yolande knell, bbc news, jerusalem.l nations to do everything possible to end the civil war in sudan, saying the stability of the region is at stake. fileepo grandi visited refugee camps and displacement centres in kosti, in sudan's white nile state. more than a million people have sought shelter there since fighting between the country's armed forces and a paramilitary unit began more than 12 months ago. the biggest appeal that i wanted to make is to military people that are fighting each other and reducing this country to ruin and to rubble. they have to stop. this war has to stop. peace is the only solution so that we can help, properly, these people, and all those to whom we have no access because of the war. around the world and across the uk. this is bbc news. let's turn our attention to northern india now, where a high—level delegation of us lawmakers have been meeting the exiled tibetan spiritual leader — the dalai lama. the trip comes days after the us congress passed a bill urging china to begin discussions wi

our middle east correspondent, yolande knell reports. this is war torn gaza's new landscape.ervices have collapsed, and for some, among the hundreds of thousands of people newly displaced by fighting in the south, like asmahan al—musri, this wasteland is now home. translation: we've never lived next to rubbish. - i cry, just like any other grandmother would, over her grandchildren being sick and having scabies. herfamily of 16 shares its tent in khan younis with clouds of flies, sometimes snakes. everyone tells us of the constant stench. translation: the smell is very disturbing. - i keep my tent door open so that i can get some air. but there's no air — just the smell of rubbish. with the latest influx of people from rafah, the cities that they've fled to have been overwhelmed. local councils lack equipment and fuel for rubbish trucks. since the deadly 7th of october attacks, israel won't let them go to the border area where gaza's main landfill sites are. translation: this place wasn't originally meant for waste. - it's a public space and farming area. the council was force

let's get the latest with our middle east correspondent yolande knell.just tell us about the area where this happened.

we can speak now to our middle east correspondent yolande knell. ng people in gaza at the moment? this week i was at the kerem shalom crossing, the israel main crossing point with gaza, and there i was shown with otherjournalists something like 1000 lorry loads of aid that had been cleared to go in and was stuck there. there were things like canned goods, rice, fresh fruit and vegetables sitting in the sun. the israeli military body in charge of the crossing point was really putting the blame on the un and on other aid agencies for failing to distribute the aid. i worked out i was just nine miles away from a hospital inside gaza, in khan younis, where we know there are malnourished children being treated. but when i spoke to the un and aid bodies they told me the situation is very complicated. what they are seeing now especially in southern gazais seeing now especially in southern gaza is lawlessness and a lot of organised gangs really stealing the aid, looting it. they told me as well that they are having problems with what they call arbitrary rule

let's get the latest with our middle east correspondent yolande knell.east correspondent yolande knell. tell us about th this just tell us about the area where this happened. al—shati first of all, you can see video shared on social media, a large plume of smoke, there are witnesses who say there were several air strikes, is one of the eight refugee camps in gaza, a densely populated place. although it was repeatedly targeted early on in the war, there are a senior hamas figures who have been based there, and are based there, and now people really felt much safer, they had gone back to this part of the camp there was more intact, a little more inland and you can see that there were panicked scenes as people were rushed to get the wounded away, several buildings completely flattened in one of the videos that are circulating. what videos that are circulating. what has the response _ videos that are circulating. what has the response been - videos that are circulating. what has the response been in - videos that are circulating. what has the response been i

yolande knell, bbc news, jerusalem. a man from lancashire who went missing after a music festival in tenerife. 19—year—old apprentice bricklayerjay slater left the festival with two men and later told a friend he was planning to walk for ten hours back to his apartment but said his phone battery was low and he needed water. the teenager, who hasn't been heard from since monday morning, was on his first holiday with friends. a teenager, whose body was found more than three years after she went missing, might have been killed during a sexual attack, an inquest has heard. leah croucher, who was 19, disappeared while walking to work in milton keynes in 2019. police believe she was killed by neil maxwell, a convicted sex offender, who was found dead two months after leah went missing. more than 800 migrants arrived in the uk after crossing the channel yesterday — that's the most in a single day this year. the home office said 882 people made thejourney, which takes the provisional total for this year to 12,313. the mother of

our middle east correspondent, yolande knell has more on saturday's strikes.been more deadly strikes on different neighbourhoods of gaza city. in al—sharti 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. and there has been speculation in isreali media that a senior hamas commander was being targeted, but statements only talk about hamas structures 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, a facility in rafah, a day ago. that is 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. as the war in gaza continues, many palestinians are trying their utmost to leave. the only way out is via neighbouring egypt, but for the vast majority of palestinians, exiting gaza via that avenue is an arduous and cos

let's get the latest with our middle east correspondent yolande knell.there are videos _ what more can you tell us? already there are videos that _ what more can you tell us? already there are videos that are _ there are videos that are circulating on social media, you can see big, black plumes of smoke going up see big, black plumes of smoke going up from al—shati camp in gaza city. we are hearing from there that

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our middle east correspondent, yolande knell, has more. have been more deadly israeli strikes on different neighbourhoods of gaza city. in 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 on 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 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

yolande knell, bbc news, jerusalem. the us has responded to that report. bbc the biden administration was looking into a number of incidents to determine whether it israel had complied. meanwhile, tensions remain higher among the northern border with lebanon. several people wrote injured in of village in northern israel after hezbollah flew, causing drones. president netanyahu threatened military action. translation:— threatened military action. translation: yesterday, the lamb was burning _ translation: yesterday, the lamb was burning i'm - translation: yesterday, the lamb was burning i'm glad - translation: yesterday, the lamb was burning i'm glad you put out, — lamb was burning i'm glad you put out, but the ground was also — put out, but the ground was also on _ put out, but the ground was also on fire in lebanon. he thinks _ also on fire in lebanon. he thinks we _ also on fire in lebanon. he thinks we will hurt us and he will sit — thinks we will hurt us and he will sit idly by, and he is making _ will sit idly by, and he is making a big mistake. we ar

our middle east correspondent yolande knell has more from bethlehem.ighting along a key stretch of road just inside gaza next to the kerem shalom border crossing, the israeli military said nearly a week ago, the idea was to allow the un and aid organisations to clear the backlog of aid that has accumulated at the kerem shalom crossing, something like 1,000 lorry loads of aid there. but the un and different humanitarian workers who we�*ve spoken to say they�*ve not really been able to take advantage of these so—called tactical pauses, mainly because of the lawlessness that there is now in southern gaza where you have, they say, these organised armed groups that are smuggling and looting, using weapons to stop their lorries as they come in. and at the same time, they say there�*s been a breakdown in their own systems that�*s happened since israel�*s incursion of rafah that�*s meant that more than a million people were newly displaced. and at the same time you had the un and humanitarian agencies losing access to some of their offices, to warehouses and t

yolande knell, bbc news, jerusalem.ded and told bbc that the biden administration was looking into administration was looking into a number of incidents inside gaza to determine whether israel had complied with the law. tensions remain high along israel's northern border with lebanon, raising concerns about water war. several people were injured in a village in northern israel. benjamin yahoo threatened military auction will visiting a military base. —— action. translation: the -- action. translation: the round -- action. translation: the ground was — -- action. translation: the ground was also _ -- action. translation: the ground was also on _ —— action. translation: the ground was also on fire in lebanon _ ground was also on fire in lebanon. whoever thinks they will hurt — lebanon. whoever thinks they will hurt us will sent idly by and — will hurt us will sent idly by and we _ will hurt us will sent idly by and we will make —— is making a bil and we will make —— is making a big mistake _ and we will make —— is making

here's our middle east correspondent, yolande knell.

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let's get the latest with our middle east correspondent yolande knell.ething that has onlyjust developed in the past hour or so, what more can you tell us? already there are videos _ what more can you tell us? already there are videos that _ what more can you tell us? already there are videos that are _ there are videos that are circulating on social media, you can see big, black plumes of smoke going up see big, black plumes of smoke going up from al—shati camp in gaza city. we are hearing from there that a number of homes have been completely flattened, there is a video showing people among the debris and they are trying to rush the wounded away from the scene. in one of the neighbourhoods, we are hearing that some of the houses have been destroyed, this is one of the larger israeli strikes that we have seen in recent days, although al—shati was also hit yesterday. there are some reports in israeli media that the israeli military has been targeting a senior commander in hamas, but no comment on that from hamas. it did put out a short statement really t

compound and insist they took steps to avoid harming civilians. 0ur middle east correspondent, yolande knellsalem. so the israeli military says that it struck this school in nusurat urban refugee camp in the center of the gaza strip because it was acting on intelligence. there was a hamas command post there and that there were hamas and islamichhad fighters who had been involved in the 7th of october attacks on southern israel, which killed, of course, about 1,200 people, according to official israeli figures. now, local people say that there were hundreds of displaced people that were sheltering inside that school and that we've just been hearing from the al—aqsa martyrs hospital nearby. a journalist working with us spoke to them there and they said that at least 40 people have been killed in the strike. we've been told that there were children among those killed. and certainly in the video shared on social media, you can see body bags and corpses under blankets lined up. there do appear to be some small corpses there appearing to belong to children. the israeli military said that it took s

from jerusalem, here's our middle east correspondent, yolande knell.s military raid in march was the second at the site and it was dramatically destructive. four mass graves containing — local search teams say — hundreds of bodies have now been dug up at al—shifa, prompting international calls for an investigation into possible war crimes. there are reports of suspicious finds. translation: we've discovered bodies of women and children _ and people without heads, as well as torn body parts. israel's military says it exhumed bodies which palestinians had buried earlier as it searched for hostages seized by hamas. but some of the dead were patients. waleed believes his mother, lina, died of malnutrition and dehydration. her corpse was badly decomposed. translation: i identified her- from particular marks on her legs. she'd been wounded in november and had a toe amputated on each foot. israel blames any deaths of patients on natural causes, but the world health organization says those trapped endured horrific conditions. during the siege, 20 patients died

our middle east correspondent yolande knell is injerusalem. atically what we can say in the past 2a hours is that there has been progress on that. but we are still a long way away from a breakthrough. antony blinken, when he was referring to a hamas statement that was put out welcoming the un security council vote, he said that was a hopeful sign. but the onus was really on a hamas leader he described as hiding ten stories underground in gaza. and what hamas are continuing to demand our really guarantees that any deal they sign up to will lead to a full withdrawal of israeli troops from gaza, will lead to a full end to the war. as much as this is really being presented by the americans as an israeli initiative, you can't ignore the fact that when the israeli prime minister, benjamin netanyahu, talks about it, he sounds publicly very sceptical. you got a lot of the israeli media this lunchtime quoting an unnamed senior political source who says clearly that israel will not end the war in gaza until its objectives are met, reiterating that those

yolande knell, thank you very much indeed.f mosquito known as tiger mosquitoes has been linked to a significant rise in cases of dengue fever across europe — a disease that is normally associated with tropical areas. scientists say climate change is creating favourable conditions for the insect in europe. authorities have been monitoring their spread as far north as paris, where the olympic games will take place at the end ofjuly. the world health organization says alcohol, ultra—processed foods, tobacco and fossil fuels are killing 2.7 people every year in europe. it says powerful industries interfere in government policies aimed at improving health and regulating the marketing of such products. carroll will have the weather for us shortly. heavy rainfall meant flights were unable to take off from majorca's main airport because of flooding on its runways. eyewitnesses at palma airport described chaotic scenes, with passengers running for cover from the water pouring through the roof. all flights were grounded. 0ur reporter ch

yolande knell, thank you.n put back in prison after breaching the terms of his release. he is still currently in prison. he is currently being ordered by a high courtjudge to pay over £500,000 in damages to a woman that he abused. if you remember there was a documentary released a few months ago about gary glitter which caused a lot of consternation among many of his victims, but the disgraced pop star has been ordered to pay this to one of the many women that he abused. more on that as and when we get it on bbc news. after months of speculation, apple has revealed its plans for artificial intelligence in a move its chief executive tim cook has called the next big step. the tech gaint is to boost its siri voice assistant and operating systems with 0penai's chatgpt, as it seeks to catch up in the ai race. it's part of a new personalised called "apple intelligence". here's our north america business correspondent erin delmore. the hottest abbreviation in tech these days is easily ai. now apple is taking shot at

thank you, yolande knell. 36 second—world—war veterans have set sail on a ferry from portsmouth to normandyof the d—day landings. the veterans are travelling with a torch from the commonwealth war graves commission, which will feature in a vigil in bayeux tomorrow. danjohnson has this report. these are some of the final few veterans able to make the voyage to normandy to pay their respects and share their experience of what d—day was really like. they got a proper sendoff from portsmouth, escorted by sea and by air on a journey made in recognition of service and in remembrance of sacrifice. i have 32 reasons for going back in those 32 reasons are 32 guys who never came home. i made that promise to myself that every opportunity, i would go back and pay my respect and honour those guys. i do remember my comrades. you never forget _ i do remember my comrades. you never forget your— i do remember my comrades. you never forget your tank crew. honestly, it is very— forget your tank crew. honestly, it is very sad — forget your tank crew. honestly, it is very sad because they are no longer— is very

yolande knell, bbc news, jerusalem.ghts office said israel's bombing campaign had failed to distinguish between civilians and hamas fighters, adding that it could amount to a crime against humanity — something israel denies. here's a spokesperson for the un human rights office. the report concludes that these israeli strikes indicate that the idf may have repeatedly violated fundamental principles of the laws of war. in this connection, it notes that unlawful targeting when committed as part of a widespread or systematic attack against the civilian population, in line with the state or organisational policy, may also implicate the commission of crimes against humanity. temperatures here in the uk might have been cooler than average for this time of year, but other parts of the world are experiencing the opposite. extreme heat is badly affecting the united states, southern europe and northern india. hundreds of people have died in saudi arabia during the muslim pilgrimage of hajj. our correspondent lauren moss has more..

our middle east correspondent yolande knell is injerusalem and sent this report.e tensions along the israel—lebanon border. at sergey�*s wedding it wasn't just the weather that didn't go to plan. half of the guests didn't show up. going out in public is now too risky for men who don't want to enlist. but the bride, tanya, understands why her friends and family don't want to fight. her father was killed on the front line. are you afraid that you might be caught and sent? yes, i'm afraid. i also afraid. of course, i afraid too and don't want it. it happened twice in my family. public transport has become a no—go for those trying to avoid the draft. conscription officers have a fearsome reputation for dragging people off buses and taking them to conscription centres. these officers are on the hunt for draft dodgers. it's hard to find willing soldiers these days, so now it's the law for men to register so they can be called up. are you part of the problem? because people are hiding from you — they're scared of you? translation: look, some people react aggressively tow

our reporter yolande knell is injerusalem. foreign secretary david cameron has said he is greatly saddened by this death. the hostage families forum in israel saying this should shake up every citizen in israel and cause deep soul—searching in every leader. it has pushed for a new ceasefire deal to bring hostages home. a jury has been selected in the criminal trial of president biden's son hunter. he is accused of lying about drug use on application forms when he bought a handgun in 2018. he pleaded not guilty to all three charges. he could face up to 25 years injail if found guilty. buckingham palace says a state visit to the uk byjapan's emperor and empress will go ahead at the end of the month. there had been speculation it would be cancelled because of the general election, but it's confirmed to happen in a slightly adapted form. votes are being counted in india, as a world record—breaking 642 million people cast their ballots in the country's parliamentary elections. our south asia correspondent, samira hussain, joins us

yolande knell, bbc news, jerusalem. here's carol. good morning. it is sunny.the weekend. more showers at times especially across the north west. this morning, high levels of pollen. we are talking about grass and weed and nettle pollen. cloud to start the day but that will break up with sunny spells developing. we should lose most of the drizzle in the north and later, a weatherfront across the north west will introduce cloud, stronger winds and rain. before that, these are the temperatures we expect. i! in the north, 22 in the south, feeling pleasant if you are going to queen's club all royal ascot. as we head over night, clearing skies across england and wales. the weather front makes progress in scotland and northern ireland. introducing cloud, light rain, which will weaken. the overnight lows, 8—ii. cold if you are in the countryside. tomorrow we start with the weather front across scotland and northern ireland, producing cloud, light rain. in the south, more cloud. you could catch a shower. that will be the exception rather than the rule. temperature is 1

our middle east correspondent yolande knell is injerusalem and explained why this is an important developments being presented very much as a deal that israel has accepted, we are not hearing a big public endorsement from the israeli leaders on this. and then at the same time, hamas said it welcomed the vote of the un security council but it really wants to make sure that this deal leads to a full withdrawal of troops from gaza, a full end to the war. israel is saying its military objective is still to defeat hamas in gaza. the parents of a student who went missing after a night out 100 days ago have lodged a formal complaint against police over their handling of the case. jack o'sullivan's family say they've lost all faith in avon and somerset police. the force said officers are determined to do everything they possibly can, but jack�*s mother believes mistakes were made early on in the investigation. obviously we're still in a desperate, desperate position, wanting an answer to where jack is. and i wouldn't want anyone on earth to be faced with what we've dealt with in the last hundred days

our middle east correspondent yolande knell is injerusalem and sent this report.nth a lot of aid has got stuck at this main entry point. now with a full ceasefire in gaza still looking a long way off, the israeli military is now warning about a wider war being possible with the lebanese armed group hezbollah. that follows recent intensification in violence across the border. we are expecting a key diplomat to come here today to try to reduce tensions along the israel—lebanon border. health experts are warning that more people could become infected with e.coli after a possible contamination of it comes after the food manufacturer this recalled a vegan wrap over the weekend. so far, 211 people across the uk are known to have been infected. there is a full list of all the products recalled on the bbc news website. sir paul mccartney has announced his first uk tour dates since 2018. the star will play four nights in london and manchester this december, and told fans that playing on home soiljust before christmas would make an amazing end to the year. that is a christm

let's speak to our middle east correspondent yolande knell, who is in jerusalem.eem very far apart, although mediators, all say they are working to try to bridge the gaps, but we had this statement from hamas, after there was criticism levelled at it by the us secretary of state antony blinken, because of its response to this latest deal that is on the table, this three phase plan outlined by president biden, back on the 31st may, and hamas really saying that since it accepted a similar plan, at the start of may, things had changed on the ground, pointing out thaw after accepted that plan there was this israeli military offensive that began in earnest in rafah in the very south of the gaza strip, and also saying that while mr blinken himself speaks of israeli acceptance of the plan thatis of israeli acceptance of the plan that is out there, they are not hearing the same noises about acceptance from israeli officials and calling on the us to apply more pressure to israel. there are some different kind of leaks i suppose that are in the israeli media about what amen

our middle east correspondent, yolande knell, gave us the latest from jerusalem.ers, they want so much to have a ceasefire in gaza just to bring down tensions in the region and to stop this real danger of a wider regional war. how long do you think you could last without your smartphone? a few hours? a day? we've followed a group of teenagers to see how they cope without their smartphones for five days as part of a bbc radio 5 live project. our reporter kristianjohnson joined them to see how they got on. on friday, i received 479 notifications. it's fair to say some teenagers are pretty glued to their phones. 0k, guys. point of no return. thank you very much. but this group of students are doing the unthinkable — locking them away for almost a week. you said your goodbye? yes. good. no tiktok, no snapchat, no whatsapp. so, guys, these are your new... oh, my god! ..mobile phones. instead, they'll be using these for the next five days. the only way of communicating — texts and calls. i'm on a nokia. guys, do you want to see something? mum, this is weird, i don't lik

our middle east correspondent, yolande knell, sent this report from the crossing.pabilities withirr— also by improving our capabilities within the — also by improving our capabilities within the given crossings your list of the _ within the given crossings your list of the israeli military now says it has started a tactical pause during daylight— has started a tactical pause during daylight hours along a stretch of road extended from here inside gaza. there _ road extended from here inside gaza. there witi— road extended from here inside gaza. there will be to improve the distribution of the humanitarian aid. when it was announced in israel, there was a big political backlash with far right ministers saying the idea was foolish. i spray —— but i asked an israeli military spokesman whether there had been political approval. taste spokesman whether there had been political approval.— political approval. we are a democracy _ political approval. we are a democracy. we _ political approval. we are a democracy. we get - political approval. we are a democracy. we get our-

explosions in a tent camp on friday, which also damaged its gaza office. 0ur middle east correspondent, yolande knellre. first of all, you can see a video shared on social media from there a large plume of smoke. there are witnesses who say there were several air strikes. it's one of the eight urban refugee camps in gaza, a densely populated place. although it was repeatedly targeted early on in the war, there are some senior hamas figures who have been based there and are based there. and now people really had felt much safer, they'd gone back to this part of the camp that was more intact, a little more inland. and really, you can see that there are a scenes as people rushed to get the wounded away, several buildings completely flattened in one video circulating. and what is the response in terms of what the idf has said and what the palestinians have said? the israeli military has put out the briefest of statements saying there will be more details later, but that it was hamas infrastructure hit. but there is speculation in some of the israeli media that actually israel was going after a man who wa