meanwhile, the us secretary of state heads to saudi arabia where he will discuss the war with key international figures. police investigating the death of a man in greater manchester find more body parts, at two separate sites. and gamers go head to head with £800,000 up for grabs in the grand final of the esl 0ne tournament in birmingham. hello, i'm samantha simmonds. the white house says president biden has spoken to israeli prime minister benjamin netanyuahu about the situation in gaza. the white house issued a statement, saying that the president reaffirmed his ironclad commitment to israel's security. it referenced what it said was a successful defence against iran's unprecedented missile and drone attack earlier this month. the two leaders reviewed

ongoing talks to secure the release of hostages, together with an immediate ceasefire in gaza. and they also discussed increases in the delivery of humanitarian assistance into gaza through preparations to open new northern crossings starting this week. the statement concludes that the leaders discussed rafah and the president reiterated his �*clear position�*, although it didn't give details of what that is. hours earlier, the palestinian president said only the us could prevent an israeli attack on rafah, where more than a million have fled. mahmoud abbas is at the world economic forum summit in riyadh. he will be joined there on monday by the us secretary of state, antony blinken. other key international figures are expected in the saudi city and sideline meetings are expected to discuss the war in gaza and the way forward. that could include further ceasefire talks. a hamas delegation is reportedly in cairo for discussions there on monday. this is the appeal from palestinian president, mahmoud abbas, to the us, urging it to convince

israel to reconsider any offensive in rafah. translation: and i say here - what's happening now in gaza, | and what will happen in the coming few days, and what israel will do by invading the city of rafah, all the palestinians from gaza are gathered in rafah and it's only one small strike that would force them to flee the gaza strip. and here, the biggest catastrophe in the history of the palestinian people would happen. we hope israel will not attack. we call on the united states of america to ask israel to not carry out the rafah attack, because america is the only country able to prevent israel from committing this crime. we've had some more information end via the reuters news agency from the us state department saying that antony blinken, who is on his way to saudi arabia, will expand his trip

to the middle east and continue on to the middle east and continue on tojordan and israel after to the middle east and continue on to jordan and israel after visiting saudi arabia, and they said that his efforts will focus on securing a ceasefire in gaza that will see the release of hostages and ensure humanitarian aid into the archive continues or increases.— humanitarian aid into the archive continues or increases. let's speak to our correspondent _ continues or increases. let's speak to our correspondent in _ continues or increases. let's speak. to our correspondent in washington. let's start with that phone call between president biden and benjamin netanyahu, tell us about that. the most netanyahu, tell us about that. tue: most significant netanyahu, tell us about that. tte: most significant thing about this phone call was the timing, language in the readout provided by the white house doesn't tell us anything hugely new but this is a crucial moment for the middle east, as you mentioned, the us secretary of state antony blinken has departed on another dip a magic tour of the region, qatari and egyptian officials, and other regional players as well, and he will be discussing a us led ceasefire plan, that could entail a six week

cessation of hostilities in gaza as well as the release of dozens of hostages still held by hamas in gaza and the release also potentially of hundreds of palestinians from israeli jails, and mr biden and mr netanyahu discussed the talks on this plan earlier in that phone call, those talks had stalled in recent weeks. they also discussed increased access document are tearing aid into gaza, we know this is something that the americans are very frustrated with. president biden has spoken about this many, many times before, there was that tense phone call, another 13 weeks ago, betweenjoe biden and benjamin netanyahu in which the us president gave his israeli counterpart and ultimatum, take concrete steps to improve the humanitarian situation in gaza and let more humanitarian assistance in, otherwise us policy of the war could change. since then, we know the israelis have increased the amount of insistence going in

but aid agencies say that is still not enough. stash the amount of assistance going in. this not enough. stash the amount of assistance going in.— not enough. stash the amount of assistance going in. this attempt to t and net assistance going in. this attempt to try and get a _ assistance going in. this attempt to try and get a hostage _ assistance going in. this attempt to try and get a hostage ceasefire - assistance going in. this attempt to try and get a hostage ceasefire deal with the foreign minister in israel, also saying yesterday they will hold off on rafah and these movements now from the us secretary of state, this will be his sixth visit in the past six months to try and broker some kind of deal. six months to try and broker some kind of deal-— kind of deal. this is a high-stakes came, kind of deal. this is a high-stakes game. isn't _ kind of deal. this is a high-stakes game. isn't it. — kind of deal. this is a high-stakes game, isn't it, samantha? - kind of deal. this is a high-stakes game, isn't it, samantha? you'vej kind of deal. this is a high-stakes - game, isn't it, samantha? you've got antony blinken on the one hand trying to hammer out a ceasefire deal. that could defer, then, a possible israeli offensive on rafah, on saturday the israeli foreign minister said if there is a deal on the hostages they could suspend that operation into rafah. the americans have said they wouldn't support an offensive in rafah, there are around

1 million palestinian people who have sought refuge in that city. so, you've got the americans racing to reach a dealfor the israelis —— before the israelis launch an offensive, and if an offensive is launched, that would be against the expressed wishes of washington. there was one more thing in a statement from the phone call, one line at the end saying that the us president reiterated his stance on rafah, and i think that was left purposefully blunt to demonstrate how frustrated, how displeased the americans are with the israelis repeated comments that they are about to carry out an offensive in rafah. . ~ about to carry out an offensive in rafah. ., ~' ,, the aid organisation world central kitchen which provides meals for hundreds of thousands of people in gaza has announced that it will resume operations there. it suspended its work after seven of its workers

were killed in israeli air strikes at the start of this month. world central kitchen says it has 276 trucks, with the equivalent of almost eight million meals ready to enter through the rafah crossing. they will also send trucks from jordan and are exploring the maritime corridor — as well as adding a third high production kitchen. the organisation's ceo, erin gore, says that they have no concrete assurances about the safety of their staff, but had to make a choice — to either stop feeding people during one of the worst hunger crises ever, or continue knowing that aid workers and civilians are being intimidated and killed. mr gore signs off by saying — we must continue our mission. asaf shariv served as consul general of israel in new york between 2007 and 2010. he also worked as the director of media and public affairs to former israeli prime ministers ehud 0lmert and ariel sharon. before today's call between mr biden and mr netanyahu, i asked him about the progress of any deals on hostages and a ceasefire. in the last two months, there's not a real war in gaza because we are waiting for a response from hamas, and there is negotiation going on. as the american administration has

said, we are waiting for hamas's response to the egyptian suggestion, and if that will happen in the coming weekend, there will be no operation in rafah in the coming days. that is the situation. this is why the american president is talking to the israeli prime minister, and obviously blinken's visit will be, among other issues, dealing with this. yeah, we've heard mahmoud abbas today urging the us to put more pressure on israel not to continue, not to go ahead with its offensive in rafah. just three weeks ago, president biden and benjamin netanyahu spoke, didn't they? and then biden told netanyahu he would re—think his support for israel unless more aid was sent into gaza and more done to limit civilian casualties. are those things happening? according to the american administration, this is happening. the official spokesperson has said that the aid is going out in a much higher amount than in the past and also that hamas is responsible

that there is no cease—fire. that's by the american administration, but let's say something about rafah. israel left rafah in 2005, in august, with the intentions of never coming back. the reason we are here today is because of what happened on october 7th. if the international borders would not be crossed by hamas, we are not here. we have no intentions to be in rafah, rafah is not the goal. our goal was to live peacefully. but if we will not finish the issue of hamas controlling the gaza strip, and as long as they are saying that they will do 0ctober 7th again and again, we're just postponing the problem, because it's going to happen in two months, in three months or in four months. that is the main problem. that's why we are trying to solve the issue. if there will be a cease—fire now and the hostages will come back, hopefully we can solve this problem as well, but if not, we will have no other option. here in the uk, more human remains

have been found by police investigating the death of a man in greater manchester. a torso was discovered this month in salford. they have now set up four investigation scenes in and around manchester — in winton, salford, and in bury. detectives say they are also looking through hundreds of hours of cctv vision. two men are in custody. 0ur correspondent greg mckenziejoins me now. what is the latest on this? well, the latest is that police in greater manchester have confirmed that two sites that they were searching this weekend they have now discovered body parts. this all stems back from the 4th body parts. this all stems back from the 11th of april when a passer—by that was walking their dog had discovered a plastic bag, a true bag which contained the torso of a man. —— eight see—through bag. they contacted the police who

subsequently launched a murder investigation. following intelligence, they then started to search four other sites this weekend, including yesterday and today. they discovered more body parts. the police have gone as far as to confirm they now know the identity of the 60—year—old victim, the male victim, and his family have now been contacted. they say that they were able to do this following they were able to do this following the discovery of those body parts found this weekend, although those body parts are now being forensically tested before confirming whether or not they do in fact belong to the torso that was discovered on the 11th of april. the police have questioned a number of people and two men who were arrested on thursday still remain in custody, currently being questioned. a 20—year—old also arrested last week has since been released on police

bail. police say they will be staying in these four areas overnight whilst they patrol the area and say they are —— their concerns are ready for the family of the victim who they say are heartbroken.— the victim who they say are heartbroken. greg, for now, thank ou. the future of scotland's first minister, humza yousaf, hangs in the balance as he prepares to face two no confidence motions. they could come as early as wednesday. it follows the collapse of the power sharing agreement with the scottish greens. mr yousaf has asked to have meetings with all opposition parties — but only alba has so far agreed. their leader, alex salmond, told the bbc that a renewed push for scottish independence is the price of their support. more from our scotland correspondent alexandra mackenzie. wow, what a view! it's been a bruising few days for humza yousaf, as he faces a vote of no confidence as first minister in a minority government... good morning, everyone. ..after he decided to end a power—sharing deal, the bute house agreement, with the scottish greens. 0ne senior snp mp made an appeal

to the scottish green party. i apologise for what has happened this week. it could have happened in a different way, but we are where we are. the choice that every member of the scottish parliament has this week is, are we going to support that government under humza yousaf, to make sure that we deliver the legislation that we all agree on? but the greens insist they will not back mr yousaf in the coming days. the scottish green group have said we will vote in support _ of a vote of confidence, vote of no confidence . against humza yousaf. and i cannot imagine - anything at this point that could change that position. this was a spectacular breach . of trust, from going on tuesday to saying the bute house agreement was "worth its weight _ in gold" to stopping it i unilaterally on thursday. that's broken. the snp leader has written to the opposition leaders at holyrood, arguing that people want to see political

parties work together and inviting them to discuss their concerns and priorities. ash regan, of the alba party, could be the kingmaker. her support alone might be enough for mr yousaf to survive. alba's leader, alex salmond, has set out the political price for that support — prioritising a re—emphasis on independence. ash regan, who leads alba in the scottish parliament, is obviously in a highly influential position, given the political arithmetic. she will be meeting with humza yousaf at his invitation. she will take with her some very reasonable, positive proposals, in which, hopefully, if the first minister accepts them, will help him to get out of a very tight political corner. the main opposition parties say the first minister has run out of road, but the snp leader struggles on, in a bid to secure enough support to keep hisjob.

alexandra mackenzie, bbc news. now it's time for a look at today's sport with karthi. arsenal held on in a tense match to beat local rivals tottenham hotspur 3—2 and at the time moved four points clear at the top of the english premier in their north london derby on sunday, but with second placed manchester city able to close that gap later. an own goal by pierre—emile hojbjerg and efforts from bukayo saka and kai havertz put the gunners in control at halftime, 3—0 ahead. spurs did eventually fight back through a goalfrom cristian romero and a son heung—min penalty but aresnal managed to claim three valuable points. you know how much it means to north london this match, and we were really efficient in the first half, we were really good in the second half and the control that we had but we gave it away and made a huge mistake, then we made another

penalty, but then a lot of direction in my players and two years in a row here, it is even more difficult, and it is great when at the end you managed to win it, it is great. it is the difference of where we are at at the _ it is the difference of where we are at at the moment and where we want to get— at at the moment and where we want to get to, _ at at the moment and where we want to get to, it— at at the moment and where we want to get to, it is about the details, making — to get to, it is about the details, making sure we are focused every minute _ making sure we are focused every minute of — making sure we are focused every minute of the game, whether that is transition _ minute of the game, whether that is transition moments, set pieces, and you know_ transition moments, set pieces, and you know we — transition moments, set pieces, and you know we are still not there, and against _ you know we are still not there, and against the — you know we are still not there, and against the best uk cash pay a heavy price _ against the best uk cash pay a heavy price you _ against the best uk cash pay a heavy price. you might get away with it with other— price. you might get away with it with other teams but arsenal are good _ with other teams but arsenal are good at — with other teams but arsenal are good at taking advantage of the lack of focus _ good at taking advantage of the lack of focus on — good at taking advantage of the lack of focus on details and you give yourself — of focus on details and you give yourself a — of focus on details and you give yourself a mountain to climb. manchester city are keeping the pressure on arsenal though — they had a 2—0 win over nottingham forest and finish the day just one point behind the league leaders but with the knowledge that they have a game in hand. bournemouth beat brighton 3—0 to guarantee that they will finish the season with their highest

top—flight points total. french side lyon are through to the women's champions league final after beating domestic rivals, psg, in the second leg of their semifinal. the eight—time winners led 3—2 from the first leg and took an early away lead through selma bacha. tabitha chawinga's equaliser before half—time gave psg a little hope, but a late goal sealed a 5—3 aggregate win and lyon will take on reigning champions barcelona in bilbao next month. to tennis now and the women's world number four elena rybakina eased to a straight sets victory over mayar sherif to reach the last 16 of the madrid 0pen.. the 2022 wimbledon champion, who has a tour—leading three titles this season broke twice in the first set to move 5— love ahead in the spanish capital and went on to take that set 6—1.in the second set, sherif survived four match points but rybakina proved too strong taking the set 6—4 to move into the fourth round. two—time defending champion carlos alcaraz beat thiago seyboth wild in the third round of the madrid masters and it was another comfortable

victory as he returns from injury. alcaraz won 6—3, 6—3 — a second straight sets victory in his first tournament after withdrawing from both monte carlo and barcelona because of an arm injury.. the spaniard is trying to become the first player to win three straight madrid masters titles — he'll play jan—lennard struff in the next round. scotland's stephen maguire is through to the quarterfinals of the world snooker championship in sheffield. he beat the 2005 winner, shaun murphy by 13 frames to 9 to set up a meeting with dave gilbert next. it's the fourth time in eight years that the scot has made the quarters. these are live pictures of the seven time champion ronnie 0'sullivan, he is facing ryan day, and 0'sullivan took a 5—3 lead in the first session

and has continued in that sort of form, this evening he is now 10—4 ahead. it is the best of 25 frames, that means the first to 13, ronnie 0'sullivan just three frames away now. the pro—palestinian protest at universities in the us appear to be continuing to spread — despite police making a series of arrests at a number of campuses. the protesters — who some university officials claim are not exclusively members of their student bodies — have demands ranging from a ceasefire in the war in gaza, to universities ending investments in israeli enterprises linked to the military. the speaker of the house of representatives, mikejohnson, who's a republican, had this message for the protestors at columbia university in new york. today, hamas issued an endorsement statement of the protesters on this campus. they called them the future leaders of america. it is detestable. all of this has to be said because the cherished traditions of this university are being overtaken right now by radical and extreme ideologies.

it places a target on the backs ofjewish students. let's speak to ryan chandler, reporter with kxan news in austin whose been reporting on the ground on the protests at the university of texas in austin. it has been a very tense week here in austin and truly at university campuses across the country but what we saw here at this campus was extraordinary, it was unlike anything i have seen, i have covered my fair share of protest and spent four years as a student myself and this was truly unprecedented. the morning of wednesday, they were about 200 students who gathered for about 200 students who gathered for a peaceful protest, and they were met in extraordinary police presence, the state sending in troopers in riot gear that were heavily armed to disperse their students and not allow them to have

their demonstration, so this has kicked off controversy around the entire country with students and faculty calling for accountability for what they believe was an improper and for what they believe was an improperand —— for what they believe was an improper and —— infringement of the student free speech rights. what improper and -- infringement of the student free speech rights.— student free speech rights. what is the resnonse _ student free speech rights. what is the response from _ student free speech rights. what is the response from the _ student free speech rights. what is the response from the police? - student free speech rights. what is l the response from the police? well, the response from the police? well, the states and _ the response from the police? well, the states and the _ the response from the police? well, the states and the university - the response from the police? -tt the states and the university are adamant that they warned this student group not to host this demonstration because it is affiliated with other organisations that have caused severe disruption at campuses like columbia, yale, and usc in recent weeks, so we know from some internal communications that we have obtained among university leadership that they wanted to send a significant police presence early in order to send a message that you tea and other texas universities are not going to put up with this. the texas governor was calling for these protesters to be jailed, and 57 of

them were, all of the charges have since been dropped but many of them who were student spent 12 hours in jailjust for participating in a protest. jailjust for participating in a rotest. , , , , ., , jailjust for participating in a rotest. ,, , , ., , ., protest. the issue seems to be that some jewish — protest. the issue seems to be that some jewish students _ protest. the issue seems to be that some jewish students have - protest. the issue seems to be that. some jewish students have complained somejewish students have complained about alleged anti—semitism from some demonstrators, and we have seen leaders of similar protests and from campuses in some places forjust that. campuses in some places for 'ust that. , . , campuses in some places for 'ust that. , ., ,., , , that. yes, that is absolutely right. relations among _ that. yes, that is absolutely right. relations among students - that. yes, that is absolutely right. relations among students are - that. yes, that is absolutely right. | relations among students are very fraught at the university of texas, i was speaking withjewish students who know friends of theirs who are still held captive in gaza for 200 days now, so this is a very sensitive, personal issue for a lot of students. the cause now from faculty and students alike are that regardless of your position on this incredibly sensitive, complex issue, students should feel safe in their right to demonstrate on their own campers about their own views. now, some faculty are even calling for ut

president to resign because they believe that when he calls in the state police in order to disperse this protest, it infringed on the rights to do so.— rights to do so. thank you for u -adatin rights to do so. thank you for updating us- _ officials in kenya have warned about even heavier rainfall as downpours batter parts of east africa. more than 150 people have been killed in neighbouring tanzania, while hundreds of thousands have been displaced in burundi and uganda. there are also fears that five key dams on the tana river — kenya's longest — could overflow in the coming days, with people in affected areas advised to move to higher ground. these pictures are from kenya's makueni county south east of nairobi. so far, at least 76 people have died there, with a further 130,000 displaced. meanwhile, in tanzania flood waters have engulfed houses in the capital dar es salaam and displaced more than 200,000 throughout the country. tanzania's prime minister has blamed environmental degradation for the severity of the damage. 0ur correspondent anita nkonge is in nairobi and gave us this update.

we continue to see heavy rainfall this weekend. just last night, we saw such heavy rainfall here in kenya that it caused flights to be disrupted, some delayed, some having to be diverted to other parts of the country due to poor visibility and heavy rainfall. like you said, in burundi, 100,000 people have been displaced, in tanzania, 200,000 have been displaced, with 51,000 households affected by the floods and 155 people dead in tanzania. in kenya, over 20,000 households have been affected, roughly 131,450 people affected by the floods as well and 90 dead. part of what we've been seeing and people posting on social media has been houses being flooded, people being stranded with the roads being cut off, trains having to be delayed. so it's definitely a very devastating time right now. the kenya meteorological department say that we should be expecting more heavy rainfall even tonight. and those who have been living in places where there are dams have

been asked to go to higher ground, those in the main city have been asked to stay indoors or go to higher ground, especially if they're in areas that could be affected by flooding. and the government has been launching a multi—agency response unit to those places where they may predict flooding. the red cross even created centres in parts of informal settlements where we have seen a lot of flooding, in anticipation of houses and people being affected by flooding tonight. plenty more on that story and all our other stories we are covering here on bbc news on the bbc news website and app. do stay with us, i am samantha simmonds, i will be back with more in a few moments. hello there.

once again, we've had some really contrasting weather conditions across the country with a west—east divide. the best of the sunshine certainly in western areas, despite a few shower clouds brewing up through the afternoon. pleasant enough in morecambe, lancashire. different story to the east of the pennines, though. in leeds, an afternoon of heavy, persistent rain, blustery, cool winds as well. now, we're going to flip that while the story on its head into tomorrow, with the best of the sunshine out to the east. it will be a bright and breezy affair first thing in the morning. but this weather front will introduce more cloud and outbreaks of rain across northern ireland, gradually pushing its way into scotland, north—west england, wales and south—west england as we go through the morning. so, after that bright and breezy start, into the afternoon, the best of the sunshine is likely to be anywhere from dorset over towards east yorkshire. south and east of that, we could see highs of 18 degrees. still mild, but outbreaks of showery rain continuing out to the west. an improving picture into northern ireland. here, we'll see sunny spells and scattered showers. top temperatures under the cloud and rain in scotland, perhaps around 11 to 13 degrees.

low pressure will stay with us as we move into tuesday and it will stay out to the west. so that's where we're likely to continue to see showery outbreaks of rain. but a southerly breeze means that we're going to continue to tap into that mild air, so it will be a mild start to our tuesday morning. into tuesday, then, that southerly wind feeding in the mild air, a lot of sunshine expected for most. we'll see showery outbreaks of rain into the south—west, wales, parts of northern ireland. but with that sunshine, well, it will feel quite pleasant to close out the month of april. temperatures likely to peak into the high teens and that'll feel quite pleasant. now, as we move through the middle part of the week, low pressure will continue to dominate for a while. but as we head into the weekend, some potential for that low pressure to drift away and an area of high pressure to build in from the westjust in time for the bank holiday weekend. we still continue to tap into that milder air off the near continent, so those temperatures

will still stay just slightly above where they should be for the early half of may. so, with some showers around through the middle part of the week into the bank holiday weekend, it looks a little bit quieter and a little bit drier.

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speak about the ongoing war in gaza. the white house says they discussed aid deliveries and the hostage ceasefire deal. ukraine's commander—in—chief says the situation on the front line "has worsened" after rounds of russian attacks. the tesla chief elon musk meets government officials in beijing. they're discussing the future of us—china relations over electric vehicles. and gamers go head to head with £800,000 up for grabs in the grand final of the esl 0ne tournament in birmingham. tesla chief elon musk has met government officials, including china's premier, in beijing. chinese state media is reporting the tech boss is there by invitation, for the promotion of international trade. they have discussed data and technology relating to electric vehicles. our business reporter david waddell explains why the visit is so significant. here's mr musk's challenge.

he's trying to sell tesla's full self—driving software to more users, to more drivers. that's the software that enables vehicles to drive autonomously, with a driver behind the wheel but not operating it. that's available in north america, both in the us and canada. but on friday, a us report tied its wider range of autonomous driving modes to at least 13 crashes, including one death. despite that, chinese customers are angling to use full self—driving software, but it's not yet available in their market. mr musk said it would be rolled out there very soon, but here's the rub — all the data from tesla's chinese fleet is held in shanghai and, under chinese regulations, isn't accessible to tesla's us headquarters in texas. and that hampers the learnings that tesla needs to do to deliver a safe and effective product in china. mr musk needs to navigate that with chinese officials. 0ne's the premier, li keqiang. now, he's been making very positive noises, saying that china's market will always be open to foreign—funded firms and that beijing would provide a better business environment for the likes of tesla.

today, there's fierce competition between tesla and its chinese rivals — byd, for example, china's biggest ev producer, and new entrants such as xiaomi, better known for its smartphones. xpeng is one to watch. it's trialling both transformer—style flying vehicles and its own self—driving software. these companies are providing stiff competition in both the domestic mand international markets and forcing tesla to compete on price. tesla's sales are falling and its share price is down almost a third since the beginning of this year. i am joined by daniel ives, wall street tech analyst and a managing director at the wedbush securities. welcome to you. thanks very much. tell us a bit more about the market for tesla in china. how big is it and what challenges does it face? t5 and what challenges does it face? t3 the hearts

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spine up —— china. i believe they will navigate through it. we are still in the early days of the tesla growth story. but it's all about spider web in china. that's why musk is courting china as much as beijing is courting china as much as beijing is courting china as much as beijing is courting him. is courting china as much as bei'ing is courting him.�* is courting china as much as bei'ing is courting him. daniel, thanks very much. ukraine's commander—in—chief says the situation on the front line there has worsened in the face of multiple russian attacks. 0leksandr syrskyi confirmed that ukrainian forces had withdrawn from positions close to the town of pokrovsk in the eastern donetsk region, where there has been fierce fighting. he also said russia had what he called "partial successes" near kupyansk, but said ukrainian forces had stopped their advance. russia is trying to take advantage of its current superiority in manpower and artillery before ukrainian forces get much—needed supplies of us weapons. meanwhile, ukrainian military intelligence has released a video it says is of a drone strike on an advanced russian radar station. the radar is reported to be able

to detect targets up to 300km away. 0ur ukraine correspondent james waterhouse sent us this update from kyiv. general 0leksandr syrskyi painted a bleak picture. he talked about, as you say, the eastern donetsk region being the worst affected for ukraine, where defending troops have had to pull out from defensive lines which were established when the town of avdiivka fell earlier this year. we've just travelled from there, where we saw new trenches being dug as many as 30 kilometres back from the front line, which gives you an idea of the direction of travel. but it doesn't stop there. russia is using its air superiority, notably in the north—east, around the town of kupyansk. president zelensky says more than 10,000 bombs have been dropped on troop positions there as the russians fly almost unchallenged in the skies. ukraine does try and counter—punch where it can. today, its intelligence service released footage of a drone strike

on a radar system in neighbouring belgorod region inside russia, which can see targets 300 kilometres away. so ukraine tries to hit back where it can. but you mentioned that us aid package, that multi—billion dollar offering. it's meant to arrive imminently, we're told, but it's clear from today's forecast that any ukrainian benefit won't come before significant russian gains along this eastern front line and right across it, in the words of general 0leksandr syrskyi today. james waterhouse there. thousands of people have gathered in the georgia's capital, tblisi, demanding the government revoke a controversial "foreign agents" bill. the caucasus nation has been gripped by mass protests since mid—april, when the ruling georgian dream party reintroduced plans to pass the law, which would require any independent ngo or media organisation that receives more than 20% of funding from abroad to register as an "organisation pursuing the interests of a foreign power." critics says it mirrors a russian

law on "foreign agents" — law on "foreign agents", which they say has been used to silence media outlets critical of the kremlin. the home office says it's entering the "final phase" of putting its rwanda policy into practice. a report in the guardian suggested detentions of asylum seekers ready for deportation would begin on monday. a home office spokesperson said at some stage people would "inevitably" start being detained in preparation for the first flight, which is due to take off in 10—12 weeks. meanwhile, the irish prime minister has said foreign migration policies cannot be allowed to undermine those of ireland. simon harris said ireland "will not provide a loophole for anyone else's migration challenges". hisjustice minister said there had been a rise in the number of people crossing from northern ireland to the republic of ireland. a uk government source said the uk "won't accept any asylum returns from the eu via ireland" until the eu changes its policies.

senior british conservatives have defended the prime minister after the tory mp, dan poulter, defected to labour. dr poulter, who also works for the nhs, accused the tories of no longer valuing public services. the home office minister, chris philp, rejected the claim and said the government was spending more money than ever on the health service. 0ur political correspondent helen catt reports. dan poulter�*s surprise defection is still being digested by westminster — a part—time working doctor and, for the last 1a years, a conservative mp, who will now spend his last months in office as a labour one, in office as a labour one — abandoning his tory colleagues because he said he could no longer look his nhs ones in the eye. it's been the case in the last eight to ten years or so the nhs we need to look to a party that has a track record when it was in government before under tony blair and gordon brown.

and that's what keir starmer and the labour party i know will do, and they will be trusted, i'm sure, to do it by nhs staff as well. not so, said a government minister this morning. well, i don't accept what dan is saying at all. he talked about the nhs as a priority. well, of course, the nhs was one of only two departments that was protected during those years of necessary spending restraint after the last labour government bankrupted the country. as we heard earlier, we're now spending £165 billion a year on the nhs — that's more than ever at any point in history. for labour, the defection is a boost to its claim to be the party which can reform the nhs. the shadow health secretary denied speculation that it might have also offered dr poulter any other inducement, like a seat in the lords. not that i'm aware of. he's said very clearly to me - when i was talking to him this week about how he might help. he's going back to the nhs full—time when parliament is dissolved, - which can't come soon enough, as far as we're concerned. - there's been speculation over the past week that an election could come as soon asjune orjuly. rishi sunak didn't rule that out, speaking to sky news this morning.

we've talked about it. you're not going to rule outjuly? you're going to try and draw whatever conclusion you want from what i say. i'm going to always say the same thing. you should just listen to what i said, the same thing i've said all year. mr sunak has said repeatedly that his working assumption is that he'll call the election in the second half of this year, which of course does coverjuly, although many in westminster think that an autumn election is much more likely. some tories think that this talk of a summer poll is designed to scare off conservative mps who might be tempted to move against rishi sunak if this week's local elections go badly for the party. and why might that work? well, given the current state of the polls, many tory mps are fearful they could lose their seats if an election was imminent. although chris philp voiced the hope held by some that the polls would narrow in a campaign. clearly, at the moment, people do feel grumpy

with the government, but as we get closer to an election, it's not so much a referendum on grumpiness, it becomes actually a choice — who do you want to run the country? for dan poulter, the answer to that is now labour. rishi sunak will hope he can convince tory voters not to think the same. helen catt, bbc news. the australian cleric who was stabbed in sydney nearly two weeks ago has returned to the pulpit. bishop mar mari emmanuel delivered a passionate sermon in favour of freedom of speech. the australian government has been urging social media platform x to pull down videos of the bishop's attack. for us to say that free speech is dangerous, _ for us to say that free speech is dangerous, it cannot be possible in a democratic country, i'm yet to fathom — a democratic country, i'm yet to fathom this. i'm yet to fathom this. the grand final of one of the world's biggest competitive gaming competitions is under way in birmingham, where one team of professional gamers will win £800,000 in prize money. the esl 0ne tournament sees teams

from all over the world compete in multiplayer role play arena game, dota 2. andrew rogers, from radio 1's newsbeat, is at the tournament. he joins us live now. good to see you. just tell how big this event is popular great to see you. things havejust wrapped up recently. that you. things have 'ust wrapped up recentl . �* ., recently. at the huge event, to answer question. _ recently. at the huge event, to answer question. people - recently. at the huge event, to answer question. people here | recently. at the huge event, to l answer question. people here in competing in dota ii. it's 12 of the best taking part. things ended a little sooner than we thought. we ended up with a 3—0 victory. it's a little bit like tennis — you don't know when whipple end. team falcon taking the win. the atmosphere and there absolutely are electric. if you been to any sports events, it will feel very familiar in a lot of ways. you have the crowd getting

hyped and you have everything going on on the screen. so you're following the players as they battle it out. tt’s following the players as they battle it out. �* , . following the players as they battle it out. �*, ., ,., ., following the players as they battle itout. �*, ., ., ., , following the players as they battle itout. ., ., , , it out. it's a huge pot of money up for grabs. — it out. it's a huge pot of money up for grabs, £800,000. _ it out. it's a huge pot of money up for grabs, £800,000. how - it out. it's a huge pot of money up for grabs, £800,000. how does l for grabs, £800,000. how does that compare to other eastwards markets around the world? this compare to other eastwards markets around the world?— around the world? this is definitely one of the biggest _ around the world? this is definitely one of the biggest -- _ around the world? this is definitely one of the biggest -- e-sports. - around the world? this is definitely | one of the biggest -- e-sports. dota one of the biggest —— e—sports. dota ii, probably the biggest. 0ne one of the biggest —— e—sports. dota ii, probably the biggest. one of thoseis ii, probably the biggest. one of those is the legal of legends world series is bigger. —— league of legends. a lot of these leagues have focused on china and north america. with so many coming to the uk, a lot of people are very happy for the local economy and governments here have been trying to woo people. to their cities. have been trying to woo people. to their cities-— their cities. when it comes to the audience. — their cities. when it comes to the audience. you — their cities. when it comes to the audience, you said _ their cities. when it comes to the audience, you said it's _ their cities. when it comes to the audience, you said it's an - their cities. when it comes to the audience, you said it's an electricj audience, you said it's an electric atmosphere. who goes to these? who

turns up? tt’s atmosphere. who goes to these? who turns u - ? �* , , atmosphere. who goes to these? who turnsu? fl ,~ turns up? it's definitely a younger crowd, turns up? it's definitely a younger crowd. but _ turns up? it's definitely a younger crowd. but i _ turns up? it's definitely a younger crowd, but i wouldn't _ turns up? it's definitely a younger crowd, but i wouldn't say - turns up? it's definitely a younger crowd, but i wouldn't say you - turns up? it's definitely a younger| crowd, but i wouldn't say you can't really stereotype it. —— i would say. a lot of people were fans of the game. but there are also people i spoke to her here for the first time and just really enjoying the atmosphere. if you like going to a really buzzy event, someone who likes being able to cheer on a team whether or not you really know them, there are lots of people who really enjoy that. it's these who are coming in from either other sports or who might follow no sport at all who are really valuable customers for this industry, which is estimate of worth more than $1 billion around the world. it's notjust to like this, it's also getting more people interested in the games. plus you got the merchandise, the sponsorships, these teams that are making money as well. there's a big economy around the.— making money as well. there's a big economy around the. andrew rogers, treat to

economy around the. andrew rogers, great to have — economy around the. andrew rogers, great to have you _ economy around the. andrew rogers, great to have you with _ economy around the. andrew rogers, great to have you with us. _ 30 years after south africa's first democratic votes were cast, the country is facing a new reckoning, with pivotal elections taking place next month. some polls suggest the governing african national congress, which came to power in 1994, could receive less than 50% of the vote for the first time, as the country experiences high unemployment and crime, persistent economic inequalities, frequent power cuts and corruption allegations. nomsa maseko reports from south africa. singing drumming in celebration of 30 years of democracy. south africa's transition to democracy was the culmination of decades of resistance and armed struggle against nearly 50 years of racial and violent white minority rule. chanting 0n the 27th of april in 1994, i came to this polling station with my mother.

we started queueing from 6am, filled with both hope and anxiety. thousands of black people lined up with their fists in the air chanting "sikhululekile" — we are free. and i understood that now i was, too. the anc liberation movement turned political party won by a landslide and the early years were promising. a constitution enshrined the rights of all citizens. thabo mbeki replaced nelson mandela as president in further democratic elections. civil society flourished — as did a free press. but 30 years later, south africa remains deeply unequal. unemployment has reached nearly 35%. it's very much clear that people do not feel like we it's very much clear that people don't feel like we

fundamentally changed the architecture of our country. we still have amongst black populations high levels of inequality in terms of access to economic opportunities, jobs. in soweto, i meet young mothers struggling to get by. 0n the 29th of may, the country will go to the polls. for people here, it feels very much like a pivotal moment. in johannesburg, the constitution hill memorial celebrates our democratic transition and its firmest foundation, our institutions. 0urjudiciary remains the most

robust on the continent. 0ur media is strong, it's been independent, been pushing back, and civil society as well. that triumvirate is important. institutional integrity of the state, building institutions that are accountable. and i think that's the lesson for africa. across the world's fastest growing continent, nearly a third of nations are heading to the polls this year. for south africa, it is likely to be the closest fought vote in its democratic history. nomsa maseko, bbc news, south africa. an appeal has been launched by the national memorial arboretum in staffordshire to raise funds to restore one of its most striking installations. shot at dawn pays tribute to the 309 british and commonwealth soldiers who were executed during world war one for desertion and cowardice, but it's been severely damaged by flood water. 0ur reporter liz copper has the story.

0n the eastern edge of the arboretum at alrewas, this is the first memorial to be touched by the sun's rays at dawn. it's also been touched by the ravages of the elements when the nearby river tame overtops its banks. because this is built on a floodplain, we expect the water level to come up. but as of recent years, it has come up high and remained there. so though the posts look like they're in pretty good condition, but you will notice at the bottom they are rotting through and they don't last that many years before they need replacing. but as of recent years, it's come up high and remained there. so, though the posts look like they're in pretty good condition, but you will notice at the bottom they're rotting through and they don't last that

many years before they need replacing. there are 309 stakes, each dedicated to a soldier shot at dawn during the first world war. they faced a firing squad for desertion, cowardice, orsimply falling asleep at their post. the stakes are arranged in the form of a greek theatre to symbolise the tragedy of those events. they will all now be replaced with recycled material to withstand floodwater. people come here — it's an educational resource. children come and visit the memorial and they see something like this. it's quite a dark point in british military history, but it is very relevant and a very important story to tell, so we need to provide preserve it. this is just one area here where the effects of the weather have been felt. here, they welcome more than 300,000 visitors annually. the arboretum's open all year round. this is a living landscape. and that's why staff are constantly working to adapt the site. we have areas of the site that we do know have always stayed wet and despite putting in drainage in, they still stay wet, and we're still selecting water—resistant species that don't mind having their feet wet for a long period of time. without a doubt, that strategy will change and be refined as climate change changes. back at the memorial,

work will begin early next month. the hope is it will ensure these soldiers' stories will never be swept away and never forgotten. liz copper reporting there. it's almost 70 years since donald campbell became the fastest man on water in his iconic hydroplane bluebird, smashing the 200—mph barrier in front of crowds on the shores of ullswater in the lake district. now, previously unseen photos of the daredevil in action back in 1955 have been discovered, and the search is on for somewhere to display them permanently. andy gill reports. that's the difference here, that people were allowed, which... just to come down on the shore. i mean, that must have been the whole village. at her home in southport on merseyside, gina campbell and andrew price look through photos of donald campbell and bluebird. they were taken at ullswater in cumbria in 1955, the place and year when donald campbell first broke the world water speed record. the photographer was andrew's dad, peter price, who died in 2020. it was very difficult for me to go through his archive, because i had worked

with him for 30 years, tears rolling down my eyes, i was saying, "i didn't know you'd done this, dad, i didn't know you'd done that." but earlier this year andrew, who is also a photographer, but earlier this year, andrew, who's also a photographer, did get to looking through his dad's archive. there they were in a little brown envelope with handwritten notes saying "donald campbell, bluebird early attempts, ullswater." and i thought, "wow, i didn't know you had these." once you start on one of these world record attempt, - you're past the point of no return. donald campbell set world water and land speed records. he died in 1967 when bluebird crashed on coniston water. last month, the restored boat returned to coniston after being recovered in 2001. but campbell's first water speed records were achieved not on coniston, but on ullswater. there's one here, he's obviously just going out for a run. but he's not wearing a hard helmet.

no, he's not — would he have had that in the cockpit, do you think? possibly. for gina, who was just six when the photos were taken, they reveal a new chapter of her father's life. myjaw dropped when i first saw them. what it tells me is how famous my father was, looking at the crowds that were there. and me as a small child, with no idea that my father was famous. i didn't know my father was famous. gina and andrew both now want the photos to find a permanent home, a testament to a pioneering british enterprise in engineering and daring. it gets me in my heart, because it shows my dad, to me, what he was — but i didn't know. andy gill, bbc news. nicole kidman has been honoured with an american film

institute life achievement award. she is the first australian actor to receive the prestigious award. previous winners include meryl streep, robert de niro and steven spielberg. the moulin rouge actress thanked all the directors she has worked with, and said it's been a privilege to make films, and to play all sorts of unconventional women. let's leave you with these. visitors to tokyo's nightlife area were in for a shock when a 100—metre tall godzilla was projected onto buildings. the fictional radioactive monster is 70 years old this year. just in case you thought he was real. tourism bosses hope that projecting images of the beast onto buildings, in the shinjuku ward, will encourage visitors to flock to the area. quite dramatic pictures. stay with us here on bbc news. plenty more to come. hello there. once again, we've had some really contrasting weather conditions across the country with a west—east divide.

the best of the sunshine certainly in western areas, despite a few shower clouds brewing up through the afternoon. pleasant enough in morecambe, lancashire. different story to the east of the pennines, though. in leeds, an afternoon of heavy, persistent rain, blustery, cool winds as well. now, we're going to flip that weather story on its head into tomorrow, with the best of the sunshine out to the east. it will be a bright and breezy affair first thing in the morning. but this weather front will introduce more cloud and outbreaks of rain across northern ireland, gradually pushing its way into scotland, north—west england, wales and south—west england as we go through the morning. so, after that bright and breezy start, into the afternoon, the best of the sunshine is likely to be anywhere from dorset over towards east yorkshire. south and east of that, we could see highs of 18 degrees. still mild, but outbreaks of showery rain continuing out to the west. an improving picture into northern ireland. here, we'll see sunny spells and scattered showers. top temperatures under the cloud and rain in scotland, perhaps around 11—13 degrees.

now, low pressure will stay with us as we move into tuesday and it will stay out to the west, so that's where we're likely to continue to see showery outbreaks of rain. but a southerly breeze means that we're going to continue to tap into that mild air, so it will be a mild start to our tuesday morning. into tuesday, then, that southerly wind feeding in the mild air, a lot of sunshine expected for most. we'll see showery outbreaks of rain into the south—west, wales, parts of northern ireland. but with that sunshine, well, it will feel quite pleasant to close out the month of april. temperatures likely to peak into the high teens, and that'll feel quite pleasant. now, as we move through the middle part of the week, low pressure will continue to dominate for a while. but as we head into the weekend, some potential for that low pressure to drift away and an area of high pressure to build in from the westjust in time for the bank holiday weekend. we still continue to tap into that milder air off the near continent,

so those temperatures will still stay just slightly above where they should be for the early half of may. so, with some showers around through the middle part of the week into the bank holiday weekend, it looks a little bit quieter and a little bit drier.

live from london, this is bbc news. joe biden and benjamin netanyahu speak

about the ongoing war in gaza. the white house says they discussed aid deliveries and the hostage ceasefire deal. police investigating the death of a man in greater manchester find more body parts, at two separate sites. ukraine's commander—in—chief says the situation on the frontline �*has worsened' after rounds of russian attacks. officials in kenya warn of further heavy rainfall, as deadly flooding and downpours batter parts of east africa. hello and welcome, i'm samantha simmonds. the white house says president biden has spoken to israeli prime minister benjamin netanyuahu about the situation in gaza. the white house issued a statement saying that the president reaffirmed his ironclad commitment to israel's security. it referenced what it said was a successful defence against iran's unprecedented missile and drone attack earlier this month. the two leaders reviewed ongoing talks to secure

the release of hostages, together with an immediate