israel's military says it is withdrawing most of its troops from southern gaza. the defence minister claims israel's weeks long attack on the city of khan younis means hamas is no longer functioning as a military organisation there. the israeli military says troops will now prepare for another assault, including on the city of rafa where an estimated 1.5 million palestinians are sheltering. it is now six months since hamas attacked israel, killing some 1200 people, taking more than 250 hostages and triggering the war. the prime minister benjamin netanyahu insists the group will be eliminated, but as jeremy group will be eliminated, but asjeremy bowen reports, an israeli victory looks far from certain. 0ver six months, gaza has been ravaged by war, disease, death and now imminent famine, caused by israel's siege. the un calls it "a betrayal of humanity."

kibbutz nir oz, right on israel's border with gaza, feels like a time capsule — stuck in the horrors of the 7th of october. hamas broke in at dawn. they killed and took hostage a quarter of the 400 or so israelis who lived here. sayed was laying there dead, nearthere. you could see that he was trying to hold the door closed, and actually, the door was locked. the army opened the door later. ron behat and his family survived in their safe room. then he recovered dead friends and neighbours, some in pieces. in this house, you know, that was the first time that we realised that we are not looking for only bodies, because the beginning, you know, we took a lot of bodies. the interrupted, terminated lives — laundry neatly folded the night before the attack give israelis a sense of moral clarity.

going around this place, you can understand why israelis believe very strongly that they're fighting a just war in gaza. of course, their allies feel the same. their quarrel is with the methods that israel has been using, that have cost so many innocent palestinian lives, and as for the family who lived here in this house, they're dead. israelis support the war. many are also back on the streets, demanding the resignation of the prime minister. netanyahu's stated war aims — total victory over hamas, as well as freeing the hostages — have not been achieved. the demonstrators say that's because they come second to his own political survival. nava rosalio leads a movement called shame. netanyahu has an interest to lengthen the war as much as he can, because as long as the war is still going on, he can say that now is not

the time to new elections. now is not the time to look for who is responsible, which is he. everyone here faces uncertainty, sometimes fear and a forbidding future. israelis and palestinians look at each other with horror since the 7th of october. the old city ofjerusalem, the heart of their conflict, has been mostly quiet. during ramadan, many palestinians under 55 need police permission to join the crowds moving to the holy mosque. palestinians were already convinced that their lack of rights under israeli occupation amounted to apartheid. israel denies that allegation, and another, considered plausible by the world court — that it is committing genocide in gaza. both sides believe that the other has carried out

inhuman, unforgivable crimes since the 7th of october. new wounds on a century of scars. dimitri diliani, a palestinian christian activist, says israelis are in denial. killing children is killing children. it doesn't matter who is the child that's being killed, it doesn't matter who is doing the killing. i do sympathise with the holocaust. i recognise the holocaust. but that does not mean a green light for israel to commit genocide against my people or any other people. this is ramallah, on the west bank. polls show palestinians have strong support for the hamas attacks, but like most israelis, they deny that their side commits atrocities. what happened on october 7th wasjust one, one... what's the word? one thing that happened in a long... many years of oppression. so, again, i'm going to repeat myself that our struggle will continue until we are free. that's what any people under occupation, under oppression, under colonial

settlers will do. we can report first—hand here on the occupied west bank, just as we can from israel. but foreign journalists are not allowed into gaza by israel or egypt. the bbc commissioned a palestinian freelance in rafah to film 11—year—old rima getting food for her family. translation: if we get - there early, we get some food. but if we're too late, the food runs out, so we won't have anything to eat. the food we bring is only enough for one meal. this has become a daily ritualfor the children, like rima, who fled to this part of rafah with theirfamilies. much less aid reaches northern gaza, where famine is imminent. israel, under us pressure, is letting more food in, but it's also insisting that it can't finish off hamas without attacking this town, where1.4 million palestinians, including rima, are sheltering. she says getting her family food makes her happy. but rima's pot is all

seven people have to eat in a single day. six months on, the gaza war is not over. a wider middle east war threatens. this could get worse. jeremy bowen, bbc news, jerusalem. the anniversary of the hamas attacks of october seven also marks six months of captivity for the 133 people still believed to be held hostage in gaza. their family members want benjamin netanyahu to make a deal to free them. those calls are coming not only from israel but from the jewish diaspora. six months but from thejewish diaspora. six months in, but from the jewish diaspora. six months in, frustration is mounting. 0n six months in, frustration is mounting. on sunday in washington, protesters gathered at the lincoln memorial. their message was, bring them home. joining me home isjonathan, whose son is one of those still

being held hostage by hamas, and jonathan was also at today's rally in washington. it has been six months since your son was taken hostage by hamas. how are you and your family, including your son's wife and his three daughters, coping? marko it's a living nightmare, quite honestly, for us. both our immediate family, as well as our kopites family. we are from a kibbutz, where that morning exactly six months ago hundreds of palestinian terrorists and leaders descended on our kibbutz, leaving behind a0 murdered civilians, 80 hostages were taken from our community, our homes destroyed, looted and our way of life all but eradicated. so every morning that we get up, we have to sort of put our

lives together again. and all of this of course is the background for our fear about the fate of our loved ones, including my son.- the fate of our loved ones, including my son. have you heard anything _ including my son. have you heard anything about - including my son. have you heard anything about your. including my son. have you - heard anything about your son's fate? do you know if he is still alive, fate? do you know if he is stillalive, or fate? do you know if he is still alive, or what kind of condition he might be in? the only thing _ condition he might be in? the only thing we _ condition he might be in? tue: only thing we know condition he might be in? tte: only thing we know is that in the end of november, early december, about 100 hostages of the total 2a0 were released. 0f the total 2a0 were released. of those 100 released hostages, about a0 were from our kibbutz community, and are a number of them, women and teenagers, had seen my son and other people from our community in the tunnels under gaza. we know that in the end of november therefore that he was alive, he was wounded, but we absolutely nothing since then, and that has been the same for all of the other hostages. so

the last sign of life we had was in the end of november, and we already knew conditions in the tunnels were horrific for those people who remain there.— remain there. you were at a rall in remain there. you were at a rally in washington, - remain there. you were at a rally in washington, calling | rally in washington, calling for the release of the hostages. you have been meeting with some lawmakers. what is your message for americans and for the us government?- your message for americans and for the us government? well, my messaue for the us government? well, my message here _ for the us government? well, my message here to _ for the us government? well, my message here to your _ for the us government? well, my message here to your audience i message here to your audience and my message today at the rally, on the footsteps of the lincoln memorial, is that, and it is notjust for us lawmakers, it is for all parties involved, so the intermediaries, that the united states, egypt, qatar, i mean, there's not much to be said for hamas, but for my government as well in israel, that the first step for any kind of future for israelis and palestinians to stop the cycle of violence and cruelty is to get our hostages

back. that is the first step. without that, this war doesn't end, and without that, i fear that this multi—generational, what is already a multi generational conflict that only grows hatred, there are no victories here. we can only begin to heal on both sides of the border with gaza if the hostages are released from hamas captivity. without that, there really is no future, so i would implore notjust the us government but more so the intermediaries from the middle east to do all that they must to get hamas to release these hostages. to get hamas to release these hostaues. ., , to get hamas to release these hostaues. . , , ., ., hostages. last question for ou. hostages. last question for yon there _ hostages. last question for you. there have _ hostages. last question for you. there have been - hostages. last question for you. there have been large protests in israel as well, many of them critical of the israeli government. how much confidence do you have in prime minister netanyahu to bring yourson minister netanyahu to bring your son home? tt minister netanyahu to bring your son home?— your son home? it is not a question _ your son home? it is not a question of— your son home? it is not a question of my _ your son home? it is not a

question of my confidence j your son home? it is not a i question of my confidence or anyone else's, it is his moral, national responsibility to get them home, oras many national responsibility to get them home, or as many of them who are still alive, to get them home and the bodies of those that we know already dead. the southern part of israel was abandoned by our government on october seven. 0ur sons, government on october seven. 0ursons, our daughters, 0ur sons, our daughters, fathers, mothers, 0ursons, our daughters, fathers, mothers, children, were sacrificed on that day. it is utterly incomprehensible and unacceptable that our government, whomever is seated in the government, would allow those who are still left behind, those hundred and 3a, to die in hamas captivity. we were notified yesterday of one of our people from our kibbutz, who was found dead by israeli troops, and we know for sure that he was alive, he was forced to record the hostage videos by hamas and the islamic jihad. we know he was alive. he

died in captivity. therefore, our demand of our government, without giving out grades, our demand is that it do all that it must to get the hostages home. it we will be painful. negotiating with a terrorist organisation is a painful thing, but there doesn't seem to be any other alternative to get them home alive. i think we can all agree that hamas must be eradicated, but that must not, must not come with the sacrifice of those people who have already been sacrificed once by our government. jonathan, who son is still being held hostage by hamas now, six months on, we thank you very much forjoining us. the uk's foreign secretary is warning that the uk's support for israel is not unconditional. writing in the sunday times, lord cameron said there is no doubt where the blame lies, one must never happen again, after three british men were among three

charity workers killed when their convoy was hit in gaza last week. however the deputy prime minister 0liver dowden defended the uk's continued arms sales to israel. tote defended the uk's continued arms sales to israel. we have secific arms sales to israel. we have specific concerns. _ arms sales to israel. we have specific concerns. we - arms sales to israel. we have specific concerns. we have i arms sales to israel. we have i specific concerns. we have gone from the horrors of six months ago to holding israel to extraordinarily high standards, it is right we do so and raise these concerns where we say, look, what you are doing, in respect of not getting aid in, or what you are doing in respect of your targeting raises concerns for us, and we need you to engage. representatives of hamas, israel, qatarand representatives of hamas, israel, qatar and the united states met for talks on sunday. 0ne egyptian news agency is

reporting that the qatari and have delegations are on their way home and could return to egypt within days to attempt to finalise the deal. around the world and across the uk, this is bbc news. now look at another story making use. police in bradford have released the name of a man wanted in connection with the murder of a woman in bradford. he is wanted in connection with the fatal stabbing of a 27—year—old woman who was pushing her baby in a pram in bradford city centre. and i've has been recovered from the scene of the incident. detectives are casting their net wider. he is said to have links to burnley, 0ldham and chester, and west yorkshire police are liaising to say there with neighbouring forces and those further afield you may be able to help. witnesses say after stabbing the woman multiple times, the man ran off

before anyone could stop him. detectives say they have had a good response from witnesses and are following up a number of lines of enquiry but are asking drivers with dash cam footage or any other kind of information to come forward to authorities. you are life with bbc news. sunday marks 30 years since the start of one of the most brutal episodes in world history, the genocide against ethnic tootsies and moderate hutus in rwanda. injust100 days in 199a, hutu extremists killed 800,000 people. during a commemoration ceremony in the capital, ronde's presidents of the international community failed his country. joining me live is one of the survivors of that genocide. founder of the genocide survivors foundation. we thank you for being with us.

you were just with us when this took place —— you were nine years old when this took place, you are six of your siblings can your parents, most of your extended family. how have you been able to deal with that? is it even possible to come to terms with what happened? tt has been difficult. it has been 30 years but for those who live through the genocide it may as well have been yesterday. because the horrific memories of that time, the images, the loss of ourfamilies, our friends, our neighbours living in an environment where each day we got up not knowing whether or not we would survive to see the next day, these are memories that still, even 30 years later, are a part of our lives. i always tell people that genocide is something you can never get over. so the thing that time heals, i believe it's not true. time

alone does not heal. healing is alone does not heal. healing is a journey, and when you speak to even survivors who are in their 805, they will tell you that the memories and the loss still very real. so it is an ongoing battle that survivors continue to fight.— ongoing battle that survivors continue to fight. what about rwanda itself _ continue to fight. what about rwanda itself as _ continue to fight. what about rwanda itself as a _ continue to fight. what about rwanda itself as a country? l rwanda itself as a country? these are deep wounds there. how effectively do you think it has been able to deal with that and move forward now, three decades on? t and move forward now, three decades on?— and move forward now, three decades on? i think there has been tremendous _ decades on? i think there has been tremendous progress, l decades on? i think there has i been tremendous progress, you can't deny that, in terms of political progress, economically, socially. we have a government that has been very much committed to coexistence between all of rwanda's citizens, and people have to realise that the 199a genocide against the tutsis did not

happen overnight. it arose from years of indoctrination, from years of indoctrination, from years of indoctrination, from years of a cult, where it was made 0k years of a cult, where it was made ok for tutsis to be killed, and always with impunity. so prior to the genocide, we had a government that was very much committed to divisive politics, which man applies power by pitting one group of citizens against another, and fortunately since the genocide, we have had a government as i said that is committed to the unity of rwandans, that ya says yes, you are tutsis but you are also rwandans, who have more in common than differences. i always say that as long as you have a leadership committed to unity and peaceful coexistence of all rwandans, then the future of rwanda is bright. but as a country that has gone through genocide, any

post—genocide country always needs to be vigilant, because the ideology of genocide is not one that dies overnight. so there is a constant need again to remind rwandans that the unity of rwandans is the only thing that is going to ensure a peaceful future, thing that is going to ensure a peacefulfuture, and thing that is going to ensure a peaceful future, and that there is no good that extremism and violence, but that only leads to death and destruction, and i think given what happened in 199a, rwandans generally want to make sure that we never sink back. ,, . " ' to make sure that we never sink back, ,, . " ' back. since 1994, looking globally. _ back. since 1994, looking globally, how— back. since 1994, looking globally, how much - back. since 1994, looking i globally, how much progress back. since 1994, looking - globally, how much progress do you think has been made to create a world where genocide won't happen again in any country?— won't happen again in any count ? ., ~ ., ., ~' country? you know, i would like to say that _ country? you know, i would like to say that 30 — country? you know, i would like to say that 30 years _ country? you know, i would like to say that 30 years after - country? you know, i would like to say that 30 years after the i to say that 30 years after the genocide, i would like to say that the lessons of the genocide have been learned, but

unfortunately, when you look at the state of the world today, extremist motivated violence, we are seeing it everywhere, literally in every continent. so a lot of the lessons that should have been learned 30 years ago unfortunately have not been learned. we still live in a world where our governments privatise political interests, economic interests over saving innocent civilian lives from being systematically murdered. so while there has been some progress in terms of education and awareness about genocide, there are still very much, most governments still lack the political will to prevent genocide. so there's still a lot of work to be done, and this is why i do the work that i do with the genocide survivors foundation and that i'm speaking to you today, because again, as survivors of the genocide we lost our

families, i lost my entire family, as you said. we want to use our experiences and voice to keep speaking out. tt is to keep speaking out. it is important _ to keep speaking out. it is important work. _ to keep speaking out. it is important work. thank- to keep speaking out. it is important work. thank you very much forjoining us. russia says ukraine has carried out a drone attack on the separation of nuclear power station, and that plant is on the front line fighting between russian and ukrainian forces. both sides regularly accuse others of shelling it and risking nuclear disaster. it was taken from ukrainian control shortly after russia's full scale invasion in 2022. experts at the international atomic agency confirmed damage at one of the plant's six reactors had damage. russia said three people were wounded when a canteen was hit. the

director—general of the ieee eas urged both sides not to jeopardise nuclear safety. here in the us, the south carolina gamecocks have won the women's couege gamecocks have won the women's college basketball championship against the iowa hawk—eyes. a very close but undefeated south carolina 30 points overall in herfinal collegiate game. 0n 30 points overall in herfinal collegiate game. on thursday, iowa's final four win over yukon was the most watched women's college basketball on record, and it was espn's most viewed basketball game of any kind, drawing 1a.2 million viewers on friday. in portland, many viewers watched sunday's championship match at the sports bra. that is a bar dedicated to women's sports, and i spoke to the owner short time ago. hope you got a chance to watch at least a bit of it. caitlin clark, one of the

biggest stars we have seen rarely in women's college basketball and a long time, undefeated south carolina in the end though a bit too much. they come away with the title. yes, the game is outstanding because we had seen iowa fans fill up the bar in the past, so i thought maybe there would be a handful, iwould be i thought maybe there would be a handful, i would be one of a handful of south carolina fans, but the powers really divided, let's say that, and in that 1st quarter, iowa came out smoking hot and half the bar was just like shifty eyes wondering what was going on. but of course south carolina, they got a game plan, they stuck with it, and what i love about their game is that the bench is so deep, and there are players, different players that step up every game, so yes, it was just cardoza's day. shejust game, so yes, it was just cardoza's day. she just had the greatest rebounds. people were just so excited, and even though the iowa fans were disappointed at the end, everyone had to give it up for don and the undefeated streak, and really three years of her being an absolute legend as a

coach. ~ ., �* ., coach. we don't have the viewership _ coach. we don't have the viewership numbers - coach. we don't have the viewership numbers yet i coach. we don't have the i viewership numbers yet but coach. we don't have the - viewership numbers yet but the semifinal between iowa and lsu was the most watched basketball game in espn's history. that includes every nba game they have ever aired. you have had your bar since 2022. how have your bar since 2022. how have you seen the growth in the popularity of women's sports in general evolve and dispatch automatic time? general evolve and dispatch automatic time ?_ general evolve and dispatch automatic time? yes, i feel so lucky that _ automatic time? yes, i feel so lucky that we _ automatic time? yes, i feel so lucky that we opened - automatic time? yes, i feel so lucky that we opened on - automatic time? yes, i feel so lucky that we opened on aprill lucky that we opened on april one, 2022, because i think we have been able to not only witness the trajectory of fandom and women's sports finally getting the recognition it deserves but we have also become a part of the reason why thatis become a part of the reason why that is happening, you know? so long, sports bars and fans did not have a place to go as a community to watch and grow fandom. people didn't stumble in and fall in love with women's basketball on accident, whereas nowadays, in the game

is on and people just happen to be at a sports bar, eating or drinking and watching a different game and then there is a women's game next door to it, that's how you grow fandom, is how can you be a fan of something that you can't see? so i think that we have watched it blossom, and it has been such a privilege and honour. pretty incredible stuff. jenny ware and, owner of the sportsmans black portland sports bar, the nation because first bar featuring only women's sport. great to have you back on. stay with us for more right here on bbc news. hello, there. it certainly was a windy weekend, but the winds are going to be a lot lighter on monday, and that's because storm kathleen, to the north of scotland, is weakening and moving away. but we are seeing more cloud coming in from the south across england and wales, and this area of low pressure is taking a bit of rain northwards, as well. clearer skies, scotland and northern ireland, will mean a chilly start here. we've got the early rain in north wales and northern

england moving northwards and largely petering out across southern scotland. later in the day, we'll see some rain arriving in northern ireland. this rain in the south—west of england pushes back into wales, and some showery bursts of rain arrive in southern england and later into the midlands. but ahead of that, we'll get some sunshine for a while in the midlands and eastern england, so temperatures back up to a healthy 17 or 18 degrees. now, if you're hoping to get a view of the partial solar eclipse in northern and western parts of the uk — well, it could be spoiled by all this cloud that's coming in, and the outbreaks of rain, as well. now, we've seen the back of one area of low pressure, but there's another one arriving. this is one that's going to sit around overnight and into tuesday, and it's going to take the rain northwards, all the way into scotland by tuesday morning. the rain, curving back into england and wales around the low, turning to drift away eastwards into the north sea, allowing brighter but more showery weather to come into southern and western areas, and the winds will be picking up, as well.

we're looking at gale force winds around some southern and western coasts of england and wales, and with the winds picking up, and that cloud and showery rain around, temperatures are going to be a lot lower. it's going to be a cooler day on tuesday. our top temperatures are only 11 or 12 degrees, and that's because we're seeing this north—westerly wind picking up on tuesday, into tuesday night. but i don't think that cool air is going to last long. out in the atlantic, there is milder air, and that's following this weatherfront, which is going to bring cloud and rain in from the west. ahead of that, though, eastern areas starting dry on wednesday, with some early sunshine, but soon clouding over. rain in the west pushes eastwards, heavier rain for a while, northern ireland, the hills and north—west england and also into scotland, lighter rain as you head further south across the uk. but it's gradually getting a little bit warmer on wednesday despite all that cloud — 1a, maybe 15 degrees. but the wind direction is changing — we're getting a south—westerly wind. that is going to bring warmer weather back across the whole of the uk towards the end of the week, and temperatures could be back up to around 20 celsius at best.

weekend of high—stakes diplomacy between the united states and china. we take stock of what has been achieved. from fast fashion to slow fashion. how one british designer is looking to transform the entire

industry. hello and welcome to asia business report. i'm steve lai. the us treasury secretary janet yellen, on a visit to china, says relations between the two countries have improved because of tough conversations. this came after she raised concerns about china's overproduction of electric vehicles, solar panels and other clean energy product's with the premier. she says the huge subsidies china provides to companies gives them an unfair advantage over foreign firms. for his part, the premier was optimistic about the outcome of yellen's visit. translation: i about the outcome of yellen's visit. translation:— about the outcome of yellen's visit. translation: i have read onfine visit. translation: i have read online reports— visit. translation: i have read online reports about _ visit. translation: i have read online reports about your- visit. translation: i have read online reports about your visit i online reports about your visit and from the moment you touched down, chinese citizens have been enthusiastic and continuously commenting. in fact, this reflects their expectations for the outcome of your visit. expectations for the outcome of our visit. ,, , , expectations for the outcome of your visit-— your visit. stephen olsen says the us and —

your visit. stephen olsen says the us and china _ your visit. stephen olsen says the us and china will -