bbc news. the headlines... thank you.n just days away — will nelson mandela�*s legacy be enough to secure another anc win or will voters turn away? and bbc radio 1�*s big weekend gets under way, with record—breaking brit award—winner raye set to headline today. increasing numbers of england and wales�*s most vulnerable children are being caught in deprivation of liberty borders.— being caught in deprivation of libe borders. , ., . liberty borders. they have increased tenfold since — liberty borders. they have increased tenfold since 20 _ liberty borders. they have increased tenfold since 20 17th _ liberty borders. they have increased tenfold since 2017th over— liberty borders. they have increased tenfold since 2017th over 1200 - tenfold since 20 17th over 1200 applications in the last year. this is the first time young people who have lived over the mac under these orders has spoken publicly. soi so i was in care before she had even started school. i so i was in care before she had even started school.— started school. i

heavy, perhaps thundery. live from downing street. this is bbc news. after the prime minister fired the starting gun for a snap summer election in six weeks' time rishi sunak and labour leader sir keir starmer have been touring the country, with their messages for voters. even though there's more work to do, the plan is working. we have economic stability back. you now have the power, the chance to end the chaos, to turn the page and to rebuild britain. reform uk sets out plans to run candidates in nearly every seat but nigel farage says he won't be standing. and this is the scene at the post office it inquiry — where former boss paula vennells is appearing for a second day. welcome to downing street. party leaders have hit the campaign trail with six weeks to go until the general election. the prime minister rishi sunak said only the conservatives offer security and economic stability, while the labour leader sir kier starmer promised an end to what he called fourteen years of decline and chaos under the tories. nigel farage said he won't be standing

heavy side. this is bbc news. the headlines...ands — sir keir starmer says labour will lower the voting age to 16 if its party wins. ukraine says russia has struck a busy superstore in kharkiv, killing at least two people and injuring others. earlier, ukrainian officials said russia targeted the city in an overnight attack, damaging a school and numerous buildings. with south africa's general election just days away, will nelson mandela's legacy be enough to secure another anc win? political parties round up their final campaign rallies in anticipation for what's expected to be the most tightly contested poll since democracy was introduced 30 years ago. two big football finals are under way — man city and man united going head to head in the fa cup and celtic and rangers face off in the scottish fa cup. now on bbc news, we've got the latest newscast episode with laura kuenssberg and paddy o'connell. when you weren't here last week, abandoning me... is when you weren't here last week, abandoning me...— when you weren't here last we

heavy side. —— perhaps showers. this is bbc news. the headlines... list of tory mps say they'll be standing down. the main parties are being urged to be open about the state of public finances and labour leader sir keir starmer told voters that stabilising the economy would be their number one priority. israel continues its attacks in gaza, including in rafah, despite the un's top court ordering it to immediately stop its offensive there on friday. the european union's top diplomat says the bloc will have to make a choice between supporting israel, or international institutions and the rule of law. with south africa's general election just days away, will nelson mandela's legacy be enough to secure another anc win, or will voters turn away? as political parties hold their final campaign rallies, an opinion poll released on friday suggested that the governing african national congress was losing ground. now on bbc news... talking movies: cannes film festival special.

heavy fog. continuing coverage on the bbc news website and 3pp coverage on the bbc news website and app with a specialrnoon of contrast. quite chilly where you've got the sea fog. very warm inland. 23, 2a degrees celsius, possibly 25 for a few. but over the coming week we are in for some changes. it'll turn cooler after that dry warm start because of the wet and the windier weather moving in. quite widespread rain. it looks like at this stage. so we've got the sea haar and fret near the north sea coast. we've had some sea fog around the irish sea coast as well. but inland there's less cloud than we had yesterday across england, wales and fewer showers. but there are still some storms around. very isolated, though, in comparison, but slow—moving, giving a lot of rain. one or two further north across northern england, notably cumbria potentially, and also across northern ireland, southern scotland. but there's more cloud generally across north and central scotland today and it's thick enough to produce the odd spot of rain and drizzle. and, actually, as those showers and storms fade this evening, that m

heavy, perhaps thundery. live from downing street. this is bbc news.ap summer election in six weeks' time. even though there's more work to do — and i know it will take time for you to all see the benefits of that — the plan is working and we have that economic stability back. this election is for you, because you now have the power, the chance to end the chaos, to turn the page and to rebuild britain. coming up — we'll get reaction and analysis from the bbc�*s resident polling expert, professor sirjohn curtice. our other main headline — another key day of evidence at the post office inquiry, as the former boss paula vennells denies trying to close down a review of the faulty horizon it system. this was important, but i was reassured _ this was important, but i was reassured of— this was important, but i was reassured of the _ this was important, but i was reassured of the same - this was important, but i was reassured of the same time l this was important, but i was. reassured of the same time that these _ reassured of the same time that these bugs _

heavy, perhaps thundery. live from downing street. this is bbc news.r starmer have been touring the country, with their messages for voters. even though there's more work to do and i know it will take time for you to all see the benefits of that, the plan is working and we have that economic stability back. this election is for you, because you now have the power, the chance to end the chaos, to turn the page and to rebuild britain. 0n the first full day of campaigning we are following leaders around the country and with rishi sunak as he tries to hit the ground running. reform uk sets out plans to run candidates in nearly every seat — but nigel farage says he won't be standing. and this is the scene at the post office it inquiry — where former boss paula vennells is appearing for a second day. welcome to downing street. party leaders have hit the campaign trail with six weeks to go until the general election. the prime minister rishi sunak said only the conservatives offer security and economic stability, while the labour leader sir keir starmer promi

bbc news. hello there. the weather's looking pretty mixed this bank holiday weekend. although saturday looks to be pretty decent for many with a lot of sunshine around, sunday and bank holiday monday will see some heavyundery showers developing, some local torrential downpours but there'll still be some sunshine in between. now, for saturday, we've got two frontal systems approaching — one across the east and one across the west. this one will arrive quite early through the morning across east anglia, eastern england and spread westward, so skies turning cloudier here. this one will arrive late in

instead, a heavy police presence on campus will continue. emma vardy, bbc news, los angeles. for the la times, jaweed kaleem, about how protesters, authorities and university faculty are reacting today. it was was violent, was was very dangerous, very scary. we had some reporters on the scene who witnessed the counterprotest and group at ucla, began attacking and yelling slurs at pro—palestinian protesters. and it took a few hours for police to to really show up and try to settle things down. we don't know how many arrests have been made at any. we have heard unofficially that at least 15 people were injured to varying degrees, including going to the hospital. and, you know, it's not the same kind of violence right now, but students are still out there today. i want to ask you about the response by authorities, but first, can you tell us more about who these cou nter— protesters a re 7 it's unclear. i think it's fair to say they were in support of israel and offended and angry about the encampments. some of the videos show as much. there is one video where a man says as he's

heavy showers. signs, though, with high pressure around later, it could turn drier. live from london. this is bbc newsnational service for 18—year olds if the conservatives win the general election. meanwhile labour's been answering questions on its plan for the economy, it promises not to increase income tax, if it wins on polling day. protests in georgia continue over a russian—style law against foreign influence, on the day the nation celebrates its independence from the soviet union. football fans gather to celebrate manchester city's record breaking four—in—a—row premier league victory — just days after they lost the fa cup to rivals man united.

sunshine but late on sunday there is a chance of heavy showers and perhaps some thunderstorms are moving in from the south. live from london, this is bbc newsrn gaza continues as talks in cairo try to reach agreement over a ceasefire. this is the live scene in rafah. israel says it's reopened one of the main crossing points into gaza — to deliver humanitarian aid, but a un agency says no supplies have yet passed through. we'll be live injerusalem for the latest. rishi sunak�*s troubles continue, as another mp defects from the conservatives to labour — saying the prime minister has let britain down. bbc analysis suggests the world's oceans have broken temperature records every day over the past year because of climate change. malaysia says it plans to give away orangutans as free gifts to countries which buy its palm oil. prince harry marks the 10th anniversary of his invictus games for wounded military veterans with a special service in london. yes, a small crowd is building up behind _ yes, a small crowd is building up behind me — yes, a small crowd is building up behind me— behind me. security barriers. inside, security _ behind me. secur

bbc news, kyiv. time for a look at the weather. here's tomasz schafernaker. heavythunder and lightning and vicious downpours and overall the outlook is still looking pretty mixed with sunny spells and scattered showers and the coming days. this is the forecast through this evening, you can see the rain reaching the south and southwest. thunderstorms likely through midnight and afterwards but to the north of that it will be quiet, not called in most towns and cities, around nine celsius, clear skies in scotland. the morning forecast, the heavier thunderstorms will be toward central and south—eastern areas. this is very torrential land they could linger into the south midlands and wales, as far as until lunchtime. elsewhere across the country it is looking fine, cloudier moments along the north sea coast, quite breezy. beautiful weather i have to say across the western isles of scotland. sunny skies and the temperature should get up to around 20 so lets all head to the isle of skye. the weather front still with us on friday, that means cloud and outbreaks of rain and

some of them on the heavy side. ex ex live from london, this is bbc news. thank you!ection and there's a growing list of tory mps who say they'll be standing down. israel has continued its attacks in gaza — including in rafah — a day after the un's top court ordered it to stop its offensive in the city. this year's bbc radio 1 big weekend is under way, with chase & status and rudimental topping the bill on friday. record—breaking brit award winner raye is the big name of today. iam i am live at radio 1's big weekend, the crowd behind me well and truly ready to go, getting excited for tonight's headliner, raye. hello, i'm lucy gray. we start this hour here in the uk, where party leaders are kicking off a weekend of campaigning around the country ahead of the general election on the 4th ofjuly. so far today, rishi sunak has been in the north of england, where he delivered his message to voters at a pub. it comes after the cabinet minister michael gove announced that he was joining a growing list of conservative mps who will be standing down at the election. meanwhile, t

more showers and even longer spells of rain plus the odd heavy downpour with sunny spells in between making it feel quite warm. and that's bbc newse. now it's time to join our colleagues for the news where you are — goodbye. hello, i'm anne—marie batson, live from the bbc sport centre. coming up on this programme: manchester city edge closer to the premier league title, but is it turmoil at tottenham? their manager claims the club's foundations are "really fragile" after defeat. can chelsea can take a significant step to a seventh wsl title, under emma hayes, this evening? and excitement is building ahead of the historic heavyweight boxing bout between tyson fury and 0leksandr usyk in saudi arabia. manchester city may have taken a step towards a unprecedented fourth consecutive premier league title last night with a 2—0 defeat of tottenham hotspur but after that defeat for spurs manager ange postecoglou took something of a swipe at the club saying "the foundations are really fragile." to discuss more on this we'lljoin bbc football reporter simon stone. simon, let's talk about manchester city. arsenal fans hoping for a favour from

bbc news. we will have more on those heavy losses suffered by the conservatives in the local elections in englandll have more on her response and from others and the conservative party. it's been another day of big weather contrasts across the uk. now, many areas did keep quite a bit of cloud and there were some showers or longer spells of rain. passing showers there on the horizon at topsham in devon. but it wasn't like that everywhere. we had some pleasant sunshine northern parts of wales, stretching into merseyside, greater manchester, yorkshire, much of the midlands and east anglia. the warmest spots seeing temperatures up to 20 degrees. the coolest spots, where cloudy, just 12. and again, we kept cloud for scotland and northern ireland. some quite heavy showers in eastern scotland at the moment. and as we go on through this evening and overnight, there will be some further patches of rain coming and going, particularly in east scotland. elsewhere, a lot of cloud around, a few showers for southern wales, pushing into the midlands. could see an odd one for east anglia and southern counties of

more showers further south, some of those heavy and thundery, but still with some spells of warm sunshine in between. live from washington, this is bbc newss of people flee. israel marks memorial day as intense fighting takes place in gaza's north and south. protesters return to georgia's capital, demanding the government scrap a law that they worry will silence dissent. and the remainder of the collapsed francis scott key bridge is demolished in baltimore. hello, i'm sumi somaskanda. after months of static frontlines in the war in ukraine, it appears that russian troops are advancing. over the weekend, their forces opened up a new front near kharkiv in the north—east, pushing closer towards ukraine's second largest city as they captured a number of small villages. nearly 6000 people have fled the region amid heavy fighting. as ukrainian troops push back, the white house says it's working with allies to get more patriot defence systems into the country. from kyiv, our ukraine correspondent james waterhouse has the latest.

heavy side. live from london, this is bbc news. in west midlands — sir keir starmer says labour will lower the voting age to 16 if its party wins. and i am injohannesburg, south africa. this country is just days away from its crucial elections. president cyril ramaphosa has just finished addressing thousands of his supporters who are hoping he has done enough to convince south africans to vote for his party. music plays. and bbc radio 1's big weekend gets under way, with record—breaking brit award winner raye set to headline today. and she is due on the main stage at nine o'clock tonight. i have found myself a texture. we are also getting excited for other acts. hello, i'm lewis vaughanjones. we start this hour here in the uk where party leaders are kicking off a weekend of campaigning around the country ahead of the general election on 4thjuly. so far today rishi sunak has been in the north of england where he delivered his message to voters at a pub. it comes after the cabinet minister michael gove announced that he was joining a

heavy seasonal rains. around the world and across the uk. this is bbc news.d a new aid crossing into gaza. the move was in coordination with the united states. in a statement the military said the western erez crossing in the north of the strip is to transfer humanitarian aid.meanwhile, the un says more than 80,000 people have fled rafah in the south since monday. palestinians have been told to leave the city and move towards a coastal area around al—mawasi, which israel calls an "expanded humanitarian zone". 0ur middle east correspondent, lucy williamson, reports from jerusalem, where citizens are marking israel's remembrance day. a country increasingly divided by its war aims, brought together for a day by its war dead. israel's prime minister marked the start of the nation's annual remembrance day, honouring those who died at the hands of israel's enemies, and seven months after the hamas attacks, the soldiers now fighting in gaza, who he said wanted to finish the war. translation: all of them, without exception, - even the amputees, told me that the spiri

changeable week ahead with further heavy showers, signs that with high pressure around later, it could turn drier. this is bbc newss science have sounded there as well as across other cities in central israel. so missiles are said to have been intercepted. united nations says almost 700 people are feared dead following a landslide in papa new guinea. the figure is an estimate based on the number of houses believed to have been buried. at least 12 people are confirmed dead after russian attack on a crowded diy store in ukraine's second city of kharkiv. ukrainian president volodymyr zelensky said over 200 people could have been inside the store when was attacked. and bangladesh braces for intense tropical cyclone, tens of thousands

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bbc news. extreme flooding affecting countries around the world, we'll be looking at the heavy rain affects british but let's start with the football knows that is broken the last few hours. former spain and wolves boss julen lopetegui has agreed a deal to replace david moyes at west ham. the club has confirmed that moyes will leave at the end of the season when his contract expires. lopetegui left wolves last august after just nine months in charge. his most successful managerial spell was his three years at sevilla where he won the europa league in 2020. under moyes, west ham have twice finished in the top seven — and won the europa conference league, but they have been struggling this season, and haven't won in the past month. there has been success. there's no doubt about that. nobody can argue that. but it is at least i know two years that the clubs were thinking, should they change direction are not? should theyjust keep more spectable to the fans, more posession, more this and that. quite clearly, with the success in last season, they had to stay.

bbc news app. hello there. this is probably not the sort of whether you would expect in an ill be warm when the sun was out but we have seen a lot of showers, heavyd earlier on a england and heading up to southern scotland and virtually overnight we're going to see those starting to fade away for most areas and clear spells for england and wales be more cloud and wet and windy weather as you move further north new keep temperatures but higher we have the clear skies to the south, temperatures can give way to seven or 8 degrees. some sunshine for central eastern parts of england will continue to see some sunshine on bank holiday monday but there'll be more showers around as well and quickly, the cloud will build up and that will lead to a scattering of showers developing the focus or heavy thundering, this is more towards eastern parts of scotland and the risks and travel disruption in local flooding. scotland and the risks and travel disruption in localflooding. it will be warm and typical temperatures are going to be 16 or 17 degrees. 0ne temperatures are going to be 16 or 17 degrees. one area of low pressure bringing all the showers and at the

bbc news, buckingham palace. that's it from me. i'm lewis vaughan jones, this is bbc news. bye—bye. hello there, good evening. it was cool and cloudy for many of us today with outbreaks of rain quite heavyher damp and murky through the afternoon. some of the bluest of the skies, best of the sunshine, highest temperatures were across northern areas of scotland and not much is set to change as we head through the next few days. it will generally stay unsettled — showers at times, also some sunny spells, but sunniest across northern scotland, cooler and cloudier for eastern—facing coasts with plenty of threat and har moving in from the north sea and a southeasterly wind. here's our area of low pressure just spinning around, sending this front out towards the north and the east. but it's pretty much stationary as we head through tonight. it will still be given some rain at times, but a lot of that rain tending to fade. second pulse may be moving into parts of east anglia, up through the midlands as we head through the small hours so, it stays rather damp, but certainly mild. temperatures in double figures, a little bit of mist perhaps, where we see the clearest of the skies further now, it'

bbc news. hello there. we're seeing a change across southern parts of the uk. eventually, some heavylear that all day. in marked contrast, in norfolk here, we've seen temperatures over 20 degrees in the sunshine. but at the same time, we've also seen this cloud moving up from france. and it's that that's bringing some rain into parts of england and wales this evening. that'll push up towards northern ireland as well before retreating back towards the south—west. and as that happens, we'll see some heavier rain later in the night and more of that mist and fog and low cloud pushing further inland further north. temperatures, well, typically 8 or 9 degrees, so pretty mild overnight, but getting wet and quite stormy potentially across southern parts of england and wales by the early hours, some heavy rain, thunder, lightning and some large hail and gusty winds. maybe some disruption. the worst of it may push away, but it could stay wet for much of the day in south—west england and south wales. and we may well find some further heavy bursts of rain developing in other southern areas, drif

bbc news. hello there. we're seeing a change across southern parts of the uk. eventually, some heavy and fog, low cloud developing more widely. and for some areas of scotland in particular, it was a struggle to clear that all day. in marked contrast, in norfolk here, we've seen temperatures over 20 degrees in the sunshine. but at the same time, we've also seen this cloud moving up from france. and it's that that's bringing some rain into parts of england and wales this evening. that'll push up towards northern ireland as well before retreating back towards the south—west. and as that happens, we'll see some heavier rain later in the night and more of that mist and fog and low cloud pushing further inland further north. temperatures, well, typically eight or nine degrees, so pretty mild overnight, but getting wet and quite stormy potentially across southern parts of england and wales by the early hours, some heavy rain, thunder, lightning and some large hail and gusty winds. maybe some disruption. the worst of it may push away, but it could stay wet for much of the day in south—west e

bbc news. israeli officials hit back afterjoe biden wants the us will stop supplying some weapons if it launches a major ground invasion in rafah. heavyy edging closer to the centre of the city amid warnings that hospitals will run out of fuel in three days. president vladimir putin uses victory day celebrations to justify his war with ukraine saying russians are living to a difficult period. xijinping is in a hungry, one of its closest allies in the eu -- hungry, one of its closest allies in the eu —— is in hungary. i will be speaking to gary lineker about his new sports volunteering campaign. hello and welcome to bbc news. could president biden�*s patients be running out with israel over its ongoing military campaign in gaza? he has expressed concerns for several weeks over the planned invasion of rafah where hundreds of thousands of civilians have sought shelter and he said he will not allow the us to supply heavy weapons which could be used in any such attack. this has prompted concern from israel and its ambassador to the un saying... the israeli finance minister on the right of israeli politics was rather more strident in his re

further south, a greater chance of showers, some of those on the heavy side, but also some spells of warm sunshine. this is bbc news