negotiating position will not change following the killing of three of his sons by israel. south korea's opposition strike a major blow to president yoon�*s authority after a landslide victory in wednesday's parliamentary elections. a vietnamese property tycoon could face the death penalty after being accused of looting billions of dollars from its largest banks. hello and welcome to bbc news. i'm lukwesa burak. the political leader of hamas, ismail haniyeh, says the jihadist group's negotiating position will not change following the killing of three of his sons by israel. they were killed in an air strike in central gaza.

israeli media is reporting that the prime minister, benjamin netanyahu, had not been briefed in advance of the attack. this video is believed to show him receiving the news in qatar, where he lives in exile. israel has confirmed the strike, describing the sons as "hamas military operatives". he's been actively involved in negotiations to broker a ceasefire with israel demanding a permanent end to the fighting, and the return of displaced palestinians to their homes. those negotiations have been at an impasse for months. and now, bbc�*s partner cbs news confirms that hamas says it is currently unable to identify and track down a0 israeli hostages who could be part of a ceasefire deal, raising fears that more hostages may be dead than publicly known. our international editor, jeremy bowen, reports from jerusalem.

three missiles hit the car in the shati refugee camp in gaza city. ismail haniyeh�*s three sons and three grandchildren were killed, along with their driver. witnesses told local journalists that they were visiting bereaved families. the israelis said they attacked to stop the men committing an act of terror. the dead man's father is the senior hamas political leader deeply involved in ceasefire talks. ismail haniyeh was in qatar when he was told his sons were dead. their blood, he said, was no more precious than that of any palestinian, and hamas would not change its position on the ceasefire. killing members of ismail haniyeh�*s family might strengthen suspicions that israel's prime minister does not want a ceasefire deal with hamas and will buy time by sabotaging the talks. for muslims, this day is supposed to be joyful. it is eid al—fitr, the celebration

at the end of ramadan. even in gaza — this is rafah — where life was always hard, eid was a respite. this year, graveyard visits instead of presents, sweet treats and new clothes for the children. this woman is at her son hassan�*s grave, one of more than 33,000 palestinians killed by israel. translation: i'm asking god to take | revenge on israel and america. may they suffer too. oh, god, have their children killed and their wives widowed. they destroyed our house. we live on the street. gaza is drowning in destruction, darkness and damnation. ben—gurion university, about 25 miles from gaza, looks tranquil. but more than 100 students and staff from here were killed or taken hostage on seventh 0ctober. 6,500 students were mobilised. among them, three young men just back from gaza after months in combat.

tell me what the impact of 7th of october was on you. i think everybody here is related somehow to what happened. everybody knows someone that was kidnapped, that was killed. it's all around the country. i mean, you saw palestinian civilians inside gaza and they've been going through hell. what was going through your mind? i think many of them aren't innocent, and i think it will be really hard to find those that are innocent. but it doesn't mean i think everyone should get hurt. and what's the future going to be, with the palestinians next door? i think that if you would have asked me this question on october 6th, then i would say definitely yes, i would just do a palestinian state, let them live over there, we'll live over here and we'll coexist and everything will be nice. but after october 7th, it seems clear to me that they don't want it as much as i wanted it.

of course, i prefer to be here in the university to study, to go and drink my coffee instead of going fighting a war. like, war it's not fun going to fight in a war, but sometimes it's necessary. and in this situation it's necessary. it's a two way street. like, your question. i mean, like, it feels kind of israel's responsibility. to not radicalise gazans, but where is gazans' - responsibility- towards us, you know? i mean, if we ever want to coexist, . if we want a two state solution, i we need responsibility on both sides, we need accountability. | at the north end of gaza, the fences that did not stop hamas have been repaired. last week, after international anger about the humanitarian catastrophe in gaza, israel promised to open this crossing, erez, to allow aid directly into the north, which faces famine. it is still shut. prime minister netanyahu is under a lot of pressure

at the moment — from the americans who want a ceasefire and for him to open the gates of gaza to unlimited amounts of humanitarian aid. from the hostage families who want a deal with hamas, to get their people back. and from the ultra nationalists in his own coalition who have said that if that offensive into rafah doesn't go ahead, then they will bring down his government. north gaza, gripped by hunger and disease, is on the other side of the wall. when the siege was imposed, the israeli defence minister said they were fighting human animals. six months on, israel's allies say its 1,200 dead on the 7th 0ctober did not give it license to kill and destroy so much. president biden has promised what he called "ironclad" support for israel amid concerns that iran is about to launch a significant retaliation for the killing of its

commanders in syria last week. earlier, iran's supreme leader, ayatollah ali khamenei, said again that israel would be punished. will vernon sent this update from washington. president biden warned that iran was threatening to attack israel and us officials fear this could happen any day now. there is a lot of concern here in washington about the increasingly belligerent rhetoric coming from officials in tehran. the iranians have vowed to retaliate over the airstrike on an iranian embassy building in damascus on april i. it is widely believed that the israelis carried out that airstrike although they have not publicly admitted to doing so. in his comments earlier, mr biden said that american support for israel is ironclad and he said that washington would do everything it could to protect the security of its ally in the middle east.

that warning from mr biden was very public and very clear i think for two reasons. first of all, because this is one of the most dangerous moments in the middle east since the war in gaza began. and washington will want to deter iran from taking any dangerously escalator reaction that could further ignite conflict in the region. the second reason is because there have been disagreements, public disagreements betweenjoe biden and the israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu over the conduct of the war in gaza recently. and i think washington will want to send a message to iran, a clear message that despite those differences of opinion, america remains a firm supporter of israel and any attack on israel by iran will be met with a forceful response from washington.

will vernon there. the democratic party in south korea has retained its majority in parliament, winning a landslide in wednesday's election. the result is a blow to president yoon suk yeol and many of his senior officials offered to resign, including his prime minister, han duck—soo. even though mr yoon has been unpopular, nobody expected him to suffer such a punishing defeat. let's speak to our correspondent in seoul — jean mackenzie. why has this result happened? 0ffice office of resignation but what has been the reaction to these results? , , ., , has been the reaction to these results? , , ., , , ., ., results? this is a big blow for the ruling _ results? this is a big blow for the ruling party _ results? this is a big blow for the ruling party here - results? this is a big blow for the ruling party here becausej the ruling party here because although the liberal party have got this landslide victory, really it is more a defeat for the ruling party than anything else and a defeat for the president because it has as you say really been seen as a mid—term referendum on

president yoon suk yeol and his first two years in office and he has been popular since the beginning but over the last two years approval ratings have hovered around 30 — a0%. people have bristled at his confrontational style and he has been accused of mishandling the economy and when we were at the economy and when we were at the polling stations yesterday talking to people before they cast their vote they complained about the cost of food being too expensive or not being able too expensive or not being able to afford an apartment to buy, it is these bread and butter economic issues that have driven people in this election but they were casting their vote against the president, against his ability to fix these issues. people have not been able to see the situation improving going forward, the party has not been able to set out a vision how they would leave korea for the next three years and the president failed to win over anyone not part of his already loyal support base. how much of a blow is this to the president?

what does it mean for his position?— what does it mean for his osition? , ., , position? he still has three ears in position? he still has three years in office _ position? he still has three years in office so _ position? he still has three years in office so this - position? he still has three years in office so this is - position? he still has three years in office so this is a l years in office so this is a significant blow because what he is looking at he will be the first president in the south korean constitutional history that will not have control over the parliament of his entire time in office because before wednesday the liberal opposition controlled the parliament as well that situation was very different, president yoon suk yeol inherited that parliament, this is more a vote on him so now he has another three years of not being able to push through legislation, not to push his agenda through and we have got another three years probably political gridlock in this country and president yoon suk yeol could leave office with very little to show for his time here especially on a domestic front. what does this result mean for the political landscape there? 0na day on a day to day political level we have a parliament the president will struggle to pass laws because what can happen is

the smaller parties can team up with the opposition party and they can try to block some of his laws or pass the laws they want to see. 0n his laws or pass the laws they want to see. on a foreign—policy level there will be less impact because the parliament has less control over foreign parliament has less control overforeign policy parliament has less control over foreign policy that is probably where we will see the president focuses attention, it is what he has done over the last two years and he has made some radical changes to south korean foreign policy, he has built up his relationship with the united states and japan to counter north korea and china but the issue as he has had a mandate to do this because he did win a presidential election, now his authority as we can through this defeat is going to struggle to forge ahead with quite such radical policies especially as they don't have public support here. jean mckenzie, thank you very much. the worst flooding in almost 100 years has hit russia and kazakhstan, forcing the evacuation of more than a 100,000 people. the flooding in the urals

and western siberia has been caused by unseasonably warm temperatures, which has melted snow. in the russian city of 0renburg, home to half a million people, water levels have reached dangerous levels. thousands of people have left the city. 0ur russia editor steve rosenberg reports. sirens. in places, 0renburg is a city submerged. roads turned into rivers by the worst flooding here in living memory. "evacuation under way," is the message for anyone still living here. "all the houses are flooded," says the local mayor. he's sailing down the streets, surveying the devastation. spring floods are common in russia, but not on this scale. it's thought the combination of heavy rain and rapidly melting snow in warm weather caused rivers to burst their banks.

in 0renburg, thousands have left their homes or been helped to leave by emergency services and by volunteers. "everything was dry yesterday," she says. "the water came at night, so fast." they have been rescuing pets as well stranded by the deluge of water. and look what damage it's done inside the houses. the floating fridge — a reminder of the destructive power of water. and flooding has affected towns and villages across the ural mountains and western siberia. beyond russia, too. this is neighbouring kazakhstan. here, 100,000 people have been evacuated from the flood zone. meanwhile, other russian regions are preparing for flooding as water levels continue to rise. steve rosenberg, bbc news, moscow. around the world and across the uk, this is bbc news.

a vietnamese property tycoon could face the death penalty when she and dozens of other co—accused face verdicts later in one of the country's biggest ever fraud trials. truong my lan is accused of swindling billions of dollars from the saigon commercial bank over a decade, along with 85 others. their five—week—long trial in ho chi minh city has attracted huge media attention in the communist—run nation. let's speak to our south east asia correspondent jonathan head who's in bangkok. the numbers, the figures involved in this case are astounding. including the numbers of which he is accused of defrauding the bank? the? of defrauding the bank? they certainly are _ of defrauding the bank? they

certainly are i _ of defrauding the bank? they certainly are i look _ of defrauding the bank? they certainly are i look back - of defrauding the bank? tie: certainly are i look back and this is probably the biggest bank fraud ever recorded anywhere in the world, if these numbers given by the prosecution are correct, they have been investigating the bank for a year and a half, they have a dossier six tons of documents to submit, and the prosecution have overloaded the media with enormous details about how the fraud was carried out, an intricate network of she“ out, an intricate network of shell companies, and proxies that truong my lan used essentially to control the bank and it was a very big bang, one of the biggest banks in the country and getting her own managers and, she bribed central bank officials as well to make sure she was never stopped and simply awarded herself and her shell companies $44 billion herself and her shell companies $41; billion in loans. and the prosecutors say their assessment is $27 billion of those are unrecoverable, lost money �*s off nothing has been said about how much will cost the state bank to save saigon

commercial bank, the banshee controlled but it is thought it will put a severe strain on vietnamese finances to bail the bank out. it is staggering and it has been made a show trial, i think it is an example because we are in the middle, eight years into a long anticorruption campaign that has been launched by the communist leadership in vietnam. communist leadership in vietnam-— communist leadership in vietnam. , ., , vietnam. this is a communist run country. _ vietnam. this is a communist run country. a _ vietnam. this is a communist run country, a lot _ vietnam. this is a communist run country, a lot of- vietnam. this is a communist run country, a lot of the - vietnam. this is a communist run country, a lot of the fraud involved state officials, all roads then lead back to the state? , ., ., ~ state? yes although i think the state? yes although i think the state is hoping _ state? yes although i think the state is hoping public - state? yes although i think the state is hoping public anger - state is hoping public anger will all be directed towards truong my lan, it is very interesting how they portray her, people have only seen glamorous photos of her in the past glamorous pictures put out by her country, —— co, she has been shown in court looking haggard and drawn they hope the anger will be directed at her,

people are asking how could this happen for 11 years? the answer is because corruption is deeply rooted in vietnam and common practice, this sort of thing is probably going on at other banks, maybe the state did not realise how big it was, it was its own officials who were supposed to inspect her or were supposed to inspect her or were being bribed, there is a great deal of collusion between officials and ho chi minh city, does the business and commercial of vietnam, and it is well known in the past the local party leadership and political leadership was in bed with many of the people getting very rich. it was probably quite hard to untangle but in the end i think the communist party is taking a risk by blowing this up so big, it's hoping to make an example of its inevitable people will ask how is it possible a fort of the size can happen in a country so tightly run by the communist party.— communist party. there is concern — communist party. there is concern this _ communist party. there is concern this will— communist party. there is concern this will impact, i communist party. there is i concern this will impact, this battle against corruption will

impact vietnamese economy? because they work together? absolutely we have to remember vietnam has been celebrated around the world is a fantastically fast—growing economy, an alternative supply chain saws to china, the united states has been working on its relationship in the hope this will be a bright star in its diplomatic relations in asia, this does raise questions over the communist party leadership and how effective it is in the future leadership and also over the economy itself, we don't know what the full impact of the scandal is and we don't know how many other scandals might be hiding behind this one. a controversial new action film — civil war — set in the us in the near future and opening in cinemas this week is striking a raw nerve among american audiences fearful of the possibility of real—life unrest in their country. in the film, texas and california have seceded from the union and their forces are trying to topple the federal government. tom brook reports from new york

where the film is partly set. 19 states have succeeded. the movie civil— 19 states have succeeded. the movie civil war _ 19 states have succeeded. the movie civil war presents a nightmarish vision of the united states. the country has disintegrated. california and texas have broken away to form the western forces trying to topple a third term president. the film has the form of a road movie and there are many harrowing moments. irate movie and there are many harrowing moments. we are american. — harrowing moments. we are american, 0k? _ harrowing moments. we are american, 0k? 0k. - harrowing moments. we are american, 0k? 0k. what. harrowing moments. we are i american, 0k? 0k. what kind harrowing moments. we are - american, 0k? 0k. what kind of american, 0k? 0k. what kind of american are you? rest american, ok? ok. what kind of american are you?— american, 0k? 0k. what kind of american are you?— american are you? at the heart ofthe american are you? at the heart of the action — american are you? at the heart of the action is _ american are you? at the heart of the action is a _ american are you? at the heart of the action is a veteran - american are you? at the heart of the action is a veteran war i of the action is a veteran war photographer caught up in the mayhem played by actor kirsten dunst. she claims what the director was aiming for in this production was realism. it was very immersive _ production was realism. it was very immersive almost - production was realism. it was very immersive almost like - production was realism. it was very immersive almost like a l very immersive almost like a documentary away the cameras interacted with the actors and so he wanted the movie to fill as real as possible stop. the

sto of as real as possible stop. the story of civil _ as real as possible stop. the story of civil unrest - as real as possible stop. the story of civil unrest begins here in new york city as it follows a group ofjournalists covering a tumultuous and lethal landscape. the creator of the bill extravaganza claims that will give audiences more thanjust action and that will give audiences more than just action and adventure. it is an anti—war movie but it has two other focuses, one is political, and the other is aboutjournalism. it is a story aboutjournalism. it is a story aboutjournalists aboutjournalism. it is a story about journalists and journalism, why we need them and what they do and it is asking a question which why is good journalism not getting the traction it gets, what has gone wrong? and a similar question about polarised populist politics. extremist politics. but no evidence made to explain the ideological forces that led to the civil war. the journalists who define the film �*s narrative do not mention their own political views or thoughts on why the country has descended into civil war. there is no political context for this action.—

is no political context for this action. this is really an audience — this action. this is really an audience movie, _ this action. this is really an audience movie, it's- this action. this is really an audience movie, it's not. audience movie, it's not telling you what to think, it's not giving you signs, it is really about the truth which is unique. really about the truth which is uni . ue. �* really about the truth which is unirue. �* . ., , . ., unique. and the directors claim the film is _ unique. and the directors claim the film is about _ unique. and the directors claim the film is about journalists - the film is aboutjournalists and why they are so valuable doesn't satisfy some who have seen the movie.— doesn't satisfy some who have seen the movie. what strikes me as a journalist — seen the movie. what strikes me as a journalist is _ seen the movie. what strikes me as a journalist is how _ seen the movie. what strikes me as a journalist is how badly - as a journalist is how badly film and television often portray what i do for a living or how a complete lack of understanding aboutjournalists understanding about journalists do and understanding aboutjournalists do and how they are as people. this film falls squarely into that bracket, i'm afraid it is not a very revealing revelatory or deep examination of the practice ofjournalism, and the people that populate the profession.— people that populate the profession. despite these complaints _ profession. despite these complaints the _ profession. despite these complaints the film - profession. despite these complaints the film does| profession. despite these - complaints the film does have a power that is a presidential election and highly partisan times, and still in the minds

of many people as the storming of many people as the storming of the capitol building by supporters of donald trump which gave americans a taste of civil disorder. this film definitely touches a raw nerve. many of us have a fear of losing america's beauty and democracy to violent legends and with everyone armed and so many guns, it is a cause of a nightmare scenario to see this kind of violence.— kind of violence. alex garland ho es kind of violence. alex garland hopes his _ kind of violence. alex garland hopes his movie _ kind of violence. alex garland hopes his movie will - kind of violence. alex garland hopes his movie will start - kind of violence. alex garland hopes his movie will start a i hopes his movie will start a dialogue. i hopes his movie will start a dialogue-— hopes his movie will start a dialouue. ., �* ., ., dialogue. i don't want to load the conversation _ dialogue. i don't want to load the conversation by _ dialogue. i don't want to load the conversation by saying i dialogue. i don't want to load | the conversation by saying this is what is about and this is what it is saying, is clearly about some of the things it is about some of the things it is about but i want people to come with their own opinions and own questions and own answers. civil war generated very positive word—of—mouth when it was shown at the sxsw film festival in texas last month, it's hard to know how it will perform it is, and action and adventure will engage but audiences looking for something

deeper and more profound will be appointed. there's a new tourist attraction in thailand as filming is under way for the long—awaited series of dark comedy series white lotus. the third series will take place on the white sandy beaches of bangkok, phuket and koh samui — but what do the locals think? i was really hyped about it, quite excited, but they brought the whole crew all the way here to thailand and they choose summary. we know the production films like that, they chose samoi, thailand. it makes us proud and excited for what the future will bring. this proud and excited for what the future will bring.— future will bring. this is bbc news. future will bring. this is bbc news- stay _ future will bring. this is bbc news. stay with _ future will bring. this is bbc news. stay with us. -

hello. well, some of us are in for a fine day. thursday's expected to bring warm, sunny spells to many northern and eastern parts of the country. certainly won't be like it everywhere — in fact, farfrom it in the morning across many western and southern areas of the uk. right now, a lot of cloud shrouding the uk. a weatherfront is crossing us, bearing rain and dribs and drabs possible anywhere through the night and in some areas even quite heavy for a time. but this weather front is caught in a current of very mild air streaming in from the southern climes, quite a breezy end to the night is expected as well. but i think by the time we get to around 6:00 in the morning, you can see the skies are clearing across many eastern and some western areas of the uk as well. temperatures will be in double figures in most major towns and cities. so, here's the morning then, the forecast. you can see still a fair amount of cloud across some southern and western areas, dribs and drabs of rain, but already sunshine across, say, many northern and northeastern

parts of the uk. the temperatures are very pleasant indeed — widely, i think, into the high teens or 20 degrees across england, eastern scotland, around 18 and out towards the west, around 1a to 17 degrees celsius. but the west will always be more cloudy. now into friday, the south of the country is closer to an area of high pressure, so i think brighter skies here. but i say brighter, not necessarily all that sunny, because we still have that relatively mild and murky current southwesterly wind, in fact, bringing some outbreaks of rain to northwestern areas. so the sunny, brighter skies will always be further towards the east and south and every bit as mild or warm, 20 degrees widely, in some areas, mid or high teens. now, that warmth isn't going to stick around. in fact, saturday night into sunday, we're expecting this slightly cooler air mass or much cooler air mass drifting in out of the west and the north atlantic

and brought also by this area of low pressure, which is expected to sweep in some rain to many northwestern areas of the uk. so, yes, we've got three days of relatively mild, if not warm weather given some sunny spells, but by the time we get to sunday and certainly into monday, it's all change — colder and outbreaks of rain from time to time.

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